GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



and geodetic surveys of the Port Martin area, sank 

 at her moorings during an extended storm. Res- 

 cape is the French spelling for escape. Not 

 adopted: lies des Rescapes [French]. 



RESCUE ROCK: submerged rock marked by 

 breakers, about 1 mi. NE. of Skua Islet, in the 

 entrance to the Bay of Isles, South Georgia; in 

 54°00'S., 37°14'W. The rock was charted in 1930 

 by DI survey personnel. It was so named because 

 a whale catcher passing near this rock sighted a 

 flag on Skua Islet, eventually leading to the rescue 

 of the survey party at Camp Bay where their ves- 

 sel had run aground. 



RESOLUTION POINT: point on the NE. side of 

 Cook I., in the South Sandwich Is.; in 59°26'S., 

 27°07'W. Cook I. was probably first sighted by 

 Capt. James Cook in 1775. The point was charted 

 in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, and 

 named after Cook's ship H.M.S. Resolution. 



RESSAC ISLET: small rocky islet, lying about 

 0.9 mi. E. of Houle It. and about 4 mi. NE. of Zelee 

 Glacier Tongue, off Adelie Coast; in about 66°42'S., 

 141°14'E. Photographed from the air by USN Op. 

 Hjp., 1946-47. Charted by the FrAE under Lio- 

 tard, 1949-51, and so named because the surf 

 breaks over the islet. Ressac is the French word 

 for surf. 



RESTITUTION POINT: point marking the N. 

 side of the entrance to South Bay in Prince Olav 

 Hbr., on the N. coast of South Georgia; in 54°04'S., 

 37°09'W. The name Factory Point, derived from 

 the nearby whaling station (now no longer operat- 

 ing) was given for this feature by DI personnel 

 in 1927. There is also a Factory Point at Leith 

 Hbr., less than 20 mi. to the NW. Since Factory 

 Point in Leith Hbr. is better known locally, it has 

 been retained. To avoid confusion the name Fac- 

 tory Point is rejected for the feature now described, 

 and a new name Restitution Point is approved. 

 The S.S Restitution, a floating factory ship, worked 

 for many years at Prince Olav Hbr. before the shore 

 station was built there. Not adopted: Factory 

 Point. 



RETHVAL POINT: ice-free point forming the S. 

 side of the entrance to Paal Hbr. on the E. side of 

 Signy I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°44'S., 45°36'W. 

 Surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel, and resurveyed 

 in 1947 by the FIDS. Named by the Br-APC in 

 1954 after the Rethval Whaling Co. of Oslo, the 

 first company to start whaling in the South Ork- 

 ney Is. in 1911-12. 



RETURN POINT: rocky slope forming the SW. 

 tip of Coronation I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°38'S., 46°02'W. Disc, on Dec. 7, 1821 by Capt. 



George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer. 

 Named by Powell who, after making a landing on 

 this point of land, returned directly aboard ship 

 after viewing the coast to the eastward. Not 

 adopted: Cap Regreso [French]. 



REUSCH GLACIER: glacier less than 1 mi. wide 

 descending into the W. part of Relay Bay, an in- 

 dentation of Robertson Bay in northern Victoria 

 Land; in about 71°29'S., 169°25'E. First charted 

 in 1899 by the BrAE, 1898-1900, under C. E. 

 Borchgrevink, who named this feature for Dr. H. 

 Reusch, then Pres. of the Norwegian Geographical 

 Society. Not adopted: Doctor Rusch Glacier, 

 Reush Glacier. 



Reush Glacier: see Reusch Glacier. 



Revelle Bay: see Revelle Inlet. 



REVELLE INLET: broad, ice-filled inlet which 

 recedes W. some 15 mi. between Capes Agassiz and 

 Keeler, along the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 68°40'S., 63°26'W. The inlet lies in the area ex- 

 plored from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1928 

 and Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935, but it was first 

 charted by the USAS in 1940. It was resighted by 

 the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, who named it 

 for Roger Revelle, oceanographer at the Scripps 

 Inst, for Oceanographic Research, who gave tech- 

 nical assistance during the fitting out of the Ronne 

 expedition. Not adopted: Revelle Bay. 



REY, CAPE: dark rocky promontory standing 

 between the SW. side of Marin Darbel Bay and the 

 NE. side of Lallemand Fjord, on the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 66°44'S., 66°30'W. Disc, by the 

 FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by him 

 for Lt. Joseph J. Rey, French Navy, meteorologist 

 of the FrAE under Charcot, 1903-5. 



REYNOLDS, CAPE: rocky point several hundred 

 ft. in el., lying along the SW. shore of Geikie Inlet 

 and marking the W. side of the mouth of Clarke Gl., 

 on the coast of Victoria Land; in about 75°34'S., 

 162°48'E. Disc, by the BrAE, 1907-9, under 

 Shackleton, who probably named this feature for 

 Jeremiah (John) N. Reynolds, who long agitated 

 for American exploration in the Antarctic, and 

 who was one of the principal promoters of the 

 USEE, 1838-42. 



REYNOLDS, MOUNT: snow-capped mountain 

 about 3,700 ft. in el., marked by steep, rocky lower 

 slopes, standing at the S. side of Violante Inlet, on 

 the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 72°42'S., 61°16'W. 

 Disc, by members of the USAS in a flight from East 

 Base on Dec. 30, 1940. Named by the US-SCAN 

 for Jeremiah (John) N. Reynolds, long-time protag- 

 onist (1826-38) of American exploration and ex- 



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