GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Land; in about 77°01'S., 162°26'E. Charted and 

 named by the BrAE 1910-13, under Scott. Not 

 adopted : Devil's Punch Bowl, Punch Bowl. 



DEVILS RIDGE: rocky, siclsle-shaped ridge, 

 about 800 ft. in el., extending from the S. end of 

 The Flatiron and forming the N. wall of New Gl., 

 situated close W. of Granite Hbr. in Victoria Land; 

 in about 77°01'S., 162°25'E. Charted and named 

 by the BrAE, 1910-13, under Scott. Not adopted: 

 Devil's Ridge. 



DEVILS THUMB: rocky knob, about 800 ft. in 

 el., marking the central part of Devils Ridge, situ- 

 ated on the N. side of New Gl. close W. of Granite 

 Hbr., in Victoria Land; in about 77°01'S., 162°25'E. 

 Charted and named by the BrAE, 1910-13, under 

 Scott. Not adopted: Devil's Thumb. 



DEWDROP GLACIER: small hanging glacier, 

 discharging into the head of Devils Punchbowl 

 between The Flatiron and Devils Ridge, at the SW. 

 side of Granite Hbr., in Victoria Land; in about 

 77°01'S., 162°24'E. Charted and named by the 

 BrAE, 1910-13, under Scott. 



DIAZ COVE: cove about 11 mi. NW. of Cape 

 Disappointment, near the E. end of the S. coast of 

 South Georgia; in 54°45'S., 36°19'W. This cove 

 was known to early sealers as shown by the 

 remains of a sealing vessel found there. It was 

 rediscovered in 1929 by Captain Johannesen and 

 named for his ship Diaz. Not adopted: Sealer 

 Cove. 



DIBBLE GLACIER: prominent channel glacier 

 about 7 mi. wide and 35 mi. long, flowing NNE. 

 from the continental ice close W. of a broad up- 

 land rise in 66°20'S., and terminating in a promi- 

 nent tongue at the E. side of Davis Bay, on Clarie 

 Coast; in about 66°00'S., 134°50'E. Delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for Jonas 

 Dibble, ships carpenter on the sloop of war Pea- 

 cock, and for the unsung crew members of the 

 USEE squadron under Wilkes, 1838-42. Dibble is 

 credited with leaving his sick bed and working 24 

 hours without relief with the other carpenters to 

 repair a broken rudder on the Peacock when the 

 ship was partially crushed in an ice bay in 151°19'E. 

 and ""forced to retire northward. 



DIBBLE GLAClEft TONGUE : prominent glacier 

 tongue about 4 mi. wide and 6 mi. long, extending 

 NNW. from Dibble Gl., close E. of Davis Bay, along 

 Clarie Coast; in about 65°50'S., 134°45'E. Deline- 

 ated from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

 Hjp., 1946-47, and nametj by the US-ACAN for 

 Jonas Dibble and the unsung crew members of the 

 USEE squadron under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



Dibdins Island: see Powell Island. 



DICKASON, MOUNT: mountain about 7,000 ft. 

 in el., lying WSW. of Mt. Melbourne at the head 

 of Boomerang Gl., in Victoria Land; in about 

 74°28'S., 163°40'E. First charted by the BrAE, 

 1910-13, under Scott, and named for Seaman 

 Harry Dickason, RN, who was with the expedition. 



Dion Islets: see De Dion Islets. 



DISAPPOINTMENT, CAPE: cape which forms 

 the S. extremity of South Georgia; in 54°53'S., 

 36°07'W. First charted and so named in 1775 by 

 a Br. exp. under Cook, who upon reaching this 

 position was greatly disappointed in realizing that 

 South Georgia was an island rather than a conti- 

 nent. 



DISAPPOINTMENT, CAPE: cape about midway 

 along the W. side of Powell I., in the South Orkney 

 Is.; in 60°42'S., 45°05'W. The name was originally 

 applied to the S. end of Powell I. by Capt. George 

 Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer in 1821, prob- 

 ably reflecting their reluctance to terminate their 

 eastward cruise, necessitated by exhausted provi- 

 sions and unfavorable winds. In recent years- the 

 name has been consistently used for the cape on 

 the W. side of the island. 



DISAPPOINTMENT, CAPE: cape which marks 

 the tip of an ice-covered peninsula which extends 

 about 9 mi. from the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 65°33'S., 61°45'W. Disc, in 1902 by the SwedAE, 

 under Nordenskjold, and so named by him because 

 he encountered many difficult crevasses in ap- 

 proaching the cape. It was resighted and charted 

 by the FIDS in 1947. Not adopted: Besvikelsens 

 Kap [Swedish]. 



Discovery, Cape: see Decouverte, Cape. 



DISCOVERY, MOUNT: conspicuous, isolated 

 volcanic cone about 9,100 ft. in el., lying at the 

 head of McMurdo Sound and SE. of the Koettlitz 

 Gl., overlooking the NW. portion of the Ross Ice 

 Shelf; in about 78°20'S., 165°00'E. Disc, by the 

 BrNAE, 1901-4 under Scott, and named for the 

 exp. ship Discovery. 



DISCOVERY BAY: bay about 4 mi. long and 

 wide, indenting the NW. coast of Greenwich I., in 

 the South Shetland Is.; in 62°28'S., 59°43'W. This 

 bay has been known to sealers in the area since 

 about 1822. It was charted and named during 

 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. 



DISCOVERY BLUFF: conspicuous headland, 

 about 1,600 ft. in el., forming the W. side of the 

 entrance to Avalanche Bay in Granite Hbr., Vic- 



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