GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



toria Land; in about 77°00'S., 162°41'E. Disc, by 

 the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, who referred to 

 this feature as Rendezvoux Bluff. It was re- 

 named for the ship Discovery by the BrAE under 

 Scott, 1910-13. Not adopted: Rendezvoux Bluff. 



DISCOVERY INLET: deep re-entrant extending 

 ESE. into Ross Ice Shelf for about 20 mi.; in about 

 78°20'S., 171°00'W. Disc, by the BrNAE under 

 Scott, January 26, 1902, while coasting along the 

 front of Ross Ice Shelf in the Discovery. This 

 feature was last confirmed by USN Op. Wml., 

 1947-48, though the configuration of such indenta- 

 tions is continually changing. 



Discovery Island: see Guepratte Island. 



DISCOVERY POINT: a point formed of glacial 

 moraine, marking the W. side of the entrance to 

 Moraine Fjord, South Georgia; in 54°18'S., 36°29'W. 

 The point was first surveyed by the SwedAE, 1901-4, 

 under Nordenskjold. It appears that it was named 

 by Discovery Investigations personnel in the period 

 following their surveys of 1926-31, presumably for 

 their organization or their ships, the Discovery or 

 Discovery II, which were utilized in the surveys of 

 South Georgia. 



DISCOVERY SOUND: an E.-W. trending chan- 

 nel, about 0.5 mi. wide, separating Guepratte I. 

 from the NE. side of Anvers I., in the Palmer Arch.; 

 in 64°30'S., 63°01'W. The channel was disc, by a 

 Ger. exp. under Dallmarm, 1873-74, and in 1903-5 

 was charted by the FrAE under Charcot. During 

 1927 it was explored by DI personnel on the Dis- 

 covery who applied the name. 



DISMAL ISLET: islet, about 1 mi. long and 200 

 ft. in el., which is mainly ice covered and is the 

 largest of the Faure Is., lying in Marguerite Bay 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°06'S., 

 68°50'W. The Faure Is. were disc, and first 

 charted in 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot. The 

 group was visited and surveyed in 1949 by the 

 FIDS who so named this islet for its appearance 

 of extreme desolation and lifelessness. 



DITTE, MOUNT: mountain, about 4,600 ft. in 

 el., surmounting Cape Alexandra in the SE. ex- 

 tremity of Adelaide I.; in 67°43'S., 68°37'W. Disc, 

 by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot, and named 

 by him for Alfred Ditte, noted French chemist. 

 Not adopted: Mount A. Ditte. 



DIVIDE, THE: narrow isthmus joining a small 

 peninsula to the SE. extremity of Coronation I., in 

 the South Orkney Is.; in 60°45'S., 45°10'W. 

 Charted in 1912-13 by a Nor. whaling exp. under 

 S0rlle. Named by DI personnel on the Discovery II 

 during their survey in 1933. 



DIVIDE RIDGE: series of ice-topped peaks, the 

 highest about 2,100 ft. in el., extending in a NW. 

 direction for about 3 mi. from The Divide in SE. 

 Coronation I., South Orkney Is.; in 60''44'S., 

 45°13'W. Surveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS, and 

 so named by them because of its proximity to The 

 Divide. 



DIXEY, MOUNT: mountain, about 3,500 ft. in 

 el., standing at the S. side of Riley Gl. and about 

 3.5 mi. NE. of Carse Pt., on the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 70°10'S., 68°04'W. This mountain was 

 first photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935 

 by Lincoln Ellsworth, and was mapped from these 

 photographs by W. L. G. Joerg. It was first sur- 

 veyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, and later 

 named by the members of the expedition for Neville 

 Dixey, Chairman of Lloyd's in 1934, who raised a 

 special fund at Lloyd's as a contribution towards 

 the cost of the BGLE, 1934-37. 



DIXSON ISLAND: ice-covered island about 10 

 mi. long and 5 mi. wide, rising to about 1,100 ft. 

 in el. at the W. side of the mouth of Ninnis Gl., 

 along George V Coast; in about 68°08'S., 146°45'E. 

 Disc, in November 1912 by the AAE under Maw- 

 son, who named it for Sir Hugh Dixson, a patron 

 of the expedition. 



Djdfvulson: see Devil Island. 



D. M. Little Glacier: see Kelsey Glacier. 



Doctor Rusch Glacier: see Reusch Glacier. 



DODMAN ISLAND: crescent-shaped island 

 about 4 mi. long and 1.5 mi. wide, lying in Grandi- 

 dier Chan, about 1.5 mi. W. of Jagged I. and 10 mi. 

 W. of Ferin Head, off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 65°57'S., 65°50'W. Probably first seen by the 

 FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot. Charted and 

 named by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill. 



Dodson Island: see Dodson Peninsula. 



DODSON PENINSULA: ice-covered peninsula at 

 the W. end of Filchner Ice Shelf, lying in front of 

 Orville Escarpment about 35 mi. S. of Gardner 

 Inlet, at the E. side of the base of Palmer Pen.; in 

 about 75°46'S., 62°50'W. Disc, from the air by the 

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

 son Island, in conformity with interpretation from 

 the air. Re-examination of the RARE photo- 

 graphs by Ronne revealed its peninsular nature. 

 Named for Robert H. T. Dodson, asst. geologist and 

 surveyor with the expedition. Not adopted: Dod- 

 son Island, Harry Dodson Island. 



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