SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.

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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Sherrell Point (RUS) 63° 18' 00.0" S 58° 41' 00.0" W Point
Name ID: 120546 Place ID: 13162

Sherrell Point (GBR) 63° 20' 00.0" S 58° 41' 00.0" W Point
Name ID: 111155 Place ID: 13162

S point of Astrolabe Island (q.v.), following air photography and ground survey by FIDASE, 1956-57, was named after Frederick William Sherrell (b.1932), surveyor and geologist with FIDASE, 1955-56 (APC, 1962, p.28; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974).

Sherrell Point (USA) 63° 18' 00.0" S 58° 41' 00.0" W Point
Name ID: 131525 Place ID: 13162

A point at the S end of Astrolabe Island, off Trinity Peninsula. Named for Frederick W. Sherrell, surveyor and geologist in this area with the FIDASE, 1955-56.

Sherrell, punta (ARG) 63° 20' 00.0" S 58° 41' 00.0" W Point
Name ID: 102166 Place ID: 13162

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