GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



This is probably the feature first seen in 1940 by 

 members of the USAS and described as a snow- 

 covered island close E. of Cape Agassiz. The 

 nunatak was again sighted by Lt. Charles J. 

 Adams, of the then USAAF, pilot with the RARE 

 on a flight in September 1947. The name is de- 

 scriptive. 



TAIL ISLAND: circular island about 1.25 mi. in 

 diameter and 500 ft. in el., lying about midway be- 

 tween Egg I. and Eagle I. in the NE. part of Prince 

 Gustav Chan.; in 63°40'S., 57°37'W. Islands in 

 this area were first seen by a party under J. Gunnar 

 Andersson of the SwedAE, 1901-4. Tail Island was 

 charted by the FIDS in 1945, and so named by 

 them because of its relative position to Eagle and 

 Beak Islands. 



TANGLEFOOT PEAK: prominent rocky peak, 

 about 2,200 ft. in el., standing E. of Wyatt I. and 

 7 mi. NNE. of Longridge Head on the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 67°22'S., 67°32'W. Probably first 

 sighted by members of the FrAE under Charcot 

 who roughly charted this area in 1909. Surveyed 

 in 1948 by the FIDS and given this descriptive 

 name because the peak is associated (jointly by a 

 spur) with a very rugged and broken ridge which 

 extends SE. and S. from it. 



Tannaron, Cap: see Thanaron Hill. 



TAPLEY MOUNTAINS: mountain group of tri- 

 angular platform, extending about 30 mi. in an 

 E.-W. direction and marked by a base of about 18 

 mi. which fronts on the E. side of Robert Scott Gl., 

 standing between Albanus and Leverett Glaciers in 

 the Queen Maud Range, near the head of Ross Ice 

 Shelf; in about 85°40'S., 150°00'W. Disc, in De- 

 cember 1934 by the ByrdAE geological party under 

 Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for the Hon. 

 Harold L. Tapley, of Dunedin, New Zealand, agent 

 for the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions of 1928-30 and 

 1933-35. 



Tapley Plateau: (in about 76°30'S., 145°00'W.) 

 the decision of May 1947 has been VACATED, as 

 this feature does not conform to a plateau descrip- 

 tion as originally reported. 



TAU ISLETS: small group of islets and rocks 

 which he immediately off the NE. extremity of Eta 

 I. in the Melchior Is., Palmer Arch.; in 64°18'S., 

 62°55'W. The name Tau, derived from the 19th 

 letter of the Greek alphabet, appears to have been 

 first used on a 1946 Argentine govt, chart following 

 surveys of the islets by Arg. expeditions in 1942 

 and 1943. Not adopted: Islotes Trio [Spanish]. 



TAY, FIRTH OF: sound, about 12 mi. long and 

 averaging about 6 mi. wide, extending in a 

 NW.-SE. direction between the NE. side of Dundee 

 I. and the E. portion of Joinville I.; in 63°22'S., 

 55°45'W. It merges to the NW. with Active Sound 

 with which it completes the separation of Dundee 

 and Joinville Islands. Disc, in 1892-93 by Capt. 

 Thomas Robertson of the Dundee whaling expedi- 

 tion. Named by Robertson after the Firth of Tay 

 of Scotland. 



TAYLOR, MOUNT: large, flat-topped mountain, 

 about 3,200 ft. in el., having steep cliffs on the NE. 

 side, standing 2 mi. WSW. of the head of Hope Bay 

 and 2.5 mi. N. of the NE. end of Duse Bay, at the 

 NE. end of Palmer Pen.; in 63°26'S., 57°08'W. Disc. 

 by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nordenskjold. The 

 mountain was charted by the FIDS, 1946, and 

 named for Capt. A. Taylor, commander of the FIDS 

 and leader of its base at Hope Bay in 1945. 



TAYLOR GLACIER: glacier about 2 to 3 mi. 

 wide, lying E. of Hayes Peak on Mac-Robertson 

 Coast and flowing N. into the sea just E. of Cape 

 Bruce; in about 67°28'S., 60°53'E. Disc, Feb. 18, 

 1931, by the BANZARE under Mawson, who applied 

 the name. 



TAYLOR GLACIER: glacier at least 35 mi. long 

 and varying from 2 to 10 mi. wide, flowing from 

 the plateau of Victoria Land into the W. end of 

 Taylor Glacier Dry Valley, north of the Kukri 

 Hills; in about 77°43'S., 162°14'E. Disc, by the 

 BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, and at that time 

 thought to be the upper part of Ferrar Glacier. 

 The Western Journey Party of the BrAE, 1910-13, 

 under Scott, determined that the upper and lower 

 portions of what was then known as Ferrar Glacier 

 are apposed, i.e., joined in Siamese-twin fashion, 

 north of Knobhead. With this discovery Scott 

 named the upper portion for Griffith Taylor, ge- 

 ologist of the exp. and leader of the Western 

 Journey Party. Not adopted: North Fork, Upper 

 Ferrar Glacier (in part) . 



TAYLOR GLACIER DRY VALLEY: valley about 

 20 mi. long once occupied by the receding Taylor 

 GL, lying N. of the Kukri Hills between the Taylor 

 Gl. and New Hbr., in Victoria Land; in about 

 77°40'S., 162°52'E. Disc, by the BrNAE under 

 Scott, 1901-4, and more fully explored by the 

 BrAE under Shackleton, 1907-9, and the BrAE 

 under Scott, 1910-13. Named after the Taylor 

 Glacier. Not adopted: Dry Valley, New Harbour 

 Dry Valley. 



TAYLOR ISLETS : group of rocky islets and rocks 

 about 4 mi. long and 2 mi. wide, lying at the W. 

 side of Edisto Ice Tongue and marking the W. end 



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