GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10, who from a 

 distant position in Pendleton Str. charted this 

 feature as an island. Charcot named it for A. 

 Ferin, French Vice-consul at Ponta Delgada, Azores. 

 The BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37, charted this 

 coast and correlated their work with that by Char- 

 cot. Ferin Head, as here applied, is in accord with 

 the BGLE interpretation. Not adopted: F^rin 

 Island, He Ferin [French]. 



FERRANTO, MOUNT: mountain which forms 

 the extreme SW. projection of the main massif of 

 the Fosdick Mtns. in the Edsel Ford Ranges of 

 Marie Byrd Land, rising to about 3,000 ft. in el., 

 in about 76'31'S., 145°25'W. Disc, by the Marie 

 Byrd Land Sledging Party of the ByrdAE in No- 

 vember-December 1934. Named for Felix Ferranto, 

 radio and tractor operator of the USAS, 1939-41. 



FERRAR GLACIER: glacier at least 35 mi. long 

 and varying from 3 to 6 mi. wide, flowing from 

 the plateau of Victoria Land west of the Royal 

 Society Range to New Hbr. in McMurdo Sound; 

 in about 77^'41'S., 163^^38'E. Tliis glacier flows 

 NE. to a point opposite the E. side of Knobhead, 

 where it is apposed, i.e., joined in Siamese-twin 

 fashion, to Taylor Glacier. From this point, Fer- 

 rar Glacier turns right and flows ENE. between 

 the Kukri Hills and the N. end of the Royal So- 

 ciety Range to New Hbr. Disc, by the BrNAE, 

 1901-4. under Scott, who named it for Hartley 

 T. Ferrar, geologist of the exp. The name Ferrai- 

 Glacier was originally applied both to the part 

 of this glacier below its right turn and to the 

 Taylor Glacier as now defined (q.v.). while the 

 upper part of Ferrar Glacier above Knobhead was 

 called South Arm. Griffith Taylor, geologist of the 

 BrAE, 1910-13, under Scott, found evidence that 

 these are not two parts of a single glacier but are 

 two glaciers apposed. With this discovery Scott 

 gave the names Ferrar Glacier and Taylor Glacier 

 essentially as now applied. Later, on the map of 

 the Ferrar-Koettlitz District included in the sci- 

 entific reports of the exp., the names Lower Fer- 

 rar Glacier and Upper Ferrar Glacier were applied 

 to these two ice streams, but this naming does not 

 seem consistent with the evidence as the position 

 of the medcal moraines on this map shows that 

 Taylor Glacier does not flow into Ferrar Glacier. 

 Since it is apparent from the fairly detailed maps 

 that the main flow of the Ferrar Glacier heads in 

 the plateau somewhere to the SW. of Knobhead, 

 the US-ACAN has applied the name Ferrar above 

 as well as below the turn at Knobhead. Not 

 adopted: East Fork, Lower Ferrar Glacier, New 

 Harbor Glacier, South Arm (in part). 



FERRIER PENINSULA: narrow peninsula, 

 about 1.5 mi. long, forming the E. end of Laurie I., 

 in the South Orkney Is.; in 60M4'S., 44"26'W. The 

 peninsula was roughly charted in 1823 by a Br. 

 sealing exp. under Weddell. It was accurately 

 delineated by the ScotNAE, 1902-4, under Bruce, 

 who named it for his secretary J. G. Ferrier, also 

 manager in Scotland of the expedition. 



FIELD, MOUNT: mountain about 9,390 ft. in el., 

 which stands about 25 mi. W. of Cape Douglas, 

 between Mt. Egerton and Mt. Wharton, on the W. 

 side of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 80^58'S., 158°00'E. 

 Disc, and named by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under 

 Scott. 



Field's Strait: see Fildes Strait. 



FILCHNER, CAPE: ice-covered cape, fronting on 

 Davis Sea about 14 mi. WNW. of Adams It., 

 which separates Wilhelm II Coast from Queen 

 Mary Coast; in about 66^28'S., 92n8'E. Disc, by 

 the AAE, 1911-14. under Mawson, who named it 

 for Wilhelm Filchner. leader of the German Ant- 

 arctic Expedition of 1911-12. 



Filchner Group: see Filchner Mountains. 



FILCHNER ICE SHELF: an extensive ice shelf 

 which borders Edith Ronne Land at the head of 

 Weddell Sea and extends from Bowman Pen. east- 

 ward to Luitpold Coast; centering in about 78''S., 

 50'^'W. The E. extremity of this feature was disc, 

 in January-February 1912 by the GerAE under 

 Wilhelm Filchner. Filchner named the feature 

 for Kaiser Wilhelm, but the Emperor requested it 

 be named for its discoverer. The vast central and 

 W. areas of this ice shelf were flrst seen and photo- 

 graphed by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, in 

 two aerial flights undertaken in November and 

 December 1947. Not adopted: Filchner Shelf Ice, 

 James Lassiter Barrier, James Lassiter Ice Bar- 

 rier, Lassiter Ice Barrier. Lassiter Shelf Ice. Wed- 

 dell Shelf Ice, Wilhelm Barrier. Wilhelm Shelf 

 Ice. 



FILCHNER MOUNTAINS: small group of moun- 

 tains lying at the SW. side of the Drygalski Mtns. 

 at the N. edge of the polar plateau, in New 

 Schwabenland; in about 72nO'S., 7-^^30'E. Disc, by 

 the GerAE, 1938-39. under Ritscher, and named 

 for Wilhelm Filchner. Not adopted: Filchner 

 Group. 



FILCHNER ROCKS: group of rocks, some of 

 which are submerged, about 4 mi. NE. of Cape 

 Vahsel, off the E. end of South Georgia; in 54''42'S., 

 35'^'42'W. The existence of these rocks was re- 

 ported in 1775 by a Br. exp. under Cook. They 



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