GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



70°40'S., 68°32'W. This point was first photo- 

 graphed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935 by Lincoln 

 Ellsworth, and was mapped from these photo- 

 graphs by W. L. G. Joerg. It was roughly sur- 

 veyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, and re- 

 surveyed in 1949 by the FIDS. So named by FIDS 

 because of belemnite fossils found there. 



Belgica Sea: see Bellingshausen Sea. 



BELINDA, MOUNT: mountain about 4,500 ft. in 

 el., which marks the summit of Montagu I. in the 

 South Sandwich Is.; in 58°25'S., 26°23'W. Mount 

 Belinda was probably first sighted by a Br. exp. 

 under Cook in 1775, and was accurately sketched 

 in 1819 by a Russ. exp. under Bellingshausen. 

 Named by DI personnel on the Discovery II follow- 

 ing their survey in 1930, for Belinda Kemp, 

 daughter of Stanley W. Kemp, Dir. of Research of 

 the Discovery Committee, 1924-36. 



BELL, MOUNT: mountain about 10,500 ft. in el., 

 which lies about 4 mi. WSW. of Mt. Mackellar, at 

 the W. side of Beardmore Gl. in the Queen Alex- 

 andra Range; in about 84°06'S., 167°40'E. Disc, 

 by the BrAE, 1907-9, under Shackleton, and 

 named by him for William Bell, a supporter of the 

 expedition. 



BELL GLACIER: channel glacier about 4 mi. 

 wide and 7 mi. long, flowing N. from the conti- 

 nental ice at the W. flank of Norths Highland to 

 the head of Maury Bay, where it terminates in a 

 prominent tongue between the tongues of Blair 

 and Power Glaciers, Banzare Coast; in about 

 66°45'S., 124°50'E. Delineated from aerial photo- 

 graphs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named 

 by the US-ACAN for Thomas G. Bell, boatswain 

 on the sloop of war Peacock of the USEE under 

 Wilkes, 1838-42. 



Bellinghausen Sea: see Bellingshausen Sea. 



BELLINGSHAUSEN, MOUNT: conspicuous cone 

 about 3,200 ft. in el., lying on the S. side of Larsen 

 Gl. on the E. coast of Victoria Land; in about 

 75°10'S., 162°18'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, under 

 Scott, and named by him for Adm. Thaddeus 

 Bellingshausen, leader of the Russian expedition 

 of 1819-21. Not adopted: Mount Bellinghausen. 



BELLINGSHAUSEN ISLAND: easternmost is- 

 land of Southern Thule, in the South Sandwich 

 Is.; in 59°25'S., 27'=03'W. Probably sighted by a 

 Br. exp. under Cook in 1775. The island was 

 described by Bellingshausen, whose Russ. exp. 

 visited the area in 1819-20. Charted in 1930 by 

 DI personnel on the Discovery II, under Kemp, who 

 named it for Adm. Thaddeus Bellingshausen. 



BELLINGSHAUSEN POINT: point between 

 Beckmann and Sea Leopard Fjords, at the E. side 

 of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia; in 54°03'S., 

 37°14'W. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman 

 Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig 

 Daisy, who named it for Adm. Thaddeus Bellings- 

 hausen. 



BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA: marginal sea off the 

 coast of Antarctica between Alexander I Island 

 and Thurston Pen.; in about 71 °S., 85°W. Named 

 for Adm. Thaddeus Bellingshausen. Not adopted: 

 Belgica Sea, Bellinghausen Sea. 



BELLUE, CAPE : cape which forms the N. side of 

 the entrance to Marin Darbel Bay, on the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 66°20'S., 65°59'W. Disc, by 

 the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by 

 him for Admiral Bellue, Superintendent of the 

 Dockyard at Cherbourg, France. 



BELSHAM, CAPE: prominent headland about 

 7 mi. WNW. of Cape Valentine, on the N. side of 

 Elephant I., in the South Shetland Is.; in about 

 erol'S., 55°01'W. The name dates back to about 

 1822 and is well established in international usage. 



Bennet, Cape: see Bennett, Cape. 



BENNETT, CAPE: bold promontory at the NE. 

 end of Coronation I., In the South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°37'S., 45°14'W. Disc, in December 1821 on the 

 occasion of the joint cruise by Capt. George Powell, 

 a British sealer in the sloop Dove, and Capt. 

 Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer in the sloop 

 James Monroe. Named for Powell's employer. 

 Not adopted : Cape Bennet. 



BENNETT ISLETS: chain of about four islets, 

 lying at the SW. side of Liard I. in Hanusse Bay and 

 extending in a SW. direction for about 6 mi., off 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66°57'S., 67°35'W. 

 These islets were sighted and sketched from the air 

 in February 1937 by the BGLE under Rymill. They 

 were named in 1954 by the Br-APC for Arthur G. 

 Bennett, British representative on whaling in the 

 South Shetland Is. and South Orkney Is. for many 

 years between 1913 and 1927, and acting govern- 

 ment naturalist in the Falkland Is., 1924-38. 



Beresino Island: see Greenwich Island. 



BERG BAY: bay about 3 mi. wide, which lies 

 between Islands Pt. and the promontory ending 

 in Birthday Pt. in the W. part of Robertson Bay, 

 in northern Victoria Land; in about 71°27'S., 

 169°23'E. Charted and named in 1911 by the 

 Northern Party of the BrAE under Scott. 



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