GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



SQUARE BAY: a roughly rectangular-shaped 

 bay about 10 mi. wide, indenting the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen. for about 8 mi. in the NE. part of 

 Marguerite Bay; in 67°51'S., 67°00'W. Most of the 

 entrance to the bay is occupied by Horseshoe I., 

 which limits access to a narrow southern strait 

 opening onto Marguerite Bay and a narrower 

 northwestern strait opening onto the mouth of 

 Bourgeois Fjord. Disc, and named by the BGLE, 

 1934-37, under Rymill. 



SQUARE END ISLAND: small island about 4.5 

 mi. NNE. of the W. tip of King George I., in the 

 South Shetland Is.; in 62°09'S., 58°59'W. The 

 name appears to have been applied by DI personnel 

 on the Discovery II who charted the island in 1935. 

 Not adopted: Square-end Island. 



STAHLMAN, MOUNT: mountain with a pre- 

 cipitous western face, rising to about 4,500 ft. in el., 

 standing close NNE. of Mt. Hamilton at the E. 

 side of the lower reaches of Robert Scott Gl., in the 

 Queen Maud Range; in about 85°37'S., 151°40'W. 

 Disc, in December 1934 by the ByrdAE geological 

 party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd 

 for James G. Stahlman, newspaper publisher of 

 Nashville, Tenn., a supporter of the expedition. 



STANCLIFF, MOUNT: peak about 2,000 ft. in 

 el., at the E. side of Mt. Saunders, in the Edsel 

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

 145°23'W. Disc, by the Marie Byrd Land Sledging 

 Party of the ByrdAE in November 1934, and named 

 for Olin D. Stancliff, a member of that party. Not 

 adopted: Mount Stancliff e. Mount Starcliffe. 



Stancliffe, Mount: see Stancliff, Mount. 



STANCOMB-WILLS ICE TONGUE: (in about 

 74°10'S., 25°00"W.) the decision of May 1947 has 

 been VACATED, as this tongue was found to be 

 nonexistent in January 1955. 



St. Andrew Bay: see Saint Andrews Bay. 



STANLEY ISLAND : island about 2 mi. long and 

 about 1,700 ft. in el., lying 4 mi. NE. of Spur Pt. 

 in the W. part of Cabinet Inlet, off the E. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 66°32'S., 63°40'W. Charted by 

 the FIDS in 1947 and named for Rt. Hon. F. G. 

 Stanley, M. P., Sec. of State for the British Colonies, 

 who played an important part in establishing the 

 survey. This island was photographed from the 

 air during 1947 by the RARE under Ronne. Not 

 adopted: Bertrand Island. 



STANLEY KEMP PEAK: mountain peak, about 

 2,500 ft. in el., forming a break in the skyline SW. 

 of Stefansson Bay, on Kemp Coast; in about 

 67°30'S., 59°00'E. Disc. Jan. 4, 1930 by the 



BANZARE, 1929-31, under Mawson and named for 

 Dr. Stanley W. Kemp, British marine biologist and 

 oceanographer who was Dir. of Research of the 

 Discovery Investigations, 1924^36. Not adopted: 

 Kemp Peak. 



STANLEY PATCH: shoal lying in Port Foster, 

 about 2 mi. WNW. of Fildes Pt., Deception I., in 

 the South Shetland Is.; in 62°59'S., 60°38'W. 

 Named after Port Stanley, Falkland Islands by Lt. 

 Cdr. D. N. Penfold, RN, following his survey in 

 1948-49. 



STANTON GROUP: group of small rocky islets 

 lying about 3 mi. off Mac-Robertson Coast, about 

 7 mi. NE. of Falla Bluff; in about 67°27'S., 61°41'E. 

 Disc, by the BANZARE under Mawson on about 

 Feb. 17, 1931 and named for A. M. Stanton, a mem- 

 ber of the expedition. Not adopted: Einstodingane 

 [Norwegian] . 



Starcliffe, Mount: see Stancliff, Mount. 



STARFISH COVE: small cove close N. of Balin 

 Pt. on the E. side of Signy I., South Orkney Is.; 

 in 60°42'S., 45°37'W. Roughly surveyed in 1933 

 by DI personnel. So named by the FIDS, following 

 their survey of 1947, because of the large number 

 of starfish in the bottom fauna. 



START POINT: point marking the NW. end of 

 Livingston I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°31'S., 

 61°08'W. Disc, by a Br. exp. under Bransfield in 

 January 1820. It was so named by him because 

 of its resemblance to a point on the S. coast of 

 England by the same name and because it was 

 the place where his operations began. 



STATION NUNATAK: isolated ice-free nunatak 

 near the N. coast of Snow Hill I., in the James Ross 

 I. group; in 64°23'S., 57°03'W.' It is nearly 500 

 ft. in el. and stands 4.5 mi. SW. of the NE. end 

 of the island. First seen and surveyed in 1902 by 

 the SwedAE under Nordenskjold, who so named it 

 because of its proximity to the expedition's winter 

 station. Not adopted: Stations Nunatak. 



STATLER HILLS: small group of low, rocky 

 hills, standing close N. of Rogers Gl. and fronting 

 on Ingrid Christensen Coast; in about 69°54'S., 

 72°38'E. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp. 

 in March 1947, and named by him for L. R. Statler, 

 air crewman on USN Op. Hjp. photographic flights 

 in this area and other coastal areas between 14° 

 and 164°, east longitude. 



STEELE ISLAND: a snow-covered mound, about 

 12 mi. long from east to west and about 10 mi. 

 wide, rising above the ice off the E. coast of Palmer 



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