Mount Fraser
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Mount Fraser is a mountain
, 1,610 m, standing on the south coast of South Georgia immediately north of Novosilski Bay
. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Francis C. Fraser, British zoologist; member of the scientific staff at the Discovery Investigations Marine Station, Grytviken
, 1926–27, 1928–29, and 1930, who also worked on the Discovery in 1927 and on Discovery II between 1929 and 1931.
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, 1,610 m, standing on the south coast of South Georgia immediately north of Novosilski Bay
Novosilski Bay
Novosilski Bay is a bay 2 miles wide, indenting the south coast of South Georgia immediately south of Mount Fraser. Discovered by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen in 1819 and named for Lieutenant Pavel M. Novosilskiy of the Mirnyy, which accompanied Bellingshausen's flagship the Vostok....
. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Francis C. Fraser, British zoologist; member of the scientific staff at the Discovery Investigations Marine Station, Grytviken
Grytviken
Grytviken is the principal settlement in the British territory of South Georgia in the South Atlantic. It was so named in 1902 by the Swedish surveyor Johan Gunnar Andersson who found old English try pots used to render seal oil at the site. It is the best harbour on the island, consisting of a...
, 1926–27, 1928–29, and 1930, who also worked on the Discovery in 1927 and on Discovery II between 1929 and 1931.