GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



the Discovery II who named it for A. Harker, naval 

 architect on the staff of the Discovery Committee. 



HARKNESS, MOUNT: mountain about 5,500 ft. 

 in el., standing close S. of Mt. Zanuck and forming 

 part of the E. wall of Robert Scott Gl., in the 

 Queen Maud Range; in about 86°03'S., 150°30'W. 

 Disc, in December 1934 by ByrdAE geological party 

 under Quin Blackburn, and named at that time 

 by R. Adm. Byrd for Bruce Harkness, friend of 

 Richard S. Russell, Jr., a member of that party. 

 Not adopted: Mount Bruce Harkness. 



HARMER, MOUNT: peak about 3,700 ft. in el., 

 standing in the north-central portion of Cook I., in 

 the South Sandwich Is.; in 59°26'S., 27°09'W. 

 Charted in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery 

 II, who named it for Sir Sidney F. Harmer, 

 Vice-Chairman of the Discovery Committee. 



HARMONY COVE: cove entered between Har- 

 mony Ft. and The Toe on the W. side of Nelson 

 I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°19'S., 59°12'W. 

 Named by American sealers in about 1820 after the 

 sealing vessel Harmony. The Harmony, under 

 Capt. Thomas Ray, was one of several American 

 sealing vessels headquartered at Harmony Cove 

 during the 1820-21 season. 



HARMONY POINT: point which forms the N. 

 side of the entrance to Harmony Cove, on the W. 

 side of Nelson I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 

 62°19'S., 59°14'W. Charted in 1935 by DI per- 

 sonnel on the Discovery II. Named after Harmony 

 Cove. 



Harmony Strait: see Nelson Strait. 



HARMSWORTH, MOUNT: peak about 9,600 ft. 

 in el., standing at N. end of the Worcester Range 

 NW. of Moore Embayment, on the W. side of Ross 

 Ice Shelf; in about 78°37'S., 160°40'E. Disc, by 

 the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, who named it for 

 Sir Alfred Harmsworth, later Viscount Northcliffe, 

 a generous contributor to the expedition. 



HAROLD BYRD MOUNTAINS: a group of ex- 

 posed rocky peaks and nunataks reaching altitudes 

 of 1,500 to 1,800 ft., extending in a NE.-SW. arc 

 along the N. side of the terminus of Leverett Gl., 

 which separates the group from the Queen Maud 

 Range, and fronting on the Ross Ice Shelf; center- 

 ing in about 85°26'S., 146°30'W. Disc, in Decem- 

 ber 1929 by members of the ByrdAE geological 

 party under Laurence Gould, who climbed Sup- 

 porting Party Mtn. near the W. end of this group 

 and took panoramic photographs from that point. 

 Named for D. Harold Byrd, a cousin of R. Adm. 

 Byrd and a contributor (helped to buy furs) to 

 the expedition. 



HAROLD JUNE, MOUNT: mountain in the Phil- 

 lips Mtns., about 3,700 ft. in el., standing on the 

 N. side of Balchen Gl. in the Edsel Ford Ranges, 

 in Marie Byrd Land; in about 76°10'S., 145°00'W. 

 Disc, by the ByrdAE in December 1929, and named 

 for Harold I. June, airplane pilot of the expedition. 



HARPER POINT: low glaciated point forming 

 the N. end of Saunders I., in the South Sandwich 

 Is.; in 57°45'S., 26°29'W. Charted in 1930 by DI 

 personnel on the Discovery II, and named for F. 

 H. Harper, Sec. to the Discovery Committee. 



HARP ISLET: islet at the N. side of Mutton 

 Cove, about 8 mi. W. of Ferin Head, off the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 66°00'S., 65°43'W. Charted 

 by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37, and so named 

 because of its distinctive shape. Not adopted: 

 Harp Island. 



HARPUN ROCKS : submerged rocks lying about 

 0.1 mi. SE. of Bills Pt., Delta I., in the Melchior 

 Is., Palmer Arch.; in 64°19'S., 62°59'W. The name 

 appears on a chart based upon a 1927 survey by 

 DI personnel, but may reflect an earlier naming 

 by whalers. Harpun is a Norwegian word mean- 

 ing harpoon. Not adopted: Harpun Rock. 



Harrison, Cape: see Harrisson, Cape. 



HARRISON GLACIER; channel glacier about 4 

 mi. wide and 5 mi. long, flowing N. from the con- 

 tinental ice to the Clarie Coast, about 13 mi. SE. 

 of Cape Carr; in about 66°00'S., 131°25'E. De- 

 lineated from aerial photographs taken by USN 

 Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for 

 George W. Harrison, passed midshipman on the 

 tender Flying Fish of the USEE under Wilkes, 

 1838-42. 



HARRISON POINT: point marked by a string 

 of off -lying rocks, lying 1.8 mi. W. of Busen Pt. on 

 the S. side of Stromness Bay, South Georgia; in 

 54°10'S., 36°36'W. The point was charted in 1927 

 by DI personnel and named Matthews Point for 

 L. Harrison Matthews, British zoologist, member of 

 the staff of the Discovery Investigations, 1924-35, 

 who worked at South Georgia in 1924-27. In 1954, 

 the Br-APC recommended this name be altered to 

 Harrison Point to avoid duplication with Matthews 

 Point (also named for L. Harrison Matthews), a 

 better known feature in Uridine Harbor, South 

 Georgia. This change allows Harrison Matthews' 

 name to be retained for this feature, while the con- 

 fusing duplication of names is avoided. Not 

 adopted: Matthews Point (q.v.). 



HARRISSON, CAPE: ice-covered cape at the 

 junction of the channel of Denman Gl. and Robin- 

 son Bay, on the Queen Mary Coast; i^ about 



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