GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



who lost his life in a ship accident shortly after 

 the expedition's departure from Le Havre. Not 

 adopted: Cape Maignan. 



MAIN ISLAND: island about 2 mi. long and 1.5 

 mi. wide, which is the largest of the Willis Is., off 

 the W. end of South Georgia; in 54°01'S., 38°16'W. 

 Disc, in 1775 by a Br. exp. under Cook. It was 

 charted by DI personnel in the period 1926-30, and 

 so named because it is the principal island in the 

 group. 



Mainland: see Coronation Island. 



MAINSAIL ROCK: rock lying about 0.6 mi. SW. 

 of Spine It. in Sandefjord Bay, South Orkney Is.; 

 in 60=37'S., 46°03'W. It is easternmost of a chain 

 of three rocks trending in a NW.-SE. direction off 

 the SE. side of Monroe I. The rock was named by 

 DI personnel following their survey in 1933. 



MAI POINT: point marking the E. side of the 

 entrance to Maiviken, a small bay in Cumberland 

 West Bay, South Georgia; in 54°14'S., 36°30'W. 

 The point was charted by the SwedAE, 1901-4, un- 

 der Nordenskjold. The name derives from associ- 

 ation with Maiviken, named by the SwedAE for 

 May Day, May 1, 1902, the day they entered the 

 bay. 



MAITLAND GLACIER : glacier flowing along the 

 NW. flank of Mt. Hitchcock into the S. side of 

 Mobiloil Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 about 68°48'S., 65°15'W. This glacier may appear 

 indistinctly in an aerial photograph taken by Sir 

 Hubert Wilkins on his flight of Dec. 20, 1928, but 

 it was more clearly shown in aerial photographs 

 taken by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935 and the USAS 

 in 1940. Named by the Committee in 1952 for O. 

 Maitland Miller of the American Geographical Soc, 

 who by utilizing Wilkins' and Ellsworth's photo- 

 graphs assisted in constructing the first recon- 

 naissance map of this area. 



MAIVIKEN: cove indenting the N. end of the 

 promontory separating the E. and W. arms of 

 Cumberland Bay, South Georgia; in 54°14'S., 

 36°30'W. Charted by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under 

 Nordenskjold, and named after May Day, May 1, 

 1902, the day on which they entered the cove. Not 

 adopted: May Cove. 



Mai Viken Glen: see Bore Valley. 



MALING PEAK: peak, about 1,400 ft. in el., 

 which is southernmost of two conspicuous peaks 

 situated about 0.5 mi. NW. of Cape Vik on the S. 

 coast of Coronation I., South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°40'S.,.45°42'W. Roughly surveyed in 1933 by 

 DI personnel. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS. 



Named by the Br-APC for Derek H. Maling, FIDS 

 meteorologist at Signy I. in 1948 and 1949, who 

 made a survey triangulation of Signy I. and the S. 

 coast of Coronation Island. 



MALLORY POINT: steep rocky point projecting 

 seaward from the coastal ice cliffs, midway along 

 the W. side of Vincennes Bay, on Knox Coast; in 

 about 66°55'S., 108°48'E. Delineated from aerial 

 photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and 

 named by the US-ACAN for Ens. Charles W. Mal- 

 lory, USN, construction officer with USN Op. Wml., 

 1947-48, who gave close support to the shore parties 

 which established astronomical control from Wil- 

 helm II Coast to Budd Coast. 



MAMELON ISLET: islet about 1.5 mi. long, ly- 

 ing about 11 mi. ENE. of Cape Northrop, off the E. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°19'S., 64°49'W. 

 Charted in 1947 by the FIDS and so named be- 

 cause of its resemblance to a small, rounded hill or 

 fort. 



MANCHOT ISLET: low rocky islet lying in the 

 entrance to Port Martin, about 0.3 mi. N. of Cape 

 Margerie, off Adelie Coast; in 66°49'S., 141°24'E. 

 Photographed from the air by USN Op.' Hjp., 

 1946-47. Charted by the FrAE under Liotard, 

 1949-51, and so named because a large Adelie pen- 

 guin rookery was located on the islet. Manchot is 

 the French word for penguin. Not adopted: He 

 des Manchots [French] . 



Manchots, He des: see Manchot Islet. 



MANGIN, MOUNT: mountain about 6,700 ft. in 

 el., standing about 14 mi. SSW. of Mt. Bouvier, on 

 the E. side of Adelaide I.; in 67°25'S., 68°29'W. 

 Disc, by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot, and 

 named by him for Louis A. Mangin, noted French 

 botanist. 



MANOURY ISLET: islet lying about 1.5 mi. S. 

 of Gand I. at the N. end of Schollaert Chan., in the 

 Palmer Arch., in 64°26'S., 62°50'W. Disc, by the 

 FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot, and named for G. 

 Manoury, secretary of the expedition. 



MANSFIELD POINT: point marking the E. side 

 of the entrance to Norway Bight, on the S. coast of 

 Coronation I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°39'S., 

 45°46'W. First surveyed by DI personnel in 1933. 

 Resurveyed by the FIDS in 1948-49. Named by 

 the Br-APC for Arthur W. Mansfield of the FIDS, 

 meteorologist at Grytviken, South Georgia, in 1951; 

 leader, meteorologist and biologist at Signy I. in 

 1952. 



MARBLE POINT: rocky promontory of marble 

 lying about 4 mi. N. of Cape Bernacchi, in front of 

 the S. end of Wilson Piedmont Gl., in Victoria Land; 



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