GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



GEIKIE GLACIER: glacier which flows in a NE. 

 direction to Mercer Bay, at the SW. end of Cum- 

 berland West Bay, South Georgia; in 54°17'S., 

 36°41'W. First charted by the SwedAE, 1901-4, 

 under Nordenskjold, who named it for Sir Archi- 

 bald Geikie, noted Scottish geologist and Director- 

 General of the Geological Survey of the United 

 Kingdom. 



GEIKIE INLET: inlet about 7 mi. wide at its 

 entrance, lying between the cliffs of the Drygal- 

 ski Ice Tongue on the N. and Clarke Gl. and Lamp- 

 lugh I. on the S., in Victoria Land; in about 

 75°33'S., 163°00'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, 

 under Scott, who named it for Sir Archibald Geikie. 



Geikie Land; Geikie Point: see Geikie Ridge. 



GEIKIE RIDGE: massive ridge terminating as 

 a divide between Murray and Dugdale Glaciers, 

 in the Robertson Bay area of northern Victoria 

 Land; in about 71°36'S., 169°58'E. The landward 

 extent of the feature remains to be determined. 

 First charted in 1899 by the BrAE under C. E. 

 Borchgrevink, who named the highland between 

 these glaciers Geikie Land, after Sir Archibald 

 Geikie. The generic "land" has been changed to 

 "ridge," since it was not appropriate for so small 

 a feature, but Borchgrevink's intent in naming 

 the whole mass has been respected. Not adopted: 

 Geikie Land, Geikie Point. 



GEMINI NUNATAK: nunatak consisting of two 

 almost ice-free peaks, about 1.25 mi. apart and 

 about 1,600 ft. in el., which are connected by a 

 narrow, rock ridge extending in a NNW.-SSE. di- 

 rection. The nunatak protrudes through the ice 

 along the E. coast of Palmer Pen. about 5 mi. S. 

 of Borchgrevink Nunatak; in 66°08'S., 62°30'W. 

 Charted by the FIDS and photographed from the 

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

 the constellation Gemini, which contains the twin 

 stars Castor and Pollux. 



GEODeSIE, CAPE: low, ice-covered cape, marked 

 by prominent rock outcrops at its NE. end, lying 

 about 3 mi. NW. of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue, on 

 Adelie Coast; in 66°40'S., 139°51'E. Photographed 

 from the air by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. Charted 

 by the FrAE under Barre, 1951-52, and so named 

 because of the extensive geodetic program under- 

 taken in this region, particularly in the Geologie 

 Arch, close off shore. 



GfiOLOGIE, POINT: (in about 66°37'S., 

 140°12'E.) the decision of May 1947 has been 

 VACATED, since it is not now possible to identify 

 the feature. See descriptions for Debarquement 

 Rock, Geologie Archipelago and Petrel Island. 



GfiOLOGIE ARCHIPELAGO: small archipelago 

 of rocky islets and rocks, lying close N. of Cape 

 Geodesic and Astrolabe Glacier Tongue, and ex- 

 tending from Helene It. on the W. to the Dumou- 

 lin Its. on the E., off Adelie Coast; centering in 

 66°39'S., 139°55'E. The Fr. exp. under D'Urville 

 landed on Debarquement Rock in the Dumoulin 

 Its. in January 1840, and applied the name "Pointe 

 Geologie" to a coastal feature charted as lying close 

 behind Debarquement Rock. The archipelago was 

 delineated, in part, from aerial photographs taken 

 by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. Following surveys and 

 geological studies by FrAE parties during the 1950- 

 52 period, the French antarctic sub-committee re- 

 assigned the name "Pointe Geologie" to the entire 

 archipelago, as D'Urville's coastal feature is be- 

 lieved to correlate with portions of the cluster of 

 islets lying close N. of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. 

 Not adopted : Archipel de Pointe Geologie [French] , 

 Geology Archipelago. 



Geologie, Archipel de Pointe: Geology Archipel- 

 ago: see Geologie Archipelago. 



GEOLOGY, CAPE: low, gravel-covered cape 

 marking the W. end of Botany Bay, on the S. side 

 of Granite Hbr. in Victoria Land; in about 77°00'S., 

 162°35'E. Charted and named by the western geo- 

 logical party of the BrAE 1910-13, who established 

 their base on this cape. 



GEORGE, CAPE: cape about 6 mi. ESE. of Barff 

 Pt., on the N. coast of South Georgia; in 54°16'S., 

 36°16'W. Disc, in 1775 by a Br. exp. under Cook, 

 who named it for George III, King of Great Britain. 



George Bay: see Hound Bay. 



GEORGE BRYAN COAST: that portion of the 

 coast of Antarctica along the S. shore of Bellings- 

 hausen Sea, extending from the cape at the W. 

 side of the entrance to Carroll Inlet, in about 79°W., 

 to the westernmost point visible on the USAS 

 flight of Dec. 22, 1940, in about 85°W. Named by 

 the US-SCAN for R. Adm. George S. Bryan, Hydrog- 

 rapher of the U. S. Navy, 1938-46, under whose 

 direction noteworthy contributions to polar geog- 

 raphy were made. 



George Getz Shelf Ice: see Getz Ice Shelf. 



George Harbour, Cape: see Godthul. 



GEORGE V COAST: that portion of the coast 

 of Antarctica lying between Point Alden, in 

 142°02'E., and 153°00'E. Explored in 1912-13 by 

 members of the Main Base party of the AAE under 

 Mawson, and named for King George V of England. 

 The area immediately eastward of this coast has 

 not been explored by land or ship parties, but has 



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