GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



ELLSWORTH, MOUNT: culminating summit of 

 an elongated massif between Isaiah Bowman Gl. 

 and Amundsen Gl., in the Queen Maud Range; in 

 about 85°45'S., 160°15'W. Disc, by the ByrdAE 

 on the South Polar Flight of November 1929. 

 Named by Byrd for Lincoln Ellsworth, American 

 Antarctic explorer. Not adopted: Mount Lincoln 

 Ellsworth. 



ELLSWORTH HIGHLAND: that part of Ant- 

 arctica comprising a belt of high land extending 

 SSW. from the base of Palmer Pen. to the Rocke- 

 feller Plateau. Traversed by Lincoln Ellsworth on 

 an airplane flight during November-December 

 1935, and named by him at that time for his father, 

 James W. Ellsworth. Pending more definitive 

 mapping which may make it possible to draw 

 boundaries along lines of natural demarcation, the 

 E. boundary is arbitrarily placed at the base of 

 Palmer Pen. where the configuration of the coast 

 hints that such a physical boundary might ulti- 

 mately be found to lie. Not adopted: James W. 

 Ellsworth Land. 



Elsa Bay; Else Cove; Else's Hole; Elsie Harbour: 

 see Elsehul. 



ELSEHUL: bay about 0.5 mi. wide, entered W. of 

 Cape Pride, along the N. coast of South Georgia; 

 in 54°01'S., 37°59'W. The name dates back to the 

 period 1905-12, and was probably applied by Nor- 

 wegian sealers, and whalers working in the area. 

 Not adopted: Elsa Bay, Else Cove, Else's Hole, Elsie 

 Harbour. 



EMBASSY ROCK: small prominent rock, the 

 southwesternmost of the De Dion Its., situated 

 about 1 mi. SW. of Courtier Its. in Marguerite Bay, 

 off the coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°54'S., 68°45'W. 

 The De Dion Its. were first sighted and roughly 

 charted in 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot. Em- 

 bassy Rock was surveyed in 1949 by the FIDS, who 

 so named it because of its detached position in asso- 

 ciation with Emperor Islet. 



EMILY, MOUNT: peak, about 10,000 ft. in el., 

 lying about 20 mi. SE of Mt. Ward, in the Dominion 

 Range; in about 85°48'S., 172°30'E. Disc, by the 

 BrAE, 1907-9, under Shackleton, who named it for 

 his wife. Lady Emily Dorman Shackleton. 



Em Island: see Grassholm. 



EMM ROCK: conspicuous rock about 130 ft. in 

 el., marking the E. side of the approach to Collins 

 Hbr., King George I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 

 62°15'S., 58°41'W. This rock, presumably known 

 to early sealers in the area, was sketched by the 

 FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot, and charted by DI 



personnel on the Discovery II in 1935. The name 

 derives from the shape of the rock, which resembles 

 the letter M. 



EMMA ISLAND: island about 1.5 mi. long with 

 bare jagged peaks projecting through an icecap, 

 lying midway between Cape Anna and Delaite I. 

 in the SW. half of the entrance to Wilhelmina Bay, 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in about 64°32'S., 

 62°16'W. Disc, by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under De 

 Gerlache, who named it for his mother. 



Emmons, Point: see Wild, Cape. 



EMORY LAND BAY: ice-filled bay, about 15 mi. 

 wide and 15 mi. long, fed by Emory Land Gl. which 

 descends into it on both sides of Mt. McCoy, in 

 Marie Byrd Land; in about 75°30'S., 141°00'W. 

 Disc, by the USAS, 1939-41. The bay takes its 

 name from Emory Land Glacier. 



EMORY LAND GLACIER: heavily-crevassed gla- 

 cier descending into Emory Land Bay on both sides 

 of Mt. McCoy, in Marie Byrd Land; in about 

 75°35'S., 141°00'W. Named in honor of R. Adm. 

 Emory S. Land, Chairman of the United States 

 Maritime Commission. 



EMPEREUR ISLET: low rocky islet about 1 mi. 

 N. of Cape Margerie, lying immediately N. of 

 Manchot It. in the entrance to Port Martin, off 

 Adelie Coast; in 66°48'S., 141°24'E. Photographed 

 from the air by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. Charted 

 by the FrAE under Liotard, 1949-51, and so named 

 because the first emperor penguin captured by the 

 exp. was taken on this islet. 



EMPEROR ISLET: islet close NE. of the Courtier 

 Its. in the De Dion Its. group, lying in Marguerite 

 Bay off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°52'S., 

 68°43'W. It is largest of the De Dion Its., rising 

 to 150 ft. in el., and has a N.-S. trending, narrow, 

 sloping cleft which almost divides the islet in two. 

 The islets in this group were disc, and roughly 

 charted in 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot. This 

 islet was surveyed in 1948 by the FIDS and so 

 named by them because a low rock and shingle 

 isthmus at the SE. end of the islet is the winter 

 breeding site of emperor penguins. 



Emperor William Peak: see Big Ben. 



ENDERBY LAND: projecting land mass of 

 Antarctica, extending from 45°00'E. to Edward 

 VIII Bay, the mouth of which lies in about 66°50'S., 

 57°20'E. Disc, in 1831 by a Br. exp. under Biscoe, 

 who was sent out by the firm of Enderby Brothers 

 of London, organizers of early Antarctic explora- 

 tion. 



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