The backslope
| The backslope | ||
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| location | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 42 ′ 32 " S , 45 ° 35 ′ 31" W | |
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The Backslope is a mountainside on Signy Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located immediately southeast of the Signy station at Factory Cove .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys between 1947 and 1950. Aerial photographs were taken in 1968 by the Royal Navy . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it that way in 2004 because it is behind the Signy station when viewed from the sea.
Web links
- The Backslope in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)