GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



73°3rE. The name was applied by American 

 sealers at Heard I. following their initiation of seal- 

 ing there in 1855. The name was found to be 

 already in common use when the Br. exp. under 

 Nares visited the island in the Challenger in 1874 

 and made a survey of its salient features. The 

 mountain was surveyed by the ANARE in 1948. 

 Not adopted: Big Ben Peak, Emperor William Peak. 



BIGELOW ROCK: low, ice-covered rock about 

 150 ft. long, with numerous rock exposures close 

 above sea level, lying immediately W. of Shackleton 

 Ice Shelf about 23 mi. NE. of Junction Corner, 

 Queen Mary Coast; in about 66°09'S., 95°26'E. 

 Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN 

 Op. Hjp., 1946-47. An astronomical control sta- 

 tion was established on the rock by USN Op. Wml., 

 1947-48. Named by the US-ACAN for Tech. Sgt. 

 George H. Bigelow, USMC, tractor driver-mechanic 

 with USN Op. Hjp. and USN Op. Wml. Not 

 adopted: Burton Island Rock. 



BIGO, MOUNT: mountain about 5,300 ft. in el., 

 which stands at the SW. side of Mt. Perchot at the 

 head of Bigo Bay, on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 65°47'S., 64°17'W. Disc, by the FrAE, 1908-10, 

 under Charcot, and named by him, probably for 

 Robert Bigo of Calais, France, a member of the 

 Lique Maritime Frangaise. 



BIGO BAY: bay about 5 mi. wide, which indents 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen. for 7 mi. between 

 Cape Garcia and the peninsula surmounted by 

 Magnier Peaks; in 65°43'S., 64°30'W. The FrAE 

 under Charcot, 1908-10, first sighted this bay but 

 charted it as the southern part of Leroux Bay. 

 The BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37, determined that 

 the peninsula surmounted by Magnier Peaks sepa- 

 rates this bay from Leroux Bay. Named by Rymill 

 after Mt. Bigo, a mountain at the head of the bay. 



BIGOURDAN FJORD : a sound about 14 mi. long, 

 in an ENE.-WSW. direction, and averaging 2 mi. 

 wide, lying between the N. side of Pourquoi Pas I. 

 and the coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°33'S., 67°20'W. 

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

 named by him for Guillaume Bigourdan, noted 

 French astronomer. It was roughly surveyed by 

 the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill, and resurveyed 

 by the FIDS, 1948-50. 



BIG RAZORBACK ISLAND: southeasternmost 

 of the Dellbridge Is., lying in Erebus Bay off the 

 W. side of Ross I.; in about 77°41'S., 166°29'E. 

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

 Scott. The name is descriptive. Not adopted: 

 Large Razorback Island. 



Bikjebugten: see Hound Bay. 



BILLBOARD, THE : a massive granitic monolith, 

 about 2,400 ft. in el., with vertical faces rising more 

 than 1,000 ft. above the continental ice, standing 

 just S. of Mt. Rea and forming a distinctive land- 

 mark in this part of the Edsel Ford Ranges of Marie 

 Byrd Land; in about 77°03'S., 145°35'W. Disc, in 

 November 1934 by the ByrdAE sledge party under 

 Paul Siple, and so named because of its form and 

 appearance. 



BILLIE PEAK: peak about 2,400 ft. in el., which 

 rises about 1.5 mi. ENE. of Bay Pt. on the SE. coast 

 of Anvers L, in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°45'S., 

 63°23'W. Disc, by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under 

 De Gerlache. The name appears on a chart based 

 on a 1927 DI survey, but may reflect on earlier 

 naming. 



BILLIE ROCKS: group of rocks 0.1 mi. NE. of 

 Drying Pt., lying in Borge Bay along the E. side 

 of Signy I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°43'S., 

 45°36'W. The name Billie Rock, for the eastern- 

 most rock of the group, appeared on a chart based 

 upon a 1927 sketch survey of Borge Bay by DI per- 

 sonnel on the Discovery. The name has since been 

 extended to include the entire group. Not adopted : 

 Billie Rock. 



Billis Islet: see Bills Islet. 



BILL ROCK: rock which lies 0.3 mi. E. of the S. 

 end of Grass I., in Stromness Bay, South Georgia; 

 in 54°09'S., 36°40'W. Charted and named in 1928 

 by DI personnel. 



BILLS GULCH: the northern of two glaciers 

 flowing E. from the plateau upland into the head of 

 Trail Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 68°07'S., 65°44'W. This glacier was used by the 

 sledge party under Paul H. Knowles which trav- 

 ersed Palmer Pen. from the East Base of the USAS 

 on its way to Hilton Inlet in 1940. Named by the 

 USAS for a lead dog that died at this point. The 

 name has been approved because of its wide use on 

 maps and in reports. Not adopted: Bill's Gulch. 



BILLS ISLET: islet which lies in the harbor of 

 Port Lockroy, about 0.1 mi. NE. of Goudier It., in 

 the Palmer Arch.; in 64°50'S., 63°31'W. Disc, and 

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

 name appears on a chart based on a 1927 DI sur- 

 vey, but may reflect an earlier naming. Not 

 adopted: Billis Islet. 



BILLS POINT: point marking the S. extremity 

 of Delta I. in the Melchior Is., Palmer Arch.; in 

 64n9'S., 62"59'W. The name was probably given 

 by DI personnel who roughly charted Delta I. in 

 1927. The feature was surveyed by Argentine ex- 

 peditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948. 



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