GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



for S. W. Boggs, Geographer, Dept. of State, whose 

 poUtical and geographical studies of Antarctica 

 were used by the USAS. Not adopted: Cape 

 Eielson. 



Boggs Strait: see Stefansson Strait. 



BOHNECKE GLACIER: steep glacier about 3 mi. 

 wide, which flows SSE. to the NW. side of Violante 

 Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 72°25'S., 

 61°25'W. Disc, and photographed from the air in 

 December 1940 by members of the USAS. During 

 1947 the glacier was photographed from the air by 

 members of the RARE, under Ronne, who in con- 

 junction with the FIDS charted it from the ground. 

 Named by the FIDS for Giinther Bohnecke, Ger- 

 man oceanographer and member of the Ger. exp. 

 in the Meteor, 1925-27. 



BOLAND, MOUNT: mountain over 3,500 ft. in 

 el., about 3 mi. S. of Mt. Peary and about 4 mi. E. 

 of Lumiere Peak, on the E.-W. trending ridge that 

 borders the N. side of Trooz GL, on the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in about 65°19'S., 63°52'W. Disc, by 

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

 .lim for Monsieur Boland, seaman, and later lieu- 

 tenant on the Pourquoi-Pas? , Charcot's exp. ship. 



B0LINGEN ISLANDS: group of small islands, 

 islets and rocks, about 8 mi. across, bounded on the 

 S. by Polar arboken Glacier Tongue, lying about 5 

 mi. WSW. of Larsemann Hills, off Ingrid Christen- 

 sen Coast; in about 69°31'S., 75°10'E. Disc, and 

 roughly charted in February 1935 by the Nor. exp. 

 under Mikkelsen. B0lingen is a Norwegian word 

 meaning the herd. More fully charted by Nor- 

 wegian cartographers from aerial photographs 

 taken in January 1937 by the Nor. exp. under Lars 

 Christensen. Not adopted : Bolingen [Norwegian] . 



BOLLE, MONT: rather isolated peak rising 

 through the icecap in New Schwabenland, about 

 19 ml. N. of the edge of the polar plateau and a like 

 distance WNW. of Kubus Mtn.; in about 72°18'S., 

 6°15'E. Disc, by the GerAE under Rltscher, 1938- 

 39, and named for Herbert BoUe, aviation super- 

 visor of the expedition. 



BONAPARTE, MOUNT: northernmost of three 

 summits lying about 45 ml. Inland from the W. side 

 of Ross Ice Shelf, In the Queen Alexandra Range, 

 and about 18 ml. SSE. of Mt. Markham; in about 

 83°14'S., 161°30'E. Disc, by the BrAE, 1907-9, 

 under Shackleton, and named by him for Prince 

 Roland Bonaparte, Pres. of the Geographical Soc. 

 of Paris. 



Bonaparte Point: see Roland Bonaparte Point. 



BOND GLACIER: steep glacier, about 10 mi. 

 wide and of undetermined length, flowing NW. 

 from the continental ice at the junction of Knox 

 and Budd Coasts and terminating abruptly at the 

 head of Vincenes Bay between Hatch Its. and 

 Blunt Cove; in about 67°05'S., 109°20'E. Deline- 

 ated from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

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

 Capt. Charles A. Bond, USN, commander of the 

 western task group of USN Op. Hjp., Task Force 

 68, 1946-47. 



BON DOCTEUR NUNATAK: small coastal nuna- 

 tak, about 85 ft. in el., standing at the W. side 

 of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue, about 0.5 mi. SSE. 

 of Petrel I. in the Geologic Arch., on Adelie Coast; 

 in 65°40'S., 140°01'E. Photographed from the air 

 by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. Charted by the FrAE 

 under Marret, 1952-53, and named for Dr. Jean 

 Cendron, medical officer and biologist with the 

 FrAE under Barre, 1951-52. 



BONE COVE: semi-circular cove about 2 ml. 

 wide, situated immediately S. of Young Pt. at the 

 terminus of West Russell Gl., along the NW. side 

 of Louis Philippe Pen.; in 63°38'S., 58°53'W. The 

 FIDS charted the cove in 1948 and named it for 

 Thomas M. Bone, midshipman on the Brig. Wil- 

 liams, which made explorations in the South Shet- 

 land Is. and Bransfield Str. in 1820. 



BONGRAIN, CAPE: cape which forms the S. 

 side of the entrance to Dalgliesh Bay on the SW. 

 side of Pourquol Pas I., off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 67°44'S., 67°47'W. First surveyed in 1936 

 by the BGLE under RymlU. Resurveyed in 1948 

 by the FIDS, who named the cape for Maurice Bon- 

 grain, surveyor and First Officer of the Pourquoi- 

 Pas?, ship of the FrAE, 1908-10, who was respon- 

 sible for the first surveys of this area. 



BONGRAIN ICE PIEDMONT: large Ice pied- 

 mont, about 60 mi. long in a NE.-SW. direction, 

 and at least 17 mi. wide in its widest part, occupy- 

 ing the NW. coastal area of Alexander I Island; 

 centering near 69°10'S., 72°05'W. First seen from 

 a distance and roughly surveyed by the FrAE, 

 1908-10, under Charcot. It was photographed 

 from the air by the BGLE during a flight on Aug. 

 15, 1936, and roughly mapped from these photo- 

 graphs. Named by the BR-APC in 1954 for Mau- 

 rice Bongrain, surveyor of the FrAE, 1908-10, who 

 was responsible for the first map of this coast. 



BOOMERANG GLACIER: tributary glacier 

 which flows S. from the slopes of Mt. Dickason to 

 join Campbell Gl., in Victoria Land; in about 

 74°41'S., 163°52'E. Disc, by the BrAE under Scott, 

 1910-13, who so named it because of its shape. 



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