GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



because he found numerous boiling pots left there 

 by early sealers. 



Guardian Islands: see 0ygarden Islands. 



GUARDIAN ROCK : low ice-free rock lying near 

 the head of Bigourdan Fjord, 1 mi. N. of Parvenu 

 Pt., Pourquoi Pas I., close off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 67°33'S., 67°15'W. First surveyed in 1948- 

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

 the position of this rock which guards the NW. en- 

 trance to The Narrows. 



GUEBRIANT ISLETS: two Islets lying 4 mi. S. 

 of Jenny I. and 5 mi. SE. of Cape Alexandra, Ade- 

 laide I., in the N. part of Marguerite Bay; in 

 67°48'S., 68°24'W. Disc, and first charted by the 

 FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by him 

 for Father Guebriant, French missionary to China. 

 The islets were surveyed by the FIDS in 1948. Not 

 adopted: De Guebriant Islets. 



GUfiGUEN, MOUNT: sharp rocky peak, about 

 1,200 ft. in el., standing about 0.25 mi. NW. of Mt. 

 Louise in the N. part of Booth I., off the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 65°04'S., 64°00'W. Disc, by 

 the FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot, who named it for 

 F. Gueguen, stoker of the exp. ship Frangais, and 

 later on the Pourquoi Pas?. Not adopted : Gueguen 

 Peak, Sommet F. Gueguen [French]. 



GUEPRATTE ISLAND: ice-covered island about 

 1.5 mi. long, lying between Anvers and Brabant 

 Islands at the E. side of the entrance to Fournier 

 Bay, in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°30'S., 63°00'W. 

 This island was first shown on the Friederichsen 

 map of 1895, embodying the 1873-74 explorations 

 of a Ger. exp. under Dallmann. It was later 

 charted by the FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot, who 

 named it for Captain Guepratte, French Navy. In 

 1927 DI personnel on the Discovery, unaware of the 

 original naming, applied the name Discovery 

 Island. Not adopted: Discovery Island. 



GUERNSEY, MOUNT: isolated, mainly ice-cov- 

 ered mountain, about 4,100 ft. in el., lying 6 mi. N. 

 of the summit of Mt. Edgell, on the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 69°20'S., 68°14'W. The name "He 

 Guernesey" was given in 1909 by the FrAE under 

 Charcot, after the island of Guernsey off the coast 

 of France. The position of "He Guernesey" on 

 the FrAE maps does not agree with that of the 

 mountain described above, but from the FrAE 

 narrative and sketches by Bongrain, FrAE sur- 

 veyor, it has been determined that this mountain 

 was the feature seen in 1909 by Charcot from a 

 position near the center of the entrance to Mar- 

 guerite Bay. .The mountain' was surveyed in 1936 

 by the BGLE, but no name was assigned. It was 



further surveyed by FIDS in 1948. Not adopted: 

 He Guernesey [French] , White Cross Mountain. 



Guernesey, He: see Guernsey, Mount. 



GUEST ISLAND : snow-covered island, about 40 

 mi. long in a NE.-SW. direction, lying W. of Balchen 

 Gl. along the coast of Marie Byrd Land; in about 

 76°25'S., 148°00'W. Mitchell Peak, located on this 

 island, was sighted by the ByrdAE in 1929. The 

 insularity of Guest Island was determined by the 

 USAS in 1940. Named for Mrs. Amy Guest, con- 

 tributor to the ByrdAE, 1933-35. Not adopted: 

 Amy Guest Island. 



GUIDES, THE: group of islets and rocks lying 

 off the E. side of the entrance to Antarctic Bay, 

 along the N. coast of South Georgia; in 54°04'S. 

 36°52'W. Charted by the GerAE under Filchner, 

 1911-12. The name appears on a chart based upon 

 surveys of South Georgia by DI personnel in the 

 period 1926-30. 



GULL CHANNEL: channel, about 0.1 mi. wide, 

 between Dynamite It. and Stonington I. along the 

 W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°11'S., 67°00'W. 

 First surveyed by the USAS, 1939-41, and so named 

 by them because numerous sea gulls frequented 

 the channel area. 



GULLET, THE : narrow channel between the E. 

 extremity of Adelaide I. and the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen., separating Hansen I. and Day I. and con- 

 necting the heads of Hanusse Bay and Laubeuf 

 Fjord; in 67°10'S., 67°38'W. This area was first 

 explored in 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot who, 

 though uncertain of the existence of the channel, 

 sketched its probable position on the charts of the 

 expedition. The channel was first visited and 

 roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under 

 Rymill. It was resurveyed and given this descrip- 

 tive name in 1948 by members of the FIDS. Not 

 adopted: Charcot Strait, Loubet Strait. 



GULLIVER NUNATAK: nunatak with a flat, ice- 

 free summit, about 1,900 ft. in el., standing at the 

 N. side of Adie Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 66°12'S., 62°40'W. Charted by the FIDS and 

 photographed from the air by the RARE in 1947. 

 Named by the FIDS for the fictional character in 

 Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, because when 

 viewed from the SE. its appearance is suggestive of 

 a man lying on his back with his head toward the 

 south. 



GULL LAKE: lake, about 300 yards in diameter, 

 lying close to the SW. shore of King Edward Cove, 

 about 0.5 mi. S. of the whaling station at Grytviken, 

 South Georgia; in 64n7'S., 36°31'W. The feature 

 was first roughly surveyed and named "Mowensee" 



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