Articles in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ( 304 )

304 Articles of interest in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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  • Smillie Peak

    Smillie Peak (54°17′S36°57′W) is a rock peak, 1,765 m, standing 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Mount Corneliussen in the west extremity of the Allardyce Range of South Georgia.

  • Skua Island

    Skua Island (54°1′S37°15′W) is an island immediately northeast of Prion Island in the entrance to the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy.

  • Shannon Point

    Shannon Point (54°52′S35°58′W) is a point marking the southwest side of the entrance to Esbensen Bay at the southeast end of South Georgia. Charted in 1930 by DI personnel on the William Scoresby and named for Lieutenant Commander R.L.V.

  • Shamrock Hill

    Shamrock Hill (56°42′S27°5′W) is a prominent volcanic cone located northwest of Irving Point in the east part of Visokoi Island, South Sandwich Islands. So named by the survey party from HMS Protector because they occupied this feature as a survey …

  • Shag Point

    Shag Point (54°2′S37°27′W) is a point between Camp Bay and Sunset Fjord in the Bay of Isles, on the north coast of South Georgia.

  • Shackleton Valley

    Shackleton Valley is a broad valley running west-northwest from Stromness Harbor, Stromness Bay, in South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, British Antarctic explorer, wh…

  • Shackleton Gap

    Shackleton Gap (54°8′S37°12′W) is an ice-covered pass rising to about 300 m between King Haakon Bay and Possession Bay, South Georgia.

  • Saddle Bluff

    Saddle Bluff (56°42′S27°9′W) is a point 1.3 miles (2.1 km) northwest of Irving Point on the northeast side of Visokoi Island in the South Sandwich Islands.

  • Sabre Rock

    Sabre Rock (54°19′S36°26′W) is an offshore rock rising 7.5 m above sea level, located 0.5 miles (0.8 km) east-southeast of Dartmouth Point in Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia.

  • Roché Peak

    Roché Peak (54°00′S38°02′W) is a conspicuous peak rising to 365 m, the highest feature on Bird Island, South Georgia. I stands 1.6 km west of the east extremity of the island. The name La Roche Strait, for the nearby strait between Bird Island and …

  • Quensel Glacier

    Quensel Glacier (54°46′S35°50′W) is a small glacier flowing southeast into Cooper Bay at the east tip of South Georgia. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Percy D.

  • Queen Maud Bay

    Queen Maud Bay is a V-shaped bay 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide at the entrance, lying immediately north of Nunez Peninsula along the south coast of South Georgia.

  • Petrel Island (South Georgia)

    Petrel Island (54°2′S37°17′W) is an island 1.2 km (0.75 miles) southwest of Prion Island, lying in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. First charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy. Recharted in 1929-30 b…

  • Paget Glacier

    Paget Glacier (54°24′S36°28′W) is a glacier in South Georgia, 4 miles (6 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, which flows northeast from the north slopes of Mount Paget into the west side of Nordenskjold Glacier. The glacier was roughly surveyed in 1…

  • Novosilski Glacier

    Novosilski Glacier (54°40′S36°18′W) is a glacier, 8 miles (13 km) long and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, flowing in a westerly direction from the southwest slopes of the Salvesen Range to Novosilski Bay on the south coast of South Georgia. First surveyed …

  • Nordenskjöld Glacier

    Nordenskjold Glacier is a large glacier flowing north to the head of Cumberland East Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. It was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition and named for Otto Nordenskiöld, leader of the expedition.

  • Nordenskjöld Peak

    Nordenskjöld Peak (54°29′S36°22′W) is a conspicuous, partly snow-covered mountain, 2,355 m, which rises at the head of Nordenskjöld Glacier and stands close east of Mount Roots in the Allardyce Range of South Georgia.

  • Newark Bay (South Georgia)

    Newark Bay is a bay 3 miles (4.8 km) long, entered at the southeast end of Fanning Ridge, along the south coast of South Georgia. The presence of this bay seems to have been first noted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen, who rough…

  • Neumayer Glacier

    Neumayer Glacier is a glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, which flows east along the north flank of the Allardyce Range to the west side of the head of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia.

  • Mount Sugartop

    Mount Sugartop (54°22′S36°38′W) is a prominent, partly snow-covered mountain, 2,325 m, standing 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Mount Paget in the Allardyce Range of South Georgia. The name "Sugarloaf Peak" has appeared on maps for this feature for man…

  • Mount Skittle

    Mount Skittle (54°24′S36°11′W) is a prominent rocky mountain, 480 m, forming the north limit of Saint Andrews Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. The name "Kegel-Berg" (Skittle Mountain) was given for this feature by the German group of the In…

  • Mount Paterson

    Mount Paterson is a mountain, 2,195 m, standing 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Mount Carse in the Salvesen Range of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named for Stanley B.

  • Mount Normann

    Mount Normann (54°51′S36°4′W) is a mountain, 1,240 m (4061 ft), standing 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Smaaland Cove at the south end of South Georgia. The feature has appeared on charts since the 1930s.

  • Mount Hodson

    Mount Hodson is an ice-covered stratovolcano and the highest point on Visokoi Island, South Sandwich Islands. It might have erupted in 1830 and 1930, and the summit usually steams.

  • Mount Grant, South Georgia

    Mount Grant is a mountain, 1,205 metres (3,950 ft) high, standing between Esmark Glacier and Keilhau Glacier on the south side of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-N…

  • Mount Brooker

    Mount Brooker (54°30′S36°14′W) is a mountain, 1,880 metres (6,170 ft) high, standing at the head of Webb Glacier and forming the last major summit in the southeast part of the Allardyce Range of South Georgia. The feature was identified as "Pic" (m…

  • Mount Ashley

    Mount Ashley (54°7′S37°21′W) is a mountain, 1,155 metres (3,790 ft) high, standing south of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia, between the heads of Grace Glacier and Lucas Glacier.

  • Moraine Fjord

    Moraine Fjord is an inlet 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) long with a reef (a terminal moraine) extending across its entrance, forming the west head of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia.

  • Mollyhawk Island

    Mollyhawk Island (54°1′S37°19′W) is a small, tussock-covered island lying between Seaward Rock and Crescent Island in the northern part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. It was charted in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, an American naturalist a…

  • Milward Patch

    Milward Patch is a large patch of kelp 1 nautical mile (2 km) north of the eastern part of Bird Island, off the western tip of South Georgia. It was charted in 1930, along with other navigational hazards, by Discovery Investigations personnel on the…