GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



named 11,700-foot mountain disc, by Byrd, and 

 retained the name Mount Helmer Hanssen for the 

 mountains so named by Amundsen. Mount Breyer 

 is named for Robert S. Breyer, West Coast rep- 

 resentative and patron of the ByrdAE, 1928-30. 

 Not adopted: Mount Helmer Hanssen (q.v.). 



Breyer, Mount: see Helmer Hanssen, Mount. 



Brialmont Bay: see Brialmont Cove; Hughes Bay. 



BRIALMONT COVE : cove in Hughes Bay, lying 

 between Cape Charles and Spring along the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 64°14'S., 61°07'W. 

 Charted in 1898 by the BelgAE under De Gerlache, 

 who named it for Lieutenant-General Brailmont, a 

 member of the Belgica Commission. Not adopted: 

 Brailmont Bay. 



BRIAN ISLAND: westernmost of the Debenham 

 Is., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°08'S., 

 67°07'W. Charted by the BGLE, 1934-37, under 

 Rymill, who named it for a son of Frank Deben- 

 ham, member of the BGLE Advisory Committee. 



BRIDGEMAN ISLAND : circular-shaped, volcanic 

 island marked by steep sides, about 2 mi. in extent 

 and about 760 ft. in el., lying about 25 mi. E. of the 

 SE. end of King George I. in the South Shetland 

 Is.; in 62°04'S., 56°40'W. Bridgeman is an old 

 established name dating back to about 1820. Not 

 adopted: Bridgeman's Island, Bridgman Island, 

 Helena Island. 



Bridgman Island: see Bridgeman Island. 



BRIESEMEISTER PEAK: peak about 2,300 ft. 

 in el., which stands about 7 mi. WNW. of Cape 

 Rymill on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 69°28'S., 

 62°45'W. This peak was photographed from the 

 air by Sir Hubert Wilkins on Dec. 20, 1928, and 

 by the USAS in 1940. It was named by the RARE 

 under Ronne, 1947-48, for William A. Briesemeis- 

 ter, chief cartographer with the American Geo- 

 graphical Soc, who by recognizing this peak on 

 two photographs taken by Wilkins established 

 their continuity, an important clue to the identity 

 and correct position of Stefansson Strait {Geo- 

 graphical Review, July 1948, pp. 477, 484). Not 

 adopted: Mount Briesemeister. 



BRIGGS POINT: point which forms the W. 

 side of the entrance to Inverleigh Hbr., on the NE. 

 coast of Anvers I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°31'S., 

 63°00'W. Charted in 1927 by DI personnel on the 

 Discovery, who named it for a member of the 

 survey party. 



BRINDLE CLIFFS: precipitous mass of ice-free 

 rock, about 2,000 ft. in el., standing about 6 mi. 

 E. of Cape Jeremy on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 



in 69'23'S., 68°33'W. First seen from the air and 

 photographed on Aug. 16, 1936 by the BGLE under 

 Rymill. Surveyed in 1948 by the FIDS who so 

 named the feature because of its color. 



BRISBANE PLATEAU: plateau, about 7 mi. long 

 and more than 3,000 ft. in el., extending from 

 Worswick Hill to Beaufoy Ridge in the central 

 part of Coronation I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°36'S., 

 45°40'W. Named by the FIDS following their sur- 

 vey of 1948-49. Matthew Brisbane, master of 

 the cutter Beaufoy, accompanied James Weddell, 

 master of the brig Jane, to the South Orkney Is. 

 in January 1823, and roughly charted the S. coast 

 of the group. 



BRISTOL ISLAND: island about 4 mi. long, 

 which lies about midway between Montagu I. and 

 Southern Thule, in the South Sandwich Is.; in 

 59°02'S., 26^31'W. Disc, by a Br. exp. under Cook 

 in 1775, and named by him for the title name 

 of the noble family of Hervey. 



BRITANNIA RANGE: range of mountains ly- 

 ing between the Cape Murray depression and 

 Barne Inlet, W. of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 80°S., 

 159°E. Disc, in 1902 by the BrNAE under Scott. 

 The name appears on the charts of the BrAE under 

 Shackleton, 1907-9. 



Broad Bay: see Breid Bay. 



BROAD VALLEY: glacier-filled valley which de- 

 scends ESE. about 10 mi. from Misty Pass on NW. 

 and Windy Gap on the extreme W. to the bay be- 

 tween View Pt. and Bald Head, on the SE. coast 

 of Louis Philippe Pen.; in 63°32'S., 57°55'W. First 

 charted and named by the FIDS in 1946. The 

 name is descriptive. 



BROCKLEHURST, MOUNT: dome-shaped 

 mountain about 4,300 ft. in el., lying about 15 

 mi. WSW. of Mt. Smith in the Prince Albert Mtns. 

 of Victoria Land; in about 76°08'S., 160°55'E. First 

 charted by the BrAE under Shackleton, 1907-9, 

 who named it for Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, asst. 

 geologist with the expedition. 



BR0DE ISLAND: small, rounded, tussock-cov- 

 ered island, about 1 mi. SW. of Green I., off the S. 

 tip of South Georgia; in 54°54'S., 36°07'W. This 

 island was first charted in 1775 by a Br. exp. 

 under Cook. It was roughly surveyed by a Ger. 

 exp., 1928-29, under Kohl-Larsen, who appears to 

 have used the name "Hauptinsel" (head island) 

 for this feature. Following their survey in 1951-52, 

 the SGS reported that the name Br0de (Nor- 

 wegian word meaning loaf) is firmly established 

 among whalers and sealers for this island. This 



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