The Skrap Skerries ( 54°15′S 36°19′W / 54.250°S 36.317°W) are two small groups of islands and rocks ( skerries) lying midway between Cape George and Barff Point, close off the northern coast of the Barff Peninsula of South Georgia Island in Antarctica. [1] The Skerries are divided into the West Skerry, 3.2 mi (5.1 km) east of Barff Point, [2] and the East Skerry, 2 mi (3.2 km) northwest of Cape George. [3] The present name for this pair of skerries appears on a chart based upon a survey of this area by Discovery Investigations personnel in the period 1926–30, but it may reflect earlier terms "skrapskjaer" or "skrapskjar" used by Norwegian whalers. [1] [2] [3]
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