GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



of the AAE under Mawson, 1911-14, who named 

 the group for F. J. Gillies, chief engineer of the 

 exp. ship Aurora. Astronomical control was estab- 

 lished on the central islet by USN Op. Wml. per- 

 sonnel in January 1948. Not adopted: Gillies Is- 

 lands, Gillies Nunatak, Gillies Nunataks. 



Gillies Nunataks: see Gillies Islets. 



GILLOCK ISLAND: ice-covered island about 17 

 mi. long and 2 to 3 mi. wide, with numerous out- 

 crops exposed along its flanks, aligned in a NNW.- 

 SSE. direction across the main flow of Baker Three 

 Gl. and lying about 14 mi. W. of Jennings Promon- 

 tory, the W. end of Ingrid Christensen Coast; in 

 about 70°12'S., 71°00'E. Delineated in 1952 by 

 John H. Roscoe from aerial photographs taken by 

 USN Op. Hjp. in March 1947, and named by him 

 for Lt. Robert A. Gillock, USN, navigator on USN 

 Op. Hjp. photographic flights in this area and 

 other coastal areas between 14° and 164°, east 

 longitude. 



GILMOUR, MOUNT: mountain, above 2,000 ft. 

 in el., on the central part of the irregular ridge 

 separating Crevasse Valley Gl. and Arthur Davis 

 Gl., in the Edsel Ford Ranges in Marie Byrd Land; 

 in about 76°55'S., 144°38'W. Disc, in 1940 by mem- 

 bers of West Base of the USAS. Named for Harold 

 P. Gilmore, recorder, and subsequently historian 

 and administrative asst. to the exp. commander. 



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

 indenting the W. coast of Palmer Pen. between 

 Cape Cloos and Mt. Scott; in 65°09'S., 64°00'W. 

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

 Named by the FrAE 1903-5, under Charcot, for 

 Jules Girard of the Paris Societe de Geographie. 



GIRDLER ISLET: narrow islet at the S. side of 

 Mutton Cove, lying about 0.2 mi. SW. of Cliff It. 

 and some 8 mi. W. of Ferin Head, off the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 66°00'S., 65°42'W. Charted 

 and named by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill. 



GIST, MOUNT: mountain about 4,000 ft. in el., 

 marked by a cluster of small peaks protruding 

 above the continental ice, standing about 6 mi. 

 WNW. of Mt. Strathcona on Queen Mary Coast; 

 in about 67°19'S., 98°42'E. Delineated from 

 aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp. 1946-47, 

 and named by the US-ACAN for Lt. Francis J. 

 Gist, USN, co-pilot and navigator on USN Op. 

 Hjp. photographic flights in this area and other 

 coastal areas between 14° and 164°, east longitude. 



GJERTSEN, MOUNT: mountain about 3 mi. E. 

 of Mt. Grier, which together form the NW. end 

 of the La Gorce Mtns. standing at the E. side and 

 near the head of Robert Scott Gl. in the Queen 



Maud Range; in about 86°40'S., 147°50'W. Disc, 

 in December 1934 by the ByrdAE geological party 

 under Quin Blackburn, and so named in an attempt 

 to reconcile Byrd's discoveries with the names 

 applied in 1911-12 by the Nor. exp. under Roald 

 Amundsen. Amundsen had named a peak in this 

 vicinity for Lt. Hg. F. Gjertsen of the Norwegian 

 Navy, second mate of the Frara, Amundsen's exp. 

 ship, and later ice pilot for the ByrdAE, 1933-35. 

 Not adopted: Mount F. Gjertsen. 



Gjeslingene: see Goslings Islets. 



GLACIER BAY: small bay formed by the 

 grounded, concave seaward front of McDonald Gl. 

 along Caird Coast; in about 75°20'S., 26°15'W. 

 Disc, and named in January 1915 by a Br. exp. 

 under Shackleton. 



GLACIER BLUFF: abrupt glacier face marking 

 the E. end of Bristol I., in the South Sandwich Is.; 

 in 59°01'S., 26°26'W. Charted and named in 1930 

 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. 



GLACIER BLUFF: ice cliff about 170 ft. in el. 

 forming the inner N. side of the entrance to Yankee 

 Hbr., Greenwich I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 

 62°31'S., 59°48'W. Charted and named in 1935 by 

 DI personnel on the Discovery II. 



Glacier Dome: see McLeod Hill. 



Glacier Terra Nova: see Astrolabe Glacier. 



Glacier Tongue: see Helen Glacier Tongue. 



Glandaz, Cape: see Glandaz Point. 



GLANDAZ POINT: point forming the S. side of 

 the entrance to Deloncle Bay, on the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 65°06'S., 63°55'W. Disc, by the 

 BelgAE, 1897-99, under De Gerlache. Charted by 

 the FrAE under Charcot, 1903-5, and named by 

 him for A. Glandaz. Not adopted: Cape Glandaz. 



GLENZER GLACIER: channel glacier about 5 

 mi. wide and 7 mi. long, flowing NNW. from the 

 continental ice to Knox Coast, about 5 mi. W. of 

 Conger GL; in about 66°05'S., 103°28'E. Deline- 

 ated from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

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

 Lt. (j.g.) Hubert Glenzer, Jr., USN, pilot with USN 

 Op. Wml., 1947-48, who assisted in operations re- 

 sulting in the establishment of astronomical con- 

 trol stations along the coast from Wilhelm II Coast 

 to Budd Coast. 



Gletcher-Joch: see Ross Pass. 



GNEISS HILLS: two prominent hills, about 900 

 ft. in el., lying on the W. side of McLeod Gl. in the 

 SW. part of Signy I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°44'S., 



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