Sherman Bay

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Sherman Bay
Waters Scotia Lake
Land mass Coronation Island ( South Orkney Islands )
Geographical location 60 ° 31 ′ 40 ″  S , 45 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 60 ° 31 ′ 40 ″  S , 45 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  W.
Sherman Bay (South Orkney Islands)
Sherman Bay

The Sherman Bay is a bay on the north coast of Coronation Iceland in Archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is between Tickell Head and Conception Point .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2017. It is named after the geodesist R. L. Sherman, who worked on Signy Island from 1957 to 1958 .

Web links

  • Sherman Bay . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland and the South Orkney Islands (English)