GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



MONFLIER, CAPE : cape at the N. side of the en- 

 trance to Pendleton Str., forming the SW. end of 

 Rabot I., in the Biscoe Is., off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 65°55'S., 66°22'W. Charted and named by 

 the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10. Not adopted: 

 Cape Montfiier. 



MONIQUE, MOUNT: mountain with a ridge-like 

 summit, about 2,000 ft. in el., standing about 14 

 mi. W. of Mt. Marion on the NW. coast of Charcot 

 I.; in about 69°55'S., 75°15'W. Disc, on Jan. 11, 

 1910 by the FrAE under Dr. Jean B. Charcot, and 

 named by him for his daughter Monique. Not 

 adopted: Monigue Mountain, Monique Mountain, 

 Monique Peak. 



Monigue Mountain: see Monique, Mount. 



MONK ISLETS: group of islets and rocks ex- 

 tending in a N.-S. chain for about 0.5 mi., lying 

 about 3 mi. S. of Cape Meier off the S. coast of 

 Coronation I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°41'S., 

 45°54'W. First charted and named on a map by 

 Capt. Petter S0rlle, Norwegian whaler who made a 

 running survey of the South Orkney Is. in 1912-13. 

 Not adopted: Munken [Norwegian]. 



MONNIER POINT: low, mainly ice-covered point 

 forming the SW. side of the entrance to Mill Inlet, 

 on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°06'S., 64°45'W. 

 During 1947 it was photographed from the air by 

 the RARE under Ronne, and charted from the 

 ground by the FIDS. Named by the FIDS for 

 Franz R. v. Le Monnier, Austrian polar bibliog- 

 rapher. 



MONOLITH, THE: pinnacle rock, broad at the 

 base and tapering to a point, about 255 ft. in el., 

 lying about 1.5 mi. SE. of Cape McNab, Bucklfe I., 

 in the Balleny Is.; in about 66°50'S., 163°11'E. So 

 named because of its shape. 



Monroe Island: see Snow Island. 



MONROE ISLAND : largest of the Larsen Islands, 

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

 Orkney Is.; in 60°36'S., 46°03'W. The Larsen Is- 

 lands were disc, by Capt. George Powell and Capt. 

 Nathaniel Palmer in December 1821, and appar- 

 ently first named on a chart by the Norwegian 

 whaler Capt. Petter S0rlle in 1912-13. The Larsen 

 Islands were recharted in 1933 by DI personnel on 

 the Discovery II, who named the largest island in 

 the group Larsen Island. Because of confusion of 

 these names, the island was renamed by the Br- 

 APC for the sloop James Monroe, which was com- 

 manded by Captain Palmer at the time of its dis- 

 covery and anchored in this vicinity in December 

 1821. Not adopted: Larsen Island. 



MONSIMET COVE: cove about 0.5 mi. W. of 

 Herve Cove, lying along the S. side of Ezcurra Inlet, 

 in Admiralty Bay, King George I., in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in 62°10'S., 58°34'W. First charted 

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

 by him for a member of the expedition. 



Montague Island: see Montagu Island. 



MONTAGU ISLAND: island about 9 mi. long and 

 averaging 5 mi. wide, lying midway between 

 Saunders and Bristol Islands, in the South Sand- 

 wich Is.; in 58°25'S., 26°20'W. Disc, in 1775 by a 

 Br. exp. under Cook, who named it for John Mon- 

 tagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich and First Lord 

 of the Admiralty. Not adopted: Montague Island. 



MONTEAGLE, MOUNT: high, sharp peak stand- 

 ing NW. of Cape Sibbald and W. of Lady Newnes 

 Ice Shelf, in Victoria Land; in 73°50'S., 166°00'E. 

 Disc, in January 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross, who 

 named it for Baron Monteagle, Chancellor of the 

 Exchequer, 1835-39. 



Montfiier, Cape: see Monflier, Cape. 



MONTRAVEL ROCK: rock about 8 mi. NE. of 

 Cape Legoupil and about 5 mi. off the NW. coast- 

 of Louis Philippe Pen.; in 63°13'S., 57°42'W. Disc, 

 by a Fr. exp. under D'Urville, 1837-40, and named 

 by him for Ens. Louis Tardy de Montravel of the 

 exp. ship Zelee. 



Monts Solway: see Solvay Mountains. 



Montura, lie: see Saddle Island. 



MONUMENT, THE: isolated rock pillar on the 

 NW. side of Red L, about 1,600 ft. in el., which is 

 level with the main summit of the island and has 

 the appearance of a monument. It lies in Prince 

 Gustav Chan, about 3 mi. off the SE. coast of Louis 

 Philippe Pen.; in 63°44'S., 57°53'W. The island 

 was disc, by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold, 

 1901-4. The Monument was charted and named 

 by the FIDS in 1945. 



MOODY POINT: point which forms the E. end 

 of Joinville I., off the NE. end of Palmer Pen.; in 

 63°18'S., 54°59'W. Disc, by a Br. exp. under Ross, 

 1839-43, and named by him for Lieutenant Gover- 

 nor Moody of the Falkland Islands. Not adopted: 

 Cape Moody, Point Moody. 



MOON BAY: bay about 8 mi. wide which recedes 

 4 mi. between High Pt. and Pin Pt., on the E. side 

 of Livingston I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 

 about 62°35'S., 60°00'W. This bay was known to 

 sealers in the area as early as 1822. Charted in 

 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, and prob- 

 ably named by them for nearby Half Moon Island. 



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