GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



CANDLEMAS ISLANDS: small group of islands 

 and rocks about 23 mi. SE. of ViSokoi I., in the 

 South Sandwich Is.; centering in 57"03'S., 26°43'W. 

 Disc, on Feb. 2, 1775 by a Br. exp. under Cook. 

 So named by Cook to commemorate the day on 

 which they were discovered. 



CANICULA, MOUNT: piountain surmounted by 

 two peaks, the more easterly about 3,400 ft. in el., 

 standing about 3 mi. E. of Sirius Knoll on the 

 divide separating East Russell Gl. from West 

 Russell Gl., in the central part of Louis Philippe 

 Pen.; in 63°43'S., 58°30'W. Charted in 1946 by 

 the FIDS, and so named by them because of its 

 association with Sirius Knoll. Canicula is a 

 synonym of Sirius, the dog star. 



CANISTEO PENINSULA: peninsula about 25 

 mi. long and 18 mi. wide, projecting W. from the 

 N. end of the Hudson Mtns., along the Walgreen 

 Coast of Marie Byrd Land; in about 73°40'S., 

 101°00'W. Delineated from aerial photographs 

 taken by USN Op. Hjp. in December 1946. Named 

 by the US-ACAN for the U.S.S. Canisteo, tanker of 

 the eastern task group of the USN Op. Hjp., Task 

 Force 68, 1946-47. 



CANWE, CAPE: high bluff marking the W. end 

 of Mt. Abbott and the S. side of the terminus of 

 Campbell GL, on the E. coast of Victoria Land; 

 i^ about 74°50'S., 163°43'E. Charted and named 

 by the BrAE under Scott, 1910-13. Not adopted: 

 Cape Mossyface. 



CAP: for names beginning thus see under the 

 specific part of the name. For example, for Cap 

 Decousovte see Decousovte, Cap. {Cap is a French 

 word for "cape.") 



CAPE-PIGEON ROCKS: twin rocky promon- 

 tories about 3.5 mi. SSE. of Garnet Pt., on George 

 V Coast; in about 66°59'S., 143°47'E. Disc, in 

 1912 by the AAE under Mawson, and so named 

 by him because a large Cape pigeon rookery is 

 situated there. 



CARDINALL, MOUNT: conical mountain, about 

 2,200 ft. in el., lying close SW. of Mt. Taylor and 

 overlooking the NE. head of Duse Bay, at the NE. 

 end of Palmer Pen.; in 63°27'S., 57°10'W. Prob- 

 ably first seen by a party under J. Gunnar An- 

 dersson of the SwedAE, 1901-4. Charted in 1945 

 by the FIDS, who named it for Sir Allan Cardinall, 

 then Gov. of the Falkland Islands. 



CARDOZO COVE: northern of two coves at the 

 head of Ezcurra Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King 

 George I. in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°08'S., 

 58°36'W. Probably named by the FrAE under 



Charcot, who charted Admiralty Bay in Decem- 

 ber 1909. 



CAREY POINT: rocky point marking the W. 

 extremity of Saunders I., South Sandwich Is.; in 

 57°47'S., 26°32'W. It was named Rocky Point by 

 DI personnel following their survey in 1930, but 

 that name has been rejected because it has also 

 been used for other features in the vicinity. The 

 name Carey Point was recommended by the Br- 

 APC in 1953, and is named after Cdr. W. M. Carey, 

 RN, captain of the Discovery II at the time of the 

 survey in 1930. Not adopted: Rocky Point. 



CARL PASSAGE : narrow channel, about 0.3 mi. 

 long, which joins Elephant Lagoon to Cook Bay, 

 along the N. coast of South Georgia; in 54°04'S., 

 37°08'W. The name appears on a chart based 

 upon 1929-30 surveys by DI personnel, but may 

 reflect an earlier naming. 



Carlson Bay: see Carlsson Bay. 



CARLSON ISLAND: rocky island about 0.75 mi. 

 long and about 1,000 ft. in el., lying in Prince Gus- 

 tav Chan, about 4 mi. SE. of Pitt Pt., off the E. 

 coast of Louis Philippe Pen.; in 63°53'S., 58°16'W. 

 Disc, in 1903 by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold, 

 who named it for Wilhelm Carlson, one of the chief 

 patrons of the expedition. Not adopted: Wilh. 

 Carlson Island, Wilh. Carlsons O [Swedish]. 



CARLSSON BAY: square bay, 2.5 mi. in extent, 

 entered about 3.5 mi. NW. of Cape Foster on the 

 SW. coast of James Ross I.; in 64°24'S., 58°04'W. 

 First seen and surveyed in 1903 by the SwedAE 

 under Nordenskjold, who named it for J. Carlsson 

 of Sweden who contributed toward the cost of the 

 expedition. The bay was surveyed by the FIDS in 

 1952-53. Not adopted: Carlson Bay, J. Carlson 

 Bay, John Carlsson Bucht [German] . 



CAROLINE MIKKELSEN, MOUNT: peak about 

 800 ft. in el., standing at the head of Sandefjord 

 Ice Bay between Polar Times and Hargreaves 

 Glaciers, on Ingrid Christensen Coast; in about 

 69°44'S., 73°50'E. Disc, on Feb. 20, 1935 by a Nor. 

 whaling exp. under Capt. Klarius Mikkelsen. 

 Named by Mikkelsen for his wife who accompanied 

 him on this voyage. 



CARR, CAPE: prominent, ice-covered cape mark- 

 ing the seaward projection of the W. portion of 

 Clarie Coast; in about 65°55'S., 130°55'E. Deline- 

 ated from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

 Hjp., 1946-47. The USEE under Wilkes applied 

 the name Cape Carr to an ice cape in about 

 65°05'S., 131°30'E., after Lt. Overton Carr on the 

 USEE flagship Vincennes, who assisted Wilkes with 

 correction of the exp. survey data. Identification 



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