Scott Cone
Scott Cone is a conical hill about 2 nautical miles north-northeast of Cape McNab on the south end of Buckle Island, in the Balleny Islands. Located adjacent to Eliza Cone, the two features appear to have been named after John Balleny's schooner, the Eliza Scott, in which he discovered the Balleny Islands in February 1839.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sabrina Island and The Monolith.
Sabrina Island
Islet
Photo: Krudller, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sabrina Island is the largest of three small islets lying 1.5 km south of Buckle Island in the Balleny Islands of Antarctica and are part of New Zealand's Ross Dependency. Sabrina Island is situated 2½ km east of Scott Cone.
The Monolith
Islet
The Monolith is a pair of small islets located off the southern tip of Sabrina Island within the Ross Dependency of Antarctica. The smaller of the two islets rises at a steep incline to 363 feet above sea level, and is uninhabited even by penguins which have colonized the other nearby islands. The Monolith is situated 3 km east of Scott Cone.
Eliza Cone
Eliza Cone is a rock with an archway through it standing 1 nautical mile west of Cape McNab on the south end of Buckle Island, in the Balleny Islands. It is located adjacent to Scott Cone; the two features appear to have been named after John Balleny's schooner, the Eliza Scott, in which he discovered the Balleny Islands in February 1839. Eliza Cone is situated 3½ km northwest of Scott Cone.Scott Cone
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 30 metres
- Description: hill in Balleny Islands, Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Scott Cone” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Scott Cone”
- Chinese: “斯科特峰”
- Dutch: “Scott Cone”
- German: “Scott Cone”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Scott Cone”
- Swedish: “Scott Cone”
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