GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



NAESS GLACIER: small glacier, which is 

 separated from Chapman Gl. to the N. by a rocky 

 ridge, flowing from the W. coast of Palmer Pen. 

 into George VI Sound; in 70°22'S., 67°55'W. First 

 surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, and 

 later named for Erling D. Naess, Mgr. of the Vest- 

 fold Whaling Co., who was of great assistance to 

 the BGLE, 1934-37. 



NAMELESS GLACIER: glacier immediately N. 

 of Newnes GL, descending steeply from the Cape 

 Adare peninsula into the E. part of Robertson 

 Bay, in northern Victoria Land; in about 71°36'S., 

 170°17'E. Charted and named in 1911 by the 

 Northern Party of the BrAE under Scott. This 

 was the only one of the Robertson Bay glaciers 

 left unnamed by C. E. Borchgrevink, who headed 

 the BrAE, 1898-1900. 



NAMELESS POINT: point at the NW. side of 

 the entrance to Right Whale Bay, near the W. 

 end of the N. coast of South Georgia; in 54°00'S., 

 37°41'W. The point was charted and probably 

 named by DI personnel in the period 1926-30. 



Nan Anderson, Cape: see Anderson, Cape. 



NANSEN, MOUNT: tabular mountain, about 

 7,800 ft. in el., with precipitous walls, lying N. of 

 Reeves Gl. in Victoria Land; in about 74°35'S., 

 162°45'E. Disc, and named by the BrNAE, 1901-4, 

 under Scott. Named for Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, 

 noted Norwegian Arctic explorer, from whom Scott 

 obtained much practical information for his expe- 

 dition. 



Nansen Bank: see Fridtjof Nansen Banks. 



Nansen Harbour: see Stromness Harbor. 



NANSEN ISLAND: island about 15 mi. long, in 

 a NE.-SW. direction, and 5 mi. wide, lying about 

 12 mi. SW. of Rabot I. in the Biscoe Is.; in about 

 66°09'S., 66°54'W. First charted by the FrAE, 

 1903-5, under Charcot, and named by him for 

 Fridtjof Nansen. 



Nansen Rocks: see Fridtjof Nansen Banks. 



NANSEN SHEET: extensive sheet of ice about 

 30 mi. long, in a N.-S. direction, and 10 mi. wide, 

 fed by the Larsen, Reeves, Priestley, and Campbell 

 Glaciers and abutting against the N. side of Dry- 

 galski Ice Tongue along the coast of Victoria Land; 

 in about 74°30'S., 163°10'E. This feature was 

 explored in December 1908 by the South Magnetic 

 Polar Party of the BrAE under Shackleton, and 

 further explored in January and February 1912 

 by the Northern Party of the BrAE under Scott. 

 Frank Debenham, geologist with Scott's exp.. 



applied the name Nansen Sheet to this feature in 

 the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Soc, Vol. 

 75, April 1920. 



NANTUCKET INLET: inlet about 6 mi. wide 

 which recedes about 13 mi. in a NW. direction 

 between the Smith and Bowman Peninsulas, along 

 the E. coast of Palmer Pen., in 74°35'S., 61°45'W. 

 Disc, by members of the USAS in a flight from 

 East Base on Dec. 30, 1940, and named for Nan- 

 tucket Island, Mass., home of early New England 

 whalers of the first half of the 19th century. Not 

 adopted: Fran Inlet, Inner-Taylor Inlet. 



NAPIER BIRKS, MOUNT: conspicuous, pyra- 

 mid-shaped mountain about 3,800 ft. in el., at the 

 N. side of the mouth of Crane Glacier, on the E. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°18'S., 62°11'W. In 

 1928 Sir Hubert Wilkins gave the name Mount 

 Napier Birks, after Napier Birks of Adelaide, 

 Australia, to two conspicuous, black peaks which 

 he observed and photographed from the air as 

 lying close N. of his Crane Channel. This coast 

 was charted by the FIDS in 1947, but it has not 

 been possible to identify Wilkins' Mount Napier 

 Birks. Since Crane Channel has now been defi- 

 nitely identified as Crane Glacier, it is recom- 

 mended that the name Mount Napier Birks be 

 given to this conspicuous mountain lying close N. 

 of the mouth of the glacier. 



NAPIER MOUNTAINS: group of more-or-less 

 separated peaks, the highest about 6,000 ft. in el., 

 extending about 40 mi. in a NW.-SE. direction and 

 centering about 45 mi. S. of Cape Batterbee, in 

 Enderby Land; in about 66°35'S., 53°30'E. Disc, 

 in January 1930 by the BANZARE under Mawson. 

 The Hon. John Mellis Napier was a judge of the 

 Supreme Court of South Australia, 1924-42. Not 

 adopted: Napier Range. 



Napier Range: see Napier Mountains. 



NARES, MOUNT: rounded mountain about 7 

 mi. SW. of Mt. Albert Markham, on the W. side 

 of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 81°32'S., 157°25'E. 

 Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, who 

 named it for Sir George S. Nares, captain of the 

 Challenger, 1872-74, during part of its cruise, 

 leader of the Arctic exp., 1875-76, and member 

 of the Ship Committee for Scott's expedition. 



Narrow Isle: see Gibbs Island. 



NARROWS, THE: narrow channel between 

 Pourquoi Pas I. and Blaiklock I., connecting 

 Bigourdan and Bourgeois Fjords, off the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 67°36'S., 67°12'W. Disc, and 

 given this descriptive name by the BGLE, 1934-37, 

 under Rymill. 



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