GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



mill Bay where it joins the Bertrand Ice Piedmont, 

 on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°28'S. 

 66 55'W. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE 

 under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS 

 and named for James H. Martin, member of the 

 BANZARE under Mawson, 1929-31, and first mate 

 of the Penola during the BGLE, 1934-37. 



MARTIN ISLANDS : group of small islands lying 

 close NE. of the Pitt Is., marking the NE. extrem- 

 ity of the Biscoe Is.; in 65°28'S., 65°18'W. Disc. 

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

 by him for Captain Martin, Argentine Navy. 



Martin Mountain: see Martine, Mount. 



MARTIN PENINSULA: ice-covered peninsula 

 about 20 mi. wide, projecting about 70 mi. N. into 

 Amundsen Sea from its mountainous base on the 

 Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land; in about 

 74°20'S., 112°00'W. Photographed from the air 

 in February 1940 by the USAS, and later deline- 

 ated from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

 Hjp. in December 1946. Named by the US-ACAN 

 for Col. Lawrence Martin, USA (Ret.) American 

 geographer and authority on the history of Ant- 

 arctic exploration. 



MARTIN REEF: isolated rock, lying awash, 

 about 9 mi. N. and slightly to the W. of Cape 

 Fletcher, off Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 

 67°34'S., 65°33'E. This reef was apparently en- 

 countered by Capt. Carl Sjovold in the Norwegian 

 whale catcher Bouvet III in January 1931, and by 

 the BANZARE under Mawson in February 1931. 



MARTINS HEAD: prominent headland about 

 900 ft. in el. between King George Bay and Ad- 

 miralty Bay, on the S. coast of King George I., in 

 the South Shetland Is.; in 62°10'S., 52°13'W. The 

 name dates back to at least 1820, when it was de- 

 scribed by Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, dur- 

 ing his exploration of these islands. Not adopted: 

 Martin's Head. 



MARUJUPU PEAK: conspicuous nunatak stand- 

 ing above the main flow of Ochs Gl., about 2 mi. W. 

 of Mt. Ferranto which marks the SW. end of the 

 Fosdick Mtns., in Marie Byrd Land; in about 

 76'29'S., 145°35'W. Disc, and so named by R. 

 Adm. Byrd on the ByrdAE flight of Dec. 5, 1929. 

 Marujupu combines the letters from the names 

 of three daughters and a son of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Arthur Sulzberger. The daughters are Marian, 

 Ruth, and Judy; Punch is the nickname of son 

 Arthur. The Sulzbergers were patrons of the ex- 

 pedition. 



Mary Louise Ulmer, Mount; Mary Ulmer, Mount: 

 see Ulmer, Mount. 



MASCART, CAPE: cape forming the NE. tip of 

 Adelaide I., in 66°43'S., 67°42'W. Disc, by the 

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

 for Eleuthere Mascart, French physicist and Dir. 

 of the Bureau Central Meteorologique. 



MASON INLET: ice-filled inlet which recedes 

 about 15 mi. SW. between Cape Mackintosh and 

 the coastline south of Cape Herdman, along the E. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 72°57'S., 60°25'W. First 

 seen and photographed from the air in December 

 1940 by members of the USAS. During 1947 the 

 inlet was photographed from the air by the RARE, 

 who in conjunction with the FIDS charted it from 

 the ground. Named by the FIDS for D. P. Mason, 

 their surveyor on the joint British- American seldge 

 journey during the charting of this coast in 1947. 



Massif: for names beginning thus see under the 

 specific part of the name. For example, for Massif 

 Calais see Calais, Massif. (Massif is a French 

 word for "mountain mass.") 



MASSON ISLAND: ice-covered island about 15 

 mi. long and about 1,500 ft. in el., lying NW. of 

 Henderson I. within the area covered by Shackle- 

 ton Ice Shelf, off Queen Mary Coast; in about 

 66°11'S., 96°21'E. Disc, in February 1912 by the 

 AAE under Mawson, who named it for Prof. Sir 

 David Orme Masson of Melbourne, Australia, a 

 member of the AAE Advisory Committee. Not 

 adopted: Mission Island. 



MASSON RANGE: high broken chain of moun- 

 tains, consisting of Nordkammen Crest, Mekam- 

 men Crest, and S0rkammen Crest, forming a part 

 of the Framnes Mtns. on Mac-Robertson Coast. 

 Having several peaks over 3,000 ft. in el., the range 

 extends in a N.-S. direction about 12 mi.; centering 

 in about 67°50'S., 62°52'E. Disc, and charted by 

 the BANZARE, 1929-31, under Mawson, and named 

 for Prof. Sir David Orme Masson, a member of the 

 advisory committee for this exp. as well as the AAE, 

 1911-14, under Mawson. 



Matha Bay: see Matha Strait. 



MATHA STRAIT: strait lying between Adelaide 

 I. and the S. end of the Biscoe Is.; in 66°34'S., 

 67°35'W. The strait takes its name from Matha 

 Bay, the name originally applied by Charcot, leader 

 of the FrAE, 1908-10, to the water feature as he 

 conceived it. The BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37, 

 recognizing that it is really a strait rather than a 

 bay, changed the name to Matha Strait. Named 

 for Lt. A. Matha, second-in-command of the FrAE, 

 1903-5, under Charcot. Not adopted: Matha Bay. 



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