GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Georgia; in 54°11'S., 37°18'W. Named in about 

 1912 by Norwegian whalers for King Haakon VII 

 of Norway. Not adopted: King Haakons Bay, 

 King Haakons Harbor. 



King Haakons Harbor: see King Haakon Bay. 



King Leopold and Queen Astrid Coast; King 

 Leopold and Queen Astrid Lan^i: see Leopold and 

 Astrid Coast. 



King Oscar II Coast; King Oscar II Land: see 

 Oscar II Coast. 



KINNEAR MOUNTAINS: group of mountains, 

 more than 4,000 ft. in el., standing at the S. margin 

 of Wordie Ice Shelf about 11 mi. E. of Mt. Edgell, 

 on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 69°29'S., 

 67°42'W. Disc, and roughly surveyed in 1936 by 

 the BGLE under Rymill. The name was proposed 

 by members of BGLE for Sir Norman B. Kinnear, 

 British ornithologist who, as member of the staff 

 of the British Museum (Natural History), was of 

 great assistance to BGLE. 



KINNES, CAPE: cape which forms the W. ex- 

 tremity of Joinville I., off the NE. end of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 63°21'S., 56°33'W. It was sighted, prob- 

 ably for the first time, by members of the Dundee 

 whaling exp., 1892-93, and named by them for 

 R. Kinnes, sponsor of the expedition. Not 

 adopted : Cape Kirmess. 



Kinness, Cape: see Kirmes, Cape. 



KINSEY, CAPE: prominent cape at the E. side 

 of the entrance to Davies Bay, on Gates Coast, in 

 about 69°12'S., 158°50'E. Disc, in February 1911 

 by personnel on the Terra Nova of the BrAE under 

 Scott. J. J. Kinsey was oflacial representative of 

 the BrAE at Christchurch, New Zealand. 



KINSEY, MOUNT: peak about 11,000 ft. in el., 

 lying between Keltie Gl. and Mill Gl. near their 

 confluence with Beardmore Gl.; in about 85°00'S., 

 170°45'E. Disc, by the BrAE, 1907-9, under 

 Shackleton, and named for J. J. Kinsey of Christ- 

 church, who conducted the affairs of the exp. in 

 New Zealand. 



KIRKPATRICK, MOUNT: loftiest peak of the 

 Queen Alexandra Range, about 14,600 ft. in el., 

 lying midway on the W. flank of Beardmore Gl., 

 near the head of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 84°20'S., 

 167°00'E. Disc, and named by the BrAE under 

 Shackleton in December 1908. Not adopted: 

 Mount Kilpatrick. 



KIRKWOOD, MOUNT: mountain about 1,500 ft. 

 in el., about 3 mi. W. of Entrance Pt. in the S. part 

 of Deception I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 

 63°00'S., 60°39'W. First charted by a Br. exp., 

 1828-31, under Foster. Named in 1950 by the 

 Br-APC for Cdr. H. R. Kirkwood, RN, master of 

 the John Biscoe in Antarctic waters, 1948-50. Not 

 adopted: Mount David. 



KIRKWOOD ISLETS: scattered group of reefs 

 and rocks, with one larger islet, lying in the central 

 part of Marguerite Bay, about 23 mi. NE. of Fly- 

 spot Rocks and 16 mi. SSW. of the Faure Is.; in 

 68°22'S., 69°00'W. The islets were sighted in 1949 

 from the FIDS vessel John Biscoe, and a running 

 survey of the islets was made from the ship in 1950. 

 Named for Cdr. Henry Kirkwood, RN, in command 

 of the John Biscoe at that time. 



KIRWAN INLET: inlet in the SE. corner of Alex- 

 ander I Island, about 12 mi. wide at its mouth and 

 indenting 7 mi., opening on George VI Sound; in 

 72°21'S., 68°50'W. The inlet is flUed with ice shelf 

 which merges almost imperceptibly with the rising 

 ice slopes of Alexander I Island to the west. First 

 surveyed in 1949 by the FIDS, and named by them 

 for Laurence P. Kirwan, Dir. and Sec. of the Royal 

 Geographical Society. 



KJELLMAN, CAPE: cape marking the E. side of 

 the entrance to Charcot Bay, on the W. coast of 

 Louis Philippe Pen.; in 63°44'S., 59°21'W. First 

 charted by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under Norden- 

 skjold, and named by him probably for Prof. Frans 

 Reinhold Kjellman, Swedish botanist. 



KJERKA, MOUNT: peak about 3,300 ft. in el., in 

 the S. part of the Gustav Bull Mtns. about 10 mi. S. 

 of Mt. Hinks, inland from Mac-Robertson Coast; 

 in about 68°03'S., 66°08'E. Charted and named 

 Kjerka, meaning "the church," by Norwegian 

 cartographers from aerial photographs taken by a 

 Nor. exp. under Christensen on Jan. 28, 1937. Not 

 adopted: Kjerka [Norwegian]. 



Kjuringen: see Rayner Peak. 



KLAKKANE ISLANDS: group of small islands 

 lying about 2 mi. E. of Farrington I. and about 5 mi. 

 N. of the William Scoresby Arch., off Mac-Robert- 

 son Coast; in about 67°15'S., 59°47'E. They were 

 mapped and named by Norwegian cartographers 

 from aerial photographs taken by a Nor. exp. under 

 the direction of Christensen in January 1937. Not 

 adopted: Klakkan [Norwegian]. 



Klarius Mikkelsen, Mount: see Mikkelsen Peak; 

 Scullin Monolith. 



Klarius Mikkelsen Fjell: see Mikkelsen Peak. 



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