GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Geographic Names 



The following list includes decisions of the 

 Board on Geographic Names, concurred in by the 

 Secretary of the Interior, to January 1956. The 

 names in capitals are official for United States 

 Government use. 



Names following the words "not adopted" in- 

 clude variant spellings and applications other than 

 as approved. Such names are listed in italics and 

 cross referenced when they would not immediately 

 follow or precede the approved name in alphabeti- 

 cal order. Names that have been dropped are 

 listed in italics followed by the word VACATED. 



Explanation of abbreviations follows the table of 

 contents. 



AAGAARD GLACIER: glacier about 8 mi. long, 

 which lies close E. of East Gould Gl. and flows in 

 a southerly direction into Mill Inlet, on the E. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66°47'S., 64°31'W. 

 Charted by the FIDS and photographed from the 

 air by the RARE during December 1947. Named 

 by the FIDS for Bjarne Aagaard, Norwegian 

 authority on Antarctic whaling and exploration. 



AAGAARD ISLANDS: group of islets about 1 mi. 

 W. of Proclamation I., along the coast of Enderby 

 Land; in about 65°50'S., 53°37'E. Disc, in Janu- 

 ary 1930 by the BANZARE under Mawson and 

 named for Bjarne Aagaard. Not adopted: Bjarne 

 Aagaard Islands, Bjarne- Aagaard Islands. 



ABBOTT, MOUNT: mountain about 3,000 ft. in 

 el., which lies SW. of Mt. Melbourne and surmounts 

 the southward projecting peninsula terminating 

 in the Northern Foothills on the W. side of Terra 

 Nova Bay, in Victoria Land; in about 74°50'S., 

 163°45'E. Probably first sighted by the BrNAE, 

 1901-4, under Scott. Named by the BrAE, 1910- 

 13, under Scott for Petty Officer George P. Abbott, 

 RN, member of the latter expedition. 



Ablation Bay: see Ablation Valley. 



ABLATION POINT: the E. extremity of a hook- 

 shaped rock ridge, about 1,800 ft. in el., marking 

 the N. side of the entrance to Ablation Valley on 

 the E. coast of Alexander I Island; in 70°48'S., 

 68°22'W. The point was first photographed from 

 the air on Nov. 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth, and 

 was mapped from these photographs by W. L. G. 

 Joerg. It was roughly surveyed in 1936 by the 

 BGLE under Rymill, and resurveyed in 1949 by 

 the FIDS. Named by FIDS after nearby Ablation 

 Valley. 



ABLATION VALLEY: a mainly ice-free valley on 

 the E. coast of Alexander I Island, about 4 mi. long 

 and 2 mi. wide, which lies immediately S. of Abla- 

 tion Pt. and opens on George VI Sound; in 70''48'S., 

 68°26'W. This feature was first photographed 

 from the air on Nov. 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth, 

 and was mapped from these photographs by 

 W. L. G. Joerg. It was first visited and surveyed 

 in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, and so named 

 by them because of the relatively small amounts 

 of snow and ice found there. Not adopted: 

 Ablation Bay. 



ABRAHAMSEN, POINT: point which separates 

 Lighthouse Bay and Prince Olav Hbr., the two 

 western arms of Cook Bay, on the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54^03'S., 37°08'W. Charted by DI per- 

 sonnel in 1929. Probably named for Captain Abra- 

 hamsen, manager of the whaling station at Prince 

 Olav Hbr. at that time. 



ACTIVE SOUND: sound, averaging about 2 mi. 

 wide, extending in an ENE. direction from Ant- 

 arctic Sound and joining the Firth of Tay with 

 which it separates Joinville and Dundee Islands; 

 in 63°25'S., 56°10'W. Disc, in 1892-93 by Capt. 

 Thomas Robertson of the Dundee whaling expe- 

 dition. Robertson named the feature after his 

 ship, the Active, first vessel to navigate the sound. 



ACUNA ISLET: islet which lies 0.2 mi. S. of Point 

 Rae, off the S. coast of Laurie I. in the South 

 Orkney Is.; in 60''46'S., 44°37'W. Charted by the 

 ScotNAE, 1902-4, under Bruce, and named by him 

 for H. Acuna, pioneer Argentine meteorologist at 

 the South Orkney station. Not adopted: Acuna 

 Island, Delta Island. 



ADAM, MOUNT: mountain about 10,000 ft. in 

 el., which lies SW. of Mt. Wright in the Admiralty 

 Range in Victoria Land; in about 71°25'S., 

 169°00'E. Disc, in January 1841 by a Br. exp. 

 under Ross, and named by him for V. Adm. Sir 

 Charles Adam, Senior Naval Lord of the Admiralty 

 and Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies. Not 

 adopted: Mount Adams. 



ADAMS, CAPE: abrupt rock scarp marking the 

 S. tip of Bowman Pen. and forming the N. side of 

 the entrance to Gardner Inlet, on the E. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 75°04'S., 62°20'W. Disc, by the 

 RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, and named by him 

 for Lt. Charles J. Adams of the then USAAF, pilot 

 with the expedition. Not adopted: Cape Charles 

 J. Adams. 



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