GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



NEW GLACIER : small glacier flowing ENE. from 

 the ice-covered plateau at the S. side of Mackay 

 Gl., terminating at the SW side of Granite Hbr. 

 immediately N. of Mt. England, in Victoria Land; 

 in about 77°01'S., 162°28'E. Charted and named 

 by the BrAE, 1910-13, under Scott. 



NEW HARBOR: bay about 10 mi. wide and 

 indenting the coast for a distance of about 8 mi., 

 lying between Cape Bernacchi and Butter Pt. 

 along the coast of Victoria Land; in about 77°35'S., 

 164°50'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under 

 Scott, and so named because this new harbor was 

 found while the Discovery was seeking the farthest 

 possible southern anchorage along the coast of 

 Victoria Land. 



New Harbor Glacier: see Ferrar Glacier. 



New Harbour Dry Valley: see Taylor Glacier Dry 

 Valley. 



New Harbour Heights: see Barnes, Mount. 



Newnes, Cape: see Nufiez, Cape. 



Newnes Glacier: see Frank Newnes Glacier. 



NEWNES GLACIER: valley glacier flowing into 

 the S. part of Robertson Bay, in northern Victoria 

 Land; in about 71°39'S., 170°16'E. First charted 

 in 1899 by the BrAE under C. E. Borchgrevink, who 

 named it for Sir George Newnes, sponsor of the 

 expedition. Not adopted: Sir George Newnes Gla- 

 cier. 



NEW PLYMOUTH: small embayment bordered 

 with an extensive line of beaches, lying S. of Start 

 Pt. at the W. end of Livingston I., in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in 62°35'S., 61°08'W. The name 

 dates back to at least 1822 and is now established 

 international usage. Not adopted: President's 

 Harbor, Rugged Harbor. 



NEW ROCK: rock about 300 ft. in el. lying 

 about 0.75 mi. off the SW. coast of Deception I., 

 in the South Shetland Is.; in 63°01'S., 60°44'W. 

 The name of the rock derives from its relatively 

 recent charting in about 1929. Not adopted: Roca 

 Nueva [Spanish], Rocher Nouveau [French]. 



NEW SCHWABENLAND: that portion of Queen 

 Maud Land that lies between 12°00'W. and 

 16°00'E., and consists of the upland area marking 

 the edge of the continental plateau back of Prin- 

 cess Astrid Coast and Princess Martha Coast. This 

 area was surveyed from the air and mapped photo- 

 grammetrically by the GerAE, 1938-39, under 

 Ritscher. The name has a dual significance 

 honoring both the exp. ship, the Schwabenland, 



and the province of that name in Germany. Not 

 adopted: Neu-Schwabenland [German]. 



New South Shetland: see South Shetland Islands. 



NEW ZEALAND, MOUNT: prominent peak 

 about 30 mi. WNW. of Mt. Melbourne, standing to 

 the W. of Mt. Queensland, in Victoria Land; in 

 about 74°05'S., 163°30'E. Disc, by the BrNAE 

 under Scott, 1901-4, who named this peak because 

 of the generous assistance given the exp. by both 

 govt, and people of New Zealand. 



NEYT, CAPE: promontory on the NE. shore of 

 Liege I., about 2 mi. S. of Moureaux Pt., in the 

 Palmer Arch.; in 64°00'S., 61°45'W. Disc, by the 

 BelgAE, 1897-99, under De Gerlache, and named 

 by him for General Neyt, a supporter of the expe- 

 dition. 



NIBLETS, THE: group of rocks between Harp 

 Islet and Beer I., lying about 8 mi. W. of Ferin 

 Head, off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66°00'S., 

 65°44'W. Charted and named by the BGLE, 1934- 

 37, under Rymill. 



Nicholas, Cape: see Nicholas, Mount. 



Nicholas, Cape; Nicolas, Cape: see Nicolas Rocks. 



NICHOLAS, MOUNT: mountain, about 4,800 ft. 

 in el., standing about 5.5 mi. SSW. of Cape Brown 

 and forming the N. limit of the Douglas Range on 

 the E. side of Alexander I Island; in 69°22'S., 

 69°50'W. This feature was first seen and roughly 

 charted from a distance in 1909 by the FrAE under 

 Charcot, who named it "He Nicolas II" after 

 Nicholas II, then reigning tsar of Russia. The 

 FrAE maps showed it as an island, or possible 

 headland, separated by a channel from Alexander I 

 Island. The coast in this vicinity was photo- 

 graphed from the air in 1937 by the BGLE, but 

 Charcot's name, which was altered to "Cape 

 Vicholas," was applied in error to the seaward 

 bulge of Mt. Calais about 13 mi. to the NNW. 

 Further surveys in 1948 by the FIDS have defi- 

 nitely identified the feature originally named "He 

 Nicolas II" by Charcot as the mountain described. 

 Not adopted: Cape Nicholas, He Nicolas II 

 [French] . 



NICHOLL HEAD: bold W. extremity of the ridge, 

 about 3,000 ft. in el., separating Dogs Leg Fjord 

 and Square Bay, on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 67°47'S., 67°06'W. First surveyed in 1936 by 

 the BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by 

 the FIDS and named for Timothy M. Nicholl, 

 FIDS base leader at the Argentine Is. in 1948 and 

 1949. 



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