Cape Shirreff
| Cape Shirreff | ||
 Map of Livingston Island with Cape Shirreff |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 28 ′ S , 60 ° 48 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Drake Street | |
Cape Shirreff is a striking cape in the north of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . The cape is located at the northern end of the John Paul II Peninsula , which separates Hero Bay in the east from Barclay Bay in the west.
The British navigator Edward Bransfield named it in 1820 after Captain William Henry Shirreff (1785–1847), then in command of the British Pacific Fleet.
Web links
- Cape Shirreff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Shirreff on geographic.org (English)