Sharman Point
| Sharman Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 11 ′ S , 58 ° 18 ′ W | |
| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | Admiralty Bay | |
The Sharman Point is a headland in southwest of Krakow Peninsula of King George Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is 1 km north of Chabrier Rock and immediately west of Vauréal Peak .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2018. It was named after Alan Sharman (1936-1959), meteorological assistant of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey on Signy Island (1958-1959), who died on King George Island on April 23, 1959 in a climbing accident had died.
Web links
- Sharman Point . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland and the South Orkney Islands (English)