GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



under Ross, who named it for Sir John Franklin, 

 English Arctic explorer. 



FRASER POINT: the N. tip of the peninsula 

 between Marr Bay and Mackintosh Cove, on the 

 N. coast of Laurie I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°41'S., 44°31'W. Charted in 1933 by DI per- 

 sonnel on the Discovery II, who named it for F. C. 

 Fraser, member of the zoological staff of the Dis- 

 covery Committee. Not adopted: Frazier Point. 



FRAZIER, MOUNT: northernmost peak of the 

 Rockefeller Mtns., standing about 2.5 mi. N. of 

 Mt. Jackling of Edward VII Pen. and almost sub- 

 merged in the icecap; in about 77°51'S., 155°23'W. 

 Disc, on Jan. 27, 1929 by members of the ByrdAE 

 on an exploratory flight to this area. Named for 

 Russell G. Frazier, medical officer at West Base of 

 the USAS, 1939-41, and observer of the Rockefeller 

 Mountains Geological Party, which visited this 

 area in December 1940. Not adopted: Mount Irene 

 Frazier. 



Frazier Point: see Fraser Point. 



Frederick H. Rawson Mountains: see Rawson 

 Mountains. 



FREDRIKSEN ISLAND: island about 2.5 mi. 

 long and 0.5 mi. wide which lies 0.5 mi. SE. of 

 Powell I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°45'S., 

 45°00'W. First charted in detail in 1912-13 by a 

 Nor. whaling exp. under S0rlle. Not adopted: 

 Fredriksen's Island, Fredriksens Island. 



FREEMAN, CAPE: cape marking the E. end of 

 the peninsula separating Seligman and Trail In- 

 lets, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°59'S., 

 65°20'W. The cape was photographed from the 

 air in 1940 by the USAS. Charted in 1947 by the 

 FIDS, who named it for R. L. Freeman, FIDS sur- 

 veyor at the Stonington I. base. 



FREEMAN, CAPE: cape forming the N. end of 

 Sturge I., in the Balleny Is.; in about 67°12'S., 

 164°10'E. Named for H. Freeman, commander of 

 the cutter Sabrina, which sailed with the schooner 

 Eliza Scott, in 1938, on the voyage resulting in the 

 discovery of the Balleny Is. in 1839. 



FREEMAN GLACIER: channel glacier about 2 

 mi. wide and 6 mi. long, flowing N. from the conti- 

 nental ice to the W. side of Perry Bay, immediately 

 E. of Freeman Pt., on Clarie Coast; in about 

 66°00'S. 132°35'E. Delineated from aerial photo- 

 graphs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and 

 named by the US-ACAN for J. D. Freeman, sail- 

 maker on the sloop of war Peacock of the USEE 

 under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



FREEMAN POINT: small ice-covered point, 

 lying immediately W. of Freeman Gl. and marking 

 the W. side of the entrance to Perry Bay, on Clarie 

 Coast; in about 65°55'S., 132°35'E. Delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for J. D. 

 Freeman of the USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



FREEZELAND ROCK: rock, about 900 ft. in el., 

 lying about 2.6 mi. W. of Bristol I., in the South 

 Sandwich Is.; in 59°03'S., 26°41'W. Disc, by a Br. 

 exp. under Cook in 1775, and named Freezeland 

 Peak after the crew member who first sighted it. 

 When the feature was charted as an insular rock 

 in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, the 

 name was altered accordingly. Not adopted: 

 Freezeland Peak. 



FRENCH PASSAGE: passage extending in a 

 NW.-SE. direction between the Dannebrog Is., to 

 the NE., and the Roca Islets and Argentine Is., 

 to the SW., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 65°10'S., 64°20'W. Named by the BGLE, 1934-37, 

 under Rymill. The Pourquoi-Pas? , exp. ship of 

 the FrAE under Charcot, navigated this passage 

 in January 1909. 



FRESHFIELD, CAPE: long, snow-domed point 

 of land on George V Coast; in about 68°20'S., 

 151°10'E. This is probably the cape viewed from 

 a great distance, as a result of "looming" or 

 a superior mirage, by Lt. Charles Wilkes of the 

 USEE, from the Vincennes on Jan. 19, 1840, and 

 named by him for Lt. William Hudson of the Pea- 

 cock, second officer of the USEE, who also saw 

 land in the same direction on that day. The loca- 

 tion of the cape was determined in 1912 by the 

 Far Eastern Party of the AAE under Mawson, who 

 named it for Douglas Freshfield, one time Pres. 

 of the Royal Geographical Society. Not adopted: 

 Cape Hudson. 



FRICKER GLACIER: glacier about 10 mi. long, 

 which lies close N. of Monnier Pt. and flows in a 

 NE. direction into the W. side of Mill Inlet, on the 

 E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°02'S., 64°56'W. 

 Charted by the FIDS and photographed from the 

 air by the RARE in 1947. Named by the FIDS for 

 Karl Fricker, German Antarctic historian. 



FRIDA HOLE: small bay lying 0.5 mi. SE. of 

 Coal Hbr., along the S. coast and near the W. 

 end of South Georgia; in 54°02'S., 37°57'W. Prob- 

 ably named by early whalers or sealers who used 

 the bay as an anchorage. 



FRIDTJOF NANSEN, MOUNT: massive moun- 

 tain, about 13,100 ft. in el., forming the E. flank 

 of Liv GL, at the head of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 

 85°28'S., 167°00'W. Disc, by a Nor. exp. under 



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