GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



45°39'W. So named by the FIDS, following their 

 survey of 1947, because a band of pink gneiss out- 

 crops near the summits. 



GNEISS POINT: point about 6 mi. N. of Cape 

 Bernacchi, in front of the Wilson Piedmont Gl. 

 along the coast of Victoria Land; in about 77°24'S., 

 163°40'E. First charted by the BrAE, 1910-13, 

 under Scott, and so named because of the gneissic 

 granite found there. 



GNOME ISLET : rocky islet lying between the W. 

 side of Blaiklock I. and Thomson Head near the 

 head of Bourgeois Fjord, off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 67°33'S., 66°50'W. First surveyed in 1949 

 by the FIDS, and so named by them because of the 

 resemblance of the islet to a small gnomelike 

 creature rising from the sea. 



GNOMON ISLET: rocky islet about 280 ft. in el., 

 lying close N. of Point Wild, off the N. side of Ele- 

 phant I., in the South Shetland Is.; in about 

 61°01'S., 54°59'W. Charted and named by a Br. 

 exp. under Shackleton, 1914-16. So named be- 

 cause when viewed from Point Wild the shape of 

 the islet is suggestive of the elevated arm of a 

 sundial. 



Goat Hull Harbour; Godthull Harbour: see 

 Godthul. 



GOCKEL CREST: mountain crest of New 

 Schwabenland, in about 72°42'S., 0°10'W., lying 

 immediately N. of the nameless plateau projection 

 with which it forms the upper portion of the E. 

 wall of Penck Trough. Disc, by the GerAE, 1938- 

 39, under Ritscher, and named for Wilhelm Gockel, 

 meteorological assistant on the expedition. 



GODTHUL: bay about 1 mi. wide between Cape 

 George and Long Pt., along the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°17'S., 36°18'W. The name Godthul 

 (Good Hollow) dates back to the period 1905-12, 

 and was probably applied by Norwegian sealers and 

 whalers working in the area. Not adopted: Cape 

 George Harbour, Goat Hull Harbour, Godthul Bay, 

 Godthull Harbour, Goothul. 



GOLD HARBOR: small bay about 5 mi. SSW. of 

 Cape Charlotte, with Bertrab Gl. at its head, along 

 the E. end of South Georgia; in 54°37'S., 35°56'W. 

 The name appears to have taken root through com- 

 mon usage by sealers and whalers and is now well 

 established. 



GOLDIE, CAPE: snow-covered cape about 13 mi. 

 SE. of Cape Lyttelton, on the W. side of Ross Ice 

 Shelf; in about 82°46'S., 165:40'E. Disc, by the 

 BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, who named it for 



Sir George Goldie, a member of the committee 

 which made the final draft of the instructions for 

 the expedition. 



GONDOLA RIDGE: rocky ridge about 1,800 ft. 

 in el., extending NNE. from Mt. Suess for about 

 2 mi., in Victoria Land; in about 77°01'S., 161°48'E. 

 Charted by the western geological party of the 

 BrAE, 1910-13, who so named it because Mt. Suess, 

 to which the ridge is joined, resembles a gondola 

 in shape. Not adopted: Gondola Nunakol. 



Gondola Nunakol: see Gondola Ridge. 



GONVILLE AND CAIUS RANGE: series of snow- 

 covered peaks, about 3,000 to 4,000 ft. in el., form- 

 ing the S. wall of the Mackay Gl. basin for a dis- 

 tance of about 10 mi., in Victoria Land; in about 

 77°05'S., 162°10'E. First charted by the BrAE un- 

 der Scott, 1910-13. Named for Gonville and Caius 

 College of Cambridge Univ., the alma mater of 

 several members of the expedition. 



GOOD ALE, MOUNT: high granitic peak of the 

 Will Hays Mountains, rising to about 7,000 ft. in 

 el., standing between Amundsen and Robert Scott 

 Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Range; in about 

 85°58'S., 155°25'W. Disc, in December 1929 by the 

 ByrdAE geological party under Laurence Gould, 

 and named by Byrd for Edward E. Goodale, a mem- 

 ber of that party. 



GOODENOUGH, CAPE: ice-covered cape, with 

 a small glacier tongue along its E. side, marking 

 the W. side of the entrance to Porpoise Bay and 

 forming the northernmost projection of Norths 

 Highland, on Banzare Coast; in about 66°10'S., 

 126°20'E. Disc, by BANZARE under Mawson on 

 a distant aerial flight in January 1931, and named 

 by him for Adm. Sir William Goodenough, Pres. of 

 the Council, Royal Geographical Soc, 1930-33. 



GOODENOUGH GLACIER: broad sweeping 

 glacier flowing from the W. shore of Palmer Pen. 

 into George VI Sound; in 72°00'S., 66°40'W. Disc, 

 in 1936 by Stephenson, Fleming, and Bertram of 

 the BGLE, under Rymill, while exploring George 

 VI Sound. Named by Rymill for Margaret Good- 

 enough, wife of Adm. Sir William Goodenough, who 

 was one of the principal supporters in raising funds 

 for the expedition. Not accepted: Margaret Good- 

 enough Glacier. 



GOORKHA CRATERS: group of mountains and 

 hills about 4,000 ft. in el., lying in the Britannia 

 Range about 12 mi. SE. of Mt. Reeves, on the W. 

 side of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 79°50'S., 159°10'E. 

 Disc, and named by the BrNAE under Scott, 1901-4. 



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