GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Hvalfangeri, of T0nsberg, Norway, a company 

 which operated a permanent whaling base in the 

 South Orkney Is. in the period 1920-30. Not 

 adopted: Tonsberg Fiord, Tonsberg Fjord. 



T0NSBERG POINT: eastern extremity of a low 

 rock peninsula projecting into Stromness Bay, 

 separating Stromness Hbr. on the N. from Husvik 

 Hbr. on the S., in South Georgia; in 54°10'S., 

 36°39'W. The name was in use as early as 1912 

 and derives from the T0nsberg Hvalfangeri, Nor- 

 wegian whaling company with works at Husvik 

 Harbor. Not adopted: Tonsberg Point, Tonsberg 

 Point. 



TOPHET BASTION: conspicuous, ice-capped 

 rock wall, nearly 1 mi. long, with an apron of 

 talus, lying 1 mi. E. of Saunders Pt. on the S. coast 

 of Coronation I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°42'S., 

 45°18'W. Roughly surveyed in 1933 by DI per- 

 sonnel. The name, which is Biblical, was applied 

 by the FIDS following their survey of 1948-49. 



TORLYN MOUNTAIN: rugged, bare ridge about 

 1,400 ft. in el., of which Murray Monolith is the 

 detached front, on Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 

 67°47'S., 66°55'E. In January and February 1931 

 several Norwegian whale catchers explored along 

 this coast, making sketches of the land from their 

 vessels. They named the mountain for their whale 

 catcher, the Torlyn, from whose deck it was seen 

 in February, although the .coast was sketched as 

 early as January 19 from the Bouvet II, another 

 Norwegian whaler. The BANZARE under Maw- 

 son, made an airplane flight over this area in Janu- 

 ary 1930, returning for further exploration in Feb- 

 ruary 1931. They named the mountain Murray 

 Monolith, which name is hereby retained for the 

 detached front. Not adopted: Mount Torlyn, Mur- 

 ray Monolith. 



TORNQUIST BAY: small bay between Cape Con- 

 stance and Antarctic Pt. along the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°04'S., 36°59'W. The bay was 

 charted in 1929-30 by DI personnel. They called 

 it Windy Cove, because of strong gusts of wind 

 experienced there, but the name Windy Hole was 

 subsequently used on charts for the bay. Follow- 

 ing a survey of South Georgia in 1951-52, the SGS 

 reported that this feature is known to the whalers 

 and sealers as Tornquist Bay, because the wreck 

 of the Ernesto Tornquist, transport vessel which 

 ran aground on Cape Constance on Oct. 16, 1950, 

 lies near its W. shore. This latter name is ap- 

 proved on the basis of local usage; the name Windy 

 Hole is never used locally. The name Windy Cove, 

 originally applied to this bay, has been transferred 

 in local usage to the bay immediately SE. of Ant- 

 arctic Pt. and it has since become established there. 

 Not adopted: Windy Cove (q.v.). Windy Hole. 



TORTULA COVE: cove close S. of Mai Pt., on 

 the E. side of Maiviken in Cumberland Bay, South 

 Georgia; in 54°14'S., 36°30'W. Roughly surveyed 

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

 surveyed in 1929 by DI personnel, and in 1951 by 

 the FIDS. Named by the Br-APC after the moss 

 (genus Tortula) which grows in this vicinity. 



Totten Coast: (in vicinity of 120°E.) the decision 

 of May 1947 has been VACATED, since the config- 

 uration of the coast does not permit delimitation 

 of a segment of adequate length, and the name 

 Totten has been applied to a large glacier in this 

 approximate position. See: Totten Glacier. 



TOTTEN GLACIER: massive glacier about 20 

 mi. wide and 45 mi. long, flowing NE. from the 

 continental ice overlying the upland behind the E. 

 end of Budd Coast, and terminating in a prominent 

 tongue at the W. end of Sabrina Coast; in about 

 66°25'S., 116°45'E. Totten Gl. resembles a valley 

 glacier near its terminus, but in its upper reaches 

 it closely resembles a channel glacier, a faster- 

 moving ice stream in the continental icecap flow- 

 ing at essentially the same level as the icecap 

 itself. Delineated from aerial photographs taken 

 by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named by the US- 

 ACAN for George M. Totten, passed midshipman 

 on the sloop of war Vincennes of the USEE under 

 Wilkes, 1838-42, who assisted Wilkes with correc- 

 tion of the survey data obtained by the expedition. 



TOTTEN GLACIER TONGUE: prominent glacier 

 tongue about 22 mi. wide and 12 mi. long, extend- 

 ing N. from Totten GL, along Sabrina Coast; in 

 about 66°10'S., 116°45'E. DeUneated from aerial 

 photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and 

 named by the US-ACAN for George M. Totten. 



Totten High Land: see Sabrina Coast. 



TOURING CLUB, MOUNT: snow-capped peak 

 about 4,000 ft. in el., standing at the SW. side of Mt. 

 Peary and about 3.5 mi. E. of Waddington Bay, on 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°17'S., 63°53'W. 

 Disc, by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot and 

 named by him, probably for the Touring Club of 

 France. 



TOW BAY: small bay about 0.2 mi. S. of Vulcan 

 Pt. on the W. side of Candlemas I., in the South 

 Sandwich Is.; in 57°02'S., 26°42'W. Charted and 

 named in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. 



TOWER, THE: mountain about, 1,300 ft. in el., 

 which is snow covered except at the summit, sur- 

 mounting Demay Pt. at the W. side of the entrance 

 to Admiralty Bay, King George I., in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in 62°12'S., 58°30'W. Charted and 



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