Shearer stack
| Shearer stack | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 55 ′ S , 58 ° 3 ′ W | |
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The Shearer Stack is a breakwater in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises 2.5 km southwest of False Round Point off the north coast of King George Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the American sealer Charles Shearer under Captain Walter Chesebro from Stonnington , who operated in the waters around the South Shetland Islands between 1874 and 1875 and on one voyage there under the command of James Appleton (or Appleman) disappeared without a trace in 1877.
Web links
- Shearer Stack in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shearer Stack on geographic.org (English)