GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



RIDGE PEAK: pyramidal rocky peak, about 

 1,700 ft. in el., from which a prominent ridge ex- 

 tends E., standing 6 mi. S. of the head of Hope Bay 

 and 3 mi. E. of the N. portion of Duse Bay, at the 

 NE. end of Palmer Pen.; in 63°31'S., 57°03'W. This 

 area was first explored by a party of the SwedAE, 

 1901-4. Ridge Peak was charted and named by 

 the FIDS, 1946. 



RIDLEY BEACH : a cuspate beach feature form- 

 ing a triangle about 1 mi. long on each side, lying 

 about 1 mi. S. of Cape Adare, on the W. side of the 

 peninsula, in northern Victoria Land; in about 

 71°18'S., 170°13'E. This was the camp site of the 

 BrAE, 1898-1900, under C. E. Borchgrevink, who 

 gave the camp his mother's maiden name. The 

 name was applied to the entire feature in 1911 by 

 the Northern Party of the BrAE, 1910-13, under 

 Scott. 



RIDLEY ISLAND: island about 2 mi. N. of False 

 Round Pt., northern King George I., in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in about 61°50'S., 57°57'W. This is- 

 land was known to both the American and British 

 sealers as early as 1822, and the name Ridley has 

 been well established in international usage for 

 over 100 years. Not adopted: Ridley's Isle. 



RIGHT WHALE BAY: bay about 1.5 mi. wide, 

 lying S. of Nameless Pt., along the N. coast of 

 South Georgia; in 54°02'S., 37°41'W. The name 

 dates back to at least 1922 and is now well estab- 

 lished in international usage. The right whale is 

 a species of whale found in this area. 



RIGHT WHALE ROCKS: group of rocks about 

 0.25 mi. N. of Barfl Pt., at the E. side of the en- 

 trance to Cumberland Bay, South Georgia; in 

 54°14'S., 36°24'W. The name Merton Rocks was 

 used for this feature on a chart of Cumberland Bay 

 by personnel of H.M.S. Sappho in 1906, but the 

 name Right Whale Rocks is retained because of 

 wider and more recent acceptance. Not adopted: 

 Merton Rocks. 



RIISER-LARSEN, MOUNT: the highest peak, 

 about 6,100 ft. in el., of the Tula Range, in Enderby 

 Land; in about 67°00'S., 50°50'E. Named by the 

 BANZARE under Mawson, in January 1930, for 

 Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen,. leader of a Nor. exp. 

 in the Norvegia which was ;&lso exploring in this 

 region in that season. Not adopted: Mount Riiser 

 Larsen. 



RIISER-LARSEN PENINSULA: a broad projec- 

 tion of the continental margin marking the NE. 

 end of Princess Ragnhild Coast and forming the W. 

 portal to Liitzow-Holm Bay; in about 68°30'S., 

 33°50'E. Named for Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen 



who disc, it in a flight on Feb. 21, 1931. Not 

 adopted: Cook Peninsula. 



RILEY GLACIER: heavily crevassed glacier, 

 about 14 mi. long and 17 mi. wide, flowing westward 

 from the W. side of Palmer Pen. into George VI 

 Sound between the Traverse Mtns. and Mt. Dixey; 

 in 70°03'S., 68°10'W. First sighted and surveyed 

 in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 

 1949 by the FIDS and named for Quintin T. P. M. 

 Riley, assistant meteorologist of the BGLE, 

 1934-37. 



RIME PEAK: the summit, about 3,700 ft. in el., 

 of a mountain at the E. side of Sunshine Gl., Coro- 

 nation I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°38'S., 45°26'W. 

 The name, applied by the FIDS following their 

 survey of 1948-49, is descriptive of the permanent 

 appearance of the peak which is heavily covered 

 with hoarfrost, or rime. 



RIO BRANCO, MOUNT: mountain about 3,200 

 ft. in el., about 2.5 mi. E. of Cape Trois Perez, on 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°26'S., 64°01'W. 

 Disc, by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot, and 

 named by him for Baron Rio Branco, at that time 

 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil. Not adopted : 

 Mount Branco, Sommet Rio Branco [French] . 



Rio Branco, Sommet: see Rio Branco, Mount. 



Ritscher-Land: see Ritscher Upland. 



RITSCHER PEAK: prominent peak about 9,900 

 ft. in el., situated about 7 mi. WSW. of Mt. Mentzel 

 in the NE. portion of the Wohlthat Mtns., in New 

 Schwabenland; in about 72°22'S., 13°25'E. Disc, 

 by the GerAE, 1938-39, and named for Captain 

 Alfred Ritscher, leader of the expedition. 



RITSCHER UPLAND: an upland consisting of a 

 heterogeneous collection of mountain ranges, 

 peaks, and associated depressions in New 

 Schwabenland, extending NE. from about 74°30'S., 

 9°00'W. along the W. border of the Miihlig-Hof- 

 mann Mtns. to about 71°00'S., 1°00'W. Disc, by 

 the GerAE, 1938-39, and named for Capt. Alfred 

 Ritscher, leader of the expedition. Not adopted: 

 Ritscher-Land [German] . 



RIVETT, MOUNT: bare, rugged peak about 

 1,900 ft. in el., the most northern and eastern of 

 the Gustav Bull Mtns., on Mac-Robertson Coast; 

 in about 67°49'S., 66°13'E. Early in January 1930, 

 the BANZARE under Mawson sighted land in this 

 area and made an aerial observation flight. The 

 exp. landed on nearby Scullin Monolith on Feb. 

 13, 1931 and named this peak, probably for Sir 

 A. C. David Rivett, Deputy Chairman and Chief 

 Executive Officer of the Commonwealth (Aus- 



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