Editing Signy Island (section)

== Geography ==
A number of locations on the island have been charted and individually named by various Antarctic expeditions. The first survey was conducted in 1912 by Norwegian whaling captain [[Petter Sørlle]]. It was subsequently visited and charted by [[Discovery Investigations]] (DI) personnel in 1927 and 1933. Finally, in 1947, the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) charted the island. The charts produced by these surveys account for many of the names of the island's features. Others were provided later by the [[UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC).

=== West coast ===
The northernmost point of Signy Island is descriptively named North Point, first charted in 1933 by DI personnel.<ref name="gnis-NP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=10863|name=North Point|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> To the southwest, {{Cvt|0.75|nmi|km|1|abbr=}} off the coast, are the ice-free Spindrift Rocks, approximately {{Cvt|15|m||abbr=}} high. They were surveyed and named in 1947 by FIDS. The name is descriptive of the [[spindrift]], or sea spray, which forms over these rocks during westerly gales.<ref name="gnis-SR">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=14383|name=Spindrift Rocks|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> South of North Point is Williams Haven, a cove with a large [[sea cave]] in the cliff on the north side of the cove. UK-APC named the cove after [[David D. Wynn-Williams]], BAS [[microbiologist]].<ref name="gnis-WH">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=16644|name=Williams Haven|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> The south entrance of Williams Haven is marked by Richard Point, named for Kenneth J. Richard, BAS technician.<ref name="gnis-RICP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=12597|name=Richard Point|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref>

Deschampsia Point is a point on the northwest side of Signy Island, 0.3 nautical miles (0.6&nbsp;km) northeast of the Spindrift Rocks. It was descriptively named by UK-APC in 1991 after the Antarctic hair grass ''[[Deschampsia antarctica]]'', which grows on the slopes near the point.<ref name="gnis-DP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=3772|name=Deschampsia Point|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref>

To the south, Lovegrove Point, named by UK-APC for [[Ian W. Lovegrove]], marks the north entrance of Express Cove, a small cove approximately midway down the west coast of the island.<ref name="gnis-LOVP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=9067|name=Lovegrove Point|access-date=2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref> Express Cove has a very indented shoreline with numerous offshore islands and rocks. It was roughly charted in 1933 by DI personnel and named for the American [[schooner]] ''Express'', which visited the South Orkney Islands in 1880.<ref name="gnis-EC">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=4704|name=Express Cove|access-date=2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref> Foca Point marks the south side of the entrance to Express Cove. It was named for the whale catcher ''Foca'', belonging to the [[Compañía Argentina de Pesca]].<ref name="gnis-FP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=5081|name=Foca Point|access-date=2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref> Both were surveyed in 1947 by FIDS and named by UK-APC.<ref name="gnis-EC" /><ref name="gnis-FP" /> Foca Point also marks the north side of Foca Cove, named in association with the point.<ref name="gnis-FC">{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 5080| name = Foca Cove |access-date=2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref>

The next significant feature is Thulla Point, an ice-free point lying 1 nautical mile (1.9&nbsp;km) northeast of Jebsen Point. It was charted in 1933 by DI personnel, roughly surveyed in 1947 by FIDS, and named by UK-APC in 1954 for the Norwegian steamship ''Thulla''.<ref name="gnis-TP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=15627|name=Thulla Point|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> Thulla Cove, named in association with the point, is located to the south of it.<ref name="gnis-THUC">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=15266|name=Thulla Cove|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref>

Inland to the southeast of the point and cove are several lakes, all named by UK-APC. Amos Lake, named for [[Stephen C. Amos]], [[British Antarctic Survey]] [[limnologist]], is closest to the shore.<ref name="gnis-AL">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=364|name=Amos Lake|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> Northeast of Amos Lake is Spirogyra Lake, named for the algal genus ''[[Spirogyra]]'', which grows abundantly in the lake in summer.<ref name="gnis-SPIL">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=14389|name=Spirogyra Lake|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> To the east is Light Lake, named after BAS limnologist [[Jeremy J. Light]].<ref name=gnis-LL>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 8817| name = Light Lake | access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> Tranquil Lake, a cirque lake fed by [[meltwater]], named by UK-APC for its sheltered position, lies further inland between Amos Lake and the [[Snow Hills]].<ref name="gnis-TQL">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=15477|name=Tranquil Lake|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref>

Port Jebsen indents the coast towards the south end of the island immediately north of Jebsen Point. It was charted in 1912 by Petter Sorlle, a Norwegian whaling captain, who named Jebsen Point, for which the cove is named.<ref name="gnis-PJ">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=7508|name=Jebsen, Port|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref><ref name="gnis-JP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=7509|name=Jebsen Point|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> Also associated are the Jebsen Rocks, a chain of rocks which extend {{Convert|0.5|nmi|km|0}} in an east–west direction, lying 0.5 nautical miles north of Jebsen Point.<ref name="gnis-JR">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=7510|name=Jebsen Rocks |access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref>

South of Jebsen Point is Cummings Cove, surveyed by DI personnel in 1933 and FIDS personnel in 1947. It was named by UK-APC for FIDS radio operator E. T. Cummings.<ref name="gnis-CMC">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=3404|name=Cummings Cove|access-date=2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref> BAS maintains a scientific hut at Cummings Cove, visited regularly by BAS personnel from Signy Station. It has accommodations for 2 people, with food and fuel for 2 person-months.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Polar Conservation Organisation|url=http://www.polarconservation.org/education/antarctic-bases/united-kingdom-and-antarctica/stations-bases-camps-and-refuges/additional-uk-stations-and-refuges/?searchterm=None|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719151510/http://www.polarconservation.org/education/antarctic-bases/united-kingdom-and-antarctica/stations-bases-camps-and-refuges/additional-uk-stations-and-refuges/?searchterm=None|archive-date=2011-07-19|access-date=2011-01-27}}</ref> Bothy Lake, a small lake at the cove's head, was named by UK-APC for this hut, or "[[bothy]]".<ref>{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=1719|name=Bothy Lake|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> Twisted Lake, {{Cvt|0.1|nmi|km|1|abbr=}} northeast of Cummings Cove, was named by UK-APC for its irregular shoreline.<ref name="gnis-TL">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=15718|name=Twisted Lake|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> Porteous Point, charted in 1933 by DI personnel, marks the south entrance point of Cummings Cove.<ref name="gnis-PORP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=11965|name=Porteous Point|access-date=2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref>

South of Cummings Cove is Hydrurga Cove, named by UK-APC after the [[leopard seal]]s, ''Hydrurga leptonyx'', that commonly frequent the cove.<ref name=gnis-HC>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 7238| name = Hydrurga Cove | access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref>

=== East coast ===
The first prominent feature on the east coast is Stygian Cove, named by FIDS because it is so overshadowed by the cliffs of [[Robin Peak]] that a sense of [[Styx|stygian]] gloom is felt.<ref name="gnis-STYC">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=14736|name=Stygian Cove|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> Immediately to the east is Berry Head, named by DI personnel, which divides Stygian Cove from Tern Cove.<ref name="gnis-BH">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=1302|name=Berry Head|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> The entrance of Tern Cove is blocked by submerged rocks. The cove contains three small islands, and an area near the head dries at low water. It was named by FIDS for the colony of [[Antarctic tern]]s on the southernmost island in the cove.<ref name="gnis-TC">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=15128|name=Tern Cove|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> {{Cvt|0.3|nmi|km|1|abbr=}} inland to the south of Berry Head is The Wallows, a low-lying area sheltered by low ridges with a small freshwater pond in the center. It was named by FIDS because moulting [[elephant seal]]s wallow here in the summer.<ref name="gnis-TW">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=16233|name=The Wallows|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref>

To the south of that is Rootes Point, named by UK-APC after [[David M. Rootes]] of the BAS, which marks the north entrance of Starfish Cove.<ref name="gnis-ROOP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=12883|name=Rootes Point|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref>
Starfish Cove was roughly surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel and named by FIDS because of the large number of [[starfish]] in the cove.<ref name="gnis-STAC">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=14488|name=Starfish Cove|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> About {{cvt|0.3|nmi|km|1}} off the mouth of the cove is a small submerged rock called Powell Rock, first charted by Captain Sorlle and named after his whale catcher ''Powell''.<ref name=gnis-PR>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id= 11320 | name=Pandemonium Point | access-date=2020-05-05 | links=off}}</ref>

South of Starfish Cove is [[Borge Bay]], a large, irregularly-shaped [[bay]] that dominates the east side of Signy Island, delineated by Balin Point to the north and Berntsen Point to the south.<ref name="gnis-BB">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=1682|name=Borge Bay|access-date=2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref>

{{Cvt|0.5|nmi|km|1|abbr=}} south of Borge Bay is Paal Harbour. The name first appears on a map by captain Sorlle.<ref name="gnis-PH">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=11257|name=Paal Harbour|access-date=2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref> The harbor and its constituent features were first surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel and resurveyed in 1947 by FIDS.<ref name="gnis-PH" /><ref name="gnis-OB">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=10981|name=Observation Bluff|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref><ref name="gnis-RETP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=12547|name=Rethval Point|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> Observation Bluff, {{Cvt|110|m||abbr=}} high, forms the north side of Paal Harbor. It was named by FIDS because they made daily observations from it.<ref name="gnis-OB" /> The bluff comes to a point called Polynesia Point, named by UK-APC after the [[factory ship]] ''Polynesia.''<ref name="gnis-POLP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=11936|name=Polynesia Point|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> Pinder Gully, named by UK-APC for meteorologist Ronald Pinder, runs into the sea from the bluff.<ref name="gnis-PG">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|name=Pinder Gully|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off|id=11785}}</ref> On the west side of the harbor is Rusty Bluff, a prominent cliff rising {{cvt|225|m}} to a rounded summit, named for its color and a rusted iron post found on the summit by FIDS. Ice-free Rethval Point, named by UK-APC after the [[Rethval Whaling Company]] of [[Oslo]], the first company to start whaling in the South Orkney Islands, forms the south side of the entrance to Paal Harbour.<ref name="gnis-RETP" />

To the south sits Caloplaca Cove, named by UK-APC after the abundant orange lichens of the genus ''[[Caloplaca]]'', which encrust the sea cliffs around the cove.<ref name="gnis-CC">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=2314|name=Caloplaca Cove|access-date=2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref> The south entrance of the cove is marked by Pantomime Point, on Gourlay Peninsula.<ref name="gnis-CC" />

Gourlay Peninsula is an irregularly-shaped ice-free [[peninsula]], which is {{convert|0.1|nmi|km|1}} wide at its base and widens to {{convert|0.4|nmi|km|1}}, forming the southeastern extremity of Signy Island. The seaward end of the peninsula divides into three arms. It was surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel, and resurveyed in 1947 by FIDS.<ref name="gnis-GP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=5897|name=Gourlay Peninsula|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> Pantomime Point is the northernmost of the three points, and Pageant Point is the central and highest of the three points. Both were named by FIDS for behavior observed in the penguin rookeries on the peninsula.<ref name="gnis-PANP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=11330|name=Pantomime Point|access-date=2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref><ref name="gnis-PAGP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=11266|name=Pageant Point|access-date=2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref> The cove between Pantomime and Pageant Points is named Filer Haven, named by UK-APC for John Filer, a [[British Antarctic Survey]] biologist who fell to his death from the cliffs here in 1961.<ref name="gnis-FH">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=4901|name=Filer Haven|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> The third point is Gourlay Point, named by DI personnel after engineer Ronald George Gourlay; the peninsula as a whole was named by UK-APC for the point.<ref name="gnis-GPOI">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=5898|name=Gourlay Point|access-date=2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref>

=== South coast ===
Moyes Point is a point on the southwest part of Signy Island, forming the east side of the southeast entrance to [[Fyr Channel]]. First charted in 1933 by DI personnel, it was surveyed by FIDS in 1956-58. In 1959 it was named by UK-APC after [[William Moyes]], British government representative at Signy Island in 1912–13.<ref name="gnis-MP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=10352|name=Moyes Point|access-date=2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref>

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.<ref name="gnis-PANPO">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=11320|name=Pandemonium Point |access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> Clowes Bay is a bay {{convert|1|nmi|km|0}} wide, entered between the [[Oliphant Islands]] and Confusion Point on [[Confusion Island]], along the south side of Signy Island. It was charted in 1933 by DI personnel who named it for [[Archibald J. Clowes]], English oceanographer.<ref name="gnis-CB">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=2901|name=Clowes Bay|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> East of Clowes Bay is Lenton Point, named in 1954 by UK-APC for radio operator [[Ralph A. Lenton]] of FIDS.<ref name="gnis-LENP">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=8715|name=Lenton Point|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> Lenton Point marks the west side of Fur Seal Cove, which sits next to Gourlay Peninsula. The cove was named by the UK-APC for the large number of [[fur seal]]s which frequent the cove and adjacent shore.<ref name="gnis-FSC">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=5399|name=Fur Seal Cove|access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref> Inland to the north of Lenton Point is the Hillier Moss, a wet, level, low-lying area, which has several small pools and extensive moss carpets. It was named by UK-APC for [[Edward R. Hillier]], a BAS medical officer.<ref name=gnis-HM>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 6783| name = Hillier Moss |access-date=2020-05-05|links=off}}</ref>

=== Other inland features ===
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*[[Andreaea Plateau]]
*[[Cryptogam Ridge]]
*[[Everson Ridge]]
*[[Garnet Hill]]
*[[Gneiss Hills]]
*[[Jane Col]]
*[[Jane Peak]]
*[[Jensen Ridge]]
*[[Limestone Valley]]
*[[McLeod Glacier (South Orkney Islands)|McLeod Glacier]]
*[[Moraine Valley]]
*[[Moss Braes]]
*[[Orwell Glacier]]
*[[Paternoster Valley]]
*[[Robin Peak]]
*[[Skua Terrace]]
*[[Snow Hills]]
*[[Spindrift Col]]
*[[Strombus Ridge]]
*[[Three Lakes Valley (South Orkney Islands)|Three Lakes Valley]]
*[[Tilbrook Hill]]
*[[Tioga Hill]]
*[[Tioga Lake (South Orkney Islands)|Tioga Lake]]
*[[Usnea Ridge]]
*[[Whalers Bluff]]
{{div col end}}