GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



MOONEY, MOUNT: ridge-shaped mountain on 

 the E. side of Robert Scott Gl, about 4 mi. S. of Mt. 

 Bowlin, in the Queen Maud Range; in about 

 86°31'S., 146°55'W. Disc, in December 1934 by the 

 ByrdAE geological party under Quin Blackburn, 

 and named by Byrd for James E. Mooney, who as- 

 sisted this and other Byrd expeditions. Not 

 adopted: Mount English. 



MOORE, CAPE: dark headland forming the W. 

 side of the entrance to Smith Inlet, on the N. coast 

 of Victoria Land; in about 70°50'S., 167°15'E. Disc, 

 in 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross, who named it for 

 Thomas E. L. Moore, mate on the exp. ship Terror. 



Moore Bay: see Moore Embayment. 



MOORE EMBAYMENT: an embayment in the 

 coast S. of Minna Bluff, along the NW. side of Ross 

 Ice Shelf; in about 79°S., 163°E. Disc, by the 

 BrNAE under Scott, 1901-4. Adm. Sir Arthur 

 Moore, Naval Commander-in-Chief at Cape Town, 

 placed the resources of the naval dockyard at Cape 

 Town at the disposal of the Discovery for much- 

 needed repairs before the ship proceeded to New 

 Zealand. Not adopted: Moore Bay. 



MOORE POINT: rocky point surmounted by a 

 small peak, marking the N. side of the mouth of 

 Meiklejohn Gl. on Palmer Pen. and fronting on 

 George VI Sound; in 70°30'S., 67°53'W. First sur- 

 veyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, and later 

 named for James I. Moore, second engineer of the 

 Penola during the BGLE, 1934-37. 



MOORING POINT: point on the S. side of Borge 

 Bay, about 0.3 mi. W. of Berntsen Pt., on Signy I., 

 in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°43'S., 45°36'W. The 

 name appears on a chart based on a 1927 survey 

 of Borge Bay by DI personnel on the Discovery, but 

 may reflect an earlier naming by whalers. 



Moraenefjord; Mordnen Fjord: see Moraine 

 Fjord. 



MORAINE COVE: small cove at the N. end of 

 Mikkelsen Bay along the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 68°35'S., 67°07'W. A moraine descends to the 

 cove from the SW. end of Pavie Ridge. The name 

 derives from the provisional name "Moraine Point," 

 used by Prof. Robert L. Nichols of the RARE, who 

 examined the geology of this area in 1947. The 

 name Moraine Cove retains the spirit of the naming 

 by Nichols, and is considered more essential for 

 reference purposes than a name for the moraine 

 itself. 



MORAINE FJORD: inlet about 3 mi. long with 

 a reef (a terminal moraine) extending across its 

 entrance, forming the W. head of Cumberland East 



Bay, South Georgia; in 54°19'S., 36°29'W. Charted 

 by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold, 1901-4, who 

 so named it because of the large glacial moraine 

 at its entrance. Not adopted: Moraenefjord [Nor- 

 wegian], Moranen Fjord [German], Moranen 

 Fjord. 



MORAINE VALLEY: a north-south trending 

 valley filled with morainic debris, about 0.75 mi. 

 long, which drains into Elephant Flats on the E. 

 side of Signy I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°43'S., 

 45°37'W. In summer a stream, fed by the ice slopes 

 at its S. end, runs in this valley. Named by the 

 FIDS following their survey of 1947. 



Mordrins Island: see Elephant Island. 



MORENCY ISLET: islet about 1 mi. in diameter, 

 lying close W. of Steele I. and about 12 mi. SSE. 

 of Cape Sharbonneau, off the E. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 71°02'S., eriO'W. Disc, by members of 

 the East Base of the USAS who explored this coast 

 by land and from the air in 1940. Named for 

 Anthony J. L. Morency, tractor driver for the East 

 Base. Not adopted: Morency Island. 



MORENO, POINT: point at the E. side of the en- 

 trance to the small cove at the head of Scotia Bay, 

 on the S. coast of Laurie I., in the South Orkney 

 Is.; in 60°45'S., 44°42'W. Charted by the ScotNAE 

 under Bruce, 1902-4, and named for Francisco P. 

 Moreno, noted Argentine scientist and director of 

 the Museo de la Plata. 



MORENO ISLAND: narrow island about 1 mi. 

 long, lying about 1.5 mi. NW. of Cape Sterneck, 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 64°03'S., 

 61°15'W. Disc, by the BelgAE under De Gerlache, 

 1897-99, and named by him for Francisco P. 

 Moreno. 



MORETON POINT: point about 1 mi. N. of Re- 

 turn Pt., at the W. end of Coronation I., in the 

 South Orkney Is.; in 60°37'S., 46°02'W. The point 

 was roughly charted by Capt. George Powell and 

 Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer in 1821. Named by DI 

 personnel on the Discovery II, who charted the is- 

 lands in 1933. 



MORNING, MOUNT: dome-shaped mountain, 

 about 5,800 ft. in el., with three slightly elevated 

 sharp peaks, lying on the E. side of Koettlitz Gl., 

 along the W. edge of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 

 78°30'S., 163°35'E. Disc, by the BrNAE under 

 Scott, 1901-4, who named it for the Morning, relief 

 ship to the expedition. 



Morrel Island; Morrell Island: see Thule Island. 



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