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Skontorp Rock () is a rock lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of the north part of Rocky Bay, off the south coast of
South Georgia South Georgia is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. ...
. Positioned by the SGS in the period 1951–57. Named by the
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) for Edvard Skontorp, a gunner of Tonsberg Hvalfangeri, Husvik, 1920–26. Rock formations of Antarctica {{SouthGeorgia-geo-stub