GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp. in De- 

 cember 1946. Named by the US-ACAN for the 

 ice-ship U.S.S. Bear, flagship of the USAS, from 

 which three reconnaissance flights were made in 

 late February 1940, resulting in the discovery of 

 the Walgreen Coast and Thurston Pen. areas. 

 This ship, under the name Bear of Oakland, also 

 served as flagship of the ByrdAE, 1933-35, which 

 based at the Bay of Whales area of the Ross Ice 

 Shelf. 



BEAR ISLET: rocky islet lying 1 mi. W. of 

 Stonington I. in Marguerite Bay; in 68°11'S., 

 67°04'W. The islet was presumably known to the 

 BGLE, 1934-37, and the USAS, 1939-41, both based 

 in the Stonington I. area. It was surveyed in 1947 

 by the FIDS, who named it for the U.S.S. Bear, 

 flagship of the USAS which visited this area in 

 1940. 



BEASCOCHEA BAY: embayment about 4 mi. 

 wide between Cape Trois Perez and Nufiez Pt., in- 

 denting the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°30'S., 

 64°00'W. Disc, but incompletely deflned by the 

 BelgAE under De Gerlache, 1897-99. Resighted 

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

 by him for Commander Beascochea, Argentine 

 Navy. The BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37, accu- 

 rately charted the bay. 



Beaufort, Mount; Beaufurt, Mount: see Foster, 

 Mount. 



BEAUFORT ISLAND: island which lies in the 

 Ross Sea about 10 mi. NNE. of Cape Bird, the N. 

 tip of Ross I.; in about 76°55'S., 167°05'E. Disc, in 

 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross, and named by him 

 for Capt. Francis Beaufort, RN, Hydrographer to 

 the Admiralty. 



BEAUFOY RIDGE: conspicuous black ridge, 

 rising to about 2,100 ft. in el. at its NW. end, stand- 

 ing at the W. side of Sunshine Gl., and close N. of 

 Iceberg Bay on the S. coast of Coronation I., South 

 Orkney Is.; in 60°38'S., 45°33'W. Named by the 

 FIDS following their survey in 1948-49. On Dec. 

 12, 1821, the cutter Beaufoy under Michael McLeod 

 sailed to a position at least 60 mi. W. of the South 

 Orkney Is., where a chart annotation indicates 

 that land was sighted, probably Coronation Island. 



BEAUMONT BAY: small re-entrant lying E. of 

 Mt. Albert Markham, along the W. edge of Ross 

 Ice Shelf; in about 81°25'S., 160°30'E. Disc, in 

 December 1902 by the BrNAE under Scott, and 

 named by him for Adm. Sir Lewis Beaumont, RN, 

 former Arctic explorer who took special interest in 

 Scott's expedition. 



BEAUMONT GLACIER: broad glacier flowing in 

 a NE. direction to the SW. part of Hilton Inlet, on 

 the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in about 72°02'S., 

 62°00'W. The USAS disc, and photographed it 

 from the air in 1940. It was resighted in 1947 by 

 the RARE under Ronne, who named it for the city 

 of Beaumont, Texas, in recognition of the public 

 support given his exp. by this city and the Tejas 

 Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 

 at Beaumont. Not adopted: Tejas Glacier. 



BEAUMONT ISLET: low, rocky islet in Neny 

 Bay, about 0.4 mi. from the mouth of Centurion 

 Gl., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°12'S., 

 66°57'W. The islet was presumably first sighted 

 in 1936 by the BGLE, and was roughly charted by 

 them and by the USAS, 1939-41. It was surveyed 

 in 1946 by the FIDS, who named it for the Port of 

 Beaumont, Texas, exp. ship of the RARE under 

 Ronne, which wintered nearby in Back Bay during 

 the 1947-48 season. 



Beckman Fjord: see Beckmann Fjord. 



BECKMANN FJORD: small inlet immediately 

 E. of Bellingshausen Pt., in the E. side of the Bay 

 of Isles, South Georgia; in 54°04'S., 37°12'W. 

 Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, 

 American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, who 

 named it for Captain Beckmann, master gunner 

 of the whaler Don Ernesto, who lost his life in a 

 whaling accident in December 1912. Not adopted: 

 Beckman Fjord. 



BEEHIVE HILL: ice-covered hill which rises to 

 about 7,000 ft. in el. and projects 2,000 ft. above 

 the surrounding ice sheet, situated on the plateau 

 of Palmer Pen. about 10 mi. E. off the head of Neny 

 Fjord and 13 mi. SE. of the head of Northeast GL; 

 in 68°16'S., 66°10'W. First surveyed in 1940 by 

 the USAS, on whose field charts the hill is labeled 

 "Sphinx." It was resurveyed in 1946 by the FIDS 

 who gave the present name because of the hill's 

 resemblance to a wicker beehive. Not adopted: 

 Sphinx. 



Beehive Nunatak: see Teall Nunatak. 



BEER ISLAND: island about 1 mi. long, which 

 lies about 8 mi. W. of Ferin Head and 0.5 mi. S. 

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

 66°00'S., 65°45'W. The BGLE under Rymill, 

 1934-37, charted and named the island. Not 

 adopted: Mutton Cove Island. 



BELEMNITE POINT: the E. extremity of a 

 mainly ice-free, hook-shaped ridge, about 2,000 ft. 

 in el., standing midway between Lamina Peak and 

 Ablation Pt., and 2 mi. inland from George VI 

 Sound on the E. coast of Alexander I Islan^; in 



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