GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



NORMANNA REEF: reef lying near the center of 

 the S. entrance to The Sound in the Melchior Is., 

 Palmer Arch.; in 64°21'S., 62°59'W. The name ap- 

 pears on a chart based upon a 1927 survey by DI 

 personnel, but this may reflect an earlier naming 

 by whalers. The name presumably derives from 

 the Normanna Whaling Co. of Sandefjord, Norway, 

 or one of its ships. 



NORMANNA STRAIT: strait about 1 mi. wide 

 betwen Signy I. and Coronation I., in the South 

 Orkney Is.; in 60°41'S., 45°38'W. Disc, by Matthew 

 Brisbane, who roughly charted the S. coast of 

 Coronation I. under the direction of James Weddell 

 in 1823. The name appears on a chart of these 

 islands by Capt. Peter S0rlle in 1912-13, and is prob- 

 ably named after the Normanna Whaling Co. of 

 Sandefjord, Norway, operators of the floating fac- 

 tory ship Normanna. 



NORSEMAN POINT: easternmost point of Neny 

 I., lying in Marguerite Bay off the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 68°12'S., 67°00'W. First surveyed 

 in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Named by the 

 FIDS after the Norseman airplane which landed 

 near the point to relieve the FIDS party on Stoning- 

 ton I. in February 1950. 



North, Cape: see Alexandra, Cape. 



NORTH, CAPE: cape marking the northernmost 

 point of South Georgia, near the W. end of the is- 

 land; in 53°58'S., 37°44'W. This name was first 

 applied to the NW. tip of South Georgia on a map 

 by Capt. James Cook in 1775. Since 1912 the name 

 has become well established for the northernmost 

 point of the island, which is in keeping with the 

 geographical position inferred by the name. Not 

 adopted: North Cape. 



NORTH, CAPE: vertical, snow-covered clifif over 

 200 ft. in el., about 19 mi. WNW. of Yule Bay, in 

 Victoria Land; in about 70°35'S., 165°30'E. Disc, 

 in 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross, and so named be- 

 cause this was the northernmost land which his 

 exp. saw along this coast. 



NORTHAMPTON, MOUNT: high peak standing 

 between Mt. Vernon Harcourt and Mt. Brewster, 

 in the Admiralty Range, in northern Victoria Land; 

 in about 72°38'S., 169°15'E. Disc, in January 1841 

 by a Br. exp. under Ross, who named it for the 

 Marquis of Northampton, then pres. of the Royal 

 Society. 



North Anchorage: see Visca Anchorage. 



NORTH BAY : cove forming the N. head of Prince 

 Olav Hbr., along the N. coast of South Georgia; in 

 54°04'S., 37°09'W. Probably named by DI person- 

 nel who charted Prince Olav Hbr. in 1929. 



NORTHCLIFFE GLACIER: glacier descending 

 into Robinson Bay, on Queen Mary Coast; in about 

 66°45'S., 98°48'E. Disc, by the AAE, 1911-14, under 

 Mawson, and named for Lord Northcliffe, of Lon- 

 don, a patron of the expedition. 



North Crest: see Nordkammen Crest. 



NORTHEAST GLACIER: steep, heavily-crevassed 

 glacier, about 13 mi. long and 5 mi. wide at its 

 mouth, which flows from McLeod Hill westward 

 and then SW. into Marguerite Bay between the 

 Debenham Is. and Roman Four Promontory; in 

 68°09'S., 66°58'W. First surveyed in 1936 by the 

 BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1940 by mem- 

 bers of the USAS, who first used this glacier as a 

 sledging route, and so named by them because it 

 lies at the NE. side of their base at Stonington 

 Island. Not adopted: North East Glacier. 



NORTHERN FOOTHILLS: low hills at the S. 

 end of the peninsula surmounted by Mt. Abbott, in 

 Victoria Land; in about 74°57'S., 163°55'E. So 

 named by the Northern Party of the BrAE under 

 Scott, 1910-13, because during field operations In- 

 expressible Island, on the opposite side of Evans 

 Cove, was originally referred to as the Southern 

 Foothills. 



NORTH FORELAND: cape forming the NE. ex- 

 tremity of King George I., in the South Shetland 

 Is.; in about 61°53'S., 57°40'W. Named on Oct. 

 16, 1819 by Capt. William Smith in the brig 

 Williams. Since this was the easternmost point 

 which he saw on this trip, he named it after the 

 headland in England which forms its most easterly 

 land. Not adopted: Cape North Foreland. 



North Foreland, Cape: see North Foreland. 



North Fork: see Taylor Glacier. 



North Island: see Hansen Island. 



NORTH POINT: the N. tip of Signy I., in the 

 South Orkney Is., in 60°41'S., 45°38'W. The name 

 appears on a chart based upon a survey of the 

 South Orkney Is. by DI personnel on the Discovery 

 II in 1933. 



NORTHROP, CAPE: conspicuous, rocky bluflf 

 about 3,800 ft. in el., forming the N. side of the en- 

 trance to Whirlwind Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 67°24'S., 65°16'W. Disc, by Sir Hubert 

 Wilkins on a flight of Dec. 20, 1928, and named for 



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