Cape Shirreff

Cape Shirreff

Cape Shirreff (coord|62|27|S|60|47|W|) is a prominent cape at the north end of the rocky Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula which separates Hero and Barclay Bays on the north coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by Edward Bransfield in 1820 for Captain William H. Shirreff, at that time the British commanding officer in the Pacific.


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  • Shirreff Cove — (coord|62|28|S|60|48|W|) is a small cove or anchorage, situated immediately southwest of Cape Shirreff along the north side of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Edward Bransfield, Master, Royal Navy, named a cove in this vicinity… …   Wikipedia

  • Shirreff Base — coord|62|28|S|60|46|W|) is a seasonal field station operated by Chile and the USA opened in 1991. Situated on the east side of Cape Shirreff on Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Map * L.L. Ivanov et… …   Wikipedia

  • Livingston Island — Infobox Islands name = Livingston image caption = Map of Livingston Island, Antarctica locator map custom = no nickname = location = Antarctica coordinates = coord|62|36|S|60|30|W|display=inline archipelago = South Shetland Islands total islands …   Wikipedia

  • Mansa Cove — Location of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Mansa Cove is the 450 m wide cove indenting for 300 m the east coast of the small (2.6 km by 1.6 km) ice free promontory forming the… …   Wikipedia

  • Isla Livingston — Ubicación de la isla Livingston. Ubicación de la isla Livingston en las Shetland …   Wikipedia Español

  • Mercury Bluff — Location of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Mercury Bluff is a perpendicular bluff on Gerlovo Beach in the northwest of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands,… …   Wikipedia

  • Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula — (Poluostrov Yoan Pavel II po lu os trov yo an pa vel vto ri) is an ice covered peninsula on the north coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica that is bounded by Hero Bay to the east and Barclay Bay to the west. It extends 12.8 km in length and is… …   Wikipedia

  • Avitohol Point — Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Avitoh …   Wikipedia

  • Valchedram Island — ( bg. остров Вълчедръм , ‘Ostrov Valchedram’ os trov v l che dr m) is an island off the north coast of Livingston island, South Shetland Islands situated 1.35 km northwest of Cape Shirreff and 2.2 km north northeast of San Telmo Island. Extending …   Wikipedia

  • Hero Bay — (coord|62|31|S|60|27|W|) is a 17 mi wide bay, which indents for 6 mi the north side of Livingston Island between Cape Shirreff and Williams Point, in the South Shetland Islands. The name ‘Blythe Bay’, originally applied to a small bay on the… …   Wikipedia

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