Name details

Sharman Point

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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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 140215

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

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 For

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.

Location

Latitude:
62° 10' 48.0" S
-62.18000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
58° 18' 04.0" W
-58.30111°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
USGS Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica and SCAR Antarctic Digital Database in UK APC GIS; BAS aerial photography 2013, 30 m resolution; photography 12 cm resolution
Source Identifier:
https://apc.antarctica.ac.uk/
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
British Antarctic Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
8-Nov-2018

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