GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



ALMOND POINT: rocky point forming the E. 

 side of the entrance to Whitecloud Cove at the 

 head of Charcot Bay, on the NW. side of Louis 

 Philippe Pen.; in 63°51'S., 59°24'W. Charted in 

 1948 by the FIDS, and so named by them because 

 of its distinctive shape. 



ALPHA ISLAND : small islet lying between Epsi- 

 lon I. and Delta I. in the Melchior Is., Palmer 

 Arch.; in 64'19°S., 63°00'W. The name Alpha, de- 

 rived from the first letter of the Greek alphabet, 

 was probably given by DI personnel who roughly 

 surveyed the islet in 1927. The islet was sur- 

 veyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943, and 

 1948. Not adopted: Isla Alfa [Spanish], Isla 

 Huidobro [Spanish]. 



Alzogaray, Islas: see Theta Islets. 



AMELANG PLATFORM: a relatively fiat- topped 

 upland platform, about 11,500 ft. in el., projecting 

 N. from the polar plateau and overlooking the New 

 Schwabenland piedmont; in about 73°50'S., 5°15'W. 

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

 named by them for Herbert Amelang, first officer 

 of the exp. ship Schwabenland. 



American Geographical Society Bay: see Gard- 

 ner Inlet. 



AMERICAN HIGHLAND: that portion of Ant- 

 arctica back of the Ingrid Christensen Coast, con- 

 sisting of an upland area of undetermined physical 

 extent with an elevation of about 7,500 feet; in 

 about 72°S , 79°E. Disc, and named by Lincoln 

 Ellsworth on Jan. 11, 1939, in an aerial flight from 

 his ship, the Wyatt Earp. 



AMERY ICE SHELF : broad ice shelf along Lars 

 Christensen Coast between MacKenzie Bay and 

 Prydz Bay; in about 69°S., 72°E. Cape Amery was 

 applied to a coastal angle mapped in an aerial 

 flight on Feb. 11, 1931, by the BANZARE. Since 

 this now appears to be an ice shelf, the name is 

 applied to the whole shelf. Probably named for 

 William B. Amery, Rep. of the United Kingdom 

 in AustraUa, 1925-28. Not adopted: Amery Shelf 

 Ice. 



Amery Shelf Ice: see Amery Ice Shelf. 



Ames Glacier: see Boyd Glacier. 



AMES RANGE: range of isolated, snow-covered, 

 flat-topped, steep-sided mountains, lying along the 

 W. shore of Wrigley Gulf in Marie Byrd Land; in 

 about 75^^30'S., 131°00'W. Disc, by the USAS, 

 1939-41, and named by Byrd for Joseph Ames, 

 father-in-law of R. Adm. Richard E. Byrd, leader 

 of the expedition. Not adopted: Joseph Ames 

 Range. 



AMIOT ISLANDS: group of islets bordered by 

 southwestward-extending reefs, about 14 mi. 

 WNW. of Cape Adriasola, Adelaide I.; in 67°32'S., 

 69°55'W. Disc, by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Char- 

 cot, and named by him for A. Amiot, engineering 

 director of the French Montevideo Co., Montevideo, 

 Uruguay, which made repairs on the exp. ship 

 Pourquoi-Pas? . 



Amiraute, Baie de V: see Admiralty Bay. 



Amiraute, Detroit de V: see Admiralty Sound. 



AMPHIBOLITE POINT: conspicuous, pyramidal 

 point nearly 2 mi. NW. of Saunders Pt. on the S. 

 coast of Coronation I., South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°41'S., 45°22'W. Named by the FIDS following 

 their survey of 1948-49. There is a large amount 

 of amphibolite on this point. 



AMPHITHEATRE, THE: large bowl-shaped de- 

 pression, about 0.75 mi. in diameter, at the S. side 

 of the head of Northeast Gl. on Palmer Pen.; in 

 68°06'S., 66°34'W. The feature lies adjacent to 

 former bases of the BGLE, 1934-37, and the USAS, 

 1939-41, and was charted by USAS sledging parties 

 which crossed Palmer Pen. via Northeast Gl. and 

 Bills Gulch. Named by the FIDS following its 

 survey in 1946. 



AMPLE BAY: bay about 1.8 mi. wide, marked 

 by Grace Gl. at its head, situated about 2 mi. E. 

 of Sunset Fjord in the SW. part of the Bay of 

 Isles, South Georgia; in 54°04'S., 37°23'W. A 

 sketch of this bay was made in 1912-13 by Robert 

 Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the 

 brig Daisy. The bay was named by DI personnel 

 who charted it in 1929-30. 



AMUNDSEN, MOUNT: rocky summit about 

 4,000 ft. in el., protruding above the icecap about 

 10 mi. NNE. of Mt. Sandow, at the E. side of Den- 

 man Gl., on Queen Mary Coast; in about 67°18'S., 

 100°20'E. Disc, in December 1912 by Frank Wild 

 and other members of the Western Base part of 

 the AAE under Mawson. Named by Mawson for 

 Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer and 

 the first to attain the South Pole. 



Amundsen Bay: see Ice Bay. 



AMUNDSEN GLACIER: major glacier about 3 

 to 6 mi. wide and over 60 mi. long, which descends 

 from the south polar plateau between Mt. Helmer 

 Hanssen and the Thorvald Nilsen Mtns. and flows 

 N. to the head of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 85°35'S., 

 159°20'W. Disc, in November 1929 by R. Adm. 

 Byrd on the ByrdAE flight to the South Pole. 

 Named for Roald Amundsen by Laurence Gould, 



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