CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION v 



U.S. interests in Antarctica v 



Naming autliority v 



Name coverage v 



Approved names and variant names v 



Locational information v 



Romanization v 



Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names v 



Earlier U.S. antarctic gazetteers vi 



Foreign gazetteers and name lists vi 



United States maps vii 



Other maps vii 



How to buy U.S. antarctic maps and charts vii 



Map collections vii 



Acknowledgments vii 



POLICY COVERING ANTARCTIC NAMES ix 



Types of natural features ix 



Application of persona! names to features ix 



Application of nonpersonal names x 



Criteria of appropriateness x 



Recommended language and form x 



Inappropriate names xi 



Approval of new names xi 



ANTARCTIC NAME PROPOSAL FORM xii 



GAZETTEER OF THE ANTARCTIC 1 



