GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Ad^lie Coast; in about GGMO'S., 139°57'E. Photo- 

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

 Charted and named by the FrAE under Liotard, 

 1949-51. Liotard was the first man to encamp on 

 the islet, and, as leader of the FrAE, also held the 

 honorary post of governor. 



GOVERNOR ISLANDS: group of islands and 

 rocks extending for about 1.25 mi. from Penguin 

 Pt., Coronation I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°31'S., 45°57'W. Disc, by Capt. George Powell 

 and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer during their joint 

 cruise in December 1821. The name appears on a 

 chart based upon a running survey of the South 

 Orkney Is., in 1912-13 by Fetter S0rlle, Norwegian 

 whaling captain. Not adopted: Guvern0rens 

 Islands. 



GRACE, CAPE: ice-covered cape, marked by 

 prominent rock outcrops at its NW. end and scat- 

 tered moraine deposits on its W. side, lying at the S. 

 side of Edisto Ice Tongue and forming the E. portal 

 of the valley occupied by Scott GI., on Queen Mary 

 Coast; in about 66°26'S., 100°35'E. Delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

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

 J. Gist, USN, pilot with USN Op. Wml., 1947-48, 

 who assisted in operations which resulted in the 

 establishment of astronomical control stations from 

 Wilhelm II Coast to Budd Coast. 



GRACE GLACIER: glacier which flows N. into 

 Ample Bay, at the Bay of Isles, South Georgia; in 

 54°04'S., 37°24'W. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert 

 Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the 

 brig Daisy, who named it for his wife, Mrs. Grace 

 Barstow Murphy. 



GRACE Mckinley, mount: peak, about 2,500 

 ft. in el., standing near the head of Sulzberger Bay 

 and marking the S. end of the Edsel Ford Ranges, 

 in Marie Byrd Land; in about 77°54'S., 148°15'W. 

 Disc, on the ByrdAE flight of Dec. 5, 1929, and 

 named by R. Adm. Byrd for the wife of Capt Ashley 

 C. McKinley, aerial photographer and third-in- 

 command of the expeditiori. 



Graf Lerchenfeld Gletscher: see Lerchenfeld 

 Glacier. 



GRAHAM COAST: that portion of the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen. extending from Cape Renard at 

 the SW. side of the entrance to Flandres Bay, in 

 65°01'S., 63°43'W., to Cape Bellue, the N. side of 

 the entrance to Marin Darbel Bay, in 66°20'S., 

 65"59'W. Named for Sir James R. G. Graham, First 

 Lord of the Admiralty at the time John Biscoe 

 explored along the W. coast of Palmer Pen. in 1831. 

 Not adopted: Graham Land. 



Graham Land: see Graham Coast; Palmer Pen- 

 insula. 



Graicie Point: see Craigie Point. 



GRAN, MOUNT: flat-topped mountain about 

 6,300 ft. in el., overlooking the upper portion of 

 Mackay Gl., in Victoria Land; in about 76°59'S., 

 160°58'E. Disc, by the BrAE, 1910-13, under 

 Scott, and named for Tryggve Gran, ski expert 

 with the expedition. Not adopted: Mount Tryggve 

 Gran. 



GRANDIDIER CHANNEL: the body of water 

 lying between the northern Biscoe Is. and the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; centering in about 65°45'S., 

 65°00'W. Charted and named by the FrAE under 

 Charcot, 1903-5. Alfred Grandidier was Pres. of 

 the Paris Geographical Soc. at about that time. 



GRANITE HARBOR: embayment about 11 mi. 

 wide and of similar length, marking the seaward 

 end of a deep valley between Cape Archer and 

 Cape Roberts, along the coast of Victoria Land; in 

 about 76°57'S., 162°40'E. Disc, by the BrNAE 

 under Scott in January 1902, while searching for 

 safe winter quarters for the exp. ship Discovery, 

 and so named because of the great granite boul- 

 ders found on its shores. 



GRAPTOLITE ISLAND : islet about 0.5 mi. long, 

 which lies in Fitchie Bay about 1.2 mi. W. of Cape 

 Dundas, the E. end of Laurie I., in the South 

 Orkney Is.; in 60°44'S., 44°28'W. Disc, by the 

 ScotNAE, 1902-4, under Bruce, who so named it 

 because graptolitic fossils were found on the island. 



GRASSHOLM: islet about 1 mi. S. of Frida Hole, 

 along the S. coast and near the W. end of South 

 Georgia; in 54°03'S., 37°58'W. The name Em 

 Island was given for this feature, probably by DI 

 personnel who surveyed this coast in 1926. The 

 SGS, 1951-52, reported that this feature is known 

 locally as "Grassholmen," and that Em Island is 

 unknown locally. The indefinite form of the name, 

 Grassholm, has been approved. Not adopted: Em 

 Island, Grassholmen [Norwegian]. 



Grassholmen: see Grassholm. 



GRASS ISLAND: conspicuous island lying across 

 the entrance to Stromness Hbr., in Stromness Bay, 

 South Georgia; in 54°09'S., 36°40'W. This island 

 was known as Mutton Island as early as 1912, but 

 since 1920 the name Grass Island has been con- 

 sistently used. Not adopted : Mutton Island. 



GRAVENOIRE ROCK : small rock outcrop about 

 1 mi. SE. of Rock X, protruding above the conti- 

 nental ice at the E. side of Victor Bay, on Adelie 



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