GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



170°30'E. Disc, in 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross, 

 and named by him for George H. Moubray, the 

 clerk-in-charge of the exp. ship Terror. 



MOULTON, MOUNT: linear mountain in the cen- 

 tral portion of the Hal Flood Range, in Marie Byrd 

 Land; in aout 76°04'S., 134°30'W. Disc, by the 

 US AS on aerial flights in 1940 and named for 

 Richard S. Moulton, chief dog driver of the USAS 

 West Base, and member of the Pacific Coast Survey 

 Party which sledged to the W. end of the Hal Flood 

 Range in December 1940. 



Mount Pisgah Island: see Smith Island. 



MOUREAUX POINT: point which forms the N. 

 tip of the small peninsula marking the N. extremity 

 of Liege I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 63°58'S., 

 61°46'W. Disc, by the FrAE under Charcot, 

 1903-5, who named it for T. Moureaux, director of 

 the Pare Saint-Maur Observatory, near Paris. 



MOUSSE, CAPE: small rocky cape, fringed by 

 many small islets and rocks, and backed by moraine 

 close to the S., protruding through the icecap about 

 2.2 mi. NE. of Cape Margerie, on Adelie Coast; in 

 66°48'S., 141°28'E. Photographed from the air by 

 USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. Charted by the FrAE 

 under Liotard, 1949-51, and so named because 

 several patches of lichens were found on the ex- 

 posed rocky surfaces. Not adopted: Cap des 

 Mousses [French]. 



Mousses, Cap des: see Mousse, Cape. 



MOYES, CAPE : ice-covered point with prominent 

 rock exposures on its seaward flank, lying midway 

 between Cape Dovers and Roscoe Gl. on Queen 

 Mary Coast; in about 66°39'S., 96°24'E. Disc, by 

 the AAE under Mawson, 1911-14, and named by 

 him for Morton H. Moyes, meteorologist with the 

 AAE Western Base party. 



MOYES ISLETS: small group of islets about 2.5 

 mi. SE. of Cape-Pigeon Rocks, in the W. part of 

 Watt Bay, off George V Coast; in about 67°02'S., 

 143°51'E. Disc, in 1912 by the AAE under Mawson, 

 and named by him for Morton H. Moyes. 



MOYES PEAK: small rock peak about 2,700 ft. 

 in el., projecting slightly abo-^ the icecap close N. 

 of Pearce Peak, some' 18"mi. S.'of Cape Simpson, on 

 Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 67°45'S., 61°14'E. 

 Disc, in February 1931 by the BANZARE under 

 Mawson, and named by him for Cdr. Morton H. 

 Moyes, RAN, in charge of echo sounding and car- 

 tographer of the exp. The approximate position of 

 this peak was verified in aerial photographs taken 

 by the USN Op. Hjp. on Feb. 26, 1947. 



Muhlig-Hofman Mountains: see Miihlig-Hof- 

 mann Mountains. 



MtJHLIG-HOFMANN MOUNTAINS: major group 

 of associated mountain features lying in the central 

 part of the New Schwabenland piedmont in front of 

 the edge of the polar plateau; centering in about 

 72°00'S., 5"00'E. The group has a longitudinal ex- 

 tent of approximately 50 to 90 mi. and includes 

 such major features as the Luz, Gablenz, Mayr, 

 and Bundermann Ranges. Disc, by the GerAE 

 under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for the di- 

 vision director of the German Air Ministry. Not 

 adopted: Muhlig-Hofman Mountains, Muhlig-Hof- 

 mann Mountains. 



MULOCK INLET: re-entrant about 10 mi. wide, 

 in the W. part of Moore Embayment between Cape 

 Teall and Cape Lankester, along the W. edge of Ross 

 Ice Shelf; in about 79°08'S., 160°40'E. Disc, by the 

 BrNAE under Scott, 1901-4, who named it for Lt. 

 George F. A. Mulock, RN, surveyor with the ex- 

 pedition. 



Munken: see Monk Islets. 



MURCHISON, MOUNT: mountain about 1,860 

 ft. in el., lying on the W. side of Mertz Gl. about 8 

 mi. SW. of Buchanan Bay, on George V Coast; in 

 about 67°18'S., 144°15'E. Disc, in 1912 by the AAE 

 under Mawson, who named it for Roderick Mur- 

 chison of Melbourne, a patron of the expedition. 



MURCHISON, MOUNT: high peak lying W. of 

 the N. end of Lady Newnes Ice Shelf, in Victoria 

 Land; in about 73°28'S., 166°20'E. Disc, in Janu- 

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

 for Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, then general 

 secretary of the British Association. 



Murdoch Nunatak: see Burn Murdoch Nunatak. 



MURPHY, MOUNT: massive, snow-covered 

 mountain with steep, rocky slopes, rising to about 

 7,300 ft. in el. at the head of Amundsen Sea, on 

 the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land; in about 

 75°00'S., 108°15'W. Delineated from aerial photo- 

 graphs taken by USN Op. Hjp. in December 1946. 

 Named by the US-ACAN for Robert Cushman 

 Murphy of the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, noted authority on Antarctic and Sub-Antarc- 

 tic bird life. While serving on the whaler Daisy 

 during the 1912-13 summer, he investigated wild 

 life and charted the Bay of Isles region of South 

 Georgia. 



MURPHY BAY: bay aboi^t 7 mi. wide lying im- 

 mediately NW. of Cape Bage, along George V Coast; 

 in about 67°42'S., 146°20'E. Disc, in 1912 by the 

 AAE under Mawson, who named it for Herbert D 

 Murphy, a member of the expedition. 



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