The Scotia Sea (57°30′S, 040°00′W) is partly in the Southern Ocean an mostly in the Atlantic Ocean between Tierra del Fuego (Mitre Peninsula), Burdwood Bank (Banco Namuncurá), Staten Island, Shag Rocks, Black Rock, South Georgia, Clerke Rocks, South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, and the Antarctic Peninsula, and bordered on the west by Drake Passage. These island groups all sit on top of the Scotia Ridge, which frames the Scotia Sea north, east, and south. The Scotia Sea covers an area of about 900,000 km². Named in about 1932 after the Scotia, the expedition ship used in these waters by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-04) under William S. Bruce.