GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



been photographed from the air, in part, by USN 

 Op. Hjp., 1946-47. Not adopted: King George V 

 Coast, King George V Land, Kong George V-Land 

 [Norwegian], Konig George V-Land [German]. 



George IV Sea: see Weddell Sea. 



GEORGE MURRAY, MOUNT: flat-topped moun- 

 tain about 3,600 ft. in el., lying on the S. side of 

 Davis Gl., in Victoria Land; in about 75°52'S., 

 161°55'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott 

 who named it for George R. M. Murray of the Brit- 

 ish Museum staff, dir. of the scientific staff for 

 Scott's expedition. 



GEORGE VI SOUND: major fault depression, 

 about 300 mi. long in the shape of the letter J, 

 which skirts the E. and S. shores of Alexander I 

 Island, separating it from Palmer Pen. and Robert 

 English Coast; centering in about 71 °S., 68° W. 

 The sound is ice covered and varies from about 

 15 mi. to more than 40 mi. wide. Disc, by Lincoln 

 Ellsworth who flew over it in 1935. It was ex- 

 plored by the BGLE, in 1936-37, and by the USAS 

 in 1940. Named by Rymill, leader of the BGLE, for 

 George VI, King of England. Not adopted: King 

 George VI Sound. 



GEORGES, CAPE: the N. tip of De Ronge I., 

 lying about 8 mi. SW. of Cape Anna, off the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 64°41'S., 62°41'W. Disc, 

 and named by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under De 

 Gerlache. 



Georges Bay: see King George Bay. 



Georgia, Isle of; Georgia Del Sur, Isla: see South 

 Georgia. 



GERD ISLET: islet about 2.5 mi. W. of Cape 

 Vik, lying at the E. side of the entrance to Nor- 

 way Bight, off the S. coast of Coronation I., in 

 the South Orkney Is.; in 60°40'S., 45°46'W. 

 Charted and probably named by a Nor. whaling 

 exp. under S0rlle, who made a running survey of 

 the South Orkney Is. in 1912-13. Not adopted: 

 Gerd Island. 



Gerlache, Cape: see De Gerlache, Cape. 



Gerlache Point: see De Gerlache Point. 



Gerlache Strait: see De Gerlache Strait. 



GESSNER PEAK: peak about 10,800 ft. in el., 

 which stands immediately N. of Mt. Habermehl in 

 the Mlihlig-Hofmann Mtns. of New Schwabenland; 

 in about 71°47'S., 6°30'E. Disc, by the GerAE, 

 1938-39, under Ritscher, and named for the man- 

 ager of the German Hansa-Luftbild Corporation. 



Gestlingen: see Goslings Islets. 



Getz Shelf Ice: see Getz Ice Shelf. 



GETZ ICE SHELF: ice shelf in Wrigley Gulf, 

 along the shore of northeastern Marie Byrd Land; 

 in about 75°S., 129°W. The topographical and 

 locational deflnition of this feature must remain 

 indefinite until clarified by further exploration. 

 Disc, in December 1940 by the USAS and named 

 for George F. Getz, of Chicago, 111., who helped 

 furnish the seaplane for the expedition. Not 

 adopted: George Getz Shelf Ice, Getz Shelf Ice. 



Gibh Island: see Gibbs Island. 



GIBBON BAY: bay about 1.5 mi. long and wide, 

 which lies between Rayner Pt. and The Turret 

 along the E. coast of Coronation I., in the South 

 Orkney Is.; in 60°40'S., 45°12'W. Probably first 

 sighted by Capt. George Powell and Capt. Na- 

 thaniel Palmer, in the course of their joint cruise 

 in December 1821. Charted in 1933 by DI per- 

 sonnel on the Discovery II, and named for the 

 ship's surgeon. Dr. G. M. Gibbon. 



GIBBS ISLAND: island which lies about 18 mi. 

 SSW. of Elephant I., in the South Shetland Is.; 

 in about 61°30'S., 55°36'W. James Weddell, 

 Master, RN, whose chart of the islands appeared in 

 1825, seems first to have used the present name 

 which is now established international usage. Not 

 adopted: Gibb Island, Gibbs Islands, Narrow Isle, 

 Rainoff's Island. 



Gilbert Grosvenor Range: see Grosvenor Range. 



GILCHRIST GLACIER: channel glacier about 

 4 mi. wide and 4 mi. long, fiowing NE. from the 

 continental ice to Budd Coast, about 10 mi. NW. 

 of Fox Gl.; in about 65°45'S., 114°15'E. Delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

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

 ward Gilchrist, acting surgeon on the sloop of 

 war Vincennes of the USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



GILES, MOUNT: highest of a group of glaciated 

 mountains, snow-free only on the heights, marking 

 the W. side of the entrance to Cordell Hull Bay, 

 in Marie Byrd Land; in about 75°10'S., 137°00'W. 

 Disc, on aerial fiights made from West Base of the 

 USAS in 1940 and named for T. Sgt. Walter R. 

 Giles, USMC, co-pilot and radio operator on sev- 

 eral of these fiights. Not adopted: Mount Carrol 

 Kettering. 



GILLIES ISLETS : three small, rocky islets pro- 

 truding above Shackleton Ice Shelf, about 6 mi. 

 N. of Cape Moyes, off Queen Mary Coast; in 

 66°32'S. 96°24'E. Disc, by the Western Base Party 



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