Beaufoy Ridge () is a conspicuous black ridge, rising to at its northwest end, standing at the west side of

Sunshine Glacier Sunshine Glacier () is a glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, flowing south into Iceberg Bay on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. It is the largest glacier on the s ...

and close north of

Iceberg Bay Iceberg Bay is a bay wide, which indents the south coast of Coronation Island between Cape Hansen and Olivine Point, in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. It was named by Matthew Brisbane, who roughly charted the south coast of Coronation Isla ...

on the south coast of

Coronation Island Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, long and from wide. The island extends in a general east–west direction, is mainly ice-covered and comprises numerous bays, glaciers and peaks, the highest rising to . History T ...

, in the

South Orkney Islands The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...

, following their survey in 1948–49, after the cutter '' Beaufoy'' which, on 12 December 1821, under Michael McLeod, sailed to a position at least west of the South Orkney Islands, where a chart annotation indicates that land was sighted, possibly Coronation Island.

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Coronation Island Ridges of the South Orkney Islands {{SouthOrkneys-geo-stub