GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



DARNLEY, CAPE: ice-covered cape forming the 

 W. side of the entrance to MacKenzie Bay, on 

 Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 67°42'S., 69°30'E. 

 On Dec. 26, 1929 Sir Douglas Mawson, from the 

 masthead of the Discovery while in 66°57'S., 

 71°57'E., saw land miraged up on the SW. horizon. 

 On Feb. 10, 1931 he returned in the Discovery and 

 was able to approach close enough to see the head- 

 land, naming it for E. R. Darnley, Chairman of 

 the Discovery Committee of the British Colonial 

 Office from 1923 to 1933. Not adopted: Bjerko 

 Head, Bjerko Head, Bjerk0 Head, Bjerko Headland. 



DARNLEY, MOUNT: mountain about 3,600 ft. 

 in el. in the south-central portion of Bristol I., in 

 the South Sandwich Is., in 59°03'S., 26°30'W. 

 Mount Darnley was charted in 1930 by DI per- 

 sonnel on the Discovery II who named it for E. R. 

 Darnley. 



Dart, Cape: see Flying Fish, Cape. 



DART, CAPE: cape at the foot of Mt. Siple, 

 forming a prominent angle in the coast line of 

 Marie Byrd Land, at the E. side of the entrance to 

 Wrigley Gulf; in about 73°10'S., 123°00'W. Disc, 

 by the USAS, December 1940, in a flight from West 

 Base. Named after Justin W. Dart who, as an ex- 

 ecutive of the Walgreen Drug Co., of Chicago, sup- 

 ported the expedition. Not adopted: Cape Flying 

 Fish. 



DARTMOUTH POINT: point which marks the 

 N. end of the rugged promontory separating Mo- 

 raine Fjord and the E. head of Cumberland East 

 Bay, South Georgia; in 54°18'S., 36°27'W. The 

 point was charted by the SwedAE, 1901-4. Named 

 after H.M.S. Dartmouth, a vessel used in surveying 

 Cumberland Bay in 1920. 



DARWIN, MOUNT: mountain lying at the head, 

 and near the W. wall, of Beardmore Gl.; in about 

 85°00'S., 164°30'E. Disc, in December 1908 by the 

 BrAE under Shackleton, who named it for Maj. 

 Leonard Darwin, Pres. of the Royal Geographical 

 Sec, 1908-11. 



DARWIN ISLET: largest of the Danger Islets, 

 lying 12 mi. ESE. of the E. tip of Joinville I., off the 

 NE. end of Palmer Pen.; in 63°26'S., 54°38'W. 

 Disc, in 1842 by a Br. exp. under Ross, and named 

 by him for Charles Darwin, noted naturalist. Not 

 adopted: Darwin Island. 



DARWIN MOUNTAINS: mountains about 6,200 

 ft. in el. in the Britannia Range rising NW. of 

 Barne Inlet, on the W. side of Ross Ice Shelf; in 

 about 79°50'S., 157°10'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 

 1901-4, under Scott, who named them for Maj. 

 Leonard Darwin. 



DASPIT GLACIER: glacier about 3 mi. wide, 

 which flows in an ENE. direction along the S. side of 

 Mt. Shelby to the head of Trail Inlet, on the E. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°09'S., 65°43'W. Disc, 

 by members of East Base of the USAS, 1939-41. 

 It was photographed from the air in 1947 by the 

 RARE under Ronne, and charted in 1948 by the 

 FIDS. Named by Ronne for Capt. Lawrence R. 

 Daspit, USN, who assisted in obtaining Navy sup- 

 port for the Ronne expedition. 



David, Mount: see Kirkwood, Mount. 



DAVID GLACIER: glacier about 8 mi. in width 

 and of undetermined length, flowing E. into the 

 S. part of the Drygalski Ice Tongue, in Victoria 

 Land; in about 75°20'S., 162°45'E. Disc, in No- 

 vember 1908 by the Northern Party of the BrAE, 

 under the leadership of Prof. Sir T. W. Edgeworth 

 David, of Sydney Univ., for whom the feature was 

 named. 



DAVID ISLAND: ice-covered island about 10 mi. 

 long and 6 mi. wide, which is marked by prominent 

 rock exposures along its N. and E. sides, lying off 

 the mouth of Reid Gl. about 3 mi. N. of Queen Mary 

 Coast and standing above the E. portion of Shackle- 

 ton Ice Shelf; in about 66°27'S., 98°42'E. Disc, in 

 November 1912 by the Western Base party of the 

 AAE under Mawson, and named by him for Prof. 

 Sir T. W. Edgeworth David, member of the AAE 

 Advisory Committee. 



DAVID RANGE : range about 6 mi. W. of Masson 

 Range, which it parallels, in the Framnes Mtns. on 

 Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 67°52'S., 62°34'E. 

 It extends about 10 mi. in a NNE.-SSW. direction, 

 with peaks rising above 3,600 ft. in el. Disc, on 

 Feb. 14, 1931 by the BANZARE under Mawson, who 

 named it for Prof. Sir T. W. Edgeworth David. 



DAVIDSON, CAPE : cape which forms the S. tip 

 of Mackenzie Pen. and the W. side of the entrance 

 of Wilton Bay, on the W. side of Laurie I. in the 

 South Orkney Is.; in 60°46'S., 44°46'W. Charted 

 by the ScotNAE, 1902-4, under Bruce, who named it 

 for J. Davidson, first mate of the exp. ship. Scotia. 



DAVIDSON, MOUNT: highest summit, about 

 8,100 ft. in el., of the Prince Albert Mtns., lying NW. 

 of Granite Hbr. in Victoria Land; in about 76°46'S., 

 162°08'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, 

 who named it for a member of the ship's company 

 of the Morning, relief ship to the expedition. 



DA VIES BAY: bay about 5 mi. wide, between 

 Cape Kinsey and Drake Head along Oates Coast; in 

 about 69°15'S., 158°40'E. Disc, by members of the 

 Terra Nova of the BrAE, 1910-13, who explored 

 along Oates Coast under Lt. Harry L. L. Pennell, 



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