GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Jack Northrop, designer of the Lockheed airplane 

 used on the expedition. The cape was photo- 

 graphed by the US AS in 1940 and charted by the 

 FIDS in 1947. 



Norths Coast: (in vicinity of 127°45'E.) the de- 

 cision of May 1947 has been VACATED, since the 

 configuration of the coast does not permit delimita- 

 tion of a segment of adequate length, and the name 

 Norths Highland has been reapplied to the highland 

 terminating in Cape Goodenough, in approximately 

 the position given by Wilkes. See: Norths High- 

 land. 



NORTHS HIGHLAND: ice-covered upland, ris- 

 ing to several thousand ft. in el., close S. of Cape 

 Goodenough, surmounting the central portion of 

 Banzare Coast between Maury and Porpoise Bays; 

 centering in about 66°45'S., 126°15'E. The name 

 North's High Land, after James H. North, acting 

 master on the brig Porpoise, was applied to an ele- 

 vated coastal area by the USEE under Wilkes, 

 1838-42. Subsequently, because of inadequate data 

 regarding the nature of this feature, the name 

 Norths Coast was applied to a restricted coastal 

 area in the vicinity of 127°45'E. Identification of 

 Norths Highland is based upon correlation of 

 Wilkes' chart with the US- AC AN reconnaissance 

 map of 1955 compiled from aerial photographs 

 taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. The name Norths 

 Highland is adopted for this recently verified up- 

 land region in 126°15'E. in keeping with Wilkes' 

 original naming. Not adopted: North's High Land, 

 North's Land. 



North's Land: see Norths Highland. 



NORTHSTAR ISLET: low rocky islet 1 mi. NW. 

 of the W. tip of Neny I., lying in Marguerite Bay 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°11'S., 

 67°07'W. First roughly charted in 1936 by the 

 BGLE under Rymill. Surveyed by the FIDS in 

 1947, and named by them for the U.S. M.S. North 

 Star, one of the ships of the USAS, 1939-41, which 

 visited Marguerite Bay in 1940. 



North Undine Harbour: see Undine Harbor. 



NORVEGIA, CAPE: prominent cape at the NE. 

 side of the entrance to Seal Bay, on Princess Martha 

 Coast; in about 71°20'S., 12°20'W. Disc, by a Nor. 

 exp. under Riiser-Larsen in February 1930 while on 

 an airplane flight from the Norvegia, the ship in 

 which the exp. was made. The cape was named 

 by Riiser-Larsen for the ship. 



NORVEGIA BAY : small bay between Cape Ingrid 

 and the projecting glacier tongue of Nils Larsen 

 GL, along the W. coast of Peter I Island; in about 

 68°48'S., 90°44'W. Named after the Norvegia, the 



Norwegian research vessel which visited Peter I 

 Island in February 1929. 



NORWAY BIGHT: bay about 4 mi. wide, indent- 

 ing the S. coast of Coronation I. between Cape Meier 

 and Mansfield Pt., in the South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°37'S., 45°49'W. The name appears on a chart 

 by Petter S0rlle, Norwegian whaling captain who 

 made a running survey of the South Orkney Is. 

 in 1912-13. Not adopted: Norway Fjord. 



Norway Fjord: see Norway Bight. 



NORWAY ROCKS: reef of rocks about 4 mi. S. 

 of Bernacchi Head, the SE. extremity of Franklin 

 I., in Ross Sea; in about 76°17'S., 168°22'E. Disc, 

 in 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross. Named by C. E. 

 Borchgrevink, native of Norway, leader of the BrAE, 

 1898-1900. 



NOVILLE, MOUNT: mountain standing about 8 

 mi. S. of Mt. Blackburn on the E. side of Scott GL, 

 in the Queen Maud Range; in about 86°26'S., 

 145°30'W. Disc, by the Geological Party of the 

 ByrdAE in 1934, and named for George O. Noville, 

 executive officer of the expedition. 



Noville Mountains: see Hudson Mountains. 



NOVILLE PENINSULA: peninsula projecting N. 

 from Thurston Pen. and terminating in Cape 

 Palmer; in about 71°45'S., 96°50'W. This penin- 

 sula was delineated from aerial photographs made 

 by the USN Op. Hjp. in December 1946. Named for 

 George O. Noville. 



Novoliskigletscher: see Novosilski Glacier. 



NOVOSILSKI BAY: bay, about 1 mi. wide, lying 

 8 mi. SE. of Leon Head, along the S. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°39'S., 36°19'W. Disc, by a Russ. 

 exp. under Bellingshausen in 1819 and named for 

 Lt. Paul Novosilski of the Mirnyy, which accom- 

 panied Bellingshausen's flagship the Vostok. Not 

 adopted: Nowoselskji Bai [German]. 



NOVOSILSKI GLACIER: glacier, about 6.5 mi. 

 long and 3 mi. wide, flowing in a westerly direction 

 from the SW. slopes of the Salvesen Range to No- 

 vosilski Bay on the S. coast of South Georgia; in 

 54°40'S., 36°18'W. First surveyed and named by 

 a Ger. exp., 1928-29, under Kohl-Larsen. The 

 name derives from the nearby Novosilski Bay. Not 

 adopted: Novoliskigletscher [German]. 



Nowoselskji Bai: see Novosilski Bay. 



NOZAL PEAK: ice-covered peak probably over 

 2,000 ft. in el., standing 1 mi. N. of Shackleton Peak 

 and about midway between Regnard Peaks and the 

 SE. flank of Mt. Scott, on the W. coast of Palmer 



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