GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



BILLYCOCK HILL: rounded, ice-covered hill 

 which rises to about 6,000 ft. in el. and projects 

 600 ft. above the surrounding ice sheet, situated 

 4 mi. S. of the head of Northeast Gl. and the same 

 distance NE. of the head of Neny Fjord on the W. 

 side of Palmer Pen.; in 68°09'S., 66°32'W. First 

 surveyed by the USAS, 1939-41. The hill was re- 

 surveyed in 1946 by the FIDS and named by them 

 for its resemblance to a billycock hat. 



Bingham Col: see Safety Col. 



BINGHAM GLACIER: large glacier flowing 

 eastward to the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 69°22'S., 

 63°02'W., with Cape Reichelderfer as its southern 

 portal. Together with Fleming Gl., which flows 

 W., it fills a major transverse depression across 

 Palmer Pen. The point at which Bingham Glacier 

 reaches the coast was photographed by Sir Hubert 

 Wilkins in 1928 and by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935, 

 and it was mapped by the BGLE under Rymill, who 

 with E. W. Bingham sledged across the peninsula 

 a short distance S. of the transverse depression in 

 1936. It was also mapped in 1940 by the USAS. 

 Named by the US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. E. W. Bing- 

 ham, RN, of the BGLE. 



BINGLEY GLACIER: tributary glacier entering 

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

 Mt. Adams; in about 84°24'S., 167°30'E. Disc, by 

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

 by him after Bingley, England, location of the 

 Shackleton family ancestral home. 



BIRCHALL PEAKS: cluster of peaks about 2,000 

 ft. in el., lying at the NW. side of Mt. Iphigene and 

 S. of Paul Block Bay, in the Edsel Ford Ranges of 

 Marie Byrd Land; in about 76°27'S., 146°20'W. 

 Disc, in 1929 by the ByrdAE. Named by Byrd for 

 Frederick T. Birchall, member of the staff of the 

 New York Times, which published the expedition's 

 press dispatches. 



BIRD, CAPE: cape which marks the N. tip of 

 Ross I.; in 77°08'S., 165°35'E. Disc, in 1841 by a 

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

 Edward J. Bird of the exp. ship Erebus. 



BIRD, MOUNT: mountain which stands about 

 7 mi. S. of Cape Bird, the N. tip of Ross I.; in 

 77°15'S., 166°45'E. It was charted by the BrNAE 

 under Scott, 1901-4, and apparently named by 

 them after nearby Cape Bird. 



BIRD ISLAND: island, about 4 mi. long and 2 

 mi. wide, which is separated from the W. end of 

 South Georgia by Bird Sound; in 54°00'S., 38°05'W. 

 Disc, in 1775 by a Br. exp. under Cook, who so 

 named it because he saw numerous birds on the 

 island. Not adopted: Vogel Insel [German]. 



BIRD SOUND: navigable sound, about 2.5 mi. 

 long and 0.5 mi. wide, separating Bird I. from the 

 W. end of South Georgia; in 54°01'S., 38^03'W. 

 The names La Roche Strait and Bird Sound have 

 both been used on charts for this feature for many 

 years. The name Bird Sound is approved on the 

 basis of local usage at South Georgia. The feature 

 takes its name from nearby Bird Island. Not 

 adopted : La Roche Strait. 



Birks, Mount: see Napier Birks, Mount. 



BIRLEY GLACIER: glacier, at least 6 mi. long, 

 flowing W. into the NE. corner of Barilari Bay, on 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65^57'S., 64°30'W. 

 This glacier was first seen and roughly surveyed in 

 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot. It was resur- 

 veyed in 1935-36 by the BGLE under Rymill, and 

 later named for Kenneth P. Birley, who contrib- 

 uted toward the cost of the BGLE, 1934-37. 



BIRTHDAY POINT: northernmost point of a 

 bare, precipitous promontory forming the E. 

 boundary of Pressure Bay, on the N. coast of Vic- 

 toria Land; in about 71°26'S., 169°20'E. Charted 

 and named in 1911 by the Northern Party of the 

 BrAE under Scott. 



Bisco Bay: see Biscoe Bay. 



BISCOE, MOUNT: distinctive sharp black peak 

 rising to over 1,500 ft. in el., surmounting Cape 

 Ann on the coast of Enderby Land; in about 

 63°13'S., 57°17'E. Photographed from the air on 

 Dec. 22, 1929 by a Nor. exp. under Riiser-Larsen in 

 a flight from the Norvegia, and on Jan. 14, 

 1930 photographed from the Discovery by the 

 BANZARE under Mawson. The peak is thought 

 to be the feature disc, on March 16, 1831 and 

 named Cape Ann by a Br. exp. under Biscoe. The 

 name Cape Ann has been retained from the 

 adjoining cape; Mawson named the peak for its 

 apparent discoverer, John Biscoe, Master, RN, Ret., 

 noted British Antarctic explorer. 



BISCOE BAY: bay which indents the SW. coast 

 of Anvers I. immediately E. of Roland Bonaparte 

 Pt., in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°48'S., 63°48'W. 

 First charted by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under De 

 Gerlache, and named by him for John Biscoe, who 

 may have landed there in February 1832. Not 

 adopted : Bisco Bay. 



Biscoe Bay: see Sulzberger Bay. 



BISCOE ISLANDS: chain of islands, of which 

 the principal ones are Renaud, Rabot, Nansen, and 

 Watkins, lying parallel to the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen. and extending in a NE.-SW. direction about 

 75 miles; centering in about 66°00'S., 66°30'W. 



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