GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Blenheim Rocks: see Black Rocks. 



BLIND BAY: small bay forming the.NE. ex- 

 tremity and head of Bourgeois Fjord and marking 

 the junction of Fallieres Coast and Loubet Coast, 

 along the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°31'S., 

 66""32'W. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE un- 

 der Rymill. So named by the FIDS, following a 

 1949 survey, because the bay proved a blind alley 

 to sledging parties. 



Block Mount: see Paul Bloc, Mount; William 

 Block, Mount. 



Block Bay: see Paul Block Bay. 



BLOCK MOUNTAIN: very prominent block- 

 shaped mountain, about 4,800 ft. in el., which juts 

 eastward from the Douglas Range of Alexander I 

 Island immediately S. of Transition GL; in 

 70°28'S., 68°52'W. Its N., E., and S. sides, which 

 are demarked by sharply defined corners, are 

 nearly vertical, and from its NE. corner a low spur 

 connects this mountain with Tilt Rock. Block 

 Mountain was first photographed from the air on 

 Nov. 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth, and it was 

 mapped from these photographs by W. L. G. Joerg. 

 It was roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under 

 Rymill, and resurveyed in 1949 by the FIDS. The 

 descriptive name was given by FIDS. 



BLOW-ME-DOWN BLUFF: prominent rock bluff, 

 about 6,000 ft. in el., standing at the N. flank of 

 Northeast Gl. on the W. side of Palmer Pen.; in 

 68°03'S., 66°40'W. First roughly surveyed in 1936 

 by the BGLE, and by the USAS in 1940. Resur- 

 veyed in 1946 and 1948 by the FIDS who so named 

 it because the bluff stands in the windiest part of 

 Northeast Gl., and many members of FIDS sledge 

 parties have fallen in this area in high winds. 



Bludau Mountains: (in about 73°30'S., 4°10'E.) 

 the decision of May 1947 has been VACATED, as it 

 is not possible to correlate the feature with subse- 

 quent survey work. 



BLUE GLACIER: glacier about 2 to 4 mi. wide 

 and about 20 mi. long, which flows into Bowers 

 Piedmont Gl. about 10 mi. S. of New Harbor, in 

 Victoria Land; in about 77°52'S., 164°10'E. Disc, 

 by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, who gave it this 

 name because of its clear blue ice at the time of 

 discovery. 



BLUE WHALE HARBOR: small, sheltered an- 

 chorage, entered about 1 mi. SW. of Cape Con- 

 stance, along the N. coast of South Georgia; in 

 54"04'S., 37°01'W. Charted in 1930 by DI per- 

 sonnel. The blue whale is a commercially impor- 



tant species which is widely distributed in polar 

 and subpolar waters. 



BLUNT COVE: small bay at the head of Vin- 

 cennes Bay, lying immediately W. of the steep ter- 

 minus of Bond Glacier and indenting the E. end of 

 Knox Coast; in about 67°00'S., 109°05'E. Deline- 

 ated from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

 Hjp., 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for 

 Simon F. Blunt, passed midshipman on the sloop 

 of war Vincennes of the USEE under Wilkes, 

 1838-42. 



BLYTHE BAY: bay about 17 mi. wide, which in- 

 dents for 5 mi. .the N. side of Livingston I. between 

 Cape Shirreff and WiUiams Pt., in the South Shet- 

 land Is.; in 62°29'S., 60°30'W. The name appears 

 on Powell's chart of 1822 published by Laurie, as 

 applying to a small bay on the SE. side of Desola- 

 tion I. It has since been extended to the area de- 

 scribed. Probably named after Blythe, England 

 (now Blyth) , home of William Smith who reported 

 the discovery of the South Shetland Is. in 1819. 



Blythe Bay: see Desolation Harbor. 



Boh Bartlett Glacier: see Bartlett Glacier. 



BODMAN POINT : rocky point which is situated 

 centrally on the NW. coast of Saymour I. in the 

 James Ross I. group; in 64°14'S., 56°48'W. First 

 surveyed by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold, 

 1901-4, who named it Cape Bodman after Dr. 

 Gosta Bodman, hydrographer and meteorologist 

 with the expedition. It was resurveyed by the 

 FIDS in 1952. Point is considered a more suitable 

 descriptive term for this feature than cape. Not 

 adopted: Cape Bodman. 



BODYS, MOUNT: easternmost mountain on Ade- 

 laide I.; in 67°09'S., 67°48'W. It is more than 4,000 

 ft. in el. and is ice covered except for small rock 

 exposures on the S. side. First roughly surveyed 

 in 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot. Resurveyed 

 in 1948 by the FIDS, and named by them for Sgt. 

 William S. Bodys, mechanic for the expedition's 

 Norseman airplane in 1950. 



BOECKELLA, LAKE: lake, about 400 yards long 

 and 200 yards wide, which lies on the SE. shore of 

 Hope Bay, at the NE. end of Palmer Pen.; in 

 63°24'S., 57°00'W. Disc, and named by the 

 SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nordenskjold. Boeckella 

 is a species of crustaceans found in this area. 



BOGGS, CAPE: bold, ice-covered headland 

 marking the E. end of Eielson Pen., on the E. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 70"33'S., 61°23'W. Disc, by 

 members of East Base of the USAS who charted 

 this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named 



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