GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Charcot Strait: see Gullet, The. 



Charles, Cape: see Sterneck, Cape. 



CHARLES, CAPE: point forming the N. side of 

 the entrance to Brialmont Cove, on the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 64°12'S., 61°08'W. This name, 

 appearing on early maps in this approximate loca- 

 tion, has sometimes been confused with Cape Ster- 

 neck (q.v.) at the N. side of the entrance to Hughes 

 Bay. Not adopted: Cape von Sterneck. 



CHARLES GOULD PEAK: peak standing about 

 4.2 mi. WSW. of the S. peak of Mt. Helen Washing- 

 ton, standing in the S. group of the Rockefeller 

 Mtns. on Edward VII Pen.; in about 78°07'S., 

 155°36'W. Disc, by the ByrdAE in 1929, and 

 named by Byrd for Charles ("Chips") Gould, car- 

 penter on the expedition. Not adopted: Mount 

 Gould. 



Charles J. Adams, Cape: see Adams, Cape. 



CHARLES-ROUX ISLAND: circular island about 

 2 mi. in diameter, situated close offshore at the W. 

 side of the entrance to Lallemand Fjord, off the 

 W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66°54'S., 66°58'W. 

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

 named it for Jules Charles-Roux, French oceanog- 

 rapher. Not adopted: Charles Roux Island, Roux 

 Island. 



CHARLOTTE, CAPE: cape which forms the SE. 

 side of the entrance to Royal Bay, on the N. coast 

 near the E. end of South Georgia; in 54°32'S., 

 35°53'W. Disc, in 1775 by a Br. exp. under Cook, 

 who named it for Queen Charlotte, wife of King 

 George III of Great Britain. 



CHARLOTTE BAY: bay indenting the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen. in a SE. direction for about 5 mi., 

 between Capes Murray and Reclus; in 64°23'S., 

 61°42'W. Disc, by the BelgAE under De Gerlache, 

 1897-99. Named in honor of the fiancee of Georges 

 Lecointe, executive officer, hydrographer, and 

 second-in-command of the expedition. 



CHAVANNE, CAPE: prominent bluflf, about 3,800 

 ft. in el., terminating to the S. in a rocky, T-shaped 

 ridge, situated at the E. side of the mouth of Breit- 

 fuss Gl. at the head of Mill Inlet, cm the E. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 66°59'S., 64°45'W., Charted by the 

 FIDS and photographed from the* air by the RARE 

 in 1947. Named by the FIDS for Josef Chavanne, 

 Austrian polar bibliographer. 



Chaves, He: see Chavez Island. 



CHAVEZ ISLAND: island about 2.5 mi. long and 

 about 1,800 ft. in el., which lies immediately W. of 

 the narrow peninsula between Leroux and Bigo 



Bays, off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in GS^SS'S., 

 64°33'W. Disc, and named by the FrAE, 1908-10, 

 under Charcot. Probably named for Commandant 

 Alfonso Chaves of Ponta Delgada, Azores, but the 

 spelling Chavez has become well established 

 through long usage. Not adopted: He Chaves 

 [French] 



CHEAL POINT: rocky point nearly 1 mi. ESE. 

 of Return Pt., the SW. extremity of Coronation I., 

 South Orkney Is.; in 60°39'S., 46°01'W. First sur- 

 veyed in 1933 by DI personnel. Named by the 

 Br-APC for Joseph J. Cheal of the FIDS, general 

 assistant in 1950 and leader in 1951 at the Signy 

 I. base. The point marks the W. limit of Cheal's 

 survey triangulation made in July-September 1950. 



CHEETHAM, CAPE: cape, marked by an isolated 

 pinnacle, forming the E. side of the entrance to 

 Rennick Bay, on Gates Coast; in about 70°08'S., 

 162°20'E. Disc, by the BrAE under Scott, 1910-13, 

 and named for Alfred B. Cheetham, boatswain of 

 the exp. ship Terra Nova. 



Cheetham Ice Barrier Tongue; Cheetham Glacier 

 Tongue; Cheetham Tongue: see Cheetham Ice 

 Tongue. 



CHEETHAM ICE TONGUE: glacier tongue about 

 2 mi. wide, forming the seaward extension of the 

 Davis Gl. along the coast of Victoria Land; in about 

 75°46'S., 162°55'E. First charted by the BrAE 

 under Shackleton, 1907-9, at which time it was 

 about 3 mi. long. Named by Shackleton for Alfred 

 B. Cheetham, third officer and boatswain on the 

 exp. ship Nimrod. This feature had become well 

 established by the name Cheetham Ice Tongue 

 prior to initiation of systematic application of com- 

 mon specific names to a glacier and its glacier 

 tongue. Although this feature is a glacier tongue, 

 the generic term ice tongue is retained in the name 

 to reduce ambiguity. Not adopted: Cheetham 

 Glacier Tongue, Cheetham Ice Barrier Tongue, 

 Cheetham Tongue. 



Cherry Gerrard, Mount: see Cherry-Garrard, 

 Mount. 



CHERRY-GARRARD, MOUNT: conical peak 

 about 3,200 ft. in el., rising behind Cape Barrow in 

 the Admiralty Range, in northern Victoria Land; 

 in about 71°20'S., 169°10'E. Disc, in January 

 1841, but left unnamed, by a Br. exp. under Ross. 

 Charted in 1911 by the Northern Party of the BrAE, 

 1910-13, under Scott, who nained it for Apsley 

 Cherry-Garrard, asst. zoologist with the expedition. 

 Not adopted : Mount Cherry Garrard, Mount Cherry 

 Gerrard, Conical Hill. 



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