GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



DOGS LEG FJORD: inlet about 8 mi. long in an 

 E.-W. direction and 2 mi. wide, lying directly E. of 

 Ridge I. and opening on Bourgeois Fjord, along the 

 W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°43'S., 66°50'W. Disc, 

 by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill, and so named 

 because of its shape. Not adopted: Dog's Leg 

 Fiord. 



DOLLEMAN ISLAND: rounded, ice-covered is- 

 land, about 13 mi. in diameter lying about 8 mi. E. 

 of Cape Boggs, off the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 70°37'S., 60°45'W. Disc, in 1940 by members of 

 East Base of the USAS. Named for Heinrich DoUe- 

 man, tractor driver for the East Base. 



Dome, The: see McLeod Hill. 



DOME NUNATAK: dome-shaped nunatak, about 

 2,800 ft. in el., protruding above Mackay Gl., about 

 4 mi. WNW. of Mt. Suess, in Victoria Land; in about 

 77°01'S., 162°29'E. Charted and named by the 

 BrAE, under Scott, 1910-13. 



DOMINION RANGE: row of rugged peaks, some 

 over 10,000 ft. in el., flanking the S. side of Mill Gl. 

 and forming the polar plateau escarpment; in 

 about 85°40'S. , 172"00'E. Disc, by the BrAE, 

 under Shackleton, in December 1908 and named for 

 the Dominion of New Zealand, which generously 

 aided the expedition. 



DONALD NUNATAK: nunatak about 1.5 mi. N. 

 of Gray Nunatak in the Seal Nunataks group, off 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°05'S., 60°08'W. 

 Donald Nunatak was charted in 1902 by the 

 SwedAE under Nordenskjold, who named it for 

 Dr. C. W. Donald, ship's doctor and naturalist on 

 the Active, one of the vessels of the Dundee whaling 

 exp., 1892-93. 



Donald Woodward Mountains: see Woodward, 

 Mount. 



Donati, Isla: see Kappa Island. 



DON PEDRO CHRISTOPHERSEN, MOUNT: 

 smoothly-rounded, gabled peak, about 12,800 ft. in 

 el., standing in the Queen Maud Range and flank- 

 ing the S. side of Axel Heiberg Gl. at the head of 

 Ross Ice Shelf; in about 85°35'S., 165°00'W. Disc, 

 in 1911 by a Nor. exp. under Amundsen, who named 

 it for one of the chief supporters of his expedition. 



DOOLETTE BAY: bay lying at the W. junction 

 of Ninnis Glacier Tongue with the land, along 

 George V. Coast; in about 67°55'S., 147°15'E. Disc, 

 in 1912 by the AAE under Mawson, who named it 

 for G. P. Doolette of Perth, a patron of the expe- 

 dition. 



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

 el., which stands at the N. side of the mouth of 

 Wright Gl. about 11 mi. WSW. of Spike Cape, in 

 Victoria Land; in about 77°22'S., 162°50'E. Disc, 

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

 Lt. Gerald S. Doorly, RN, of the Morning, relief ship 

 to the expedition. 



DORIAN BAY: cove on the NW. side of Wiencke 

 I., about 0.75 mi. ENE. of Damoy Pt., in the Palmer 

 Arch.; in 64°49'S., 63°31'W. Disc, by the FrAE, 

 1903-5, under Charcot, and named by him for 

 Monsieur Dorian, a member of the French Cham- 

 ber of Deputies. 



DORIS BAY: small bay which is next SE. of Saint 

 Andrews Bay, along the N. coast of South Georgia; 

 in 54°27'S., 36°09'W. The name dates back to 

 about 1929 and is now well established in in- 

 ternational usage. Not adopted: Little Bucht 

 [Germany] . 



DORSEY ISLAND: small, rocky island lying off 

 the W. coast of Alexander I Island in Wilkins Str.; 

 in about 69°56'S., 72°00'W. Disc, in flights over 

 the area in 1940 by members of East Base of the 

 USAS. Named for Herbert G. Dorsey, Jr., of the 

 U.S. Weather Bureau, who served as meteorologist 

 at East Base and who devised a method of predict- 

 ing with exceptional accuracy the periods in which 

 weather would be suitable for flying. 



DOT ISLET: tiny islet lying 0.5 mi. W. of Tern It. 

 in the S. part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia; 

 in 54°03'S., 37''21'W. First charted by Robert 

 Cushman Murphy in 1912-13. It was surveyed in 

 1929-30 by DI personnel, who probably named it 

 Dot Island because of its size and minute appear- 

 ance when represented on charts. The name Dot 

 Islet is approved because of the small size of the 

 feature. Not adopted: Dot Island. 



DOUBLEFINGER PEAK: peak, about 3,500 ft. in 

 el., which appears to be joined to the NE. side of 

 Mt. Marston, in Victoria Land; in about 76°54'S., 

 162°17'E. Charted and named by the BrAE, 

 1910-13, under Scott. A snow-filled cleft along 

 the SE. face of the peak separates two dark, rock 

 exposures, suggesting the origin of the name. Not 

 adopted : Double Finger Peak. 



DOUBLE ISLETS: two small rocky islets, lying 

 close E. of the tip of Zelee Glacier Tongue, about 

 0.4 mi. NNW. of Triple Its., off Adelie Coast; in 

 about 66°45'S., 141°11'E. Photographed from the 

 air by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. Charted and named 

 by the FrAE under Liotard, 1949-51. 



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