Gerlovo Beach
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Gerlovo Beach is a beach extending 2 km on the northwest coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula
on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica. Stretching both south and northeast of Mercury Bluff
, and facing San Telmo Island
to the north by west. Snow-free in summer, with area ca. 73 hectares (180.4 acre). The area was visited by early 19th century sealers
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The beach is named after the Gerlovo
region in northeastern Bulgaria
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Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula
Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula is an ice-covered peninsula on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica that is bounded by Hero Bay to the east and Barclay Bay to the west. It extends 13 km in length in north-south direction and is 8 km wide...
on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica. Stretching both south and northeast of Mercury Bluff
Mercury Bluff
Mercury Bluff is a perpendicular bluff on Gerlovo Beach in the northwest of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, and facing San Telmo Island
San Telmo Island
San Telmo Island is an island forming the west side of Shirreff Cove on the northwest coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
to the north by west. Snow-free in summer, with area ca. 73 hectares (180.4 acre). The area was visited by early 19th century sealers
Seal hunting
Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region of Greenland, Norway and Russia...
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The beach is named after the Gerlovo
Gerlovo
Gerlovo or Gerilovo is a small geographic and ethnographic region in Northern Bulgaria, a hilly fertile valley in the northeastern Balkan Mountains, south of the Ludogorie region...
region in northeastern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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