GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Qoothtil: see Qodthul. 



GORDON. CAPE: jagged headland about 1.100 ft. 

 in el., forming the E. end of Vega I., lying S. of the 

 NE. tip of Palniov Poti.: in (i.^^'il'S.. .'">7^'0;VW. Disc. 

 by a Br. oxp., 18o5)-43. undor Ross and named by 

 him for Capt. William Gordon, RN, a Lord Com- 

 missioner of the Admiralty. 



Gordon Bcnnet, lie: see Edgell, Mount. 



GOSLINGS ISLETS: scattered group of numer- 

 ous islots and rocks lying close S. and W. of Cape 

 Meier, off the S. coast of Coronation I.. South Ork- 

 ney Is.: in 60'39'S.. 45"55'W. First charted and 

 named "Gcsllingcn" by Tetter Sorllo in liU2-13. 

 This was corrected to "Gjeslingene" (The Goslings) 

 on a later chart by Sorlle. An English form of the 

 name was reconiniended by the Br-APC in 1954. 

 Not adopted: Gestlingen [Norwegian]. Gjeslingene 

 [Norwegian] . 



GOSSLER ISLETS: string of N.-S. trending islets 

 about 1.5 mi. W. of Cape Albert de Monaco. Anvers 

 I., and extending about 5 mi. southward in the 

 Palmer Arch.; in (34"44'S.. 04'17W. Disc, and 

 named by a Qer. exp. under Dallmann, 1873-74. 

 Not adopted: Gossler Islands. 



GOUDIER ISLET: islet composed of bare 

 polished rock, lying about 100 yards N. of Jougla 

 Pt. in the harbor of Port Lockroy. in the Palmer 

 Arcli.; in 64 50'S.. 63^'31'W. Disc, by the FrAE. 

 1903-5. under Charcot, and named by him for E. 

 Goudier. chief engineer of the exp. ship FraiK^ais. 



Goudry. Mount: see Gaudry. Mount. 



Gould. Mount: Gould Peak: see Chai'les Gould 

 Peak. 



GOULD. MOUNT: a massif rising in the south- 

 central portion of the Tapley Mtns. and forming 

 part of the N. wall of Albanus Gl.. in the Queen 

 Maud Range; in about S5-^'45'S.. 149'~00'W. Disc, 

 in December 1929 by the ByrdAE geological party 

 under Laurence Gould. Named by Byrd for Pres. 

 Laurence M. Gould of Carleton College, polar ex- 

 plorer, who served as geologist and second-in-com- 

 mand with this expedition. 



CrOULD BAY: bay which indents the Filchner 

 Ice Shelf in the S. part of Weddell Sea; in about 

 78-25S.. 44-\XVW. Disc, by the RARE vmder 

 Ronne. 1947-48. and named by him for Laurence M. 

 Gould. Not adopted : Larry Gould Bay. 



GOULDEN COVE: southern of two coves at the 

 head of Ezcurra Inlet. Admiralty Bay. on King 

 George I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 62''10'S.. 



SS^SaW. Probably named by the FrAE under 

 Charcot, who surveyed Admiralty Bay in December 

 1909. 



GOULD NUNATAK: peak rising above the icecap 

 of Enderby Land about 10 mi. SE. of Mt. Hurley; 

 in about Cli"30'S.. 5r'20'E. Disc, and named in 

 January 1930 by the BANZARE under Mawson. 



Goupil, Cape: see Legoupil, Cape. 



GOURDIN ISLET: largest islet in a group of 

 islets and rocks about 1 mi. N. of Cape Siffrey, the 

 N. tip of Louis Philippe Pen.; in 63^^12'S.. 57''18'W. 

 Disc, by a Fr. exp., 1837-40. under D'Urville, and 

 named by him for Ens. Jean Gourdin of the exp. 

 ship Astrolabe. The islet was re-identified and 

 charted by the FIDS in 1945-47. Not adopted: 

 Gourdin Rock. 



Gourdin Rock: see Gourdin Islet. 



GOURDON. MOUNT: the summit of a N.-S. 

 trending mountain about 3,100 ft. in el., centrally 

 located in the S. half of Booth I., off the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 65 05S.. 64 XXVW. First charted 

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

 him for Ernest Gourdon. geologist of the expe- 

 dition. 



GOURDON GLACIER: glacier, about 4 mi. long 

 and 1.5 mi. wide, lying 4 mi. SW. of Ekeliif Pt.. and 

 llowing in a SE. direction into the central part of 

 Markham Bay on the E. coast of James Ross I.; in 

 64' 15S.. 57 ~22'W. It has a conspicuous rock wall 

 at its head. First seen and surveyed by the 

 SwedAE under Nordenskjold, 1901-4. who named it 

 for Ernest Goiu'don. geologist and glaciologist of 

 the French Antarctic Expedition. 1903-5. 



GOURLAY PENINSULA: ice-free peninsula, 

 which is 200 yards wide at its base and widens to 

 800 yards, forming the SW. extremity of Signy I., 

 South Orkney Is.: in 60"44S., 45'36'W. The E. 

 end of the peninsula divides into three arms. Panto- 

 mime. Pageant and Gourlay Points. Surveyed in 

 1933 by DI personnel, and resurveyed in 1947 by 

 the FIDS. The name, applied by the Br-APC, de- 

 rives from the nearby Gourlay Point. 



GOURLAY POINT: southernmost of three fin- 

 ger-like points which form the SE. end of Signy I., 

 in the South Orkney Is.; in 60'~44S., 45-'35'W. 

 Charted in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery 

 II, and named for R. Gourlay. a third engineer of 

 the ship. 



Gouts. He: see Gamma Island. 



GOU\'ERNEUR ISLET: low rocky islet about 1.4 

 mi. WSW. of Petrel I., lying close N. of Astrolabe 

 Glacier Tongue at tlie S. end of Gteologie Ai-ch., off 



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