GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



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

 name appears on a chart based upon a 1927 survey 

 by DI personnel on the Discovery, but may reflect 

 an earlier naming. 



GREEN POINT: rocky point which forms the 

 SE. end of Fold I., lying about 3 mi. N. of the W. 

 side of the entrance to William Scoresby Bay, on 

 Kemp Coast; in about 67°22'S., 59°38'E. Disc, and 

 named by DI personnel on William Scoresby in 

 February 1936. Not adopted: Rundneset [Nor- 

 wegian] . 



GREEN REEF: group of low rocks lying in 

 Neumayer Chan, about 0.25 mi. off the E. side of 

 Anvers I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°44'S., 63°17'W. 

 Charted by members of H.M.S. Snipe in January 

 1948 and so named because of its proximity to 

 Green Spur, about 1 mi. northwestward. 



GREEN SPUR: green colored peak, probably 

 above 3,000 ft. in el., standing at the N. side of the 

 mouth of Copper Gl. about 1 mi. E. of Copper 

 Peak, on the SE. side of Anvers I., in the Palmer 

 Arch.; in 64°43'S., 63°18'W. Probably first seen 

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

 name appears on a map based upon a 1927 survey 

 by DI personnel on the Discovery, but may reflect 

 an earlier naming. 



GREENWICH ISLAND: island about 16 mi. long 

 and from 0.5 to 7 mi. wide, which lies between 

 Robert and Livingston Islands, in the South Shet- 

 land Is.; in 62°30'S., 59°47'W. The name dates 

 back to at least 1821 and is now established inter- 

 national usage. Not adopted: Beresino Island, 

 Greenwich Islands, Sartorius Island. 



GREGORY, CAPE: cape whic^ii lies on the W. 

 side of Smith I. about 3 mi. SW. of the NW. ex- 

 tremity of the island, in the South Shetland Is.; 

 in 62°55'S., 62°34'W. The name appears on a 

 chart based on work by a Br. exp. under Foster, 

 1828-31, and is now established international usage. 



GREGORY ISLAND: islet lying about 2 mi. NW. 

 of Cape Archer off Victoria Land; in about 76°50'S., 

 162°58'E. Disc, by the BrNAE under Scott, 1901-4. 

 At that time it was thought to be a cape and was 

 named Point Gregory for Prof. John Walter Greg- 

 ory, Dir. of the Civilian Scientific Staff for the 

 BrNAE in 1901. The feature was determined to 

 be an island by the BrAE, under Scott, 1910-13. 

 Not adopted: Gregory Point. 



Gregory Point: see Gregory Island. 



GREMLIN ISLET: small rocky islet which lies 

 close off the NW. tip of Red Rock Ridge, off the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°16'S., 67°12'W. First 



surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. The 

 islet was used as a site for a depot by FIDS in 

 1948-49, and was so named by them because of the 

 mysterious disappearance of a ration box left there 

 by a FIDS sledging party. 



GREY ISLET: islet about 0.6 mi. S. of Michelsen 

 I. and about 1 mi. W. of the S. part of Fredriksen 

 I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°46'S., 45°02'W. 

 This islet appears to be first charted and named 

 Holmen Graa on a map by the Norwegian whaler 

 Capt. Petter S0rlle, who made a running survey 

 of the South Orkney Is. in 1912-13. Grey Islet is 

 the English translation of the Norwegian name. 

 Not adopted: Holmen Graa [Norwegian]. 



GRIBB BANK: submarine bank lying N. of Wil- 

 helm II Coast; extending from 61°S. to 63 °S., and 

 from 87° E. to 89°E. Disc, by gunner Krog Ander- 

 sen of a Nor. exp. under Christensen, 1936-37, and 

 named for his whale catcher, the Gribb. 



GRIER, MOUNT: a gable-shaped mountain 

 about 10,000 ft. in el., standing at the E. side of 

 the head of Robert Scott GL, and forming the most 

 northwesterly extension of the La Gorce Mtns., in 

 the Queen Maud Range; in about 86°14'S., 

 148°20'W. Disc, in December 1934 by the ByrdAE 

 geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named 

 by Byrd for Dr. G. Layton Grier, head of the L. D. 

 Caulk Co. of Milford, Del., who contributed dental 

 supplies to the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions of 1928- 

 30 and 1933-35. 



GRIFFITH, MOUNT: peak about 5,500 ft. in el., 

 lying close N. of the Will Hays Mtns., between 

 Amundsen and Robert Scott Glaciers, in the Queen 

 Maud Range; in about 85°50'S., 155°30'W. Disc, 

 in December 1934 by the ByrdAE geological party 

 and named by Byrd for Raymond Griffith, of Twen- 

 tieth Century-Fox Pictures, who assisted in assem- 

 bling motion-picture records of the expedition. 



GRIFFITH NUNATAKS: group of rock expo- 

 sures rising above the ice on the S. side of the 

 upper rim of Balchen Gl., in the N. part of the 

 Edsel Ford Ranges in Marie Byrd Land in about 

 76°27'S., 143°37'W. Disc, by the USAS in aerial 

 flights over this area in 1940, and named for Clyde 

 W. Griffith, machinist and tractor operator of this 

 expedition. 



GRIMMINGER, MOUNT: cone-shaped, mostly 

 ice-covered mountain about 5,500 ft. in el., standing 

 on the N. side of Meinardus GL, close E. of its 

 juncture with Haines GL, on the E. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 73°18'S., 62°18'W. Disc, and photo- 

 graphed from the air in December 1940 by the 

 USAS. During 1947 it was photographed from the 



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