GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Coast; in 66°21'S., 136°43'E. Photographed from 

 the air by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. Charted by the 

 FrAE under Marret, 1952-53, and so named be- 

 cause of its resemblance to Gravenoire, the name 

 of a puy or dome-shaped hill overlooking the city 

 of Clermont-Ferrand, which lies in the chain of 

 extinct volcanoes forming the Monts D'Auvergne 

 of central France. 



Gravier, Massif; Gravier, Mount; Gravier, Som- 

 met: see Gravier Peaks. 



GRAVIER PEAKS: series of three prominent, 

 ice-covered peaks, the central and highest being 

 7,600 ft. in el., situated about 9 mi. ESE. of The 

 Gullet and extending for 8 mi. in a WSW.-ENE. 

 direction between the head of Laubeuf Fjord and 

 Lallemand Fjord, on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 67°12'S., 67°15'W. First sighted and roughly 

 positioned in 1903 by the FrAE under Charcot, who 

 named the feature for Charles Gravier, French 

 zoologist. Surveyed in 1909 by the FrAE under 

 Charcot, at which time the individual peaks mak- 

 ing up this group were first identified. The data 

 for the present description is largely based upon a 

 resurvey of the peaks in 1948 by the FIDS. Not 

 adopted: Massif Gravier [French], Mount Gravier, 

 Sommet Gravier, Sommets Gravier [French] . 



GRAY, CAPE: cape, marking the E. side of the 

 entrance to Commonwealth Bay, which lies at the 

 N. end of a small rocky island joined by an ice 

 ramp to the continental ice overlying George V 

 Coast; in about 66°51'S., 143°22'E. Disc, by the 

 AAE, 1911-14, under Mawson, who named it for 

 Percy Gray, second officer on the exp. ship Aurora. 



GRAY, MOUNT: rounded, ice-worn mountain 

 several thousand ft. in el., surmounting the E. side 

 of the entrance to Cordell Hull Bay, on Hobbs 

 Coast; in about 75°05'S., 135°30'W. Disc, on 

 aerial flights in 1940 by the USAS, and named for 

 Orville Gray, aviation machinist's mate, plane 

 captain on these flights. Not adopted: Mount 

 Jane Wade. 



GRAY NUNATAK: nunatak which lies about 

 1.5 mi. W. of Arctowski Nunatak in the Seal Nuna- 

 taks group, off the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 65°07'S., 60°08'W. First charted by the SwedAE 

 under Nordenskjold during a sledge journey in 

 1902, and named by him, probably for Capt. David 

 Gray, whaling skipper of Peterhead, Scotland. 

 Gray had planned an exp. to the Weddell Sea in 

 1891 but the plan was abandoned due to a lack of 

 funds. 



Great Hdnakken: see Stor Hanakken Mountain. 



Great Mackellar Islet: see Greater Mackellar 

 Islet. 



GREATER MACKELLAR ISLET: largest of the 

 Mackellar Islets, lying about 1.5 mi. NNW. of Cape 

 Denison in the center of Cormnonwealth Bay, along 

 George V Coast; in about 66°58'S., 142°39'E. Disc, 

 and named by the AAE under Mawson, 1911-14. 

 Not adopted: Great Mackellar Islet. 



Great Piedmont Glacier: see Wilson Piedmont 

 Glacier. 



GREEN, CAPE: low ice cliff forming the S. 

 extremity of the SE. lobe of Tabarin Pen.; on the 

 NE. end of Palmer Pen.; in 63°38'S., 56°54'W. 

 Charted by the FIDS in 1946 and named for 

 Michael C. Green, FIDS geologist who lost his life 

 when the base hut at Hope Bay burned in Novem- 

 ber 1948. 



Green Bay: see Doubtful Bay. 



GREEN ICE RISES: two swellings of the ice 

 where the Shackleton Ice Shelf overrides an under- 

 lying island or islands, about 5 mi. NE. of the E. 

 end of Henderson I., off Queen Mary Coast; in about 

 66°22'S., 97°25'E. Delineated from aerial photo- 

 graphs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named 

 for Duane L. Green, radio operator and recorder 

 with the USN Op. Wml. parties which established 

 astronomical control stations Wilhelm II, Knox 

 and Budd Coasts during January-February 1948. 



GREEN ISLAND: small, rounded tussock-cov- 

 ered island which lies close off the S. tip of South 

 Georgia, about 1 mi. SE. of Cape Disappointment; 

 in 54°53'S., 36°06'W. The name "Green Islands," 

 derived from their covering of tussock grass, was 

 given in 1775 by a Br. exp. under Cook to a group 

 of three islands lying close off Cape Disappoint- 

 ment. The name "Griine Insel" or "Griin-Insel," 

 meaning Green Island, was used for this island by 

 Kohl-Larsen in 1930, presumably because of local 

 usage. The SGS, 1951-52, reported that whalers 

 and sealers, in practice, use three separate names 

 for the individual islands, and that the name 

 Green Island has been limited to this northern- 

 most island. Br0de Island is the central island 

 and First Rock is southernmost of the three. The 

 name "Green Islands" given by Cook for the three 

 islands is apparently not needed and had dropped 

 from use. Not adopted: Griine Insel [German], 

 Griin-Insel [German]. 



Greenland, Cape: see Gronland, Cape. 



GREEN PEAK: conspicuous peak about 2 mi. 

 W. of Van Ryswyck Pt., the E. tip of Anvers I., 

 in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°35'S., 62°53'W. Disc. 



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