GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



renamed Mount Barnes on the charts of Scott's 

 second exp., the BrAE, 1910-13. Not adopted: 

 New Harbour Heights. 



BARN ROCK: prominent rock, more than 300 

 ft. in el., near the N. end of the Terra Firma Is. in 

 Marguerite Bay; in 68°41'S., 67°32'W. First 

 visited and surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under 

 Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the FIDS, who so 

 named the rock because of its appearance when 

 seen from the west. 



BARNUM PEAK: peak about 10,000 ft. in el., 

 standing at the N. end of a prominent rock divide 

 near the head of Liv Gl., where two tributary 

 glaciers join to form the main glacier, in the Queen 

 Maud Range; in about 85°30'S., 171°00'W. Disc, 

 by R. Adm. Byrd on the ByrdAE flight to the South 

 Pole in November 1929, and named by him for 

 J. D. Barnum, publisher of the Syracuse Post- 

 Standard and contributor to the expedition. 



BARRE, MOUNT: ice-covered, pyramidal peak, 

 about 7,200 ft. in el., standing 2 mi. NW. of Mt. 

 Gaudry in SE. Adelaide I.; in 67°30'S., 68°33'W. 

 Disc, and surveyed in 1909 by the FrAE under 

 Charcot. Resurveyed in 1948 by the FIDS, who 

 named it for Michel Barre, leader of the French 

 Antarctic Expedition to Adelie Coast, 1951-52. 



BARRE GLACIER: channel glacier about 5 mi. 

 wide and 5 mi. long, flowing N. from the conti- 

 nental ice to its terminus on Adelie Coast close E. 

 of Cape Pepin; in about 66°35'S., 138°40'E. Delin- 

 eated from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

 Hjp., 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for 

 Michel Barre, leader of the FrAE wintering party 

 of 1951-52, whose party extended reconnaissance 

 of the coastal features as far westward as this 

 glacier. Lt. de Vaisseau (Lt. Cdr.) Barre previ- 

 ously served as radio officer on the French polar 

 ship Commandant Charcot. 



BAR ROCKS : group of low rocks which lie near 

 the head of Husvik Hbr. in Stromness Bay, South 

 Georgia; in 54°10'S., 36°42'W. Charted by DI 

 personnel in 1928, and so named by them, pre- 

 sumably because their presence obstructs or im- 

 pedes vessels approaching the head of the harbor. 



BARROS ROCKS: chain of rocks forming a 

 crescentric arc and extending S. and E. from a 

 point 2 mi. W. of Cape Tuxen to the Berthelot 

 Islets, off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°18'S., 

 64°12'W. Disc, and named by the FrAE, 1908-10, 

 under Charcot. 



BARROW, CAPE: steep cliff forming the N. end 

 of Hoseason I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 63°42'S., 

 61°45'W. The cape appears in rough outline on 



an 1828 chart published by Laurie and was pre- 

 sumably explored in 1824 by James Hoseason, mate 

 of the Br. sealing exp. under Hughes. It was 

 named by a Br. exp. under Foster, 1828-31, prob- 

 ably for Sir John Barrow, Sec. of the Admiralty, 

 1804-6 and 1807-45, and founder of the Royal 

 Geographical Soc. The cape was more accurately 

 charted by the FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot. 



BARROW, CAPE: cape which forms the N. end 

 of Flat I. and marks the W. side of the entrance to 

 Robertson Bay, along the N. coast of Victoria Land; 

 in about 71°20'S., 169°10'E. Disc, on Jan. 11, 1841 

 by the Br. exp. under Ross, and named by him for 

 Sir John Barrow. 



Barrows Isle: see Elephant Island. 



BARR SMITH, MOUNT: striking rock peak 

 about 4,300 ft. in el., marking the northernmost 

 peak of an intermittent line of peaks along the W. 

 flank of Denman Gl., on Queen Mary Coast; in 

 about 67°10'S., 99°03'E. Disc, in December 1912 

 by members of the Western Base party of the 

 AAE under Mawson, and named by him for Robert 

 Barr Smith of Adelaide, patron of the expedition. 



BARRY ISLAND: islet lying in the center of the 

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

 68°08'S., 67°07'W. Charted by the BGLE under 

 Rymill, who used this islet for a base in 1936 and 

 1937. Named by Rymill for the eldest son of 

 Frank Debenham, member of the BGLE Advisory 

 Committee. 



Bart Bank: see Barth Bank. 



BARTH BANK: submarine bank lying SE. of the 

 South Orkney Is. in the northernmost reaches of 

 Weddell Sea; in about 62°58'S., 41°15'W. Named 

 for Einar Barth, Norwegian whale gunner who disc. 

 the bank in 1937. Not adopted: Bart Bank. 



BARTLETT, MOUNT: peak about 7,900 ft. in el., 

 which lies close NW. of Mt. Buckley at the head of 

 Beardmore Gl.; in about 84°58'S., 164°33'E. Disc. 

 by the BrAE, 1907-9, under Shackleton, who named 

 it for H. H. Bartlett of London, supporter of the 

 expedition. 



BARTLETT GLACIER: tributary glacier, about 

 30 mi. long and about 5 mi. wide at its terminus, 

 flowing NNE. from the Rawson Mtns. and joining 

 Robert Scott Gl. close N. of Mt. Gardiner; in about 

 86°15'S., 152°00'W. Disc, in December 1934 by the 

 ByrdAE geological party under Quin Blackburn, 

 and named by Byrd for Capt. Robert A. Bartlett of 

 Brigus, Newfoundland, noted Arctic navigator and 

 explorer who recommended that the exp. acquire 

 the Bear, an ice-ship which was purchased and 



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