Moe Island

Location of Moe Island in the South Orkney Islands.

Moe Island is an island 2 km (1.2 mi) long in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica, separated from the south-west end of Signy Island by Fyr Channel. It was charted by Captain Petter Sørlle in 1912–13, and named after M. Thoralf Moe of Sandefjord, Norway, a contemporary whaling captain who worked in this area.[1] The northernmost point of the island is Spaull Point, named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Vaughan W. Spaull, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) biologist on Signy Island, 1969.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference gnis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Spaull Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 May 2020.