GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Observatorio, Isla: see Gamina Island. 



O'Cain Island: see Nelson Island. 



Oceana Insel: see Oceana Nunatak. 



OCEANA NUNATAK: one of the Seal Nunataks, 

 lying at the NW. cocner of Robertson I., off the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°08'S., 59°50'W. Disc, 

 by a Nor. whaling exp. under C. A. Larsen in 

 December 1893, and named after the Oceana Co. of 

 Hamburg, a sponsor of the expedition. Not 

 adopted: Oceana Insel [German]. 



OCEAN HARBOR: deeply indented bay on the 

 N. coast of South Georgia which is entered 1.5 mi. 

 W. of Tijuca Pt.; in 54°20'W., 36°16'W. The 

 names New Fortune Bay and Neufortuna Bay, 

 probably for the Fortuna, Norwegian-Argentine 

 whaling vessel which participated in establishing 

 the first permanent whaling station at Grytviken, 

 South Georgia in 1904-5, were used for this feature 

 in 1922 by Filchner, following the GerAE, 1911-12. 

 Following a survey of the island in 1951-52, the 

 SGS reported that the feature is known to whalers 

 and sealers as Ocean Harbor, a name derived from 

 the Ocean Whaling Co. which at one time had a 

 station there. The name Ocean Harbor is ap- 

 proved for this feature on the basis of local usage, 

 and also to avoid confusion of the name New 

 Fortuna Bay with Fortuna Bay, only 26 mi. to the 

 northwest. Not adopted: Neufortuna Bay, New 

 Fortuna Bay, New Fortune Bay. 



OCHS GLACIER: glacier flowing to Paul Block 

 Bay between Mt. Iphigene and Mt. Avers, in Marie 

 Byrd Land; in about 76°30'S., 145°35°W. Disc, by 

 the ByrdAE in 1929, and named for Adolph S. Ochs, 

 publisher of the New York Times, patron of the 

 Expedition. Not adopted : Adolph Ochs Glacier. 



O'CONNOR NUNATAKS: group of rock expo- 

 sures rising above the ice at the upper rim of 

 Balchen GL, in the N. part of the Edsel Ford 

 Ranges in Marie Byrd Land; in about 76°24'S., 

 143°21'W. Disc, by members Of the USAS in aerial 

 flights over this area in 1940 and named for Ray- 

 mond O'Connor, a member of the West Base of the 

 USAS, 1939-41. 



O'CONNORS ROCK: rock about 0.1 mi. SW. of 

 Stenhouse Bluff, King George I., lying in Visca An- 

 chorage in the N. part of Admiralty Bay, in the 

 South Shetland Is.; 62°02'S., 58°22'W. First 

 charted by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot. 

 Named for Midshipman W. P. O'Connor, RNR, who 

 assisted in a sketch survey of Visca Anchorage in 

 the Discovery in 1927. 



ODIN, MOUNT: saddle-top mountain, consisting 

 of two ice-covered peaks about 4,800 ft. in el., situ- 

 ated close SW. of Frigga Peak on the divide be- 

 tween Anderson and Sleipnir Glaciers, on the E. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66°26'S., 64°03'W. Dur- 

 ing 1947 the peak was photographed from the air 

 by the RARE and charted from the ground by the 

 FIDS. Named by the FIDS after the Norse god 

 Odin, the mythological husband of Frigga. 



Odom Bay: see Odom Inlet. 



ODOM INLET: inlet about 9 mi. long, between 

 Cape Howard and Cape MacDonald along the E. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 71°30'S., 61°20'W. Disc, 

 by members of the USAS who explored this coast 

 from East Base both by land and from the air in 

 1940. Named for Howard Odom, radio operator at 

 the East Base. Not adopted: Odom Bay. 



OFFICE BOYS, THE: group of rocks at the NE. 

 end of the Clerke Rocks, lying some 45 mi. ESE. of 

 the SE. end of South Georgia; in 55°01'S., 34°39'W. 

 Clerke Rocks were disc, by Capt. James Cook in 

 1775. The Office Boys were charted and probably 

 named by DI personnel who made surveys in the 

 South Georgia area in the period 1926-30. 



OHLIN ISLAND: small island, about 500 ft. in 

 el., lying 6 mi. WNW. of Tower I., off the NW. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 63°31'S., 60°06'W. Disc, by the 

 SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nordenskjold, and named 

 by him for Axel Ohlin, zoologist with the expedi- 

 tion. Not adopted: Bailys Island. 



OKUMA BAY: bay about 3 mi. wide, which in- 

 dents Ross Ice Shelf for about 4 mi., lying about 

 80 mi. NE. of the Bay of Whales; in about 77°52'S., 

 158°40'W. Disc, by the BrNAE under Scott in 

 1902. Named by the Japanese exp. under Shirase, 

 1911-12, for Count Okuma, Premier of Japan. Not 

 adopted: Hal Flood Bay. 



Olaf Bjaaland, Mount: see Bjaaland, Mount. 



Olav Prydz Bukt: see MacKenzie Bay; Prydz Bay. 



OLAV ROCKS : small group of rocks, lying about 

 0.6 mi. ESE. of Cape Crewe, off the N. coast of 

 South Georgia; in 54°03'S., 37°07'W. Charted by 

 DI personnel during the period 1927-30, and so 

 named because the rocks serve as a guide to vessels 

 entering Prince Olav Harbor. The incorrect spell- 

 ing, "Prince Olaf Rocks," appearing on the charts 

 by DI personnel has been corrected. A shortened 

 form of the original name is approved. Not 

 adopted: Prince Olaf Rock, Prince Olaf Rocks, 

 Prince Olav Rocks. 



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