Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Sherlac Point (GBR) | 64° 44' 00.0" S | 62° 40' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 111153
Place ID: 13159
SE point of Rongé Island, Errera Channel, Danco Coast, was roughly charted by BeAE in February 1898 and called Cap Charles after Capt. Charles Lemaire (Lemaire Channel, q.v.) (Lecointe, map, 1899; 1903, Carte 5; 1905, Pl.22 following p.110). Cape Charles (Cook, 1900, map p.xx). Cabo Charles (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949). Cabo Clark [sic], presumably in error (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.249). The point was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Danco Island", 1956-57. Cabo Carlos (Argentina. MM chart 129, 1957). To avoid confusion with Charles Point (q.v.) the feature was renamed Sherlac Point from an anagram of Charles (APC, 1960, p.7; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Sherlac Point (USA) | 64° 44' 00.0" S | 62° 40' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 131522
Place ID: 13159
Point at the SE end of Ronge Island, off the W coast of Graham Land. First charted and named "Cap Charles" by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. To avoid confusion with Charles Point in Hughes Bay, an anagram of the name was adopted by the UK-APC in 1960. |
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