GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



French Navy Dept. who was instrumental in ob- 

 taining government support for the expedition. 

 The islets were charted by the FIDS, 1945-47. Not 

 adopted: Tupinier Islands. 



TURKS HEAD: bold, rocky promontory about 

 520 ft. in el., situated about 5 mi. ESE. of Cape 

 Evans, on the W. side of Ross I.; in about 77°40'S., 

 166°44'E. Disc, and named by the BrNAE, 1901-4, 

 under Scott. Not adopted: Turk's Head. 



TURNABOUT ISLET: snow-capped islet lying 

 about 2.5 mi. NW. of Black Head, off the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 66°05'S., 65°45'W. Disc, and 

 named by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill. So 

 named because it represents the turning point of a 

 BGLE sledge journey in August 1935, when open 

 water was encountered SW. of this islet. Not 

 adopted: Turnabout Island. 



TU ROCKS: two low rocks lying in Fildes Str. 

 about 3 mi. WSW. of Marian Cove, off the SW. end 

 of King George I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 

 62°13'S., 58°33'W. The name appears to have been 

 given by DI personnel on the Discovery II, who 

 charted the rocks in 1935. 



TURQUET POINT: point marking the N. end of 

 Booth I., located off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 65°03'S., 63°58'W. Probably seen by the Ger. 

 exp., 1873-74, under Dallmann. The point was 

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

 named by him for J. Turquet, naturalist of the 

 expedition. Not adopted: Point Turquet. 



TURRET, THE: conspicuous rocky headland, 

 about 1,700 ft. in el., at the S. side of the entrance 

 to Gibbon Bay, on the E. coast of Coronation I., 

 in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°41'S., 45°11'W. 

 This headland was probably first sighted by Capt. 

 George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer, who 

 disc, these islands in December 1821. It was 

 charted and given this descriptive name by DI per- 

 sonnel on the Discovery II in 1933. 



TURRET ISLAND: small island, ice-covered ex- 

 cept for the NE. face, lying. about 1 mi. NW. of 

 Flat I., off the N. coast of Victoria Land; in about 

 71°22'S., 169°12'E. Charted and named by the 

 BrAE, 1910-13, under Scott. 



TURRET ROCKS: group of rocks lying close off 

 the S. coast of King George I. at the E. side of 

 King George Bay and about 0.5 mi. NW. of the 

 N. end of Penguin I., in the South Shetland Is.; 

 in 62°04'S., 57°57'W. Charted and named during 

 1937 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. 



Turtle Back Island: see Turtle Rock. 



TURTLE ISLET: islet about 3 mi. ESE. of 

 Trump Islets and 11 mi. WNW. of Black Head, 

 lying in Grandidier Chan., off the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 66°04'S., 65°56'W. Disc, and 

 named by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill. Not 

 adopted: Turtle Island. 



TURTLE ROCK: islet about 100 ft. in el. lying 

 in Erebus Bay close W. of Hut Point Pen., Ross 

 I.; in about 77°44'S., 166°44'E. Disc, by the 

 BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, and so named because 

 of its low rounded appearance. Not adopted: 

 Turtle Back Island. 



TUVE, MOUNT: mountain above 9,000 ft. in el., 

 lying inland from the W. end of George Bryan 

 Coast; in about 74 °S., 85 °W. Disc, by the RARE, 

 1947-48, under Ronne, who named this feature for 

 Merle A. Tuve, Dir. of the Dept. of Terrestrial Mag- 

 netism of Carnegie Inst., Washington, D. C, who 

 furnished instruments for the expedition. 



TUXEN, CAPE, rocky promontory forming the 

 S. side of the entrance to Waddington Bay, on 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°16'S., 64°08'W. 

 Disc, and named by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under 

 De Gerlache. 



TVISTEIN PILLARS: two dark pillars, the larger 

 being conspicuously fiat topped, about 1 mi. SW. 

 of Cape Eva, the NW. extremity of Peter I Island; 

 in about 68°42'S., 90°39'W. The rocks were sighted 

 and described by a Nor. exp. in the Odd I. under 

 Tofte, which circumnavigated the island in 1927. 

 The name Tvistein (two stones) was applied by a 

 Nor. exp. in the Norvegia, under Nils Larsen, which 

 charted the island in 1929. Not adopted: Tvistein 

 [Norwegian] , Tvistern. 



Tvistern: see Tvistern Pillars. 



TVITOPPEN PEAK: peak with twin summits 

 about 5,000 ft. in el., standing in the S. part of 

 the David Range of the Framnes Mtns., on Mac- 

 Robertson Coast; in about 68°06'S., 62°27'E. 

 Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial 

 photographs taken by a Nor. exp. under Christen- 

 sen in January 1937. The name is descriptive, 

 meaning "the twin peak." Not adopted: Tvitoppen 

 [Norwegian] , Tvistern. 



TWIG ROCK: small rocky mass, more than 300 

 ft. in el., between Alamode I. and Hayrick It. in 

 the Terra Firma Is., off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 68°42'S., 67°31'W. The Terra Firma Is. 

 were first visited and surveyed in 1936 by the 

 BGLE under Rymill. Twig Rock was surveyed in 

 1948 by the FIDS, who named it because of the 

 branching nature of the dike system exposed on 

 its N. face. Not adopted : Terra Firma II Island. 



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