GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



A. Wiener, auroral observer of the West Base of this 

 expedition. 



WILBUR, MOUNT: flat-topped, irregular mass 

 rising to about 9,000 ft. in el., standing about 4 

 mi. E. of Mt. Weaver, at the head of Robert Scott 

 Gl., in the Queen Maud Range; in about 86°58'S., 

 151°45'W. Disc, in December 1934 by the ByrdAE 

 geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named 

 by Byrd for the Hon. Curtiss D. Wilbur, Sec. of the 

 Navy from 1925 to 1929. 



WILCOX, MOUNT: mountain with a sharp, 

 rocky, triangular peak, about 4,600 ft. in el., sur- 

 mounting the SE. corner of Square Bay, 9 mi. E. of 

 Camp Pt., on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 67°58'S., 66°55'W. The mountain was apparently 

 first seen and roughly charted in 1909 by the FrAE 

 under Charcot. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the 

 BGLE under Rymill, and was photographed from 

 the air in 1940 by the US AS. The name, proposed 

 by Col. Lawrence Martin, is for Phineas Wilcox, 

 mate on the Hero, in which Capt. Nathaniel B. 

 Palmer explored the Antarctic mainland S. of 

 Deception I. in 1820. 



WILD, CAPE: prominent cape lying about 30 mi. 

 E. of Ninnis Gl. along George V Coast; in about 

 68°20'S., 149°10'E. This is probably the cape 

 viewed from the Vincennes on Jan. 19, 1840 from 

 a great distance, as a result of "looming" or a 

 superior mirage, by the USEE under Wilkes, and 

 named by him for then Lt. George F. Emmons on 

 the Vincennes. Its location was more accurately 

 determined in December 1912 by the Eastern 

 Coastal Party of the AAE under Mawson. Frank 

 Wild was leader of the AAE Western Base and later 

 a member of two expeditions under Shackleton in 

 1914-16 and 1921-22. Not adopted: Point Em- 

 mons. 



WILD, MOUNT : sharply defined rock ridge about 

 5 mi. long, with several summits, the highest about 

 3,100 ft. in el., standing at the N. side of Sjogren 

 Gl. on the SE. coast of Louis Philippe Pen.; in 

 64°12'S., 58°50'W. First charted by the FIDS in 

 1945, and named for Frank Wild. 



WILD, POINT: small point marked by a low 

 rocky hill at its N. end, located about 1 mi. SE. of 

 Cape Belsham, on the N. side of Elephant I., in the 

 South Shetland I.; in about 61°02'S., 54°59'W. 

 This point was named Cape Wild by the Br. exp. 

 under Shackleton, 1914-16, but the name Point 

 Wild is recommended because of the small size of 

 the feature and to avoid confusion with Cape Wild 

 on the George V Coast. Named for Frank Wild, 

 leader of the party from Shackleton's shipwrecked 

 exp. which camped at this site for four months 



during the 1916 winter season before being rescued. 

 Not adopted : Cape Wild. 



With. Carlson Island: see Carlson Island. 



Wilh. Carlsons 0: see Carlson Island. 



Wilhelm Barrier; Wilhelm Shelf Ice: see Filchner 

 Shelf Ice. 



Wilhelm Christopher sen, Mount: see Engelstad, 

 Mount. 



WILHELM CHRISTOPHERSEN, MOUNT: 

 mound-shaped knob rising to about 11,000 ft. in el. 

 from the edge of the polar plateau at the head of 

 Axel Heiberg Gl., standing between Mount Fridtjof 

 Nansen and Mount Engelstad in the Queen Maud 

 Range; in about 85°30'S., 168°20'W. Disc, by a 

 Nor. exp., 1910-12, under Amundsen, and named 

 by him for Wilhelm C. C. Christophersen, Nor- 

 wegian diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs, 

 1908-10. Apparently an error in the position of 

 Mount Wilhelm Christophersen and Mount Engel- 

 stad on the map in Amundsen's book, Sydpolen, 

 gave rise to transposition in subsequent carto- 

 graphic application of these names. The US- 

 ACAN application of these names is based on an 

 analysis of Amundsen's narrative. Not adopted: 

 Mount Engelstad (q.v.), Mount Englestad, Mount 

 Ole Engelstad. 



WILHELM II COAST: that portion of Antarctica 

 lying between Cape Penck, in about 66°40'S., 

 87°35'E., and Cape Filchner, in about 66°28'S., 

 92°18'E. Named for Kaiser Wilhelm II by the 

 GerAE under Drygalski who landed in the vicinity 

 of Gaussberg, in 89°19'E., in February 1902. Not 

 adopted : Kaiser Wilhelm II Coast, Kaiser Wilhelm 

 II Land. 



WILHELMINA BAY: bay about 20 mi. wide, 

 entered between Cape Reclus and Cape Anna along 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 64°35'S., 62°05'W. 

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

 and named for Wilhelmina, Queen of the Nether- 

 lands, 1890-1948. Not adopted: Welhelmina Bay, 

 Bale de Wilhelmine [French] . 



Wilhelmine, Baie de: see Wilhelmina Bay. 



WILKES LAND: a large area in Antarctica, as 

 yet not fully delimited, fronting on the Indian 

 Ocean between Queen Mary Coast and George V 

 Coast, extending from about 100°26'E. to about 

 142°05'E. Named for R. Adm. Charles Wilkes, 

 American explorer who was in command of the 

 USEE in 1838-42. The name has been applied 

 over this extent in recognition of the fact that 

 Wilkes recognized the phenomena of the conti- 



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