GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



were charted by the GerAE, 1911-12, and named 

 for Dr. Wilhelm Filchner, leader of the expedi- 

 tion. 



Filchner Shelf Ice: see Filchner Ice Shelf. 



FILDES POINT: point which forms the N. side of 

 Neptunes Bellows, the entrance to Port Foster, 

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

 60°34'W. Deception I. was known to sealers in the 

 area as early as 1821; the point was later named 

 for Robert Fildes, a British sealer in these waters 

 at that early time. 



FILDES STRAIT: strait which extends in a 

 general WNW.-ESE. direction between King 

 George I. and Nelson I., in the South Shetland 

 Is.; in 62°14'S., 58'59'W. This strait has been 

 known to sealers in the area since about 1822, 

 but at that early time it appeared on the charts 

 as Field's Strait. Probably named for Robert 

 Fildes, a British sealer of that period. Not 

 adopted: Field's Strait. 



FILLA ISLAND: small, rocky island, about 2 mi. 

 long, which rises to about 300 ft. in el., marking 

 the largest of the Rauer Is. and lying in the east- 

 central portion of the group, off Ingrid Christen- 

 sen Coast; in about 68^^50'S., .77°43'E. Charted 

 by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photo- 

 graphs taken in January 1937 by the Nor. exp. 

 under Lars Christensen, and named Filla, a Nor- 

 wegian word meaning "the tatters." The name 

 Filla Island was proposed by John H. Roscoe, fol- 

 lowing his 1952 compilation from USN Op. Hjp. 

 aerial photographs taken in March 1947, because 

 the original Filla feature has been determined 

 to comprise a group of small islands, islets and 

 rocks. Not adopted : Filla [Norwegian] . 



FINGER POINT: point marking the N. tip of 

 Visokoi I., in the South Sandwich Is.; in 56"41'S., 

 27°13'W. Charted in 1930 and given this de- 

 scriptive name by DI personnel on the Discovery 

 II. 



FINGER POINT: point which forms the SW. 

 end of Skua I., in the Argentine Is.; off the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65n5'S., 64n7'W. Finger 

 Point was charted and named by the BGLE, 1934- 

 37, under Rymill. 



FINLEY, MOUNT: prominent peak on the W. 

 side of the lower reaches of Shackleton GL, stand- 

 ing at the E. end of the Bush Mtns., in the Queen 

 Maud Range; in about 84'^53'S., 176n5'W. Disc, 

 by R. Adm, Byrd on ByrdAE flights to the Queen 

 Maud Range in November 1929, and named by 

 him for John H. Finley, Pres. of the American 

 Geographical Soc. at that time. 



Finley Islands; Finley Peninsula: see Finley 

 Ridge. 



FINLEY RIDGE: mountainous ridge terminat- 

 ing in Cape Hicks and lying between the mouths 

 of Bingham and Lurabee Glaciers, on the E. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 69' 14'S., 63'^20'W. Disc, by Sir 

 Hubert Wilkins in an aerial flight on Dec. 20, 1928. 

 He considered the ridge to be Lslands lying in a 

 great transverse channel across Palmer Pen. and 

 named them Finley Islands for John H. Finley 

 of the New York Times, then pres. of the American 

 Geographical Soc. Correlation of aerial photo- 

 graphs taken by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935 and 

 preliminary reports of the findings of the BGLE, 

 1934-37, led W. L. G. Joerg to interpret this to 

 be a peninsula. In published reports, members 

 of the BGLE have concurred in this interpreta- 

 tion which is also borne out by the results of sub- 

 sequent flights and a sledge trip from East Base, 

 in 1940, by members of the USAS. Not adopted: 

 Finley Islands, Finley Peninsula. 



FINSTERWALDER GLACIER: glacier, about 2 

 mi. wide and 11 mi. long, flowing SW. from the 

 central plateau of Palmer Pen. toward the head 

 of Lallemand Fjord. The exact position of its 

 mouth is not determined but lies between the 

 mouths of Haefeli and Klebelsberg Glaciers; in 

 about 67n9'S., 66''20'W. First surveyed from the 

 plateau in 1946-47 by the FIDS, and named by 

 them for Sebastian Finsterwalder and his son, 

 Richard Finsterwalder, German glaciologists. 



Fiord Martel: see Martel Inlet. 



FIRST MILESTONE: rock marked by breakers 

 about 1.75 mi. WNW. of Cape Saunders, off the N. 

 coast of South Georgia; in 54°07'S., 36M0'W. 

 Charted and named by DI personnel on the Dis- 

 covery during the period 1926-30. 



FIRST POINT: the W. tip of Annenkov I., off 

 the south-central coast of South Georgia; in 

 54'^29'S., 37^08'W. Charted and named by DI per- 

 sonnel on the Discovery during the period 1926-30. 



FIRST ROCK: rock which lies 0.5 mi. S. of Br0de 

 I., and 2 mi. S. of Cape Disappointment, the S. 

 extremity of South Georgia; in 54'55'S., 36'^07'W. 

 Disc, by a Br. exp. under Cook in 1775. The rock 

 was so named because of its position by DI per- 

 sonnel who charted South Georgia in the period 

 1926-30. 



FISH ISLANDS: group of small islands lying 

 in the NE. half of the entrance to Holtedahl Bay, 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66''02'S., 

 65^27'W. Disc, and named by the BGLE, 1934-37, 

 under Rymill. Not adopted : Fish Islets. 



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