GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Pen.; in 65°11'S., 63°56'W. Disc, by the FrAE, 

 1908-10, under Charcot, who named it for Monsieur 

 Nozal, seaman, later lieutenant on the exp. ship 

 Pourquoi Pas?. 



N. Persson Island: see Persson Island. 



N. Perssons o: see Persson Island. 



Nunes, Cape: see Nunez, Cape. 



NUNEZ, CAPE: cape about 2 mi. S. of Queen 

 Maud Bay, on the S. coast of South Georgia; in 

 54°16'S., 37°24'W. The name dates back to at 

 least 1912, and was probably given by whalers who 

 frequented this coast. Not adopted: Cape Newnes, 

 Cape Nunes, Cape Nunez. 



NUNEZ POINT: the W. tip of the peninsula lying 

 between Beascochea Bay and Leroux Bay, on the 

 W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°33'S., 64°15'W. 

 Disc, by the FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot, and 

 named by him for Captain Nuiiez, Argentine Navy. 

 Not adopted: Nunez Point, Nunez Point. 



NUTT, CAPE: ice-covered cape, marked by sev- 

 eral rocky ridges at its NE. end and by a small 

 group of rocky islets close off its NW. end, which 

 forms the W. side of the entrance to Vincennes 

 Bay, on Knox Coast; in about 66°42'S., 108°20'E. 

 The position of Cape Nutt correlates closely with 

 the eastern end of Wilkes' "Knox's High Land," as 

 charted as a coastal landfall by the USEE in 1840. 

 Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN 

 Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN 

 for Cdr. David C. Nutt, USNR, research assistant 

 in geography at Dartmouth College, who served 

 as marine biologist with USN Op. Wml., 1947-48. 

 Nutt has recently served as leader of oceanographic 

 expeditions to Labrador in 1949 and summers fol- 

 lowing. 



NYGREN POINT: rocky point, about 4 mi. SE. 

 of Cape Broms, on the SW. coast of James Ross I., 

 in 64°23'S., 58°13'W. First seen and surveyed in 

 1903 by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold, who 

 named it Cape Nygren after G. Nygren, Swedish 

 chemist who contributed toward the cost of the 

 expedition. It was resurveyed by the FIDS in 

 1952. Point is considered a more suitable descrip- 

 tive term for this feature than cape. Not adopted : 

 Cape Nygren. 



OAKELEY, CAPE: dark bold headland forming 

 the E. side of the entrance to Smith Inlet, in north- 

 ern Victoria Land; in about 71''00'S., 167°40'E. 

 Disc, in 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross, who named 

 it for Henry Oakeley, mate on the exp. ship Erebus. 

 Not adopted: Cape Oakley. 



Oakley, Cape: see Oakeley, Cape. 



GATES COAST: that portion of the coast of Ant- 

 arctica lying W. of Victoria Land, approximately 

 between 157°E. and 164°E. Disc, in February 1911 

 by Lt. Harry Pennell, RN, captain of the BrAE exp. 

 ship Terra Nova, and named by him for Capt. 

 Lawrence E. G. Gates who, with Capt. Robert F. 

 Scott and three BrAE companions, perished on the 

 return from the South Pole in 1912. The area im- 

 mediately westward of this coast and major por- 

 tions of Gates Coast have not been explored by 

 land or sea parties, but have been photographed 

 from the air, in part, by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. 

 Not adopted : Oates Land. 



Oates Land: see Oates Coast. 



OBELISK, CAPE: cape marking the N. side of 

 the entrance to Rohss Bay, on the W. side of James 

 Ross I., situated S. of the NE. end of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 64°08'S., 58°27'W. Disc, and named by the 

 SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nordenskjold. The name 

 is descriptive of a conspicuous rock pinnacle about 

 2 mi. within the headland, which is visible from 

 northwestward and southward. Not adopted: 

 Obelisk Point, Pointe Obelisque [French]. 



Obelisque, Pointe: see Obelisk, Cape. 



O'BRIEN ISLAND: small rocky island about 

 1,700 ft. in el., lying about 2 mi. SW. of Aspland I., 

 in the South Shetland Is.; in about 61°33'S., 

 55°59'W. The name dates back to at least 1822 

 and is now established international usage. Not 

 adopted : O'Brien's Island. 



O'BRIEN PEAK: peak about 2,800 ft. in el., 

 marking the N. end of the ridge at the E. side of 

 the terminus of Amundsen GL, at the head of the 

 Ross Ice Shelf; in about 85°27'S., 157°05'W. Disc, 

 by the Geological Sledging Party of the ByrdAE, 

 1928-30, and named for John S. O'Brien, surveyor 

 with the geological party. 



OBSERVATION BLUFF: the eastern summit, 

 about 360 ft. in el., of the ice-free ridge which 

 forms the N. side of Paal Hbr. in Signy I., South 

 Orkney Is.; in 60°43'S., 45°36'W. The area was 

 roughly surveyed by DI personnel in 1933. The 

 bluff was surveyed in 1947 by the FIDS, and so 

 named by them because it marks the position from 

 which daily sea ice observations were made. 



OBSERVATION HILL: conical hiU about 750 

 ft. in el., surmounting Cape Armitage at the S. end 

 of Hut Point Pen., on Ross I.; in about 77°51'S., 

 166°40'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under 

 Scott, and so named because it forms an excellent 

 lookout station. 



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