The Strand Moraines
The Strand Moraines is an ancient lateral moraine of the Koettlitz Glacier, deposited at the outer edge of Bowers Piedmont Glacier on the west shore of McMurdo Sound, in Victoria Land.
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Click on them to get its location and coordinatesThe Pointers
The Pointers is a pair of rocks lying northwest of Rugged Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
The Nozzle
The Nozzle is a comparatively narrow constriction through which the lower Darwin Glacier flows, causing the ice to bank up somewhat in the vicinity of Diamond Hill.
The Fortress (Antarctica)
The Fortress (77°18′S160°54′E) is a platform of Beacon Supergroup in Victoria Land, Antarctica, dissected to form four promontories bordered by cliffs over 300 metres (1,000 ft) high. Situated on the shoulder to the northeast of Webb Glacier, they …
Telefon Point
Telefon Point (62°14′S58°28′W) is a point west of the entrance to Admiralty Bay, 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Demay Point, King George Island.
Taygete Cone
Taygete Cone is an extinct volcanic cone northeast of Alcyone Cone in the north part of The Pleiades, Victoria Land.
Syningen Nunatak
Syningen Nunatak (68°20′S59°9′E) is a nunatak 1 mile (1.6 km) south of See Nunatak in the eastern part of the Hansen Mountains.
Swithinbank Slope
Swithinbank Slope is a semi-circular ice slope, about 25 nautical miles (46 km) long, between Mount Hallgren and Newmayer Cliffs in the Kirwan Escarpment of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-…
Sunken Rock
Sunken Rock is a sunken rock lying 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) north-northeast of Morgan Island, close off the north side of Heard Island.
Suhindol Point
Suhindol Point (Bulgarian: нос Сухиндол, ‘Nos Suhindol’ \'nos 'su-hin-dol\) is a point on the southeast coast of Smith Island, South Shetland Islands projecting 450 m southeastwards into Osmar Strait, and situated 3.54 km east-northeast of Cape Jame…
Styggebrekka Crevasses
Styggebrekka Crevasses is a crevasse field near the center of Austreskorve Glacier, in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land.
Stevenson Bluff
Stevenson Bluff is a bluff 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Mount Ellery in Wilson Hills. The bluff forms a portion of the divide between the Manna and Suvorov Glaciers. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy…
Steinskaret Gap
Steinskaret Gap is an ice-filled gap in the central Kurze Mountains, just south of Steinskaregga Ridge.
Staeffler Ridge
Staeffler Ridge is a long ridge west of Hanson Ridge, separating Victoria Lower Glacier from Greenwood Valley in Victoria Land. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for George R. Staeffler, topographic engineer with t…
Srem Gap
Srem Gap (Bulgarian: Сремска седловина, ‘Sremska Sedlovina’ \'srem-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is the flat saddle of elevation over 700 m extending 1.35 km on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, which is situated between Russell West Glacier to the nort…
Spiret Peak
Spiret Peak is a rock peak in the northwest part of Borg Mountain, in the Borg Massif of Queen Maud Land.
Sotos Point
Sotos Point is a glaciated point projecting 180 m into the southeast part of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the east side of the entrance to Montecinos Cove (62°29′57″S59°40′59″W).
Sophie Cliff
Sophie Cliff is a conspicuous granite cliff at the east side of the entrance to Piccard Cove, Wilhelmina Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land.
Sollas Glacier
Sollas Glacier is a glacier between Marr and Hughes Glaciers, flowing from the Kukri Hills toward the east end of Lake Bonney in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910–13, for William J.
Snønutane Peaks
Snonutane Peaks is a group of rock peaks rising above the elevated snow surface just east of Snobjorga Bluff, in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
Snegotin Ridge
Snegotin Ridge (Bulgarian: Снеготински рид, ‘Snegotinski Rid’ \'sne-go-tin-ski 'rid\) is the ice-covered ridge rising to over 1200 m on the northwest side of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is overlooking B…
Smith Point (Antarctica)
Smith Point is a small point northeast of Besnard Point on the southeast side of the harbor of Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Charcot.
Slokstallen Mountain
Slokstallen Mountain is a mountain 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Petrellfjellet in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
Slater Rocks
Slater Rocks is a cluster of rock outcrops or low rock hills 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Leister Peak in the Kohler Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-71. …
Skakavitsa Peak
Skakavitsa Peak (Bulgarian: връх Скакавица, ‘Vrah Skakavitsa’ \'vr&h ska-'ka-vi-tsa\) is the peak rising to 1119 m, the summit of Kondofrey Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated in the north part of the heights, 2.08 km northea…
Simpson Ridge
Simpson Ridge (68°6′S62°23′E) is an isolated, sharp, serrated ridge situated 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Mount Twintop in the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) surve…
Simpson Glacier Tongue
Simpson Glacier Tongue (71°15′S168°45′E) is a small floating glacier tongue nourished by Simpson Glacier and Fendley Glacier as it extends into the sea between Nelson Cliff and Atkinson Cliffs, along the north coast of Victoria Land. Charted by the…
Simpson Crags
Simpson Crags (74°24′S162°45′E) is a series of rugged crags descending southeast from Mount Baxter of the Eisenhower Range and forming the south wall of O'Kane Glacier, in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys…
Simpson Bluff
Simpson Bluff is a broad ice-covered bluff at the east end of Thurston Island. The bluff stands between Levko Glacier and Savage Glacier where they enter Seraph Bay. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Photographer's Mate …
Simoom Hill
Simoom Hill (69°28′S67°56′W) is one of the Relay Hills, rising to 640 m, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Mount Edgell in western Antarctic Peninsula. Named in 1977 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with other wi…
Simmons Glacier
Simmons Glacier (75°0′S113°36′W) is a glacier draining northward between Mount Isherwood and Mount Strange in the east part of the Kohler Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos…
Simler Snowfield
Simler Snowfield is a snowfield lying northeast of Holtedahl Bay, on Velingrad Peninsula, the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctica. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependen…
Simensen Peak
Simensen Peak (71°55′S25°31′E) is a peak, 2,215 m, standing on the north side of Glitrefonna Glacier in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S.
Silvia Rock
Silvia Rock (63°18′S57°54′W) is a rock lying in the Duroch Islands just southeast of Agurto Rock and 0.3 miles (0.5 km) north of Cape Legoupil, Trinity Peninsula.
Silva Ridge
Silva Ridge (72°59′S162°17′E) is a ridge leading to the top of Sheehan Mesa, on the northeast side.
Sikorski Glacier
Sikorski Glacier (71°49′S98°24′W) is a small glacier in the northeast part of Noville Peninsula, Thurston Island. It flows northeast to Bellingshausen Sea between Mounts Palmer and Feury. First roughly delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy …