GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



of the name, Mount Skittle, was recommended 

 by the Br-APC in 1954. Not adopted: Kegel-Berg 

 [German] . 



Sknapsskjar Rocks: see Skrap Skerries. 



Skollsberg, Cap: see Skottsberg, Cape. 



Skomaker Hullet: see Cobblers Cove. 



SKONTORP COVE: cove in Paradise Hbr., lying 

 about 2 mi. SE. of Bryde I. along the W coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 64°54'S., 62°53'W. Probably 

 named for Edvard Skontorp, an outstanding Nor- 

 wegian whale gunner, who commanded a whaler 

 for Salvesen and Co. of Leith, Scotland. Not 

 adopted: Skontrop Cove. 



Skontrop Cove: see Skontorp Cove. 



SKOTTSBERG, CAPE: cape forming the S. end 

 of Trinity I., which is separated from the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen. by Orleans Chan.; in 63°53'S., 

 60°47'W. The cape was first charted by the Swed- 

 AE, 1901-4, under Nordenskjold, and named by 

 him for Carl Skottsberg, botanist of the expedition. 

 Not adopted: Cap Skollsberg [French]. 



Skrabskjaer Ricks; Skrapskjar: see Skrap Sker- 

 ries. 



SKRAP SKERRIES: two small groups of islets 

 and rocks lying midway between Cape George 

 and Barff Pt., close off the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; centering in about 54°15'S., 36°19'W. The 

 present name, which dates back to about 1930, 

 derives from the Norwegian term "skrapskjaer" or 

 "skrapskjar" formerly used for these islets. Not 

 adopted: Skrabskjaer Ricks, Skrapskjar, Sknaps- 

 skjar Rocks. 



SKUA CREEK: narrow channel between Skua 

 I. and Winter I. in the Argentine Is., off the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°15'S., 64°16'W. Charted 

 and named Skua Inlet in 1935 by the BGLE under 

 Rymill, but in recent years the name Skua Creek 

 has overtaken the earlier name in usage. Not 

 adopted : Skua Inlet. 



SKUA GULL PEAK: peak, probably about 2,000 

 ft. in el., with a small lake enclosed near the summit 

 which partially thaws during the summer and 

 is bordered by a skua gull rookery, standing 

 about 12 mi. ENE. of Mt. Saunders, in the Edsel 

 Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land; in about 76°49'S., 

 145°29'W. Disc, and named in November 1934 by 

 the Marie Byrd Land Sledging Party of the Byrd- 

 AE, 1933-35. 



Skua Inlet: see Skua Creek. 



SKUA ISLAND: triangular islet lying between 

 Black I., to the SW., and Winter I. and Galindez 

 I., to the N. and NE., in the Argentine Is., off the 

 W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°15'S., 64°16'W. 

 Charted and named in 1935 by the BGLE under 

 Rymill. 



SKUA ISLET: islet immediately NE. of Prion I., 

 in the entrance to the Bay of Isles, South Georgia; 

 in 54°01'S., 37°15'W. The islet was charted in 

 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American 

 naturalist aboard the brig Daisy. Named by DI 

 personnel following their 1929-30 survey of the 

 Bay of Isles. Not adopted: Skua Island. 



Skuary: see Evans, Cape. 



SKY ROCK: small rock marking the southern 

 extent of the Welcome Its., off the N. coast of 

 South Georgia; in 53°59'S., 37°29'W. Charted 

 and named by DI personnel in 1930. 



SLADEN, MOUNT: conspicuous pyramid-shaped 

 mountain, about 3,000 ft. in el., standing 1.5 mi. 

 NW. of Saunders Pt. on the S. side of Coronation 

 I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°41'S., 45°18'W. Sur- 

 veyed by the FIDS in 1948-49. Named by the 

 Br-APC for Dr. William J. L. Sladen of the FIDS, 

 medical officer and biologist at Hope Bay in 1948, 

 and at Signy I. in 1950. 



SLEIPNIR GLACIER: glacier about 10 mi. long, 

 flowing in an easterly direction close S. of Mt. Odin 

 into the W. side of Cabinet Inlet between Balder 

 and Spur Points, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 66°29'S., 63°59'W. Charted in 1947 by the 

 FIDS, who named it after the horse of the mytho- 

 logical Norse god Odin. It was photographed from 

 the air during 1947 by the RARE under Ronne. 



SLESSOR PEAK: a mainly ice-covered peak, 

 about 7,600 ft. in el., standing at the SW. end of 

 Bruce Plateau on Palmer Pen., and close N. of 

 West Gould Gl.; in 66°31'S., 64°58'W. It rises 

 about 1,000 ft. above the general level of the 

 plateau ice sheet and has a steep rock face on 

 its N. side. First surveyed in 1946-47 by a FIDS 

 sledge party led by Robert S. Slessor, FIDS medical 

 officer at Stonington I., for whom the peak is 

 named. 



Slosarczyk Bay; Slossarczyk Bay: see Doubtful 

 Bay. 



Smaaland Bay: see Doubtful Bay; Smaaland 

 Cove. 



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