GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



DULLER, CAPE: rugged cape forming the W. 

 side of the entrance to the Bay of Isles, along the 

 N. coast of South Georgia; in 53°59'S., 37°22'W. 

 Disc, and named in 1775 by a Br. exp. under Cook. 



Duller Bay: see Sitka Bay. 



BULL NUNATAK: nunatak which lies about 3 

 mi. W. of Bruce Nunatak in the Seal Nunataks 

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

 60°26'W. Bull Nunatak was first charted in 1902 

 by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold, who named it 

 for H. J. Bull, leader with Capt. Leonard Kristensen 

 of a Nor. exp. to the Antarctic, 1894-95. 



BULS BAY: bay about 3 mi. wide, which indents 

 the E. side of Brabant I. just N. of Cape D'Ursel, in 

 the Palmer Arch.; in 64°19'S., 62°08'W. Disc, by 

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

 by him for a supporter of the expedition. 



BUMSTEAD, MOUNT: mountain about 10,500 

 ft. in el., of the Grosvenor Range, standing SW. of 

 the head of Shackleton Gl., at the edge of the south 

 polar plateau in the Queen Maud Range; in about 

 85°55'S., 177°10'W. Disc, by R. Adm. Byrd on the 

 ByrdAE flight to the South Pole in November 1929 

 and named by him for Albert H. Bumstead, chief 

 cartographer of the National Geographic Soc. at 

 that time, and inventor of the sun compass, a de- 

 vice utilizing shadows of the sun to determine di- 

 rections in areas where magnetic compasses are 

 unreliable. 



Bundemann-Kette: see Bundermann Range. 



BUNDERMANN RANGE: range of mountains 

 projecting through the icecap on the New 

 Schwabenland piedmont as a northward extension 

 en echelon of the Mayr Range. From a maximum 

 summit el. of about 7,500 ft. in about 72°00'S., 

 3°30'E., the range extends NNW. in a gentle arc 

 for approximately 15 mi. to about 71°50'S., 3°10'E. 

 Disc, by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and 

 named for Max Bundermann, aerial photographer 

 on the Passat, one of the flying boats used by the 

 expedition. Not adopted: Bundemann-Kette 

 [German] . 



BUNGER HILLS: group of moderately low, 

 rounded hills, overlain by mor^iinic drift and 

 notably ice free in the summer months, which ex- 

 tends W. from the W. end of Knox Coast; in about 

 66°18'S., 100°45'E. This group is marked by nu- 

 merous meltwater ponds and is bisected by a nar- 

 row, sinuous inlet which extends in an E.-W. di- 

 rection between Edisto Chan, on the W., which in 

 this latitude is filled by Edisto Ice Tongue, and the 

 continental ice overlying Knox Coast on the E. 



Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN 

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

 Lt. Cdr. David E. Bunger, USN, plane commander 

 of one of the three USN Op. Hjp. aircraft which 

 engaged in photographic missions along most of 

 the coastal area between 14°E. and 164°E. Bunger 

 and members of his crew landed their airplane on 

 the unfrozen E.-W. inlet bisecting the area while 

 on a photographic mission along Knox Coast in 

 February 1947. Not adopted: Bunger Lakes, Bun- 

 ger Oasis, Bunger's Oasis. 



Bunger Lakes; Bunger Oasis: see Bunger Hills. 



BURD, CAPE: low rock cliff forming the SW. end 

 of the Tabarin Pen., at the NE. tip of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 63°39'S., 57°09'W. Charted by the FIDS in 



1946 and named for Oliver Burd, FIDS meteorolo- 

 gist who lost his life when the base hut at Hope 

 Bay burned in November 1948. 



BURDEN PASSAGE: passage which separates 

 D'Urville I. from Bransfield I., off the NE. end of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 63°10'S., 56°32'W. Charted in 



1947 by the FIDS, who named it for Eugene Bur- 

 den, who, as master of the Trepassey, first navi- 

 gated the passage. 



Burdick Channel: see Pendleton Strait. 



BURNET COVE: cove about 0.5 mi. SW. of Mai 

 Pt., on the E. side of Maiviken in Cumberland Bay, 

 South Georgia; in 54°14'S., 36°30'W. Roughly 

 surveyed by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nord- 

 enskjold. It was resurveyed in 1929 by DI per- 

 sonnel, and in 1951 by the FIDS. The name Bur- 

 net, given by the Br-APC, is the English name of 

 a plant (genus Acaena) which is common in this 

 vicinity. 



BURNHAM, MOUNT: mountain of the Clark 

 Mtns. in the E. part of the Edsel Ford Ranges of 

 Marie Byrd Land; in about 77°16'S., 141°57'W. 

 Disc, on aerial flights from West Base of the USAS 

 in 1940. Named by the USAS for Guy Burnham, 

 Cartographer in the School of Geography of Clark 

 University. 



BURN MURDOCH, CAPE : cape which forms the 

 SE. tip of Mossman Pen. on the S. coast of Laurie 

 I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°48'S., 44°41'W. 

 Charted by the ScotNAE under Bruce, 1902-4, who 

 named it for W. G. Burn Murdoch, Scottish artist 

 on the Balaena, one of the Dundee whaling ships 

 in the Antarctic in 1892-93, and a supporter of 

 Bruce's expedition. Not adopted: Cape Burn 

 Murdock. 



Burn Murdock, Cape: see Burn Murdoch, Cape. 



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