Salisbury Bluff
Salisbury Bluff is the point forming the south side of the entrance to Las Palmas Cove in Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounted by a 161 m height.
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Salash Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Салаш, ‘Nunatak Salash’ \'nu-na-tak 'sa-lash\) is a rocky peak of elevation 220 m in Breznik Heights projecting from the upper Wulfila Glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Sakellari Peninsula
Sakellari Peninsula is a large ice-covered peninsula between Amundsen Bay and Casey Bay in Enderby Land, Antarctica.
Sakar Peak
Sakar Peak (Vrah Sakar \'vr&h sa-'kar\) is a peak of elevation 355 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Partly ice-free southeast slopes.
Sail Rock (Heard Island)
Sail Rock is a rock lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northwest of Shag Island and 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) north of Heard Island. This rock, though positioned several miles too far westward, appears to have been first shown on an 1860 …
Sail Rock (Antarctica)
Sail Rock is a rock lying 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Shag Island and 7 miles (11 km) north of Heard Island.
Saffery Islands
Saffery Islands (66°4′S65°49′W) is a group of islands extending west from Black Head, off the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934–37. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names C…
Safety Island
Safety Island (67°31′S63°54′E) is a small coastal island 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Cape Daly, Antarctica, 6 nautical miles (9 km) south of Auster Islands, and 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northwest of Landmark Point. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers…
Safety Col
Safety Col (68°20′S66°57′W) is a snow-covered col, 185 m high, between Red Rock Ridge and the Blackwall Mountains, on the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill.
Saether Crags
Saether Crags is a high rock crags just south of Steinskaret Gap in the Kurze Mountains of Queen Maud Land.
Saddleback Ridge
Saddleback Ridge (62°35′S59°56′W) is a ridge rising to 125 m in the north part of Half Moon Island, Moon Bay, Livingston Island.
Saddle Island, South Orkney Islands
Saddle Island (60°38′S44°50′W) is an island nearly 2 miles (3.2 km) long, consisting of twin summits which are almost separated by a narrow channel strewn with boulders, lying 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of the west end of Laurie Island in the South O…
Sadala Point
Sadala Point (Bulgarian: нос Садала, ‘Nos Sadala’ \'nos sa-'da-la\) is a point on the southeast coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 500 m into Bransfield Strait.
Sack Island
Sack Island (66°26′S110°25′E) is a rocky island, 0.4 miles (0.6 km) long, lying 0.2 miles (0.3 km) east of the south end of Holl Island, in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in February…
Sachse Rocks
Sachse Rocks (54°24′S3°25′E) is a group of submerged rocks which lie close to the northern coast of Bouvetoya and approximately 0.2 miles (0.3 km) southeast of Cape Valdivia. The rocks were charted and named by the Norwegian expedition, 1927–28, un…
Saburro Peak
Saburro Peak (80°20′S155°1′E) is a peak to the south of Doll Peak, rising to 1930 m in the south part of Ravens Mountains, Britannia Range. Named after Colonel Richard M.Saburro, Commander, Operation DEEP FREEZE who was assigned to this position fr…
Sabrina Ridge
Sabrina Ridge (80°9′S156°20′E) is a bare rock ridge between Sabrina Valley and Tamarus Valley, 5 miles (8 km) south of Derrick Peak in Britannia Range. Named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato (N.Z.) geological party, 1978–79,…
Sabine Glacier
Sabine Glacier (63°55′S59°47′W) is a 13.5 km long glacier on the north side of Detroit Plateau, flowing northwards along the east slopes of Korten Ridge, and terminating at the sea in Jordanoff Bay on Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. Captain…
Ryswyck Point
Ryswyck Point (64°34′S62°50′W) is a point marking the east extremity of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago.
Rymill Bay
Rymill Bay is a bay in Antarctica. It is 16.7 kilometres (9 nmi) wide at its mouth and indents 9.3 kilometres (5 nmi) between Red Rock Ridge and Bertrand Ice Piedmont along the west coast of Graham Land. Rymill Bay was probably first seen from a dis…
Rydberg Peninsula
Rydberg Peninsula is a broad ice-covered peninsula, 56 kilometres (30 nmi) long, between Fladerer Bay and Carroll Inlet, Palmer Land. Rydberg Peninsula is located at (73°10′S79°45′W). Rydberg Peninsula was mapped by the United States Geological Sur…
Ruse Peak
Ruse Peak (Vrah Ruse \'vr&h 'ru-se\) is a peak rising to over 800 m in the west part of Delchev Ridge in Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Rusalka Glacier
Rusalka Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Русалка, ‘Lednik Rusalka’ \'led-nik ru-'sal-ka\) is the 8 km long and 4.6 km wide glacier on Velingrad Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated northeast of Hoek Glacier.
Rupite Glacier
Rupite Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Рупите, ‘Lednik Rupite’ \'led-nik 'ru-pi-te\) is a 2.9 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range east of the summit Mount Foster and southeast of Evlogi Pea…
Rumyana Glacier
Rumyana Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Румяна, ‘Lednik Rumyana’ \'led-nik ru-'mya-na\) is the 11 km long and 4 km wide glacier on the east side of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated northwest of Patton Glacier and …
Rumdoodle Peak
Rumdoodle Peak, elevation 875 m ASL, is a small but prominent mountain in the north-western part of the North Masson Range in Antarctica, near Mawson Station.
Rudozem Heights
Rudozem Heights (Bulgarian: Рудоземски възвишения, ‘Rudozemski Vazvisheniya’ \ru-do-'zem-ski v&z-vi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1500 m (Glavinitsa Peak) at the base and in the interior of German Peninsula on Fallières Coast in Graham Land…
Rowe Point
Rowe Point is a sharp, low ice-free point on the southeast coast of Barclay Bay in western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Rousseau Peak
Rousseau Peak is a peak rising to 272 m in the north of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting Sotos Point to the west-northwest and Fuerza Aérea Glacier to the north, west and south.
Rouse Islands
The Rouse Islands or Rouse Rocks are a small group of islands in the eastern part of Holme Bay in Antarctica, fringing the coast of Mac Robertson Land close south of Welch Island. The Rouse Islands have an altitude of 28 m (92 ft). The Rouse Islands…
Rotch Dome
Rotch Dome is the sloping ice dome rising to 360 m immediately east of Byers Peninsula, and between Barclay Bay and Walker Bay in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Rosen Peak
Rosen Peak (79°19′S83°21′W) is a peak rising to 1220 m in the south part of Gross Hills, Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Lawrence C.
Ronne Entrance
Ronne Entrance is a broad southwest entrance of the George VI Sound where it opens from the southeast portion of the Bellingshausen Sea at the southwest side of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The south side of the Monteverdi Peninsula occupies the no…
Romeo Island
Romeo Island is a rocky island lying off the north coast of Greenwich Island and west of Aitcho Islands in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 1.35 km (0.84 mi) in west-northwest direction and 470 m (510 yd) wide, with a surface area o…
Roman Knoll
Roman Knoll (Bulgarian: Романска могила, ‘Romanska Mogila’ \'ro-man-ska mo-'gi-la\) is the ice-covered hill rising to over 800 m between Mount Canicula and Erul Heights, on the southeast side of Verdikal Gap on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Anta…
Roman Four Promontory
Rocky promontory or Punta Cuatro Romano or Roman Figure Four Mountain or Roman Four Rock is a cliff/promontory, rising to 830 m, marking the north side of the entrance to Neny Fjord on the west coast of Graham Land. Roman Four Promontory is located …