GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



LAMPLUGH INLET: inlet about 7 mi. long, lying 

 between Capes Healy and Howard, along the E. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 71°23'S., 61°10'W. Disc. 

 by members of the USAS who explored this coast 

 from East Base by land and from the air in 1940. 

 Named for Elmer L. Lamplugh, chief radio opera- 

 tor at East Base. Not adopted: Lamplugh Bay. 



LAMPLUGH ISLAND: ice-capped island about 

 10 mi. long and 2 mi. wide, separated from the 

 mainland by Davis and Clarke Glaciers, along the 

 coast of Victoria Land; in about 75°39'S., 162°52'E. 

 This feature was first sighted by the BrNAE, 

 1901-4, under Scott, but it was first charted as 

 an island by the BrAE, 1907-9, under Shackleton. 

 Named by Shackleton for G. W. Lamplugh, who 

 gave assistance to the expedition. 



LANCASTER, CAPE: cape forming the S. tip 

 of Anvers I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°51'S., 

 63°44'W. Disc, by a Ger. exp. under Dallmann, 

 1873-74. Later sighted by the BelgAE, 1897-99, 

 under De Gerlache, who named it for Albert Lan- 

 caster, Scientific Dir. of the Meteorological Serv- 

 ice of the Royal Observatory of Belgium and a 

 supporter of the expedition. Not adopted: Cap 

 Albert Lancaster [French] . 



Land Bay: see Emory Land Bay. 



LANDEN RIDGE: narrow rocky ridge 4 mi. E. 

 of Mt. Hayes, standing at the E. end of Cole Pen. 

 on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66°51'S., 63°51'W. 

 During December 1947 it was charted by FIDS and 

 photographed from the air by the RARE under 

 Ronne. Named by Ronne for David Landen of the 

 Trimetrogon Section, U.S. Geological Survey, who 

 assisted in planning the RARE photographic pro- 

 gram and correlating photographs after the exp. 

 returned. Not adopted: Mount Landen. 



Land Glacier: see Emory Land Glacier. 



LANGE PLATFORM: flat-topped upland about 

 30 mi. long and about 8,500 ft. in el., lying N. of 

 the edge of the polar plateau in New Schwaben- 

 land; in about 72°00'S., 1°00'W. Disc, by the 

 GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for 

 Heinz Lange, second meteorologist on the expedi- 

 tion. 



Langevatnet: see Ellis Fjord. 



Langnes Channel: see Langnes Inlet. 



Langnes Fjord: see Langnes Inlet. 



LANGNES INLET: narrow, sinuous inlet about 

 14 mi. long, indenting the Vestfold Hills area be- 

 tween Langnes Pen. and Breidnes Pen., and marked 



by a group of elongated islands and rocks lying 

 inside its wide entrance, along Ingrid Christensen 

 Coast; in about 68°31'S., 78°08'E. Charted by 

 Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs 

 taken in January 1937 by the Nor. exp. under Lars 

 Christensen, and named Langnes Fjord because 

 of close association with Langnes Pen. The generic 

 inlet is approved as a more appropriate term on 

 the basis of John H. Roscoe's 1952 compilation 

 from USN Op. Hjp. aerial photographs taken in 

 March 1947 which shows this feature as extend- 

 ing some 2 mi. further E. to include the isolated 

 lake previously named "Breidvatnet" and then 

 swinging SSW. for nearly 5 miles. Not adopted: 

 Langnes Channel, Langnes Fjord [Norwegian]. 



LANGNES PENINSULA: narrow, sinuous, rocky 

 peninsula about 10 mi. long, marking the north- 

 ern of three small peninsulas comprising the Vest- 

 fold Hills, and projecting W. from Ingrid Christen- 

 sen Coast; in about 68°29'S., 78°19'E. The Nor. 

 exp. under Mikkelsen landed in February 1935 

 in about 68°29'S., 78°11'E.; this reported position 

 appears to correlate with the N. tip of Langnes 

 Pen., close W. of Tryne I. The name derives from 

 Langneset (the long headland) as applied on the 

 H. E. Hansen charts compiled from aerial pho- 

 tographs taken in January 1937 by the Nor. exp. 

 under Lars Christensen. Not adopted: Langneset 

 [Norwegian] . 



Langneset: see Langnes Peninsula. 



Langnestrynet: see Tryne Island. 



LANG SOUND: sound about 1.5 mi. wide at its 

 narrowest point and about 10 mi. long, in an E.-W. 

 direction, lying between the group of islands that 

 include Broka and Havstein Islands and the main- 

 land of Kemp Coast; in about 67°08'S., 58°40'E. 

 Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial 

 photographs taken by a Nor. exp. under Christen- 

 sen in January-February 1937 and named "Lang- 

 sundet" [Norwegian], Long Sound. Not adopted: 

 Langsundet [Norwegian], Long Sound. 



Ldngstans TJdde: see Longing, Cape. 



Langsundet: see Lang Sound. 



LANKESTER, CAPE: low, snow-covered head- 

 land at the S. side of the entrance to Mulock Inlet, 

 along the W. edge of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 

 79°15'S., 160°25'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, 

 under Scott, who probably named it for Sir Edwin 

 Ray Lankester, Dir. of the Natural History Depart- 

 ments of the British Museum, 1898-1907, and 

 founder of the Marine Biological Assn. in 1884. 



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