Williams Haven
Signy Island is a small subantarctic island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the Norwegian whaler Petter Sørlle after his wife, Signy Therese.Places of Interest
Highlights include Robin Peak and Sombre Lake.
Robin Peak
Peak
Robin Peak is a sharply defined rocky summit which is the northernmost peak on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1954 for Gordon de Quetteville Robin of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, the leader at Signy Island base in 1947, who made the first detailed survey of the island.
Sombre Lake
Lake
Paternoster Valley is a valley extending southwestward from Stygian Cove in northern Signy Island. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee from the occurrence of three small paternoster lakes, at different levels in the valley.
Moss Lake
Lake
Paternoster Valley is a valley extending southwestward from Stygian Cove in northern Signy Island. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee from the occurrence of three small paternoster lakes, at different levels in the valley.
Williams Haven
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Williams haven”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-60.67511° or 60° 40′ 30″ southLongitude
-45.63309° or 45° 37′ 59″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
38FP89F8+XQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2150819099OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
6628130
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Williams Haven” goes by many names.
- French: “Île Signy”
- German: “Signy Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Signy”
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