Cape Sheffield
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 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with Rugged Island (left) and Cape Sheffield |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 37 ′ S , 61 ° 18 ′ W | |
| location | Rugged Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Waters 2 | New Plymouth | |
Cape Sheffield is a cape that forms the northwestern extension of Rugged Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . At the same time, it limits the entrance to New Plymouth Bay to the southwest .
The cape is named after the sealer captain James Pendleton Sheffield (1793 - unknown), who operated with the brig Hersilia from Stonington as the first US-American known by name from 1819 to 1820 and 1820 to 1821 in the waters around the South Shetland Islands.
Web links
- Cape Sheffield in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Sheffield on geographic.org (English)