GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



whalers and sealers at South Georgia. It is a 

 descriptive Norwegian term, meaning literally 

 "threshing floor bridge" or "barn bridge." In 

 Norwegian barns used for storing hay, there is 

 a ramp up which the wagons are driven before 

 tipping. "Laavebrua," which is not strictly trans- 

 latable is this ramp. The Br-APC recommended 

 in 1954 that the name Ramp Rock be approved 

 for this feature. The name L&vebrua Islet is al- 

 ready approved for an islet near Deception Island. 

 Not adopted: Laavebrua [Norwegian]. 



RAMSAY, MOUNT: peak about 1,600 ft. in el., 

 about 0.5 mi. W. of Uruguay Cove, on the N. coast 

 of Laurie I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°45'S., 

 44°45'W. Charted by the ScotNAE under Bruce, 

 1902-4, and named after Allan Ramsay, chief en- 

 gineer of the exp. ship Scotia, who died on Aug. 

 6, 1903 and was buried at the foot of the peak. 



RANDALL ROCKS: group of rocky islets and 

 small rocks situated 0.5 mi. off the SW. corner of 

 Millerand I. and trending in a WNW.-ESE. di- 

 rection for 1 mi., lying in Marguerite Bay off the 

 W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°11'S., 67°17'W. 

 First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under 

 Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS and 

 named for Terence M. Randall, FIDS radio opera- 

 tor at Stonington I., 1947-49. 



RANVIKA: cove indenting the E. coast of Peter 

 I Island, near the NE. corner of the island; in 

 about 68°46'S., 90°25'W. Disc, in 1927 by Nor. exp. 

 under Tofte in the Odd I. The name may derive 

 from the estate of Lars Christensen, sponsor of 

 the exp., situated at the head of Ranvik, a bay in 

 Norway. The word vik or vika are Norwegian for 

 bay or cove. Not adopted: Ranvik, Ranvik Bay. 



Ranvik Bay: see Ranvika. 



RANVIK BAY: open bay, about 13 mi. wide, 

 lying between Rauer Is. and Ranvik Ice Tongue, 

 along Ingrid Christensen Coast; in about 69°02'S., 

 77°30'E. Disc, and charted in February 1935 by 

 a Nor. exp. under Mikkelsen in the Thorshavn. 

 Named for the estate of Lars Christensen, sponsor 

 of the exp., situated at the head of Ranvik, a bay 

 in Norway. Not adopted: Ranvik [Norwegian]. 



Ranvikbreen: see Ranvik Ice Tongue. 



RANVIK ICE TONGUE : small ice tongue, about 

 4 mi. long and from 4 to 6 mi. wide, extending NW. 

 from the continental ice overlying Ingrid Chris- 

 tensen Coast and filling the SE. portion of Ranvik 

 Bay; in about 69°10'S., 77°20'E. Charted by Nor- 

 wegian cartographers from aerial photographs 

 taken in January 1937 by the Nor. exp. under 



Lars Christensen, and named Ranvikbreen because 

 of its close association with Ranvik Bay. The 

 generic ice tongue is approved as a more appro- 

 priate term on the basis of John H. Roscoe's 1952 

 compilation from USN Op. Hjp. aerial photographs 

 taken in March 1947. Not adopted: Ranvikbreen 

 [Norwegian] . 



RANVIK ISLAND: small, rocky island, about 1.7 

 mi. long, which rises to about 400 ft. in el., mark- 

 ing the second largest of the Rauer Is. and lying 

 near the S. end of the group, close NW. of Brown 

 Gl. on Ingrid Christensen Coast; in about 68°54'S., 

 77°43'E. Charted by Norwegian cartographers 

 from aerial photographs taken in January 1937 

 by the Nor. exp. under Lars Christensen, and 

 named Ranviktangen, as the feature was believed 

 to form part of a coastal ridge at that time. The 

 name Ranvik Island was proposed by John H. 

 Roscoe, who determined, from his 1952 study of 

 USN Op. Hjp. aerial photographs taken in March 

 1947, that the feature lies offshore from the 

 coastal outcrops. Not adopted: Ranviktangen 

 [Norwegian] . 



Ranviktangen: see Ranvik Island. 



RASMUSSEN, CAPE: black cliff almost 800 ft. 

 in el., marking the N. side of the entrance to 

 Waddington Bay, on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 65°15'S., 64°06'W. Disc, and named by the 

 BelgAE under De Gerlache, 1897-99. 



Rauer Group: see Rauer Islands. 



RAUER ISLANDS: group of rocky islands, 

 islets and rocks, which measures about 9 mi. across, 

 lying between S0rsdal Glacier Tongue and Ranvik 

 Bay, close off Ingrid Christensen Coast; in about 

 68°50'S., 77°38'E. Disc, and roughly charted in 

 February 1935 by the Nor. exp. under Mikkelsen, 

 who applied the name Rauer, probably after the 

 island by that name lying in Oslofjord opposite 

 T0nsberg, Norway. Recompiled by Norwegian 

 cartographers from aerial photographs taken in 

 January 1937 by the Nor. exp. under Lars Christen- 

 sen, and later by John H. Roscoe from USN Op. 

 Hjp. aerial photographs taken in March 1947. 

 Not adopted : Rauer [Norwegian] , Rauer Group. 



RAVN ROCK: submerged rock lying in the cen- 

 ter of Neptunes Bellows, the entrance to Port 

 Foster, Deception I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 

 63°00'S., 60°34'W. Charted by the FrAE under 

 Charcot, 1908-10. Named for the whale catcher 

 Ravn, based at Deception I. at that time. 



RAWSON MOUNTAINS: crescent-shaped range 

 of tabular, ice-covered mountains about 16 mi. 

 long which rise to about 9,000 ft. in el., standing 



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