GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



HUMBOLDT GRABEN: a fault depression in 

 the Wohlthat Mtns., separating Petermann Range 

 from the Alexander Humboldt Mtns., in New 

 Schwabenland; centering in about 71°40'S., 

 12"00'E. The trough, about 30 mi. long and 

 averaging about 4 mi. wide, descends northward 

 from a maximum elevation of 6,800 ft. at the edge 

 of the polar platform to 4,900 ft. in about 71°25'S. 

 Disc, by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and 

 named after the nearby Alexander Humboldt 

 Mountains. 



Humboldt Mountains: see Alexander Humboldt 

 Mountains. 



HUM ISLET: islet lying NE. of the entrance to 

 William Scoresby Bay, between the W. extremities 

 of Bertha I. and Islay, off Mac-Robertson Coast; 

 in about 67°22'S., 59°41'E. Disc, and named by 

 DI personnel on the William Scoresby in February 

 1936. Not adopted: Sundholmen [Norwegian]. 



HUMMOCK ISLAND: rocky crescent-shaped is- 

 land about 1 mi. long, lying about 2.5 mi. NNE. of 

 the W. tip of Robert I. and 3 mi. ENE. of Table I., 

 in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°19'S., 59°45'W. 

 Charted and given this descriptive name by DI per- 

 sonnel on the Discovery II in 1935. 



HUMMOCK ISLAND: island about 1 mi. in 

 diameter, lying about 4 mi. W. of Larrouy I. and 6 

 mi. NNW. of Ferin Head, off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 65°53'S., 65°31'W. Disc, and named by 

 the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37. 



Hummocks, He des deux: see Two Hummock 

 Island. 



HUMP, THE: conspicuous dome-shaped summit 

 on the N. shore of Lapeyrere Bay, northern Anvers 

 I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°20'S., 63°16'W. The 

 name appears on a chart based on a 1927 survey 

 by DI personnel on the Discovery, but may reflect 

 an earlier naming. 



HUMPBACK ROCKS: group of about three rocks 

 lying 0.25 mi. N. of Cape Saunders, off the N. coast 

 of South Georgia; in 54°07'S., 36°38'W. The SGS, 

 1951-52, reported that the descriptive name 

 "Kn0lrokset" (meaning Humpback Whale Rocks) 

 has been used for this feature by the whalers and 

 sealers at South Georgia. The English form of the 

 name. Humpback Rocks, was recommended by the 

 Br-APC in 1954. Not adopted: Kn0lrokset [Nor- 

 wegian]. 



HUMPHREY LLOYD, MOUNT: conspicuous peak 

 lying between Mt. Vernon Harcourt and Mt. Pea- 

 cock in the Admiralty Range, in the NE. part of 



Victoria Land; in about 72°18'S., 169°10'E. Disc, 

 in January 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross, who 

 named it for Dr. Humphrey Lloyd of Trinity Col- 

 lege, Dublin, an active member of the British Assn. 

 which promoted interest in magnetic and meteor- 

 ological research in the Antarctic. 



HUMPS ISLET: islet about 0.5 mi. long with 

 two summits near the W. end, situated 4.5 mi. SSE. 

 of the tip of The Naze, a peninsula of northern 

 James Ross I., which lies S. of the NE. end of Pal- 

 mer Pen.; in 63°59'S., 57°25'W. Disc, by the 

 SwedAE under Nordenskjold, 1901-4. This de- 

 scriptive name was recommended by the Br-APC 

 in 1948 following a survey of the area by the FIDS 

 in 1945. 



Hundebugten: see Hound Bay. 



HUNT, MOUNT: dome-shaped mountain about 

 1,700 ft. in el., surmounting the promontory which 

 terminates in Cape De la Motte, on George V 

 Coast; in about 67°07'S., 144°19'E. Disc, in 1912 

 by the AAE under Mawson, who named it for H. A. 

 Hunt, Dir. of the Commonwealth Meteorological 

 Bureau. 



HUNTER, CAPE: rocky promontory about 6 mi. 

 W. of Cape Denison in Commonwealth Bay, on 

 George V Coast; in about 67°00'S., 142°23'E. Disc, 

 in 1912 and explored the following year by the AAE 

 under Mawson, who named it for Dr. John G. Hun- 

 ter of Sydney Univ., chief biologist at the AAE 

 Main Base. 



HUNT GLACIER: small glacier descending E. 

 from the highlands W. of Granite Hbr., and enter- 

 ing the harbor immediately N. of Dreikanter Head, 

 in Victoria Land; in about 76°53'S., 162°33'E. 

 Charted by the BrAE under Scott, 1910-13. Prob- 

 ably named for H. A. Hunt, Australian meteorolo- 

 gist who assisted in writing the scientific reports of 

 the BrAE under Shackleton, 1907-9. 



HUNT POINT: point, surmounted by a rocky 

 peak about 2,000 ft. in el., marking the N. side of 

 the entrance to Stonehouse Bay on the E. side of 

 Adelaide I.; in 67°18'S., 68°00'W. Disc, and first 

 roughly surveyed in 1909 by the FrAE under Char- 

 cot. Resurveyed in 1948 by the FIDS, who named 

 the point for Sgt. Kenneth D. Hunt, mechanic for 

 the expedition's Norseman airplane in 1950. 



HUON BAY: shallow bay, about 8 mi. wide be- 

 tween Cape Ducorps and Cape Legoupil, along the 

 NW. coast of Louis Philippe Pen.; in 63°23'S., 

 58°00'W. A Fr. exp. under D'Urville, 1837-40, 

 originally gave the name Huon to a cape in this 

 area after Felix Huon de Kermadec, a member of 

 the expedition. Following a survey by the FIDS 



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