GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Sorrowness Bay: see Stromness Bay. 



S0RSDAL GLACIER: channel glacier, about 8 

 ml. wide and some 20 mi. long, flowing WNW. from 

 the continental ice overlying Ingrid Christensen 

 Coast, and terminating in a prominent tongue at 

 the SE. side of Krok Inlet and the Vestfold Hills; 

 in about 68°42'S., 78°30'E. Disc, and roughly 

 charted in February 1935 by the Nor. exp. under 

 Mikkelsen, and named by him for Lief S0rsdal, 

 Norwegian dentist and member of the party which 

 landed at the N. side of the Vestfold Hills. Re- 

 charted by Norwegian cartographers from aerial 

 photographs taken in January 1937 by the Nor. 

 exp. under Lars Christensen. Not adopted: 

 Sorsdal Glacier, Sorsdal Glacier. 



S0RSDAL GLACIER TONGUE: prominent gla- 

 cier tongue, about 7 mi. wide and 12 mi. long, ex- 

 tending W. from S0rsdal Gl., at the S. side of Krok 

 Inlet and the Vestfold Hills, along Ingrid Christen- 

 sen Coast; in about 68°43'S., 78°05'E. Disc, in 

 February 1935 by the Nor. exp. under Mikkelsen. 

 Charted by Norwegian cartographers from aerial 

 photographs taken in January 1937 by the Nor. 

 exp. under Lars Christensen, and named for Lief 

 S0rsdal. 



S0RTINDANE PEAKS: two peaks about 5,000 

 ft. in el., lying S. of Tritoppen Pk. in the S. part of 

 David Range in the Framnes Mtns., on Mac- 

 Robertson Coast; in about 68°09'S., 62°29'E. 

 Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial 

 photographs taken by a Nor. exp. under the direc- 

 tion of Lars Christensen in January 1937. The 

 name, meaning "the southern peaks," was applied 

 because of the extreme S. position of the peaks in 

 the area mapped. Not adopted: Sortindane [Nor- 

 wegian] . 



S0STRENE ISLANDS: island group, including 

 Debutante I. and a small chain of islets and rocks 

 close N. which extend about 5 mi. in an E.-W. 

 direction, lying about 5 mi. W. of Ingrid Christen- 

 sen Coast, between Polar Record and Polar^rboken 

 Glacier Tongues; in about 65°35'S., 75°00'E. Disc, 

 and charted in February 1935 by the Nor. exp. 

 under Mikkelsen, who applied the name S0strene, 

 after the islands by that name lying in the en- 

 trance to Oslofjord, Norway. Not adopted: Sos- 

 trene [Norwegian], Sostrene Islands, Sostvene 

 Islands, The Sisters. 



Sostvene Islands: see S0strene Islands. 



SOUND, THE: a passage, about 3 mi. long and 

 0.5 mi. wide, which extends in a N.-S. direction 

 between the Melchior Is., Palmer Arch.; in 64°19'S., 

 62°58'W. It separates the Melchior Is. into West 



Melchior Islands and East Melchior Islands. It 

 was first roughly charted by the FrAE under Char- 

 cot, 1903-5. The name was probably given by DI 

 personnel who roughly surveyed the feature in 

 1927. It was resurveyed by Argentine expeditions 

 in 1942, 1943 and 1948. Not adopted: Canal Prin- 

 cipal [Spanish]. 



Sourrie, He: see Lambda Island. 



SOUTHARD, CAPE: ice-covered cape, separating 

 Banzare and Sabrina Coasts, which marks the NE. 

 end of the low, ice-covered ridge forming the W. 

 side of Paulding Bay and the N. flank of Reynolds 

 Trough; in about 66°35'S., 122°05'E. Delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for Samuel 

 Lewis Southard, Sec. of the Navy under Pres. John 

 Quincy Adams. Southard was instrumental in 

 initiating interest in a governmental scientific exp. 

 and gaining congressional authorization of the 

 USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42, while serving as 

 Senator from New Jersey during the Van Buren 

 Administration. 



South Arms: see Ferrar Glacier. 



South Bay: see Cumberland East Bay. 



SOUTH BAY: bay about 2.5 mi. wide, lying NW. 

 of False Bay on the S. side of Livingston I., in the 

 South Shetland Is.; in 62°38'S., 60°30'W. This bay 

 was known to both the American sealers and the 

 British as early as 1820, and the name South has 

 been well established in international usage for 

 over 100 years. Not adopted: Erebus Bay. 



SOUTH BAY: small bay forming the S. head of 

 Prince Olav Hbr., along the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°04'S., 37°09'W. Probably named 

 by DI personnel who charted Prince Olav Hbr. in 

 1929. 



SOUTH CAPE: cape marking the S. extremity 

 of the Robertson Is., immediately S. of the SE. tip 

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

 60°48'S., 45°09'W. Named by Capt. George Powell 

 and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer, who disc, the South 

 Orkney Is. while on a joint cruise in December 

 1821. Not adopted: South Point. 



South Crest: see S0rkammen Crest. 



SOUTH EAST POINT: point about 1 mi. ENE. of 

 Neptunes Bellows, marking the SE. point of Decep- 

 tion I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°59'S., 

 60°31'W. The point was charted by a Br. exp., 

 1828-31, under Foster. The name was proposed in 

 1949 by the Hydrographic Dept., Admiralty, foUow- 



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