Sherrell Point
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Sherrell Point is a point at the south end of Astrolabe Island
, off Trinity Peninsula
. Situated 4.5 km southeast of Raduil Point
and 2.28 km southwest of Rogach Peak
. Named for Frederick W. Sherrell, surveyor and geologist in this area with the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1955-56.
Astrolabe Island
Astrolabe Island is an island long, lying in the Bransfield Strait northwest of Cape Ducorps, Trinity Peninsula. It was discovered by the French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for his chief expedition ship, the Astrolabe....
, off Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the extreme northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about from a line connecting Cape Kjellman and Cape Longing. Dating back more than a century, chartmakers used various names for this portion of the Antarctic peninsula, each name having some...
. Situated 4.5 km southeast of Raduil Point
Raduil Point
Raduil Point is a point forming the northwest extremity of Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait off Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Situated northwest of Sherrell Point and west of Drumohar Peak....
and 2.28 km southwest of Rogach Peak
Rogach Peak
Rogach Peak is the ice-covered peak rising to 562 m on Astrolabe Island in Graham Land, Antarctica, summit of the island.The peak is named after the settlement of Rogach in Southern Bulgaria.-Location:...
. Named for Frederick W. Sherrell, surveyor and geologist in this area with the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1955-56.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.