Feature Name (see definition): Sherratt Bay

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13720

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 02' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 057° 50' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.0333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -57.8333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960

Description (see definition): Bay between Cape Melville and Penguin Island on the S side of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The existence of the bay was known and roughly charted by sealers working in the area in the early 1820s. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Richard Sherratt, Master of the Lady Trowbridge from Liverpool which was wrecked off Cape Melville on December 25, 1820. Sherratt occupied his time until rescued by making an inaccurate but historically interesting map of the South Shetland Islands.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data