GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



EADIE ISLAND: island about 1 mi. long, which 

 lies between Aspland and O'Brien Islands, in the 

 South Shetland Is.; in 61°31'S., 55°57'W. The 

 island was charted in February 1821 by a Russ. 

 exp. under Bellingshausen. He left it unnamed 

 but gave the name "Ostrova Tri Brata" (Three 

 Brothers Islands) for the present Aspland, Eadie 

 and O'Brien Islands. Eadie Island was named by 

 Lt. L. C. Hill, RNR, captain of the Discovery II, 

 which engaged in survey work in the area in 1936- 

 37, for the dockyard manager of the Melbourne 

 Harbour Trust of Williamstown, Australia. 



EAGLE COVE: small cove immediately W. of 

 Seal Pt. in the E. portion of Hope Bay, at the NE. 

 end of Palmer Pen.; in 63°24'S., 57°00'W. Disc. 

 by J. Gunnar Andersson's party of the SwedAE, 

 1901-4, who wintered at Hope Bay in 1903. Named 

 by the FIDS after the ship Eagle, which partici- 

 pated in the establishment of the FIDS base at 

 Hope Bay in 1945. 



EAGLE ISLAND : island about 4 mi. long and 4 

 mi. wide, with an el. of 1,800 ft. on the NE. side. 

 It is the largest island in the archipelago which 

 lies between Louis Philippe Pen. and Vega I., in 

 63°40'S., 57°29'W. Probably first seen by a party 

 under J. Gunnar Andersson of the SwedAE, 1901-4. 

 Eagle Island was charted in ,1945 by the FIDS and 

 named after the ship Eagle. 



Easson, Cape: see Little, Cape. 



EAST BALCH GLACIER: glacier, about 11 mi. 

 long, lying SW. of East Gould Gl. on Palmer Pen. 

 and flowing SE. into Mill Inlet; in 66°51'S., 

 64°45'W. This glacier together with West Balch 

 Gl., to the W., fills a transverse depression across 

 Palmer Pen. It was charted by the FIDS and 

 photographed from the air by the RARE in 1947. 

 Named by FIDS, like its counterpart, for Edwin 

 Swift Balch, American Antarctic historian. Not 

 adopted : Martin Glacier. 



EAST BAY: bay, about 0.5 mi. wide and indent- 

 ing 0.25 mi., lying east of South Bay in Prince Olav 

 Hbr., South Georgia; in 54°04'S., 37°09'W. The 

 name, which is descriptive of its position, was 

 given -by a Br. exp. under Shackleton, which 

 visited South Georgia in 1921-22. 



East Bay; East Cumberland Bay: see Cumber- 

 land East Bay. 



EAST CAPE: cape about 1 mi. E. of Cape Ben- 

 nett on the NE. coast of Coronation I., in the South 

 Orkney Is.; in 60°38'S., 45°i3'W. First explored 

 by Capt. George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Pal- 



mer in December 1821, and roughly charted during 

 1912-13 by Fetter S0rlle, Norwegian whaling cap- 

 tain. Named by DI personnel on the Discovery II 

 who charted the South Orkney Is. in 1933. It is 

 the easternmost cape on the N. coast of Coronation 

 Island. 



East Fork: see Ferrar Glacier. 



EAST GOULD GLACIER: glacier, about 13 mi. 

 long, lying W. of Aagaard Gl. and flowing SE. into 

 Mill Inlet on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 66°47'S., 64°38'W. This glacier together with West 

 Gould Gl., to the W., fills a transverse depression 

 across Palmer Pen. It was charted by the FIDS 

 and photographed from the air by the RARE in 

 1947. Named by FIDS, like its counterpart, for 

 Lt. Cdr. Rupert T. Gould, British polar historian 

 and cartographer. Not adopted: Shelby Glacier. 



EAST MELCHIOR ISLANDS: a group of small 

 ice-covered islands and rocks which lie E. of The 

 Sound in the Melchior Is., Palmer Arch.; in 

 64°19'S., 62°55'W. The islands W. of The Sound 

 are called West Melchior Islands. The name was 

 probably given by DI personnel who roughly 

 charted these islands in 1927. The islands were 

 surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 

 and 1948. 



EAST POINT: bluff forming the E. end of Deso- 

 lation I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°27'S., 

 60°2rw. Charted and named by DI personnel on 

 the Discovery II in 1935. 



EAST RUSSELL GLACIER: glacier, about 6 mi. 

 long and 3 mi. wide, which lies at the N. end of 

 Detroit Plateau and flows from Mt. Canicula east- 

 ward into Prince Gustav Channel on the E. side 

 of Louis Philippe Pen.; in 63°44'S., 58°17'W. This 

 glacier together with West Russell Glacier, which 

 flows westward into Bone Cove on the W. side of 

 Louis Philippe Pen., form a through glacier across 

 the N. part of Palmer Pen. It was first surveyed 

 in 1946 by the FIDS. Named by the Br-APC for 

 V. I. Russell, surveyor and leader of the FIDS base 

 at Hope Bay in 1946. 



EAST SKERRY: small group of islets and rocks, 

 forming the E. part of Skrap Skerries, about 2.3 

 mi. NW. of Cape George, off the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°15'S., 36°19'W. The name was 

 applied in the period 1926-30, by DI personnel who 

 charted these islets. Not' adopted: East Skrap- 

 skjar. 



East Skrapskjar: see East Skerry. 



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