GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp. in March 1947, 

 and named by him for Lt. Wilham R. Kreitzer, USN, 

 plane commander of one of the three USN Op. Hjp. 

 aerial crews which obtained photographic coverage 

 of this area and other coastal areas between 14° 

 and 164°, east longitude. 



Kringholmane: see Kringholm Islands. 



KRINGHOLM ISLANDS: a roughly circular 

 group of islands about 5 mi. in diameter, lying 

 off Mac-Robertson Coast about 15 mi. NE. of Wil- 

 liam Scoresby Bay; in about 67°19'S., 60°03'E. 

 Disc, and mapped by Norwegian cartographers 

 from aerial photographs taken by a Nor. exp. under 

 Christensen in January-February 1937. They 

 named them Kringholmane, presumably for their 

 ring-like distribution. Not adopted: Kringholm- 

 ane [Norwegian]. 



Krogmann Island: see Hovgaard Island. 



Krokfjorden: see Krok Inlet. 



KROK INLET: narrow inlet about 12 mi. long, 

 lying between S0rsdal Glacier Tongue and the 

 small peninsula at the S. end of the Vestfold Hills, 

 with a small arm about 2 mi. long which swings 

 N. and nearly bisects the peninsula, along Ingrid 

 Christensen Coast; in about 68°41'S., 77°55'E. 

 Charted by Norwegian cartographers from aerial 

 photographs taken in January 1937 by the Nor. 

 exp. under Lars Christensen, and named Krok- 

 fjorden because of the hook (krok) formed by 

 this small N. arm. The generic inlet is approved 

 as a more appropriate term on the basis of John 

 H. Roscoe's 1952 compilation from aerial photo- 

 graphs taken by USN Op. Hjp. in March 1947 

 which shows this feature as extending about 7 mi. 

 E. of the original Krokfjorden interpretation. 

 Not adopted: Krokfjorden [Norwegian]. 



KROKISIUS, MOUNT: conspicuous rocky moun- 

 tain, about 2,400 ft. in el., standing 1.5 mi. NW. of 

 the head of Moltke Hbr., Royal Bay, South 

 Georgia; in 54°29'S., 36°06'W. Named by a Ger. 

 exp. under Schrader, 1882-83, for Corvette Captain 

 Krokisius, commander of the Marie, one of the 

 two ships of the expedition. 



KRONER LAKE: circular lake about 0.2 mi. in 

 diameter lying immediately W. of Whalers Bay, on 

 Deception I. in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°59'S., 

 60°35'W. The name Tokroningen, meaning the 

 two kroner piece, was given this lake by whalers 

 during the period 1905-31. The original name was 

 altered to Kroner Lake in 1950 by the Br-APC fol- 

 lowing a survey of Deception I. by Lt. Cdr. D. N. 

 Penfold, RN, in 1948-49. Not adopted: Lake Pen- 

 nilea, Tokroningen [Norwegian]. 



Kronprins Gustav Channel; Kronprinz Gustaf 

 Kanal: see Prince Gustav Channel. 



Kronprins Olav Land: see Prince Olav Coast. 



Kronprinsesse Martha Land: see Princess Martha 

 Coast. 



Kronprinz Olaf Berge: see Prince Olav Moun- 

 tains. 



KRtJGER, MOUNT: summit peak projecting 

 through the icecap at the edge of the polar pla- 

 teau in New Schwabenland; in about 72°40'S., 

 0°15'E. Disc, by the GerAE, 1938-39, under 

 Ritscher, and named for Walter Kriiger, meteoro- 

 logical assistant on the expedition. 



KUBUS MOUNTAIN: distinctive and somewhat 

 isolated mountain, lying just W. of the Filchner 

 Mtns. at the N. edge of the polar plateau, in New 

 Schwabenland; in about 72°25'S., 6°30'E. Disc, 

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

 the descriptive name Kubus (the cube). Not 

 adopted: Kubus [German], The Cube. 



Kurki Hills: see Kukri Hills. 



KUKRI HILLS: range surmounted by peaks 

 about 3,000 to 6,000 ft. in el., extending about 26 

 mi. in a WSW.-ENE. direction and forming the 

 divide between Ferrar Gl. on the S. and Taylor Gl. 

 and Taylor Glacier Dry Valley on the N., in Vic- 

 toria Land; centered in about 77°44'S., 162°50'E. 

 Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, and prob- 

 ably so named because its shape resembles that of 

 a kukri, a Gurikha sword. Not adopted: Kurki 

 Hills. 



KURZE MOUNTAINS : mountain range about 20 

 mi. long, in a N.-S. direction, and about 9,000 ft. 

 in el., lying immediately W. of the Conrad Mtns., 

 which it parallels, in New Schwabenland; in about 

 72°05'S., 8°50'E. Disc, by the GerAE, 1938-39, 

 under Ritscher, and named for the director of the 

 naval division of the former Marineleitung (Ger- 

 man Admiralty) . 



KVARSNES FORELAND : prominent, rocky fore- 

 land on the S. shore of Edward VIII Bay, on Kemp 

 Coast; in about 67°02'S., 57°00'E. Mapped by 

 Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs 

 taken by a Nor. exp. under Christensen in Janu- 

 ary-February 1937, who named it Kvarsnes. Not 

 adopted: Kvarsnes [Norwegian]. 



KYFFIN, MOUNT: mountain about 5,800 ft. in 

 el. in the Commonwealth Range, projecting into 

 the E. side of Beardmore Gl. and rising precipi- 

 tously above it, about 22 mi. up the glacier from 



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