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In 1959 it was named by UK-APC after William Moyes, British government representative at Signy Island in 1912–13. [48] To the east, the southernmost point of the island is Pandemonium Point, named by FIDS because of the ceaseless noise from the penguin rookeries on the west side of the ridge close north of the point. [49]
Conroy Point) is a headland midway along the northwest side of Moe Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after James W.H. Conroy, ornithologist on Signy Island, 1967–68.
McLeod Glacier is a glacier 1 nautical mile (2 km) long, flowing in a southeasterly direction into Clowes Bay on the south side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1954 for Michael McLeod, following a survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1947.
Tioga Hill) is a rounded summit, 290 m, standing at the west side the head of McLeod Glacier on Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The hill is the highest point on the island. Surveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954 for the
Knob Lake is the central lake in the valley. It was named by UK-APC because there is a glacier-scoured rock knob forming a small island near the south end of the lake. [3] Pumphouse Lake is the southernmost of the three lakes. It was named by UK-APC because of the abandoned pump house and pipeline, built by whalers, on the east side of the lake ...
This is a list of the extreme points of the United Kingdom: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.Traditionally the extent of the island of Great Britain has stretched "from Land's End to John o' Groats" (that is, from the extreme southwest of mainland England to the far northeast of mainland Scotland).
Everson Ridge) is a ridge extending from Jebsen Point to Tioga Hill on Signy Island. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Inigo Everson, a British Antarctic Survey biologist on Signy Island, 1965–66. [1]
Strombus Ridge is a ridge curving eastward from Thulla Point toward Jane Col on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. The feature is 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) south of Jensen Ridge . Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the whaling ship Strombus (Captain Gullik Jensen ), from Tonsberg, Norway, used on the ...