GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



SINBAD ROCK: low rock about 1.25 mi. WNW. 

 of Square End I., off the NW. side of King George I., 

 in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°09'S., 59°02'W. 

 The rock was charted in 1935 by DI personnel on 

 the Discovery II, but the name appears to be first 

 used on a 1948 Admiralty chart based upon this 

 survey. 



SINKER ROCK: rock lying ofT the N. tip of 

 Goudier Islet, near the center of the harbor of 

 Port Lockroy, in the Palmer Arch; in 64°50'S., 

 63°31'W. Rocks were charted in this position by 

 the FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot. So named by 

 the FIDS in 1944 because a sinker was laid near 

 this rock for a boat mooring. 



SIPLE, MOUNT: massive, conical, snow-covered 

 mountain, about 10,200 ft. in el., lying in the angle 

 of the coast line at the E. side of the entrance 

 of Wrigley Gulf, in Marie Byrd Land; in about 

 73°15'S., 123°00'W. Disc, in December 1940 by 

 members of the US AS in a flight from West Base. 

 Paul A. Siple, for whom the mountain is named, 

 served on the ByrdAE, 1928-30, and 1933-35, and 

 was in command of the West Base of the USAS, 

 1939-41. He was navigator on all major explora- 

 tory flights from the base, including that on which 

 Mount Siple was first sighted. Not adopted: 

 Mount Ruth Siple, Mount Walker. 



SIREN BAY: small bay lying in front of Shipley 

 Gl. between Flat and Turret Islands, in northern 

 Victoria Land; in about 71°22'S., 169°12'E. 

 Charted in 1911 by the Northern Party of the 

 BrAE under Scott, 1910-13, and so named by them 

 because they heard a noise like a ship's siren 

 while surveying this area. Not adopted: Syren 

 Bay. 



Sir George Newnes Glacier: see Newnes Glacier. 



SIRIUS KNOLL: conspicuous, ice-covered knoll 

 about 3,500 ft. in el., standing at the S. side of 

 West Russell Gl. and marking the NE. end of the 

 Detroit Plateau, in the central part of Louis 

 Philippe Pen.; in 63°43'S., 58°36'W. Charted in 

 1946 by the FIDS and named after Sirius, the 

 dog star. 



Sir John Murray Glacier: see Murray Glacier. 



Sisters, The: see S0strene Islands. 



SISTERS, THE: two stacks, or pillar rocks, 

 lying close to the N. tip of Cape Adare, in north- 

 ern Victoria Land; in about 71°17'S., 170°15'E. 

 First charted and named in 1899 by the BrAE, 

 1898-1900, under Borchgrevink. Not adopted: 

 Sisters, Sisters' Rocks. 



Sisters Point: see Three Sisters Point. 



Sisters' Rocks: see Sisters, The. 



SITKA BAY: small bay about 1 mi. W. of Cape 

 Buller, along the N. coast of South Georgia; in 

 53°59'S., 37°24'W. The names Sitka Bay and 

 Buller Bay have both appeared on maps for this 

 feature for many years. Following a survey of 

 South Georgia in 1951-52, the SGS reported that 

 this feature is known locally as Sitka Bay. This 

 latter name is approved on the basis of local usage. 

 Not adopted: Buller Bay. 



Sjogren Fiord: see Sjogren Glacier. 



SJOGREN GLACIER: glacier at the SE. end 

 of Louis Philippe Pen. on Palmer Pen., that is 

 nurtured by numerous radial tributaries at its W. 

 side, which merge and move E. to Prince Gustav 

 Chan, some 15 mi. S. of Mt. Roberts; in 64°14'S., 

 58°52'W. This feature was disc, and charted as 

 a fjord by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under the Norden- 

 skjold. Its true nature was determined in a sur- 

 vey by the FIDS during August 1945. The name 

 commemorates Hj. Sjogren, a patron of Norden- 

 skjold's expedition. Not adopted: H. J. Sjogren 

 Fiord, Hj. Sjogren Fiord, Sjorgren Fiord, Sjogren 

 Fiord. 



Skagen: see Saint Michael, Mount. 



SKELTON INLET: a re-entrant about 10 mi. 

 wide, lying in the NW. part of the Moore Em- 

 bayment between Mt. Cocks and the Worcester 

 Range, along the W. edge of Ross Ice Shelf; in 

 about 78°50'S., 161°45'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 

 1901-4, under Scott, who named this feature for 

 Lt. Reginald W. Skelton, RN, chief engineer of 

 the exp. ship Discovery. 



SKILLING ISLET: islet lying immediately NE. 

 of Atriceps It., in the Robertson Is. group of the 

 South Orkney Is.; in 60°48'S., 45°09'W. Although 

 roughly charted at a much earlier date, the islet 

 was first surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel. Named 

 by the Br-APC after Charles J. Skilling (1931-52) 

 of the FIDS, general assistant at Signy I., 1949, 

 and member of the sledge party which visited 

 the Robertson Is. in 1949. Skilling died aboard 

 the John Biscoe on April 17, 1952. 



SKITTLE, MOUNT: prominent rocky moun- 

 tain, about 1,500 ft. in el., forming the N. limit 

 of Saint Andrews Bay on the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°24'S., 36°11'W. The name "Kegel- 

 Berg" (meaning skittle mountain) was given for 

 this feature by a Ger. exp. under Schrader in 

 1882-83. During the SGS, 1951-52, the moun- 

 tain was identified and located. The English form 



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