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Annenkov Island
Annenkov Island is an island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, to the west of the main island of South Georgia. The Pickersgill Islands are to its southeast. It is irregularly shaped and 4 miles (6.4 km) long and 650 m (2,130 ft) high, lying 8 miles (13 km) off the south-central coast of South Georgia.
The island was discovered in January 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook, who named it Pickersgills Island for Lieutenant Richard Pickersgill of the expedition ship HMS Resolution. It was rediscovered in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen on the Vostok, who, thinking he was the discoverer of the island, named it Annenkov Island, in honour of Lt. Mikhail D. Annenkov (1794 – 1839), officer on the expedition ship. The name Pickersgill has become established for a group of islands 15 miles (24 km) to the southeast—see Pickersgill Islands.
Discovery Investigations (DI) surveyed the area in the period 1926–30. The Norvegia expedition under Harald Horntvedt visited the area between 1927 and 1928. The island was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey between 1951–1957. Many of its features were named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following these surveys. Others were named following a geological survey by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1972–73.
Except where noted, the following features were named by UK-APC.
Annenkov island is a rocky island with a number of ridges and hills, particularly toward the centre. The highest point is Olstad Peak, which rises to 650 m (2,130 ft). Olstad Peak was named for Norwegian zoologist and expedition member Ola Olstad. An irregular ridge called Bareback Ridge extends north from Olstad Peak. The name stems from the absence of surficial material and vegetation from its top and sides. Towards the centre of the island, the McPherson Crags rise to 460 m (1,510 ft). They were named for Ray McPherson, a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) officer. To the east, Lawther Knoll is a rounded, scree-covered hill rising to 315 metres (1,030 ft). It was named for BAS geologist Eric Lawther.
First Point, charted and named by DI, is the northwest point of Annenkov Island. Mislaid Rock, first named on a 1931 British Admiralty chart, lies offshore to the southwest. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.
On the eastern arm of the island is a tussock-covered ridge called Albatross Crest, named for the wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) which nests here. On the north coast of the eastern tip of the island, Spilite Arch is a sea-worn arch formed by a pillar of rock 30 m (98 ft) high joined to the coastal cliffs by a spilite sill.
Towards the south end of the island, Pettigrew Scarp is an escarpment nearly 0.5 nmi (0.93 km) long, which terminates to the southwest in a ridge, and in the northeast by three rock pinnacles. It was named for BAS geologist Timothy Pettigrew.
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Annenkov Island
Annenkov Island is an island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, to the west of the main island of South Georgia. The Pickersgill Islands are to its southeast. It is irregularly shaped and 4 miles (6.4 km) long and 650 m (2,130 ft) high, lying 8 miles (13 km) off the south-central coast of South Georgia.
The island was discovered in January 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook, who named it Pickersgills Island for Lieutenant Richard Pickersgill of the expedition ship HMS Resolution. It was rediscovered in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen on the Vostok, who, thinking he was the discoverer of the island, named it Annenkov Island, in honour of Lt. Mikhail D. Annenkov (1794 – 1839), officer on the expedition ship. The name Pickersgill has become established for a group of islands 15 miles (24 km) to the southeast—see Pickersgill Islands.
Discovery Investigations (DI) surveyed the area in the period 1926–30. The Norvegia expedition under Harald Horntvedt visited the area between 1927 and 1928. The island was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey between 1951–1957. Many of its features were named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following these surveys. Others were named following a geological survey by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1972–73.
Except where noted, the following features were named by UK-APC.
Annenkov island is a rocky island with a number of ridges and hills, particularly toward the centre. The highest point is Olstad Peak, which rises to 650 m (2,130 ft). Olstad Peak was named for Norwegian zoologist and expedition member Ola Olstad. An irregular ridge called Bareback Ridge extends north from Olstad Peak. The name stems from the absence of surficial material and vegetation from its top and sides. Towards the centre of the island, the McPherson Crags rise to 460 m (1,510 ft). They were named for Ray McPherson, a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) officer. To the east, Lawther Knoll is a rounded, scree-covered hill rising to 315 metres (1,030 ft). It was named for BAS geologist Eric Lawther.
First Point, charted and named by DI, is the northwest point of Annenkov Island. Mislaid Rock, first named on a 1931 British Admiralty chart, lies offshore to the southwest. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.
On the eastern arm of the island is a tussock-covered ridge called Albatross Crest, named for the wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) which nests here. On the north coast of the eastern tip of the island, Spilite Arch is a sea-worn arch formed by a pillar of rock 30 m (98 ft) high joined to the coastal cliffs by a spilite sill.
Towards the south end of the island, Pettigrew Scarp is an escarpment nearly 0.5 nmi (0.93 km) long, which terminates to the southwest in a ridge, and in the northeast by three rock pinnacles. It was named for BAS geologist Timothy Pettigrew.