GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Glacier on the Luitpold Coast. Not adopted. 

 Penck Glacier. 



ALDEN, POINT: ice-covered point with rock ex- 

 posures along its seaward side, lying at the W. side 

 of the entrance to Commonwealth Bay, and mark- 

 ing the physical division between Adelie Coast 

 and George V Coast; in about 66°49'S., 142°02'E. 

 Disc, on Jan. 30, 1840 by the USEE under Wilkes, 

 and named by him for Lt. James Alden on the 

 USEE flagship Vincennes. 



ALDRICH, MOUNT: mountain about 8,050 ft. 

 in el., which stands W. of Cape Kerr in the Britan- 

 nia Range, on the W. side of Ross Ice Shelf; in 

 about 80°06'S., 158°00'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 

 1901-4, under Scott, and named by him for Adm. 

 Pelham Aldrich, who gave assistance to Scott in 

 preparing the expedition. Not adopted: Mount 

 Aidwich, Mount Aldwich. 



Aldwich, Mount: see Aldrich, Mount. 



ALECTORIA ISLET: low islet about 0.5 mi. off 

 the SE. coast of Louis Philippe Pen. and some 10 mi. 

 SW. of Pitt Pt., lying in Prince Gustav Chan.; in 

 63"59'S., 58°37'W. Disc, in 1945 by the FIDS, who 

 named it after the lichen Alectoria which was pre- 

 dominant on the islet at the time. 



ALENCAR PEAK: peak about 5,100 ft. in el., 

 which lies 4.8 mi. E. of Mt. Rio Branco and is the 

 more easterly of two snow-capped peaks situated 

 toward the NW. end of the ridge separating Trooz 

 Gl. from Beascochea Bay, on the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in about 65°27'S., 63°50'W. Disc, by the 

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

 for Adm. Alexandrine de Alencar, at that time Min- 

 ister of Marine of Brazil. Not adopted : Mount De 

 Alencar. 



ALERT ROCK: submerged rock marked by break- 

 ers, lying about 1.5 mi. ESE. of Barff Pt., the E. side 

 of the entrance to Cumberland Bay, South Georgia; 

 in 54°14'S., 36°22'W. Charted in 1929 by DI per- 

 sonnel, who named it after the Alert, a small motor 

 launch used during the survey. 



ALEXANDER, CAPE: cape which forms the S. 

 end of Churchill Pen. and the E. side of the entrance 

 to Cabinet Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 66°44'S., 62°37'W. Charted by the FIDS and pho- 

 tographed from the air by the RARE in December 

 1947. Named by the FIDS for Rt. Hon. Albert V. 

 Alexander, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty. Not 

 adopted: Cape Foyn. 



ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT MOUNTAINS: ma- 

 jor range of the Wohlthat Mtns. in New Schwaben- 

 land which extends some 30 mi. in a N.-S. direction 



and rises to about 10,500 ft. in elevation. The range 

 is separated from Petermann Range to the E. by 

 the Humboldt Graben; in about 7r45'S., 11°30'E. 

 Disc, by the GerAE, 1938-39, under Ritscher, and 

 named by them for Alexander von Humboldt, famed 

 German naturalist and geographer of the first half 

 of the nineteenth century. Not adopted: Alexan- 

 der v. Humboldt-Gebirge [German] . 



ALEXANDER I ISLAND: large island lying W. 

 of the base of Palmer Pen., from which it is sep- 

 arated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound; 

 in 71°S., 70 °W. Shaped like the letter J, it is about 

 235 mi. long in a N.-S. direction, 50 mi. wide in the 

 N., and 150 mi. wide in the S. Disc, in 1821 by a 

 Russ. exp. under Bellingshausen, who named it 

 Alexander I Land after the reigning Tsar. Its 

 insular nature was proven in December 1940 by a 

 sledge party under Finn Ronne of the USAS. Not 

 adopted: Alexander Land, Alexander I Land. 



Alexander Land: see Alexander I Island. 



Alexander Wetmore Glacier: see Wetmore 

 Glacier. 



Alexander v. Humboldt-Gebirge: see Alexander 

 Humboldt Mtns. 



ALEXANDRA, CAPE : cape which forms the NW. 

 tip of South Georgia; in 54°00'S., 38°02'W. This 

 cape was named Cape North in 1775 by a Br. exp. 

 under Cook, but the name given by Cook has since 

 become established for the cape about 10 mi. ENE. 

 which forms the northernmost point of South 

 Georgia. The name Cape Alexandra dates back to 

 about 1912 and probable commemorates Queen 

 Alexandra of England. Not adopted: Cape North 

 (q.v.). 



ALEXANDRA, CAPE: cape which forms the SE. 

 tip of Adelaide I., ofif the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 67°45'S., 68°36'W. Disc, on Jan. 14, 1909 by the 

 FrAE under Charcot, and named by him for Alex- 

 andra, then Queen of England. 



ALEXANDRA MOUNTAINS: series of low, sep- 

 arated mountains in the NE. portion of Edward VII 

 Pen.; in about 77°30'S., 152°00'W. Disc, in Jan- 

 uary-February 1902 by the BrNAE, under Scott, 

 during an exploratory cruise of the Discovery along 

 Ross Ice Shelf. Named for' Alexandra, then Queen 

 of England. Not to be confused with the Queen 

 Alexandra Range in 84°S., 169°E. Not adopted: 

 Alexandria Mountains. 



Alexandra Mountains; Alexandra Range: see 

 Queen Alexandra Range. 



Alexandria Mountains: see Alexandra ^^ountains. 



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