GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Mt. Kathleen; in about 83°47'S., 172nO'E. Disc, 

 and named by the BrAE, 1907-9, under Shackleton. 

 Not adopted: Mount KifRn, Mount Kyftin. 



Kyftin, Mount: see Kyflfin, Mount. 



Laavebrua: see Ramp Rock. 



LACAZE-DUTHIERS, CAPE : cape lying between 

 Andvord Bay and Paradise Hbr., on the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 64°48'S., 62°49'W. Disc, by the 

 BelgAE, 1897-99, under De Gerlache, who named 

 it for Felix Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers, French 

 naturalist and authority on the anatomy of mol- 

 lusks. 



LACHMAN, CAPE: cape marking the N. tip of 

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

 er Pen.; in 63°47'S., 57°47'W. Disc, by the 

 SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nordenskjold, who named 

 it for J. Lachman, a patron of the expedition. 

 Not adopted : Kap Lachmann [German] . 



LACHMAN CRAGS: escarpment which extends 

 in a N.-S. direction for about 5 mi. at about 1,000 

 ft. in el., standing 3 mi. SSW. of Cape Lachman 

 on James Ross I., close S. of the NE. end of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 63°51'S., 57°50'W. First charted by the 

 FIDS in 1945, who named it after nearby Cape 

 Lachman. 



Lacroix, Mount: see Lacroix Nimatak. 



LACROIX, MOUNT: prominent mountain with 

 red vertical cliffs and a rounded summit, about 

 2,100 ft. in el., surmounting the NE. end of Booth 

 I., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°03'S., 

 63°59'W. First charted by the FrAE, 1903-5, 

 under Charcot, and named by him for Alfred 

 Lacroix, prominent French mineralogist and geol- 

 ogist. Not adopted: Mount Lecroix. 



LACROIX NUNATAK: ridge of terminal mo- 

 raine, about 1.5 mi. long and 270 ft. in el., stand- 

 ing immediately behind a small zone of low rocky 

 ridges which protrude above the ice covered point 

 situated about 2 mi. SW. of Cape Margerie, on 

 Adelie Coast; in 66°51'S., 141°18'E. Disc, in 1931 

 by BANZARE personnel on the Discovery, who 

 sighted this feature from a distance, believing it to 

 be a 1,000-ft. rock peak. Named by Mawson for 

 Prof. Alfred Lacroix, prominent French mineralo- 

 gist with the Museum National D'Histoire Natu- 

 relle, Paris. Photographed from the air by USN 

 Op.' Hjp., 1946-47. Charted by the FrAE under 

 Liotard, 1949-51, who established an astronomical 

 station near its center. Not adopted: Mount 

 Lacroix (q.v.). 



Lady Newnes Bay; Lady Newnes Shelf Ice: 

 see Lady Newnes Ice Shelf. 



LADY NEWNES ICE SHELF: an extensive ice 

 shelf about 50 mi. long and 45 mi. wide, lying to 

 the W. of Coulman I. in the western Ross Sea, 

 along the coast of Victoria Land; in about 73°30'S., 

 168°00'E. Disc, by the BrAE, 1898-1900, under 

 C. E. Borchgrevink, and named by him for Lady 

 Newnes, whose husband. Sir George Newnes, 

 financed the expedition. Not adopted: Lady 

 Newnes Bay, Lady Newnes Shelf Ice. 



LAFARGE ROCKS: two rocks which are 0.5 mi. 

 apart, lying about 2 mi. NW. of Casy Islet and 

 about 6 mi. W. of Cape Siffrey, the N. tip of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 63°13'S., 57°32'W. Disc, by a Fr. exp., 

 1837-40, under D'Urville, and named by him for 

 Ens. Antoine Pavin de la Farge of the exp. ship 

 Zelee. They were charted by the FIDS in 1946. 

 Not adopted: Lafarge Rock. 



LAGOON ISLET: islet about 2 mi. E. of Leonie 

 Islet in the Leonie Islands, lying off the SE. coast 

 of Adelaide I.; in 67°36'S., 68°16'W. Disc, by the 

 FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot. Named by the 

 BGLE under Rymill during its visit to the Leonie 

 Islands in February 1936. 



LA GORCE MOUNTAINS: a group of mountains 

 standing at the E. side of the upper reaches of 

 Robert Scott Gl., in the Queen Maud Range; in 

 about 86°45'S., 146°00'W. This group extends 

 about 20 mi. in a general E.-W. direction and 

 includes, from E. to W., such features as Mounts 

 Paine, Hjalmar Johansen, Gjertsen and Grier. 

 Disc, in December 1934 by the ByrdAE geological 

 party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd 

 for John Oliver La Gorce, V. Pres. of the National 

 Geographic Society. Not adopted: John Oliver 

 LaGorce Mountains, LaGorce Mountains. 



LA GORCE PEAK: beehive-shaped summit 

 about 2,700 ft. in el., standing at the S. end and 

 marking the highest peak in the Alexandra Mtns., 

 on Edward VII Pen.; in about 77°37'S., 153°35'W. 

 Disc, in February 1929 by the ByrdAE, and named 

 by Byrd for John Oliver La Gorce. Not adopted: 

 LaGorce Mountain, LaGorce Peak, Mount LaGorce. 



LAGOTELLERIE ISLAND: island about 1 mi. 

 long, lying at the entrance to Bourgeois Fjord 

 midway between Pourquoi Pas I. and Camp Pt., 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pe^.; in 67°53'S., 

 67°24'W. Disc, and named by the FrAE under 

 Charcot, 1908-10. 



LAGRANGE CAPE: fiat-topped rocky headland 

 extending E. from the Solvay Mtns., about 6 mi. 

 SSW. of Buls Bay, on the SE. coast of Brabant I., 

 in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°25'S., 62°15'W. Disc, 

 by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under De Gerlache, vsiho 



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