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Strombus Ridge is a ridge curving eastward from Thulla Point toward
Jane Col Jane Col () is a col to the west of Jane Peak at the head of Limestone Valley on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was named in association with Jane Peak by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee ...
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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 ...
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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 PeninsulaJensen Ridge Jensen Ridge () is a curving ridge running eastward from Foca Point toward Jane Col on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was named in 1991 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Captain Gullik Jensen, of the whaling ship ''Stro ...
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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) after the whaling ship Strombus (Captain Gullik Jensen), from Tonsberg, Norway, used on the last whaling expedition to Signy Island, 1935–36. Ridges of the South Orkney Islands {{SouthOrkneys-geo-stub