GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



FYR CHANNEL: channel about 0.2 mi. wide 

 between the SW. end of Signy I. and Moe I., in the 

 South Orkney Is.; in 60°44'S., 45°41'W. The name 

 Fyr Strait appears on a manuscript chart drawn 

 by Capt. Fetter S0rlle in 1912, and corrected by 

 Hans Borge in 1913, but the generic term channel 

 is approved because of the small size of this feature. 

 Not adopted: Fry Strait, Fyr Strait. 



GABLENZ RANGE: prominent N.-S. trending 

 range, about 25 mi. long and about 8,800 ft. in el., 

 in the Miihlig-Hofmann Mtns. projecting from the 

 intermediate icecap level about 15 mi. N. of the 

 edge of the polar plateau, in New Schwabenland; in 

 about 72°00'S., 4°30'E. Disc, by the GerAE, 1938- 

 39, under Ritscher, and named for the dir. of the 

 German Lufthansa Corporation. 



GADARENE LAKE: a meltwater lake, about 1 mi. 

 long, in the ice shelf of George VI Sound, lying 

 below Swine Hill with its E. shore bounding the 

 exposed rocks of the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 71°24'S., 67°35'W. In summer a considerable 

 volume of water enters the lake from the ravine 

 immediately N. of Swine Hill. First seen and sur- 

 veyed in 1948 by the FIDS. The name arose at 

 that time and results from the mad rush by the 

 FIDS sledge dogs which attempted to throw them- 

 selves and their sledge down the steep ice slopes 

 into the water, like the Gadarene swine. 



GAGE, CAPE : rocky promontory forming the E. 

 end of James Ross I. and the N. side of the E. 

 entrance to Admiralty Sound, S. of the NE. tip of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 64°10'S., 57°04'W. Disc, by a Br. 

 exp., 1839-43, under Ross, who named it for V. Adm. 

 William Hall Gage, a Lord Commissioner of the 

 Admiralty. 



GALINDEZ ISLAND: islet immediately E. of 

 Winter I. in the Argentine Is., off the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 65°15'S., 64°15'W. Disc, by the 

 FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot, who named it for 

 Cdr. Ismael F. Galindez, Argentine Navy, who was 

 dispatched in the Uruguay to search for Charcot, 

 when the exp. was feared lost early in 1905. The 

 islet was accurately charted by the BGLE under 

 Rymill, 1934-37. 



GALLOWS POINT: the northernmost of two low, 

 parallel points which mark the NE. extremity of 

 Gamma I. in the Melchior Is., Palmer Arch.; in 

 64°20'S., 62°59'W. The name was probably given 

 by DI personnel who roughly surveyed the point 

 in 1927. The point was resurveyed by Argentine 

 expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948. 



GAMMA ISLAND: island, about 1 mi. long, which 

 marks the SW. extremity of the Melchior Is. in the 

 Palmer Arch.; in 64°20'S., 63°00'W. This island 



was first roughly charted and named "He Gouts" 

 by the FrAE under Charcot, 1903-5, but that name 

 has not survived in usage. The name Gamma, 

 derived from the third letter of the Greek alphabet, 

 was probably given by DI personnel who roughly 

 surveyed the island in 1927. The island was sur- 

 veyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 

 1948. Not adopted: He Gouts [French], Isla Ob- 

 servatorio [Spanish]. 



GAND ISLAND: flat, ice-covered island, about 3 

 mi. long and 1.5 mi. wide, lying at the N. end of 

 Schollaert Chan, between Anvers and Brabant 

 Islands, in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°24'S., 62°51'W. 

 Disc, by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under De Gerlache, 

 and named by him after Gand, the French form of 

 Ghent, a city in Belgium where subscription drives 

 were held to help finance the expedition. 



GAP, THE : a col between Crater and Observation 

 Hills, at the S. end of Hut Point Pen., on Ross I.; in 

 about 77°51'S., 166°40'E. Charted and named by 

 the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott. BrNAE sledge 

 parties traversed the S. end of the peninsula via 

 this low level passage. 



GARAN, MOUNT: mountain about 4,500 ft. in el., 

 marked by a cluster of small peaks protruding' 

 above the continental ice, standing about 10 mi. 

 SSW. of Mt. Strathcona and forming part of the W. 

 side of the upper reaches of Scott Gl., on Queen 

 Mary Coast; in about 67°32'S., 98°42'E. Deline- 

 ated from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

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

 E. M. Garan, aerial photographer on USN Op. Hjp. 

 flights which obtained photographic coverage in 

 this area and other coastal areas between 14° and 

 164°, east longitude. 



Garcia, Cap: see Loqui Point. 



GARCIA, CAPE : cape with vertical cliffs forming 

 the N. side of the entrance of Barilari Bay and the 

 S. side of the entrance to Bigo Bay, on the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 65°45'S., 64°40'W. This cape 

 was first seen, roughly surveyed, and named "Cap 

 Loqui" by the FrAE under Charcot, 1903-5. At 

 the same time Charcot gave the name "Cap Garcia" 

 to the S. point of Barilari Bay after Rear Admiral 

 Garcia, Argentine Navy. The maps of the FrAE, 

 1908-10, under Charcot showed "Cap Garcia" as 

 the N. cape of Barilari Bay and the name Cape 

 Garcia has since become established for this fea- 

 ture. Charcot did not use the name "Cap Loqui" 

 on the maps of his second expedition but, for the 

 sake of historical continuity, the name Loqui Point 

 (q.v.) has been accepted for the point at the S. side 

 of Barilari Bay. Not adopted : Cap Loqui [French] . 



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