GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Pen. about 12 mi. SE. of Cape Sharbonneau; in 

 7rOO'S., 60°40'W. The steeply-sloping sides of the 

 island are crevassed, but no rock is exposed. Disc, 

 by members of East Base of the USAS in 1940. 

 Named for Clarence E. Steele, tractor driver for 

 the East Base. 



STEEPHOLM: the southernmost islet in the 

 northern group of the Robertson Is., South Orkney 

 Is.; in 60°47'S., 45°09'W. The islet lies close N. of 

 Skilling It. and marks the N. side of the navigable 

 channel through the Robertson Is. The Robertson 

 Is. were disc, by Capt. George Powell and Capt. 

 Nathaniel Palmer in December 1821. The north- 

 ern group, consisting of three islets, was named 

 "Bratholm" by Petter S0rlle in 1912-13. The name 

 was later corrected to the plural form, "Bratthol- 

 mene" (Steep Islets), by S0rlle. Subsequently 

 "Bratholm" was restricted by others to the one islet 

 described. The name Steepholm, derived from the 

 forms used by S0rlle but restricted to the one islet, 

 was recommended by the Br-APC following surveys 

 by the FIDS in 1948-49. Not adopted: Bratholm. 



STEEPLE, THE: rocky ridge, about 1,600 ft. in 

 el., forming the NW. arm of horseshoe-shaped Mt. 

 Carrel, which is on the E. side of Depot Gl., about 

 1.5 mi. S. of the head of Hope Bay, at the NE. end 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 63°26'S., 57°03;w. Disc, by the 

 SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nordenskjold. The de- 

 scriptive name was applied by the FIDS, 1945. 



Steeple Rock: see Sail Rock. 



STEFANSSON BAY: a more-or-less landlocked 

 Day at the E. edge of Kemp Coast, about 10 mi. 

 WNW. of William Scoresby Bay. Stefansson Bay 

 is about 6 mi. wide between Tryne Pt. on the W. and 

 Cape Wilkins on the E., but widens to about 12 mi. 

 in its upper reaches; in about 67°20'S., 59°12'E. 

 Disc, by the BANZARE under Mawson, on about 

 Feb. 18, 1931, and named for Vilhjalmur Stefans- 

 son, Arctic explorer. 



Stefansson Inlet: see Smith Inlet; Stefansson 

 Strait. 



Stefansson Sound: see Stefansson Strait. 



STEFANSSON STRAIT: an ice-fHled strait about 

 40 mi. long, lying between the E. coast of Palmer 

 Pen. and Hearst Island., It is oHly 4 mi. wide at 

 Cape Rymill near its center; in about 69°26'S., 

 62°25'W. This strait was first sighted by Sir 

 Hubert Wilkin? at the S. end of his flight of Dec. 

 20, 1928, and was named by him for Vilhjalmur 

 Stefansson. He believed it to be, a strait cutting 

 off what is now known to be the Palmer Pen. from 

 the main land mass of Antarctica. The true orien- 



tation of the strait was determined by members of 

 the USAS who charted this coast by land and from 

 the air in 1940. Not adopted: Boggs Strait, Stef- 

 ansson Inlet, Stefansson Sound. 



STEIN NUNATAKS: group of low nunataks pro- 

 jecting from the piedmont ice in New Schwaben- 

 land and scattered over an area about 20 mi. long; 

 in about 71°40'S., 1°20'W. They lie about 75 mi. 

 inland from the coast. Disc, by the GerAE under 

 Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Willy Stein, 

 coxswain of the expedition. 



STELLA CREEK: narrow winding passage ex- 

 tending from Thumb Islet to the SE. end of Winter 

 I. and lying between Winter I. and Galindez I. 

 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. The expedi- 

 tion motor boat was named the Stella. Not 

 adopted: Stella Inlet. 



Stella Inlet: see Stella Creek. 



STENE POINT: point lying 1.5 mi. W. of Cape 

 Vik on the S. coast of Coronation I., South Orkney 

 Is.; in 60°40'S., 45°44'W. Surveyed by DI person- 

 nel in 1933, and resurveyed by the FIDS in 1948-49. 

 Named by the Br-APC for K. O. Stene, captain of 

 the floating factory Normanna which operated in 

 the South Orkney Is. in 1912-13. 



STENHOUSE BLUFF: southern face of a rocky 

 knoll at the head of Visca Anchorage, Admiralty 

 Bay, on King George I., in the South Shetland 

 Is.; in 62°02'S., 58°22'W. First charted by the 

 FrAE 1908-10, under Charcot. Named for Cdr. J. 

 W. Stenhouse, RNR, captain of the Discovery in 

 these waters in 1927. 



Stephen Austin, Mount: see Austin, Mount. 



Stephenson, Cape: (in about 72°25'S., 68°00'W.) 

 the decision of May 1947 has been VACATED, since 

 subsequent survey has shown that no cape exists 

 in the position indicated. 



STEPHENSON, MOUNT: highest mountain in 

 the Douglas Range, about 9,800 ft. in el., standing 

 at the heads of Toynbee and Sedgwick Glaciers 

 about 8 mi. W. of George VI Sound, on the E. side 

 of Alexander I Island; in 69°49'S., 69°43'W. Prob- 

 ably first seen in 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot, 

 but not recognized as part of the Douglas Range. 

 First surveyed in 1936 by Stephenson, Fleming, 

 and Bertram of the BGLE under Rymill. The E. 

 side of the mountain was resurveyed in 1948 by the 

 FIDS, who named the feature for Alfred Stephen- 

 son, surveyor and leader of the BGLE party to 

 George VI Sound in 1936. 



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