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Church Bay is a bay 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) wide, indenting the north coast of South Georgia between Low Rock Point and Cape North. It is separated from Schlieper Bay by the Scree Gap.
Cape Paryadin is a headland which forms the southernmost point of the west tip of South Georgia. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook. The cape was resighted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen, who named it for Yakov Poryadin, navigator on the Vostok. The spelling "Paryadin" for the cape has become established through long usage.
Gony Point is a high tussock-covered point 0.5 miles (0.8 km) southwest of Cardno Point, on the southeast side of Bird Island, South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963. Gony is an old sailors' name for the wandering albatross, which breeds on Bird Island.
Weddell Glacier is a glacier 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long on the north side of South Georgia, flowing north into Royal Bay between Will Point and Cape Charlotte. First mapped by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, and named for James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, who as a sealing captain visited South Georgia in 1823.
The Andrews Rocks are a small group of rocks 0.5 nautical miles (1 km) east of Cape Paryadin, South Georgia. The rocks are bare of vegetation and awash in heavy seas. The name "Andrews Islands" was probably given by Lieutenant Commander J.M. Chaplin, Royal Navy, of the RRS Discovery during his survey of the area in 1926. The South Georgia Survey, 1955–56, reported that "rocks" is a more suitable descriptive term for this group.
Cardno Point is a high flat-topped, tussock-covered headland forming the eastern extremity of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Lieutenant Commander Peter G.N. Cardno, Royal Navy, navigating officer of HMS Owen, which made a hydrographic survey of the area in 1960–61.
Cook Bay is an irregular bay, 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km) wide at its entrance between Cape Crewe and Black Head, narrowing into two western arms, Lighthouse Bay and Prince Olav Harbour, along the north coast of South Georgia. It was charted by Discovery Investigations (DI) personnel during the period 1926–30, and named by them for Captain James Cook, who explored South Georgia and landed in this general vicinity in 1775.
Olsen Rock is a rock lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southeast of Cape Paryadin, off the west end of South Georgia. Charted by DI personnel in 1926–27. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Soren Olsen, gunner of the South Georgia Whaling Co. at Leith Harbor, 1926–30, 1933–39 and 1945–53.
The Cordall Stacks are two conspicuous rock stacks, the eastern one joined to Bird Island, South Georgia, by a low isthmus, lying on the northwest side of the island 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) northwest of Jordan Cove. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Peter A. Cordall, a member of the South Georgia Biological Expedition, 1958–59, who made a plane table survey of Bird Island.
Jordan Cove is a small cove which is the principal indentation in the south side of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia, near Antarctica.
Diver Point is a point midway along the north shore of Bird Island, South Georgia. The name, by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, derives from the South Georgia diving petrel which nests nearby.
Fantome Rock is a dangerous rock in the middle of Bird Sound, South Georgia, lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) south of Gony Point, Bird Island. It was charted by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery in the period 1926–30 and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 for HMS Owen's motor cutter, used in a survey of this area in February–March 1961, and lost in heavy seas near this rock.
Farewell Point is a point which forms the northeast extremity of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia. The name appears to have been applied by Discovery Investigations personnel who charted South Georgia in the period 1926–30.
Paryadin Ridge is a ridge extending from Cape Alexandra to Cape Paryadin at the west end of South Georgia. The name "Paryadin-Kamm," derived from nearby Cape Paryadin, was given by Ludwig Kohl-Larsen during his visit to South Georgia in 1928–29. An English form of the name has been approved.
Freshwater Inlet is the small eastern arm of Jordan Cove on the south side of Bird Island, South Georgia, with Wanderer Valley to the southwest. It was charted by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57 and was named in 1956 by W.N. Bonner, a British government biologist and sealing inspector, because the feature is fed by freshwater streams.
Gazella Peak is a peak rising over 120 metres (390 ft) between Roche Peak and the Cordall Stacks on the north side of Bird Island, South Georgia. It was charted by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 after the species name of the Antarctic fur seal, which breeds in considerable numbers on Bird Island.
Hesse Peak is, at 515 metres (1,690 ft), the highest peak on Paryadin Ridge, lying midway between Cape Alexandra and Cape Paryadin at the west end of South Georgia. It was charted and named by a German expedition under Kohl-Larsen in 1928–29.
Square Rock is a rock lying 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) west of Cape Alexandra, at the west end of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1938 British Admiralty chart.
Hornaday Rock is a rock lying in Bird Sound, 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) west-southwest of Cape Alexandra at the west end of South Georgia. The feature appears on charts dating back to the 1930s. It was recharted by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for William T. Hornaday, an American zoologist who was Director of the New York Zoological Park, 1896–1926. From 1907 he was a leader in the fight to introduce protective legislation for fur seals; fur seals breed on nearby Bird Island.
References
- ↑ "Alexandra, Cape". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 24 October 2011.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Alexandra, Cape". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
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