GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



whaling exp. under S0rlle. They were recharted 

 in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and 

 named for Dr. William S. Bruce, leader of the 

 ScotNAE, 1902-4. 



BRUCE NUNATAK: nunatak which lies 2 mi. W. 

 of Donald Nunatak in the Seal Nunataks group, 

 off the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°05'S., 

 60°15'W. Bruce Nunatak was first charted in 

 1902 by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold, who 

 named it for Dr. William S. Bruce, leader of the 

 ScotNAE, 1902-4. 



BRUCE PLATEAU: ice-covered plateau, at least 

 40 mi. long and about 6,000 ft. in el., standing be- 

 tween Graham Coast and Foyn Coast on Palmer 

 Pen.; in about 66°15'S., 64°30'W. Its W. escarp- 

 ment extends NE. from West Gould Gl. at least as 

 far as 66°S., but its N. and E. limits are still un- 

 known. The first sighting of this plateau is not 

 ascertained, but it was presumably seen in January 

 1909 by members of the FrAE under Charcot from 

 their position in Pendleton Strait. The S. and W. 

 parts of this feature were roughly surveyed in 

 1946-47 by the FIDS. It was named by them for 

 William S. Bruce, Scottish polar explorer and leader 

 of the ScotNAE, 1902-4. 



BRUGMANN MOUNTAINS: mountains, prob- 

 ably about 2,000 ft. in el., which are steep and 

 rugged on the E. slopes, but are icecapped and 

 descend gently toward the W., extending in a 

 NNE.-SSW. arc along the E. side of Liege I., in the 

 Palmer Arch.; in about 64°03'S., 61°49'W. Disc, 

 by the BelgAE under De Gerlache, 1897-99, and 

 named by him for Georges Brugmann, a patron 

 of the expedition. 



BRUNDAGE, MOUNT: mountain on the Joerg 

 Plateau, in about 75°40'S., 65°00'W. Disc, by the 

 RARE under Ronne, 1947-48, who named it for 

 Burr Brundage, U. S. Dept. of State, who assisted 

 in making arrangements for the expedition. Not 

 adopted: Mount Burr Brundage. 



BRUNONIA GLACIER: glacier which flows E. to 

 the head of Sunset Fjord in the Bay of Isles, on the 

 N. coast of South Georgia; in 54°04'S., 37°29'W. 

 Brunonia Glacier was charted in 1912-13 by Rob- 

 ert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard 

 the brig Daisy, who named it for his alma mater 

 Brown University. 



Brun oya: see Brown Island. 



BRUNS MOUNTAINS : group of mountains pro- 

 jecting through the icecap at the N. margin of the 

 New Schwabenland piedmont; in about 72° OS'S., 

 0°40'E. Disc, by the GerAE under Ritscher, 

 1938-39, and named for Herbert Bruns, electrical 

 engineer on the expedition. 



BRUNVOLL GLACIER: broad glacier flowing N. 

 to Mac-Robertson Coast, between Murray Mono- 

 lith and Torlyn Mtn. on the E. and Scullin Mono- 

 lith and Mikkelsen Peak on the W.; in about 

 67°48'S., 66°18'E. The name was suggested by 

 Bjarne Aagaard for the brothers Arnold and 

 Saebj0rn BrunvoU, Norwegian whaling captains 

 who explored along this coast in the Seksern in 

 January 1931. 



BRUTUS ISLAND: small island lying near the 

 center of Prince Olav Hbr. on the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°04'S., 37°09'W. The descriptive 

 name Saddle Island was probably given for this 

 feature by a Br. exp. under Shackleton, 1921-22. 

 This same name is used elsewhere in the Antarctic. 

 To avoid confusion of these names, the Br-APC 

 recommended that a new name be approved for 

 this feature. The name Brutus Island, after the 

 hulk Brutus, which was towed across with coal 

 from South Africa by two small catchers, and has 

 for many years been moored alongside the whaling 

 station in Prince Olav Hbr., was proposed by Sir 

 Harold Salvesen. Not adopted: Saddle Island. 



BRYANT, CAPE: high, snow-covered, dome- 

 shaped cliff forming the N. side of the entrance to 

 Palmer Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 71°12'S., 60°55'W. Disc, by members of East Base 

 of the USAS in 1940. Named by the USAS for 

 Herwil M. Bryant of the Smithsonian Inst., biolo- 

 gist with the East Base. 



BRYDE ISLAND: island about 5 mi. long and 2 

 mi. wide, which lies about 2 mi. S. of Lemaire I. 

 and 4 mi. SW. of Cape Lacaze-Duthiers, off the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in about 64°52'S., 63°02'W. 

 Disc, by the BelgAE under De Gerlache, 1897-99. 

 Named for the representative of the BelgAE in 

 Norway. 



BUCENTAUR ROCK: the outermost of three 

 rocks lying close NE. of Busen Pt., at the SE. side 

 of the entrance to Stromness Bay, South Georgia; 

 in 54°09'S., 36°33'W. The name Low Rock was 

 given for this feature, probably by DI personnel 

 during their survey in 1927. This name is used 

 elsewhere in the Antarctic. To avoid confusion of 

 these names, the Br-APC has recommended that a 

 new name, Bucentaur Rock, be approved for this 

 feature. Bucentaur Rock is associated with the 

 nearby Busen Pt., and is named after a floating 

 factory which was anchored at Husvik in the early 

 years of the whaling station after 1907, and from 

 which the Husvik transport Busen and the catchers 

 Busen I, -II, -III, etc., derive their names. Not 

 adopted: Low Rock. 



Buchanan, Cape: see Valavielle, Cape. 



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