GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



REECE PASS: a N.-S. col between the main 

 massif and the eastern member of the Fosdick 

 Mtns., in the Edsel Ford Ranges in Marie Byrd 

 Land; in about 76°31'S., 144°35'W. Disc, on aerial 

 flights made from West Base of the USAS in 1940 

 and visited by the Edsel Ford Mountains Biological 

 Party. Named for J. A. Reece, radio operator at 

 West Base. 



REEF POINT: point bounded by a small reef 

 forming the W. end of Cook I., in the South Sand- 

 wich Is.; in 59°27'S., 27°13'W. Charted and named 

 in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. 



REEVES, MOUNT: mountain about 5,380 ft. in 

 el., in the Britannia Range, standing SW. of Cape 

 Murray on the W. side of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 

 79°40'S., 158°30'E. Disc, by the BrNAE under 

 Scott, 1901-4, who probably named this feature for 

 Edward Ayearst Reeves, Map Curator and Instruc- 

 tor in Practical Astronomy and Surveying to the 

 Royal Geographical Soc, 1900-33. 



REEVES, MOUNT: mountain about 6,300 ft. in 

 el. on the E. side of Adelaide I., standing 5.5 mi. 

 NE. of Mt. Bouvier and 7 mi. W. of The Gullet; in 

 67°10'S., 67°58'W. First sighted and roughly sur- 

 veyed in 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot. Re- 

 surveyed in 1948 by the FIDS, and named by them 

 for Edward A. Reeves, Map-curator and Instructor 

 in Survey at the Royal Geographical Soc, 1900-33. 



REEVES GLACIER: glacier about 10 mi. wide 

 and 25 mi. long, descending from the high in- 

 terior upland between Mt. Nansen and Mt. Larsen, 

 and merging with the confluent ice of Nansen 

 Sheet along the coast of Victoria Land; in about 

 74°45'S., 162°27'E. Disc, by the Northern Party of 

 the BrAE under Shackleton, 1907-9. Probably 

 named for Edward Ayearst Reeves. 



REFERENCE ISLET: rocky islet 2 mi. WNW. of 

 the W. tip of Neny I. and 1.5 mi. SE. of Millerand I., 

 lying in Marguerite Bay off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 68°12'S., 67°10'W. First roughly charted 

 in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. The islet was 

 surveyed by the FIDS in 1947, and so named by 

 them because it served as a convenient reference 

 point for survey work. 



REFERRING PEAK: conspicuous black peak 

 about 3,800 ft. in el., standing on the N. side of 

 Mackay Gl. about 1.5 mi. W. of the mouth of Cleve- 

 land GL, in Victoria Land; in about 76°56'S., 

 161°54'E. Charted and named by the BrAE under 

 Scott, 1910-13. The name suggests the easy 

 identification of the peak and its possible use as a 

 landmark. 



REFUGE ISLETS: small group of islets lying 

 about 0.5 mi. from the ice cliffs at the SW. side of 

 Red Rock Ridge, off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 68°21'S., 67°10'W. Disc, and named by the 

 BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37, who used these islets 

 as a depot for sledge journeys S. from the southern 

 base in the Debenham Islands. Not adopted: 

 Refuge Islands. 



REGNARD PEAKS: group of rounded, snow- 

 covered peaks probably over 4,000 ft. in el., stand- 

 ing about 4 mi. NW. of Mt. Peary and 5 mi. ESE. 

 of Mt. Scott, on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 about 65°11'S., 63°53'W. Disc, and named by the 

 FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10. Not adopted: 

 Regnard Peaks. 



Regreso, Cap: see Return Point. 



REGULA RANGE: mountain range about 9,500 

 ft. in el., extending about 30 mi. in a NW.-SE. di- 

 rection across the mouth of Penck Trough, in New 

 Schwabenland; in about 72°40'S., 3°30'W. Disc. 

 by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named 

 for Herbert Regula, chief meteorologist with the 

 expedition. 



REICHELDERFER, CAPE: rounded headland 

 which is almost completely ice covered lying at the 

 W. side of the N. entrance to Stefansson Str., on 

 the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 69°22'S., 62°43'W. 

 This cape was seen by Sir Hubert Wilkins, who 

 explored this coast on his aerial flight of Dec. 20, 

 1928. Charted in 1940 by the USAS, and errone- 

 ously called Cape Rymill at that time. Resighted 

 in 1947 by the RARE under Ronne, who named it 

 for Francis W. Reichelderfer, Chief of the U. S. 

 Weather Bureau, which loaned weather instru- 

 ments and instructed RARE members in their 

 operation. Not adopted: Cape Rymill (q.v.). 



REID, MOUNT: mountain about 10,160 ft. in el., 

 standing about 11 mi. SE. of Mt. Longstaff in the 

 Queen Alexandra Range, on the W. side of Ross 

 Ice Shelf; in about 83°05'S., 166°00'E. Disc, by the 

 BrAE under Shackleton, 1907-9, who named it for 

 Alfred Reid, manager of the expedition. 



REID GLACIER: glacier, about 2.5 mi. wide and 

 at least 5 mi. long, which flows S. to enter Bigour- 

 dan Fjord opposite The Narrows, off the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 67°29'S., 67°16'W. First roughly 

 charted by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill. 

 The lower reaches of the glacier were surveyed in 

 1948-49 by the FIDS, and named by them for Harry 

 F. Reid (1859-1944), prof, of geology at Johns 

 Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, noted for his studies of 

 glacier flow and stratification in Alaska and the 

 Alps. 



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