Shinnan Rocks
Shinnan Rocks is a substantial area of exposed coastal rocks at the west side of Shinnan Glacier in Queen Maud Land.
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Shingle Cove (60°39′S45°34′W) is a small sheltered cove in the northwest corner of Iceberg Bay on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands.
Shimmering Icefield
Shimmering Icefield (76°39′S159°44′E) is an icefield between the Shipton and Tilman Ridges in the Allan Hills, Oates Land.
Shimizu Ice Stream
Shimizu Ice Stream (85°11′S124°0′W) is an ice stream in the Horlick Mountains, draining west-northwest from the area between Wisconsin Range and Long Hills to enter the south flank of Horlick Ice Stream. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (U…
Shield Nunatak
Shield Nunatak (74°33′S164°30′E) is a prominent nunatak standing at the east side of the terminus of Campbell Glacier on the north shore of Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land.
Shibuya Peak
Shibuya Peak ({{Coordinites!> |75|10|S|133|35|W||display=inline,title}}) is a rocky summit (1254 m) on the east side of Berry Glacier, 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Demas Range, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from…
Sherve Peak
Sherve Peak (77°31′S168°46′E) is a peak rising to 2200 m in the west part of Guardrail Ridge in Kyle Hills, Ross Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after John Sherve, facilities maintenance supervisor/constructi…
Sherratt Bay
Sherratt Bay is a bay between Cape Melville and Penguin Island on the south side of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The existence of the bay was known and roughly charted by sealers working in the area in the early 1820s.
Sherlac Point
Sherlac Point (64°44′S62°40′W) is a point at the southeast end of Ronge Island, off the west coast of Graham Land.
Sheridan Bluff
Sheridan Bluff (86°53′S153°30′W) is an Antarctic bluff at the south side of the junction of Poulter Glacier and Scott Glacier, 2 miles (3.2 km) east-southeast of Mount Saltonstall, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Sur…
Sheppard Rocks
Sheppard Rocks (75°37′S158°38′E) is a group of rocks lying 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Ricker Hills, in the Prince Albert Mountains, Oates Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-62. Named …
Sheppard Point
Sheppard Point (63°22′S56°58′W) is a point marking the north side of the entrance to Hope Bay, at the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, who wintered a…
Shepherd Dome
Shepherd Dome (74°52′S99°33′W) is a low dome-shaped mountain at the north side of Pine Island Glacier, standing 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Mount Manthe in the south part of the Hudson Mountains. It was mapped from air photos made by U.S. Navy Oper…
Shenk Peak
Shenk Peak (85°11′S174°45′W) is a sharp peak standing 2,540 m high just southeast of Mount Kenyon, between Gillespie Glacier and LaPrade Valley in the Cumulus Hills. Named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition (1964–65) for John C.
Shelton Head
Shelton Head (72°31′S97°19′W) is a headland marked by exposed rock, located 12 miles (19 km) west of Long Glacier on the south coast of Thurston Island. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-66…
Shelter Islands
Shelter Islands (65°15′S64°17′W) is a group of small islands lying 0.5 km (0.3 miles) west of Winter Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago.
Shelter Cove (Antarctica)
Shelter Cove is a small coastal indentation on the north shore of Prince Gustav Channel, between Chapel Hill and Church Point, Trinity Peninsula. The name, given by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), is descriptive of the only…
Shell Glacier
Shell Glacier (77°16′S166°25′E) is a western lobe of the Mount Bird icecap. It descends steeply in the valley north of Trachyte Hill and Harrison Bluff in the center of the ice-free area on the lower western slopes of Mount Bird, Ross Island.
Sheldon Glacier
Sheldon Glacier (67°30′S68°23′W) is a glacier flowing southeast from Mount Mangin into Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 for Ernest B.
Sheelagh Islands
Sheelagh Islands is a group of small islands lying 4.8 km (3 mi) south of Cape Kolosov, near the mouth of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land. They were possibly the site of the landing from an aircraft by Riiser-Larsen on December 22, 1929. An ANARE (Aust…
Sheehan Mesa
Sheehan Mesa (73°1′S162°18′E) is a prominent mesa standing 10 miles (16 km) west-northwest of Pain Mesa in the northwest part of Mesa Range, Victoria Land.
Sheehan Islands
Sheehan Islands is a group of small islands lying at the southeast side of Islay in the William Scoresby Archipelago. Discovered on February 18, 1931, by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson. He nam…
Sheehan Glacier
Sheehan Glacier (70°56′S162°24′E) is a steep and extremely broken glacier draining from the vicinity of Miller Peak in the Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains, and entering the Rennick Glacier just south of Alvarez Glacier.
Shearer Stack
Shearer Stack (61°55′S58°5′W) is a rock stack lying 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of False Round Point, off the north coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Shcherbakov Range
Shcherbakov Range is a mountain range trending north-south for 20 miles (32 km), standing immediately east of Mount Dallmann where it marks the east extremity of the Orvin Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by Germ…
Shaw Trough
Shaw Trough is a primary elongate trough in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, extending W-E across the north part of the feature. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after John Shaw, Department of Geogr…
Shaula Island
Shaula Island (66°58′S57°21′E) is an island 4.8 km (3 mi) long and rising to 490 ft (150 m) lying 1.6 km (1 mi) east of Achernar Island in the Oygarden Group. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedi…
Shatskiy Hill
Shatskiy Hill (72°2′S13°21′E) is a hill, 2,705 m, in the Dekefjellrantane Hills of the Weyprecht Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher. …
Sharpend Glacier
Sharpend Glacier (76°52′S160°56′E) is an alpine glacier, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, which flows into Alatna Valley from the south end of Staten Island Heights, in the Convoy Range, Victoria Land.
Sharp Valley
Sharp Valley (63°52′S58°4′W) is a small valley in Antarctica trending NE-SW, located 1 mile (1.6 km) east-southeast of Stoneley Point on James Ross Island. Named in 1983 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Michael C…
Sharp Peak, Livingston Island
Sharp Peak is a rocky peak rising to 500 m in the northeast of Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Sharp Glacier
Sharp Glacier (67°20′S66°27′W) is a glacier flowing north to the head of Lallemand Fjord, close east of the Boyle Mountains, in Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1948-59. Named by United…
Sharks Tooth
Sharks Tooth (76°2′S159°38′E) is a small steep-sided, tooth-like rock lying west of Beckett Nunatak at the north side of the upper Mawson Glacier in Oates Land.
Shark Fin Glacier
Shark Fin Glacier (78°23′S162°55′E) is a named in association with the nearby mountain Shark Fin.
Shanty Point
Shanty Point (66°25′S65°38′W) is a small point within Darbel Bay, lying close west of the mouth of Cardell Glacier on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland I…
Shanklin Glacier
Shanklin Glacier (84°37′S176°40′E) is a glacier in the Hughes Range of Antarctica, flowing southeast from Mount Waterman to enter Muck Glacier at a point 8 km (5 mi) west of Ramsey Glacier.