GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Uksvika: see Oom Bay. 



ULLMANN POINT: point marking the SW. end 

 of Ullmann Range, situated centrally at the head 

 of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George I., 

 in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°03'S., 58°21'W. 

 The point was charted by the FrAE, 1908-10, under 

 Charcot, but was named for the Ullmann Range. 

 Not adopted : Ullman Point. 



ULLMANN RANGE: mountainous ridge about 

 1,200 ft. in el., situated centrally at the head of 

 Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George I., 

 in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°03'S., 58°21'W. 

 Ullmann Range was charted and probably named 

 by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot. Not 

 adopted: Ullman Range. 



Ullman Point: see Ullmann Point. 



Ullman Range: see Ullmann Range. 



ULMER, MOUNT: sharp peak marking the high- 

 est elevation, estimated at 12,500 ft., of the Sen- 

 tinel Mtns. in Ellsworth Highland; in about 

 77°30'S., 86°00'W. Disc, in his trans-Antarctic 

 flight, Nov. 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth who 

 called it Mount Mary Louise Ulmer, after his wife. 

 Not adopted: Mount Mary Louise Ulmer, Mount 

 Mary Ulmer. 



UNDERWOOD GLACIER: channel glacier about 

 15 mi. long and from 3 to 5 mi. wide, flowing NNW. 

 from the continental ice to the Knox Coast between 

 Cape Nutt and Reist Rocks; in about 66°43'S., 

 108°04'E. Delineated from aerial photographs 

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

 the US-ACAN for Lt. Joseph A. Underwood, USN, 

 who served on the sloop of war Vincennes of the 

 USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



UNDINE HARBOR: small harbor along the S. 

 coast and near the W. end of South Georgia; in 

 54°02'S., 37°59'W. This may be the harbor 

 charted as Adventure Bay by James Weddell in 

 1823. The recommended name Undine Harbor, 

 after the sealing ship Undine of the Cia. Argen- 

 tina de Pesca, has been consistently used for this 

 harbor since about 1912. Not adopted: Adventure 

 Bay, Adventure Harbor, North Undine Harbour. 



UNDINE SOUTH HARBOR: bay, about 7 mi. 

 wide and indenting 2 mi., which is entered between 

 Ducloz Head and Leon Head along the S. coast of 

 South Georgia; in 54°31'S., 36°33'W. The name 

 appears to have been given by the GerAE under 

 Filchner, 1911-12. The Undine was a sealing ship 

 of the Cia. Argentina de Pesca whaling station at 

 Grytviken. 



Ungvar Neilsen Glacier: see Nielsen Glacier. 



Upper Ferrar Glacier: see Taylor Glacier. 



UPPER ISLET: narrow islet at the NE. side of 

 Mutton Cove, lying between Cliff and Harp Islets, 

 about 8 mi. W. of Ferin Head, off the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 66°00'S., 65°42'W. Charted and 

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

 adopted: Upper Island. 



URANUS GLACIER: glacier on the E. coast of 

 Alexander I Island, about 6 mi. long and 6 mi. 

 wide at its mouth, flowing E. into George VI Sound 

 to the S. of Fossil Bluff; in 71°24'S., 68°20'W. The 

 coast in this vicinity was first explored and par- 

 tially photographed from the air by Lincoln Ells- 

 worth on Nov. 23, 1935. This glacier was first 

 roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Ry- 

 mill. The name, after the planet Uranus, was 

 given by the FIDS following their surveys in 1948 

 and 1949. 



URUGUAY COVE : cove at the head of Jessie Bay, 

 E. of Mt. Ramsay, along the N. coast of Laurie I., 

 in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°45'S., 44°43'W. The 

 cove was charted by the ScotNAE, 1902-4, under 

 Bruce, and named for the Argentine corvette 

 Uruguay, which for many years after 1904 was 

 used in carrying relief parties to the Argentine 

 meteorological station near the cove. 



Uruguay Island: see Andersson Island. 



URUGUAY ISLAND: islet with a cove indenting 

 its W. side, lying between Irizar I. and the Corner 

 Is. in the NE. part of the Argentine Is., off the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°14'S., 64°14'W. Disc, 

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

 him after the Argentine corvette Uruguay, which 

 effected the rescue of the SwedAE in 1903. The 

 island was charted during 1935 by the BGLE under 

 Rymill. 



U. S. Army Range: see Le May Range. 



USEFUL ISLET: islet about 2 mi. W. of De 

 Ronge I., with a string of islets between, lying off 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 64°44'S., 62°52'W. 

 Disc, by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under De Gerlache. 

 The name appears on a chart based upon a 1927 

 survey by DI personnel on the Discovery, but may 

 reflect an earlier naming by whalers. 



USHER, MOUNT: mountain about 9,500 ft. in 

 el., standing at the S. end of the Commonwealth 

 Range and along the NE. side of Keltie Gl., near 

 its confluence with Beardmore Gl.; in about 

 84°55'S., 172°00'E. This mountain is charted on 

 the map of the BrAE, 1907-9, under Shackleton, 



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