GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



WILLIAMS, POINT: bluff point forming the E. 

 side of the entrance to Shallow Bay, on the E. part 

 of Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 67°48'S., 67°50'E. 

 Disc, by the BANZARE under Mawson, on Feb. 12 

 or 13, 1931, and named for A. J. Williams, wireless 

 officer on the exp. ship Discovery. 



Williams, Port: see Foster, Port. 



WILLIAM SCORESBY ARCHIPELAGO: group 

 of islands lying off Mac-Robertson Coast just E. of 

 the entrance to William Scoresby Bay, extending 

 about 7 mi. in a NW.-SE. direction, the largest of 

 which are Islay, Gouling Island, and the Sheehan 

 Islands; centered in about 67°20'S., 59°47'E. Most 

 of the islands in this archipelago were disc, in 

 February 1936 by DI personnel on the William 

 Scoresby who named them for the exp. ship. 



WILLIAM SCORESBY BAY: bay about 5 ml. 

 long and about 3.5 mi. wide, with shores marked by 

 steep rock headlands and snow-free hills rising to 

 about 700 ft. in el., lying at the junction of Kemp 

 and Mac-Robertson Coasts; in about 67°25'S., 

 59°37'E. Disc, in February 1936 by DI personnel 

 on the William Scoresby, for which the bay was 

 named. Not adopted: Innfjorden [Norwegian], 

 Scoresby Bay. 



Williams Head: see Williams, Cape. 



WILLIAMSON GLACIER: channel glacier about 

 3 mi. wide and 10 mi. long, flowing NE. from the 

 continental ice which drains into the head of Colvo- 

 coresses Bay, and terminating in a prominent 

 tongue, on Budd Coast; in about 66°05'S., 114°50'E. 

 Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN 

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

 John G. Williamson, gunner on the sloop of war 

 Vincennes of the USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 

 Williamson reported that he was sure of sighting 

 land on Jan. 19, 1840 in the Oates Coast region. 

 Work by later expeditions has shown that land does 

 not exist as far northward as the Oates Coast posi- 

 tions reported by the USEE, although adequate 

 surveys of this coast have not been undertaken. 



WILLIAMSON GLACIER TONGUE: prominent 

 glacier tongue about 3 mi. wide and 12 mi. long, 

 extending NE. from Williamson Gl. into Colvo- 

 coresses Bay, which is generally ice filled, along 

 Budd Coast; in about 66°00'S., 115°10'E. Delin- 

 eated from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

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

 John G. Williamson. 



WILLIAMSON HEAD: prominent headland lying 

 W. of Cape Kinsey along Oates Coast; in about 

 69°05'S., 158°10'E. Disc, in February 1911 by the 

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



explored westward of Cape North. Thomas S. Wil- 

 liamson was a petty officer on the Terra Nova. Not 

 adopted: Williamson Point. 



Williamson Point: see Williamson Head. 



WILLIAMSON ROCK: rock lying about 7 mi. 

 ESE. of Cape Campbell, close off the NE. coast of 

 Ross I.; in about 77°23'S., 168°46'E. Charted by 

 the BrAE, 1910-13, under Scott. Named for 

 Thomas S. Williamson, who as able seaman and 

 petty officer accompanied Scott's expeditions of 

 1901-4 and 1910-13. 



WILLIAMS POINT: point forming the NE. tip 

 of Livingston I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 

 62°26'S., 60°11'W. The discovery of the South 

 Shetland Is. was first reported by William Smith, 

 master of the brig Williams, in 1819. In John 

 Miers' account of Smith's voyage, published in 1820, 

 he states that Smith gave the name Williams to a 

 point of land in this vicinity. In recent years the 

 name Williams Point has been established in inter- 

 national usage for the NE. tip of Livingston Is- 

 land. Not adopted: William's Point. 



WILLIS ISLANDS: group of islands and rocks 

 lying about 3 mi. W. of Bird I., off the W. end of 

 South Georgia; in 54°01'S., 38°15'W. The Willis 

 Islands were discovered in 1775 by Capt. James 

 Cook and named for the crew member who first 

 sighted them. Not adopted: Wallis Island, Willis 

 Island, Willis's Island. 



WILSON, CAPE: cape at the E. side of the en- 

 trance to the Bay of Isles, on the N. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°03'S., 37°11'W. The Bay of Isles 

 was charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman 

 Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig 

 Daisy. The cape was named by Murphy for Wood- 

 row Wilson, President of the United States, 1913-21. 



WILSON, CAPE : bold, rocky, snow-covered cape, 

 forming the N. side of the entrance to Shackleton 

 Inlet, along the W. edge of Ross Ice Shelf; in about 

 82°17'S., 163°00'E. Disc, by Capt. Robert F. Scott, 

 RN, in December 1902, while on his attempted trip 

 to the South Pole. He was accompanied on this 

 trip by S. Lt. (later Sir) Ernest H. Shackleton, RNR, 

 and Dr. Edward A. Wilson, for whom the cape was 

 named. 



WILSON, MOUNT: mountain about 5,500 ft. in 

 el., surmounting the base of Rock Pile Peaks, on the 

 E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°27'S., 65°35'W. This 

 mountain appears indistinctly in a photograph 

 taken by Sir Hubert Wilkins on his fiight of Dec. 

 20, 1928. The feature was rephotographed in 1935 

 by Lincoln Ellsworth, in 1940 by the USAS, and in 

 1947 by the RARE under Ronne, and was charted 



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