GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



of the Highjump Arch., off the W. end of Knox 

 Coast; in about 66°10'S., 100°09'E. Delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

 1946-47, and named for Richard Spence Taylor, 

 who served as surveyor with the USN Op. Wml. 

 parties which established astronomical control sta- 

 tions from Wilhelm II Coast to Budd Coast in 

 January-February 1948. 



Teale, Cape: see Teall, Cape. 



TEALL, CAPE: low, rocky headland forming the 

 N. side of the entrance to Mulock Inlet, along the 

 W. edge of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 79°00'S., 

 161°15'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under 

 Scott, who probably named this cape for Sir Jethro 

 Justinian Harris Teall, Dir. of the Geological Sur- 

 vey and Museum of Practical Geology, London, 

 1901-13. Not adopted: Cape Teale. 



TEALL NUNATAK: rock outcrop at the mouth 

 of Reeves Gl., about 5 mi. SE. of Hansen Nunatak, 

 in Victoria Land; in about 74°48'S., 162°35'E. 

 Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott. The area 

 was more fully explored by the BrAE, 1907-9, un- 

 der Shackleton, who named this feature for Sir 

 Jethro Justinian Harris Teall. Not adopted: Bee- 

 hive Nunatak. 



TEAL PONDS : series of ponds in a tussock grass 

 covered valley about 600 yards S. of Dartmouth 

 Pt., on the E. side of Moraine Fjord, South Georgia; 

 in 54°19'S., 36°27'W. A sketch survey of this vi- 

 cinity was made in 1951 by the FIDS, who so named 

 the ponds because they are frequented by flocks 

 of teal. 



TELEFON BAY: small bay in the NW. side of 

 Port Foster, Deception I., in the South Shetland 

 Is.; in 62°56'S., 60°40'W. The name appears on the 

 chart of the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10, and de- 

 rives from the Telefon, a salvaged vessel moored in 

 the bay in 1909 awaiting repairs. 



TELEFON ROCKS: group of rocks about 1 mi. 

 S. of Demay Pt., at the W. side of the entrance to 

 Admiralty Bay, King George I., in the South Shet- 

 land Is.; in 62°13'S., 58°27'W. Named after the 

 Telefon, a vessel which grounded there in 1908. 



Teil Island: see Deception Island. 



Tejas Glacier: see Beaumont Glacier. 



TENNANT, MOUNT: conspicuous peak about 

 4,300 ft. in el., situated on De Ronge I., off the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 64°42'S., 62°41'W. Disc. 

 by the BelgAE under De Gerlache, who photo- 

 graphed and charted De Ronge I. in 1898. Named 

 by members of H.M.S. Snipe, following an Antarctic 



cruise in January 1948, for V. Adm. Sir William 

 Tennant, then Commander-in-Chief of the America 

 and West Indies Station. 



TENNANT PEAK: peak standing about 2.5 mi. 

 SW. of Charles Gould Peak in the S. part of the 

 Rockefeller Mtns., on Edward VII Pen.; in about 

 78°08'S., 155°44'W. Disc, by the ByrdAE, 1928-30, 

 and named for George W. Tennant, cook on the ex- 

 pedition. Not adopted: Mount Tennant. 



TENNIEL, MOUNT: mountain about 5,300 ft. in 

 el., standing about 7 mi. WNW. of the mouth of 

 Clifford GL, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 70°20'S., 62°48'W. Disc, in 1936 by a BGLE sledge 

 party under Rymill. During 1947 it was photo- 

 graphed from the air by the RARE under Ronne, 

 who in conjunction with the FIDS charted it from 

 the ground. Named by Sir Miles Clifford, Gov. 

 of the Falkland Islands, for his great-uncle Sir 

 John Tenniel, 1820-1914, noted English illustrating 

 artist, humorist, and political cartoonist. 



TENNYSON, CAPE : cape on the N. coast of Ross 

 I., about 25 mi. SE. of Cape Bird; in about 77°20'S., 

 168°15'E. Disc, in February 1900 by the BrAE, 

 1898-1900, under C. E. Borchgrevink, and named 

 by him for the English poet Alfred Tennyson. Not 

 adopted: Cape Campbell. 



TENT ISLAND: island about 1 mi. long, the 

 largest of the Dellbridge Is., lying S. of Cape Evans, 

 Ross I., in McMurdo Sound; in about 77°41'S., 

 166°22'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under 

 Scott, who so named this island because of its tent- 

 like appearance. 



TENT NUNATAK : conspicuous pyramidal nuna- 

 tak marking the S. limit of Whirlwind Inlet, on 

 the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°36'S., 65°21'W. 

 First seen and photographed from the air by the 

 USAS, in 1940, and described as a "distinctive tent- 

 shaped rock nunatak." It was charted by the 

 FIDS in 1947. 



Termination Barriere Eis: see Shackleton Ice 

 Shelf. 



TERMINUS NUNATAK: conspicuous nunatak, 

 about 2,200 ft. in el., standing between Eureka and 

 Riley Glaciers and about 0.5 mi. inland from 

 George VI Sound, on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 69°52'S., 68°20'W. This nunatak was first 

 photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935 by 

 Lincoln Ellsworth, and was mapped from these 

 photographs by W. L. G. Joerg. First surveyed in 

 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 

 1948 by the FIDS, and so named by them because 

 the nunatak marks the end of the sledge route from 



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