GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



FANNING, CAPE : cape which forms the N. side 

 of the entrance to Violante Inlet, on the E. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; 72°24'S., 60°39'W. Disc, by the 

 USAS in a flight from East Base on Dec. 30, 1940. 

 Named by the Committee for Edmund Fanning, 

 of Stonington, Conn., and New York City, who in 

 addition to actual Antarctic exploration in con- 

 nection with his sealing and whaling business also 

 vigorously promoted such exploration by others 

 under both private and public auspices. His book, 

 Voyages Round the World, published in 1833, has 

 long been the most authoritative work on early 

 American Antarctic exploration. 



FANNING RIDGE: prominent rock ridge, about 

 5 mi. long, paralleling the S. coast of South Georgia 

 between Aspasia Pt. and the W. side of the entrance 

 to Newark Bay; in 54°20'S., 37°02'W. The ridge 

 was named by the Br-APC, following its mapping 

 by the SGS in 1951-52, for Capt. Edmund Fanning 

 (1770-1841) of Stonington, Conn., who with the 

 Aspasia took 57,000 fur seal skins at South Georgia 

 in 1800-1, and published the earliest account of 

 sealing there. 



Fannings Harbor: see Yankee Harbor. 



FARADAY, CAPE: cape which forms the N. tip 

 of Powell I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°38'S., 

 45°04'W. Disc, by Capt. George Powell and Capt. 

 Nathaniel Palmer on the occasion of their joint 

 cruise in December 1821. The name first appears 

 on Powell's chart published in 1822. 



FAREWELL POINT: point which forms the NE. 

 end of Bird I., off the W. end of South Georgia; in 

 53°59'S., 38°02'W. The name appears to have been 

 applied by DI personnel who charted South Georgia 

 in the period 1926-30. 



FAREWELL ROCK: islet about 1.5 mi. long, 

 lying about 1 mi. W. of the SW. end of Trinity I., 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 63°48'S., 

 60°58'W. Although the origin of the name is un- 

 known, it has appeared on maps for over one hun- 

 dred years and its usage has become established 

 internationally. 



FARLEY, MOUNT: the largest of a group of 

 peaks, about 7,000 ft. in el., standing between the 

 heads of Robert Scott and Bartlett Glaciers, in the 

 Queen Maud Range; in about 86°36'S., 151°45'W. 

 Disc, in December 1934 by the ByrdAE geological 

 party under Quin Blackburn, and named at that 

 time by R. Adm. Byrd for the Hon. James M. Far- 

 ley, then Postmaster General of the United States. 



FARR BAY: ice-filled bay about 6 mi. wide, lying 

 E. of Helen Gl. along Queeij Mary Coast; in about 

 66°32'S., 94°35'E. Disc, in November 1912 by the 



Western Base Party of the AAE under Mawson. 

 In some early reports the feature was referred to 

 as Depot Bay. It was later named for Dr. C. C. 

 Farr of New Zealand, a member of the Expedition 

 Advisory Committee. Not adopted: Depot Bay. 



FARRINGTON ISLAND: islet lying about 5 mi. 

 NNE. of Couling I., the northernmost island in the 

 William Scoresby Arch., and about 2 mi. W. of Klak- 

 kane Is., off Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 67°15'S., 

 59°44'E. Disc, and named by DI personnel on the 

 William Scoresby in February 1936. 



FAULKNER ESCARPMENT : an escarpment with 

 a crest line lying about 10,000 ft. in el., forming the 

 E. edge of the Thorvald Nilsen Mountains massif, 

 and trending in a general N.-S. direction, in the 

 Queen Maud Range; extending from about 86°00'S., 

 155°30'E. to about 86°30'S., 157°15'W. Disc, in 

 December 1934 by the ByrdAE geological party 

 under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for 

 Charles J. Faulkner, Jr., chief counsel of Armour 

 and Company of Chicago, contributors to the ex- 

 pedition. 



FAURE ISLANDS: group of rocky islands and 

 reefs, about 3 mi. in extent, lying about 21 mi. 

 SW. of Cape Alexandra, the SE. end of Adelaide I., 

 in 68°06'S., 68°52'W. Disc, by the FrAE, 1908-10, 

 under Charcot, who named them for Maurice Faure, 

 French scholar and statesman. Not adopted: 

 Faure Islets, Maurice Faure Islands. 



FELICIE POINT: point which forms the S. end 

 of Lion I., lying immediately E. of Anvers I., in the 

 Palmer Arch.; in 64°40'S., 63°09'W. Charted and 

 named by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under De Gerlache. 

 Not adopted: Cape Felicie. 



FERGUSLIE PENINSULA: peninsula, about 1.5 

 mi. long, lying between Browns Bay and Macdougal 

 Bay on the N. coast of Laurie I., in the South Ork- 

 ney Is.; in 60°43'S., 44°34'W. Probably first seen 

 in 1823 by a Br. sealing exp. under Weddell. 

 Charted by the ScotNAE, 1902-4, under Bruce, who 

 named it for the residence of James Coats, chief 

 patron of the expedition. 



FERGUSON BAY: small bay which forms an 

 excellent anchorage, lying between Hewison and 

 Herd Points at the SE. end of Thule I., in the South 

 Sandwich Is.; in 59°28'S., 27°16'W. Charted in 

 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, who 

 named it for Messrs. Ferguson Brothers of Port 

 Glasgow, Scotland, builders of the Discovery II. 



Ferin, He; Ferin Island: see Ferin Head. 



FERIN HEAD: headland forming the N. side of 

 the entrance to Holtedahl Bay, on the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 65°59'S., 65°24'W. Disc, by 



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