194. THE ANTARCTIC. 



water. In fact the great number of icebergs, met also in 

 the higher latitudes of the south-eastern Pacific, points 

 more distinctly to the presence than to the absence of 

 land, seeing that their origin can be traced only to 

 glaciers or inland ice. 



Before passing over to the next large mass of land in 

 the Antarctic regions, we may make short mention of the 

 small, solitary Dougherty Island. It is situated in latitude 

 59° 20' S. and longitude 1 19° 44' W. (the mean of the only 

 two observations made), and presents the appearance of a 

 rock five to seven miles in length, high in the north-east, 

 flat in the south-west, and the centre covered by a glacier ; 

 its highest elevation might be about 300 feet, which is 

 slight in comparison to its extent. As it has only been 

 seen from a distance, and has never been visited, we know 

 nothing of its character or geology ; possibly it may be of 

 volcanic orio-in. 



8. VICTORIA LAND. 



A wide expanse, within which the 68° S. has nowhere 

 yet been crossed, divides the land probably sighted by 

 Cook from the nearest land seen in a westward direction, 

 viz., the extremest eastern point of Victoria Land seen by 

 Ross, or the identical place, where the highest southern 

 latitude has, up to now, been reached ; this is the eastern 

 extremity of the large ice barrier, beyond which its dis- 

 coverer beheld more land to the south of it. Between 

 this spot and the extreme western land seen by Ross 

 near Cape North, together with the adjoining ice barrier, 

 between 16 1° 30' W. and 165 E., extends the wide 

 region of Victoria Land and Ross Sea. 



The northernmost point of this considerable mass of 

 land is Cape North, situated in latitude 70° 31' S. and 

 longitude 165° 28' E. From it elevated land seems to 



