GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



NE. tip of Palmer Pen.; in 63°36'S., 56°22'W. The 

 cape was named by Thomas Robertson, captain of 

 the Active of Dundee, Scotland, in 1893. It was 

 re-identified and charted by the FIDS during 1947. 



Scullin Monolith: see Mikkelsen Peak. 



SCULLIN MONOLITH: crescent-shaped rock 

 fronting the sea about 2.5 mi. W. of Torlyn 

 Mtn., on Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 67°47'S., 

 66°43'E. Early in January 1930 the BANZARE 

 under Mawson made an aerial flight from the exp. 

 ship Discovery and reported a mountainous shore- 

 line in this area. Mawson landed on the rock on 

 Feb. 13, 1931 and named it for James Henry Scullin, 

 Prime Minister of Australia, 1929-31. Charted in 

 January-February 1931 from Norwegian whale 

 catchers exploring along this coast, and named 

 Mount Klarius Mikkelsen for Capt. Klarius Mikkel- 

 sen, master of the whale catcher Torlyn. Mikkel- 

 sen Peak is hereby retained as the name of the 

 highest peak of this feature. Not adopted: Mount 

 Klarius Mikkelsen. 



SEAL BAY: bay lying in the corner of the ice 

 cliffs SW. of Cape Norvegia, along Princess Martha 

 Coast; in about 71°45'S., 12°20'W. Discovered in 

 1930 by a Nor. exp. under Riiser-Larsen, and so 

 named because of the abundance of seals in the bay. 

 Not adopted: Sel Bucht [German], Selbukta [Nor- 

 wegian] . 



SEA LEOPARD FJORD: inlet about 1 mi. wide, 

 between Bellingshausen and Luck Points, in the SE. 

 part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia; in 54°04'S., 

 37°15'W. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman 

 Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig 

 Daisy, who gave this name because he observed 

 sea leopards there. Not adopted: Sealeopard 

 Fjord, Seeleoparden Fjord [German]. 



SEA-LEOPARD PATCH: shoal near the center 

 of Visca Anchorage, Admiralty Bay, in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in 62°03'S., 58°23'W. Charted and 

 probably named by DI personnel on the Discovery 

 who took soundings in Visca Anchorage during 

 1927. 



Sealer Cove: see Diaz Cove. 



Seal Island: see Seal Islands. 



SEAL ISLANDS: group of small islands lying 

 from 3 to 5 mi. NW. of Elephant I., in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in about 6r03'S., 55°43'W. The 

 group takes its name from the largest island, which 

 Capt. William Smith named Seal Island in 1820 

 because of the number of seals caught there. Not 

 adopted: lies des Phoques [French], Seal Island, 

 Seal Rocks. 



SEAL NUNATAKS: chain of nunataks extend- 

 ing in a WNW. direction from Robertson I., and 

 protruding above Larsen Ice Shelf off the E. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; centering in 65°03'S., 60°18'W. 

 Disc, and named Seal Islands in December 1893 by 

 a Nor. whaling exp. under C. A. Larsen, who also 

 named several individual features in the group. 

 They were more accurately charted in 1902 by the 

 SwedAE under Nordenskjold, who determined 

 them to be nunataks, and by the FIDS in 1947. 

 Not adopted: Robben Nunataks [German], Sel 

 Oene [Norwegian]. 



SEAL POINT: point which extends N. from the 

 SE. shore of Hope Bay between Eagle Cove and 

 Hut Cove, at the NE. end of the Palmer Pen.; in 

 63°24'S., 56°59'W. Disc, by a party under J. Gun- 

 nar Andersson of the SwedAE, 1901-4, and so 

 named because the party relieved their shortage of 

 food and fuel by killing a seal on this point. Not 

 adopted: Robbenspitze [German]. 



SEAL POINT: point lying about 3.7 mi. S. of 

 Ridley Beach on the W. side of the peninsula ter- 

 minating in Cape Adare, in northern Victoria 

 Land; in about 71°22'S., 170°14'E. Charted and 

 named in 1911 by the Northern Party of the BrAE 

 under Scott. 



Seal Rocks: see Seal Islands. 



SEAL ROCKS: rocks, about 50 ft. in el., lying 

 about 0.3 mi. NE. of Cape Ellsworth, the N. end of 

 Young I., in the Balleny Is.; in about 66°15'S., 

 162°25°E. 



SEA SERPENT COVE: small- cove about 1 mi. 

 SE. of Vulcan Pt. on the W. side of Candlemas I., 

 in the South Sandwich Is.; in 57°02'S., 26°42'W. 

 Charted and named in 1930 by DI personnel on the 

 Discovery II. 



SEAWARD ROCK: northernmost and most sea- 

 ward rock in a group of islands which occupy the 

 central part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia, 

 lying immediately NE. of Mollyhawk It.; in 

 54°00'S., 37°19'W. First charted in 1912-13 by 

 Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist 

 aboard the brig Daisy. Probably named by DI 

 personnel who surveyed the Bay of Isles in 1929-30. 



SECOND MILESTONE: rock marked by break- 

 ers, about 1.25 mi. ESE. of Robertson Pt., off the 

 N. coast of South Georgia; in 54°06'S., 36°44'W. 

 Charted and named by DI personnel during the 

 period 1927-30. 



SEDGWICK GLACIER: glacier on the E. coast 

 of Alexander I Island, about 7 mi. long and 2 mi. 

 wide, which flows E. from the foot of Mt. Stephen- 



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