Scoresby may refer to:

People

William Scoresby William Scoresby (5 October 178921 March 1857) was an English whaler, Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman. Early years Scoresby was born in the village of Cropton near Pickering south-west of Whitby in Yorkshire. His father, William S ...

(1789–1857), British Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman *

William F. Scoresby William Frederick Scoresby (January 2, 1840 Fallsburg, New York, Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York – 1884) was an American physician and politician from New York (state), New York. Life He was the son of Thomas Scoresby MD (1804–1866) and ...

(1840–1884), New York politician *

William Scoresby Routledge William Scoresby Routledge, FRGS (1859–1939) was a British ethnographer, anthropologist and adventurer. With his wife, Katherine Routledge, he completed the first ethnographies of the Kikuyu (East Africa) and the people of Rapa Nui ( Eas ...

(1859–1939), British ethnographer, anthropologist and adventurer

Places

Scoresby (crater) Scoresby is a lunar impact crater that is located in the northern part of the Moon's near side. It is nearly attached to the crater Challis along the north-northwestern rim, and is located just to the north of the walled plain Meton. Due to its ...

, Lunar crater *

Scoresby Bay Scoresby Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Nares Strait by eastern Ellesmere Island's Darling Peninsula, west of Nunatami, Greenland. The bay is named in honor of William Scoresby, an English Arcti ...

, Nunavut, Canada *

Scoresby Hills The Scoresby Hills, also called the Scoresby Mountains, () are a mountain range on the east coast of Bathurst Island, Nunavut, Canada. It consists of low hills which in turn form part of the Arctic Cordillera mountain system. See also *List of mo ...

, Nunavut, Canada *

Scoresby Point Larsen Harbour ( es, Bahía Larsen) is a narrow long inlet of indenting volcanic rocks and sheeted dykes known as the Larsen Harbour Formation. It is a branch of Drygalski Fjord, entered west-northwest of Nattriss Head, at the southeast end o ...

, South Georgia *

Scoresby Sound Scoresby Sound (Danish: ''Scoresby Sund'', Greenlandic language, Greenlandic: ''Kangertittivaq'') is a large fjord system of the Greenland Sea on the eastern coast of Greenland. It has a tree-like structure, with a main body approximately

, a fjord in the Eastern coast of Greenland *

Scoresby, Victoria Scoresby is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox local government area. Scoresby recorded a population of 6,066 at the 2021 census. In the Pari ...

, Australia ** former

Electoral district of Scoresby The Electoral district of Scoresby was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first created after the district of Upper Yarra was abolished in 1945. George Knox was the last member for Upper Yarra and the first for ...

William Scoresby Archipelago William Scoresby Archipelago is a group of islands which extends northward from the coast just east of William Scoresby Bay, Antarctica. The more important islands in the group are Bertha, Islay, Couling, and the Sheehan Islands. Most of the islan ...

, Antarctica *

William Scoresby Bay William Scoresby Bay is a coastal embayment at the western side of William Scoresby Archipelago, Antarctica. It is long and wide, with shores marked by steep rock headlands and snow-free hills rising to 210 m. The practical limits of the bay ...

, Antarctica

Ships

* RRS ''William Scoresby'', early 20th century British research vessel * SS ''Scoresby'' (1923–1940), British steam merchant ship

In fiction

* Lee Scoresby, a character in Philip Pullman's ''His Dark Materials'' series of books {{disambig