GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Castor Insel: see Castor Nunatak. 



CASTOR NUNATAK: nunatak which lies about 

 3 mi. SW. of Oceana Nunatak in the Seal Nunataks 

 group, off the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°10'S., 

 59°58'W. Disc, in December 1893 by a Nor. seal- 

 ing exp. under C. A. Larsen, who named it after 

 the Castor, a ship which combined sealing and 

 exploring activities along the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen. under Capt. Morten Pedersen in 1893-94. 

 The feature was determined to be a nunatak in 

 1902 by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold. Not 

 adopted: Castor Insel [German], Kastor Nunatak. 



CASY ISLET: islet about 0.5 mi. long, which 

 lies about 2 mi. SE. of Lafarge Rocks and 5 mi. 

 WSW. of Cape Siffrey, the N. tip of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 63°15'S., 57°29'W. Disc, and named by a Fr. 

 exp. under D'Urville, 1837-40. Not adopted: Casy 

 Rock. 



Casy Rock: see Casy Islet. 



CATHEDRAL ROCKS: series of dark, abrupt 

 cliffs interspersed by short glaciers and sur- 

 mounted by sharp peaks about 6,700 ft. in el., 

 forming the N. shoulder of the Royal Society 

 Range, in Victoria Land; in about 77°51'S., 

 162°30'E. The cliffs form a right angle which 

 extends W. and then S. for about 10 mi. along the 

 S. side of Ferrar Gl. Disc, by the BrNAE under 

 Scott, 1901-4. Named for its suggestive appear- 

 ance by Lt. Albert B. Armitage, RNR, leader of 

 the BrNAE party that explored this area. 



Catherine, Mount: see Kathleen, Mount. 



Catherine Sweeney Mountains: see Sweeney 

 Mountains. 



CAT ISLET: islet about 0.5 mi. long, which lies 

 in Grandidier Chan, about 2.5 mi. N. of Larrouy I. 

 and about 15 mi. WSW. of Cape Garcia, off the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°47'S., 65°15'W. Disc, 

 and named by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37. 

 Not adopted : Cat Island. 



CAUTION POINT: point about 4 mi. NE. of Mt. 

 Napier Birks, marking the E. end of a rocky range 

 which forms the N. wall of Crane GL, on the E. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°15'S., 62°01'W. Photo- 

 graphed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins on a 

 flight of Dec. 20, 1928. Named by the FIDS who 

 charted it in 1947. 



Cavelier de Cuverville Island: see Cuverville 

 Island. 



CAVE ROCK: rock marked by a large cavern in 

 its S. side, lying at the E. end of the Meade Is. in 

 the N. entrance to McFarlane Str., in the South 



Shetland Is.; in 62°26'S., 60°06'W. The name 

 appears to have been applied by DI personnel on 

 the Discovery II who charted the rock in 1935. 



CECIL CAVE: cave indenting the S. side of Cape 

 Ingrid, on the W. side of Peter I Island; in about 

 68°49'S., 90' 44'W. Disc, and named by a Nor. exp. 

 under Tofte in January 1927. Members of the 

 exp. rowed into the cave while attempting to land 

 on Peter I Island. Not adopted : Cecil's Cave. 



CECILY, MOUNT: peak about 10,000 ft. in el.; 

 lies about 6 mi. SE. of Mt. Emily, in the Dominion 

 Range; in about 85°52'S., 173^20'E. Disc, by the 

 BrAE, 1907-9, under Shackleton, who named it for 

 his daughter. 



Center Island: see Centre Island. 



CENTRE ISLAND: island about 4.5 mi. long and 

 2 mi. wide, which lies about 1 mi. S. of Broken I. 

 in the S. part of Square Bay, off the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 67°52'S., 66°58'W. Disc, and 

 named by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37. Not 

 adopted : Center Island. 



CENTURION GLACIER: small steep glacier 

 flowing NW. to Neny Bay between Mt. Nemesis 

 and Roman Four Promontory, on the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 68°12'S., 66°56'W. First roughly 

 surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Re- 

 surveyed in 1947 by the FIDS. The name, given 

 by FIDS, derives from association with Roman 

 Four Promontory. 



CESNEY, CAPE: ice-covered cape marking the 

 W. side of the entrance to Davis Bay, on Clarie 

 Coast; in about 65°55'S., 133°55'E. Davis Bay was 

 first sighted from a distance in January 1912 by 

 AAE personnel on the Aurora, who roughly charted 

 this coastal area. Cape Cesney was delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for A. M. 

 Cesney, masters mate on the tender Flying Fish of 

 the USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



CHABRIER ROCK: rock which lies in the E. side 

 of the entrance to Admiralty Bay, about 0.2 mi. 

 S. of Cape Vaureal, King George I., in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in 62°10'S., 58°18'W. Charted and 

 named in December 1909 by the FrAE under 

 Charcot. 



Chaco, Islote: see L^vebrua Islet. 



CHAIGNEAU PEAK: sharp peak, about 2,400 ft. 

 in el., lying immediately S. of Blanchard Ridge and 

 about 3 mi. SE. of Mt. Scott, on the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 65°12'S., 64°02'W. Probably first 

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



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