GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



personnel who mapped South Georgia in this pe- 

 riod. Not adopted: Elefanten-Bucht [German]. 



Elephant Bay Islands: see Anvil Stacks. 



ELEPHANT FLATS: a tidal inlet in the inner, 

 southwestern corner of Borge Bay, Signy I., South 

 Orkney Is.; in 60°43'S., 45°37'W. It is enclosed by 

 an old moraine whiCh dries at low water, leaving 

 a lagoon with gently sloping mud banks. Surveyed 

 in 1947 by the FIDS. So named by the Br-APC be- 

 cause elephant seals frequent the mud fiats. 



ELEPHANT ISLAND: island about 28 mi. long 

 and about 15 mi. wide, lying in the E. part of the 

 South Shetland Is.; in about 61°10'S., 55°14'W. 

 The name dates back to at least 1821 and is now 

 established international usage. Not adopted: 

 Barrows Isle, Elefant Oya [Norwegian], Mordrins 

 Island. 



ELEPHANT LAGOON: lagoon, about 0.3 mi. 

 long, situated close S. of Cook Bay to which it is 

 connected by Carl Passage, on the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°04'S., 37°08'W. Probably named by 

 DI personnel who charted the area during the pe- 

 riod 1926-30. 



ELEPHANT POINT: point which marks the S. 

 end of the peninsula separating False and South 

 Bays, on the S. coast of Livingston I., in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in 62°43'S., 60°27'W. The name dates 

 back to at least 1930 and is now established in in- 

 ternational usage. 



Elisabeth, Mount: see Elizabeth, Mount. 



ELIZABETH, MOUNT: mountain about 10,760 

 ft. in el. in the Queen Alexandra Range, rising SW. 

 of Mt. Anne and Socks Gl. and W. of Beardmore Gl., 

 at the head of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 83°58'S., 

 168°10'E. Disc, and named by the BrAE, 1907-9, 

 under Shackleton. Not adopted: Mount Elisabeth. 



ELIZA CONE: a pierced rock about 220 ft. in el., 

 lying about 1 mi. W. of Cape McNab, the S. tip of 

 Buckle I., in the Balleny Is.; in about 66°49'S., 

 163°10'E. Located adjacent to Scott Cone, the two 

 features appear to have been named after John 

 Balleny's schooner, the Eliza Scott, in which he 

 disc, the Balleny Is. in February 1839. 



ELLEFSEN HARBOR : harbor lying at the S. end 

 of Powell I. in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°44'S., 

 45°03'W. Disc, in the course of the joint cruise 

 by Capt. George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer 

 in December 1821. The name first appears on 

 Powell's chart published in 1822. Not adopted: 

 EUessen Harbour. 



Ellessen Harbour: see Ellefsen Harbor. 



ELLIOT, MOUNT: prominent peak lying NW. of 

 the Admiralty Range and S. of Yule Bay, in north- 

 ern Victoria Land; in about 70°50'S., 166°35'E. 

 Disc, in February 1841 by a Br. exp. under.Ross, 

 who named it for R. Adm. the Hon. George Elliot, 

 commander-in-chief at the Cape of Good Hope 

 station. Not adopted : Mount Elliott. 



ELLIOTT, CAPE: ice-covered cape marking the 

 seaward extremity of Knox Coast, lying about 5 mi. 

 E. of the E. flank of Tracy Gl.; in about 65°57'S., 

 102°35'E. Delineated from aerial photographs 

 taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named by 

 the US-ACAN for J. L. Elliott, chaplain on the sloop 

 of war Vincennes of the USEE under Wilkes, 

 1838-42. 



Elliott, Mount: see Elliot, Mount. 



ELLIOTT, MOUNT: conspicuous mountain, 

 about 4,200 ft. in el., with a few small rock expo- 

 sures and ice-free clifTs on the SE. side, about 16 

 mi. NW. of Cape Sobral, on the E. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 64°25'S., 60°06'W. Charted in 1947 by 

 the FIDS and named for F. K. EUiott, leader of the 

 FIDS base at Hope Bay in 1947-48. 



ELLIOTT GLACIER: channel glacier about 3 mi. 

 wide and 3 mi. long, flowing NNE. from the conti- 

 nental ice to Budd Coast, midway between Cape 

 Hammersly and Cape Waldron; in about 66°05'S., 

 115°50'E. Delineated from aerial photographs 

 taken by USN Op Hjp., 1946-47, and named by the 

 US-ACAN for Samuel Elliott, midshipman on the 

 sloop of war Vincennes of the USEE under Wilkes, 

 1838-42. 



ELLIS FJORD: narrow inlet about 18 mi. long, 

 indenting the highest portion of the Vestfold Hills, 

 between Breidnes Pen. and a small peninsula to 

 the S., along Ingrid Christensen Coast; in about 

 68°38'S., 78°05'E. Charted as an elongated rem- 

 nant lake called "Langevatnet" by Norwegian 

 cartographers from aerial photographs taken in 

 January 1937 by the Nor. exp. under Lars Christen- 

 sen. This feature was determined to open onto 

 Prydz Bay by John H. Roscoe, following his 1952 

 study of USN Op. Hjp. aerial photographs taken 

 in March 1947, and renamed Ellis Fjord, for Edwin 

 E. Ellis, who served as aerial photographer on USN 

 Op. Hjp. flights in this area and other areas 

 visited by the western task group. Not adopted: 

 Langevatnet [Norwegian] . 



ELLSWORTH, CAPE: rocky bluff, about 950 ft. 

 in el., forming the N. end of Young I., in the Bal- 

 leny Is.; in about 66°14'S., 162°15'E. The Dis- 

 covery II, in 1936, after rescuing Lincoln Ellsworth, 

 made a running survey around the N. end of the 

 Balleny Is. on the way back to Australia. 



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