GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



tralia) Council for Scientific and Industrial Re- 

 search since 1927. Not adopted : Rivett Mountain. 



Ronald Amundsen Sea: see Amundsen Sea. 



ROALD GLACIER: glacier which flows from the 

 S. slopes of Mt. Noble into Gibbon Bay on the 

 E. coast of Coronation I., South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°40'S., 45°15'W. The glacier was charted and 

 named by the Norwegian whaling captain Fetter 

 S0rlle in the period 1912-15. It was surveyed in 

 1948-49 by the FIDS. 



Robben Nunataks: see Seal Nunataks. 



ROBERT, CAPE: ice-covered point at the W. 

 side of Marret Gl., on Adelie Coast; in about 

 66°23'S., 137°39'E. Disc, and named by the Fr. 

 exp. under D'Urville in 1840. The cape was 

 roughly charted by the AAE under Mawson, 

 1911-14, and more recently delineated from aerial 

 photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. 



Robert English Coast: see Eights Coast. 



ROBERT ENGLISH COAST: that portion of the 

 coast of Antarctica extending from the base of 

 Palmer Pen., in about 67 °W. to the cape at the 

 W. side of the entrance to Carroll Inlet in 79 °W. 

 Disc, and explored, in December 1940, on the 

 ground by Finn Ronne and Carl R. Eklimd, and 

 in flights by other members of the East Base of 

 the USAS. Named for Capt. Robert A. J. English, 

 USN, Executive Sec. of the Executive Committee, 

 USAS, 1939-41, and captain of the Bear of Oak- 

 land on the ByrdAE, 1933-35. 



ROBERT ISLAND: island about 12 mi. long and 

 6 mi. wide, lying between Nelson I. and Green- 

 wich I. in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°24'S., 

 59°34'W. The name dates back to at least 1821 

 and is now established international usage. Not 

 adopted: Mitchells Island, Polotsk Island, Roberts 

 Island, Robert's Island. 



Robert Palmer Bay: see Palmer Inlet. 



ROBERT POINT: point marking the SE. tip of 

 Robert I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°28'S., 

 59°23'W. This point, which probably has been 

 known to sealers and whalers in the area for over 

 100 years, takes its name after the island. Not 

 adopted: Cape Roberts, Roberts Point. 



ROBERTS CAPE: cape at the S. side of the en- 

 trance to Granite Hbr., on the E. coast of Victoria 

 Land; in about 77°00'S., 162°50'E. Disc, by the 

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

 for William C. Roberts, asst. zoologist and cook 

 to the expedition. 



ROBERTS, MOUNT: dark, mostly ice-free rock 

 peak with a flat, sloping top, about 3,200 ft. in el., 

 which is isolated from the Detroit Plateau to the 

 W. and lies about 3 mi. inland from Prince Gustav 

 Chan., some 14 mi. N. of Sjogren Gl., on the SE. 

 side of Louis Philippe Pen.; in 64°00'S., 58°49'W. 

 First charted by the FIDS, in 1945, and named for 

 D. W. Roberts, Manager of the Falkland Islands 

 Co. in 1945, who was of assistance to the expedition. 



ROBERT SCOTT, MOUNT: mountain in the 

 Commonwealth Range, lying between Mt. Har- 

 court and Mt. Kathleen and overlooking the E. 

 side of Beardmore Gl. at its junction with Ross 

 Ice Shelf; in about 83°43'S., 174°00'E. Disc, by 

 the BrAE, 1907-9, under Shackleton, who named 

 this feature for Capt. Robert F. Scott, RN. 

 Shackleton had been a member of the BrNAE, 

 1901-4, under Scott. Not adopted: Mount Scott. 



ROBERT SCOTT GLACIER: major glacier, from 

 5 to 15 mi. wide and about 90 mi. long, descending 

 from the polar plateau in long sweeping curves to 

 the head of Ross Ice Shelf between Amundsen and 

 Leverett Glaciers; in about 85°40'S., 152°00'W. 

 Disc, in December 1929 by the ByrdAE geological 

 party under Gould. Named by the US-ACAN for 

 Capt. Robert F. Scott, RN, leader of the BrNAE, 

 1901-4, and the BrAE, 1910-13, who lost his life 

 in March 1912 on the return journey from the 

 South Pole, which he had reached on Jan. 18, 

 1912. Not adopted: Scott Glacier (q.v.), Thorne 

 Glacier. 



ROBERTS ICE PIEDMONT: large ice piedmont, 

 about 20 mi. long, in a N.-S. direction, and about 

 15 mi. wide, lying to the N. and NW. of Mt. Calais 

 and occupying the NE. corner of Alexander I Is- 

 land; in 69°00'S., 70°20'W. First seen from a dis- 

 tance and roughly surveyed by the FrAE, 1908-10, 

 under Charcot. It was photographed from the 

 air by the BGLE during a flight on Aug. 15, 1936, 

 and roughly mapped from these photographs. 

 Named by the Br-APC in 1955 for Brian B. Roberts, 

 ornithologist of the BGLE, 1934-37, and later Sec- 

 retary of the British Antarctic Place-names Com- 

 mittee. 



ROBERTSON, CAPE: cape about 1 mi. E. of 

 Route Pt., marking the NE. end of Mackenzie Pen., 

 which forms the W. part of Laurie I., in the South 

 Orkney Is.; in 60°44'S., 44°48'W. On the map of 

 Laurie I. by the ScotNAE under Bruce, 1902-4, the 

 name Cape Robertson appears in the position of 

 Route Pt., previously named by Capt. George 

 Powell and Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer in 1821. 

 The name Route Pt. is retained for the NW. end 

 of Mackenzie Pen.; Cape Robertson is the NE. end 

 of this peninsula. The name commemorates 



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