Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey (SGS) under Duncan Carse in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Sigurd Risting (1870-1935), Norwegian whaling historian; secretary of Norsk Hvalfangerforening, 1918-35, and editor of Norsk Hvalfangst-Tidende, 1922-35.
Sigurd | The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún | Sigurd Pettersen | The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs | Sigurd Lewerentz | Sigurd the Stout | Sigurd Syr | Sigurd Rushfeldt | Sigurd Grieg | Sigurd Roll | Sigurd Risting | Sigurd Ribbung | Sigurd Lucassen | Sigurd Hofmann | Sigurd Hoel | Sigurd Haakonsson | Sigurd Christiansen |