GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Morrell Coast: (in about 69°20'S., 62°00'W.) the 

 decision of May 1947 has been VACATED. The ap- 

 plication of coast names to parts of islands is now 

 considered inappropriate. 



MORRIS, CAPE: flat-topped promontory about 

 330 ft. in el., forming the NW. end of Robert I., in 

 the South Shetland Is.; in 62°22'S., 59°47'W. The 

 name appears to have been applied by DI personnel 

 on the Discovery II, who charted the cape in 1935. 



MORRIS GLACIER: glacier flowing in a N. di- 

 rection to the head of Sea Leopard Fjord, in the 

 Bay of Isles, South Georgia; in 54°05'S., 37°16'W. 

 Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, 

 American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, who 

 named it for Edward Lyman Morris, a botanist who 

 was then head of the Dept. of Natural Science at 

 the Brooklyn Museum. 



MORRISON, MOUNT: mountain about 5,900 ft. 

 in el., standing about 4 mi. N. of Mackay Gl. on the 

 W. side of Cleveland GL, in Victoria Land; in about 

 76°54'S., 161°38'E. Disc, by the BrNAE under 

 Scott, 1901-4, who named it for J. D. Morrison of 

 the Morning, relief ship to the expedition. 



MORRISON GLACIER: glacier about 7 mi. long, 

 flowing in a S. direction along the E. side of Bastion 

 Peak to the head of Cabinet Inlet, on the E. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 66°10'S., 63°32'W. Charted in 

 1947 by the FIDS, who named it for Rt. Hon. Her- 

 bert Morrison, M.P., British Sec. of State for Home 

 Affairs and Home Security and member of the War 

 Cabinet. Photographed from the air during 1947 

 by the RARE under Ronne. 



MORSE POINT: point marking the E. side of the 

 entrance to Antarctic Bay on the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°05'S., 36°54'W. The point appears 

 roughly charted on maps dating back to about 

 1900. It was roughly surveyed by DI personnel in 

 the period 1925-31, and resurveyed by the SGS, 

 1951-52. Named by the Br-APC after the British 

 sealing vessel Morse, which was working in South 

 Georgia in 1799-1800, probably the first British 

 sealer to do so. She was based at Antarctic Bay 

 when encountered by Edmund Fanning, who pub- 

 lished an account of the meeting. 



Morton Strait: see Hell Gates. 



MORTON STRAIT: strait between Snow I. on the 

 SW., and Rugged and Livingston Islands on the 

 NE., in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°39'S., 61°20'W. 

 The strait was named on a chart by James Weddell, 

 published in 1825, and is now established interna- 

 tional usage. Not adopted: Hell Gates, Mortons 

 Strait. 



MOSBY GLACIER: glacier about 5 mi. wide at 

 its mouth, flowing in a SE. direction to the NW. 

 corner of New Bedford Inlet, on the E. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 73°09'S., 61°36'W. Disc, and 

 photographed from the air in December 1940 by 

 the USAS. During 1947 it was photographed from 

 the air by the RARE under Ronne, who in con- 

 junction with the FIDS approximately charted its 

 terminus from the ground. Named by the FIDS 

 for Hakon Mosby, Norwegian meteorologist and 

 oceanographer. 



MOSE, CAPE : low, ice-covered cape which marks 

 the E. side of the entrance to Porpoise Bay and 

 forms the division between Banzare and Claire 

 Coasts, Wilkes Land; in about 66°00'S., 130°05'E. 

 Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN 

 Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN 

 for William H. Mose, pursers steward on the brig 

 Porpoise of the USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



MOSE GLACIER: channel glacier about 2 mi. 

 wide and 5 mi. long, flowing NW. from the conti- 

 nental ice to the E. side of the entrance to Porpoise 

 Bay, about 3 mi. SSW. of Cape Mose, on Banzare 

 Coast; in about 66°05'S., 130°05'E. Delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

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

 H. Mose of the USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



MOSSMAN INLET: narrow ice-filled inlet which 

 recedes about 10 mi. between Cape Kidson and the 

 SW. end of Kemp Pen., along the E. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 73°17'S., 60°32'W. This inlet was first seen 

 and photographed from the air in December 1940 

 by the USAS. During 1947 it was photographed 

 from the air by the RARE under Ronne, who in 

 conjunction with the FIDS charted it from the 

 ground. Named by the FIDS for Robert C. Moss- 

 man, 1870-1940, British meteorologist and clima- 

 tologist and member of the ScotNAE under Bruce, 

 1902-4. 



MOSSMAN PENINSULA: narrow peninsula 

 about 3 mi. long, extending S. from the W. part 

 of Laurie I. and separating Scotia and Wilton Bays, 

 in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°46'S., 44°43'W. The 

 peninsula was disc, in 1821 by Capt. George Powell 

 and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer, and roughly charted 

 on Powell's map of 1822. Recharted by the 

 ScotNAE under Bruce, 1902-4, and named by him 

 for Robert C. Mossman. 



Mossyface, Cape: see Canwe, Cape. 



Motesudden: see Well-met, Cape. 



MOUBRAY BAY : bay lying between Cape Roget 

 on the N. and Cape Christie on the S., along the N. 

 part of E. coast of Victoria Land; in about 72°11'S., 



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