GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



graphs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named 

 by the US-ACAN for Mark G. Snyder, who assisted 

 USN Op. Wml. parties which established astro- 

 nomical control along Wilhelm II, Knox and Budd 

 Coasts in January-February 1948. 



SOBRAL, CAPE: cape about 2,000 ft. in el., 

 which is almost entirely snow-covered, marking 

 the W. side of the entrance to Larsen Inlet, on the 

 E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 64°37'S., 59°40'W. Disc, 

 by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nordenskjold, who 

 named it for Lt. Jose M. Sobral of the Argentine 

 Navy, asst. physicist and meteorologist with the 

 expedition. The cape was recharted by the FIDS 

 in 1947, but at that time it could not be determined 

 whether the cape formed the S. tip of an island or a 

 promontory projecting from the mainland. 



Sobral, Isla: see Omega Island. 



Society Range: see Royal Society Range. 



SOCKS GLACIER: small glacier entering the W. 

 side of Beardmore GL, about 18 mi. up the glacier 

 from the Ross Ice Shelf; in about 83°47'S., 

 170°20'E. Disc, by the BrAE, 1907-9, under 

 Shackleton, and named for one of the ponies taken 

 with the South Pole Party. Socks, the last pony 

 to survive the journey, fell into a crevasse, and was 

 lost on Beardmore Gl. near Socks Glacier. 



SOGEN ISLET: islet forming the E. side of Fran- 

 gais Cove, lying in the SW. extremity of Port 

 Charcot, which indents the N. part of Booth I., off 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°03'S., 64°01'W. 

 Disc, by the FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot, and 

 named for one of the exp. dogs which died and was 

 buried here. The name has been approved because 

 of its long-time use. Not adopted : Sogen Islet. 



SOLBERG INLET: ice-filled inlet about 6 mi. 

 wide, which recedes W. about 10 mi. between Rock 

 Pile Peaks and Joerg Pen., along the E. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 68°19'S., 65°10'W. Disc, by mem- 

 bers of the USAS in 1940. It was resighted in 1947 

 by the RARE under Ronne, who named it for 

 R. Adm. Thorvald A. Solberg, USN, Chief of Naval 

 Research, who was of assistance to the expedition. 



SOLVAY MOUNTAINS: mountains, probably 

 over 5,000 ft. in el., extending in a NE.-SW. direc- 

 tion along the SE. side of Brabant I., in the Palmer 

 Arch.; in 64°20'S., 62°17'W. Disc, by the BelgAE, 

 1897-99, under De Gerlache, and named by him 

 for Ernest Solvay, a supporter of the expedition. 

 Not adopted: Monts Solway [French]. 



Solway, Monts: see Solvay Mountains. 



SOMERVILLE ISLET: the southwesterly of a 

 pair of islets situated about 3 mi. NW. of Darboux 

 I. and about 6 mi. WNW. of Cape Tois Perez, off the 

 W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°23'S., 64°20'W. 

 Disc, by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot, and 

 named by him for Crichton Somerville, a resident 

 of Kristiania, Norway (now Oslo), who selected 

 and supervised the making of much of the polar 

 clothing and equipment used by the expedition. 



SoTumet: for names beginning thus see under 

 the specific part of the name. For example, for 

 Sommet Gravier see Gravier, Sommet. {Sommet 

 is a French word for "peak.") 



S0RKAMMEN CREST: crescent-shaped range 

 about 3,500 ft. in el., lying close SW. of Mekammen 

 Crest and extending 3 mi. in a NE.-SW. arc, in the 

 Masson Range of the Framnes Mtns., on Mac- 

 Robertson Coast; in about 67°53'S., 62°50'E^ It 

 was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from 

 aerial photographs taken by a Nor. exp. under the 

 direction of Lars Christensen in January 1937. 

 The name is descriptive, meaning "south comb." 

 Not adopted: Sorkammen [Norwegian], South 

 Crest. 



S0RLLE, CAPE: rocky bluff marking the S. end 

 of Fredriksen I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°46'S., 45°00'W. The cape was charted in 1933 

 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, and named for 

 Capt. Petter S0rlle, Norwegian whaler who made a 

 running survey of the South Orkney Is. in 1912-13. 

 Not adopted : Cape Sorlle. 



SoRN and BERNT : two conspicuous rocks lying 

 close offshore, about 2 mi. NE. of Cape Pride, off 

 the N. coast of South Georgia; in 53°59'S., 37°55'W. 

 The name appears on a chart based upon surveys 

 by DI personnel in the period 1926-30, but may 

 reflect an earlier naming. Not adopted: The 

 Brothers. 



S0R RONDANE MOUNTAINS: irregular escarp- 

 ment assumed to be the front of the polar plateau 

 which has been mapped from 21°40'E. to 25°30'E., 

 in about 72°15'S., inland from Princess Ragnhild 

 Coast. The plateau edge, which rises to an esti- 

 mated 8,000 or 9,000 ft. as a southern wall back of 

 the mountain-studded coastal piedmont, consists 

 of the major re-entrants bordered by massive 

 northward projections. Four of these latter have 

 been mapped and named. From west to east these 

 are Mt. Wider0e, Mt. Wahium, Mefjell Mtn., and 

 Mt. Bergersen. Disc, and photographed from the 

 air by members of a Nor. exp. under Christensen 

 on Feb. 6, 1937 and named after Rondane, a moun- 

 tain massif in southern Norway. Not adopted: 

 Sor-Rondane [Norwegian] , Southern Escarpments. 



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