Features
Features and nearby features include: Finger Point . Point which forms the southwest end of Skua Island. Charted and named by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill. Shelter Islands . Group of small islands lying west of Winter Island. Charted and named by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill. Winter Island . Island long, lying north of Skua Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Winter Island was named by the BGLE, 1934-37, which made this island the site of its winter base during 1935. Skua Creek . Narrow channel between Skua Island and Winter Island. Charted and named Skua Inlet in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill, but in recent years the name Skua Creek has overtaken the earlier name in usage. Black Island Channel . Channel wide between Black Island and Skua Island. Charted and named in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill. Runciman Rock . Rock marked by breakers, lying east of Black Island at the southeast approach to Black Island Channel. Charted in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill, who named it for Philip Runciman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Whites Southampton Yachtbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, where the ship Penola was refitted before sailing south in 1934. Leopard Island . Island long, lying west of the southwest end of Skua Island. Charted and named in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill. Black Island . Island long, lying close southwest of Skua Island. Charted and named descriptively in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill. == References ==