GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



RUSTY BLUFF: prominent cliffs rising to a 

 rounded summit, about 740 ft. in el., on the W. side 

 of Paal Hbr. on Signy I., South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°44'S., 45°37'W. Surveyed in 1947 by the FIDS. 

 The name, given by FIDS, was suggested by the 

 color of the bluff and by a rusty iron post found on 

 the summit. 



Ruth, Cape: see Ruth Ridge. 



RUTH BLACK, MOUNT: ridge-shaped mountain 

 about 6,000 ft. in el., standing about 3 mi. W. of 

 Mt. Gardiner, at the SE. side of the lower reaches 

 of Bartlett Gl., in the Queen Maud Range; in about 

 86°17'S., 151°35'W. Disc, in December 1934 by the 

 ByrdAE geological party under Quin Blackburn, 

 and named at that time by R. Adm. Byrd for Mrs. 

 Ruth Black, deceased wife of Richard B. Black, exp. 

 member who assisted with seismic, survey, and ra- 

 dio operations in the vicinity of Little America II. 



Ruth Bugge Islands: see Bugge Islands. 



RUTH GADE, MOUNT: pyramidal massif, about 

 11,960 ft. in el., standing in the Queen Maud Range 

 between Cooper and Isaiah Bowman Glaciers, at 

 the head of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 85°40'S., 

 163°30'W. Disc, in November 1911 by Capt. Roald 

 Amundsen who named it for one of the daughters 

 of the Norwegian Minister to Brazil, a strong sup- 

 porter of Amundsen. 



RUTH RIDGE: black, rocky ridge about 1.5 mi. 

 long in a NNE.-SSW. direction, terminating at its 

 S. end in a small peak about 4,500 ft. in el. The 

 ridge forms part of the plateau escarpment along 

 the E. coast of Palmer Pen. and marks a change 

 in direction of the escarpment where it turns W. 

 to form the N. wall of Drygalski Gl.; in about 

 64°40'S., 60°49'W. Dr. Otto Nordenskjold, leader 

 of the SwedAE, 1901-4, gave the name Cape Ruth 

 in honor of his sister, to what appeared to be a cape 

 at the N. side of Drygalski Gl. The feature was 

 determined to be a ridge in 1947 by the FIDS, and 

 the name is approved accordingly. Not adopted: 

 Cape Ruth. 



Ruth Siple, Mount: see Siple, Mount. 



RYAN REEF : isolated reef lying off the N. coast 

 of South Georgia, about 0.75 mi. N. of the E. en- 

 trance point of Doris Bay; in 54°26'S., 36°08'W. 

 The reef appears on a chart based upon surveys by 

 DI personnel in the period 1925-31, but it may have 

 been charted earlier. It was named by the Br-APC, 

 following a survey by the SGS, 1951-52, for Alfredo 

 R. C. Ryan, Pres. of the Compania Argentina de 

 Pesca, which operates the whaling station at Gryt- 

 viken, South Georgia. 



RYDER BAY: bay, about 6 mi. wide at its mouth 

 and indenting 5 mi., situated 5 mi. E. of Mt. Gaudry 

 on the SE. coast of Adelaide I.; in 67°34'S., 68°22'W. 

 The Leonie Is. lie across the mouth of this bay. 

 Disc, and first surveyed in 1909 by the FrAE under 

 Charcot. Resurveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under 

 Rymill, and in 1948 by the FIDS. The bay is 

 named for Lisle C. D. Ryder, second mate on the 

 Penola during the BGLE, 1934-37. 



RYDER GLACIER : gently sloping glacier, about 

 13 mi. long and wide, flowing W. from the Dyer 

 Plateau of Palmer Pen. into George VI Sound to 

 the S. of Gurney Pt.; in 71°07'S., 67°20'W. First 

 surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, and 

 later named for Capt. Robert E. D. Ryder, RN, who 

 as Lieutenant, was commander of the Penola dur- 

 ing the BGLE, 1934-37. 



Rymill, Cape: see Reichelderfer, Cape. 



RYMILL, CAPE: steep, metamorphic rock cliff 

 about 700 ft. in el., lying opposite Hearst I. and 

 jutting out from the icecap along the E. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 69°30'S., 62°25'W. The cape was 

 named for John Rymill by members of the East 

 Base of the USAS who charted this coast by land 

 and from the air in 1940. Rymill was the leader 

 of the BGLE, 1934-37, and in 1936 sledged eastward 

 across Palmer Pen. to 69°45'S., 63°28'W. 



RYMILL BAY: bay, about 9 mi. wide at its mouth 

 and indenting 5 mi., entered between Red Rock 

 Ridge and the Bertrand Ice Piedmont along the 

 W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°24'S., 67°05'W. 

 Probably first seen from a distance by the FrAE 

 under Charcot in 1909. The bay was first surveyed 

 in 1936 by the BGLE, and was resurveyed in 1948 

 by the FIDS. The name, proposed by members of 

 the BGLE, is for John R. Rymill, Australian leader 

 of the BGLE, 1934-37. 



Rymill's Col: see Safety Col. 



RYRIE ROCK: isolated rock, about 30 ft. in el., 

 lying about 12 mi. NE. of Kidson I., off Mac- 

 Robertson Coast; in about 67°00'S., 61°25'E. Disc, 

 and named by the BANZARE, 1929-31, under 

 Mawson. 



SABINE, MOUNT: mountain about 10,000 ft. in 

 el., standing N. of Mt. Herschel in the Admiralty 

 Range, in northern Victoria Land; in about 

 72°05'S., 169°10'E. Disc, in 1841 by the Br. exp. 

 under Ross, and named by him for Lt. Col. (later 

 Gen. Sir) Edward Sabine of the Royal Artillery, 

 and Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society. 



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