GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Thomas Robertson, captain of the Scotia, exp. ship 

 of the ScotNAE, 1902-4. Not adopted: Route 

 Point (q.v.). 



ROBERTSON, MOUNT: mountain about 5,100 

 ft. in el., lying NW. of the head of Gardner Inlet, 

 on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in about 74°41'S., 

 64°14'W. Disc, by the RARE 1947-48, under 

 Ronne, who named this feature for James B. 

 Robertson, aviation mechanic with the expedition. 

 Not adopted: Mount James Robertson. 



ROBERTSON BAY: bay about 23 mi. wide and 

 25 mi. long, lying between Cape Barrow and Cape 

 Adare, in northern Victoria Land; in about 

 71°20'S., 170°00'E. Disc, in 1841 by a Br. exp. under 

 Ross, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, sur- 

 geon on the exp. ship Terror. 



ROBERTSON ISLAND: ice-covered island, about 

 12 mi. long in a NW.-SE. direction and 6 mi. wide, 

 lying at the E. end of the Seal Nunataks and some 

 30 mi. S. of Cape Sobral, off the E. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 65°10'S., 59°40'W. Disc, on Dec. 9, 1893 

 by Capt. C. A. Larsen, who named it for William 

 Robertson, co-owner of the firm of Woltereck and 

 Robertson of Hamburg which sent out Larsen's 

 ship, the Jason. 



ROBERTSON ISLANDS: group of islands ex- 

 tending about 2 mi. southward of the SE. end of 

 Coronation I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°47'S., 

 45°10'W. Disc, and roughly charted by Capt. 

 George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer in De- 

 cember 1821. Recharted and named by James 

 Weddell in 1823. Not adopted: Robertsons Islands, 

 Robertson's Islands. 



ROBERTSON POINT: point forming the E. side 

 of the entrance to Fortuna Bay, on the N. coast 

 of South Georgia; in 54°06'S., 36°46'W. Robertson 

 Point is an established name which dates back to 

 at least 1920. Not adopted: Cape Robertson. 



ROBILLARD GLACIER: narrow glacier flowing 

 ENE. and entering the N. side of the head of Sol- 

 berg Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 68°19'S., 65°30'W. Disc, by members of East Base 

 of the USAS, 1939-41. It was photographed from 

 the air in 1947 by the RARE, under Ronne, and 

 charted in 1948 by the FIDS. Named by Ronne 

 for Capt. George Robillard, USN, of the legal sec- 

 tion of the Bureau of Ships, who assisted in gain- 

 ing Congressional support which resulted in pro- 

 curing the expedition ship. 



ROBIN PEAK: sharply defined rocky summit, 

 about 900 ft. in el., which is the northernmost peak 

 on Signy I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°41'S., 45°38'W. 

 Named by the Br-APC in 1954 for Gordon de 



Quetteville Robin of the FIDS, leader at Signy I. 

 base in 1947, who made the first detailed survey of 

 the island. 



ROBINSON, CAPE: cape marking the E. end of 

 an icecapped promontory between Cabinet and 

 Mill Inlets, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 66°52'S., 63°43'W. Sir Hubert Wilkins, while on 

 his flight of Dec. 20, 1928 along this coast, named 

 an island for W. S. Robinson of London and Aus- 

 tralia, which he reported to lie in about 67°20'S., 

 61°40'W. Absence of photographs of this island 

 by Wilkins has prevented its positive re-identifica- 

 tion. For this reason, and for the sake of his- 

 torical continuity, it is recommended that the E. 

 end of the promontory in 66°52'S. be given the 

 name Cape Robinson. This cape was charted by 

 the FIDS and photographed from the air by the 

 RARE in 1947. Not adopted: Cape Duemler. 



ROBINSON, MOUNT: peak about 10,000 ft. in 

 el., standing S. of Robertson Bay in northern Vic- 

 toria Land; in about 71°45'S., 169°43'E. Disc, in 

 January 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross, who named 

 this feature for the Reverend Dr. Robinson, of 

 Armagh, one of the more active promoters of mag- 

 netic research in the Antarctic. 



ROBINSON BAY: glacier-filled embayment, 

 about 11 mi. wide at its entrance between Cape De 

 Gerlache and Cape Harrisson, along Queen Mary 

 Coast; in about 66°40'S., 98°50'E. Disc, by the 

 Eastern Sledge Party operating from the West 

 Base of the AAE, 1911-14, under Mawson, and 

 named for Lionel Robinson of Australia, a patron of 

 the expedition. 



ROBINSON GLACIER: channel glacier about 2 

 mi. wide and 7 mi. long, flowing NNW. from the 

 continental ice to the Knox Coast, midway be- 

 tween Merritt It. and Reist Rocks; in about 

 66°32'S., 107°18'E. Delineated from aerial photo- 

 graphs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named 

 by the US-ACAN for R. P. Robinson, pursers stew- 

 ard on the sloop of war Vincennes of the USEE 

 under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



ROBINSON GROUP : group of two large and sev- 

 eral small islands, from 100 to 200 ft. in el., lying 

 off Mac-Robertson Coast about 3 mi. W. of Cape 

 Daly; in about 67°28'S., 63°48'E. Disc, on about 

 Feb. 15, 1931 by the BANZARE under Mawson, who 

 applied the name. 



Robinson Island: see Francis Island. 



Robinson Island: (in about 67°20'S., 63°40'W.) 

 the decision of May 1947 has been VACATED, since 

 subsequent survey has shown that no island exists 

 in the position indicated. Instead, the name Rob- 



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