Sharman Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Sharman Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Point on the SW side of Krakow Peninsula, King George Island, 1 km north of Chabrier Rock. Previously, Sharman Rock (62°06'S, 58°28'W), but this was shown to be non-existent by observations from HMS Endurance, January 1969 and the name deleted from the gazetteer.
Named after Alan Sharman (1963-59), FIDS Meteorological Assistant, Signy, 1958-59, and Admiralty Bay, King George Island, until his death in a mountaineering accident, 23 April 1959.
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