Stewart Stacks

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Location of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Stewart Stacks is a group of prominent sea stacks, one of them rising to 25 m, lying between Rugged Island and Astor Island in the northeast of Osogovo Bay, western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

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The feature is named after Hampton Stewart of the American sealing vessel Jane Maria under Captain Robert Johnson who, according to the New York Gazette and General Advertiser of 16 May 1821, made one of the first charts of the South Shetlands in 1820–21.

Location

The stacks are centred at 62°38′26.7″S61°11′11″W / 62.640750°S 61.18639°W / -62.640750; -61.18639 Coordinates: 62°38′26.7″S61°11′11″W / 62.640750°S 61.18639°W / -62.640750; -61.18639 which is 800 m east-southeast of Radev Point, Rugged Island, 600 m southwest of Astor Island, 2.09 km northwest of Point Smellie, Livingston Island and 3.4 km north by west of Devils Point, Livingston Island (British mapping in 1821 and 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

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Morton Strait

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Devils Point

Devils Point is a point marking the southwest extremity of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the southeast side of the entrance to Osogovo Bay and the west side of the entrance to Raskuporis Cove. The point is separated from Vardim Rocks to the south by Hell Gates, and surmounted to the northeast by Lucifer Crags, a rocky bluff rising to 81 m at the south extremity of President Beaches. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

Robbery Beaches

Robbery Beaches are beaches extending along the north side of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica between Essex Point to the west and Nedelya Point to the east.

Kokalyane Point

Kokalyane Point is the point on the west coast of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the south side of the entrance to Bogomil Cove. Situated 810 m north-northwest of Benson Point, 970 m south of Ugain Point and 2.51 km south of Cape Sheffield.

Bakshev Ridge

Bakshev Ridge is a rugged rocky ridge on Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 700 m in southeast-northwest direction, with a highest point of elevation 239 m situated 660 m east of San Stefano Peak, 1.25 km west of Vund Point, and 1.1 km northwest of Radev Point.

Mostich Hill

Mostich Hill is a rocky hill rising to 130 m in the southwestern part of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 780 m northeast of Benson Point, 3.16 km south-southeast of Cape Sheffield, and 3.78 km west of Radev Point.

Chiprovtsi Point headland on Rugged Island

Chiprovtsi Point is a point projecting 400 m (440 yd) northwestwards from the north coast of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and forming the east side of the entrance to Nishava Cove. It is extended further 400 m (440 yd) northwestwards by the group of Chiprovtsi Islets, which are centred at 62°36′52″S61°16′09″W and named in association with the point.

Tsamblak Hill

Tsamblak Hill is a rocky hill trending 900 m in north-south direction, 450 m wide and rising to 113 m in eastern Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Essex Point headland in South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

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Chester Cone

Chester Cone is the ice-free peak rising to 188 m in the central part of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica surmounting Midge Lake to the northwest.

Benson Point

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Window Island

Window Island is a small ice-free island off the north coast of Ray Promontory in the northwest of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island has a surface area of 23 hectares and rises to 72 m (236 ft). It was known to the early 19th century sealers operating on Byers Peninsula.

Point Smellie

Point Smellie is a small steep-sided headland extending into Osogovo Bay from President Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and dominated by Smellie Hill.

Laager Point

Laager Point is a conspicuous headland extending out from President Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica facing Astor Island. It forms the southeast entrance point for New Plymouth harbour and the northeast entrance point for Osogovo Bay. The area was visited by 19th century sealers.

Cutler Stack Antarctic island

Cutler Stack is a conspicuous sea stack extending 170 by 150 m and rising to 16 m (52 ft), lying off Ivanov Beach in the south of Barclay Bay, western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

Eddystone Rocks (South Shetland Islands) Group of two rocks in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Eddystone Rocks is a group of two rocks lying to the northwest of Rugged Island off western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

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