GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



eral ByrdAE flights to the Queen Maud Range in 

 November 1929, and named by him for Emanuel 

 Cohen of Paramount Pictures, who assisted in 

 assembling the motion-picture records of the expe- 

 dition. 



COLBECK, CAPE: prominent ice-covered cape 

 which forms the NW. extremity of Edward VII 

 Pen.; in about 77°05'S., 158°10'W. Disc, in Janu- 

 ary 1908 by the BrNAE under Scott, and named by 

 him for Lt. William Colbeck, RNR, who commanded 

 Scott's relief ship, the Morning. 



COLBECK ARCHIPELAGO: group of rocky 

 islands lying N. of the W. portion of Mac-Robert- 

 son Coast; in about 67°20'S., 61°02'E. Disc, in 

 January 1930 and charted in February 1931 by the 

 BANZARE under Mawson. Named for W. R. Col- 

 beck, second officer on the Discovery. Norwegian 

 whalers, who explored this same area in January 

 1931, named the group Thorfin Islands. Not 

 adopted : Thorfin Islands. 



COLBECK BAY: bay about 1 mi. wide, which 

 lies in the S. part of Robertson Bay, between the 

 S. end of Duke of York I. and the N. coast of 

 Victoria Land; in about 71°38'S., 170°07'E. First 

 charted in 1899 by the BrAE under C. E. Borch- 

 grevink, who named it for Lt. William Colbeck, 

 RNR, magnetic observer of the expedition. 



COLBERT RANGE: mountain range lying NW. 

 of Le May Range in the central part of Alexander I 

 Island; in about 71°10'S., 70°45'W. Disc, by the 

 RARE under Ronne, 1947-48, who named it for 

 R. Adm. Leo Otis Colbert, head of the U.S. Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey, which furnished equipment 

 for the expedition. Not adopted: Navy Range, 

 U.S. Navy Range. 



COLDBLOW COL: snow-covered col, about 1,000 

 ft. in el., situated on the W. side and near the head 

 of Laws Gl., between the S. side of Echo Mtn. and 

 a 1,600 foot peak 1.5 mi. NNW. of Cape Vik, Coro- 

 nation I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°38'S., 45°42'W. 

 Surveyed in 1950 by the FIDS. The name derives 

 from the fact that a FIDS party had their tent 

 blown down in a gale when camped on this col in 

 September 1948. 



COLEMAN, MOUNT: rounded moimtain about 

 2,800 ft. in el., standing immediately E. of Common- 

 wealth Gl. at the head of New Hbr., in Victoria 

 Land; in about 77°33'S., 163°22'E. Charted and 

 named by the BrAE under Scott, 1910-13. 



COLE PENINSULA: peninsula about 12 mi. 

 long, in an E.-W. direction, and 8 mi. wide, lying 

 between Cabinet and Mill Inlets, on the E. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 66°50'S., 64°00'W. It is largely 



ice covered except for several rocky spurs which 

 radiate from Mt. Hayes. First sighted and photo- 

 graphed from the air in 1940 by members of East 

 Base of the USAS. During 1947 it was charted by 

 the FIDS and photographed from the air by the 

 RARE under Ronne. Named by Ronne for Rep. 

 W. Sterling Cole of New York, member of the House 

 Naval Affairs Committee, which assisted in obtain- 

 ing Congressional support resulting in procure- 

 ment of a ship for u^ by the Ronne expedition. 



COLLIER, CAPE: broad ice-covered cape on the 

 E. coast of Palmer Pen., about midway between the 

 S. end of Hearst I. and Cape Boggs; in 70°10'S., 

 61°55'W. Disc, in 1940 by members of the USAS 

 who explored this coast by land and from the air 

 from the East Base. Named for Zadick Collier, 

 machinist at the East Base. 



COLLINS HARBOR: bay indenting the W. side 

 of King George I., about 2.5 mi. NNW. of Marian 

 Cove, in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°10'S., 

 58°50'W. The name appears on a chart by the 

 Scottish geologist David Ferguson, who roughly 

 charted the bay in 1913-14, but may reflect an 

 earlier naming. 



COLLINS POINT: small but prominent point 

 about 1 mi. W. of Neptunes Bellows, on the S. side 

 of Port Foster, Deception I., in the South Shet- 

 land Is.; in 63°00'S., 60°35'W. Charted by a Br. 

 exp. under Foster, 1828-31. Named by Lt. Cdr. 

 D. N. Penfold, RN, following his survey of the 

 island in 1948-49, for Capt. K. St. B. Collins, RN, 

 Superintendent of Charts in the Hydrographic 

 Dept., Admiralty. 



COLOMBO, MOUNT: mountainous projection on 

 the NE. end of the main massif of the Fosdick 

 Mtns. in the Edsel Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd 

 Land, rising to an estimated 3,000 ft. in el.; in 

 about 76°28'S., 144°44'W. Disc, by the ByrdAE 

 on the Eastern Flight of Dec. 5, 1929. Named for 

 Louis P. Colombo, a member of the Edsel Ford 

 Mountains Biological Party of the USAS which 

 visited this area in December 1940. 



COLVOCORESSES BAY: open bay about 24 mi. 

 wide and 10 mi. long, indenting the E. end of Budd 

 Coast between Fox Gl. and Cape Hammersly; in 

 about 65°55'S., 115°00'E. The bay is believed to 

 be generally ice flUed and is marked by prominent 

 tongues extending seaward from Williamson and 

 Whittle Glaciers. Delineated from aerial photo- 

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

 named by the US-ACAN for George W. Colvoco- 

 resses, midshipman on the sloop of war Vincennes 

 of the USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. Colvocoresses, 

 later promoted to Captain, USN, also published in 



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