GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Charted by the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10, who 

 named it for Sehor Chaigneau, then Gov. of Pro- 

 vincia de Magallanes, Chile. 



Challenger, Passe du: see Neptunes Bellows. 



CHALMERS, MOUNT: mountain about 7,860 ft. 

 in el., which lies S. of Mt. Keltic and Mulock Inlet 

 in the Conway Range, on the W. side of Ross Ice 

 Shelf; in about 79°22'S., 159°30'E. Disc, by the 

 BrNAE under Scott, 1901-4, who named it for 

 Robert Chalmers (later Baron of Northiam) , Asst. 

 Sec. of the Treasury, 1903-7. 



CHAMBERLIN GLACIER: glacier which flows 

 NE. into Whirlwind Inlet about 4 mi. SE. of Matthes 

 Gl., on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°34'S., 

 65°31'W. Disc, by Sir Hubert Wilkins on a flight 

 of Dec. 20, 1928, and in 1940 was photographed 

 from the air by the US AS. Charted by the FIDS 

 in 1947, who named it for American glaciologist and 

 geomorphologist Thomas C. Chamberlin, educator 

 and professor of geology at the Universities of Wis- 

 consin and Chicago. 



CHANNEL GLACIER: a through glacier about 

 1.5 mi. long, which extends in an E.-W. direction 

 across the N. end of Wiencke I. immediately N. of 

 Wall Range, in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°47'S., 

 63°19'W. Disc, by the BelgAE under De Gerlache, 

 1897-99. The name appears on a chart based on a 

 1927 survey by DI personnel on the Discovery, but 

 may reflect an earlier naming. 



CHANNEL ROCK: larger of two rocks lying about 

 0.8 mi. S. of the Meade Is., in the South Shetland 

 Is.; in 62°27'S., 60°08'W. The name appears to 

 have been applied by DI personnel on the Discovery 

 II who charted this rock in 1935. 



CHANNEL ROCK: rock which lies in the NW. 

 entrance to Meek Chan, in the Argentine Is., off 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°15'S., 64°16'W. 

 First surveyed and named in 1935 by the BGLE 

 under Rymill. 



CHAOS GLACIER: channel glacier, about 2 mi. 

 wide and 4 mi. long, flowing W. from the conti- 

 nental ice overlying Ingrid Christensen Coast, and 

 terminating in a small tongue about 3 mi. SE. of 

 Browns GL, at the head of Ranvik Bay; in about 

 69°01'S., 77°55'E. Charted by Norwegian cartog- 

 raphers from aerial photographs taken in January 

 1937 by the Nor. exp. under Lars Christensen. So 

 named by John H. Roscoe, following his 1952 study 

 of USN Op. Hjp. aerial photographs taken in March 

 1947, because of the jumbled appearance of the 

 terminal glacial flowage. 



CHAPEL HILL: hill, about 500 ft. in el., forming 

 the summit of a headland about 2 mi. WSW. of 

 Church Pt., on the SE. coast of Louis Philippe Pen.; 

 in 63°41'S., 57°58'W. Charted by the FIDS in 1946, 

 who so named it because of its proximity to Church 

 Point. 



CHAPMAN GLACIER: glacier about 10 mi. long 

 and 10 mi. wide in its central part, narrowing to 

 about 3 mi. wide at its mouth, flowing W. from the 

 W. coast of Palmer Pen. to George VI Sound im- 

 mediately S. of Carse Pt.; in 70°17'S., 67°50'W. 

 First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, 

 and later named for Frederick S. Chapman, British 

 mountaineer and Arctic explorer, who in 1934 

 brought 64 dogs from West Greenland to England 

 for the use of the BGLE, 1934-37. 



CHARCOT, CAPE : rocky point at the NE. end of 

 Melba Pen., on Queen Mary Coast; in about 

 66°28'S., 98°21'E. Disc, by the AAE under Mawson, 

 1911-14, who named it for Dr. Jean B. Charcot, 

 French Antarctic explorer. 



CHARCOT BAY: bay, about 7 mi. long and wide, 

 which lies between Cape Kater and Cape Kjellman 

 along the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 63°48'S., 

 59°30'W. Disc, by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under 

 Nordenskjold, who named it for Dr. Jean B. Char- 

 cot, at that time a noted Arctic explorer preparing 

 for his first Antarctic exp., on which he planned to 

 look for Nordenskjold whose return was overdue. 



CHARCOT BAY: re-entrant about 1 mi. wide, 

 lying on the N. side of Nordenskjold Ice Tongue, 

 along the E. coast of Victoria Land; in about 

 76°07'S., 162°45'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, 

 under Scott, who named it for Dr. Jean B. Charcot. 



CHARCOT ISLAND: island about 45 mi. long and 

 wide, lying NW. of Alexander I Island from which 

 it is separated by Wilkins Str.; in about 70°15'S., 

 74°45'W. Disc, on Jan. 11, 1910 by the FrAE under 

 Charcot who, at the insistence of his crew and the 

 recommendation of Edwin S. Balch and others, 

 named it Charcot Land. He did so with the stated 

 intention of honoring his father, a famous French 

 physician. The insularity of Charcot Land was 

 proved by Sir Hubert Wilkins who flew around it 

 on Dec. 29, 1929. Not adopted: Charcot Land. 



Charcot Land: see Charcot Island. 



CHARCOT, PORT: bay, about 1.5 mi. wide, in- 

 denting the N. shore of Booth I., off the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 65°03'S., 64°00'W. Charted by 

 the FrAE under Charcot, 1903-5, who named it for 

 his father, Dr. Jean Martin Charcot, famous French 

 neurologist. Charcot established the FrAE winter 

 base at Port Charcot in 1904. 



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