GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



ber of the discovery party, who in 1949 became 

 Dir. of the Scott Polar Inst., Cambridge. 



BERTRANP ICE PIEDMONT: prominent ice 

 piedmont which lies on the W. coast of Palmer Pen. 

 between Rymill Bay and Mikkelsen Bay. It is 

 bounded on its SE. and E. sides by Pavie Ridge and 

 on its NE. side by Martin Gl.; in 68°31'S., 67°05'W. 

 First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, 

 and resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS. Named 

 by the British Antarctic Place-names Committee 

 for Kenneth J. Bertrand, Associate Professor of 

 Geography at the Catholic University of America, 

 Washington, D. C, geomorphologist, Antarctic 

 historian, and member of the U. S. Advisory Com- 

 mittee on Antarctic Names. 



Bertrand Island: see Stanley Island. 



Berwick Glacier: see Swinford Glacier. 



BERWICK GLACIER: tributary glacier entering 

 the W. side of Beardmore Gl. immediately S. of 

 Marshall Mtns.; in about 84°45'S., 164°15'E. Origi- 

 nally named Swinford Glacier in 1908 by the BrAE 

 under Shackleton, a subsequent cartographic error 

 exchanging the positions of Swinford and Berwick 

 Glaciers on the charts of the BrAE under Scott, 

 1910-13, has caused the name Berwick to become 

 established for this glacier. Named for the Ber- 

 wick, a vessel on which Lt. Jameson B. Adams, 

 Shackleton's second-in-command, had served. 

 Swinford Glacier lies about 10 mi. NE. of Berwick 

 Glacier. Not adopted: Swinford Glacier (q.v.). 



BESNARD POINT: point which lies at the SE. 

 side of Port Lockroy, Wiencke I., and marks the E. 

 side of the entrance to Alice Creek, in the Palmer 

 Arch.; in 64°50'S., 63°30'W. Disc, by the FrAE, 

 1903-5, under Charcot, and named by him for A. 

 Besnard, seaman on the exp. ship Franqais. 



BEST, CAPE: cape which marks the W. side of 

 the entrance to Fortuna Bay, on the N. coast of 

 South Georgia; in 54°05'S., 36°49'W. The name 

 dates back to at least 1912 and is now well 

 established. 



Besvikelsens Kap: see Disappointment, Cape. 



BETA ISLAND: small islet which lies immedi- 

 ately N. of Kappa I. and close SW. of Alpha I. in 

 the Melchior Is., Palmer Arch.; in 64°19'S., 63°00'W. 

 The name Beta, derived from the second letter of 

 the Greek alphabet, was probably given by DI 

 personnel who roughly surveyed the islet in 1927. 

 The islet was surveyed by Argentine expeditions 

 in 1942, 1943 and 1948. Not adopted: Isla Rodeada 

 [Spanish] . 



BETBEDER, CAPE: cape which marks the SW. 

 end of Andersson I., lying in Antarctic Sound, off 

 the NE. tip of Palmer Pen.; in 63°37'S., 56°39'W. 

 Charted by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nordensk- 

 jold, and named by him for R. Adm. Onofre 

 Betbeder, Argentine Minister of Marine, upon 

 whose orders the Argentine Ship Uruguay was dis- 

 patched to rescue Nordenskjbld's expedition. 



BETBEDER ISLETS: group of islets and rocks 

 about 12 mi. NE. of the N. end of the Biscoc. Is. and 

 some 22 mi. W. of Cape Tuxen, off the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 65°16'S., 65°02'W. Disc, by the 

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

 for R. Adm. Onofre Betbeder. 



BETTY, MOUNT: small ridge about 1,200 ft. in 

 el., standing about 3 mi. NE. of Mt. Cohen at the 

 N. end of the foothills between Axel Heiberg and 

 Strom Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Range over- 

 looking the head of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 

 85°13'S., 164°45'W. Disc, in November 1911 by the 

 Nor. exp. under Amundsen, and named by him for 

 Betty Andersson, nurse and housekeeper in the 

 Amundsen family for many years. 



BEVIN GLACIER: glacier about 10 mi. long, 

 which flows E. from the plateau escarpment on the 

 E. side of Palmer Pen. into the NW. end of Cabinet 

 Inlet between the mouths of Attlee and Anderson 

 Glaciers; in 66°17'S., 63°47'W. During December 

 1947, it was charted by the FIDS and photographed 

 from the air by the RARE. Named by the FIDS 

 for Rt. Hon. Ernest Bevin, M.P., British Minister 

 of Labor and National Service and member of the 

 War Cabinet. 



BICKERTON, CAPE: ice-covered point lying 

 about 5 mi. ENE. of Gravenoire Rock, which marks 

 the northernmost extremity of the Adelie Coast 

 area lying eastward of Victor Bay; in about 66°20'S., 

 136°56'E. Disc, by the AAE under Mawson, 1911- 

 14, and named by him for F. H. Bickerton, engineer 

 of the exp. and leader of the Western Party which 

 sighted the cape from its farthest west camp. 



BIENVENUE, CAPE: small rocky cape, which is 

 partially ice covered, rising to about 140 ft. in el., 

 marking the E. side of the entrance to Piner Bay, 

 on Adelie Coast; in 66°43'S., 140°15'E. Photo- 

 graphed from the air by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. 

 Charted and named by the FrAE under Barre, 

 1951-52, who established an astronomical control 

 station on the cape. Bienvenue is a French word 

 meaning welcome. 



BIG BEN: massive ice-covered mountain, about 

 9,000 ft. in el., which is the central and dominating 

 feature on Heard I., and toward which the relief 

 of the island rises from all sides; in 53°06'S., 



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