GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



nental margin over a distance of 1,500 miles of 

 coast and thus first provided substantial proof 

 that Antarctica is a continent. This definition of 

 extent excludes the area E. of 142°05'E. which was 

 sighted by Wilkes but has been shown by later 

 expeditions to be farther S. than the positions 

 originally assigned by him. 



WILKINS, CAPE: the extreme NW. tip of Fold 

 I., forming the E. side of the entrance to Stefans- 

 son Bay, off Kemp Coast; in about 67°15'S., 

 59°19'E. Disc, in February 1936 by DI personnel 

 on the William Scoresby and named by them for 

 Sir Hubert Wilkins, Arctic and Antarctic explorer. 

 Not adopted: Cape Hearst. 



WILKINS COAST: that portion of the E. coast 

 of Palmer Pen. extending from Cape Agassiz, in 

 68°30'S., 62°58'W., to Cape Boggs, in 70°33'S., 

 61°23'W. Named by the US-ACAN for Sir Hubert 

 Wilkins, who in a pioneer Antarctic exploratory 

 flight on Dec. 20, 1928 flew southward from Decep- 

 tion I., crossed the Palmer Pen. to the E. side, 

 and continued southward to Stefansson Str. and 

 Hearst I. which lie midway along Wilkins Coast. 



Wilkins Island: see Hearst Island. 



WILKINS MOUNTAINS: mountains on Joerg 

 Plateau lying SSW. of Scaife Mtns., immediately 

 back of the Orville Escarpment; in about 75°54'S., 

 64°00'W. Disc, by the RARE, 1947-48, under 

 Ronne, who named these mountains for Sir Hubert 

 Wilkins. 



WILKINS STRAIT: that body of water lying 

 between the concave W. coastline of Alexander I 

 Island and Charcot Island, in the E. part of 

 Bellingshausen Sea; in about 70°30'S., 72°30'W. 

 This strait was determined by exploratory flights 

 by the members of the East Base of the USAS in 

 November and December 1940, and was named 

 by the exp. after Sir Hubert Wilkins, who in 1929 

 first proved Charcot Land to be an island and 

 who, therefore, indirectly discovered this strait. 



WILLEMS, CAPE: cape forming the N. side of 

 the entrance to Flandres Bay, on the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 64°56'S., 63°13'W. First charted 

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

 named by him for Pierre Willems. Not adopted: 

 Cap Pierre Willems [French] . 



WILL HAYES MOUNTAINS: mountain group of 

 the Queen Maud Range, surmounting the divide 

 between the lower ends of Robert Scott Gl. and 

 Amundsen GL; in about 85°57'S., 155°20'W. Disc, 

 by R. Adm. Richard E. Byrd on the South Polar 

 Flight of Nov. 28-29, 1929, and mapped by the 



Southern Sledging Party of the ByrdAE, 1933-35. 

 Named for Will Hays, former head of Motion Pic- 

 ture Producers and Distributors. 



WILLIAM, MOUNT: prominent snow-covered 

 mountain about 5,300 ft. in el., standing about 5 

 mi. NNE. of Cape Lancaster, the S. extremity of 

 Anvers I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°47'S., 63°42'W. 

 This feature was disc, by John Biscoe on Feb. 21, 

 1832. He believed it to be part of the mainland of 

 Palmer Peninsula. Biscoe named the mountain 

 for King William IV, then King of England. 



William Bay: see Borgen Bay. 



WILLIAM BLOCK, MOUNT: peak rising to about 

 10,200 ft. in el., standing about 10 mi. SSE. of Mt. 

 Pratt, in one of the southern ridges of the Gros- 

 venor Range; in about 86°05'S., and on the 180th 

 meridian. Disc, by R. Adm. Byrd on the ByrdAE 

 flight to the South Pole in November 1929, and 

 named by him at that time for William Block, son 

 of Paul Block, patron of the expedition. 



WILLIAM BRUCE, CAPE: cape at the head of 

 Charcot Bay, at approximately the point where 

 Mawson Gl. forms the Nordenskjold Ice Tongue, on 

 the coast of Victoria Land; in about 76°09'S., 

 162°30'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott, 

 who named this feature for Dr. William S. Bruce, 

 leader of the ScotNAE, 1902-4. 



WILLIAM GLACIER: glacier flowing S. from the 

 interior highlands of Anvers I. to the head of 

 Borgen Bay on the SE. coast of the island, in the 

 Palmer Arch; in 64°42'S., 63°28'W. This glacier 

 was disc, by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under De Ger- 

 lache, and charted by them simply as a "grand gla- 

 cier." The name first appears on a chart based 

 upon a 1927 survey by DI personnel on the Dis- 

 covery. 



WILLIAM HENRY MAY, CAPE: conspicuous 

 rocky point marked by sheer red granite cliffs, lying 

 below Mt. Christmas along the W. edge of Ross 

 Ice Shelf; in about 81°55'S., 162°00'E. Disc, by the 

 BrNAE, 1901-4, under Scott. Admiral of the Fleet 

 Sir William Henry May was a Lord of the Admiralty 

 and Controller of the Navy 1901-5. Not adopted: 

 Cape May. 



WILLIAMS, CAPE: headland at the E. end of 

 Bowers Hills, on the Gates Coast; in about 70°08'S., 

 163°15'E. Disc, in February 1911 by the BrAE, 

 1910-13, under Scott, when the Terra Nova ex- 

 plored westward of Cape North. William Williams, 

 Engineer, RN, was Chief Engineer-room Artificer on 

 the Terra Nova. Not adopted : Williams Head. 



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