Skontorp Rock
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Skontorp Rock (54°30′S 36°43′W / 54.500°S 36.717°W) 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. Positioned by the SGS in the period 1951–57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Edvard Skontorp, a gunner of Tonsberg Hvalfangeri, Husvik, 1920–26.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Skontorp Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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