GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



leader of the ByrdAE geological party which 

 sledged across the terminal flow of this glacier 

 in December 1929. 



AMUNDSEN SEA: marginal sea off the coast of 

 Antarctica between Thurston Pen., which termi- 

 nates in about 71°50'S., 100°50'W., and Cape Dart, 

 in about 73°10'S., 123°00'W. Named for Roald 

 Amundsen by a Nor. exp. under Nils Larsen which 

 explored this area in February 1929. Not adopted: 

 Franklin D. Roosevelt Sea, Roald Amundsen Sea. 



Amy Guest Island: see Guest Island. 



ANCHORAGE BAY: small bay in the W. side of 

 Fortuna Bay, about 2 mi. S. of Cape Best, along 

 the N. coast of South Georgia; in 54°07'S., 36°49'W. 

 Charted in 1929-30 by DI personnel and so named 

 by them because it affords good anchorage. 



ANCHORAGE ISLET: islet which lies in the 

 Leonie Is., about 0.5 mi. SE. of Lagoon Islet, off the 

 SE. portion of Adelaide I. and the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 67°36'S., 68°13'W. Disc, by the 

 FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the 

 BGLE under Rymill, who visited this islet in Febru- 

 ary 1936. 



ANDERSEN HARBOR: small harbor in the Mel- 

 chior Is., Palmer Arch., formed by the concave W. 

 side of Eta I. and the N. end of Omega I.; in 

 64°19'S., 62°56'W. The name appears on a chart 

 based upon a 1927 survey by DI personnel, but 

 this may reflect an earlier naming by whalers. 

 The harbor was surveyed by Argentine expeditions 

 in 1942, 1943 and 1948. Not adopted: Puerto 

 Andersen [Spanish]. 



Andersen, Puerto: see Andersen Harbor. 



ANDERSON, CAPE: cape which marks the E. 

 side of the entrance to Mill Cove on the S. coast 

 of Laurie I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°46'S., 

 44°34'W. Charted by the ScotNAE under Bruce, 

 1902-4, and named by him for his secretary. Nan 

 Anderson. Not adopted: Cape Nan Anderson. 



ANDERSON GLACIER: heavily crevassed gla- 

 cier, about 12 mi. long, flowing SSE. into the W. 

 side of Cabinet Inlet between Cape Casey and 

 Balder Pt., on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 66°24'S., 63°55'W. Charted by the FIDS and pho- 

 tographed from the air by the RARE in December 

 1947. Named by the FIDS for Sir John Anderson, 

 M.P., Lord Pres. of the Council and member of 

 the British War Cabinet. 



ANDERSON ICEFALLS: an icefall terminating 

 in a cliff face -about 100 ft." in el. and 5 mi. wide, 

 lying SE. of Atkinson Cliffs along the N. coast of 



Victoria Land; in about 71°21'S., 169°00'E. 

 Charted in 1911 by Cdr. Victor L. A. Campbell's 

 Northern Party of the BrAE under Scott. Named 

 by the BrAE, probably for Mr. Anderson of the firm 

 of John Anderson and Sons, engineers, who owned 

 Lyttelton Foundry, and who took great interest 

 in the expedition. Not adopted: Anderson Ice 

 Falls. 



ANDERSSON ISLAND: island about 9 mi. long 

 and 4 mi. wide which lies 1 mi. S. of Jonassen I. 

 at the W. side of the S. entrance to Antarctic 

 Sound, off the NE. tip of Palmer Pen.; in 63°35'S., 

 56°35'W. This island was named Uruguay Island 

 by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nordenskjold, after 

 the Argentine ship Uruguay which participated in 

 the rescue of the shipwrecked SwedAE in 1903. 

 In 1904, the FrAE under Charcot, apparently un- 

 aware of the Swedish naming, gave the name 

 Uruguay to an island off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen. Since it is confusing to have two islands in 

 close proximity identically named, and because 

 Charcot's Uruguay Island has appeared more 

 widely on maps and in reports, the US-ACAN 

 accepts the decision of the Br-APC that the name 

 given this island by Nordenskjold be altered. The 

 new name commemorates J. Gunnar Anderssbn, 

 who was second-in-command of Nordenskj old's 

 expedition. Not adopted: Uruguay Island. 



ANDERSSON NUNATAK: nunatak which stands 

 above the coastal ice cliffs on the NW. shore of 

 Hope Bay, about 1 mi. W. of Sheppard Pt., at the 

 NE. end of Palmer Pen.; in 63°22'S., 57°00'W. 

 Disc, by J. Gunnar Andersson's party of the 

 SwedAE, which wintered at Hope Bay in 1903. 

 Named for Andersson by the FIDS following their 

 survey of the area in 1945. 



ANDERSSON PEAK: ice-capped peak, about 

 4,000 ft. in el., with rocky exposures on its E. side, 

 lying some 7 mi. N. of Cape Fairweather on the 

 E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 64°53'S., 61°03'W. 

 Charted in 1947 by the FIDS, and named by them 

 for Karl Andreas Andersson, zoologist with the 

 SwedAE, who explored along this coast in 1902. 



ANDRESEN ISLAND: island about 2 mi. long 

 and about 1,300 ft. in el., which lies at the SE. side 

 of Detaille It. in the N. part of Lallemand Fjord, 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66°56'S., 

 66°36W. Disc, by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Char- 

 cot, and named by him for the manager of the 

 Magellan Whaling Co. at the company's Deception 

 I. base, who provided coal for the expedition. 



ANDREW GLACIER: glacier about 1.5 mi. wide, 

 which lies S. of Cape Kater and flows in an ENE. 

 direction to the W. side of Charcot 6ay, on the 



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