GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



in about 77°55'S., 155°15'W. Disc, on Jan. 27, 

 1929 by members of the ByrdAE on an exploratory 

 flight over this area. 



SHINGLE COVE: small, sheltered cove in the 

 NW. corner of Iceberg Bay, on the S. coast of 

 Coronation I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°39'S., 

 45°35'W. First surveyed by DI personnel in 1933. 

 The name, applied by the FIDS following their 

 survey of 1948-49, arose from the fine shingle on 

 the landing beach on the S. shore of the cove. 



SHIPLEY GLACIER: glacier descending from 

 the high plateau of northern Victoria Land to the 

 W. side of Robertson Bay, where it fronts on 

 Pressure Bay and against Flat and Turret Islands; 

 in about 71°25'S., 169°12'E. This feature was 

 charted by the Northern Party of the BrAE, 

 1910-13, under Scott. 



SHIRLEY, MOUNT: crescent-shaped summit- 

 ridge resulting from the glacial sculpturing of a 

 prominent snow-covered cirque overlooking Emory 

 Land Bay, on Ruppert Coast; in about 75°40'S., 

 142°00'W. Disc, and mapped by the USAS in 1940. 

 Named for Charles C. Shirley, chief photographer 

 at the USAS West Base. Not adopted: Mount Ann 

 Shirley. 



SHIRREFF, CAPE: cape at the N. tip of the 

 small rocky peninsula which separates Blythe and 

 Barclay Bays, lying near the W. end of the N. 

 coast of Livingston I.; in 62°27'S., 60°48'W. Named 

 by Edward Bransfield in 1820 for Capt. William 

 H. Shirreff, at that time the British commanding 

 officer in the Pacific. Not adopted: Cape Sheriff, 

 Cape ShirefT. 



SHIRREFF COVE: small cove or anchorage, 

 situated immediately SW. of Cape Shirreff, along 

 the N. side of Livingston I., in the South Shetland 

 Is.; in 62°27'S., 60°49'W. Edward Bransfield, 

 Master, RN, named a cove in this vicinity for Capt. 

 William H. Shirreff, British commanding officer 

 in the Pacific in 1820. Present application of the 

 name is based upon the location shown on Capt. 

 George Powell's map published by Laurie in 1822. 

 Not adopted: Shirreff 's Cove. 



Shiskoff's Island: see Clarence Island. 



SHIVER POINT: point, surmounted by a peak 

 about 2,100 ft. in el., marking the N. side of the 

 entrance to Evans Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 65°03'S., 61°25'W. Evans Inlet was first 

 sighted from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins on Dec. 

 20, 1928. The point was charted during 1947 by 

 the FIDS and named by the Br-APC in 1950. The 

 name is not a personal name. 



SHMIDT, CAPE : cape on the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen., marking the NW. extremity of the peninsula 

 which separates Hanusse Bay and Lallemand 

 Fjord; in 66°55'S., 67°06'W. First seen and rough- 

 ly surveyed in 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot. It 

 was sketched from the air in 1937 by the BGLE 

 under Rymill. Named in 1954 by the Br-APC for 

 Prof. Otto Yu. Shmidt, Dir. of the Arctic Inst, at 

 Leningrad, 1930-32, Head of the Chief Administra- 

 tion of the Northern Sea Route, 1932-39, and leader 

 of many Arctic expeditions. 



Shokalski Strait: see Schokalsky Bay. 



SHROVE POINT: the SE. tip of Candlemas I., 

 in the South Sandwich Is.; in 57°04'S., 26°39'W. 

 The name of the point derives from the day on 

 which it was charted by DI personnel on the Dis- 

 covery II, Shrove Tuesday, March 4, 1930. 



Sibbald, Cape: see Johnson, Cape. 



SIBBALD, CAPE: sheer, bare cliffs, 2,000 ft. in 

 el., at the S. margin of Lady Newnes Ice Shelf, in 

 Victoria Land; in about 74°00'S., 166°50'E. Named 

 in February 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross for 

 Lt. (later Cdr.) John Sibbald, of the Erebus. 



SICKLE MOUNTAIN: mountain standing on the 

 S. side of Clarke Gl. and about 13 mi. E. of Cape 

 Berteaux, on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 68°53'S., 66°50'W. So named by Finn Ronne of the 

 East Base of the USAS, 1939-41, because its peculiar 

 shape was suggestive of that of a sickle. 



Sidders, Islotes: see Pi Islets. 



SIDLEY, MOUNT: peak about 12,000 ft. in el., 

 the most imposing summit of the Executive Com- 

 mittee Range, in Marie Byrd Land; in about 

 77°25'S., 129°00'W. Disc, by R. Adm. Richard E. 

 Byrd, Nov. 18, 1934, and named by him for Mrs. 

 Mabelle Sidley, the daughter of William Horlick, 

 manufacturer, who was a contributor to the Byrd- 

 AE, 1933-35. Not adopted: Mount Mabelle Sidley, 

 Mount Maybelle Horlick Sibley, Mount Maybelle 

 Horlick Sidley, Mount Maybelle Sidley. 



SIDNEY HERBERT SOUND: a sound extending 

 from Capes Lachman and Scott Keltic on the NW. 

 to the narrows between The Naze and False Island 

 Pt. on the SE., separating Vega I. from James Ross 

 I. and connecting Prince Gustav Chan, with 

 Erebus and Terror Gulf; in about 63°55'S., 57°40'W. 

 On Jan. 6, 1843 Capt. James Clark Ross disc, a broad 

 embayment E. of the sound, which he named 

 Sidney Herbert Bay after the Hon. Sidney Herbert, 

 M.P., First Secretary to the Admiralty. The sound 

 proper was disc, and charted by the SwedAE, 

 1901-4, under Nordenskjold, who included it with 



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