Cape Shirreff [SEP] continent
Cape Shirreff
Cape Shirreff is a prominent cape at the north end of the rocky peninsula which separates Hero Bay and Barclay Bay on the north coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The cape was named by Edward Bransfield in 1820 after Captain William H. Shirreff, the British commanding officer in the Pacific at that time.
The seasonal scientific field station Doctor Guillermo Mann Base has been operated by Chile since 1991 and the Shirreff Base by the USA since 1996.
Description.
Situated on a
Shirreff Base
Shirreff Base (official name Cape Shirreff Field Station) is a seasonal field station in the Southern Ocean operated by the United States and opened in 1996. It is situated on the east side of Cape Shirreff on Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic peninsula.
It is near the Chilean base called Doctor Guillermo Mann.
Location.
The base is located at which is 1.58 km southeast of Cape Shirreff and 3.32 km west-northwest of Black Point