GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



BURN MURDOCH NUNATAK: nunatak which 

 lies about 2.5 mi. NNE. of Donald Nunatak in the 

 Seal Nunataks group, off the E. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 65°02'S., 60°05'W. Burn Murdoch Nuna- 

 tak was first charted by the FIDS in August 1947, 

 and named by them for W. G. Burn Murdoch. 



BURSEY, MOUNT: hnear mountain forming the 

 E. end of Hal Flood Range in Marie Byrd Land; in 

 about 76°04'S., 132°30'W. Disc, by members of the 

 US AS on aerial flights in 1940 and named for 

 Jacob Bursey, member of the ByrdAE, 1928-30, 

 and dog driver of the USAS party which sledged to 

 the W. end of Hal Flood Range in December 1940. 



BURTON ISLAND GLACIER: channel glacier 

 about 9 mi. wide and 7 mi. long, flowing N. from 

 the continental ice to Wilhelm II Coast, midway 

 between Krause Pt. and Posadowsky GL; in about 

 66°50'S., 90°25'E. Delineated from aerial photo- 

 graphs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named 

 by the US-ACAN for the U.S.S. Burton Island, one 

 of the two icebreakers of USN Op. Wml., 1947-48, 

 which assisted in establishing astronomical con- 

 trol stations along Wilhelm II, Queen Mary, Knox 

 and Budd Coasts. 



Burton Island Rock: see Bigelow Rock. 



BURTON ROCKS : small group of three rocks ly- 

 ing in Marguerite Bay, about 1 mi. S. of Neny I., 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°14'S., 

 67°02'W. Surveyed in 1947 by the FIDS and 

 named by them for the U.S.S. Burton Island, ice- 

 breaker with USN Op. Wml., which visited Mar- 

 guerite Bay in 1948 and assisted in the relief of the 

 RARE and FIDS parties on Stonington Island. 



Burr Brundage, Mount: see Brundage, Mount. 



Busen Fjord: see Husvik Harbor. 



BUSEN POINT: point which forms the SE. side 

 of the entrance to Stromness Bay, on the N. coast 

 of South Georgia; in 54°09'S., 36°33'W. The point 

 was known at a much earlier date, but the name 

 may have been first published as an existing name 

 on the charts based upon the 1927-29 survey by 

 DI personnel. It is probably named for the Busen, 

 a Norwegian whaling transport vessel which was 

 often stationed at the head of Husvik Hbr. in 

 Stromness Bay. 



Bush, Mount: see Wade, Mount. 



BUSH MOUNTAINS: group of rugged moun- 

 tains which flank the W. side of Shackleton GL, 

 standing in the Queen Maud Range near the head 

 of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 84°45'S., 179°00'W. 



Photographed at a distance by the ByrdAE on 

 several flights to the Queen Maud Range in No- 

 vember 1929, and believed to form a W. extension 

 of the Prince Olav Mtns. These mountains were 

 further defined from aerial photographs taken by 

 the USAS, 1939-41, and USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, 

 and found to lie separate from the Prince Olav 

 Mtns. on the E. and the Commonwealth Range on 

 the W. Named by the US-SCAN for James I. 

 Bush, American financier and patron of the 

 ByrdAE, 1928-30. Not adopted: Prince Olav 

 Mountains (q.v.). 



BUTLER, MOUNT: the SW. peak of the Rocke- 

 feller Mtns., lying about 1 mi. S. of Mt. Tennant on 

 Edward VII Pen. and almost submerged in the 

 icecap; in about 78°09'S., 155°44'W. Disc, on Jan. 

 27, 1929 by members of the ByrdAE on an explora- 

 tory flight over this area. Named for Raymond 

 Butler, member of the USAS party which occupied 

 the Rockefeller Mtns. seismic station during No- 

 vember and December 1940. Not adopted: Mount 

 Navy. 



BUTLER ISLAND: circular, ice-covered island 

 about 6 mi. wide and about 600 ft. in el., lying 12 

 mi. SE. of Cape Darlington, off the E. coast of Pal- 

 mer Pen.; in 72°13'S., 60°08'W. Disc, and photo- 

 graphed from the air in December 1940 by the 

 USAS. During 1947 it was photographed from the 

 air by the RARE, who in conjunction with the FIDS 

 charted it from the ground. Named by the FIDS 

 for K. S. P. Butler, FIDS commander in 1947-48. 



BUTSON RIDGE: rocky ridge with a number of 

 ice-covered summits, the highest about 4,300 ft. in 

 el., forming the N. wall of Northeast Gl. on the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68° OS'S., 66°53'W. First 

 surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Re- 

 surveyed in 1946-1948 by the FIDS and named for 

 Dr. Arthur R. C. Butson, FIDS medical officer at 

 Stonington I., who in July 1947 rescued a member 

 of the RARE from a crevasse in Northeast Glacier. 



BUTTER POINT: low point forming the S. side 

 of the entrance to New Harbor, in Victoria Land; 

 in about 77°40'S., 164°09'E. Disc, by the BrNAE 

 under Scott, 1901-4. So named by the exp. be- 

 cause the Ferrar Gl. party left a tin of butter here, 

 in anticipation of obtaining fresh seal meat at this 

 point on the return journey. 



Butter Point Piedmont: see Bowers Piedmont 

 Glacier. 



BUTTONS, THE: two islets lying 0.25 mi. NW. of 

 Galindez I. in the Argentine Is., off the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 65°15'S., 64°17'W. Charted and 

 named in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill. 



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