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  • Stange Ice Shelf

    Stange Ice Shelf (73°15′S076°30′W), is an Antarctic ice shelf in Stange Sound, English Coast, bounded to the east by Spaatz Island, to the northwest by Smyley Island, and to the west by fast ice in Carroll Inlet. Named in association with Stange So…

  • Stancomb-Wills Glacier

    Stancomb-Wills Glacier is a large glacier that debouches into eastern Weddell Sea southward of Lyddan Island. The glacier was discovered in the course of the U.S. Navy LC-130 plane flight over the coast on November 5, 1967, and was plotted by United…

  • St. Cyril Peak

    St. Cyril Peak (Vrah Sv. Kiril \'vr&h sve-'ti 'ki-ril\) rises to 1,505m in Friesland Ridge in Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak is linked to St.

  • St. Boris Peak

    St. Boris Peak (Vrah Sv. Boris \'vr&h sve-'ti bo-'ris\) rises to 1,665 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Srednogorie Heights

    Srednogorie Heights (Bulgarian: Средногорски възвишения, ‘Srednogorski Vazvisheniya’ \sre-dno-'gor-ski v&z-vi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1220 m (Mount Ignatiev) on the northwest side of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated ea…

  • Spark Point

    Spark Point, also Canto Point, is a rocky point forming the northwest side of the entrance to both Discovery Bay and Galápagos Cove, and the east side of the entrance to Jambelí Cove in the northeast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands…

  • South Ice

    South Ice was a British support base 560 kilometres (300 nmi) from the South Pole at 82°05'S, 30°00'W in Edith Ronne Land, Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year, established by Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, where three men …

  • Smith Lake (Antarctica)

    Smith Lake is a lake, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, in the Bunger Hills, occupying the east half of the peninsula between Booth and Countess Peninsulas. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. The name "Smith Ri…

  • Small Rock

    Small Rock is a small rock 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) north of Berntsen Point, lying in the entrance to Borge Bay on the east side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands.

  • Small Island (Antarctica)

    Small Island is an island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Intercurrence Island in the Christiania Islands, in the northeast part of the Palmer Archipelago.

  • Sliven Peak

    Sliven Peak (Vrah Sliven \'vr&h 'sli-ven\) rises to 530 m in the east extremity of Melnik Ridge, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Slessor Glacier

    The Slessor Glacier is a glacier at least 120 km (75 mi) long and 80 km (50 mi) wide, flowing west into the Filchner Ice Shelf to the north of the Shackleton Range.

  • Slaveykov Peak

    Slaveykov Peak (Bulgarian: Славейков Връх, ‘Slaveykov Vrah’ \sla-'vey-kov 'vr&h\) (63°00′36″S62°34′28″W) is the sharp peak rising to 1760 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is situated 2 km south…

  • Slab Point

    Slab Point is a rocky point on the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the north side of the entrance to Eliseyna Cove and the south side of the entrance to Charybdis Cove.

  • Skrino Rocks

    Skrino Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Скрино, ‘Skali Skrino’ \ska-'li skri-'no\) is the chain of rocks off the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, extending 570 m (623 yd) in east-west direction.

  • Skomlya Hill

    Skomlya Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Скомля, ‘Halm Skomlya’ \'h&lm 'sko-mlya\) is the rocky hill rising to 354 m at the base of a promontory projecting from Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, 5.5 km eastwards into Prince Gustav Channel and endin…

  • Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition

    The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud Land, intended as part of Norway's participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. The crew set sail from Oslo on board two whaling ships, t…

  • Sitalk Peak

    Sitalk Peak (Vrah Sitalk \'vr&h si-'talk\) is a rocky peak of elevation 600 m in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated at the end of a side ridge rinning northwards from Great Needle Pe…

  • Siple Coast

    Siple Coast (82°0′S155°0′W) is the middle portion of the relatively ill-defined coast along the east side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between the north end of Gould Coast (83°30′S153°00′W) and the south end of Shirase Coast (80°10′S151°00′W) The area…

  • Sinemorets Hill

    Sinemorets Hill (Halm Sinemorets \'h&lm si-ne-'mo-rets\) is the second most prominent (after Hesperides Hill) in the chain of hills surmounting Bulgarian Beach in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Sindel Point

    Sindel Point (Bulgarian: нос Синдел, ‘Nos Sindel’ \'nos 'sin-del\) is a low ice-free point on the east coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 250 m into Moon Bay to separate the glacier termini of Kaliakra Gl…

  • Simpson Hills

    Simpson Hills (71°47′S63°24′W) is a cluster of ridges and nunataks located at the head of Gruening Glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of Owen Peak, on the Black Coast, Palmer Land. The feature was mapped by the United States Geological Sur…

  • Simeon Peak

    Simeon Peak (Vrah Simeon \'vr&h si-me-'on\) rises to 1,576 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak is linked to St.

  • Silverstein Peak

    Silverstein Peak is a prominent, 4,790 metres (15,720 ft) high peak on the west edge of the ice-covered Vinson Plateau in the Sentinel Range of Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.

  • Silk Glacier

    Silk Glacier (81°9′S158°55′E) is a glacier, 10 miles (16 km) long, draining the east slopes of the Churchill Mountains between Mount Frost and Mount Zinkovich to enter Nursery Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Cd…

  • Sigritsa Point

    Sigritsa Point (Nos Sigritsa \'nos si-'gri-tsa\) is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the northwest side of the entrance to Dragon Cove.

  • Sigma Islands

    Sigma Islands (64°16′S62°55′W) is a group of small islands and rocks which lie 4.8 km (3 mi) north of Eta Island and mark the north limit of the Melchior Islands, in the Palmer Archipelago.

  • Sighing Peak

    Sighing Peak (67°24′S67°59′W) is a prominent, isolated, rocky peak, 640 m (2,100 ft), at the south side of the entrance to Stonehouse Bay on the east side of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was first sighted and surveyed in 1909 by the French Antar…

  • Sigaren Islands

    The Sigaren Islands (69°10′S39°28′E) are two islands lying in the east part of Lutzow-Holm Bay, 3.5 miles (6 km) west of Langhovde-kita Point.

  • Siemiatkowski Glacier

    Siemiatkowski Glacier (75°54′S144°12′W) is a glacier about 25 miles (40 km) long, flowing northwest to Nickerson Ice Shelf on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Navy air photos (…

  • Siebert Rock

    Siebert Rock (64°49′S63°2′W) is a rock off the southwest point of Lemaire Island in the entrance to Lientur Channel, Danco Coast, Graham Land, Antarctica.

  • Siddins Point

    Siddins Point (62°32′41.8″S60°26′05″W) is a point projecting into the middle of the head of Hero Bay on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.