GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



BAR ISLET: long, low, rocky Islet lying 0.25 mi. 

 off the W. end of Red Rock Ridge, off the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 68°17'S., 67°12'W. First roughly 

 surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Re- 

 surveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS, who so named 

 the islet because of its shape. 



BARKLEY MOUNTAINS: group of mountains 

 rising to about 9,800 ft. in el. and projecting 

 through the icecap immediately N. of the edge of 

 the polar plateau, in New Schwabenland; in about 

 72°45'S., 1°15'E. Disc, by the GerAE, 1938-39, 

 under Ritscher, and named by them for Erich 

 Barkley, biologist on the expedition. 



BARKOW, MOUNT: mountain about 4,600 ft. in 

 el., which stands about 20 mi. W. of Court Nunatak 

 and New Bedford Inlet and marks the E. end of the 

 ridge separating Haines and Meinardus Glaciers, 

 on the E. side of Palmer Pen.; in 73°22'S., 62°48'W. 

 Disc, and photographed from the air in December 

 1940 by the US AS. Photographed from the air by 

 the RARE under Ronne, who in conjunction with 

 the FIDS charted it from the ground in 1947. 

 Named by the FIDS for Erich Barkow, German 

 meteorologist and member of the GerAE, 1911-12, 

 under Filchner. 



BARLAS, CAPE: cape which marks the N. end 

 of Fredriksen I. in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°44'S., 

 45°00'W. Fredriksen I. was charted by a Nor. exp., 

 1912-13, under S0rlle. Cape Barlas appears to be 

 first named on a chart based on a 1933 survey by DI 

 personnel on the Discovery II. Probably named for 

 William Barlas, British representative at Deception 

 I. and South Shetland Is., for the season 1914-15, 

 and at South Georgia on various occasions, 1928-41. 

 Not adopted: Cape Barles. 



BARLAS BANK: small submarine bank about 

 1.5 mi. E. of Cape Buller, at the W. side of the en- 

 trance to the Bay of Isles, South Georgia; in 

 54°00'S., 37°20'W. The name appears on a chart 

 based on the DI survey at the Bay of Isles in 

 1929-30, and was probably given for William Barlas. 



BARLAS CHANNEL: channel, about 8 mi. long 

 and 2 mi. wide, in the N. part of Laubeuf Fjord, 

 extending SW. from The Gullet and separating 

 Day I. from Adelaide I.; in 67°13'S., 67°45'W. First 

 roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under 

 Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the FIDS, who 

 named it for William Barlas. 



Barles, Cape: see Barlas, Cape. 



BARLOW ISLET: islet lying about 1.5 mi. WNW. 

 of Cape Smith, the N. tip of Smith I., in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in 62°52'S., 62°23'W. The name Cape 

 Barlow, presumably after Peter Barlow, British 



physicist and mathematician, was applied to a cape 

 on the E. side of Smith I. by a Br. exp. under Foster, 

 1828-31. In 1 95 1-52 , the FIDS determined that no 

 significant cape exists on the E. side of the island, 

 but for the sake of historical continuity applied the 

 name Barlow to the islet described above. 



BARNARD, MOUNT: mountain about 5,900 ft. 

 in el., which lies about 5 mi. ENE. of the head of 

 False Bay, Livingston I., in the South Shetland Is.; 

 in 62°39'S., 60°09'W. The name appears on an 

 1825 chart of the Br. sealing exp. under Weddell, 

 and is probably named for Charles H. Barnard, cap- 

 tain of the ship Charity of New York, who was seal- 

 ing in the South Shetland Is. in 1820-21 when 

 Weddell was also there. Weddell states in the 

 narrative of his exp. that he later met Barnard in 

 the Falkland Islands. Not adopted: Barnards 

 Peak, Friesland Peak. 



BARNARD POINT: point which marks the SE. 

 side of the entrance to False Bay on the S. side of 

 Livingston I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°45'S., 

 60°20'W. This point was known to sealers as early 

 as 1822. The name was applied about a century 

 later, probably after Mt. Barnard which surmounts 

 it to the northeast. Not adopted: Pointe Bernard 

 [French] . 



BARNE, CAPE: steep, rocky bluff about 300 ft. in 

 el.; lies on the W. side of Ross I. between Cape Royds 

 and Cape Evans; in about 77°35'S., 166°13'E. Disc, 

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

 by him for Lt. Michael Barne, RN, a member of 

 the expedition. 



BARNE GLACIER: glacier about 3 mi. wide, 

 which descends WSW. from the slopes of Mt. Erebus 

 and terminates on the W. side of Ross I. between 

 Cape Barne and Cape Evans, where it forms a steep 

 ice cliff; in about 77°36'S., 166°20'E. Disc, by the 

 BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott. Named by the BrAE, 

 1907-9, under Shackleton after nearby Cape Barne. 

 Not adopted: Cape Barne Glacier. 



BARNE INLET: a re-entrant about 12 mi. wide, 

 between Cape Kerr and Cape Selborne on the W. 

 side of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 80°15'S., 160°15'E. 

 It is occupied by a glacier descending from the 

 bordering highlands to the ice shelf. Disc, in 

 December 1902 by the BrNAE under Scott, and 

 named by him for Lt. Michael Barne, RN, a member 

 of the expedition. 



BARNES, MOUNT: peak about 3,900 ft. in el., 

 surmounting the west-central side of New Harbor 

 and marking the E. end of the Kukri Hills, in 

 Victoria Land; in about 77°39'S., 163°33'E. Disc. 

 by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, and named on 

 the exp. charts as New Harbour Heights. It was 



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