GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



ENDRESEN ISLANDS: two small offshore 

 islands, the highest about 200 ft. in el., lying just 

 N. of the Kringholm Is., off Mac-Robertson Coast; 

 in about 67°16'S., 60°05'E. Dis. and named by DI 

 personnel on the William Scoresby in February 

 1936. 



ENGEL PEAKS: a series of aligned peaks, the 

 highest about 4,800 ft. in el., extending in a NNW.- 

 SSE. direction for about 4 mi., standing about 15 

 mi. W. of Cape Rymill on the E. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 69°31'S., 63°08'W. This feature was pho- 

 tographed from the air in 1928 by Sir Hubert 

 Wilkins, and again in 1940 by members of the 

 USAS who also sledge surveyed along this coast. 

 It was resighted by the RARE, 1947-48, under 

 Ronne, who named this feature for Bud Engel, 

 pres. of the Albert Richard Division of the Oster- 

 man Co., Milwaukee, who contributed garments 

 suitable for winter use to the expedition. 



ENGELSTAD, MOUNT: rounded summit about 

 11,000 ft. in el., rising from the edge of the polar 

 plateau at the head of Axel Heiberg Gl., in the 

 Queen Maud Range; in about 85°35'S., 167°20'W. 

 Disc, in November 1911 by a Nor. exp. under 

 Amundsen, and named by him for Capt. Ole Engel- 

 stad of the Norwegian Navy who was to be second- 

 in-command of the exp. ship Fram, but who was 

 killed prior to departure of the expedition. Ap- 

 parently an error in the position of Mount Engel- 

 stad and Mount Wilhelm Christophersen on the 

 map in Amundsen's book, Sydpolen. gave rise to 

 transposition in subsequent cartographic applica- 

 tion of these names. The US-ACAN application of 

 these names is based on an analysis of Amundsen's 

 narrative. Not adopted: Mount Ole Engelstad, 

 Mount Englestat, Mount Wilhelm Christophersen 

 (q.v.), Mount W. Christopherson. 



ENGLAND, MOUNT: conical-topped mountain, 

 about 4,700 ft. in el., situated immediately S. of 

 New Gl. in the NE. part of Gonville and Caius 

 Range, in Victoria Land; in about 77°12'S., 

 162°30'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under 

 Scott, who named it for Lt. Rupert England, RN, 

 of the Morning, relief ship to the expedition. 



Englestat, Mount: see Engelstad, Mount; Wil- 

 helm Christophersen, Mount. 



English, Mount: see Mooney, Mount. 



ENGLISH STRAIT: strait lying between Green- 

 wich and Robert Islands, in the South Shetland 

 Is.; in 62°26'S., 59°40'W. The name dates back to 

 at least 1822 and is now established international 

 usage. Not adopted: Detroit Anglais [French], 

 Spencers Straits. 



ENTEN BAY: small bay lying SW. of Jason Hbr. 

 in the W. side of Cumberland West Bay, South 

 Georgia; in 54°13'S., 36°37'W. The name "Enten- 

 bucht" (Duck Bay) seems to have been first used 

 on a 1907 chart of Cumberland Bay by Dr. A. 

 Szielasko, physician and ornithologist on the Nor- 

 wegian whaler Fridtjof Nansen, who published an 

 account of his natural history observations made at 

 Cumberland Bay during the previous year. 



ENTRANCE POINT: point marking the S. side 

 of Neptunes Bellows, the entrance to Port Foster, 

 Deception I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 63°00'S., 

 60°33'W. Deception I. was known to sealers in the 

 area as early as 1821. The point was named by the 

 Hydrographic Dept. of the British Admiralty fol- 

 lowing a survey by Lt. Cdr. D. N. Penfold, RN, in 

 1948-49. 



EOSIN HILL: hill, about 300 ft. in el., rising 0.5 

 mi. SE. of Dartmouth Pt. in Cumberland East 

 Bay, South Georgia; in 54°19'S., 36°26'W. Roughly 

 surveyed by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under Norden- 

 skjold. Named by the FIDS following their sketch 

 survey in 1951. The name is one of a group in the 

 vicinity of Dartmouth Pt., derived from the chemi- 

 cal stains used in the preparation for histological 

 examination of biological material collected there 

 by FIDS. 



EPHRAIM, MOUNT: high bluff at the S. end of 

 Greenwich I., overlooking the S. entrance to 

 McFarlane Str., in the South Shetland Is.; in 

 62°34°S., 59°42'W. The name has been in use 

 since at least 1930 and is now established in inter- 

 national usage. 



Epsilon, Isla: see Epsilon Island. 



EPSILON ISLAND: small islet lying between 

 Alpha I and the S. extremity of Lambda I. in the 

 Melchior Is., Palmer Arch.; in 64°19'S., 63°00'W. 

 The islet was roughly surveyed by DI personnel in 

 1927. The name, derived from the fifth letter of 

 the Greek alphabet, appears to have been first 

 used on a 1946 Argentine govt, chart following sur- 

 veys of the Melchior Is. by Arg. expeditions in 1942 

 and 1943. Not adopted: Isla Epsilon [Spanish]. 



EREBUS, MOUNT: an active volcano about 

 13,200 ft. in el., which forms the summit of Ross I. 

 at the SW. corner of Ross Sea; in about 77°35'S., 

 167°10'E. Disc, in 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross, 

 who named it for his ship, the Erebus. 



EREBUS AND TERROR GULF: gulf on the SE. 

 side of the NE. tip of Palmer Pen., bordered on the 

 NE. by the Joinville I. group and on the SW. by the 

 James Ross I. group; in about 63°50'S., 56°40'W. 

 Named by a Br. exp. under Ross for the exp. ships 



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