GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Nicolas II. He: see Nicholas, Mount. 



NICOLAS ROCKS : group of rocks marking the 

 NW. extremity of the Larsen Is., about 4 mi. NW. 

 of Return Pt., Coronation I., in the South Orkney 

 Is.; in 60°35'S., 46^06'W. Disc, by Capt. George 

 Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer in December 

 1821. Named Cape Nicolas by Powell after the 

 feast day of Saint Nicholas, December 6, the ap- 

 proximate day of discovery. Powell's spelling 

 "Nicolas" has been retained because of long usage, 

 but the term rocks is considered more descriptive 

 of the feature. Not adopted : Cape Nicholas, Cape 

 Nicolas. 



NIELSEN BAY: a recession about 5 mi. wide in 

 the coast line of Mac-Robertson Coast, lying be- 

 tween Cape Daly and Strahan Gl.; in about 

 67°33'S., 64°19'E. Disc, by the BANZARE under 

 Mawson in February 1931. Not adopted: Nielson 

 Bay. 



NIELSON GLACIER: glacier flowing into the 

 SE. part of Relay Bay, in the Robertson Bay area 

 of northern Victoria Land; in about 71°31'S., 

 169°40'E. First charted by the BrAE, 1898-1900, 

 under C. E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Prof. 

 Yngvar Nielsen, of Christiania University. Not 

 adopted: Neilsen Glacier, Ungvar Neilsen Glacier, 

 Yngvar Nielsen Glacier, Yugvar Nielson Glacier. 



Nielson Bay: see Nielsen Bay. 



NIGG ROCK: rock about 500 ft. in el., lying 0.5 

 mi. NW. of Route Pt., of! the NW. tip of Laurie I., 

 in the South Orkney Is., in 60°43'S., 44°51'W. The 

 rock was probably first sighted by Capt. George 

 Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer during their 

 joint cruise in 1821. Charted by the ScotNAE, 

 1902-4, under Dr. William S. Bruce, who named it 

 after the birthplace of his wife in Scotland. Not 

 adopted: Eigg Rock. 



NILSEN, MOUNT: peak standing NW. of Mt. 

 Helen Washington in the Rockefeller Mtns., on 

 Edward VII Pen.; in about 78°03'S., 155°25'W. 

 Disc, in 1929 by the ByrdAE, and named by Byrd 

 for Captain Nilsen, of the Norwegian whaler, C. A. 

 Larsen, which towed the City of New York through 

 the pack ice. 



Nilsen Mountains: see Thorvald Nilsen Moun- 

 tains. 



NILS LARSEN GLACIER: glacier descending 

 in a westerly direction to the N. side of Norvegia 

 Bay where it forms a short glacier tongue project- 

 ing into the sea, on the W. coast of Peter I Island; 

 in about' 68^47'S., 90°42'W. In February 1929 a 

 Nor. exp. under Nils Larsen carried out a series of 



investigations of this island. Named for Nils 

 Larsen. 



NIMROD, MOUNT: peak about 10,500 ft. in el., 

 standing about 8 mi. SE. of Mt. Saunders, in the 

 N. part of the Dominion Range; in about 85°24'S., 

 168°40'E. Disc, by the BrAE, 1907-9, under 

 Shackleton, and named after the exp. ship Nimrod. 



NIMROD GLACIER: major glacier, about 10 mi. 

 wide in its lower reaches and of undetermined 

 length, which descends from the interior high- 

 lands to the head of Shackleton Inlet, at the W. 

 side of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 82°25'S., 161°00'E. 

 Photographed from the air by USN Op. Hjp., 1946- 

 47. The name Nimrod Glacier, given by the 

 US-ACAN, is in association with Shackleton Inlet 

 and is for the Nimrod, exp. ship of the BrAE, 

 1907-9, under Shackleton. 



NINNIS GLACIER: heavily hummocked and 

 crevassed glacier descending steeply from the high 

 interior to the sea in a broad valley, on George V 

 Coast; in about 68°25'S., 147°05'E. Disc, by the 

 AAE, 1911-14, under Mawson. Named for Lt. B. E. 

 S. Ninnis, who lost his life on the far east sledge 

 journey of the exp. on Dec. 14, 1912. 



Ninnis Glacier Ice Tongue: see Ninnis Glacier 

 Tongue. 



NINNIS GLACIER TONGUE: glacier tongue 

 which is the seaward extension of Ninnis Glacier, 

 averaging about 20 mi. wide and projecting sea- 

 ward at least 75 mi. in December 1912 at the time 

 of discovery, off George V Coast; in about 67°40'S., 

 148°00'E. Disc, by the AAE, 1911-14, under Maw- 

 son, and named after Ninnis Glacier. Not 

 adopted: Ninnis Glacier Ice Tongue. 



NIPPLE PEAK: peak about 2,200 ft. in el., stand- 

 ing about 1 mi. NE. of Channel Gl., in the N. part 

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

 63°17'W. Disc, by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under De 

 Gerlache. Charted and named in 1944 by the 

 FIDS. 



NIVEA, MOUNT: conspicuous, snow-topped 

 mountain, about 4,200 ft. in el., standing at the 

 head of Sunshine Gl., Coronation I., South Orkney 

 Is.; in 60°35'S., 45°20'W. A number of rock towers 

 lie on the NW. side. First surveyed by the FIDS in 

 1948-49, and named by them after the snow petrel 

 {Pagodroma nivea) which breeds in this area. 



NIZNIK ISLET: islet in the N. part of George VI 

 Sound, lying near the coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 69°47'S.. 68°30'W. Disc, by the RARE, 1947-48, 

 under Ronne. who named it for the Theodore T, 



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