GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Named for John Biscoe, leader of a Br. exp. which 

 explored the islands on Feb. 17 and 18, 1832. 



BISMARCK STRAIT: a strait which lies between 

 the S. end of Anvers and Wiencke Islands and the 

 Palmer Pen.; in about 64°55'S., 63°45'W. It was 

 explored in 1874 by a Ger. exp. under Dallmann, 

 and was named by him for the German statesman, 

 Prince Otto Bismarck. 



BJAALAND, MOUNT: one of a group of low- 

 lying peaks barely protruding through the ice of 

 the south polar plateau, rising to about 10,700 ft. 

 in el. between Mounts Hassel and Prestrud, which 

 stand about 20 mi. SW. of Thorvald Nilsen Mtns. 

 in the Queen Maud Range; in about 86°33'S., 

 162°35'W. Disc, in November 1911 by the Nor. 

 exp. under Amundsen, and named by him for Olaf 

 Bjaaland, a member of the South Pole Party. Not 

 adopted: Mount Olaf Bjaaland. 



Bjarne Aagaard Islands: see Aagaard Islands. 



Bjerko Head; Bjerko Headland: see Darnley, 

 Cape. 



BJERK0 PENINSULA: prominent peninsula on 

 Mac-Robertson Coast, forming the NW. shore of 

 MacKenzie Bay; in about 67°50'S., 69°30'E. Nor- 

 wegian whalers explored this area in January and 

 February 1931, naming the cape at the end of this 

 peninsula for gunner Reidar Bjerko of the whale 

 catcher Bouvet II, from whose deck the coast was 

 sketched January 19. Since Sir Douglas Mawson 

 probably saw this cape from a great distance as 

 early as Dec. 26, 1929, the British name of Cape 

 Darnley has been retained for the cape, while the 

 Norwegian name has been applied to the peninsula. 



BLACK, MOUNT: mountain about 9,000 ft. in el., 

 forming a distinctive landmark in its region, lying 

 at the W. side of the upper reaches of Shackleton 

 Gl. just S. of the high escarpment of the Queen 

 Maud Range; in about 85°23'S., 179°45'W. Disc. 

 by R. Adm. Byrd on flights to the Queen Maud 

 Range in November 1929, and named by him for 

 Van Lear Black, American financier and contrib- 

 utor to the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions of 1928-30 

 and 1933-35. 



Black, Mount: see Ruth Black, Mount. 



BLACKBURN, MOUNT: massive mountain 

 standing E. of Robert Scott GL, about 10 mi. S. of 

 the W. end of Watson Escarpment, in the Queen 

 Maud Range; in about 86°12'S., 146°W. Disc, by 

 and named for Quin A. Blackburn, geologist, leader 

 of the ByrdAE geological party which sledged the 

 full length of Robert Scott Gl. in December 1934. 

 Not adopted: Mount Jessie O'Keefe. 



BLACK HEAD: dark, rugged promontory about 

 200 ft. in el., separating Cook and Possession Bays, 

 on the N. coast of South Georgia; in 54°04'S., 

 37°07'W. Named by DI personnel who charted 

 this area in 1929-30. 



BLACK HEAD: dark headland marking the S. 

 side of the entrance to Holtedahl Bay, on the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66°06'S., 65°40'W. Disc, 

 and named by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37. 



Blackhead Rock: see Blackrock Head. 



BLACK ISLAND: islet about 0.25 mi. long, 

 which lies in the Argentine Is., about 0.25 mi. SW. 

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

 65°16'S., 64°18'W. Charted and named in 1935 by 

 the BGLE under Rymill. 



BLACK ISLAND: wedge-shaped island about 13 

 mi. long and wide; lies S. of Ross I. and projects 

 through the ice shelf between Brown and White 

 Islands to about 3,600 ft. in el.; in about 78°15'S., 

 166°30'E. Disc, in 1902 by the BrNAE under Scott, 

 and so named by him because of the black volcanic 

 rocks on the island. Not adopted: Schwarze Insel 

 [German], Svart Oya [Norwegian]. 



BLACK ISLAND CHANNEL: channel about 200 

 yards wide, which lies between Black I. and Suka I. 

 in the Argentine Is., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 65°15'S., 64°17'W. Charted and named in 1935 

 by the BGLE under Rymill. 



BLACK PEAK: sharp, dark, double-pointed peak 

 about 800 ft. in el., near the NW. end of Greenwich 

 I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°27'S., 60°02'W. 

 This peak, presumably known to early sealers in the 

 area, was charted by DI personnel on the Discovery 

 II in 1935 and given this descriptive name. 



BLACK POINT: point on the W. side of Right 

 Whale Bay, about 2 mi. SSW. of Nameless Pt., on 

 the N. coast of South Georgia; in 54°02'S., 37°42'W. 

 Charted and named by DI personnel in 1930. 



BLACK POINT: point which lies 2.5 mi. SE. of 

 Cape Shirreff on the N. coast of Livingston L, in 

 the South Shetland Is.; in 62°28'S., 60°44'W. The 

 point was known to sealers as early as 1822. It was 

 charted and named in 1935 by DI personnel on the 

 Discovery II. 



BLACK REEF: reef which lies about 2 mi. W. of 

 Betbeder Its. and some 24 mi. W. of Cape Tuxen, 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°15'S., 

 65°08'W. Disc, and named by the BGLE, 1934-37, 

 under Rymill. 



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