GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



MATHESON GLACIER: glacier about 11 mi. 

 long, situated about 3 mi. S. of Ashton Gl. and 

 flowing in an E. direction to the W. side of Lehrke 

 Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 70°47'S., 

 62°00'W. First sighted by members of the USAS 

 who explored this coast by land and from the air 

 in December 1940. First charted by a joint party 

 consisting of membei's of the RARE and FIDS in 

 1947. Named by the FIDS for J. Matheson, a mem- 

 ber of the FIDS at the Port Lockroy and Hope Bay 

 bases, 1944-46. 



MATHIEU ROCK: ice-free rock, lying midway 

 between Cape Bickerton and Rock X, at the E. side 

 of the entrance to Victor Bay, close off Adelie 

 Coast; in 66°20'S., 136°49'E. Photographed from 

 the air by USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47. 

 Charted by the FrAE under Marret, 1952-53, and 

 named for Claude Mathieu, French astronomer of 

 the 19th century. 



Matin, Mount: see Peary, Mount. 



MATTHES GLACIER: glacier about 9 mi. long, 

 flowing E. into Whirlwind Inlet between Demorest 

 and Chamberlin Glaciers, on the E. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 67°30'S., 65°38'W. Disc, by Sir Hubert 

 Wilkins on a flight of Dec. 20, 1928, and photo- 

 graphed from the air by the USAS in 1940. Charted 

 by the FIDS in 1947 and named for Francois E. 

 Matthes, glaciologist and then chief geologist with 

 the U. S. Geological Survey. 



Matthews Point: see Harrison Point. 



MATTHEWS POINT: point forming the W. side 

 of the entrance to Undine Harbor, along the S. 

 coast and near the W. end of South Georgia; in 

 54°02'S., 37°59'W. This point was charted in the 

 period 1926-30 by DI personnel and named for L. 

 Harrison Matthews, British zoologist, member of 

 the staff of the Discovery Investigations, 1924-35, 

 who worked at South Georgia in 1924-27. 



MAUD BANK: submarine bank, 650 fathoms be- 

 low the surface, in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 mi. 

 N. of Princess Martha Coast; in about 65°00'S., 

 2°35'E. Disc, by a Nor. exp. under Isachsen in the 

 Norvegia, Jan. 20, 1931, and named by him for 

 Roald Amundsen's ship, the Maud. 



MAUDE, CAPE: conspicuous dark bluff stand- 

 ing NW. of the mouth of Beardmore Gl., at the 

 head of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 83°18'S., 168°15'E. 

 Disc, and named by the BrAE under Shackleton 

 in December 1908. 



MAURICE CHANNEL: strait about 1.5 mi. wide 

 between Bellingshausen and Cook Islands, in the 

 South Sandwich Is.; in 59°26'S., 27°05'W. The 



existence of this strait was first noted by a Russ. 

 exp. under Bellingshausen in 1820. Charted in 

 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and 

 named for H. G. Maurice, a member of the Dis- 

 covery Committee. 



Maurice Faure Islands: see Faure Islands. 



MAURY BAY: open bay, about 25 mi. wide and 

 12 mi. long, indenting Banzare Coast between Cape 

 Lewis and Stuart Pt.; in about 66°30'S., 125°00'E. 

 The bay is beUeved to be generally ice filled and is 

 marked by prominent tongues extending seaward 

 from Blair, Bell and Power Glaciers. Delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for William 

 L. Maury, lieutenant on the brig Porpoise of the 

 USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



MAURY GLACIER: glacier about 3 mi. wide, 

 flowing in an ENE. direction to the SW. corner of 

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

 72°40'S., 61°32'W. Disc, and photographed from 

 the air in December 1940 by members of the USAS. 

 During 1947 the glacier was photographed from the 

 air by the RARE, who in conjunction with the 

 FIDS charted it from the ground. Named by the 

 FIDS after Matthew F. Maury, 1806-73, American 

 naval officer and hydrographer, and distinguished 

 promoter of maritime research and Antarctic ex- 

 ploration. 



MAWSON, CAPE: low, ice-covered cape forming 

 the E. extremity of Charcot I.; in about 70°03'S., 

 73°30'W. Disc, by Sir Hubert Wilkins, Dec. 29, 

 1929, in a flight made around the island from the 

 William Scoresby, and named by him for Sir Doug- 

 las Mawson, Australian Antarctic explorer and 

 leader of the AAE, 1911-14, and the BANZARE, 

 1929-31. 



MAWSON GLACIER: glacier about 5 mi. wide, 

 descending to the Ross Sea, in about 76°12'S., 

 162°30'E., where it forms the Nordenskjold Ice 

 Tongue. First charted by the BrAE, 1907-9, under 

 Shackleton, who named it for Douglas Mawson, 

 physicist with the exp., who was later to become 

 the leader of two other Antarctic expeditions, 1911- 

 14 and 1929-31. 



May, Cape: see William Henry May, Cape. 



Maybelle Horlick Sibley, Mount; Maybelle Hor- 

 lick Sidley, Mount; Maybelle Sidley, Mount: see 

 Sidley, Mount. 



May Cove: see Maiviken. 



MAY GLACIER: channel glacier about 5 mi. 

 wide and 6 mi. long, flowing NNW. from the conti- 

 nental ice, and terminating in a prominent tongue 



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