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Smoky Wall
Smoky Wall (-54.58333°N, -36.18333°W) is a prominent mountain block, 1,840 m, in the northwest part of the Salvesen Range of South Georgia. The name "Wetterwand" (weather wall) was given to this mountain by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882-83, but the name did not become established. The feature was surveyed by the SGS, 1951-52, who reported that when viewed from the northeast, its summit is level and regular and has the appearance of a wall. The descriptive name Smoky Wall was recommended by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954.

Smolenskaya Mountain
Smolenskaya Mountain (-71.86667°N, 12.35°W) is a small mountain, 2,890 m, standing 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east-southeast of Mount Neustruyev in Sudliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after the city of Smolensk.

Smoot Rock
Smoot Rock (-75.25°N, -135.4°W) is an isolated rock lying eastward of the head of Hull Glacier, about 7 nautical miles (13 km) east-southeast of Mount Steinfeld, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-69. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Henry T. Smoot, meteorologist at Byrd Station, 1969-70.

Smooth Island
Smooth Island (-65.21667°N, -64.26667°W) is the northeasternmost of the Forge Islands, Argentine Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. The name, given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961, is descriptive of the smooth, ice-free surface of this island, which is a useful navigational mark for vessels approaching Bloor Passage from the north. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Smorstabben Nunatak
Smorstabben Nunatak (-71.5°N, 10.86667°W) is an isolated nunatak lying 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of Eckhorner Peaks of the Humboldt Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and photographed by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Smorstabben (the churnstaff).

Smyley Island
Smyley Island (-72.91667°N, -78°W) is an ice-covered island, 38 nautical miles (70 km) long and from 8 to 21 nautical miles (39 km) wide, lying at the south side of Ronne Entrance and just northeast of Rydberg Peninsula, Ellsworth Land. The feature is almost wholly surrounded by an ice shelf, which gives an erroneous impression that the island is joined to Ellsworth Land. This larger composite feature was observed from aircraft by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, who gave the name "Cape Smyley" to the projecting ice shelf at the northwest extremity. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) has withdrawn that name on the basis of the 1968 United States Geological Survey (USGS) map of the area and has approved the name Smyley Island for the island described. Named after Captain William H. Smyley, American master of the sealing vessel Ohio during 1841-42. Captain Smyley, in February 1842, recovered the self-recording thermometer left at Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, by Captain Henry Foster of the be 0.5F. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cape Smyth
Cape Smyth (-67.61667°N, 164.66667°W) is the southern extremity of Sturge Island in the Balleny Islands. In 1841, Captain James C. Ross, viewing Sturge Island from a considerable distance, thought it a group of three islands. He named the southernmost "Smyth Island" for his friend Captain William Henry Smyth, Royal Navy, President of the Royal Astronomical Society. Ross' error was discovered in 1904 by Captain Robert F. Scott, who applied the name to the southernmost point on Sturge Island.

Smythe Shoulder
Smythe Shoulder (-74.3°N, -113.88333°W) is an ice-covered promontory rising to about 450 m between Singer Glacier and Rydelek Icefalls, Martin Peninsula, on the Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-67, and U.S. Landsat imagery, 1972-73. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 after William Smythe, geophysicist, University of California, Los Angeles, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) winter party at South Pole Station, 1975.

Snag Rocks
Snag Rocks (-65.13333°N, -64.45°W) is a cluster of rocks lying mid-channel in French Passage between Roca Islands and Myriad Islands, in Wilhelm Archipelago. Photographed from the helicopter of HMS Protector in March 1958. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because the feature presents a hazard or obstacle to navigation.

Snake Ridge
Snake Ridge (-84.81667°N, -66.5°W) is a serpentine ridge, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, adjoining the northwest extremity of Mackin Table in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. The descriptive name was proposed by Dwight L. Schmidt, USGS geologist to these mountains, 1962-66.

Snakeskin Glacier
Snakeskin Glacier (-84.95°N, 170.66667°W) is a tributary glacier, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, flowing northwest to enter Keltie Glacier at the east side of Supporters Range. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) as being descriptive of the ice and snow patterns observed on the glacier's surface.

Snarby Peak
Snarby Peak (-72.03333°N, 1.61667°W) is an isolated peak 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Brattskarvet Mountain, at the northeast end of the Sverdrup Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59). Named for John Snarby, cook with the NBSAE.

Sneddon Nunataks
Sneddon Nunataks (-77.28333°N, -153.76667°W) is a group of coastal nunataks on the north side of Edward VII Peninsula which overlooks the Swinburne Ice Shelf and Sulzberger Bay. They stand 11 nautical miles (20 km) east-southeast of Scott Nunataks in the north part of Alexandra Mountains. The nunataks appear on the map of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Donald L. Sneddon, U.S. Navy, electronics technician with the Byrd Station winter party in 1967.

Snedeker Glacier
Snedeker Glacier (-66.46667°N, 106.8°W) is a channel glacier flowing to the Antarctic coast 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of Merritt Island. Mapped (1955) by G.D. Blodgett from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert H. Snedeker, photo interpreter with U.S. Navy Operation Windmill (1947-48), who assisted in establishing astronomical control stations along the coast from Wilhelm II Coast to Budd Coast.

Mount Snell
Mount Snell (-70.33333°N, -71.55°W) is the southwesternmost and highest (about 500 m) of the three peaks on Dorsey Island in Wilkins Ice Shelf, off northwest Alexander Island. The peak appears in U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1966, and U.S. Landsat imagery taken 1975. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Alfred W. Snell, U.S. Navy, Staff Meteorologist, U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1967 and 1968.

Snick Pass
Snick Pass (-70.68333°N, -69.41667°W) is a narrow pass between the Douglas and LeMay Ranges, leading from Grotto Glacier to purcell Snowfield in central Alexander Island. First mapped from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. The name given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) is descriptive, a snick being a small cut or incision.

Snipe Peak
Snipe Peak (-60.75°N, -45.68333°W) is a peak, 225 m, which is the main peak on Moe Island, situated close southwest of Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel. The name, proposed by G. Robin of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following his survey in 1947, commemorates the first visit to Signy Island, in February 1948, of HMS Snipe (Commander J.G. Forbes, RN).

Snobjorga Bluff
Snobjorga Bluff (-72.08333°N, 4.65°W) is a rock and ice bluff at the east side of the head of Stuttflog Glacier, in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Snobjorga (the snow mountain).

Snodgrass Island
Snodgrass Island (-65.43333°N, -65.48333°W) is an island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) long lying northeast of Pickwick Island, Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 after Augustus Snodgrass, a member of the Pickwick Club in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Snohetta Dome
Snohetta Dome (-72.18333°N, -2.8°W) is a dome-shaped elevation which is snow covered except for a few rock exposures, situated 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Hornet Peak in the Ahlmann Ridge of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Snohetta (the snow cap).

Snokallen Hill
Snokallen Hill (-71.7°N, -1.53333°W) is a hill 3 nautical miles (6 km) south-southeast of Snokjerringa Hill, on the east side of Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Snokallen (the snow man).

Snokjerringa Hill
Snokjerringa Hill (-71.65°N, -1.58333°W) is a hill 3 nautical miles (6 km) north-northwest of Snokallen Hill, on the east side of Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Snokjerringa (the snow woman).

Snonutane Peaks
Snonutane Peaks (-72.08333°N, 4.8°W) 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. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Snonutane (the snow peaks).

Snonutryggen
Snonutryggen (-72.23333°N, 5.33333°W) is a broad, ice-covered ridge rising southeast of Snonutane Peaks in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Snonutryggen (the snow peak ridge).

Snoskalkegga Ridge
Snoskalkegga Ridge (-71.98333°N, 13.21667°W) is a largely snow-covered ridge, about 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and surmounted at the north end by Kazanskaya Mountain, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Dekefjellet Mountain in the Weyprecht Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Snoskalkegga.

Snoskalkhausen Peak
Snoskalkhausen Peak (-72.03333°N, 13.2°W) is a peak 2,650 m, marking the southwest end of the Weyprecht Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Snoskalkhausen.

Snotoa Terrace
Snotoa Terrace (-71.95°N, 4.58333°W) is a flattish, ice-covered terrace on the northeast side of Mount Grytoyr in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Snotoa (the snow patch).

Snow Hill Island
Snow Hill Island (-64.46667°N, -57.2°W) is an almost completely snowcapped island, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, lying southeast of James Ross Island, from which it is separated by Admiralty Sound. It was discovered on January 6, 1843 by a British expedition under Ross who, uncertain of its connection with the mainland, named it Snow Hill because its snow cover stood out in contrast to the bare ground of nearby Seymour Island. Its insular character was determined in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Snow Hills
Snow Hills (-60.7°N, -45.63333°W) is a two snow-covered hills, one 240 m, the other 265 m and 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) to the west. Located 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) west of Cemetery Bay in the east-central part of Signy Island. The lower, eastern hill was charted and named "Snow Hill" by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1933. In local usage the name Snow Hills has become established for both hills.

Snow Island
Snow Island (-62.78333°N, -61.38333°W) is a completely ice-covered island, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. This island was known to both American and British sealers as early as 1820, and the name has been well established in international usage for over 100 years. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Snow Nunataks
Snow Nunataks (-73.58333°N, -77.25°W) is a line of four widely separated nunataks on the coast of Ellsworth Land. The peaks lie southward of Case Island and trend east-west for 20 miles. The nunataks were discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and named for Ashley C. Snow, aviation pilot on the expedition.

Snow Peak
Snow Peak (-54°N, -37.91667°W) is a conspicuous snow-covered peak, 860 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Cape Pride on the north coast of South Georgia. Charted and named by DI personnel in the period 1926-27.

Snow Petrel Peak
Snow Petrel Peak (-78.53333°N, 164.63333°W) is a sharp rock peak (605 m) that marks the E=most summit of Mason Spur at the south end of Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The name appears in a 1987 sketch map and report by geologist Anne Wright-Grassham, (earlier Anne C. Wright), who had been a member of the 1983-84 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology field party to Mason Spur. So named because of the common presence of a pair of snow petrels seen flying around the peak over several days in November 1983. It was concluded they were nesting there.

Snowplume Peak
Snowplume Peak (-73.53333°N, -94.45°W) is a small pyramidal peak along the north front of the Jones Mountains, located 0.75 nautical miles (1.4 km) west-southwest of Rightangle Peak and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west-southwest of Pillsbury Tower. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. So named by the party because a continual plume of wind-blown snow trails off the peak whenever the wind blows.

Snowshoe Glacier
Snowshoe Glacier (-68.31667°N, -66.58333°W) is a glacier 8 nautical miles (15 km) long flowing west from a col in the southwest flank of Neny Glacier into Neny Fjord, western Graham Land. Roughly surveyed from the ground (1936) and photographed from the air (1937) by British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE). Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1949. The name was suggested by K.S.P. Butler of the FIDS in 1948 because the shape of the glacier with its narrow head and wide mouth resembles a snowshoe.

Snowshoe Pass
Snowshoe Pass (-83.05°N, 157.6°W) is a snow saddle 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Aurora Heights, between Argosy and Skua Glaciers in the Miller Range. Discovered and named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62), who found the deep soft snow here made snowshoeing the best method of travel.

Snowy Point
Snowy Point (-74.61667°N, 163.75°W) is a gently sloping point marking the north side of the western portal of Browning Pass in Deep Freeze Range, Victoria Land. First explored and given this descriptive name by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.

Snubbin Island
Snubbin Island (-65.48333°N, -65.83333°W) is an island lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Pickwick Island at the western end of the Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 after Mr. Serjeant Snubbin, a barrister in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Snug Cove
Snug Cove (-65.5°N, -64.43333°W) is a small cove along the east side of the second largest island in the Lippmann Islands, off the west coast of Graham Land. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 because the cove is a good enclosed anchorage for small boats. It was first used by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit's motor-launch in 1957-58.

Snuggerud Glacier
Snuggerud Glacier (-72.11667°N, 7.86667°W) is a glacier flowing north-northeast between Klevekapa Mountain and Smaknoltane Peaks in the Filchner Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named for J. Snuggerud, radio mechanic with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-58).

Snyder Peak
Snyder Peak (-73.51667°N, -93.93333°W) is a low ice-covered peak lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southwest of Anderson Dome in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for David Snyder, aviation electronics technician with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, crew member on pioneer flights of LC-47 Dakota aircraft from Byrd Station to the Eights Coast area in November 1961.

Snyder Peninsula
Snyder Peninsula (-71.41667°N, -61.43333°W) is a high, ice-covered peninsula on the south side of Lamplugh Inlet terminating in Cape Howard, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for R. Admiral Joseph E. Snyder, Jr., U.S. Navy, Antarctic project Officer for the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development, 1967-69.

Snyder Rocks
Snyder Rocks (-66.56667°N, 107.76667°W) is a small group of rocks on the coast about 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of the terminus of Underwood Glacier. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Mark G. Snyder, who assisted U.S. Navy Operation Windmill (1947-48) parties in establishing astronomical control stations along Wilhelm II, Knox and Budd Coasts.

Sobral Peninsula
Sobral Peninsula (-64.5°N, -59.66667°W) is a high and mainly ice-covered peninsula in northern Graham Land. The feature is 11 nautical miles (20 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide and projects southward into the northern part of Larsen Ice Shelf west of Larsen Inlet. The name was applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) (1963) and derives from Cape Sobral at the south end of this peninsula.

Cape Sobral
Cape Sobral (-64.55°N, -59.56667°W) is a high, mainly snow-covered elevation which surmounts the south end of Sobral Peninsula, on the east coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold, who named it for Lieutenant Jose M. Sobral of the Argentine Navy, asst. physicist and meteorologist with the expedition.

Socks Glacier
Socks Glacier (-83.7°N, 170.08333°W) is a small glacier descending the east slopes of Queen Alexandra Range just north of Owen Hills to enter the west side of Beardmore Glacier. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for one of the ponies taken with the South Pole Party. Socks, the last pony to survive the journey, fell into a crevasse on December 7, 1908, on Beardmore Glacier near Socks Glacier.

Sofia Mountains
Sofia Mountains (-69.46667°N, -71.5°W) is a small cluster of mountains rising to about 1,500 m in north Alexander Island, bounded by the north by Palestrina Glacier, to the east by Landers Peaks, to the south by Nichols Snowfield and to the west by the north part of Lassus Mountains. The name derives from a February 1988 visit by a field geology party composed of members of British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the first Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition. It commemorates the centennial of the founding of the University of Sofia.

Soft Snow Pass
Soft Snow Pass (-72.61667°N, 166.56667°W) is a snow pass at about 2,000 m at the head of Osuga Glacier, a tributary of Trafalgar Glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. So named by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geological party led by M.G. Laird, 1981-82, from the unusually soft snow encountered in the pass.

Softbed Ridges
Softbed Ridges (-83.05°N, 163.75°W) is a series of parallel rock ridges interspaced by small snow-covered valleys, the whole trending north-south for about 15 nautical miles (28 km) and forming a portion of the divide between Lowery and Robb Glaciers. The name was applied in about 1960 by New Zealand parties working in the area.

Sogen Island
Sogen Island (-65.06667°N, -64.03333°W) is an island forming the east side of Francais Cove, lying in the southwest extremity of Port Charcot, which indents the north part of Booth Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot, and named for one of the dogs which died and was buried here. The name has been approved because of its long use. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Sohm Glacier
Sohm Glacier (-66.11667°N, -64.81667°W) is a glacier flowing into Bilgeri Glacier on 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 Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Victor Sohm, Austrian skiing exponent who invented a special type of ski skins and ski wax.

Soholt Peaks
Soholt Peaks (-79.71667°N, -84.2°W) is a group of rugged, ice-free peaks rising between Gifford Peaks and Drake Icefall in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962-63, for Donald E. Soholt, geologist with that party.

Solberg Inlet
Solberg Inlet (-68.31667°N, -65.25°W) is an ice-filled inlet 5 to 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, which recedes west 14 nautical miles (26 km) between Rock Pile Peaks and Joerg Peninsula, on the east coast of Graham Land. Discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940. It was resighted in 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne, who named it for R. Admiral Thorvald A. Solberg, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Research, who was of assistance to the expedition.

Solch Glacier
Solch Glacier (-67.06667°N, -66.38333°W) is a glacier flowing west to Salmon Cove, on the east side of Lallemand Fjord in Graham Land. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956-57. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Johann Solch (1883-1951), Austrian glacial geologist and glaciologist.

Soldat Island
Soldat Island (-68.51667°N, 78.18333°W) is an elongated rocky island, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) long, lying south of Partizan Island in the south part of the entrance to Langnes Fjord, Vestfold Hills. This feature was photographed by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37), but was plotted on the subsequent maps as a peninsula. It was first shown to be an island by John Roscoe's 1952 study of aerial photographs of the area taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). The area was photographed by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1954-58) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956), the latter applying the name Ostrov Soldat (soldier island). == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Solem Ridge
Solem Ridge (-71.2°N, -63.25°W) is a mostly snow-covered, arc-shaped ridge, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, located 10 nautical miles (18 km) north-northeast of Mount Jackson in Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Lynn D. Solem, U.S. Navy, Medical Officer at the South Pole Station, 1972.

Solhogdene Heights
Solhogdene Heights (-71.36667°N, 13.7°W) is the heights 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Mount Mentzel, overlooking the north side of Asimutbreen Glacier in the eastern Gruber Mountains of the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Solhogdene (the sun heights).

Solis Glacier
Solis Glacier (-62.51667°N, -59.76667°W) is a glacier flowing west into Yankee Harbor, Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1952-53, after a member of the party that made a hydrographic survey of Yankee Harbor.

Solitario Island
Solitario Island (-67.86667°N, -68.43333°W) is a small island lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of the Guebriant Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1957 and is descriptive of the island's position; solitario is a Spanish word meaning solitary. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Solitary Nunatak
Solitary Nunatak (-67.46667°N, 58.76667°W) is a small isolated nunatak 14 nautical miles (26 km) southeast of Svart Peak in Enderby Land. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) surveys and air photos, 1954-66, and so named because of its isolated position.

Solitary Peak
Solitary Peak (-83.23333°N, 161.66667°W) is a peak (2,810 m) located 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) southeast of Mount Rabot in Queen Elizabeth Range. An important geologic section was measured on the feature by the Ohio State University Geological Party, 1967-68, which suggested the name because of the peak's relative isolation.

Solitary Rocks
Solitary Rocks (-77.78333°N, 161.2°W) is a mass of rocks immediately northwest of Cavendish Icefalls on the north side of the major bend in Taylor Glacier in Victoria Land. The descriptive name was given by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04.

Sollas Glacier
Sollas Glacier (-77.71667°N, 162.6°W) 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. Sollas, professor of geology at Oxford.

Solo Nunatak
Solo Nunatak (-72.83333°N, 163.58333°W) is an isolated nunatak lying 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of Intention Nunataks, at the southwest side of Evans Neve. The name alludes to the isolation of the feature and was given by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63.

Solomon Glacier
Solomon Glacier (-78.38333°N, 162.5°W) is a glacier on the south side of Fisher Bastion which flows west from Solomon Saddle to enter Potter Glacier in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1994 after Susan Solomon, NOAA, atmospheric chemist who has been a leader in the study of upper atmospheric physics in Antarctica. At the time of naming, Chairman of the Office of Polar Programs Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation (NSF).

Solomon Saddle
Solomon Saddle (-78.38333°N, 162.65°W) is a snow saddle (about 1,850 m) located between the heads of Solomon Glacier and Foster Glacier, to the south of Fisher Bastion in Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1994 in association with Solomon Glacier.

Mount Solov'yev
Mount Solov'yev (-71.68333°N, 12.31667°W) is a peak, 2,715 m, on the south part of Grakammen Ridge in Westliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after Soviet cartographer M.D. Solov'yev.

Solstreif Island
Solstreif Island (-64.55°N, -62°W) is the southernmost of the small group of islands at the east side of Foyn Harbor in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. The feature was so named by whalers operating in the area because the Norwegian whaling vessel Solstreif was moored to it during 1921-22, and probably in other seasons also. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Solus
Mount Solus (-68.83333°N, -65.55°W) is a conspicuous, isolated mountain (1,290 m) in the center and near the mouth of Weyerhaeuser Glacier, in southern Graham Land. It has steep rock sides meeting in a sharp summit ridge. Photographed from the air by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in August 1947, and by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (Trimetrogon photography) in December 1947. Surveyed by FIDS in December 1958. The United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) name is descriptive of the isolated position of the feature.

Solvay Mountains
Solvay Mountains (-64.41667°N, -62.53333°W) is a mountains, probably over 1,500 m, extending in an ENE-WSW direction in the south part of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache, and named by him for Ernest Solvay, a supporter of the expedition. The name originally extended along the entire east coast of the island, but has been limited to the prominent mountains in the south as there is no well-defined group of mountains farther north.

Mount Solvay
Mount Solvay (-72.56667°N, 31.38333°W) is a mountain, 2,560 m, close north of Mount Gillet in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Ernest John Solvay, a patron of the expedition.

Sombre Lake
Sombre Lake (-60.68333°N, -45.61667°W) is the northernmost lake in Paternoster Valley in northern Signy Island. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because of the sombre setting of the lake and the proximity of Stygian Cove.

Sombre Point
Sombre Point (-57.75°N, -26.41667°W) is the northeast point of Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 refers to the dark and dull aspect of the basaltic rock and ash in this vicinity.

Somero Glacier
Somero Glacier (-85°N, -167.2°W) is a tributary glacier 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, flowing northwest from Mount Fairweather to enter Liv Glacier just south of the west end of the Duncan Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for George N. Somero, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Station, 1963-64, and winter 1965.

Somers Glacier
Somers Glacier (-65.36667°N, -63.51667°W) is a glacier flowing northwest into Trooz Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Henri Somers, chief engineer of the BelgAE's ship Belgica, which explored in the area in 1897-99.

Somers Nunatak
Somers Nunatak (-67.46667°N, -67.26667°W) is a nunatak rising to about 600 m on the west edge of Reid Glacier, Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast. The feature provides a useful vantage point near several geological localities. Following geological work in the area by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1980-81, named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Geoffrey Usher Somers, BAS general assistant at Rothera Station, 1978-81, who assisted in the work.

Somerville Island
Somerville Island (-65.36667°N, -64.31667°W) is a small island 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Berthelot Islands and 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of Darboux Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by him for Crichton Somerville, a resident of Kristiania (Oslo), Norway, who selected and supervised the making of much of the polar clothing and equipment used by the expedition. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Somigliana Glacier
Somigliana Glacier (-67°N, -67.15°W) is a glacier flowing north to Langmuir Cove on the north part of Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1956-59. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Carlo Somigliana, Italian mathematician and physicist who originated a viscous theory of glacier flow, in 1921.

Mount Sones
Mount Sones (-67.03333°N, 51.5°W) is a mountain standing on the north side of Beaver Glacier, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Mount Reed in the Tula Mountains. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) in 1962 for F. Sones, a member of the crew of the Discovery during British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31.

Sonia Point
Sonia Point (-65.06667°N, -63.48333°W) is a point lying 6 miles west of Rahir Point on the south side of Flandres Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05, and named for Madame Sonia Bunau-Varilla.

Sonntag Nunatak
Sonntag Nunatak (-84.88333°N, -86.7°W) is a solitary nunatak located 20 nautical miles (37 km) east-northeast of Hamilton Cliff, Ford Massif, of the Thiel Mountains. The nunatak was observed on December 13, 1959 by Edward Thiel and Campbell Craddock in the course of a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) airlifted geophysical traverse along the 88th meridian West. The name was proposed by Thiel and Craddock for Wayne Sonntag, Operations Director at the Geophysical Institute, University of Wisconsin, 1959-61, logistics officer for the airlifted traverse.

Mount Soond
Mount Soond (-75°N, -134.21667°W) is a peak 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Bleclic Peaks in the Perry Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert T. Soond, geomagnetist/seismologist at Plateau Station, 1968.

Sooty Cove
Sooty Cove (-54.01667°N, -38.03333°W) is a small cove just north of Shoemaker Point along the south side of Bird Island, South Georgia. The name, applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), derives from the Light-mantled Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) which breeds on the island.

Sooty Rock
Sooty Rock (-65.23333°N, -65.15°W) is a rock midway between Lumus Rock and Betheder Islands in Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered and named "Black Reef" by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37. Resighted from HMS Endurance in February 1969 and described as a rock about 20 m high. The synonym Sooty was recommended by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) to avoid duplication of the name Black Rock.

Sophie Cliff
Sophie Cliff (-64.73333°N, -62.25°W) is a conspicuous granite cliff at the east side of the entrance to Piccard Cove, Wilhelmina Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted and named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache in 1898.

Sophie Rocks
Sophie Rocks (-64.65°N, -62.55°W) is a small group of land rocks midway between Spigot Peak and Zeiss Needle, overlooking Selvick Cove to the west and Orne Harbor to the east, Arctowski Peninsula, Danco Coast. The name Sophie Rocks was originally used by F.A.A. Cook, a member of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, in 1898 to refer to this conspicuous group of rocks, and presumably Spigot Peak and Zeiss Needle as well. The name is being applied to retain its use in this area.

Sopot Ice Piedmont
Sopot Ice Piedmont (-62.61667°N, -59.9°W) is an ice piedmont between Rila Point and Renier Point on the southeast side of Moon Bay, Livingston Island. Named by the Bulgarian Antarctic Place-names Commission, 2002, after the Bulgarian town of Sopot.

Sor Rondane Mountains
Sor Rondane Mountains (-72°N, 25°W) is a group of mountains about 100 nautical miles (180 km) long with main peaks rising to 3, 400 m, between the Queen Fabiola Mountains and Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and photographed from the air by members of the Lars Christensen Expedition on February 6, 1937, and named after Rondane, a mountain massif in southern Norway. The mountains were mapped in greater detail in 1957 by Norwegian cartographers working with air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47.

Sorasen Ridge
Sorasen Ridge (-71.41667°N, -10°W) is a broad snow covered ridge that separates the Quar and Ekstrom Ice Shelves, on the coast of Queen Maud Land. The feature was first mapped and named Sorasen (the south ridge) by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1949-52.

Sore Thumb
Sore Thumb (-76.66667°N, 161.1°W) is a notable rock spire (about 1,400 m) which rises 50 m above a crest of Elkhorn Ridge, to the east of Topside Glacier, in Convoy Range, Victoria Land. Though not the highest point on the ridge, the spire stands out "like a sore thumb" and is an excellent reference point. The approved name is a shortened form of "Sore Thumb Stack," which had been suggested by New Zealand geologist Christopher J. Burgess during a visit to the area in the 1976-77 season.

Sorensen Nunataks
Sorensen Nunataks (-71.68333°N, 7.95°W) is a group of about 15 nunataks extending about 6 nautical miles (11 km), forming the northwest part of the Drygalski Mountains in Queen Maud Land. First plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named after Stein Sorensen, a radio operator with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-58).

Sorensen Peak
Sorensen Peak (-71.71667°N, 167.8°W) is a peak (2,640 m) which rises between the base of Lyttelton Range and Church Ridge in the Admiralty Mountains. It surmounts the divide between the Dennistoun and Leander Glaciers. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Douglas J. Sorensen, field assistant at McMurdo Station, 1965-66.

Sorenson Glacier
Sorenson Glacier (-74.46667°N, -111.36667°W) is a glacier between Moore Dome and Rogers Spur on Bear Peninsula, flowing west into Dotson Ice Shelf on Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-67. Named in 1977 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Jon E. Sorenson, civil engineer, USGS, a member of the satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party 1975.

Sorge Island
Sorge Island (-67.18333°N, -67.71667°W) is an island lying just south of The Gullet in Barlas Channel, close east of Adelaide Island. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1948-59. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Ernst F.W. Sorge, German glaciologist who made the first seismic soundings of the Greenland ice sheet, 1929-31, and developed a theory of the densification of firn. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Sorhaugen Hill
Sorhaugen Hill (-71.8°N, 25.61667°W) is the southernmost hill in the group at the east side of Kamp Glacier in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named Sorhaugen (the south hill) by the Norwegians.

Sorhausane Peaks
Sorhausane Peaks (-72.78333°N, 0.25°W) is a small cluster of peaks 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Nupskapa Peak, at the south end of the Sverdrup Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Sorhausane (the south peaks).

Sorhjelmen Peak
Sorhjelmen Peak (-71.8°N, 26.46667°W) is a peak, 2,030 m, standing at the head of Hette Glacier, at the south end of the group of peaks just east of the mouth of Byrdbreen in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named Sorhjelmen (the south helmet) by the Norwegians because of its position in the group.

Sorhortane
Sorhortane (-72.03333°N, 12.58333°W) is a group of rock crags along the northeast edge of Horteriset Dome, southward of Petermann Ranges in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Sorhortane.

Sorling Valley
Sorling Valley (-54.36667°N, -36.3°W) is an ice-free valley between Cumberland East Bay and Hound Bay on the north side of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Erik Sorling of the Riksmuseum, Stockholm, who made zoological collections in South Georgia in 1904-05.

Sorlle Buttress
Sorlle Buttress (-54.28333°N, -36.83333°W) is a mountain rising above 1,370 m, between Mount Spaaman and Three Brothers in the Allardyce Range of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Petter Sorlle (1884-1922), Norwegian whaling captain and inventor who, in 1922, took out a patent for his whale slipway. Sorlle was the first manager of the United Whalers station at Stromness.

Sorlle Rocks
Sorlle Rocks (-60.61667°N, -46.25°W) is a group of rocks, the highest 20 m high, lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Moreton Point, the west extremity of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Named Tre Sten (three stones) on Captain Petter Sorlle's chart resulting from his 1912-13 survey. Renamed for Sorlle by DI personnel on the Discovery II following their survey in 1933.

Cape Sorlle
Cape Sorlle (-60.76667°N, -44.98333°W) is a rocky bluff marking the south end of Fredriksen Island in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered and first charted in 1821 by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer. Recharted in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and named for Captain Petter Sorlle, Norwegian whaler who made a running survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13.

Sorn and Bernt
Sorn and Bernt (-53.98333°N, -37.91667°W) is a two conspicuous rocks lying close off the north coast of South Georgia, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Cape Pride. The name appears on a chart based upon surveys by DI personnel in the period 1926-30. Named for Soren Berntsen and Herman Berntsen, managers of Tonsberg Hvalfangeri at Husvik.

Sorna Bluff
Sorna Bluff (-83.3°N, -50.66667°W) is a prominent rock bluff on the north side of Saratoga Table, overlooking the head of May Valley in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Ronald E. Sorna, U.S. Navy, pilot on photographic flights in the Pensacola Mountains.

Sorpresa Rock
Sorpresa Rock (-67.85°N, -69.56667°W) is an exposed rock lying southwest of Cavalier Rock, off the south end of Adelaide Island. The name appears on a Chilean government chart of 1947. Sorpresa is a Spanish word meaning surprise.

Sorsdal Glacier
Sorsdal Glacier (-68.68333°N, 78.25°W) is a heavily crevassed glacier, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, flowing westward along the south side of Krok Fjord and the Vestfold Hills and terminating in a prominent glacier tongue at Prydz Bay. Discovered in February 1935 by a Norwegian expedition in the for Lief Sorsdal, a Norwegian dentist and a member of the party from Thorshavn that landed at the northern end of the Vestfold Hills.

Sorsdal Glacier Tongue
Sorsdal Glacier Tongue (-68.7°N, 78°W) is the prominent seaward extension of Sorsdal Glacier into Prydz Bay. Discovered by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen in 1935 and named in association with Sorsdal Glacier.

Sorskeidet Valley
Sorskeidet Valley (-72.05°N, 11.5°W) is an ice-filled valley lying north of Skeidshovden Mountain near the southwest end of the Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land. First photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Sorskeidet.

Sortindane Peaks
Sortindane Peaks (-68.13333°N, 62.4°W) is a group of peaks just south of Mount Twintop at the south end of the David Range, Framnes Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and named Sortindane (the southern peaks).

Sosa Bluff
Sosa Bluff (-82.53333°N, -42.88333°W) is a rock bluff 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Lisignoli Bluff in the Schneider Hills portion of the Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant O.R. Sosa, Argentine officer in charge of General Belgrano Station, winter 1966.

Sosa Icefalls
Sosa Icefalls (-81.85°N, 157.8°W) is a line of icefalls nearly 200 m high at the south margin of Chapman Snowfield, Churchill Mountains. The icefalls extend southwest for 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Mount Massam, ending near the head of Starshot Glacier. Named after Ezekiel R. Sosa, United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic engineer with the Topo North-Topo South survey expedition in these mountains, 1961-62.

Sostrene Islands
Sostrene Islands (-69.55°N, 75.5°W) is a group of small islands and rocks that rise above the northern part of Publications Ice Shelf at the head of Prydz Bay. Discovered and charted in February 1935 by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen in the Norwegian whaling ship Thorshavn sent out by Lars Christensen. They gave the name Sostrene after the islands by that name lying in the entrance to Oslofjorden, Norway. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Soto Glacier
Soto Glacier (-71.51667°N, -61.76667°W) is a glacier about 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, draining southeast along the southwest side of Stromme Ridge and discharging into Odom Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Luis R. Soto, Argentine oceanographer on the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expeditions, 1968 and 1970.

Sotomayor Island
Sotomayor Island (-63.33333°N, -57.91667°W) is an island lying just south of the entrance to Unwin Cove, Trinity Peninsula. Named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1950-51 for Second Lieutenant Victor Sotomayor L., cargo officer of the ship Lientur during the expedition. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Soucek Ravine
Soucek Ravine (-66.38333°N, 110.45°W) is a small ravine to the west of Penney Ravine, Ardery Island, in the Windmill Islands. Discovered in 1960 by a biological field party from Wilkes Station. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) after Dr. Zdenek Soucek, medical officer at Wilkes in 1960 and 1962.

Mount Soucek
Mount Soucek (-66.81667°N, 50.96667°W) is a mountain standing between Mount Hardy and Peacock Ridge in the northwest part of the Tula Mountains, in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Dr. Z. Soucek, medical officer at Wilkes Station in 1960.

Souchez Glacier
Souchez Glacier (-86.28333°N, -154°W) is a tributary glacier about 17 nautical miles (31 km) long, flowing from Mount Crockett south along the east side of Faulkner Escarpment and then turning southeast to parallel the southwest side of Hays Mountains. It joins Bartlett Glacier just south of Mount Dietz, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Roland A. Souchez, involved in geological studies at McMurdo Station during the season of 1965-66.

The Sound
The Sound (-64.31667°N, -62.96667°W) is a passage, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) wide, which extends in a north-south direction, separating the Melchior Islands into West Melchior Islands and East Melchior Islands, in the Palmer Archipelago. First roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05. Probably named by DI personnel who roughly surveyed the feature in 1927. Resurveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948.

Mount Sourabaya
Mount Sourabaya (-59.05°N, -26.6°W) is a mountain (915 m) 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Mount Darnley, Bristol Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971. The name refers to the whaling factory ship Sourabaya, from which an eruption of the island was witnessed in 1935.

South America Glacier
South America Glacier (-77.81667°N, 161.78333°W) is a small glacier near the southwest corner of the Kukri Hills in Victoria Land. The ice hangs down a cliff 2,000 m high, and takes a form similar to the continent for which it is named. Named by the Western Journey Party, led by Taylor, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.

South Barrier
South Barrier (-53.15°N, 73.58333°W) is a rocky ridge descending southward from Budd Peak along the east margin of Fiftyone Glacier and terminating at Lambeth Bluff in southern Heard Island. The descriptive name was applied by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1948.

South Bay (South Georgia)
South Bay (-54.06667°N, -37.15°W) is a cove forming the south head of Prince Olav Harbor, along the north coast of South Georgia. Probably named by DI personnel who charted Prince Olav Harbor in 1929.

South Bay (Livingston Island)
South Bay (-62.66667°N, -60.46667°W) is a bay 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, lying northwest of False Bay on the south side of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This bay was known to both American and British sealers as early as 1820, and the name has been well established in international usage for over 100 years.

South Bay (Ross Island)
South Bay (-77.63333°N, 166.41667°W) is a small bay on the south side of Cape Evans, Ross Island. Named by members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.

South Beaches
South Beaches (-62.66667°N, -61.06667°W) is the beaches along the south side of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The descriptive name was used by Captain George Powell on his chart of 1822.

South Beacon
South Beacon (-77.85°N, 160.78333°W) is the summit of a bold, flat-topped ridge rising to 2,210 m in the south part of Beacon Heights, in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. A ridge system connects South Beacon with West Beacon, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north, and East Beacon, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northeast. So named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) following geological work here by C.T. McElroy, G. Rose, and K.J. Whitby in 1980-81.

South Cape
South Cape (-60.8°N, -45.15°W) is a cape marking the south extremity of the Robertson Islands, lying south of the east end of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Named by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, who discovered the South Orkney Islands while on a joint cruise in December 1821.

South East Point (South Shetland Islands)
South East Point (-62.98333°N, -60.51667°W) is a point 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east-northeast of Fildes Point, marking the southeastern point of Deception Island,in the South Shetland Islands. The point was charted by a British expedition 1828-31, under Foster. The name was proposed in 1949 by the Hydrographic Dept., Admiralty, following a survey of the island by Lieutenant Commander D.N. Penfold, Royal Navy, in 1948-49.

South Fork
South Fork (-77.56667°N, 161.25°W) is the southern arm of Wright Valley in Victoria Land. The feature is separated from the North Fork by the Dais. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1958-59.

South Georgia
South Georgia (-54.25°N, -36.75°W) is an island about 105 nautical miles (190 km) long and 20 nautical miles (37 km) wide, with steep glaciated mountains and deeply indented coasts. It is generally accepted that South Georgia may have been sighted by Antonio de la Roche sailing an English merchant vessel in 1675, and from the Spanish ship Leon in 1756. The island was explored and roughly charted in January 1775 by Captain James Cook in the Britain. The south coast was first explored and charted by Captain Thaddeus Bellingshausen in 1819. Substantial additional mapping was accomplished by sealers, whalers and private expeditions. The coastal areas were roughly surveyed by DI personnel in the period 1926-30. The SGS continued the surveys, including inland areas, 1951-57.

South Indian Basin
South Indian Basin (-60°N, 120°W) is an undersea basin name approved 7/63 (ACUF 12).

South Island
South Island (-53.05°N, 72.6°W) is a rock lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) southeast of McDonald Island, marking the southernmost feature in the McDonald Islands. Surveyed and given this descriptive name by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1948. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

South Masson Range
South Masson Range (-67.88333°N, 62.78333°W) is the Masson Range is divided into three parts of which this segment is the southern, rising to 1,070 m and extending 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) in a NE-SW arc. The Masson Range was discovered and named by British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31, under Mawson. This southern range was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Sorkammen (the south comb or crest). The approved name, suggested by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) in 1960, more clearly identifies the feature as a part of Masson Range.

South Orkney Islands
South Orkney Islands (-60.58333°N, -45.5°W) is a group of two larger and several smaller mountainous, barren islands covered with ice and snow and surrounded by many rocks, lying northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula between 6020S and 6050S, and 4420W and 46457W. Discovered on the occasion of the joint cruise by Captain George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop Dove, and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer in the sloop James Monroe, in December 1821. The islands were named Powell's Group on Powell's chart, published in England, November 1, 1822. They were explored and roughly recharted by Captain James Weddell, British sealer, in 1823. Weddell's chart carried the name South Orkney Islands, which became accepted internationally. Subsequent charts of the group were published by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837-40, and by the Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorlle, 1912-13. A running survey of the islands was completed in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. Further surveys were made by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in the period 1947-50. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

South Orkney Trough
South Orkney Trough (-60°N, -45°W) is an undersea trough named in association with the South Orkney Islands and approved 10/77 (ACUF 177).

South Point (Moe Island)
South Point (-60.75°N, -45.7°W) is a point marking the south end of Moe Island in the South Orkney Islands. Named by DI personnel on the Discovery II who charted the South Orkney Islands in 1933.

South Point (Deception Island)
South Point (-63.01667°N, -60.61667°W) is a point 1.75 nautical miles (3.2 km) southwest of Entrance Point, marking the southernmost point of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The point was charted by a British expedition 1828-31, under Foster. The name was proposed in 1949 by the Hydrographic Dept., Admiralty, following a survey of the island by Lieutenant Commander D.N. Penfold, Royal Navy, in 1948-49.

South Sandwich Islands
South Sandwich Islands (-57.75°N, -26.5°W) is a chain of north-south trending volcanic islands lying northward of Weddell Sea and extending 190 nautical miles (350 km) from Zavodovski Island on the north to Southern Thule on the south. Discovered and roughly charted in 1775 by Captain James Cook who gave the name "Sandwich Land" for the fourth Earl of Sandwich, then First Lord of the Admiralty. Cook concluded he had charted a group of islands or a point of a continent. The islands were more accurately charted by Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen in 1819. The Traversay Islands, three islands forming the north end of the chain, were not seen by Cook but were discovered and first mapped by Bellingshausen. The South Sandwich Islands were surveyed by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1930. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

South Scotia Ridge
South Scotia Ridge (-60°N, -46.5°W) is an undersea ridge named in association with the Scotia Sea. Name approved 6/87 (ACUF 225).

South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands (-62°N, -58°W) is a group of more than twenty islands and islets lying northward of Antarctic Peninsula and extending about 280 nautical miles (500 km) from Smith Island and Snow Island in the west-southwest to Elephant Island and Clarence Island in the east-northeast The islands were sighted by Captain William Smith of the brig Williams in February 1819 while cruising close to the northern edge of the islands. The name "New South Britain" was used briefly, but was soon changed to South Shetland Islands. The name is now established international usage. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

South Shetland Trough
South Shetland Trough (-61°N, -59.5°W) is an undersea trough named in association with the South Shetland Islands. Name approved 10/77 (ACUF 177).

South Spit
South Spit (-62.23333°N, -58.8°W) is a rocky spit forming the south side of the entrance to Marian Cove, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The descriptive name appears on a British Admiralty chart showing the results of a survey by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1935.

South Stream (Antarctica)
South Stream (-77.45°N, 163.73333°W) is a meltwater stream 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land. It issues from the front of Wilson Piedmont Glacier and flows southeastward to Bernacchi Bay. The stream was studied by Robert L. Nichols, geologist for Metcalf and Eddy, Engineers, Boston, MA, which made engineering studies here under contract to the U.S. Navy in the 1957-58 season. So named by Nichols because the stream was located south of the U.S. Navy installations in the Marble Point area.

South West Bay
South West Bay (-53.05°N, 73.36667°W) is an open bay indenting the west side of Heard Island immediately north of Cape Gazert. The bay was roughly charted on an 1860 sketch map compiled by Captain H.C. Chester, an American sealer. The name "S.W. Bay" appears on an 1882 chart compiled by Ens. Washington I. Chambers aboard the USS Marion at Heard Island in January 1882. The bay name appears to have developed from an American sealer name, "Southwest Beach," in use about 1860 for the pebble beach at the north end of this bay.

South West Point
South West Point (-54.5°N, -37.1°W) is the southwest point of Annenkov Island, off the south-central coast of South Georgia. Annenkov Island was discovered by Captain James Cook in 1775, and resighted by Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen in 1819. The point appears to be first named on a chart based upon DI surveys undertaken in the period 1926-30.

Southard Promontory
Southard Promontory (-66.93333°N, -64.83333°W) is a notable promontory, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, which juts into northwest Mill Inlet between Breitfuss Glacier and Alberts Glacier, on the Foyn Coast, Graham Land. The promontory is bordered by steep rock cliffs which rise 1,500 m to a relatively flat and snow covered upper surface. It was photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) and surveyed from the ground by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947. In association with the names of Antarctic cartographers grouped in this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Rupert B. Southard, Jr., Chief, National Mapping Division, United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1979-86; Chief, Office of International Activities (with responsibility for USGS field parties working in Antarctica), 1961-64; U.S. Representative to the SCAR Working Group on Geodesy and Cartography, 1964-79; Chairman, Domestic Names Committee of the USBGN, 1983-87 (Chairman, USBGN, 1988-90).

Cape Southard
Cape Southard (-66.53333°N, 122.08333°W) is an ice-covered cape separating the Banzare and Sabrina Coasts of Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Samuel Lewis Southard, Secretary of the Navy under President John Quincy Adams. While serving as Senator from New Jersey, Southard was instrumental in initiating interest in a government scientific expedition and gaining congressional authorization of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-42, under Charles Wilkes.

Mount Southard
Mount Southard (-72.18333°N, 159.93333°W) is a lone mountain (2,400 m) standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Welcome Mountain in the northwest extremity of the Outback Nunataks. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Rupert B. Southard, Chief, Office of International Activities, USGS, with responsibility for USGS field parties working in Antarctica; later Chief of the Topograpic Division of USGS.

Southeast Pacific Basin
Southeast Pacific Basin (-60°N, -115°W) is an undersea basin name approved 7/63 (ACUF 12).

Southern Cross Mountains
Southern Cross Mountains (-73.66667°N, 164°W) is the name applied to the group of ranges lying between the Mariner and Priestley Glaciers in Victoria Land. Seaward parts of this area were first viewed by Ross in 1841 and subsequently by expeditions led by Borchgrevink, Scott, Shackleton and Byrd. The precise mapping of its overall features was accomplished from U.S. Navy air photographs and surveys by New Zealand and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1965-66.

Southern Cross Subglacial Highlands
Southern Cross Subglacial Highlands (-71°N, 147°W) is a group of subglacial highlands located east of Webb Subglacial Trench in the north end of Wilkes Subglacial Basin. The feature was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF)-Technical University of Denmark (TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and was named after the Southern Cross, the expedition ship of British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, led by Carsten E. Borchgrevink.

Southern Thule
Southern Thule (-59.43333°N, -27.2°W) is a group of islands consisting of Thule, Cook, and Bellingshausen Islands, at the south end of the South Sandwich Islands. Southern Thule was named by Captain James Cook who discovered and roughly outlined its northern portions in 1775. Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen's report, published about 1831, stating that Southern Thule consists of one high rock and three small islands was confirmed in a survey by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1930.

Mount Southern
Mount Southern (-74.2°N, -76.46667°W) is a small mountain, or nunatak, located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northeast of Mount Harry and 14 nautical miles (26 km) southeast of FitzGerald Bluffs, in Ellsworth Land. Discovered and photographed by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Merle E. Southern, USGS Topographic Engineer in Antarctica, 1967-68.

Southtrap Rock
Southtrap Rock (-62.98333°N, -56.63333°W) is an isolated rock lying west of Cape Juncal, D'Urville Island, in the Joinville Island group. In association with Northern Rocks, so named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 because the rock is the southernmost of two groups of features which should be avoided by vessels entering Antarctic Sound from the north.

Mount Southwick
Mount Southwick (-78.76667°N, -84.91667°W) is a mountain (3,280 m) near the south end of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, located 9 nautical miles (17 km) south-southeast of Mount Craddock. First mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Tech. Sgt. Thomas E. Southwick, United States Marine Corps (USMC), navigator on a Navy R4D reconnaissance flight to these mountains on January 28, 1958.

Southwind Passage
Southwind Passage (-65.3°N, -65.33333°W) is a navigable passage between Betheder Islands and Dickens Rocks, located at the north extremity of the Biscoe Islands. Named by Captain S.R. Dolber, USCG, commander of the USCGC 1967-68 season.

Sowle Nunatak
Sowle Nunatak (-84.05°N, -66.08333°W) is an one of the Rambo Nunataks, lying 5.5 nautical miles (10 km) southeast of Wagner Nunatak on the west side of Foundation Ice Stream, in the Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Melvin L. Sowle, construction mechanic at Plateau Station, winter 1967.

Mount Soyat
Mount Soyat (-85.86667°N, -130.76667°W) is a prominent mountain, 2,150 m, in western Wisconsin Range, rising on the east side of Reedy Glacier just north of the junction of Norfolk Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander David Soyat, U.S. Navy, air operations officer with Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station, winter 1962.

Soyla Peak
Soyla Peak (-72.7°N, -3.85°W) is a small peak just north of Domen Butte in the Borg Massif of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Soyla (the pillar).

Soyuz-13 Rock
Soyuz-13 Rock (-79.66667°N, 159.13333°W) is a nunatak, 1270 m, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Schoonmaker Ridge in the Cook Mountains. Named after the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 13 of December 18, 1973.

Soyuz-17 Cliff
Soyuz-17 Cliff (-79.51667°N, 159.13333°W) is a prominent rock cliff, 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) long, on the north side of Carlyon Glacier in Cook Mountains. The cliff is 4 nautical miles (7 km) west-northwest of Cape Murray and rises to c.500 meters. Named after the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 17 of January 17, 1975.

Soyuz-18 Rock
Soyuz-18 Rock (-79.65°N, 159.41667°W) is a distinctive nunatak 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Cheney Bluff in the Cook Mountains. The feature rises to 1230 m and is pyramid shaped, especially when viewed from the west. Named after the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 18 of May 24, 1975.

Mount Soza
Mount Soza (-71.16667°N, 162.56667°W) is a massive mountain (2,190 m) in the Bowers Mountains that comprises the east wall of the Rennick Glacier between the entry points of the tributary Alt and Carryer Glaciers. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Ezekiel R. Soza, United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic engineer, a member of USGS Topo North and South, 1961-62, and Topo East and West, 1962-63. Using Army turbine helicopters for rapid movement, these survey parties established geodetic control in the Transantarctic Mountains between the Cape Hallett area and Beardmore Glacier during the first season (Topo North and South); during the second season geodetic control was extended from Cape Hallett to Wilson Hills (Topo West), and from the foot of Beardmore Glacier through the Horlick Mountains (Topo East). Soza was leader of the USGS mapping party in the Pensacola Mountains, 1965-66 season.

Mount Spaaman
Mount Spaaman (-54.26667°N, -36.86667°W) is a mountain, 1,940 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Sorlle Buttress in the west part of the Allardyce Range of South Georgia. The name "Spaaman" is well established in local use. No precise translation is possible; it means roughly a weather prophet or a fortuneteller. The name arose because the emergence of this mountain from its usual heavy cloud cover is said locally to be a sign of good weather.

Spaatz Island
Spaatz Island (-73.2°N, -75°W) is a high ice-covered island, 50 nautical miles (90 km) long and 25 nautical miles (46 km) wide, lying close to the coast of Ellsworth Land, 30 nautical miles (60 km) east of Smyley Island. The north side of the island forms a portion of the south margin of Ronne Entrance; the remainder of the island is surrounded by the ice shelves of Stange Sound and George VI Sound. Finn Ronne and Carl Eklund of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) sledged along the north side of this feature in December 1940. It was photographed from the air and first mapped as an island by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947-48) under Finn Ronne. Named by Ronne for General Carl Spaatz, Chief of Staff, United States Army Air Force (USAAF), who gave assistance in providing an airplane for use of RARE. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Spallanzani Point
Spallanzani Point (-64.13333°N, -61.98333°W) is a point forming the north side of the entrance to Hill Bay and the east tip of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Probably first seen by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache. Mapped in 1959 from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Lazaro Spallanzani (1729-1799), Italian physiologist who first interpreted the process of digestion in 1780.

Spanish Point
Spanish Point (-62.63333°N, -60.35°W) is a named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1994 at the request of the Bulgarian Second Expedition (1993-94) in recognition of key Spanish support for the expedition.

Spanley Rocks
Spanley Rocks (-82.96667°N, -54.66667°W) is a group of about six rocks standing 10 nautical miles (18 km) southwest of Cordiner Peaks, marking the northern extremity of Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John A. Spanley, Jr., cook at South Pole Station, winter 1965.

Mount Spann
Mount Spann (-82.05°N, -41.35°W) is a mountain, 925 m, marking the north extremity of the Panzarini Hills and the Argentina Range, at the northeast end of the Pensacola Mountains. Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 in the course of a U.S. Navy transcontinental nonstop plan flight from McMurdo Sound to Weddell Sea and return. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Staff Sgt. Robert C. Spann, United States Marine Corps (USMC), navigator of the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft during this flight.

Spano Island
Spano Island (-66.4°N, 110.6°W) is a small rocky island 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) north of the west end of Herring Island, in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Angelo F. Spano, meteorologist and member of the Wilkes Station party of 1960. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Sparkes Bay
Sparkes Bay (-66.36667°N, 110.53333°W) is a bay, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide and indenting 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) between Mitchell Peninsula on the north and Robinson Ridge and Odbert Island on the south, in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Robert S. Sparkes, U.S. Navy, military leader at Wilkes Station in 1958.

Spartan Glacier
Spartan Glacier (-71.05°N, -68.33333°W) is a short valley glacier between Callisto Cliffs and Tombaugh Cliffs on the east side of Alexander Island. Mapped by Directorate of Overseas Surveys from satellite imagery supplied by U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration in cooperation with U.S. Geological Survey. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the British dog team known as "The Spartans," used in ascending the glacier, 1969.

Spath Crest
Spath Crest (-80.65°N, -26.2°W) is a summit rocks rising to about 1,450 m and marking the northwest end of Du Toit Nunataks, Read Mountains, in the Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in the area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Leonard F. Spath (1882-1957), British paleontologist and stratigrapher whose study of ammonites made possible the correlation of Mesozoic rocks; paleontologist, British Museum (Natural History), 1912-57.

Spath Peninsula
Spath Peninsula (-64.35°N, -56.91667°W) is an ice-free peninsula, 65. km long, forming the northeast extremity of Snow Hill Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1995 after Leonard Frank Spath (1882-1957), eminent UK paleontologist and author of a classic paper on ammonites from the James Ross Island area, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) Scientific Report No. 3.

Spatulate Ridge
Spatulate Ridge (-73.46667°N, 167.21667°W) is an ice-covered ridge in the Mountaineer Range which extends southeast between Suter Glacier and Ridgeway Glacier to the coast of Victoria Land. The name is descriptive of the shape and was applied in 1966 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC).

Mount Spatz
Mount Spatz (-72.68333°N, 160.55°W) is a mountain, 2,270 m, standing 10 nautical miles (18 km) west-southwest of Mount Weihaupt in the Outback Nunataks. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard Spatz, station engineer at McMurdo Station, 1968.

Spaulding Peninsula
Spaulding Peninsula (-74.43333°N, -116°W) is a low ice-covered peninsula west of Martin Peninsula, extending 7 nautical miles (13 km) into Getz Ice Shelf between Brennan Inlet and Sweeny Inlet on the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 after PRC Richard L. Spaulding, U.S. Navy, parachute-rescue team leader, Operation Deep Freeze 1977, during which, over South Pole Station, he made his 1,000th career jump. He made over 110 Antarctic jumps in his nine Deep Freeze seasonal deployments through 1977.

Spaulding Pond
Spaulding Pond (-77.65°N, 163.11667°W) is a pond 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) northeast of the terminal ice cliff of Howard Glacier in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. The name was suggested by Diane McKnight, leader of United States Geological Survey (USGS) field teams which studied the hydrology and geochemistry of streams and ponds in the Lake Fryxell basin, Taylor Valley, 1987-94. Named after USGS hydrologist Sarah Ann Spaulding, a member of the team during two seasons, 1988-89 and 1991-92, who studied the pond.

Spaulding Rocks
Spaulding Rocks (-77°N, -143.26667°W) is a somewhat isolated group of rocks lying 11 nautical miles (20 km) northeast of Mount Warner in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Howard R. Spaulding, U.S. Navy, builder at Byrd Station in 1966.

Spaull Point
Spaull Point (-60.73333°N, -45.68333°W) is the northern point of Moe Island in the South Orkney Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Vaughan W. Spaull, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) biologist on Signy Island, 1969.

Spayd Island
Spayd Island (-70.55°N, 72.11667°W) is an ice-covered island with prominent rock exposures 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, lying at the southeast side of Gillock Island on the east margin of Amery Ice Shelf Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named by him for A.W. Spayd, air crewman on Operation Highjump photographic flights in this and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 East longitude. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Spear Glacier
Spear Glacier (-75.91667°N, -68.25°W) is a glacier between the Hauberg Mountains and Peterson Hills, in eastern Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Milton B. Spear, construction electrician at Eights Station in 1965.

Spear Nunatak
Spear Nunatak (-86.53333°N, -124.1°W) is a nunatak lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Strickland Nunatak; apparently being the farthest south outcrop along the east side of the head of Reedy Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Milton B. Spear, construction electrician, a member of the wintering party at Byrd Station in 1962.

Spear Spur
Spear Spur (-82.63333°N, -52.36667°W) is a rock spur 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Clinton Spur on the south side of Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Albert Spear, builder, Ellsworth Station winter party, 1957.

Specimen Nunatak
Specimen Nunatak (-67.98333°N, -66.76667°W) is a small but distinctive rock pinnacle that rises above the ice of Swithinbank Glacier about 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of the glacier terminus, in Graham Land. The feature was visited on February 9, 1941 by Herbert G. Dorsey and Joseph D. Healy of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, who gave the name because the pinnacle was a good example of a nunatak projecting above a broad ice field.

Spectator Nunatak
Spectator Nunatak (-70.61667°N, 159.48333°W) is an isolated, mainly ice-covered nunatak consisting of hornblende, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of the Pomerantz Tableland, Usarp Mountains. The feature was used as a survey station by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1963-64), who gave the name because of its aspect.

The Spectre (Antarctica)
The Spectre (-86.05°N, -150.16667°W) is a prominent rock spire (2,020 m) near the center of Organ Pipe Peaks, Gothic Mountains, in Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn. The allusive name was suggested by Edmund Stump, leader of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP)-Arizona State University geological party in the Gothic Mountains, 1980-81.

Speden Bench
Speden Bench (-78.01667°N, 167.4°W) is a bench (c.45 m) on the west side of White Island, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) from the north end, in Ross Archipelago. The bench comprises the NW-most moraine-covered volcanic outcrops on the island, upon which occur tuffaceous conglomerate block and shell fragments of the Scallop Hill Formation. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after Ian G. Speden, New Zealand Geological Survey, DSIR, who, accompanied by A.C. Beck, collected fossiliferous deposits here, December 22, 1958.

Mount Speed
Mount Speed (-84.5°N, -176.83333°W) is a roughly circular, mound-shaped mountain with several low summits at the edge of Ross Ice Shelf, standing at the west side of the mouth of Shackleton Glacier. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41), and surveyed by A.P. Crary, leader of the U.S. Ross Ice Shelf Traverse (1957-58). Named by Crary for Lieutenant Harvey G. Speed, U.S. Navy, Squadron VX-6, who wintered at Little America V in 1957.

Speerschneider Point
Speerschneider Point (-65.75°N, -66.16667°W) is a point forming the west side of the entrance to Malmgren Bay on the west side of Renaud Island, in the Biscoe Islands. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for C.I.H. Speerschneider, Danish meteorologist, who was editor of the annual reports on the state of the sea ice in the Arctic issued by Dansk Meteorologisk Institut, 1910-34.

Spence Harbor
Spence Harbor (-60.68333°N, -45.15°W) is a small bay 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of The Turret, along the east coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered in December 1821 by Captain George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop Dove, who named the bay, and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer in the sloop James Monroe.

Spencer Island
Spencer Island (-77.15°N, -148.06667°W) is a small ice-covered island in Marshall Archipelago, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the northeast part of Steventon Island within Sulzberger Ice Shelf. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Michael P. Spencer, U.S. Navy Reserve, navigator in LC-130F Hercules aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze 1968. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Spencer Nunatak
Spencer Nunatak (-85.35°N, -122.18333°W) is a prominent nunatak 9 nautical miles (17 km) east-northeast of Mount LeSchack, lying between Wisconsin Range and Long Hills in the Horlick Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Donald J. Spencer, atmospheric noise scientist, Byrd Station winter party, 1958.

Spencer Peak
Spencer Peak (-54.25°N, -36.48333°W) is a peak, 440 m, rising southwest of Sappho Point, Cumberland Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1906 British Admiralty chart and is probably for Lieutenant P. Spencer, who surveyed in Cumberland Bay from HMS Sappho in 1906.

Cape Spencer (Antarctica)
Cape Spencer (-68.4°N, 147.48333°W) is an ice-covered point marking on the east the seaward end of the depression occupied by the Ninnis Glacier. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Sir Baldwin Spencer, Director of the National Museum, Melbourne, in 1911.

Mount Spencer
Mount Spencer (-77.28333°N, -143.33333°W) is a peak 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Mount Darling in the Allegheny Mountains of the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered on aerial flights from West Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and named for Herbert R. Spencer of Erie, PA, the Sea Scout commander of Paul Siple, leader of the West Base party of that expedition.

Cape Spencer-Smith
Cape Spencer-Smith (-78°N, 167.45°W) is the northernmost cape of White Island, in the Ross Archipelago. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1958-59) for the Rev. Arnold P. Spencer-Smith, chaplain with the Ross Sea Party of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17), who died on March 9, 1916, on the return journey after laying the depots to Mount Hope for Shackleton's party. He had suffered from scurvy and had been carried for 40 days on a sledge by his companions prior to his death.

Sperm Bluff
Sperm Bluff (-77.08333°N, 161.6°W) is a prominent dark bluff, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and over 1,000 m high, forming the northeast extremity of Clare Range, in Victoria Land. Charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. When viewed from the east, the north face of the bluff suggests the blunt head of a sperm whale.

Spermwhale Ridge
Spermwhale Ridge (-65.78333°N, -62.8°W) is a sharp-crested ridge rising to about 800 m and flanking the south side of Flask Glacier west of Bulkington Pass, on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1987. One of several names in this area from Melville's Moby Dick, reflecting a whaling theme.