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htmlText_BEC417A1_AB3B_1910_41B7_9E87BC63A40D.html = At the head of the bay between Cape Paryadin and Chaplin Head. Was charted by Weddell in 1823 and included in Adventure Bay. Named Gavan' Marii [= port of Mary] after the usage of sealers, referring either to this feature or to Queen Maud Bay. The feature was named Undine Harbour in about 1909, after SS Undine, formerly RY Osborne Il, purchased by the Compania Argentina de Pesca in 1908.
At the south end of Cumberland West Bay and marking the northwest end of Thatcher Peninsula. Was named following the SGS after the cargo vessel Harpon, built in 1897 and used by the Compania Argentina de Pesca from 1922.
Bay between Antarctic Bay and Stromness Bay, was called Iceberg Bay (Smith, 1844) or Fisch Hafen [= fish harbour], referring either to this feature or to Antarctic Bay. Named Fortuna Bay after the Fortuna, the first whale-catcher of the Compania Argentina de Pesca, which was sailed to South Georgia by C. A. Larsen in 1904, when the whaling station at Grytviken was established.
Bay between Cape Vakop and Mount Skittle, was surveyed by the SGS, 1951-52, and named after Luisa, one of the transport ships used during construction of the Compania Argentina de Pesca's station at Grytviken in 1904; now a hulk in King Edward Cove.
Between Cumberland West Bay and Cumberland East Bayat at the NE tip of Thatcher Peninsula. Was charted from HMS Sappho in 1906 and named after the ship.
Between Daisy Point and Bellingshausen Point, east end of Bay of Isles. Was charted by Murphy in 1912-13 and named after Capt. Beckmann (1885-1912), Master Gunner of the whale catcher Don Ernesto, a pioneer in South Georgia with Capt. C. A. Larsen and "the best whaling gunner in the world", who lost his life in an accident at Grytviken, 6 December 1912.
Between Ducloz Head and Leon Head, was sighted by the RAE in 1819; called Eis Bai [= ice bay] (Klutschak, 1881), Marien Bai (Fricker, 1898), Penguin Bay (Faustini, 1906); named Undine-Süd-Hafen by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12, after SS Undine.
Between Johannsen Loch and Penguin Bay, east side of Barff Peninsula. Was probably first sighted by Cook in 1775; named New Fortuna Bay, probably after the Norwegian-Argentine whaling ship Fortuna, which took part in establishing the first permanent whaling station at Grytviken in 1904-05; site of shore whaling station leased to Ocean Whaling Company by Falkland Islands Government in 1909, and abandoned in 1920.
Between Larvik and Cape Darnley, was called Recovery Bay; included with Newark Bay as one bay under the name Sukkertopp Bay or Sukkertopp Bukta by association with Mount Sugartop; called Marien Bay; included with Newark Bay as one bay under the name Newark Bay; following the SGS, 1951-52, named Jacobsen Bight after Fridthjof Jacobsen.
Between Possession Bay and Fortuna Bay, was probably first sighted by Cook in January 1775; called Woodward Harbor after Roswall Woodward, Fresh Water Bay, Fisch Hafen [= fish harbour], referring either to this feature or to Fortuna Bay. Charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1902 and named Antarctic Bay after Antarctic, the expedition ship.
Between Romerof Head and Weddell Point, was called Elephant Bay or Fliegende Fish B. [= flying fish bay]. Named Schlieper Bay after Herman H. Schlieper, first President of the Compania Argentina de Pesca, 1904-15.
East entrance point of Maiviken, was charted by the SwAE in 1902; re-charted by DI in 1929 and named in association with Maiviken.
Flowing from Lower Hamberg Lake into Cumberland East Bay, was called Hamberg Fluss; named Penguin River by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1912.
Flowing north-east from Larssen Peak into Mercer Bay, was named by J. G. Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition on 12 May 1902 after Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), Scottish geologist and pioneer of research in glacial geology.
Glacier flowing east into south-west end of Cumberland West Bay, was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1902 and named Neumayer Glaciären after Georg Balthasar von Neumayer (1826-1909), German geographer who promoted Antarctic research and exploration; Founder and first Director of Deutsch Seewarte [German Naval Observatory], Hamburg, 1876-1903.
Glacier flowing east into the head of Moraine Fjord. Was named Hamberg-Gletscher by J. G. Andersson, of the Swedisgn Antarctic Expedition, after Axel Hamberg (1863-1933), Swedish geologist and glaciologist. Landsat ETM+ satellite imagery in 2002 showed that the foot of the glaicer had undergone considerable retreat resulting in a fjord at right angles to Moraine Fjord.
Glacier flowing north into Harpon Bay, was discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1902, under Swedish geologist and geographer Otto Nordenskjöld, who named it for Sir Charles Lyell (1797–1875), eminent British geologist. The glacier is covered in rock debris following a major rock fall in the 1970s but still terminates in an ice cliff in Harpon Bay.
Glacier flowing north into the head of Cumberland East Bay between Greene Peninsula and Barff Peninula. Was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Survey in 1902 and named Nordenskjöld Glaciären after Prof. Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (1869-1928), Swedish geographer, geologist and polar explorer; Leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition.
Harbour on the north side of Cumberland West Bay, was visited in 1894 by the Jason (Capt C. A. Larsen) and in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition. Named after Larsen's ship Jasonhafen.
Island north of Larsen Point, off NE extremity of Lewin Peninsula, was called Jason Point after the ship Jason.
Lake east side of Lyell Glacier, a large moraine-dammed lake with a series of terraces above the present shoreline. Named in association with the glacier.
Largest of the glaciers flowing west into Jacobsen Bight, was named following the SGS after Pedro Christophersen, one of the first Directors of the Compania Argentina de Pesca, which operated the whaling station at Grytviken, 1904-65.
Middle island of the Jomfruene group. Named after Elvina Larsen (b. 1884), daughter of Capt. C.A. Larsen, Manager of the Compañía Argentina de Pesca whaling station at Grytviken. She visited the whaling station in 1906.
Most easterly island of the Jomfruene group. Named after Agnora Larsen (b. 1887), daughter of Capt. C.A. Larsen, Manager of the Compañía Argentina de Pesca whaling station at Grytviken. She visited the whaling station in 1906.
Most westerly island of the Jomfruene group. Named after Margit Larsen (b. 1892), daughter of Capt. C.A. Larsen, Manager of the Compania Argentina de Pesca whaling station at Grytviken. She visited the whaling station in 1906.
Mountain approximately 503m at its highest point, south-east of Stenhouse Peak and south of Camp Peak, Thatcher Peninsula, South Georgia. The landmark is used for navigation from Grytviken to Carr Valley. Named after Carl Johan Frederik Skottsberg (1880-1963), botanist on SwAE (1901-1904), who camped at Maiviken to explore and map the area.
Mountain made up of two peaks, approximately 534m at its highest point, north of Mount Hodges and north-west of Bore Valley, Thatcher Peninsula, South Georgia. The landmark is used for navigation from Grytviken to Carr Valley. Named after Dr Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874-1960), Second in Command and Geologist on SwAE (1901-1904), who first walked through Bore Valley, just below this mountain, from Maiviken to discover Grytviken.
Northwest entrance point of Cumberland Bay, was roughly charted by Capt. C. A. Larsen and subsequently named after him.
Northwest entrance point of Hound Bay, was called Cap George (Vincendon-Dumoulin, atlas, 1847), New Fortune-Huk (Brennecke, 1912), Penguin Point (Wilson, chart, 1917), New Fortune Point (Salvesen and Company, 1918?), New Fortuna Point (Douglas, 1930), probably following the usages of sealers and whalers. Following the SGS, 1951-52, the feature was re-named Tijuca Point after the three-masted barque Tijuca, built at Nantes in 1866 and from 1908 used as a transport ship by the Compania Argentina de Pesca between Buenos Aires and the whaling station at Grytviken; she foundered in 1946.
Off south-west side of Cumberland East Bay. Was named Moränfjorden by J. G. Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition on 2 May 1902, because it was almost separated from the main bay by a very large terminal moraine.
Pass at approximately 350m altitude, north-east of Fleuret Peak, Barff Peninsula, South Georgia. Named after Lauritz Edvard Larsen, the first manager of Ocean Harbour in 1909 and one of the pioneers of South Georgia whaling, alongside his brother C. A. Larsen.
Peak rising to 685 m west of Jason Harbour. Was charted in 1929 and named in association with Jason Harbour.
Plateau north of thenorth-west end of Allardyce Range, the largest snowfield in South Georgia, bounded to the north by the semi-circular arc of Wilckens Peaks, was roughly mapped by the German South Georgia Expedition; and following the South Georgia Survey, 1951-52, named Kohl-Larsen Plateau after Ludwig Kohl-Larsen, but revised to Kohl Plateau in 1960.
Point opposite Jason Island at entrance to Cumberland Bay. Named after the ship accompanying Capt C.A. Larsen on his pioneering whaling voyage in 1894.
Prominent peak (1268 m) on the ridge south of Novosilski Glacier, and north and west of Harmer Glacier, South Georgia. Named after the sealer and supply vessel Viola, which operated out of Grytviken Whaling Station from 1927 until she was abandoned there on closure of the whaling station in 1965. Originally built in Beverley, UK, in 1906 as a trawler, she became the vessel of choice for supporting expeditions due to her trawler's large hold.
Rising 4m above sea-level in Hound Bay, c. 3.25km west-south-west of Cape Vakop. Was charted by the SGS, 1951-52, and named after SS Rolf, one of the ships of the Compania Argentina de Pesca which participated in establishing the first permanent whaling station at Grytviken in 1904.
Rising to 1550 m in NW Allardyce Range and at the head of Geikie Glacier. Was named following the SGS after Harald Larssen (b. 1894), Manager of the Compania Argentina de Pesca station, Grytviken,
Rising to 475 m above Cape Buller. Was mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1902 and named descriptively Die Pyramide [Pyramid Peak].
Rising to 510m north east of King Edward Cove. Was mapped in 1902 by Lieut. Samuel A. Duse, Norrland Artillery, cartographer of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition and named after him.
Running west from Hestesletten to Echo Pass. The name was applied by the SwAE in 1902 to the through-valley, comprising the present feature, Echo Pass and Sphagnum Valley, because it joins Cumberland East Bay with Cumberland West Bay.
SW of Stenhouse Peak, SE side of Cumberland West Bay. Was named Papua Cove by the SwAE in 1902 after a colony of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua).
Settlement formerly a whaling station in the vicinity of King Edward Cove from the cemetery on the SW side, where Sir Ernest Shackleton (d. 1922) is buried, to the Shackleton memorial at Hope Point on the north-east side. The name Grytviken [= the pot cove] was applied to the locality by J. G. Andersson, of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, because in 1902 he found there numerous boiling pots left by sealers. Also specifically applied to the whaling station of the Compania Argentina de Pesca, established in 1906 and closed in 1962.
Small cove sheltered by Kupriyanov Islands and known to the early sealers as shown by the wreck of a sealing vessel, was called Five Islands Harbour, Johannessonbucht [sic] (Kohl-Larsen, 1930) or Johannesson-Hafen (Kohl-Larsen, 1930), after Capt. A. Johannesen, Master of the sealer Diaz, of the Compania Argentina de Pesca, who re-discovered the cove in 1929; named Diaz or Seal Cove (BA, 1930).
South of Enten Bay, north-west side of Cumberland West Bay, was called Ganse Bukta [= goose bay] by sealers and whalers; and named Horseshoe Bay, probably during the survey of the area from HMS Dartmouth in 1920. Following the South Georgia Survey, re-named Carlita Bay after the Carlita (or Lille Carl), a whale catcher of the Compañía Argentina de Pesca, built in 1907 as Duncan Gray of Glasgow, and used for sealing and transport work.
South-west side of Drygalski Fjord, was charted by the GAE, 1911-12, and named Larsen-Hafen, after Capt. Carl Anton Larsen (1860-1924), Norwegian explorer and whaler; Master of Jason, which visited the FID, 1892-93 and 1893-94; Master of Antarctica on the Swedish Antarctic Expedition; Manager of the Compania Argentina de Pesca, Grytviken, 1906-14.
Valley running north from Grytviken to Lewis Pass although the name was originally applied to this valley along with the valley that runs north from Lewis Pass to Maiviken. Was surveyed by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition and named Bores Dal because of geological evidence that ice had once filled the valley, Bore being the Swedish name for Boreas, the god of the north wind.
[Maiviken = May Cove]. Cove at north end of Thatcher Peninsula, between Cumberland West Bay and Cumberland East Bay. Was charted by the SwAE and named Maiviken after May Day 1902, the day on which the expedition entered the cove.
Rising to 360m southwest of Right Whale Bay, was called Don Ernesto Glacier after the whale catcher Don Ernesto, built in 1910 and owned by the Companiaa Argentina de Pesca.