GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



HORN, THE: peak about 800 ft. in el. with a 

 sheer cliff of reddish rock on its W. side, sur- 

 mounting the NW. cape of Eagle I., which lies in 

 Prince Gustav Chan, between Louis Philippe Pen. 

 and Vega I., in 63°39'S., 57°34'W. Disc, and 

 named by the FIDS in 1945. The name is descrip- 

 tive of the shape of the peak. 



HORN BLUFF: rocky promontory about 1,100 

 ft. in el., marked by a prominent columnar struc- 

 ture in its upper rock strata, projecting through 

 the continental ice as a coastal cliff at the W. side 

 of the entrance to Deakin Bay, on George V Coast; 

 in about 68°24'S., 149°48'E. Disc, in December 

 1912 by the AAE under Mawson, who named it for 

 W. A. Horn of Adelaide, patron of the expedition. 



HORNE, MOUNT: mountain which hes W. of 

 the Hauberg Mtns. and back of Orville Escarpment, 

 on Joerg Plateau; in about 76°47'S., 70°00'W. 

 Disc, by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, who 

 named it for Bernard Home, manager of the Home 

 Department Store, Pittsburgh, Pa., who furnished 

 windproofs and other clothing for the expedition. 

 Not adopted : Mount Bernard Home. 



Hornet: see Horn Peak. 



HORN PEAK: an outstanding rocky peak about 

 1,100 ft. in el., lying about 3 mi. W. of the head of 

 William Scoresby Bay, on Kemp Coast; in about 

 67°26'S., 59°25'E. Charted by Norwegian cartog- 

 raphers from photographs taken by a Nor. exp. 

 under Christensen in January-February 1937 and 

 probably so named by them because of its promi- 

 nence. Not adopted : Hornet [Norwegian] . 



HORSA NUNATAKS: isolated group of about 

 five partly snow-covered nunataks, more than 2,000 

 ft. in el., which rise above the Roberts Ice Pied- 

 mont, about 14 mi. N. of Mt. Calais, in the NE. 

 part of Alexander I Island; in 68°56'S., 70°18'W. 

 First seen and photographed from the air in 1936 

 and 1937 by the BGLE under Rymill. Surveyed 

 from the ground in 1948 by the FIDS. The names 

 for these nunataks and for the isolated nunatak 

 to the south are after the brother chieftains, 

 Hengist and Horsa, who led the first Saxon bands 

 which settled England in the fifth century. 



HORSBURG POINT: point about 3.4 mi. NW. of 

 Scarlett Pt., on the SW. side of Montagu I., in the 

 South Sandwich Is. ; in 58° 26'S. , 26° 26'W. Charted 

 in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, who 

 named it for H. Horsburgh, technical officer on 

 the DI staff. 



HORSE HEAD: jagged, rocky point with con- 

 spicuous cliffs about 40 ft. in el., situated 600 yards 

 N. of the mouth of Penguin River, in Cumberland 



East Bay, South Georgia; in 54°17'S., 36°30'W. 

 The profile of the cliff is said to resemble a horse's 

 head. First surveyed by the SwedAE, 1901-4, 

 under Nordenskjold. The name Horse Head, 

 recommended by the Br-APC in 1954, is an EngUsh 

 form of "Hestes Hode," applied by sealers and 

 whalers. Not adopted: Hestes Hode [Norwegian]. 



Horseshoe Bay; Horseshoe Island Cove: see 

 Lystad Bay. 



HORSESHOE BAY: bay about 1 mi. wide at the 

 S. side of Cape George, along the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°17'S., 36°16'W. The name appears 

 on a chart based upon a 1929 sketch survey by 

 DI personnel. 



HORSESHOE BAY: cover situated at the N. side 

 of the Cape Royds headland, along the W. side 

 of Ross I.; in about 77°32'S., 166°09'E. Disc, and 

 named by the BrNAE under Scott, 1901-4. The 

 name is suggestive of the shape of the cove. 



HORSESHOE ISLAND: island about 7 mi. long 

 and 3 mi. wide occupying most of the entrance to 

 Square Bay, along the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 67°51'S., 67°12'W. Disc, and named by the 

 BGLE under Rymill who mapped this area by land 

 and from the air in 1936-37. Its name is indic- 

 ative of the crescentic alignment of the 2,000 to 

 3,000 foot mountains on the island. 



HORSESHOE ISLANDS: group of islets whose 

 arrangement is suggestive of a horseshoe, about 

 0.5 mi. WNW. of Grotto I., in the Argentine Is., off 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°14'S., 64°18'W. 

 Charted and named by the BGLE under Rymill, 

 1934-37. 



HORSESHOE MOUNTAIN: horseshoe-shaped 

 mountain about 8,200 ft. in el., lying near the edge 

 of the plateau and N. of the head of the Taylor Gl., 

 in Victoria Land; in about 77°35'S., 160°25'E. 

 Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, who so 

 named this feature because of its shape. 



Hoseason Harbor: see Mikkelsen Harbor. 



HOSEASON ISLAND: island about 7 mi. long 

 and 3 mi. wide, which rises to about 1,900 ft. in 

 el., lying about 20 mi. W. of Trinity I. at the NE. 

 end of the Palmer Arch.; in 63°45'S., 61°45'W. 

 This name has appeared on charts for over 100 

 years, and commemorates James Hoseason, first 

 mate on the Sprightly, an Enderby Brothers seal- 

 ing ship which operated in these waters in 1824-25. 



HOSKINS, MOUNT: mountain about 25 mi. W. 

 of Cape William Henry May and about 8 mi. SSE. 

 of Mt. Lindley, on the W. side of Ross Ice Shelf; 



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