Belomortsi Point (Bulgarian: нос Беломорци, ‘Nos Belomortsi’ \'nos be-lo-'mor-tsi\) is the sharp and low ice-free point projecting 140 m northwestwards from Gerlovo Beach on Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in Antarctica. The feature is named after the settlement of Belomortsi in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Topographic map of Livingston Island

Location

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Belomortsi Point is located at 62°28′59″S 60°48′30″W / 62.48306°S 60.80833°W / -62.48306; -60.80833, which is 1.2 km northeast of Mercury Bluff, 850 m southeast of San Telmo Island and 2.3 km south of the northwest extremity of Cape Shirreff. British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017.

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.