- Cape Sharbonneau
Cape Sharbonneau (coord|70|50|S|61|27|W|display=inline,title) is a rounded, snow-covered
headland forming the south side of the entrance toLehrke Inlet , on the east coast ofPalmer Land . Members of theEast Base of theUnited States Antarctic Service (USAS) explored this coast in 1940. They charted this feature as anisland which they named forCharles W. Sharbonneau , carpenter at East Base. It was determined to be a cape of Palmer Land in 1947 by a joint sledge party consisting of members of theRonne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) and theFalkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS).
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