GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



ROULLIN POINT: point marking the S. tip of 

 Boo til I., which is separated from the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen. by Lemaire Chan.; in 65°07'S., 

 64°02'W. This point was probably first seen by 

 the Ger. exp. under Dallmann, 1873-74. It was 

 charted by the FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot, and 

 named by him for Capt. Roullin, French Navy. 

 Not adopted: Point Roullin. 



ROUND ISLAND: circular islet about 0.5 mi. 

 in diameter, lying 1.5 mi. W. of Hummock I. and 

 8 mi. NW. of Ferin Head, off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 65°54'S., 65°37'W. Disc, and named by 

 the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37. 



ROUND POINT: point about 10 mi. WSW. of 

 False Round Pt., on the N. coast of King George 

 I., in the South Shetland Is.; in about 61°55'S., 

 58°16'W. The name dates back to at least 1822 

 and is established international usage. 



ROUSE, CAPE: ice-covered cape, fronted by ice 

 cliffs, lying about 14 mi. ENE. of Murray Mono- 

 lith on Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 67°45'S., 

 67°10'E. Named by the BANZARE under Maw- 

 son, who disc, this feature on about Feb. 13, 1931. 

 Not adopted: Point Rouse. 



ROUSE ROCKS: small group of rocks fringing 

 Mac-Robertson Coast close S. of Welch I.; in about 

 67°35°S., 62°58'E. Discovered and named by the 

 BANZARE, 1929-31, under Mawson. 



Route Point: see Robertson, Cape. 



ROUTE POINT: rocky point marking the NW. 

 end of Mackenzie Pen., which forms the W. part 

 of Laurie I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°44'S., 

 44°50'W. Disc, and named by Capt. George Powell 

 and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer during their joint 

 cruise in December 1821. 



ROUX, CAPE : cape marking the NW. extremity 

 of Pasteur Pen., northern Brabant I., in the Palmer 

 Arch.; in 64°01'S., 62°36'W. Disc, by the FrAE, 

 1903-5, under Charcot, and named by him for 

 Emile Roux, noted French physician and bacteri- 

 ologist, then Dir. of the Pasteur Inst., Paris. Not 

 adopted: Cap E. Roux [French]. 



Roux Island: see Charles-Roux Island. 



Rowe Island: see Row Island. 



ROWETT ISLET: rocky islet about 1 mi. long, 

 about 2 mi. SW. of Cape Lookout, Elephant I., in 

 the South Shetland Is.; in about 61°20'S., 55°20'W. 

 This islet was known to both the American and 

 British sealers as early as 1822. It was named by 

 members of a Br. exp. under Shackleton, 1921-22, 



for John Quiller Rowett, the chief patron of that 

 expedition. Not adopted: Rowett Island. 



ROW ISLAND: one of the Balleny Is., small, flat, 

 and ice-covered, about 0.5 mi. long and about 600 

 ft. in el., lying about 1 mi. S. of Young I.; in about 

 66°32'S., 162°50'E. John Balleny assigned the 

 name in 1839 to an island which he reported to 

 be about 10 mi. N. of Young I.; naming it for Mr. 

 J. Row, one of the merchants who united with 

 Charles Enderby, Esq., in sending out the expedi- 

 tion. Since the island reported by Balleny has 

 not been found by other explorers in the vicinity, 

 the name was assigned to another island, disc, by 

 DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1936. Not 

 adopted: Rowe Island. 



Royal, Cape: see Harcourt, Cape. 



ROYAL BAY: bay, about 4 mi. wide and indent- 

 ing 6 mi., entered between Capes Charlotte and 

 Harcourt along the N. coast of South Georgia; 

 in 54°32'S., 36°00'W. Disc, and named by a Br. 

 exp. under Cook in 1775. Royal Bay was surveyed 

 by a Ger. exp. under Schrader, which was based 

 on the N. shore of the bay in 1882-83. 



Royal Pass: see Ross Pass. 



ROYAL SOCIETY RANGE : range of mountains 

 lying near the head of McMurdo Sound, between 

 Koettlitz Gl. and Ferrar Gl.; in about 78°10'S., 

 163°00'E. Disc, in January 1902 by the BrNAE 

 under Scott, who named it in honor of the Royal 

 Society, giving names of its members to the indi- 

 vidual peaks. 



ROYDS, CAPE: dark rock cape forming the W. 

 extremity of Ross I.; in about 77°33'S., 166°07'E. 

 Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, who 

 named this feature for Lt. Charles W. R. Royds, 

 RN, who acted as meteorologist for the expedition. 



ROZO POINT: point marking the NW. end of 

 Cholet Islet, an islet which lies immediately N. of 

 the NW. part of Booth I. and forms the W. limit of 

 Port Charcot, off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 65°03'S., 64°02'W. Disc, by the FrAE, 1903-5, 

 under Charcot, and named by him for M. Rozo, the 

 cook on the exp. ship Frangais. Not adopted: 

 Point Rozo. 



Rubbenspitze: see Seal Point. 



RUCKER, MOUNT: mountain about 11,260 ft. in 

 el., in the Royal Society Range, lying SW. of Mc- 

 Murdo Sound, along the W. side of Ross Sea; in 

 about 78°11'S., 162°39'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 

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

 Sir Arthur Riicker, Honorary Sec. of the Royal So- 



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