GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



WHISTLING BAY: an open bay, about 4 mi. 

 wide and indenting 2.5 mi., between Longridge 

 Head and Cape Saens Pena, along the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 67°30'S., 67°35'W. First roughly 

 surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Re- 

 surveyed in 1948 by the FIDS and so named by 

 them because of the curious and unidentified 

 whistling sounds heard there at the time of the 

 survey. 



WHITE, MOUNT: peak, probably 10,000 ft. in 

 el., standing E. of Mt. Iveagh and Beardmore Gl. 

 between the Keltie and Mill Glaciers; in about 

 85°08'S., 172°00'E. Disc, and named by the BrAE, 

 1907-9, under Shackleton. 



WHITECLOUD COVE: cove about 2 mi. wide, 

 situated immediately W. of Almond Pt. at the head 

 of Charcot Bay, along the NW. side of Louis Phil- 

 ippe Pen.; in 63°52'S., 59°28'W. Charted and 

 named in 1948 by the FIDS. The name is descrip- 

 tive of prevailing cloud conditions in the vicinity 

 during the survey. 



White Cross Mountain: see Guernsey, Mount. 



WHITE ISLAND: island about 10 mi. long and 

 about 2,300 ft. in el., protruding through Ross Ice 

 Shelf close S. of Ross I. and about 3 mi. E. of Black 

 I.; in about 78°10'S., 167°20'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 

 1901^, under Scott, who so named it because of 

 its mantle of snow. Not adopted: Hvit oen [Nor- 

 wegian], Weisse Insel [German]. 



WHITESIDE, MOUNT: low, conical peak about 

 620 ft. in el. on Fold I., about 0.5 mi. W. of Green 

 Pt. off Kemp Coast; in about 67°20'S., 59°32'E. 

 Disc, and named by DI personnel on the William 

 Scoresby in February 1936. 



WHITESIDE POINT: wedge-shaped point 

 covered by ice, about 1,100 ft. in el., marking the 

 S. side of the entrance to Evans Inlet, on the E. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°08'S., 61°35'W. Evans 

 Inlet was first sighted from the air by Sir Hubert 

 Wilkins on Dec. 20, 1928. The point was charted 

 during 1947 by the FIDS and given this descriptive 

 name by the Br-APC in 1950. 



WHITSON, CAPE: cape at the S. end of the pen- 

 insula separating Methuen and Aitken Coves, on 

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

 in 60°46'S., 44°32'W. Charted by the ScotNAE, 

 1902-4, under Bruce, and named for T. B. (later 

 Sir Thomas) Whitson, treasurer of the expedition. 



WRITTEN PEAK: pyramidal peak, about 1,500 

 ft. in el., forming the NE. end of Blade Ridge at the 

 W. side of the head of Hope Bay, on the NE. end 

 of the Palmer Pen.; in 63°25'S., 57°04'W. Disc, by 



the SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nordenskjold. Named 

 by the FIDS for R. Whitten, first mate of the ship 

 Eagle, which participated in FIDS operations in 

 1944-45. 



WHITTLE GLACIER: channel glacier about 4 

 mi. wide and 4 mi. long, flowing NE. from the con- 

 tinental ice which drains into the head of Col- 

 vocoresses Bay, and terminating in a small tongue 

 about 6 mi. NW. of Williamson Glacier Tongue, 

 on Budd Coast; in about 66°00'S., 114°40'E. De- 

 lineated from aerial photographs taken by USN 

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

 for Dr. J. S. Whittle, asst. surgeon on the sloop 

 of war Vincennes of the USEE under Wilkes, 

 1838-42. 



WHITTLE GLACIER TONGUE: small glacier 

 tongue about 4 mi. wide and 3 mi. long, extending 

 NE. from Whittle Gl. into Colvocoresses Bay, which 

 is generally ice filled, along Budd Coast; in about 

 65°55'S., 114°45'E. Delineated from aerial photo- 

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

 by the US-ACAN for Dr. J. S. Whittle. 



WIDER0E, MOUNT: mountain mass, about 5,000 

 ft. in el. or more, standing in the W. portion of the 

 S0r Rondane Mtns. near the W. edge of Princess 

 Ragnhild Coast; in about 72°15'S., 22°00'E. Disc, 

 and charted on Feb. 6, 1937 by members of a Nor. 

 exp. under Christensen and named for Viggo 

 Wider0e, airplane pilot of the expedition. Not 

 adopted: Wideroe Fjell [Norwegian]. 



Wideroe Fjell: see Wider0e, Mount. 



WIEDENMANN GLACIER: glacier lying N. of the 

 Moltke Nunatak and descending W. from the in- 

 terior heights of Luitpold Coast to merge with the 

 Filchner Ice Shelf; in about 78°05'S., 36°00'W. 

 Disc, by the GerAE, 1911-12, under Filchner, who 

 named this feature for Baron von Wiedenmann, 

 supporter of the expedition. 



WIENCKE ISLAND: the southernmost of the 

 major islands of the Palmer Arch., lying between 

 An vers I. and the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 64°50'S., 63°25'W. Disc, by the BelgAE, 1897-99, 

 under De Gerlache and named for Auguste-Karl 

 Wiencke, a seaman who lost his life on the ex- 

 pedition. 



WIENER PEAKS: group of nunataks rising on 

 the S. side of Crevasse Valley Gl. and representing 

 a portion of a submerged ridge which separates the 

 main glacier from a southern tributary, in the Edsel 

 Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land; in about 76°45'S., 

 144°23'W. Disc, by members of the USAS, 1939-41, 

 on fiights over this area and named for Murray 



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