GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



WINDY VALLEY: glacier-filled valley opening 

 onto Marguerite Bay on the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen. and providing access via its head to the pla- 

 teau and The Traffic Circle area; in 68°37'S., 

 66°50'W. So named by the BGLE under Rymill, 

 1934-37, because of the strong winds which descend 

 from the high plateau and blow out of this valley 

 with great force. 



Winifred Cumming, Mount: see Gumming, 

 Mount. 



WINTER ISLAND: islet about 0.5 mi. long, lying 

 0.1 mi. N. of Skua I., in the Argentine Is., off the 

 W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°15'S., 64°16'W. 

 Winter Island was named by the BGLE, 1934-37, 

 under Rymill, who made this islet the site of their 

 winter base during 1936. 



WINTER QUARTERS BAY: small bay imme- 

 diately E. of Hut Pt., at the S. end of Ross I.; in 

 about 77°51'S., 166°37'E. Disc, by the BrNAE, 

 1901-4, under Scott, and so named because their 

 exp. ship Discovery was moored in the bay and 

 "frozen-in" during the winter seasons of 1902 and 

 1903. 



Winter Quarters Peninsula: see Hut Point Pen- 

 insula. 



WISTING, MOUNT: one of a group of low-lying 

 peaks barely protruding through the ice of the 

 south polar plateau, rising to about 10,700 ft. in 

 el. about 6 mi. NW. of the group containing Mounts 

 Hassel, Bjaaland and Prestrud, which stand about 

 20 mi. SW. of the Thorvald Nilsen Mtns. in the 

 Queen Maud Range; in about 86°28'S., 163°45'W. 

 Disc, in November 1911 by the Nor. exp. under 

 Amundsen, and named by him for Oscar Wisting, a 

 member of the South Pole Party. Not adopted: 

 Mount Oscar Wisting, Mount O. Wisting. 



WITTE PEAKS: group of two or three small 

 peaks, standing at the N. side of Stein Nunataks 

 and rising above the piedmont ice in New 

 Schwabenland; in about 71°30'S., 1°00'W. Disc, 

 by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named 

 for Dietrich Witte, motor mechanic on the expe- 

 dition. 



WOHLTHAT MOUNTAINS: large group of asso- 

 ciated mountain features, including such major 

 ranges as the Petermann Range and the Alexander 

 Humboldt Mtns., lying immediately N. of the polar 

 plateau in the E. part of New Schwabenland; cen- 

 tering in about 71°30'S., 11°30'E. Disc, by the 

 GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for 

 Councilor of State Helmuth C. H. Wohlthat, who 

 in hi;^ capacity as economist and fiscal officer dealt 

 with the organization of the expedition. 



WOLLASTON, CAPE: cape forming the eastern- 

 most point of Trinity I., off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 63°43'S., 60°21'W. The name was origi- 

 nally applied to the N. tip of Trinity I. on a map by 

 the Br. exp. in the Chanticleer, 1829-31, under 

 Capt. Henry Foster, but in recent years usage has 

 restricted the name to the E. tip of the isl&nd. 

 Named by Foster for William Hyde Wollaston, com- 

 missioner of the Royal Society on the Board of 

 Longitude, 1818-28. Foster's early experience with 

 astronomical and pendulum observations (an ob- 

 jective of the Chanticleer voyage) was facilitated 

 by a loan of astronomical instruments from the 

 Board of Longitude to his former ship, the Conway. 

 Not adopted: Cape Wallaston, Cap Walleston 

 [French]. 



WOOD, CAPE: point which marks the SE. ex- 

 tremity of Flat I., at the W. side of the entrance to 

 Robertson Bay, in Victoria Land; in about 71°21'S., 

 169°10'E. Disc, in January 1841 by a Br. exp. 

 under Ross and named after Charles Wood, Esq., 

 First Secretary of the Admiralty. 



WOOD, MOUNT: mountain about 4,000 ft. in el., 

 standing W. of Gardner Inlet and about 15 mi. W. 

 of Mt. Austin, on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 about 74°51'S., 64°07'W. Disc, by the RARE, 

 1947-48, under Ronne, who named this mountain 

 for E. A. Wood, ship's engineer with the expedition. 

 Not adopted: Mount Sandell. 



WOOD BAY: bay lying between Cape Johnson 

 and Cape Washington, along the coast of Victoria 

 Land; in about 74°20'S., 165°40'E. Disc, in 1841 by 

 a Br. exp. under Ross, and named by him for Lt. 

 James F. L. Wood, of the exp. ship Erebus. 



WOODWARD, MOUNT: mountain with broad 

 twin summits, about 2,500 ft. in el., standing be- 

 tween Hammond Gl. and Boyd Gl. in the Edsel 

 Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land; in about 77°17'S., 

 145°45'W. Disc, on Dec. 5, 1929 by the ByrdAE, 

 1928-30, and named for Donald Woodward, a 

 patron of the expedition. Not adopted: Donald 

 Woodward Mountains, Mount Donald Woodward. 



WOOLNOUGH, MOUNT: mountain about 4,700 

 ft. in el., situated about 3 mi. N. of Mackay Gl. 

 and about midway between Mt. Morrison and Mt. 

 Gran, in Victoria Land; in about 76°56'S., 161°20'E. 

 Charted and named by the BrAE, 1910-13, under 

 Scott. Probably named for Dr. Walter G. Wool- 

 nough, British geologist who assisted in writing the 

 scientific reports of the BrAE, 1907-9, under 

 Shackleton. 



WOOLPACK ISLAND: island about 1 mi. long, 

 lying in Grandidier Chan, about 5 mi. E. of the N. 

 end of Vieugue I. and 9 mi. NW. of Cape Garcia, off 



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