GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



the NE. shore of Duse Bay, at the NE. end of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 63°28'S., 57°05'W. Probably seen by the 

 SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nordenskjold. First 

 charted in 1946 by the FIDS, who so named it 

 because it marks the last climb on the sledge route 

 between Hope Bay and Duse Bay. 



LATADY MOUNTAINS: mountains lying SW. of 

 Gardner Inlet and NE. of Sweeney Mtns., rising 

 above Joerg Plateau; in about 75°30'S., 65°50'W. 

 Disc, by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, who 

 named them for William Latady, aerial photog- 

 rapher with the expedition. 



LATHAM PEAK: peak projecting through the 

 icecap about 20 mi. ENE. of Mt. Biscoe, in Enderby 

 Land; in about 66°13'S., 52°12'E. Disc, in January 

 1930 by the BANZARE under Mawson, and probably 

 named for Rt. Hon. Sir John Creig Latham, who 

 became Chief Justice of Australia in 1935. 



La Tour: see Tower, The. 



LAUBEUF FJORD: a sound about 25 mi. long, in 

 a general N.-S. direction, and averaging 10 mi. 

 wide, lying between the east-central portion of 

 Adelaide I. and the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 about 67°20'S., 67°50'W. Disc, by the FrAE, 1908- 

 10, under Charcot, and named by him for Maxime 

 Laubeuf, French marine engineer who supervised 

 building the engine of the exp. ship Pourquoi-Pas? . 



LAURENS, CAPE: cape which marks the NW. 

 extremity of Laurens Pen. and Heard I.; in 52°59'S., 

 73°15'E. The name was probably applied by Capt. 

 Franklin F. Smith of the American bark Laurens 

 who visited Heard I. in 1855-56 and, who with Capt. 

 Erasmus Darwin Rogers, initiated sealing opera- 

 tions and long-time American sealer occupation of 

 Heard Island. The name appears on a chart by the 

 Br. exp. under Nares, which visited the island in 

 the Challenger in 1874 and utilized the names then 

 in use by the sealers. 



LAURENS PENINSULA: rugged peninsula sur- 

 mounted by several ice-covered peaks which forms 

 the NW. part of Heard I. The peninsula is about 

 5 mi. long and, at its SE. extremity, is joined to 

 the central mass of Heard I. by the low and narrow 

 isthmus between Atlas Cove and West Bay; in 

 53°00'S., 73°18'E. The name was applied by the 

 ANARE following their survey in 1948. It derives 

 from the existing name Cape Laurens, applied for 

 the NW. extremity of this peninsula after the 

 American bark Laurens which, under Capt. Frank- 

 lin F. Smith, visited Heard I. in 1855-56 and 

 assisted in initiating sealing operations there. 



LAURIE ISLAND: an irregularly-shaped island, 

 about 12.5 mi. long in an E.-W. direction, forming 

 the easternmost of the South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°45'S., 44°35'W. Disc, in December 1821 during 

 the joint cruise by Capt. George Powell and Capt. 

 Nathaniel Palmer. R. H. Laurie, Chartseller to 

 the Admiralty, published a chart of the South 

 Shetland Is., South Orkney Is., and the NE. end 

 of Palmer Pen. on Nov. 1, 1822, based on the ex- 

 plorations of Powell, Palmer, and other sealers then 

 in this area. The island was surveyed by the 

 ScotNAE, 1902-4, under Bruce. Not adopted: 

 Laurie's Island, Melville's Island. 



LAVEBRUA ISLET: flat-topped islet about 300 ft. 

 in el., lying close off South Pt., Deception I., in the 

 South Shetland Is.; in 63°02'S., 60°35'W. Charted 

 by a Br. exp. under Foster, 1828-31. The name 

 was given by Norwegian whalers operating from 

 Deception I., and has been in use since 1927. The 

 name is descriptive, meaning literally "threshing 

 floor bridge" or "barn bridge". Not adopted : Islote 

 Chaco [Spanish] , Jon Islet. 



LAWS GLACIER: a confluent glacier system 

 which flows into Marshall Bay on the S. coast of 

 Coronation I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°38'S., 

 45°39'W. Surveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS, 

 named by the Br-APC for Richard M. Laws of the 

 FIDS, leader and biologist at Signy I. base in 1948 

 and 1949, and at South Georgia in 1951. 



LAY-BROTHER ROCK: rock about 1.5 mi. SW. 

 of Despair Rocks and some 7 mi. NW. of Return 

 Pt., off the W. end of Coronation I., in the South 

 Orkney Is., in 60°34'S., 46°14'W. Charted and 

 named by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1933. 



LEAL AND BLUFF: high rounded headland at 

 the SW. corner of William Scoresby Bay, on Mac- 

 Robertson Coast; in about 67°27'S., 59°35'E. 

 Named by DI personnel on the William Scoresby 

 who charted this area in February 1936. 



Le Bland, Cape: see Leblond, Cape. 



LEBLOND, CAPE: cape forming the N. end of 

 Nansen I., in the Biscoe Is.; in about 66°03'S., 

 66°40'W. Charted by the FrAE under Charcot, 

 1908-10, and named by him for the Pres. of 

 the Norman Geographical Soc. at Rouen. Not 

 adopted: Cape Le Bland, Cape Le Blond. 



LECOINTE, MOUNT : central of three mountains 

 lying about 27 mi. SSE. of Mt. Markham, in the 

 Queen Alexandra Range, and about 45 mi. inland 

 from the W. side of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 83°20'S., 

 161°45'E. Disc, by the BrAE, 1907-9, under 

 Shackleton, and named by him for Lt. Georges 



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