GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



by the FIDS, who named it for W. N. Croft, FIDS 

 geologist at Hope Bay in 1946-47. 



Cross, Cape: see Hinks, Cape. 



CROSSCUT POINT: series of jagged roclcs form- 

 ing the N. end of Vindication I., in the South Sand- 

 wich Is.; in 57°04'S., 26°46'W. Charted in 1930 by 

 DI personnel on the Discovery II, and so named 

 because numerous crosscutting dikes have with- 

 stood weathering and produced this irregular for- 

 mation. 



CROSS VALLEY: valley about 1.75 mi. long, in 

 a NW.-SE. direction, cutting through the NE. part 

 of Seymour I., which lies S. of the NE. end of Palm- 

 er Pen.; in 64°16'S., 56°42'W. Disc, by the 

 SwedAE under Nordenskjold, 1901-4, and so named 

 by him because of the transverse alignment of the 

 valley. Not adopted: Querthal [German]. 



CROWN PEAK: ice-covered peak, about 3,700 ft. 

 in el., topped by a conspicuous crown-shaped ice 

 formation. It forms the highest summit and the 

 S. end of Marescot Ridge and lies some 10 mi. ESE. 

 of Cape Roquemaurel, on the NW. side of Louis 

 Philippe Pen.; in 63°34'S., 58°33'W. Named by the 

 FIDS following their survey of the area in 1946. 



Crown Prince Gustav Channel: see Prince Gus- 

 tav Channel. 



Crown Prince Olaf . Land; Crown Prince Olav 

 Coast; Crown Prince Olav Land: see Prince Olav 

 Coast. 



Crown Prince Olaf Mountains; Crown Prince 

 Olav Mountains: see Prince Olav Mountains. 



Crown Princess Martha Land: see Princess Mar- 

 tha Coast. 



CROZIER, CAPE: cape which forms the E. tip 

 of Ross I.; in about 77°29'S., 169°34'E. Disc, in 

 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross, and named for Cdr. 

 Francis R. M. Crozier of the Terror, one of the two 

 ships of Ross' expedition. 



Cruchleys Island: see Powell Island. 



CRUISER ROCKS : submerged rocks about 4 mi. 

 SW. of Cape Lindsey, Elephant I., in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in about 61°12'S., 55°45'W. These 

 rocks were known to sealers as early as 1822, and 

 appeared on charts of that period by the name 

 Cruisers. Not adopted: Cruisers, Cruizer Rocks, 

 Cruizers Rocks. 



Cruisers; Cruizers Rocks: see Cruiser Rocks. 



Crulls Islands: see Cruls Islets. 



CRULS ISLETS: group of islets about 10 mi. 

 WNW. of the Argentine Is., lying off the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 65°13'S., 54°35'W. Disc, by 

 the BelgAE under De Gerlache, 1897-99, and named 

 by him for Luis Cruls, Belgian astronomer and 

 later Dir. of the Observatory at Rio de Janeiro. 

 Not adopted: Crulls Islands, Crulls Islets. 



CRUMMER, MOUNT: brownish granite moun- 

 tain about 3,000 ft. in el., lying SE. of Mt. De Ger- 

 lache on the NE. side of Larsen Gl., on the coast 

 of Victoria Land; in about 75°05'S., 162°40'E. First 

 charted and named by the BrAE under Shackleton, 

 1907-9. 



CRUTCH, THE: saddle-shaped depression on the 

 ridge about 1.5 mi. NW. of Larsen Pt., at the W. 

 side of the entrance to Cumberland Bay, South 

 Georgia; in 54°11'S., 36°32'W. The name is de- 

 scriptive. 



CRUTCH PEAK: dark, rocky peak about 900 ft. 

 in el., which lies about 1.5 mi. E. of Black Peak 

 and 2.5 mi. E. of the NW. tip of Greenwich I., in 

 the South Shetland Is.; in about 62°26'S., 59°59'W. 

 Probably named by DI personnel on the Discovery 

 II, who charted the peak in 1935. 



CRUZEN ISLAND: rocky, snow-covered island 

 about 75 mi. N. of the mouth of Emory Land Bay, 

 Marie Byrd Land; in about 74°30'S., 141°30'W. 

 Disc, in 1940 on flights from West Base of the 

 USAS, and named for Cdr. Richard H. Cruzen, USN, 

 commanding officer of the Bear and second-in- 

 command of the expedition. 



CRYSTAL HILL: ice-free hill, about 500 ft. in 

 el., forming the summit of a headland lying mid- 

 way between Bald Head and Camp Hill, on the 

 SE. side of Louis Philippe Pen.; in 63°39'S., 57°44'W. 

 So named by the FIDS because crystals were col- 

 lected at the foot of the hill in 1945 and 1946. 



Cube, The: see Kubus Mountain. 



CUFF CAPE: dark rock point which emerges 

 from the ice at the S. side of the mouth of Mackay 

 Gl., on the coast of Victoria Land; in about 76°59'S., 

 162°24'E. Disc, by the BrAE under Shackleton, 

 1907-9, and so named because it resembled "a 

 black hand stretched out from a snowy cuff." Not 

 adopted: Cape Cuff. 



CUMBERLAND BAY: bay, about 4 mi. wide at 

 its entrance between Larsen and Barff Points, 

 which separates into extensive arms that recede 

 inland about 9 mi., along the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°14'S., 36°28'W. Disc, and named 

 in 1775 by a Br. exp. under Cook. 



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