GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



LITTLE RAZORBACK ISLAND: smallest and 

 easternmost of the Dellbridge Is., lying in Erebus 

 Bay off the W. side of Ross I.; in about 77°40'S., 

 166°31'E. Disc, by the BrNAE under Scott, 1901-4, 

 and so named because of its size and similarity to 

 Big Razorback I., which lies about 0.5 mi. south- 

 southwest. Not adopted: Small Razorback Island. 



LITTLE THUMB: small isolated rock tower, 

 about 2,700 ft. in el., standing close S. of The Spire 

 at the NW. end of the Blackwall Mtns., on the S. 

 side of Neny Fjord, Palmer Pen.; in 68°19'S., 

 66°53'W. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE 

 under Rymill. It was climbed on Jan. 22, 1948 by 

 members of RARE and FIDS, who used variations 

 of this name in referring to the feature. It was 

 resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS. Not adopted: 

 Neny Fjord Thumb, The Thumb, Thumb. 



LIVELY, CAPE : cape forming the SW. extremity 

 of Renaud I. in the Biscoe Is.; in 65°49'S., 66°11'W. 

 The Biscoe Is. were disc, in February 1832 by a Br. 

 exp. under John Biscoe, and were first roughly sur- 

 veyed by the FrAE, 1903-5, and FrAE, 1908-10, 

 both under Charcot. Renaud I. was again roughly 

 surveyed in 1935-36 by the BGLE under Rymill. 

 The cape was named in 1954 by the Br-APC after 

 the cutter Lively, one of the two vessels of Biscoe's 

 1830-32 expedition. 



LIV GLACIER: steep glacier about 45 mi. long, 

 flowing N. from the polar plateau along the W. side 

 of the Duncan Mtns. to the Ross Ice Shelf; in 

 about 84°55'S., 167°30'W. Disc, in November 1911 

 by a Nor. exp. under Amundsen, who named it for 

 the daughter of Dr. Fridtjof Nahsen. Not adopted : 

 Liv's Glacier. 



LIVINGSTON ISLAND: island about 37 mi. long 

 and from 5 to 19 mi. wide, lying between Green- 

 wich and Snow Islands in the South Shetland 

 Is.; in 62°35'S., 60°30'W. This island was known 

 to sealers as early as 1820, and the name Livingston 

 has been well established in international usage for 

 over 100 years. Not adopted: Friesland Island, 

 Livingston's Island, Smiths Island, Smolensk 

 Island. 



LIZARD HILL : narrow, curving rock ridge, about 

 1,300 ft. in eL, about 6 mi. SSE. of thf head of Hope 

 Bay and 1 mi. E. of Ridge Peak, at jthe NE. end of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 63°31'S., 57°01'W. » Probably first 

 seen by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nordenskjold. 

 First charted in 1946 by the FIDS, who applied 

 the name. 



LIZARD ISLAND: island about 4 mi. long, in a 

 NW.-SE. direction, and 0.5 mi. wide, paralleling 

 the NE. shore of Bigo Bay, from which it is sepa- 

 rated by a channel about 0.5 mi. wide, along the 



W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°41'S., 64°26'W. 

 Disc, by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37, who so 

 named it because of its shape. 



LIZARDS FOOT: rocky spur about 2,400 ft. in el., 

 forming the E. end of the snow-covered ridge de- 

 scending from Mt. Evans along the S. side of Deben- 

 ham Gl., in Victoria Land; in about 77°11'S., 

 163°00'E. Charted and named by the BrAE under 

 Scott, 1910-13. Not adopted: Lizard's Foot. 



LLOYD, CAPE: cape which forms the N. tip of 

 Clarence I., in the South Shetland Is.; in about 

 60°59'S., 54°01'W. The name Lloyd's Promontory 

 appears on early charts of the 1821-25 period, but 

 in more recent years the feature has become inter- 

 nationally known as Cape Lloyd. Not adopted: 

 Cape Lloyds, Lloyd's Land, Lloyds Promontory, 

 Lloyd's Promontory. 



LLOYD, MOUNT: mountain about 9,900 ft. in el., 

 in the Queen Alexandra Range, rising about 12 mi. 

 W. of Mt. Tripp approximately midway between 

 Shackleton Inlet and Beardmore Gl., on the W. 

 side of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 83°09'S., 165°12'E. 

 Disc, and named by the BrAE under Shackleton, 

 1907-9. 



Lloyds Island: see Rugged Island. 



Lloyd's Land; Lloyds Promontory: see Lloyd, 

 Cape. 



LOCKHART, MOUNT: prominent northerly pro- 

 jection from the main massif of the Fosdick Mtns., 

 in the Edsel Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land; in 

 about 76°28'S., 145°06'W. Disc, by the ByrdAE on 

 a flight on Dec. 5, 1929. Named for Ernest E. 

 Lockhart, physiologist at the West Base of the 

 USAS and member of the Edsel Ford Mountains 

 Biological Party which visited this area in 1940. 



LOCKLEY POINT: 



NW. side of Wiencke 

 Peak, in the Palmer 

 Disc, by the BelgAE 

 It was resighted and 

 and named for Lt. 

 leader, biologist, and 

 roy in 1945. 



low, ice-covered point on the 

 I., about 1 mi. NE. of Noble 

 Arch.; in 64°47'S., 63°23'W. 

 under De Gerlache in 1898. 

 charted by the FIDS in 1944, 

 J. G. Lockley, RNVR, base 

 meteorologist at Port Lock- 



LOCKROY, PORT: harbor about 0.5 mi. long 

 and wide, entered between Flag Pt. and Lecuyer 

 Pt. on the W. side of Wiencke I., in the Palmer 

 Arch.; in 64°49'S., 63°30'W. Disc, by the FrAE 

 under Charcot, 1903-5, and named by him for 

 Edouard Lockroy, French politician and V. Pres. 

 of the Chamber of Deputies, who assisted Charcot 

 in obtaining government support for the expe- 

 dition. 



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