GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



John Shepard Island: see Shepard Island. 



JOHNSON, CAPE: cape along the E. coast of 

 Victoria Land forming the N. side of the entrance 

 to Wood Bay; in about 74°15'S., 166°00'E. Disc, 

 in 1941 by a Br. exp. under Ross, who named it for 

 Capt. Edward John Johnson, RN. Not adopted: 

 Cape Sibbald (q.v.). 



JOHNSONS DOCK: anchorage at the NE. side 

 of South Bay, along the S. coast of Livingston I., in 

 the South Shetland Is.; in about 62°37'S., 60°26'W. 

 The name dates baclc to about 1822 and was applied 

 by sealers who frequented the anchorage. Not 

 adopted: Johnson's Dock. 



Johnsons Island: see Half Moon Island. 



JOHNSTON GLACIER: glacier flowing in a SSE. 

 direction along the N. side of Mt. Owen to the head 

 of Nantucket Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 74°28'S., 62°13'W. Disc, by the RARE, 1947-48, 

 under Ronne, who named it for Freeborn Johnston, 

 of the Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism at Carnegie 

 Inst., Washington, D.C. in recognition of his con- 

 tributions to the planning of the geophysical pro- 

 gram and the working up of the results for the 

 expedition. 



JOHNSTON PEAK: sharp dark peak about 3,500 

 ft. in el., about 12 mi. SW. of Simmers Peaks, in 

 Enderby Land; in about 66°11'S., 52°28'E. Disc, 

 in January 1930 by the BANZARE under Mawson, 

 who named it for Prof. T. Harvey Johnston, chief 

 biologist to the expedition. Not adopted: Harvey 

 Johnston Peak, Mount Harvey Johnston. 



John Wheeler, Cape: see Wheeler, Cape. 



JOINVILLE ISLAND: largest island of the Join- 

 ville Island group, about 40 mi. long in an E.-W. di- 

 rection and 12 mi. wide, lying off the NE. tip of 

 Palmer Pen., from which it is separated by Ant- 

 arctic Sound; in 63°15'S., 55°45'W. Disc, in 1838 

 by a Fr. exp. under D'Urville, who named it for 

 Prince de Joinville. 



JOMFRUENE ISLAND: island with several small 

 but well-defined peaks, lying 1 mi. NW. of Cape 

 Paryadin, off the W. end of South Georgia; in 

 54°03'S., 38°04'W. The name Three Point Island 

 has appeared on maps for this island for many 

 years. Following a survey of the island in 1951-52, 

 the SGS reported that this island is known to 

 whalers and sealers as Jomfruene, and that the 

 name Three Point Island is unknown locally. The 

 name Jomfruene Island is approved in order to 

 conform with local usage. This name should not 

 be confused with a probably corruption of the ap- 

 proved spelling, Jungfrauen (The Maidens) , which 



has erroneously appeared on some maps for three 

 low rocks lying close off the NE. tip of Jomfruene 

 Island. Not adopted: Three Point Island. 



JONASSEN ISLAND: island about 2.5 mi. long, 

 lying 1 mi. N. of Andersson I. in the S. entrance 

 to Antarctic Sound, off the NE. tip of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 63°33'S., 56°40'W. This island was named Irizar 

 Island by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nordenskjold, 

 for Capt. Julian Irizar of the Argentine ship 

 Uruguay, who rescued the shipwrecked SwedAE in 

 1903. In 1904 Dr. Jean B. Charcot, apparently un- 

 aware of the Swedish naming, gave the name Irizar 

 to an island off the W. coast of Palmer Peninsula. 

 Since it is confusing to have two islands in close 

 proximity identically named, and because Charcot's 

 Irizar Island has appeared more widely on maps 

 and in reports, the US-ACAN accepts the decision 

 of the Br-APC that the name given this island by 

 Nordenskjold be altered. The new name commem- 

 orates Ole Jonassen, who accompanied Norden- 

 skjold on his two principal sledge journeys in 

 1902-3. Not adopted: Irizar Island. 



Jones, Cape: see Jones Ridge. 



JONES, CAPE: bluff on the E. coast of Victoria 

 Land, lying NNW. of Coulman I.; in about 73°08'S., 

 169°40'E. Disc, in 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross, 

 who named it for Capt. William Jones, RN. Not 

 adopted : Cape Constance. 



JONES, MOUNT: northernmost mountain of the 

 Clark Mtns., in the E. part of the Edsel Ford 

 Ranges of Marie Byrd Land; in about 77°14'S., 

 142°06'W. Disc, on aerial flights from West Base 

 of the USAS in 1940 and named for Clarence F. 

 Jones, then Prof, of Geography at Clark University. 



JONES CHANNEL: narrow ice-filled channel, 

 about 10 mi. long and from 1 to 3 mi. wide, which 

 separates Blaiklock I. from the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen. and joins Bourgeois Fjord with the head of 

 Bigourdan Fjord; in 67°30'S., 66°57'W. Named 

 for Harold D. Jones, FIDS airplane mechanic at 

 Stonington I., 1947-49, who was a member of the 

 FIDS party which disc, surveyed, and sledged 

 through this channel in 1949. 



JONES GLACIER: channel glacier about 5 mi. 

 wide and 6 mi. long, flowing N. from the conti- 

 nental ice to Wilhelm II Coast, close E. of Krause 

 Pt.; in about 66°35'S., 91°30'E. Delineated from 

 aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946- 

 47, and named by the US-ACAN for Ens. Teddy E. 

 Jones, USNR, photo interpreter with the Naval 

 Photographic Interpretation Center, who served as 

 recorder and assistant with the USN Op. Wml. 

 parties which established astronomical control 

 stations along Wilhelm II, Knox and Budd Coasts. 



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