Sharonov Igor Dmitrievich 
(1911–15.06.1967)

Arctic hydrograph, honorary polar explorer. 
Born in St. Petersburg in the family of employees. In 1917, the family moved to the town of Ustyuzhna of the former Cherepovets Province, where they lived until 1924 
After returning to Leningrad, Sharonov graduated from high school, worked at the Mashdrev artel, studied draftsman at the Leningrad Construction Technical School. 
In 1930, Sharonov entered as a mechanic at a machine-repair factory and became interested in Komsomol work. Four years later, at the personal request and with the consent of the RK VLKSM, he entered the  Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route as head of personnel and then head of the administrative and economic department. 
In 1936, having gone to the expeditionary team, Sharonov graduated from courses at the Hydrographic Institute, worked as a party chief in the field of navigation barriers, and constantly traveled to the Arctic. 
With the beginning of the war, Sharonov, by the decision of the Leningrad city committee, sent the parties to the Leningrad front for political work. He served as political commissar until May 1942. In a blockade in his hometown, his father and mother died. He himself had a severe form of pulmonary tuberculosis, after which he was demobilized and. then, at the request of the  Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route, he was returned to work at the Main Directorate. The need for navigational specialists in the Arctic in wartime has become even more urgent. Sharonov constantly traveled for the installation of lighthouses, but could not work constantly in the Far North for reasons of health. 
Merit Sharonov awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor, medals "For the Defense of the Soviet Arctic" and "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.". 
Cape on the island of Mysovoy in the islands of Chelman in Minin's skerries in the Kara Sea. The name on the proposal of the Hydrographic Enterprise Ministry of the Navy was given by the decision of the Dickson regional executive committee of March 20, 1972.