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Shirreff, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Shirreff (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
W entrance point of Hero Bay, N Livingston Island, was roughly charted by Bransfield, 17 January 1820, and named Shirreffs Cape after Capt. (later Rear-Adm.) William Henry Shirreff, RN (1785-1847), Senior Naval Officer, West Coast of South America, 1817-21, who had despatched Bransfield (Master in his flagship HMS Andromache) to investigate the new discoveries reported by Smith in February 1819 (Bransfield, chart, [1820b]). In subsequent usage the name was frequently miss-spelt. Sheriffs Cape (Burdick, 1820-21, 25 January 1821). Shireff Cape, Shireffs Cape (Palmer, 1820-21, 30 November and 15 December 1820). Cape Sherif (Fildes, 1821c). Cape Sheriff (Fildes, 1821c; Weddell, 1825a, map facing p.132). Sheriff Cape (Fildes, 1821c). Cape Sherriff (Fildes, 1821c; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; Carey and Nelson, 1931b). Sherriffs Cape (Fildes, 1821c). Cape Shireff (Bone, 1821, p.691). Sheriff's Cape (Davis, 1821-22, 31 December 1821; BA chart [no number], 1822). Sherifs Cape (Davis, 1821-22, 24 December 1821). Cape Shirreff (Powell, chart, 1822a; BA chart 3205, 1.vi.1901; 27.iii.1937; APC, 1955, p.19; BA chart 1776, 19.vii.1968). Cap Sheriff (Eyriès and Malte-Brun, 1823, map facing p.237). Cap Shireff (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5). Kap Sheriff (Fildes, 1827, p.447). Cape Shiriff (Biscoe, 1830-33b, 3 March 1832). Cabo Shirreff (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.258). Cabo Chirreff [sic] (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Shirreff's Cape (Gould, 1925, map facing p.280). Kapp Shirreff (HA chart, 1928). The cape was recharted by DI, 1930-31. Cap Shirreff (France. SHM, 1937, p.396). Cabo Giralt, so called by AAE probably after a member of the expedition (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.219). Mys Shorriffa (Aleyner, 1955, p.86). The cape was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Cabo General Alvarado, so called by AAE after Gen. Rudecindo Alvarado (1792-1872), Argentine soldier who fought in the War of Independence (Argentina. MM chart 127, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.387). Capo Shirreff (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 9). Mys Shirreff (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Mys Sherreff (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). In 1967 the ice-free area in the vicinity of the cape was designated SPA No. 11 under the Antarctic Treaty (FO, 1967, p.7).
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