GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



LAPEYRfiRE BAY: bay about 4 mi. long and 



2 mi. wide, indenting the NE. coast of Anvers I. 

 westward of the Melchior Is., in the Palmer Arch.; 

 64°22'S., 63°13'W. The bay was probably first 

 sighted by a Ger. exp. under Dallmann, 1873-74, as 

 an incompletely-defined bay is shown on the chart 

 resulting from the expedition. It was recharted 

 by the FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot, and named 

 by him for R. Adm. Boue de Lapeyrere, French 

 Navy. Not adopted: Bale de Lepeyrere [French]. 



LA PLAZA POINT: point which forms the S. tip 

 of the rocky peninsula which separates Mackellar 

 and Martel Inlets in the N. part of Admiralty Bay, 

 on King George I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 

 62°04'S., 58°25'W. Charted and named by the 

 FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10. 



Large Rasorback Island: see Big Razorback 

 Island. 



La Roche Strait: see Bird Sound. 



LARROUY ISLAND: island about 5 mi. long and 



3 mi. wide, which rises to about 2,500 ft. in el. and 

 lies about 5 mi. NNE. of Ferin Head, off the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 65°52'S., 65°17'W. Disc, by 

 the FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot, who named it 

 for Monsieur Larrouy, at that time a French 

 Minister Plenipotentiary. 



Larry Gould Bay: see Gould Bay. 



LARS ANDERSEN ISLAND: islet lying about 7 

 mi. NW. of Cape Daly, in the central part of the 

 Thorgaut Is., off Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 

 67°26'S., 63°42'E. Charted in January-February 

 1931 from the Thorgaut, Norwegian whale catcher 

 sent out by Lars Christensen. Presumably named 

 for Lars Andersen, manager-harpooner of the 

 whale catchers Falk and Ole Wegger which operated 

 further to the N. during this season. Not adopted: 

 Lars Andersen Islands, Lars Anderson Islands. 



Lars Anderson Islands: see Lars Andersen Island. 



LARS CHRISTENSEN COAST: that portion of 

 the coast of Antarctica extending from Cape Darn- 

 ley on Bjerk0 Pen. in about 67°42'S., 69°30'E., to 

 Jennings Promontory in about 70''12'S., 71°46'E. 

 Disc, in January 1931 by Norwegian whalers em- 

 ployed by Lars Christensen of Sandefjord, Norway, 

 for whom it is named. Mr. Christensen personally 

 participated in some of the exploration conducted 

 in Antarctica by his firm, 1926-37. Not adopted: 

 Lars Christensen Land. 



Lars Christensen Land: see Lars Christensen 

 Coast. 



LARS CHRISTENSEN PEAK: lofty, rounded 

 dome of an extinct crater about 3,900 ft. in el., sur- 

 mounting Peter I Island, which lies NE. of Thurston 

 Pen.; in about 68°49'S., 90°31'W. Peter I Island 

 was disc, by a Russ. exp. under Bellingshausen in 

 January 1821 and viewed from a distance of 15 

 miles. The island was circumnavigated in January 

 1927 by a Nor. exp. under Tofte in the Odd I, who 

 named the peak for Lars Christensen, Norwegian 

 whaling magnate who financed the expedi;ion. 



Larsemann Fjellene: see Larsemann Hills. 



LARSEMANN HILLS: barren, rounded hills, 

 from 250 to 600 ft. in el., which mark the coast line 

 for a distance of about 9 mi., along Ingrid Christen- 

 sen Coast; in about 69°25'S., 75°40'E. Disc, in 

 February 1935 by the Nor. exp. under Mikkelsen, 

 and reportedly named "Larsen Mountains" at 

 that time. The first map name appears to have 

 taken the form Larsemann Fjellene. The generic 

 hills was adopted as a more appropriate term 

 following examination of the Norwegian compila- 

 tion based on the aerial photographs taken in 

 January 1937 by the Nor. exp. under Lars Christen- 

 sen. Not adopted: Larsemann Fjellene [Nor- 

 wegian] , Larsen Mountains. 



LARSEN, MOUNT: mountain about 2,200 ft. in 

 el., situated in the east-central portion of Thule I., 

 in the South Sandwich Is.; in 59°27'S., 27°18'W. 

 Charted in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery 

 II, who named it for Capt. C. A. Larsen. 



LARSEN, MOUNT: mountain about 5,000 ft. in 

 el., presenting sheer granite cliffs on the N. side, 

 standing at the S. side of the mouth of Reeves Gl., 

 in Victoria Land; in about 74°50'S., 162°10'E. 

 Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, who 

 named it for Capt. C. A. Larsen, noted Norwegian 

 Antarctic explorer whose explorations along the 

 E. coast of Palmer Pen. in the Jason, 1892-93, 

 marked the beginning of commercial whaling op- 

 erations in the Antarctic. Larsen led numerous 

 whaling expeditions until his death in December 

 1925 while directing operations in the Ross Sea. 



Larsen Barrier: see Larsen Ice Shelf. 



LARSEN CHANNEL: strait about 3 mi. wide 

 separating D'Urville and Joinville Islands, which 

 lie NE. of the tip of Palmer Pen.; in 63°10'S., 

 56°12'W. Disc, in 1902 by the SwedAE under Nor- 

 denskjold, and named for Capt. C. A. Larsen of the 

 exp. ship Antarctic. 



Larsen Glacier: see Nils Larsen Glacier. 



LARSEN GLACIER: glacier about 3 mi. wide and 

 about 25 mi. long, flowing in a SE. direction along 

 the S. slopes of Mounts Larsen, De Gerlache, and 



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