GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Neny Valley: see Neny Trough. 



NEPTUNE GLACIER: glacier on the E. coast 

 of Alexander I Island, about 11 mi. long and 4 

 mi. wide, flowing E. into George VI Sound to the 

 S. of Triton Pt.; in 71°44'S., 68°17'W. The coast 

 in this vicinity was first explored from the air 

 and partially photographed by Lincoln Ellsworth 

 on Nov. 23, 1935. The glacier was roughly sur- 

 veyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. The 

 name, after the planet Neptime, was given by 

 FIDS following their survey in 1949. 



NEPTUNES BELLOWS : channel on the SE. side 

 of Deception I. forming the entrance to Port Foster, 

 in the South Shetland Is.; in 63°00'S., 60°34'W. 

 The name was appended by early American sealers 

 because of the strong gusts experienced in this 

 narrow channel. Not adopted: Passe du Chal- 

 lenger [French]. 



NEPTUNES WINDOW: narrow gap between 

 two rock pillars, situated close E. of Whalers Bay 

 on the SE. side of Deception I., in the South Shet- 

 land Is.; in 62°59'S., 60°33'W. So named by Lt. 

 Cdr. D. N. Penfold, RN, following his survey of 

 Deception I., in 1948-49, because weather and ice 

 conditions in the approach to Neptunes Bellows 

 could conveniently be observed from this gap. 



NESS, MOUNT: northernmost of the Batterbee 

 Mtns., about 6,200 ft. in el., standing about 9 mi. 

 NNE. of the summit of Mt. Bagshawe and 14 mi. 

 inland from George VI Sound on the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 71°20'S., 66°52'W. This moun- 

 tain was first seen and photographed from the air 

 on Nov. 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth, and was 

 mapped from these photographs by W. L. G. Joerg. 

 It was surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, 

 and later named for Mrs. Patrick Ness, who con- 

 tributed towards the cost of the BGLE, 1934-37. 



Neufortuna Bay: see Ocean Harbor. 



NEUMAYER, MOUNT: most southern of the 

 peaks lying between David and Larsen Glaciers, 

 in Victoria Land; in about 75°16'S., 162°13'E. 

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

 named it for Dr. Georg von Neumayer, German 

 geophysicist, who was active in organizing South 

 Polar exploration. 



NEUMAYER CHANNEL: channel about 16 mi. 

 long, in a NE.-SW. direction, and about 1.5 mi. 

 wide, separating Anvers I. from Wiencke I. and 

 Doumer I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°47'S., 

 63°30'W. The SW. entrance to this channel was 

 seen by Dallmann, leader of the Ger. exp., 1873-74, 

 who named it Roosen Channel. The BelgAE, 

 1897-99, under De Gerlache, sailed through the 



channel and named it for George von Neumayer. 

 The second name has been accepted by the 

 US-AC AN because of more general usage. Not 

 adopted: Roosen Channel. 



NEUMAYER ESCARPMENT: northeast-facing 

 escarpment, rising to about 11,800 ft. in el., on the 

 E. side of a projection of the polar plateau in New 

 Schwabenland. The N. side of this projection 

 overlooks Penck Trough. Disc, by the GerAE 

 under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Georg von 

 Neumayer. 



NEUMAYER GLACIER: large glacier fiowing to 

 the W. side of Cumberland West Bay, on the N. 

 coast of South Georgia; in 54°15'S., 36°41'W. 

 Charted by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under Norden- 

 skjold, and named for Georg von Neumayer. 



Neu-Schioabenland: see New Schwabenland. 



NEWALL, MOUNT: peak over 6,000 ft. in el., 

 rising about 10 mi. NNW. of Taylor Glacier Dry 

 Valley, on the coast of Victoria Land; in about 

 77°32'S., 162°40'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, 

 under Scott, who named it for one of the men 

 who helped raise funds to send a relief ship for 

 the expedition. Not adopted: Mount Newell. 



NEWARK BAY: bay about 2 mi. long, entered 

 at the SE. end of Fanning Ridge, along the S. 

 coast of South Georgia; in 54°21'S., 36°56'W. The 

 presence of this bay seems to have been first noted 

 in 1819 by a Russ. exp. under Bellingshausen, who 

 roughly charted a small inlet in this approximate 

 position. The name appears to have been given 

 in about 1927, and is now well established in 

 international usage. 



NEW BEDFORD INLET: ice-filled inlet about 

 20 mi. long, in an E.-W. direction, and averaging 

 15 mi. wide, lying between Cape Kidson and Cape 

 Brooks along the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 73°22'S., 61°15'W. Disc, and photographed from 

 the air in December 1940 by members of the USAS, 

 and named after New Bedford, Mass., the center 

 of the New England whaling industry in the mid- 

 dle of the 19th century. Not adopted: Douglas 

 Inlet. 



Newell, Mount: see Newall, Mount. 



NEWELL POINT: point marking the easternmost 

 of the N. extremities of Robert I., in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in 62°20'S., 59°34'W. The point was 

 charted and named in 1935 by DI personnel on the 

 Discovery II. 



New Fortuna Bay; New Fortune Bay: see Ocean 

 Harbor. 



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