GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Norwegian whaler. Not adopted: Hvalbugten 

 [Norwegian] . 



WHALE ROCK: rock lying about 4 mi. S. of 

 Signy I. and some 4 mi. E. of Cachalot Rock, in 

 the South Orkney Is.; in 60°48'S., 45°40'W. Whale 

 Rock appears to be first charted and named on a 

 map based upon a survey of the South Orkney 

 Is. in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. 



WHALERS BAY: small bay entered between 

 Fildes Pt. and Penfold Ft. at the E. side of Port 

 Foster, Deception I., in the South Shetland Is.; 

 in 62°59'S., 60°34'W. The bay was so named by 

 the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot because of its 

 use at that time by whalers. Not adopted: Anse 

 des Baleiniers [French]. 



WHALES, BAY OF: natural harbor indenting 

 Ross Ice Shelf; in about 78°35'S., 164°20'W. The 

 configuration of the bay is continually changing. 

 It served as a base for Amundsen's successful dash 

 to the South Pole, 1911, the Byrd Antarctic Ex- 

 peditions of 1928-30 and 1933-35, and for the West 

 Base of the USAS, 1939-41. So named by the 

 BrAE under Shackleton, Jan. 24, 1908, because of 

 the large number of whales found there. Not 

 adopted: Hval Bukta [Norwegian]. 



WHALE SKERRIES: small group of islets and 

 rocks in Lewthwaite Strait, South Orkney Is., ly- 

 ing close W. of Cape Disappointment, Powell I.; 

 in 60°42'S., 45°07'W. First surveyed and named 

 "Hvalskjaer" by Fetter S0rlle in 1912-13. The 

 name was later corrected to the plural form, 

 "Hvalskjaerene" (Whale Skerries) , by S0rlle. The 

 English form of the name was recommended by 

 the Br-APC in 1954. Not adopted: Hvalskjaer 

 [Norwegian], Hvalskjaerene [Norwegian]. 



WHARTON, MOUNT: mountain about 8,850 ft. 

 in el., standing about 12 mi. SW. of Mt. Field and 

 about 30 mi. WSW. of Cape Douglas, on the W. 

 side of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 81°06'S., 157°30'E. 

 Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, who 

 named this mountain for Sir William Wharton, 

 Hydrographer to the Navy, 1884-1904. 



Whatahope Bay: see Windy Cove. 



WHEATSTONE, CAPE: steep rqpky bluff capped 

 by a dome of ice, marking the 1*. side of the en- 

 trance to Tucker Inlet, in Victoria Land; in about 

 72°42'S., 170°48'E. Disc, Jan. 15, 1941, by a Br. 

 exp. under Ross, who named it for Sir Charles 

 Wheatstone, English physicist and inventor. 



WHEELER, CAFE:. abrupt rock scarp about 1,500 

 ft. in el., marking the S. end of the ice-covered ridge 

 which form's the N. side of the entrance to Wright 



Inlet, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 73°58'S., 

 61°05'W. The cape was photographed from the 

 air in 1940 by the USAS, and in 1947 by the RARE 

 under Ronne. Named by Ronne for John N. 

 Wheeler, Pres. of the North American Newspaper 

 Alliance and a contributor to the expedition. Not 

 adopted: Cape John Wheeler. 



WHETTER NUNATAK: conspicuous rock out- 

 crop protruding through the continental ice over- 

 lying George V Coast, standing about 8 mi. NE. of 

 Cape Denison along the E. side of Commonwealth 

 Bay; in about 66°57'S., 142°58'E. Disc, by the 

 AAE under Mawson, 1911-14, who named it for 

 Dr. Leslie H. Whetter, surgeon with the expedi- 

 tion. 



WHEWELL, MOUNT: prominent peak standing 

 NE. of Mt. Sabine in the Admiralty Range, in north- 

 ern Victoria Land; in about 71°54'S., 169°35'E. 

 Disc, in January 1841 by Br. exp. under Ross, who 

 named this mountain for the Reverend Dr. William 

 Whewell, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. 



WHIRLWIND GLACIERS: four prominent con- 

 verging glaciers flowing into the W. side of Whirl- 

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

 67°24'S., 65°32'W. The glaciers were disc, by Sir 

 Hubert Wilkins on his flight of Dec. 20, 1928 and 

 so named because their relative position was sug- 

 gestive of the radial cylinders of his Wright Whirl- 

 wind engine. The Whirlwind Glaciers, comprising 

 the Flint, Demorest, Matthes, and Chamberlin 

 Glaciers, were photographed from the air by the 

 USAS in 1940, and charted by the FIDS in 1948. 



WHIRLWIND INLET: ice-filled inlet, about 7 

 mi. long in an E.-W. direction, and about 12 mi. 

 wide at its entrance between Cape Northrop and 

 a small cape close W. of Tent Nunatak, along the 

 E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°30'S., 65°25'W. Sir 

 Hubert Wilkins disc, the inlet on his flight of Dec. 

 20, 1928. Wilkins reported four large glaciers 

 flowing into the inlet, which he named Whirlwind 

 Glaciers because their relative position was sug- 

 gestive of the radial cylinders of his Wright Whirl- 

 wind engine. The inlet was photographed from 

 the air by the USAS in 1940, and charted by the 

 FIDS in 1947. 



WHISNANT NUNATAK: small coastal nunatak 

 protruding above the terminus of Rogers Gl., mid- 

 way between McKaskle Hills and Maris Nunatak 

 on Ingrid Christensen Coast; in about 69°59'S., 

 72°26'E. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe 

 from USN Op. Hjp. aerial photographs taken in 

 March 1947, and named by him for J. R. Whisnant, 

 air crewman on USN Op. Hjp. photographic flights 

 in this area and other coastal areas between 14° 

 and 164°, east longitude. 



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