GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



STEPHENSON NUNATAK: prominent, pyra- 

 mid-shaped rock nunatak, about 2,100 ft. in el., 

 which rises 1,000 ft. above the surrounding ice, 

 standing at the NW. side of Kirwan Inlet and W. of 

 George VI Sound in the SE. part of Alexander I 

 Island; in 72°11'S., 69°05'W. Disc, and roughly 

 surveyed in 1940-41 by members of the USAS. 

 Resurveyed in 1949 by the FIDS and named for 

 Alfred Stephenson, surveyor with the BGLE, 

 1934-37, who led a sledge party S. into George VI 

 Sound to about 72°S. in 1936. 



STERNECK, CAPE: bold, black cliff, 1,500 ft. in 

 el., on a projecting point of land forming the N. 

 side of the entrance to Hughes Bay, on the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 64°05'S., 61°12'W. In 

 1898 the BelgAE under De Gerlache explored this 

 area and named this cape for the German geo- 

 physicist whose apparatus was used on the expe- 

 dition. Not adopted: Cape Charles, Cape von 

 Sterneck. 



Sterneck, Cape von: see Charles, Cape; Sterneck, 

 Cape. 



STEVENSON GLACIER: channel glacier about 

 2 mi. wide and of undetermined length, flowing 

 NW. from the continental ice to the E. side of Baker 

 Three Gl., between Peterson Ice Falls and Bran- 

 stetter Rocks on Ingrid Christensen Coast; in about 

 70°08'S., 71°59'E. Delineated in 1952 by John H. 

 Roscoe from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

 Hjp. in March 1947, and named by him for Lt. 

 James C. Stevenson, co-pilot on USN Op. Hjp. pho- 

 tographic flights in this area and other coastal 

 areas between 14° and 164°, east longitude. 



STEVENSON ISLAND: steep pinnacle rock 

 about 300 ft. in el., lying off Mac-Robertson Coast 

 about 4 mi. NNE. of Cape Simpson; in about 

 67°23'S., 61°14'E. Disc, on about Feb. 18, 1931 by 

 the BANZARE, under Mawson, who apphed the 

 name. 



STEVENS ROCK: small bare rock about 25 ft. 

 in el., lying off Mac-Robertson Coast about 5 mi. 

 E. of the small glacier tongue at the mouth of 

 Strahan Gl. and about 3 mi. N. of the coast; in 

 about 67°37'S., 64°56'E. Disc, and named in Feb- 

 ruary 1931 by the BANZARE under Mawson. 



STEWART STRAIT: strait about 2 mi. wide 

 between Bird I. and the Willis Is., off the W. end 

 of South Georgia; in 54°01'S., 38°10'W. The strait 

 was navigated by Capt. James Cook in 1775, but the 

 name seems to have been applied by DI personnel 

 in the period 1926-30. 



St. Georges, Bale: see King George Bay. 



St. George's Bay: see King George Bay. 



St. Georges Bay: see George Bay; Hound Bay. 



STIGANT POINT: conspicuous point about 200 

 ft. in el., about 12 mi. WSW. of Round Pt., on the 

 N. coast of King George I., in the South Shetland 

 Is.; in about 61°59'S., 58°42'W. Charted and 

 named in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery 

 II. Probably named for G. B. Stigant, long-time 

 member of the Hydrographic Department of the 

 Admiralty. 



STILLWELL ISLAND: largest islet in the Way 

 Arch., situated about 1.5 mi. NE. of Garnet Pt., off 

 George V Coast; in about 66°55'S., 143°50'E. Disc, 

 in 1912 by the AAE under Mawson, and named for 

 Frank L. Stillwell, geologist with the expedition. 



STIPPLE ROCKS: compact group of more than 

 twenty rocks, lying 3 mi. NW. of Millerand I. in 

 Marguerite Bay, off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 68°06'S., 67°22'W. First surveyed in 1936 by 

 the BGLE under Rymill, and resurveyed in 1949 

 by the FIDS. The name, applied by FIDS, is de- 

 scriptive of the representation on a map of the 

 numerous rocks in this group. 



ST. LOUIS, MOUNT: mountain, about 4,200 ft. 

 in el., which is mainly ice covered and forms a 

 prominent landmark immediately E. of The Gullet, 

 on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°09'S., 

 67°30'W. First sighted and roughly charted in 

 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot. Surveyed in 

 1948 by the FIDS who named it for Peter B. St. 

 Louis, Canadian pilot who flew from the Argentine 

 Is. to Stonington I. in January and February 1950 

 to relieve the FIDS base. 



STONEHOUSE BAY: bay, about 5 mi. wide and 

 indenting 4.5 mi., entered between Hunt Pt. and 

 Sighing Peak on the E. coast of Adelaide I.; in 

 67°21'S., 68°05'W. First sighted and surveyed in 

 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot. Named for 

 Bernard Stonehouse, meteorologist in 1947 and 

 1948 and biologist in 1949 at Stonington I., and 

 leader of the FIDS sledge party which resurveyed 

 the bay in 1948. 



STONE POINT: point, with a small islet lying 

 off it, which marks the S. side of the entrance to 

 Hope Bay, at the NE. end of Palmer Pen.; in 

 63°24'S., 56°56'W. Named by the Br-APC for 

 H. W. Stone, First Mate on the Trepassey, 1946-47, 

 following a survey by Lt. Cdr. F. W. Hunt, RN, in 

 1952. 



STONINGTON ISLAND: rocky islet lying about 

 1 mi. N. of the E. extremity of Neny I., in the E. 

 part of Marguerite Bay and on the W. side of 



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