GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



ARRIVAL HEIGHTS: cliff-like heights which 

 extend in a NE.-SW. direction-along the SW. side of 

 Hut Point Pen., on Ross I.; in 77°49'S., 166°38'E. 

 Disc, and named by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under 

 Scott. The name suggests the expedition's arrival 

 at its winter headquarters. Not adopted: Har- 

 bour Heights. 



ARRONAX, MOITnT: ice-covered, pointed peak 

 about 5,200 ft. in el., standing 5.5 mi. WSW. of 

 Nautilus Head and dominating the N. part of Pour- 

 quoi Pas I., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 67°40'S., 67°22'W. First surveyed in 1936 by the 

 BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the 

 FIDS and named after Prof. Pierre Arronax, cen- 

 tral character in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand 

 Leagues Under the Sea. 



ASHLEY SNOW NUNATAKS: three isolated 

 peaks rising through the icecap S. of Ronne En- 

 trance and E. of Carroll Inlet, on Robert English 

 Coast; in about 73°15'S., 76°00'W. Sighted from 

 the land and from the air in December 1940 by 

 members of the US AS, and named by them for 

 Ashley C. Snow, aviation pilot on the expedition. 



ASH POINT: point which marks the SE. side of 

 the entrance to Discovery Bay, on Greenwich I. in 

 the South Shetland Is.; in 62°28'S., 59°38'W. The 

 name appears to have been applied by DI per- 

 sonnel on the Discovery II in 1935. 



ASHTON GLACIER: glacier about 9 mi. long, 

 which flows ESE. from Mt. Thompson to the NW. 

 side of Lehrke Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 70°44'S., 61°57'W. The glacier was photo- 

 graphed from the air in December 1940 by the 

 USAS, and was probably seen by the USAS ground 

 survey party which explored this coast. A joint 

 party consisting of members of the RARE and the 

 FIDS charted the glacier in 1947. Named by the 

 FIDS for L. Ashton, carpenter with the FIDS at 

 the Port Lockroy and Hope Bay bases in 1944-45 

 and 1945-46, respectively. 



ASMAN RIDGE: crescent-shaped, serrate ridge 

 about 5 mi. long, rising to an elevation of 1,500 

 ft. or more on the S. side of the middle part of 

 Arthur Davis Gl., in the Edsel Ford Ranges in 

 Marie Byrd Land; in about 77°10'S., 144°45'W. 

 Disc, in 1934 on aerial flights of the ByrdAE. 

 Named by the USAS, 1939-41, for Adam Asman, a 

 member of the USAS West Base party. 



ASPASIA POINT : steep rocky point forming the 

 W. extremity of Fanning Ridge, lying 10 mi. ESE. 

 of Cape Nufiez on the S. coast of South Georgia; 

 in 54°19'S., 37°07'W. The feature was named by 

 the Br-APC following its mapping by the SGS in 

 1951-52. The name derives from association with 



Fanning Ridge. The American armed corvette 

 Aspasia under Capt. Edmund Fanning took 57,000 

 fur seals at South Georgia in 1800-1. 



ASPLAND ISLAND : small island about 5 mi. W. 

 of Gibbs I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 61°30'S., 

 55°55'W. The name dates back to at least 1821 

 and is now established international usage. Not 

 adopted: Aspland's Island. 



ASQUITH, MOUNT: low, dark mountain in the 

 Queen Alexandra Range, rising directly S. of Cape 

 Maude along the W. edge of Ross Ice Shelf; in 

 about 83°18'S., 168°00'E. Disc, by the BrAE, 

 1907-9, under Shackleton, and named by him for 

 Lord Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1905-8, 

 and Prime Minister, 1908-16. 



ASSES EARS, THE: three islets about 3 mi. 

 NNW. of the W. tip of Robert I. and 1.75 mi. NE. 

 of Table I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°19'S., 

 59°48'W. These islets, presumably known to early 

 sealers in the area, were charted and named in 1935 

 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. The shape of 

 the northeastern of the three islets suggests the 

 name. 



ASSISTANCE BAY: small bay forming the head 

 of Possession Bay, along the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°08'S., 37°10'W. The bay was named 

 by DI personnel who charted the area during the 

 period 1926-30. 



ASTOR, MOUNT: high granitic peak in the Will 

 Hays Mtns., rising to about 8,000 ft. in el., and 

 standing on the E. side of Amundsen GL, close N. 

 of the N. end of Faulkner Escarpment, in the 

 Queen Maud Range; in about 85°57'S., 156°00'W. 

 Disc, by R. Adm. Byrd on the ByrdAE flight to the 

 South Pole in November 1929, and named by him 

 for Vincent Astor, contributor to the expedition. 

 Not adopted : Mount Vincent Astor. 



ASTROLABE GLACIER: glacier about 4 mi. 

 wide and 15 mi. long, flowing NNE. from the conti- 

 nental ice to Adelie Coast and terminating in a 

 prominent tongue at the E. side of Geologic Arch.; 

 in about 66°45'S., 139°55'E. Probably first sighted 

 in 1840 by the Fr. exp. under D'Urville, although 

 no glaciers were noted on D'Urville's chart of this 

 coast. Photographed from the air by USN Op. Hjp. 

 in January 1947. It was charted by the FrAE 

 under Liotard, 1949-51, and named for D'Urville's 

 flagship, the Astrolabe. Not adopted: Glacier 

 Terra Nova [French]. 



ASTROLABE GLACIER TONGUE: prominent 

 glacier tongue about 3 mi. wide and 4 mi. long, 

 extending NE. from Astrolabe Gl. and fringed by 

 numerous islets and rocks at the E. end of Geologie 



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