Skrap Skerries
The Skrap Skerries are two small groups of islands and rocks lying midway between Cape George and Barff Point, close off the northern coast of the Barff Peninsula of South Georgia Island in Antarctica.Places of Interest
Highlights include O’Connor Peak and Mills Peak.
O’Connor Peak
Peak
O'Connor Peak is a mountain peak, 675 m, standing west of Long Point on Barff Peninsula, South Georgia. Charted by a Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1927–28, and named Mount Bryde.
Mills Peak
Peak
Mills Peak is a peak 1 nautical mile southwest of Cape Douglas, rising to 625 metres in the northern portion of Barff Peninsula, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1988 for Lieutenant Keith Mills, commander of the Royal Marines platoon at King Edward Point at the Battle of Grytviken between the United Kingdom and Argentina, April 3, 1982.
Skrap Skerries
- Type: Coastline
- Also known as: “East Skerry”, “East Skrapskjar”, and “Skerry Este”
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.26012° or 54° 15′ 36″ southLongitude
-36.30229° or 36° 18′ 8″ westOpen location code
39Q5PMQX+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 602597331OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineGeoNames ID
3426502
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Skrap Skerries” goes by many names.
- German: “Skrap Skerries”
- Spanish: “Islas Skrap Skerries”
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