GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Pen.; in 69°19'S., 67°12'W. First roughly surveyed 

 in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed 

 by the FIDS in 1948 and named for Henry Balfour, 

 Pres. of the Royal Geographical Soc, 1936-38. 



BALIN POINT: point which marks the N. side 

 of the entrance to Borge Bay on the E. side of 

 Signy I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°42'S., 

 45°36'W. The name appears on a 1933 chart of 

 Borge Bay by DI personnel on the Discovery II, but 

 may reflect an earlier naming by whalers. 



BALIN ROCKS: small group of rocks close S. of 

 Balin Pt., off the E. side of Signy I., in the South 

 Orkney Is.; in 60°42'S., 45°36'W. Charted in 1933 

 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. Probably 

 named after nearby Balin Point. 



BALLENY ISLANDS : group of glaciated volcanic 

 islands lying about 150 mi. N. of Oates Coast 

 between 66°15' and 67°40'S., and 162°15' and 

 164°45'E. Disc, in February 1839 by a Br. exp. 

 under John Balleny, and named in his honor by 

 Captain Beaufort, Hydrographer to the Admiralty. 



Ballesteros, Isotes: see Psi Islets. 



BALSAM BEACH: narrow boulder beach with 

 jagged islets close off shore, lying 0.75 mi. E. of 

 Dartmouth Pt. in Cumberland East Bay, South 

 Georgia; in 54°19'S., 36°26'W. The beach appears 

 on earlier charts, but the name was given by FIDS 

 in 1951 following a sketch survey. The name is 

 one of a group in the vicinity of Dartmouth Pt., 

 derived from the chemical stains used in the prepa- 

 ration for histological examination of biological 

 material collected there by FIDS. 



Banck Island: (in about 64°55'S., 62°59'W.) 

 the decision of August 1949 has been VACATED. 

 Recent surveys indicate this feature may be a part 

 of Palmer Peninsula. 



BANDSTONE BLOCK: an almost rectangular 

 block of sandstone, about 1,000 ft. in el., standing 

 2 mi. N. of Triton Pt. at the foot of Venus GL, on 

 the E. coast of Alexander I Island; in 71°40'S., 

 68°12'W. The coast in this vicinity was first seen 

 from the air and partially photographed by Lincoln 

 Ellsworth on Nov. 23, 1935. This rock was first 

 surveyed in 1949 by the FIDS, who so named it 

 because of its conspicuous sedimentary bands. 



BANZARE BANK: submarine bank in the south- 

 ern part of the Indian Ocean, forming a part of the 

 Kerguelen-Gaussberg Ridge; in about 58°50'S., 

 77°44'E. Disc, by and named for the British- 

 Australian-New Zealand Antarctic Research Expe- 

 dition. Not adopted: Banzare Rise. 



BANZARE COAST: that portion of the coast of 

 Antarctica lying between Cape Southard, in about 

 122°05'E., and Cape Mose, in about 130°05'E. Seen 

 from the air by the BANZARE under Mawson in 

 1931 , and so named by him. Not adopted : Banzare 

 Land. 



Banzare Land: see Banzare Coast. 



Banzare Rise: see Banzare Bank. 



BARBARA ISLAND: largest islet in the Deben- 

 ham Is., lying off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 68°08'S., 67°06'W. Disc, by the BGLE, 1934-37, 

 under Rymill, and named by him for a daughter 

 of Frank Debenham, member of the BGLE Ad- 

 visory Committee. 



BARCHANS, THE: group of snow-capped islets 

 marking the W. end of the Argentine Is., off the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°14'S., 64°20'W. 

 Charted by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill, and 

 so named by him because the snow caps resemble 

 barchans (also barkhans), migrating, crescent- 

 shaped sand dunes found in several very dry regions 

 of the world. 



BARCLAY BAY: bay between Cape Shirreff and 

 Start Pt. on the N. side of Livingston I., in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in 62°31'S., 61°00'W. The name ap- 

 pears on an 1825 chart of the Br. sealing exp. under 

 Weddell, and is now established international 

 usage. Not adopted: Barclay's Bay. 



BARE ROCK: rock which lies about 0.1 mi. NE. 

 of Berntsen Pt. in the entrance to Borge Bay, off 

 the E. side of Signy I. in the South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°43'S., 45°36'W. Charted and named by DI per- 

 sonnel on the Discovery in 1927. 



BARFF POINT: point which forms the E. side of 

 the entrance to Cumberland Bay, on the N. coast 

 of South Georgia; in 54°14'S., 36°24'W. Named for 

 Lt. A. D. Barff, RN, of the Sappho, who, assisted by 

 Capt. C. A. Larsen, made a sketch map of Cumber- 

 land Bay in 1906. 



Barilar Bay: see Barilari Bay. 



BARILARI BAY: bay about 10 mi. long, in a 

 NW.-SE. direction, and 6 mi. wide, entered im- 

 mediately S. of Cape Garcia, along the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 65°55'S., 64°43'W. Disc, by the 

 FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot, and named by him 

 for R. Adm. Atilio S. Barilari, Argentine Navy. 

 The bay was charted by the BGLE, 1934-37, under 

 Rymill. Not adopted: Barilar Bay. 



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