GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



"Eternity Range." Mount Wakefield was charted 

 in 1936 by a BGLE sledge party under Rymill, and 

 named for Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, a contribu- 

 tor to the expedition. 



WALCOTT, CAPE: bold, ice-covered headland 

 about 2,000 ft. in el., forming the E. end of Scripps 

 Ridge on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 69°05'S., 

 63°18'W. Disc, by Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1928 and 

 named by him for Frederic C. Walcott, of the Coun- 

 cil of the American Geographical Society. 



Waldeck Island: see Waldeck-Rousseau Peak. 



Waldeck-Rousseau, Cap; Waldeck Rousseu Peak: 

 see Waldeck-Rousseau Peak. 



Waldeck Rousseau, Cape: see Evensen, Cape. 



WALDECK-ROUSSEAU PEAK: conspicuous 

 monolith about 4 mi. ENE. of Cape Evensen, on 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66°09'S., 65°39'W. 

 The FrAE under Charcot, 1903-5, observed a cape 

 in this area which they named for Pierre Wal- 

 deck-Rousseau, noted French statesman. On re- 

 exploring this area the FrAE under Charcot, 

 1908-10, applied the name to a small island off the 

 coast. The BGLE under Rymill charted this por- 

 tion of the coast by land and from the air in 1935, 

 correlating their work with that of Charcot. 

 Waldeck-Rousseau Peak as here applied is in ac- 

 cord with the interpretation of the BGLE. Not 

 adopted: Cap Waldeck-Rousseau [French], Mount 

 Waldeck Rousseau, Pillar Peak, Waldeck Island, 

 Waldeck Rousseau Peak, Waldeck Rousseu Peak. 



WALDRON, CAPE: ice-covered cape, separating 

 Budd Coast and Sabrina Coast, which marks the N. 

 end of the ice-drowned escarpment bounding the 

 W. side of Totten Gl.; in about 66°05'S., 116°05'E. 

 Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN 

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

 for R. R. Waldron, purser on the sloop of war 

 Vincennes of the USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



WALDRON GLACIER: channel glacier about 5 

 mi. wide and 10 mi. long, flowing NW. from the 

 continental ice to the E. side of Porpoise Bay, mid- 

 way between Sandford and Mose Glaciers, on Ban- 

 zare Coast; in about 66°20'S., 129°55'E. Delin- 

 eated from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

 Hjp., 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for 

 Thomas W. Waldron, captain's clerk on the brig 

 Porpoise of the USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



Walgreen Coast: see Eights Coast. 



WALGREEN COAST: that portion of the coast 

 of Marie Byrd Land terminating on the E. in Cape 

 Flying Fish, in about 100°50'W., and extending S. 



and W. from Thurston Peninsula. The W. bound- 

 ary is to be determined after more detailed in- 

 formation is available. Disc, by the USAS in a 

 flight from the Bear on Dec. 27, 1940. Named by 

 Byrd for Charles R. Walgreen, Pres. of the Wal- 

 green Drug Co. of Chicago, who was a supporter 

 of the ByrdAE, 1933-35, and who assisted in 

 equipping the Bear for the USAS, 1939^1. 



Walker, Mount: see Sible, Mount. 



WALKER MOUNTAINS: range of mountains 

 about 3,000 ft. in el., which forms the axis of 

 Thurston Pen.; in about 72°05'S., 98°30'W. Disc, 

 by the USAS in a flight from the Bear on Feb. 27, 

 1940. Named by the US-SCAN for Lt. William M. 

 Walker, captain of the USEE ship Flying Fish 

 which reached within 100 mi. of the peninsula in 

 March 1839. Not adopted: Demas Mountains. 



WALKER POINT: point marking the S. extrem- 

 ity of the E. end of Elephant I., in the South Shet- 

 land Is.; in about 61°08'S., 54°46'W. The name 

 appears on Powell's map of 1822, based upon the 

 joint cruise of Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer, in the 

 sloop James Monroe, and Capt. John Powell, in the 

 sloop Dove, in December 1821. Probably named 

 for Capt. John Walker, whose assistance in the 

 construction of the map was acknowledged by 

 Powell. Not adopted: Pointe Walter [French], 

 Walker's Point. 



WALLACE, CAPE: cape marking the SE. end 

 of Low I., the southwesternmost of the South Shet- 

 land Is.; in 63°21'S., 62°17'W. Though the origin 

 of the name Cape Wallace is unknown, it has ap- 

 peared on charts for over a hundred years and its 

 usage has been established internationally. 



Wallaston, Cape; Walleston, Cape: see WoUaston, 

 Cape. 



Wallis Island: see Willis Islands. 



WALLOWS, THE: low-lying area about 0.3 mi. 

 S. of Berry Head in the NE. part of Signy I., South 

 Orkney Is. ; in 60°42'S., 45°37'W. It is sheltered by 

 low ridges on all sides, and has a small freshwater 

 pond in the center. This area was roughly sur- 

 veyed in 1933 by DI personnel, and resurveyed in 

 1947 by the FIDS. The name, given by the FIDS, 

 arose because the bulk of moulting elephant seals 

 on Signy I. wallow here in the summer. 



WALL RANGE: mountainous ridge, about 3 mi. 

 long in a NE.-SW. direction, with steep wall-like 

 cliffs and jagged peaks about 3,600 ft. in el., stand- 

 ing about 1 mi. NE. of the Sierra Du Fief near the 

 center of Wiencke I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 

 64°49'S., 63°22'W. Disc, by the BelgAE, 1897-99. 



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