GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Alfa, Isla: see Alpha Island. 



ALFRED, MOUNT: ice-capped mountain, about 

 7,400 ft. in el., standing 5.5 mi. inland from George 

 VI Sound and 8 mi. SSE. of Mt. Athelstan in the 

 Douglas Range of Alexander I Island; in 70°18'S., 

 69°14'W. This mountain 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. Resurveyed in 1948 and 

 1949 by the FIDS, who named it after Alfred, Saxon 

 king of England, 871-899. 



ALICE CREEK: cove forming the southernmost 

 portion of Port Lockroy, Wiencke I., in the Palmer 

 Arch.; in 64°50'S., 63°30'W. Disc, by the FrAE, 

 1903-5, under Charcot, and named by him for the 

 wife of Edouard Lockroy, vice pres. of the French 

 Chamber of Deputies who assisted Charcot in ob- 

 taining govt, support for the expedition. 



ALICE GADE, MOUNT: mountain about 11,300 

 ft. in el., which marks the highest peak of an ex- 

 tensive broken massif forming the SE. flank of 

 Isaiah Bowman Gl., standing in the Queen Maud 

 Range near the head of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 

 85°50'S., 162°00'W. Disc, in November 1911 by the 

 Nor. exp. under Amundsen, and named by him for 

 one of the daughters of the Norwegian minister to 

 Brazil, a strong supporter of Amundsen. 



Alice Wedel-Jarlsberg: see Wedel-Jarlsberg, 

 Mount. 



Allan McDonald Glacier: see McDonald Glacier. 



ALLAN THOMSON, MOUNT: conspicuous moun- 

 tain surmounted by a dark peak about 4,200 ft. 

 in el.; stands at the N. side of Mackay Gl. and about 

 4 mi. W. of the mouth of Cleveland Gl., in Vic- 

 toria Land; in about 76°57'S., 161°47'E. Charted 

 by the BrAE, 1910-13, under Scott. Named by 

 the exp. for Dr. J. Allan Thomson, British geolo- 

 gist. Not adopted: Mount Alan Thomson. 



Allardyce Harbor: see Rosita Harbor. 



ALLARDYCE RANGE: mountain range attain- 

 ing a maximum elevation of 9,200 ft. in Mt. Paget, 

 rising S. of Cumberland Bay in the central part 

 of South Georgia; in about 54°25'S., 36°33'W. Al- 

 though not shown on the charts of South Georgia 

 by Cook in 1775 or Bellingshausen in 1819, peaks 

 of this range were probably sighted by those ex- 

 plorers. Named in about 1915, for Sir William 

 L. Allardyce, Gov. of the Falkland Islands, 1904-14. 



ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS: group of moun- 

 tains, about 4,000 ft. in el., between the upper part 

 of Boyd Gl. and its northern tributary, in the 



Edsel Ford Ranges in Marie Byrd Land; in about 

 77°15'S., 143°08'W. Disc, on aerial flights made in 

 1934 by the ByrdAE, and mapped from aerial 

 flights and ground surveys made by the USAS, 

 1939-41. Named by the USAS for Allegheny Col- 

 lege, Meadville, Pa., alma mater of Paul Siple, 

 leader of the USAS West Base. 



ALLEN, CAPE: cape which lies close W of Mt. 

 Hope and marks the W. side of the mouth of Beard- 

 more Gl., at the head of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 

 83°33'S., 170°45'E. Disc, and named by the BrAE, 

 1907-9, under Shackleton, probably for Sir James 

 Allen, M.P., New Zealand statesman who assisted 

 in obtaining support for the expedition. 



ALLEN BAY : semi-circular bay about 1 mi. wide, 

 lying NW. of Larsen Pt. at the N. side of the en- 

 trance to Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia; 

 in 54°11'S., 36°31'W. Charted in 1926 by DI per- 

 sonnel on the Discovery, and named by them prob- 

 ably for H. T. Allen, member of the Discovery Com- 

 mittee at that time. 



ALLEN POINT: the SE. point of Montagu I., in 

 the South Sandwich Is.; in 58°29'S., 26°15'W. 

 Disc, in 1775 by a Br. exp. under Cook. Charted 

 in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and 

 named for H. T. Allen. 



ALLEN YOUNG, MOUNT: mountain about 9,450 

 ft. in el., which rises about 10 mi. WSW. of Cape 

 Maude and Mt. Asquith in the Queen Alexandra 

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

 83°23'S., 167°25'E. Disc, by the BrAE, 1902-9, 

 under Shackleton, and named by him for Sir Allen 

 Young, polar explorer who led the successful 

 search for Benjamin Leigh Smith in 1882. 



ALLIGATOR ISLET: steep, rocky islet, about 0.5 

 mi. long and about 200 yards wide, rising about 

 500 ft. above the Shackleton Ice Shelf, and lying 

 in the Bay of Winds about 4 mi. W. of Jones Rocks, 

 off Queen Mary Coast; in about 66°33'S., 97°33'E. 

 Disc, by the Western Base Party of the AAE under 

 Mawson, 1911-14, who so named it because of its 

 shape. Not adopted: Alligator Island. 



All Johannesens Point: see Johannesen Point. 



ALLO, MOUNT: conspicuous, conical, snow- 

 covered peak about 2,000 ft. in el., which rises from 

 Cape Neyt near the NE. end of Liege I., in the 

 Palmer Arch; in about 63°59'S., 61°46'W. Disc, 

 and named by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under De 

 Gerlache. 



Alma McCoy, Mount: see McCoy, Mount. 



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