GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



by the FIDS in 1948. Named by Ronne for Maj. 

 Gen. R. C. Wilson, chief of staff to Lt. Gen. Curtis 

 LeMay, head of the Office of Research and Develop- 

 ment of the then Army Air Forces, which furnished 

 equipment for the RARE. 



Wilson Glacier: see Breitfuss Glacier. 



WILSON HARBOR: bay about 1.5 mi. wide which 

 recedes eastward for about 3 mi., lying immedi- 

 ately S. of Ice Fjord along the S. coast of South 

 Georgia; in 54°07'S., 37°45'W. This coast was 

 roughly charted by a Russ. exp. under Bellings- 

 hausen in 1819. Wilson Harbor was named about 

 1912, probably for J. Innes Wilson, who sketched 

 some of the inland portions of the island at about 

 that time. 



WILSON HILLS: hills which trend west-north- 

 westward, lying back of Archer Pt. along Oates 

 Coast; in about 69°10'S., 158°00'E. Disc, in Feb- 

 ruary 1911 by the BrAE under Scott, when the 

 Terra Nova explored westward in Cape North. 

 Named for Dr. Edward A. Wilson who perished with 

 Scott on the return journey from the South Pole. 



WILSON PIEDMONT GLACIER: a great pied- 

 mont glacier, varying in width from 6 to 14 mi. and 

 extending about 36 mi. between Granite Hbr. and 

 Marble Ft., along the coast of Victoria Land; in 

 about 77°15'S., 163°20'E. This piedmont glacier 

 was disc, by the BrNAE, 1901^, under Scott. 

 Scott's second exp., the BrAE, 1910-13, named the 

 feature for Dr. Edward A. Wilson, surgeon and 

 artist with Scott's first expedition and chief of the 

 scientific staff of the second. Not adopted: Great 

 Piedmont Glacier, Wilson Piedmont. 



WILSON ROCK: rock about 500 ft. in el., lying 

 about 1.4 mi. W. of Bristol I., in the South Sand- 

 wich Is.; in 59°03'S., 26°39'W. Charted in 1930 by 

 DI personnel on the Discovery II and named for Sir 

 Samuel H. Wilson, Permanent Under-Secretary of 

 State for the British Colonies. 



WILTON BAY: bay lying between Cape Davidson 

 and Cape Hartree along the SW. coast of Laurie I., 

 in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°46'S., 44°45'W. 

 Charted by the ScotNAE, 1902-4, under Bruce, who 

 named it for D. W. Wilton, zoologist of the expe- 

 dition. 



WIMPLE DOME: ice-covered hill about 2,500 ft. 

 in el., standing about 2 mi. S. of Thanaron Hill and 

 2 mi. E. of Bone Cove, on the NW. side of Louis 

 Philippe Pen.; in 63°37'S., 58°49'W. The name was 

 applied by members of the FIDS following their 

 survey in 1948 and is descriptive of the shape of the 

 feature, a wimple being a type of headdress worn 

 by nuns. 



WINDMILL ISLANDS : a group of rocky islands^ 

 islets and rocks, about 6 mi. wide and paralleling 

 the coast immediately N. of Vanderford Gl. for 

 about 15 mi., lying off Budd Coast close inside the 

 E. side of the entrance to Vincennes Bay; in 

 66°20'S., 110°28'E. Delineated from aerial photo- 

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

 named by the US-ACAN because personnel with 

 USN Op. Wml., 1947-48, landed on Holl I. at the 

 SW. end of the group to establish ground control for 

 USN Op. Hjp. photographs. The term Operation 

 Windmill is a popular expression which developed 

 after the exp. disbanded, and refers to the extensive 

 use of helicopters made by this group. The official 

 title of this exp. was Second Antarctic Development 

 Project, U.S. Navy Task Force 39, 1947-48. 



WINDS, BAY OF: embayment about 19 mi. wide 

 between Cape Dovers and Jones Rocks, indenting 

 the Queen Mary Coast about 10 mi.; in about 

 66°35'S., 97°35'E. Disc, by the AAE, 1911-14, 

 under Mawson, who so named it because of the 

 almost constant outflow of cold dense air from the 

 plateau into the bay. 



WIND VANE HILL: small hill about 0.2 mi. NE. 

 of the extremity of Cape Evans, Ross I.; in about 

 77°38'S., 166°24'E. Windvane Hill was charted 

 by the BrAE, 1910-13, under Scott, and so named 

 because an anemometer station was established 

 at this site. 



WINDY COVE: small bay close NW. of Antarctic 

 Bay, entered 1 mi. SE. of Antarctic Pt. on the N. 

 coast of South Georgia; in 54°04'S., 36°58'W. The 

 bay was named Whatahope Bay, probably by DI 

 personnel who charted this coast in 1929. How- 

 ever, this feature is known locally as Windy Cove. 

 It is probable that this latter name, which was 

 originally given by DI personnel in 1929 to the next 

 bay to the northwest (now Tornquist Bay, q.v.), 

 was erroneously transferred to this feature. Since 

 Whatahope Bay is unknown locally, the name 

 Windy Cove as applied to this feature is approved. 

 Not adopted: Whatahope Bay. 



Windy Cove; Windy Hole: see Tornquist Bay. 



WINDY GAP: pass about 3,200 ft. in el., lying 

 about 3 mi. SSE. of Mt. D'Urville and forming the 

 meeting place of three valleys of Louis Philippe 

 Pen., namely Broad Valley leading eastward to Duse 

 Bay, a valley leading northward to Bransfield Str., 

 and another southward to Prince Gugtav Chan.; in 

 63°34'S., 58°09'W. Disc, by the FIDS and so 

 named because of the very bad weather experienced 

 by them in the pass during a survey journey in 

 April 1946. 



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