Robin Peak () is a sharply defined rocky summit (270 m) which is the northernmost
peak on
Signy Island
Signy Island is a small subantarctic island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the Norwegian whaler Petter Sørlle (1884–1933) after his wife, Signy Therese.
The island is about long and wide and rises to above s ...
in the
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...]
(UK-APC) in 1954 for
Gordon de Quetteville Robin
Gordon may refer to:
People
* Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters
* Gordon (surname), the surname
* Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War
* Clan Gordon, ...
of the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...
(FIDS), the leader at
Signy Island base
Signy Research Station (originally Station H) is an Antarctic research base on Signy Island, run by the British Antarctic Survey.
History
Signy was first occupied in 1947 when a three-man meteorological station was established in Factory Cove abo ...
in 1947, who made the first detailed survey of the island.
Mountains of the South Orkney Islands
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