Skrap Skerries
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Skrap Skerries are two small groups of islands and rocks lying midway between Cape George and Barff Point
, close off the north coast of South Georgia. The present name, which dates back to about 1930, derives from the Norwegian term "skrapskjaer" or "skrapskjar" formerly used for these islands.
Barff Point
Barff Point is a headland which forms the east side of the entrance to Cumberland Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. It was named for Lieutenant A.D. Barff, Royal Navy, of the Sappho, who, assisted by Captain C.A. Larsen, made a sketch map of Cumberland Bay in 1906....
, close off the north coast of South Georgia. The present name, which dates back to about 1930, derives from the Norwegian term "skrapskjaer" or "skrapskjar" formerly used for these islands.
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- East SkerryEast SkerryEast Skerry is a small group of islands and rocks forming the east part of Skrap Skerries, lying 2 miles northwest of Cape George, off the north coast of South Georgia. The name was applied in the period 1926-30 by DI personnel who charted these islands."Skerry" is a Lowland Scots word for a reef....