GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Crummer, to the Hansen Sheet on the E. coast of 

 Victoria Land; in about 75°10'S., 162°35'E. Disc, 

 by the South Magnetic Polar Party of the BrAE 

 under Shackleton, 1907-9. They named it Larsen 

 Glacier because it flowed SE. from Mt. Larsen, 

 which was constantly in view as they ascended the 

 glacier. 



LARSEN HARBOR: narrow inlet in the S. side of 

 Drygalski Fjord, about 3 mi. W. of Nattriss Head, 

 at the SE. end of South Georgia; in 54°50'S., 

 36°01'W. Charted by the GerAE, 1911-12, under 

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

 was at that time in charge of the Grytviken whaling 

 station. 



Larsen Ice Barrier: see Larsen Ice Shelf. 



LARSEN ICE SHELF: an extensive ice shelf in 

 the NW. part of Weddell Sea, extending along the 

 E. coast of Palmer Pen. from about 64°30'S. to 

 at least 69°30'S. Named for Capt. C. A. Larsen, 

 who sailed along the ice front in the Jason as far 

 as 68°10'S. during December 1893. Not adopted: 

 Larsen Barrier, Larsen Ice Barrier, Larsen Shelf 

 Ice. 



LARSEN INLET: ice-fiilled inlet, about 14 mi. long 

 in a N.-S. direction and about 8 mi. wide, lying 

 between Capes Longing and Sobral, along the E. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 64°30'S., 59°30'W. C. A. 

 Larsen, Norwegian whaling captain, reported a 

 large bay in this area in 1893. Larsen's name was 

 suggested for the feature by Edwin Swift Balch 

 in 1902. The inlet was re-identified and charted 

 by the FIDS in 1947. Not adopted: Larsen Bay. 



Larsen Island: see Monroe Island. 



LARSEN ISLANDS: group of islands lying about 

 2 mi. NW. of Return Pt., off the W. end of Corona- 

 tion I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°36'S., 

 46°05'W. Disc, by Capt. George Powell and Capt. 

 Nathaniel Palmer in December 1821. They were 

 named on Capt. Petter S0rlle's chart, based upon 

 his survey of the South Orkney Is. in 1912-13, in 

 honor of Capt. C. A. Larsen. 



Larsen Mountains: see Larsemann Hills. 



LARSEN NUNATAK: nunatak about 2 mi. N. of 

 Burn Murdoch Nunatak in the Seal Nunataks 

 group, off the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 64°58'S., 

 60°06'W. The Seal Nunataks were disc, by a Nor. 

 whaling exp. under C. A. Larsen in December 1893. 

 Commemoration of Larsen was proposed by Ludwig 

 Friederichsen in 1895. The application of this 

 name is based upon a 1947 survey by the FIDS. 



LARSEN POINT: point which forms the W. side 

 of the entrance to Cumberland Bay, on the N. coast 

 of South Georgia; in 54°12'S., 36°30'W. Named for 

 Capt. C. A. Larsen, who examined Cumberland Bay 

 in the Jason in 1893-94. 



Larsen Shelf Ice: see Larsen Ice Shelf. 



LASERON ISLETS: small group of rocky islets 

 lying about 2.5 mi. ENE. of Cape Denison in the 

 SE. side of Commonwealth Bay, off George V Coast; 

 in about 66°59'S., 142°46'E. Disc, in January 1912 

 by the AAE Main Base party under Mawson, and 

 named by him for Charles F. Laseron, taxidermist 

 with the expedition. 



Lashley Mountains: see Lashly Mountains. 



LASHLY MOUNTAINS: mountains about 8,600 

 ft. in el., standing near the edge of the plateau and 

 S. of the head of Taylor GL, in Victoria Land; in 

 about 77°53'S., 160°10'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 

 1901-4, under Scott, who named these mountains 

 for William Lashly, a member of the party which 

 explored this area. Not adopted: Lashley Moun- 

 tains. 



LASSITER COAST: that portion of the E. coast 

 of Palmer Pen. extending from Cape Mackintosh, 

 in 72°53'S., 60°03'W., to Cape Adams, in 75°04'S., 

 62°20'W. The N. portion of this coast was disc, 

 and photographed from the air by the USAS in 

 1940. During 1947 the entire extent of the coast 

 was photographed from the air by the RARE under 

 Ronne, who in conjunction with the FIDS charted 

 it from the ground. The name Lassiter Shelf Ice 

 was applied by Ronne to the ice shelf in the western 

 part of the head of Weddell Sea, which has now 

 been shown to be a feature continuous with what 

 was previously named Filchner Ice Shelf. The 

 name Lassiter has therefore been applied by the 

 US-ACAN to this coast, after Capt. James W. 

 Lassiter of the then USAAF, who as chief pilot 

 was instrumental in the overall success of the 

 RARE aerial exploratory program. Lassiter was 

 pilot on the flight SW. from Cape Adams on which 

 geographic discovery was extended to 77°30'S., 

 71°30'W., including exploration of the Joerg 

 Plateau and Orville Escarpment, and the flight SE. 

 to about 79°00'S., 43°45'W. on which the western 

 and central parts of the Filchner Ice Shelf fringing 

 Edith Ronne Land were sighted and photographed 

 for the first time. 



Lassiter Ice Barrier; Lassiter Shelf Ice: see 

 Filchner Ice Shelf. 



LAST HILL: small hill, about 1,100 ft. in el., with 

 a rock ridge at its crest and a cliff at its N. side, 

 lying about 4 mi. SSW. of Hope Bay and 2 mi. E.of 



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