GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Georgia; in 54°05'S., 37°03'W. Named by DI per- 

 sonnel who charted Possession Bay in 1930. 



Waterloo Island: see King George Island. 



WATERPIPE BEACH: flat shingle beach on the 

 W. side of Borge Bay, Signy I., South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°43'S., 45°37'W. Surveyed in 1933 by DI per- 

 sonnel. Resurveyed and named in 1947 by the 

 FIDS. An old pipe line from a pumping station 

 by the southernmost lake in Three Lakes Valley 

 leads down to this beach and was used by the 

 T0nsberg Hvalfangeri for watering whaling vessels 

 during the period 1920-30. 



W ATKINS ISLAND: low, ice-covered island 

 about 8 mi. long, in a NE.-SW. direction, and 3 mi. 

 wide, lying SSW. of Nansen I. in the Biscoe Is., off 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66°22'S., 67°05'W. 

 This island was first charted by the FrAE under 

 Charcot, in 1903-05 and 1908-10, but it remained 

 unnamed until resighted by the BGLE under 

 Rymill, 1934-37, who gave the name Mikkelsen Is- 

 land after Ejnar Mikkelsen, Danish Arctic ex- 

 plorer. When applying the name, however, they 

 were unaware of the existence of the Mikkelsen 

 Islets about 75 mi. south-southwestward, named in 

 1908-10 by Charcot. The US-ACAN concurs in 

 the opinion of the Br-APC that these two names 

 are so close together and so similar that the re- 

 tention of both of them will lead to confusion. 

 Since Mikkelsen Islets, to the south, were named 

 earlier and have had wider usage, the name Mik- 

 kelsen Island is withdrawn from the northern fea- 

 ture. The new name Watkins Island, commemo- 

 rating Henry G. Watkins, British Arctic explorer 

 and leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedi- 

 tion, 1930-31, is recommended for this island. Not 

 adopted: Mikkelsen Island. 



WATSON BLUFF: dark blufE about 900 ft. in el., 

 forming the E. end of David I., off Queen Mary 

 Coast; in about 66°28'S., 98°52'E. Disc, by the 

 AAE, 1911-14, under Mawson and named for 

 Andrew D. Watson, geologist with the expedition. 



WATSON ESCARPMENT: a scarp beginning E. 

 of Robert Scott Gl., and standing at the S. side of 

 Albanus Gl. in the Queen Maud Range; in about 

 86°S., 148°W. and extending E. to about 130°W. 

 Disc, by the ByrdAE in 1934 and named for Thomas 

 J. Watson, American business executive, a patron 

 of this expedition. Not adopted: Thomas Watson 

 Escarpment. 



WATSON PENINSULA: narrow peninsula about 

 1.8 mi. long terminating in Cape Valavielle, sep- 

 arating Macdougal and Marr Bays on the N. coast 

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

 44°32'W. Charted by the ScotNAE, 1902-4, under 



Bruce, who named it for G. L. Watson, yacht builder 

 and redesigner of Bruce's exp. ship, the Scotia. 



WATT BAY: bay about 12 mi. wide lying W. of 

 Cape De la Motte, along George V Coast; in about 

 67°00'S., 144°00'E. Disc, in 1912 by the AAE, 

 1911-14, under Mawson, who named the bay for 

 W. A. Watt, Premier of Victoria in 1911. 



WAUTERS, CAPE: ice-covered cape forming the 

 N. end of Two Hummock I., lying in the NE. part 

 of DeGerlache Str., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 64°06'S., 61°42'W. Cape Wauters was charted 

 by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under De Gerlache, and 

 named by him for a supporter of the expedition. 



Wauwermanns Islands: see Wauwermans Is- 

 lands. 



WAUWERMANS ISLANDS: string of small, low, 

 snow-covered islands lying in Bismarck Str. and 

 extending from about 3 mi. WSW. to about 11 mi. 

 W. of the S. end of Wiencke I., off the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 64°55'S., 63°53'W. The islands 

 were disc, by a Ger. exp., 1873-74, under Dallmann. 

 They were sighted by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under 

 De Gerlache, and named for Lieutenant General 

 Wauwermans, Pres. of the Societe Royale de Geo- 

 graphic, Antwerp, and a supporter of the expedi- 

 tion. Not adopted: Wauwermann Island, Wauwer- 

 manns Islands. 



WAVE PEAK: conspicuous peak, about 3,300 ft. 

 in el., which rises precipitously from the head of 

 Laws Gl., about 2 mi. inland from the S. coast of 

 Coronation I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°37'S., 

 45°37'W. The feature has a prominent ridge run- 

 ning in a southwesterly direction. To the north 

 and east it slopes gently to the level of Brisbane Pla- 

 teau. Surveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS, and so 

 named by them because of the resemblance of this 

 peak to a wave about to break. 



WAVERLY GLACIER: narrow glacier flowing 

 along the SE. flank of Mt. Tricorn and entering 

 Wright Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 74°01'S., 6r38'W. This glacier was photographed 

 from the air by members of the USAS in December 

 1940, and by the RARE under Ronne in 1947. 

 Named by Ronne after Waverly, New York, home 

 of the Kasco Mills. Mr. Marc Ivy and Mr. Edwin 

 Knapp, officers of the Kasco Mills, contributed 

 twenty tons of dog food to Ronne's expedition. Not 

 adopted: Kasco Glacier. 



WAY ARCHIPELAGO : scores of islets and rocks 

 skirting George V. Coast in the form of an arc at 

 a distance of 1 to 4 mi., lying in the vicinity of Cape 

 Gray, at the E. side of the entrance to Common- 

 wealth Bay, and extending E. to the vicinity of 



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