GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



ADAMS, MOUNT: peak about 11,800 ft. in el., 

 which marks the summit of the mountain mass 

 immediately S. of Bingley Gl. on the W. side of 

 Beardmore GI.; in about 84°26'S., 166°45'E. The 

 BrAE, 1907-9, under Shackleton, originally gave 

 the name Adams Mountains to the partially- 

 defined mountains immediately S. of Bingley Gl. 

 The BrAE, 1910-13, under Scott, restricted the 

 name Adams to the highest peak in these moun- 

 tains, the peak serving as an easily identifiable 

 landmark. Named for Lt. Jameson B. Adams, 

 RNR, second-in-command of Shackleton's expedi- 

 tion. Not adopted: Adams Mountains. 



Adams Glacier: see John Quincy Adams Glacier. 



ADAMS ISLET: small rocky islet embedded in 

 thick bay ice most of the year, lying at the W. side 

 of McDonald Bay, about 9 mi. W. of Mabus Pt., 

 off Queen Mary Coast; in about 66°31'S., 92°52'E. 

 Disc, and charted by the Western Base Party of 

 the AAE, 1911-14, under Mawson, and named by 

 him for the boatswain on the exp. ship Aurora. 

 Not adopted: Adams Island. 



ADARE, CAPE: cape which marks the NE. 

 extremity of Victoria Land and the E. side of the 

 entrance to Robertson Bay; in about 71°17'S., 

 170°15'E. Disc, in 1831 by a Br. exp. under Ross, 

 and named by him for his friend Viscount Adare, 

 M.P. 



ADELAIDE ISLAND: large island, about 70 mi. 

 long in a NE.-SW. direction and 20 mi. wide, lying 

 N. of Marguerite Bay, off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 67°15'S., 68°40'W. Disc, on Feb. 14, 1832 

 by a Br. exp. under Biscoe, and named by him for 

 Queen Adelaide of England. The island was first 

 surveyed by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot. 



ADfiLIE COAST: that portion of the coast of 

 Antarctica lying between the ice-covered cape in 

 136°12'E., and Point Alden, in 142°02'E. Disc, in 

 January 1840 by the Fr. exp. under D'Urville, and 

 named by him for his wife. Not adopted: Adelie 

 Land. 



Adelie Land: see Adelie Coast. 



ADIE INLET: ice-filled inlet, about 10 mi. long 

 in a NW.-SE. direction, lying E. of the base of 

 Churchill Pen. along the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 66°18'S., 62°35'W. Charted by the FIDS and 

 photographed from the air by the RARE during 

 1947. Named by the FIDS for R. J. Adie, South 

 African geologist with the exp., 1947-49. 



A. Ditte, Mount: see Ditte, Mount. 



Admiralitdts Gebirge: see Admiralty Range. 



ADMIRALTY BAY: irregular bay, about 4 mi. 

 wide at its entrance, indenting the S. coast of King 

 George I. for about 10 mi., in the South Shetland 

 Is.; in 62°10'S., 58°25'W. The name appears on 

 an 1822 map of the Br. sealing exp., 1821, under 

 Powell, and is now established international usage. 

 Not adopted: Bale de I'Amiraute [French]. 



Admiralty Inlet: see Admiralty Sound. 



ADMIRALTY RANGE: extensive mountain 

 range, with peaks above 10,000 ft. in el., along the 

 N. and NE. coast of Victoria Land; in about 

 71°20'S., 168°30'E. Disc, in 1841 by a Br. exp. 

 under Ross, and named by him for the Lords of 

 the Admiralty under whose orders the exp. sailed. 

 Not adopted: Admiralitats Gebirge [German]. 



ADMIRALTY SOUND: a sound which extends 

 in a NE.-SW. direction and separates Seymour 

 and Snow Hill Islands from James Ross I., off the 

 NE. end of Palmer Pen.; in 64°20'S., 57°10'W. 

 The broad NE. part of the sound was named Ad- 

 miralty Inlet by the Br. exp. under Ross, who disc, 

 it on Jan. 6, 1843. The feature was determined to 

 be a sound in March 1902 by the SwedAE under 

 Nordenskjold. Not adopted: Admiralty Inlet, 

 Detroit de I'Amiraute [French]. 



Adolph Ochs Glacier: see Ochs Glacier. 



ADRIASOLA, CAPE: rock outcrop marking the 

 SW. end of Adelaide I., off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 67°37'S., 69°20'W. Disc, by the FrAE, 

 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by him for 

 an acquaintance in Punta Arenas. Not adopted: 

 Adriasola Cape. 



Adventure Bay; Adventure Harbor: see Undine 

 Harbor. 



Aetna Insel: see Etna Island. 



AGASSIZ, CAPE: the E. tip of Hollick-Kenyon 

 Pen., a narrow ice-drowned spur extending E. from 

 the main mountain axis of Palmer Pen.; in 68°30'S., 

 62°58'W. Disc, in December 1940 by the USAS 

 who named it for W. L. G. Joerg, geographer and 

 polar specialist. At his request it was named by 

 the US-ACAN for Louis Agassiz, internationally 

 famous American naturalist and geologist of Swiss 

 origin, who first propounded the theory of conti- 

 nental glaciation. Not adopted: Cape Joerg. 



AHLMANN GLACIER: southernmost of two gla- 

 ciers flowing E. into Seligman Inlet, on the E. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°52'S., 65°45'W. The 

 glacier was photographed from the air in 1940 by 

 the USAS. Charted in 1947 by the FIDS, who 

 named it for Prof. Hans Wilhelmsson Ahlmann, 

 Swedish glaciologist and geographer. 



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