GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



but the name Mount Usher is there appUed to the 

 peak situated southeastward at the head of Keltie 

 Gl. The recommended application of this name 

 follows the chart of the BrAE, 1910-13, under 

 Scott, and is consistently used on recent maps. 



U. S. Navy Range: see Colbert Range. 



UTSTIKKAR BAY: an indentation about 5 mi. 

 wide in Mac-Robertson Coast, at the head of which 

 lies Falla Bluff; in about 67°30'S., 61°30'E. Mapped 

 by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photo- 

 graphs taken by a Nor. exp. under Christensen in 

 January-February 1937, and named after the 

 Utstikkar Glacier Tongue which borders the bay 

 on the west. 



UTSTIKKAR GLACIER: broad glacier flowing 

 N. from the vicinity of Moyes Pk. and terminating 

 in Utstikkar Glacier Tongue on the Mac-Robertson 

 Coast; in about 67°33'S., 61°19'E. This glacier was 

 mapped, and named Utstikkarbreen (out-jutting 

 glacier), by Norwegian cartographers from aerial 

 photographs taken by a Nor. exp. under Christen- 

 sen in January-February 1937. 



UTSTIKKAR GLACIER TONGUE: a glacier 

 tongue forming the seaward extension of Utstikkar 

 Gl., on Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 67°28'S., 

 61°24'E. The glacier tongue was mapped and 

 named by Norwegian cartographers from aerial 

 photographs taken by a Nor. exp. under Christen- 

 sen in January-February 1937. The word Utstik- 

 kar refers to something jutting out and is descrip- 

 tive of the conspicuous projection of the glacier 

 tongue. 



VAHSEL, CAPE : cape formed by an angle of the 

 ice wall along Luitpold Coast, located about 25 mi. 

 SW. of Dawson-Lambton Gl.; in about 76°41'S., 

 30°25'W. Named by the GerAE under Filchner, 

 1911-12, for Capt. Richard Vahsel. 



VAHSEL, CAPE: cape forming the E. tip of 

 South Georgia; in 54°45'S., 35°47'W. This cape 

 was roughly charted by Capt. James Cook in 1775. 

 It was remapped by the GerAE under Filchner, 

 1911-12, and named for Capt. Richard Vahsel, 

 master of the exp. ship Deutschland. 



Vahsel Bay: see Duke Ernst Bay. 



VAKOP, CAPE: cape between Hound Bay and 

 Luisa Bay on the N. coast of South Georgia; in 

 54°22'S., 36°10'W. Charted by the GerAE, 1911-12, 

 under Filchner. The name appears on a chart 

 based upon surveys of South Georgia in 1926-30 by 

 DI personnel, but may represent an earlier naming. 



VALAVIELLE, CAPE: cape marking the N. end 

 of Watson Pen., on the N. coast of Laurie I., in the 

 South Orkney Is.; in 60°41'S., 44°32'W. Charted 

 and named by the Fr. exp., 1837-40, under D'Urville. 

 Not adopted: Cape Buchanan. 



VALENTINE, CAPE: cape forming the NE. ex- 

 tremity of Elephant I., in the South Shetland Is.; 

 in about 61°03'S., 54°47'W. This cape was known 

 to both the American sealers and the British as 

 early as 1822, and the name Valentine has been well 

 established in international usage for over 100 

 years. 



VALETTE ISLAND: islet about 0.2 mi. long lying 

 at the W. side of the entrance to Mill Cove, off the 

 S. coast of Laurie I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°46'S., 44°36'W. Charted by the ScotNAE, 

 1902-4, under Bruce, who named it for L. H. Valette, 

 Argentine meteorologist at the Laurie Island sta- 

 tion during 1904. 



Vallavielle, Cape: see Buchanan Point. 



VAN BENEDEN, CAPE: cape on the W. side of 

 Arctowski Pen., forming the E. side of the entrance 

 to Andvord Bay, on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 64°46'S., 62°42'W. Disc, by the BelgAE, 1897-99, 

 under De Gerlache, who named it for Prof. E. Van 

 Beneden, president of the Belgica Commission and 

 author of several of the zoological reports of the 

 expedition. 



VANDERFORD GLACIER: channel glacier about 

 5 mi. wide and over 12 mi. long, flowing NW. from 

 the continental ice overlying Budd Coast to the 

 E. side of Vincennes Bay, close S. of the Windmill 

 Is.; in about 66°35'S., 110°35'E. Delineated from 

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

 and named by the US- AC AN for Benjamin Vander- 

 ford, pilot of the sloop of war Vincennes of the 

 USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



VANG, MOUNT: isolated mountain, about 8,000 

 ft. in el., standing southward of George VI Sound 

 and Robert English Coast; in about 73°50'S., 

 69°15'W. Disc, by Finn Ronne and Carl R. Eklund 

 of the USAS, 1939-41, during their sledge journey 

 through George VI Sound. It was resighted from 

 the air during a flight on Dec. 3, 1947 by the RARE 

 under Ronne. Named by Ronne for Knut Vang of 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., who contributed photographic ma- 

 terials to the RARE, 1947-48, and who was of great 

 assistance to RARE before its departure and on its 

 return. 



VAN RYSWYCK POINT: rocky ridge marking 

 the E. extremity of Anvers I. and the S. side of the 

 SE. entrance to Schollaert Chan., in the Palmer 

 Arch.; in 64°34'S., 62°48'W. Disc, and named by 



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