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Allemand Peak
Allemand Peak (-78.4°N, 158.6°W) is a peak lying 1.5 miles south of Moody Peak in the north part of the Boomerang Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for Lawrence J. Allemand, construction driver at Little America V in 1958.

Allen Bay
Allen Bay (-54.18333°N, -36.53333°W) is a semi-circular bay 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) wide, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west-northwest of Larsen Point in the north part of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. Charted in 1926 by DI personnel on the Discovery Committee at that time.

Allen Knoll
Allen Knoll (-63.66667°N, -58.58333°W) is a steep-sided snow dome rising from a flat snowfield 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of the head of Russell West Glacier, Trinity Peninsula. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Keith Allen, FIDS radio operator at Hope Bay in 1959 and 1960.

Allen Peak
Allen Peak (-77.56667°N, -86.85°W) is a peak, 1,880 m, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of Mount Wyatt Earp and forming the north extremity of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range. Discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth on his trans-Antarctic flight of November 23, 1935. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Robert J. Allen Jr., United States Geological Survey (USGS) cartographer and Antarctic specialist, 1950-79; consultant to USGS Branch of International Acivities from 1980; a member of the Branch of Special Maps who helped prepare the 1962 map of this range.

Allen Point
Allen Point (-58.48333°N, -26.25°W) is the southeast point of Montagu Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. Montagu Island was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under Cook, but the point was first mapped by Bellingshausen in 1819-20. The point was surveyed in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and named for H.T. Allen, member of the Discovery Committee.

Allen Rocks
Allen Rocks (-77.55°N, 169.15°W) is a small but distinctive group of rocks 2.2 nautical miles (4.1 km) east-northeast of Slattery Peak in Kyle Hills, Ross Island. The feature includes a central nunatak that in outline resembles the letter a. A low ridge encloses the nunatak except on the south. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after Robert J. Allen, U.S. Antarctic Resource Center, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Reston, VA, cartographer and expert on aerial photography of Antarctica, who was closely involved in USGS mapping of the continent, 1950-2000.

Mount Allen Young
Mount Allen Young (-83.45°N, 166.86667°W) is a prominent pyramidal mountain, 2,755 m, standing just south of Fegley Glacier and west of Lennox-King Glacier in the Holland Range. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for Sir Allen Young, polar explorer who led the successful search for Benjamin Leigh Smith in the Arctic in 1882.

Cape Allen
Cape Allen (-83.55°N, 171°W) is a bare rock point located 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Mount Hope, near the mouth of Beardmore Glacier. The point forms the west side of the south approach to The Gateway. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for Sir Robert Allen of the Franklin Relief Expedition to the Arctic.

Mount Allen (Victoria Land)
Mount Allen (-77.4°N, 162.53333°W) is a peak, 1,400 m, standing between Clark Glacier and the head of Greenwood Valley in Victoria Land. Charted by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1959-60, and named for A.D. Allen, one of the party's geologists.

Mount Allen (Ellsworth Mountains)
Mount Allen (-78.71667°N, -84.93333°W) is a mountain (3,430 m) located 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Mount Craddock in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Forrest M. Allen, U.S. Navy Reserve, co-pilot on reconnaissance flights from Byrd Station, 1957-58.

Alley Glacier
Alley Glacier (-79.96667°N, 158.08333°W) is a glacier that drains the north slopes of Britannia Range in the vicinity of Ward Tower and flows north to Darwin Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Richard B. Alley, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, United States Antarctic Program (USAP) glaciologist who has specialized in the study of ice streams of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Alley Spur
Alley Spur (-82.53333°N, -51.78333°W) is a rock spur on north side of Dufek Massif, just south of Sapp Rocks, in the Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Dalton E. Alley, United States Air Force (USAF), navigator, a member of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, 1957-58.

Alligator Eyes
Alligator Eyes (-81.63333°N, 160.91667°W) is a two nunataks which are near together and rise to over 600 m on the east side of Dickey Glacier in Churchill Mountains. The feature surmounts the end of the broad ice-covered ridge that extends north from Mount Arcone. So named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) because of its appearance.

Alligator Island
Alligator Island (-66.56667°N, 97.66667°W) is a steep, rocky island 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, lying in the Bay of Winds 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Jones Rocks. Discovered by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, 1911-14, who so named it because of its shape. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Alligator Peak
Alligator Peak (-78.46667°N, 158.75°W) is a prominent conical rock peak at the head of Alligator Ridge in the Boomerang Range. Named for its proximity to Alligator Ridge by the 1957-58 New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

Alligator Ridge
Alligator Ridge (-78.45°N, 158.8°W) is a spectacular serrated rock ridge, extending northeast for 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Alligator Peak in the Boomerang Range into Skelton Neve. Mapped and named for its shape by the 1957-58 New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

Allison Bay
Allison Bay (-67.5°N, 61.28333°W) is a small bay just west of Utstikkar Glacier on the coast of Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Isvika (the ice bay). Renamed by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Dr. Robert Allison, medical officer at Mawson station in 1955.

Allison Islands
Allison Islands (-66.35°N, 110.48333°W) is a small chain of islands lying in the north side of the entrance to Sparkes Bay in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William L. Allison, ionospheric scientist and member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Allison Peninsula
Allison Peninsula (-73.16667°N, -85.83333°W) is a narrow ice-covered peninsula which extends into the Bellingshausen Sea from Ellsworth Land. It forms the east margin of the Venable Ice Shelf. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Paul Allison, U.S. Navy, Plans Officer, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1967 and 1968.

Allison Ridge
Allison Ridge (-70.75°N, 66.31667°W) is a rock ridge, partly snow covered, about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) west of Mount Bunt in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1960. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for D. Allison, electrical engineer at Mawson Station in 1965.

Mount Allison (Antarctica)
Mount Allison (-72.51667°N, 162.36667°W) is a mountain 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Stuart, in the Monument Nunataks. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard G. Allison, biologist at McMurdo Station, summers 1965-66 and 1967-68.

Mount Allo
Mount Allo (-63.96667°N, -61.8°W) is a conspicuous conical, snow-covered peak, 285 m, which rises from Neyt Point at the northeast end of Liege Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, and named after M. Allo, Director General de la Marine at Anvers (Antwerp).

Allowitz Peak
Allowitz Peak (-71.13333°N, 167.65°W) is a peak (1,240 m) rising immediately west of Mount Troubridge in Hedgpeth Heights of the Anare Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ronald D. Allowitz, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at Hallett Station, 1962-63.

Mount Allport
Mount Allport (-68.01667°N, 56.45°W) is a snow-free peak just west of Leslie Peak and about 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of Mount Cook of the Leckie Range. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for B. Allport, radio officer at Mawson Station in 1964, a member of one of the survey parties which carried out a tellurometer traverse passing through the Leckie Range in 1965.

Mount Allsup
Mount Allsup (-84.01667°N, 159.6°W) is a rock peak, 2,580 m, marking the southwest limits of the Canopy Cliffs, at the south end of Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Clifford C. Allsup, Aviation Machinist's Mate, U.S. Navy, who was injured during Operation Deepfreeze II, 1956-57.

Almirante Ice Fringe
Almirante Ice Fringe (-64.86667°N, -62.68333°W) is a narrow ice piedmont bordering the southwest side of Andvord Bay on Danco Coast, Graham Land. Named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, about 1995, after Almirante Brown Station (Argentine) on nearby Coughtrey Peninsula, Paradise Harbor.

Almond Point
Almond Point (-63.88333°N, -59.5°W) is a rocky point between Whitecloud Glacier and McNeile Glacier at the head of Charcot Bay, Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who applied the name because of the distinctive shape of the point.

The Almond
The Almond (-78.31667°N, 163.45°W) is a bare, almond-shaped ridge of granite which separates the two coalescing channels of Pyramid Trough, located just west of The Pyramid on the west side of Koettlitz Glacier. Given this descriptive name by the New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1960-61.

Alph Lake
Alph Lake (-78.2°N, 163.7°W) is a named by Griffth Taylor of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1911-13 (Captain Robert Scott) in association with Alph River.

Alph River
Alph River (-78.2°N, 163.75°W) is a named by Griffith Taylor of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1911-13 (Captain Robert Scott) from a passage in Coleridge's poem: "Where Alph the sacred river ran, Through caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea."

Alpha Bluff
Alpha Bluff (-78.86667°N, 162.48333°W) is a high bluff on the west side of Shults Peninsula, at the east side of Skelton Glacier. Surveyed and named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58). Named after the first letter of the Greek alphabet because it is the most southerly of all bluffs on the Skelton Glacier.

Alpha Island
Alpha Island (-64.31667°N, -63°W) is a small island lying between Epsilon Island and Delta Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. Charted by DI in 1927 and named after the first letter of the Greek alphabet, in association with the names of other islands in this group. The island was surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Alphard Island
Alphard Island (-66.96667°N, 57.41667°W) is an island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) long and rising to 150 m, lying north of Shaula Island in the Oygarden Group. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and called Meoya (The Middle Island). First visited by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party led by R. Dovers in 1954; the island was renamed by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) after the star Alphard, which was used for an astrofix in the vicinity. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Alpheratz
Mount Alpheratz (-70.98333°N, -66.96667°W) is a prominent peak on the southeast ridge of Pegasus Mountains, about 10 nautical miles (18 km) east-northeast of Gurney Point on the west coast of Palmer Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the star Alpheratz in the Great Square of Pegasus.

Alsford Bay
Alsford Bay (-54.28333°N, -36.26667°W) is a small bay between Briggs Point and Cape George on the north coast of South Georgia. Charted by DI in 1928-30 and named after Stoker W.B. Alsford, Royal Navy, of Discovery, 1925-27; a member of the survey party.

Alt Glacier
Alt Glacier (-71.1°N, 162.51667°W) is a glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, flowing west-southwest from the Explorers Range of the Bowers Mountains to enter Rennick Glacier just north of Mount Soza. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Jean Alt, French observer, a weather central meteorologist at Little America V, winter party 1958.

Altar Mountain
Altar Mountain (-77.9°N, 160.85°W) is a prominent mountain over 2,000 m high, standing at the south end of Arena Valley in Victoria Land. Indicated but not named on Ferrar's 1907 map. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1958-59) because of its stepped profile and flat top, similar to pyramids of the Aztec and Mayan civilizations.

Altar Peak
Altar Peak (-86.06667°N, -150.38333°W) is a peak (1,780 m) located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east-southeast of Mount Harkness in the Gothic Mountains, Queen Maud Mountains. The feature was first visited in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn. The descriptive name was suggested by Edmund Stump, leader of a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP)-Arizona State University geological party which studied this peak, 1987-88.

The Altar
The Altar (-71.65°N, 11.36667°W) is a flat-topped rock summit (2,200 m) at the head of Grautskala Cirque, immediately west of Altarduken Glacier, in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and given the descriptive name Altar by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39.

Altarduken Glacier
Altarduken Glacier (-71.65°N, 11.43333°W) is a small glacier just east of The Altar at the head of Grautskala Cirque, in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and mapped from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Remapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Altarduken (the altar cloth) in association with The Altar.

The Altiplano
The Altiplano (-78.13333°N, 163.91667°W) is a small elevated valley between Findlay Ridge and Miers Valley.

Alvarez Glacier
Alvarez Glacier (-70.88333°N, 162.33333°W) is a tributary glacier in the Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains, flowing from the southwest side of Stanwix Peak into Rennick Glacier, to the north of Sheehan Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Jose A. Alvarez, Argentine Navy, an IGY Weather Central meteorologist at Little America V in 1957.

Alvaro Cove
Alvaro Cove (-64.85°N, -63.01667°W) is a cove on the north side of Bryde Island, Danco Coast, Graham Land. The feature was surveyed by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1950-51, and named after a staff officer with the relief ship of the expedition.

Ambalada Peak
Ambalada Peak (-75.95°N, 158.38333°W) is a rock peak, 2,160 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Griffin Nunatak in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Cesar N. Ambalada, electrician with the South Pole Station winter party, 1966.

Ambergris Glacier
Ambergris Glacier (-65.71667°N, -62.61667°W) is a glacier flowing south-southeast into Flask Glacier, just west of Fluke Ridge on the east coast of Graham Land. One of several names in the area that reflect a whaling theme. Named in 1987 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) from the substance secreted by the sperm whale and used in perfumery.

Ambrose Rocks
Ambrose Rocks (-65.26667°N, -64.36667°W) is a small cluster of rocks situated southwest of the southern Argentine Islands and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Gaunt Rocks, off the west coast of Graham Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for David A. Ambrose, survey asst. of the Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Endurance working in this area in February 1969.

Ambush Bay (Antarctica)
Ambush Bay (-63.16667°N, -55.43333°W) is a bay 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) wide indenting the north coast of Joinville Island immediately east of King Point. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953. The name arose because the bay is a trap for the unwary if its shallow and foul nature is not known.

Ameghino Gully
Ameghino Gully (-64.46667°N, -58.63333°W) is a gully running east-west through the outcrops on the west side of Longing Peninsula, Nordenskjold Coast. The name derives from "Refugio Ameghino," the Argentine refuge situated on the southwest side of Longing Gap and named in turn after Florentino Ameghino (1854-1911), Argentine geologist and anthropologist; Director, Museum of Natural History, Buenos Aires, 1902-11. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1990.

American Highland
American Highland (-72.5°N, 78°W) is that portion of Antarctica back of the Ingrid Christensen Coast and eastward of Lambert Glacier, consisting of an upland snow surface (2,800 m) except for a group of nunataks (Grove Mountains) near 75E. The area was discovered and named by Lincoln Ellsworth on January 11, 1939, in an aerial flight from his ship, the and by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1956 and 1957), the latter group making a landing to obtain an astrofix at Grove Mountains, 1958.

Amery Basin
Amery Basin (-68.25°N, 74.5°W) is an undersea basin named on GEBCO 5.18. Name approved 6/88 (ACUF 228).

Amery Ice Shelf
Amery Ice Shelf (-69.75°N, 71°W) is a broad ice shelf at the head of Prydz Bay between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast. The name "Cape Amery" was applied to a coastal angle mapped on February 11, 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Douglas Mawson. He named it for William B. Amery, who represented the United Kingdom government in Australia (1925-28). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) interpreted this feature to be a portion of an ice shelf and, in 1947, applied the name Amery to the whole shelf.

Amery Peaks
Amery Peaks (-70.6°N, 67.41667°W) is a group of peaks which extend for about 18 nautical miles (33 km) along the southeast side of Nemesis Glacier, in eastern Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) southern party of 1956-57 and so named because of their proximity to the Amery Ice Shelf.

Ames Range
Ames Range (-75.7°N, -132.33333°W) is a range of snow-covered, flat-topped, steep-sided mountains, extending in a north-south direction for 20 nautical miles (37 km) and forming a right angle with the east end of the Flood Range in Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and named by R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd for his father-in-law, Joseph Ames.

Mount Amherst
Mount Amherst (-86.53333°N, -153.1°W) is a peak rising to 2,400 m between Holdsworth Glacier and Scott Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) north-northeast of McNally Peak, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960-64. The geology of the peak was studied in the 1978-79 season by a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP)-Arizona State University field party. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Amherst College, Amherst, MA, alma mater of Michael F. Sheridan, a member of the field party.

Amiot Islands
Amiot Islands (-67.6°N, -69.63333°W) is a two groups of islands and rocks, Ward Islands and Cumbers Reef, respectively, lying 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of Cape Adriasola, Adelaide Island. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, and named by Charcot for A. Amiot, engineering director of the French Montevideo Co., Montevideo, Uruguay, which made repairs on the ship Pourquoi-Pas?. Accurately charted by the British Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1963. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Amos Glacier
Amos Glacier (-77.81667°N, 163.65°W) is a glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing southeast from Bettle Peak to a juncture with the Blue Glacier southeast of Hannon Hill, in Victoria Land. Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Larry Leon Amos, civil engineer, United States Geological Survey (USGS); member of the USGS two man astronomic surveying team to South Pole Station and Byrd Station in the 1969-70 field season. Among other work, the team established the position of the Geographic South Pole (previously done 1956) and established a tie to the Byrd Ice Strain net which had been under study for several years.

Amos Lake
Amos Lake (-60.7°N, -45.65°W) is a small lake south of Thulla Point on Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Stephen C. Amos, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) limnologist on Signy Island, 1972-73.

Amphibole Peak
Amphibole Peak (-84.73333°N, -173.43333°W) is the highest peak in the Gabbro Hills (1,660 m), standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Mount Llano, in the Queen Maud Mountains. So named by the Southern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1963-64) because minerals of the Amphibole group were found on the peak.

Amphibolite Point
Amphibolite Point (-60.68333°N, -45.35°W) is a conspicuous, pyramidal point 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northwest of Saunders Point on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following their survey of 1948-49. There is a large amount of amphibolite on this point.

Amphitheatre Glacier
Amphitheatre Glacier (-78.28333°N, 163.06667°W) is a named in association with The Amphitheatre (a cirque).

Amphitheatre Lake
Amphitheatre Lake (-68.1°N, 48.75°W) is a smooth-surfaced meltwater lake 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long in the west part of Amphitheatre Peaks, Nye Mountains. The lake is almost completely enclosed by rock and ice cliffs, forming an amphitheatre, with an outlet into Rayner Glacier at the west end. Photographed in 1956 from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft and visited by an ANARE airborne field party in 1958. The descriptive name was applied by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA).

Amphitheatre Peaks
Amphitheatre Peaks (-68.1°N, 48.86667°W) is a group of peaks surrounding and extending to the east of Amphitheatre Lake, in the northwest part of Nye Mountains. Photographed in 1956 from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft and visited in November 1958 by an ANARE airborne field party. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) in association with Amphitheatre Lake.

The Amphitheatre
The Amphitheatre (-68.1°N, -66.56667°W) is a large bowl-shaped depression, 0.75 nautical miles (1.4 km) in diameter, at the south side of the head of Northeast Glacier on Graham Land. The feature lies adjacent to former bases of the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, and the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, and was charted by USAS sledging parties which crossed Graham Land via Northeast Glacier and Bills Gulch. Named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following its survey in 1946.

The Amphitheatre
The Amphitheatre (-78.3°N, 163.05°W) is a great cirque, now occupied only by neve, carved on the north side of Mount Dromedary, whose walls rise sheer about 1,700 m from the floor of Roaring Valley on the east side of Royal Society Range. So named by the New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1960-61, because of the feature's enormous size and near-perfect shape.

Ample Bay
Ample Bay (-54.05°N, -37.38333°W) is a bay 1.8 nautical miles (3.3 km) wide, marked by Grace Glacier at its head, situated 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Sunset Fjord in the southwest part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. A sketch of this bay was made in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy. Charted and named descriptively by DI in 1929-30.

Amundsen Bay
Amundsen Bay (-66.91667°N, 50°W) is a long embayment 24 nautical miles (44 km) wide, close west of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. The bay was seen as a large pack-filled recession in the coastline by Sir Douglas Mawson on January 14, 1930. Seen by Captain Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in charge of a Norwegian expedition during an airplane flight on January 15 and subsequently mapped nearer its true position by the Norwegians. The bay was mapped in detail by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party landed by aircraft in 1956 and another landed by launch from explorer who was first to reach the South Pole.

Amundsen Coast
Amundsen Coast (-85.5°N, -162°W) is that portion of the coast to the south of the Ross Ice Shelf lying between Morris Peak on the east side of Liv Glacier and the west side of the Scott Glacier. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1961 for Captain Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer who led his own expedition in 1910-12 to the Antarctic. Setting up a base at Framheim at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, he sledged southward across the shelf and discovered a route up the Axel Heiberg Glacier along this coast to reach the polar plateau. He was the first to reach the South Pole, December 14, 1911.

Amundsen Glacier
Amundsen Glacier (-85.58333°N, -159°W) is a major glacier, about 4 to 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide and 80 nautical miles (150 km) long, originating on the polar plateau where it drains the area to the south and west of Nilsen Plateau, and descending through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf just west of MacDonald Nunataks. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the South Pole flight in November 1929. The name was proposed for Roald Amundsen by Laurence Gould, leader of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party which sledged past the mouth of the glacier in December 1929.

Amundsen Icefall
Amundsen Icefall (-85.46667°N, -166.7°W) is a steep and turbulent icefall where the Axel Heiberg Glacier descends from the polar plateau between Mount Fridtjof Nansen and Mount Don Pedro Christophersen, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for Captain Roald Amundsen, who ascended Axel Heiberg Glacier enroute to the South Pole in 1911.

Amundsen Plain
Amundsen Plain (-65°N, -125°W) is an undersea plain named in association with Amundsen Coast. Name approved 6/88 (ACUF 228).

Amundsen Sea
Amundsen Sea (-73°N, -112°W) is the marginal sea off the coast of Marie Byrd Land between Cape Dart, Siple Island, on the west and Cape Flying Fish, Thurston Island, on the east. Named by the Norwegian expedition of 1928-29, under Captain Nils Larsen, while exploring this area in February, 1929. Named for Captain Roald Amundsen, famous Norwegian explorer who was first to reach the South Pole. The sea has been defined with greater precision through discoveries of the U.S. Antarctic Service (1939-41), U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) and U.S. exploration in the post-IGY years.

Mount Amundsen
Mount Amundsen (-67.23333°N, 100.75°W) is a nunatak lying east of Denman Glacier, about 11 nautical miles (20 km) northeast of Mount Sandow. Discovered by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Mawson. Named by Mawson for Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer and the first to attain the South Pole.

Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station (-90°N, °W) is a

Anagram Islands
Anagram Islands (-65.2°N, -64.33333°W) is a group of small islands and rocks lying between Roca Islands and Argentine Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. The area was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99, the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05 and 1908-10, and the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37, and the names Argentine, Roca and Cruls variously applied to the four island groups on the south side of French Passage. The islands were mapped in detail by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from photos taken from the helicopter of HMS Protector and from information obtained by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1958 and the three names positioned as originally given by the Belgian and French expeditions. The remaining island group was named Anagram Islands by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959, anagram meaning a transposition of parts. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Anakiwa
Mount Anakiwa (-73°N, 165.71667°W) is a small mountain (2,640 m) situated 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Mount Supernal in the Mountaineer Range, Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1966-67, after the Cobham Outward Bound School, Anakiwa, New Zealand.

Mount Analogue (Antarctica)
Mount Analogue (-85.81667°N, -138.08333°W) is a prominent mountain along the Watson Escarpment, rising to 3,170 m and forming the highest point of the ridge that runs north from Phleger Dome, Stanford Plateau. The feature was visited in 1977-78 by a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP)-Arizona State University geological party, led by Edmund Stump, and named after Mount Analogue, a mythical mountain obscured by clouds, as described in the unfinished novel of the same name by Rene Dumal. This mountain was obscured by clouds during much of the visit by the USARP party.

Anandakrishnan Glacier
Anandakrishnan Glacier (-75.53333°N, -140.08333°W) is a glacier about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long draining through Ruppert Coast north of Strauss Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Penn State University geophysicist; glaciological interests focus on Antarctic ice sheet studies, ice stream migration, time-series investigations, and Antarctic tectonics.

Anare Mountains
Anare Mountains (-70.91667°N, 166°W) is a large group of mainly snow-covered peaks and ridges along the north coast of Victoria Land. The group is bounded on the north and east by the Pacific Ocean, on the west by Lillie Glacier, and on the south by Ebbe Glacier and Dennistoun Glacier. Mountains in this area were first sighted by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841. They were photographed during U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and were surveyed by United States Geological Survey (USGS) helicopter teams, 1962-63. Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, for the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE), 1962, under Phillip Law, which performed survey work along the coast.

Anare Nunataks
Anare Nunataks (-69.96667°N, 64.61667°W) is a group of mainly snow-covered ridges with exposed rock summits rising to 2,035 m, standing 16 nautical miles (30 km) south of Stinear Nunataks in Mac. Robertson Land. First visited in November 1955 by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party led by J.M. Bechervaise. The name is the initials of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions.

Anare Pass
Anare Pass (-71.21667°N, 166.61667°W) is a broad ice-covered pass at 1,200 m above sea level. The pass is the highest point on the glaciers that delimit the south side of Anare Mountains, separating the latter from the Admiralty and Concord Mountains to the south. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Anare Mountains.

Anchor Crag
Anchor Crag (-69.2°N, -66.2°W) is a rocky crag on the north side of Airy Glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) north-northeast of Mount Gilbert, in the central part of Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) on November 27, 1947, and surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), November 4, 1958. The United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) name is descriptive of a snow patch lodged on the face of the rock which, in 1958, closely resembled a ship's anchor.

Anchorage Bay
Anchorage Bay (-54.11667°N, -36.81667°W) is a small bay in the west side of Fortuna Bay, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Cape Best, along the north coast of South Georgia. Charted in 1929-30 by DI personnel and so named by them because it affords good anchorage.

Anchorage Island
Anchorage Island (-67.6°N, -68.21667°W) is an island lying 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) southeast of Lagoon Island in the Leonie Islands, off the southeast coast of Adelaide Island. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10. Named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, who visited the island in February 1936. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Anchorage Patch
Anchorage Patch (-68.56667°N, 77.91667°W) is a small, isolated shoal, the least depth of water over it being 6 fathoms, lying within Davis Anchorage, about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northwest of Torckler Rocks. The shoal was positioned by D'.T. Gale, ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) surveyor aboard the Thala Dan in 1961.

Anckorn Nunataks
Anckorn Nunataks (-70.23333°N, -63.2°W) is a group of nunataks and snow-covered hills, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, between Mount Bailey and Mount Samsel in the east part of Palmer Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after J.F. Anckorn, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist who worked in the vicinity of this feature.

Mount Ancla
Mount Ancla (-64.81667°N, -63.68333°W) is a mountain, 815 m, which is snow covered except for a rock ridge on its south side, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Cape Lancaster, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The mountain was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1944 and 1955. The name Monte Ancla (anchor mountain) first appears on an Argentine government chart of 1950.

Andenes Knoll
Andenes Knoll (-72.43333°N, -22.83333°W) is the southeastern most knoll in a group of three knolls (Andenes, Explora and Polarstern) in the Weddell Sea. Named for the Norwegian coast-guard vessel K.V. Andenes. Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6/97 (ACUF 271).

Anders Peak
Anders Peak (-71.75°N, 9.01667°W) is a peak, 2,135 m, rising 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Gruvletindane Crags of the Holtedahl Peaks, in the Orvin Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos and surveys by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named for Anders Vinten-Johansen, medical officer with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58.

Andersen Creek
Andersen Creek (-77.61667°N, 162.9°W) is a meltwater stream, 1,500 m long, flowing southwest along the east side of Canada Glacier into the northeast corner of Lake Hoare in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1996 after Dale T. Andersen, NASA limnologist, who established the camp at the base of the stream in 1978 and has conducted limnological studies in the area from that time. He participated in the first scuba diving investigations in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Andersen Escarpment
Andersen Escarpment (-85.13333°N, -91.61667°W) is a steep rock and snow escarpment located south of Reed Ridge on the west side of the Ford Massif, Thiel Mountains. The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur Ford, co-leaders of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Thiel Mountains party, 1960-61. Named for Bjorn G. Andersen, Norwegian professor of geology and glaciology at the University of Oslo, who was a member of the 1960-61 and 1961-62 USGS field parties to the Thiel Mountains.

Andersen Harbor
Andersen Harbor (-64.31667°N, -62.93333°W) is a small bay in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago, formed by the concave west side of Eta Island and the north end of Omega Island. Charted by DI in 1927 and probably named after Kapt. Ola Andersen of the factory ship Svend Foyn, following the usage of Norwegian whalers that had operated in the area. The harbor was surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948.

Andersen Island
Andersen Island (-67.43333°N, 63.36667°W) is an island 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Thorgaut Island in the Robinson Group. Mapped by British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson in February 1931; this area was also charted from the whale catcher the whale catcher Falk, who had assisted the Discovery with coal. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Anderson Dome
Anderson Dome (-73.5°N, -93.9°W) is a prominent ice-covered dome mountain (1,475 m) rising on the east side of Gopher Glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of similar-appearing Bonnabeau Dome, in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61, and named by them for Joe M. Anderson, United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic engineer with the party.

Anderson Glacier
Anderson Glacier (-66.4°N, -63.91667°W) is a heavily crevassed glacier, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, flowing southeast into Cabinet Inlet between Cape Casey and Balder Point, on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in December 1947. Named by the FIDS for Sir John Anderson, M.P., Lord President of the Council and member of the British War Cabinet (World War II).

Anderson Heights
Anderson Heights (-84.81667°N, -178.25°W) is a roughly rectangular snow-covered tableland, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, with an elevation somewhat over 2,400 m, located between Mount Bennett and Mount Butters in the east part of the Bush Mountains. Discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) on the flights of February 16, 1947, and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant George H. Anderson, U.S. Navy, pilot of Flight 8 of that date from Little America to the South Pole and return.

Anderson Hills
Anderson Hills (-84.5°N, -64°W) is an irregular group of hills, ridges and peaks between Mackin Table and the Thomas Hills in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) at the suggestion of Captain Finn Ronne, U.S. Navy Reserve, leader at Ellsworth Station, 1957. As Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1954-55, Robert Anderson had responsibilities for U.S. operations in Antarctica.

Anderson Icefalls
Anderson Icefalls (-71.35°N, 169°W) is an icefalls at the lower end of Pitkevitch Glacier terminating in a cliff face 30 m high, located just southeast of Atkinson Cliffs along the north coast of Victoria Land. Charted in 1911 by Commander Victor L.A. Campbell's Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition probably for Mr. Anderson of the firm, John Anderson and Sons, Engineers, who owned Lyttelton Foundry, and took great interest in the expedition.

Anderson Knoll
Anderson Knoll (-77.9°N, 163.43333°W) is the southernmost nunatak in Granite Knolls, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of the main massif and marginal to Blue Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Klaus G. Anderson (d. 1991), civil engineering technician, United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1960-90; member of the USGS field team which established geodetic control in the Hudson Mountains, Jones Mountains, Thurston Island and Farwell Island areas of Walgreen Coast and Eights Coast during the 1968-69 season.

Anderson Massif
Anderson Massif (-79.16667°N, -84.75°W) is a prominent ice-covered massif about 10 nautical miles (18 km) across and rising to 2,190 m, located at the juncture of Splettstoesser and Minnesota Glaciers in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John J. Anderson, geologist, field leader of the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1961-62.

Anderson Nunataks
Anderson Nunataks (-75.1°N, -68.3°W) is a group of nunataks forming the northeast end of Sweeny Mountains, In Ellsworth Land. Discovered and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from Survey and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard E. Anderson, aviation electronics technician on R4D flights in 1961, including a November 4, 1961 reconnaissance flight from Byrd Station to the Eights Coast.

Anderson Peninsula
Anderson Peninsula (-69.8°N, 160.21667°W) is a low ice-covered peninsula, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, terminating in Belousov Point. The feature lies between Gillett Ice Shelf and Suvorov Glacier on the coastal margin of the Wilson Hills. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (later Capt.) Richard E. Anderson, CEC, U.S. Navy, base public works officer at McMurdo Sound during Operation Deep Freeze I and II. He wintered over in the McMurdo area during the latter operation, 1957.

Anderson Pyramid
Anderson Pyramid (-70.76667°N, 159.93333°W) is a distinctive pyramidal peak, the southernmost member of the Bigler Nunataks, in the Usarp Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Staff Sgt. Robert J. Anderson, USA, non-commissioned officer in charge of the enlisted detachment of the helicopter group supporting the United States Geological Survey (USGS) survey Topo East-West, 1962-63, which included the survey of this feature.

Anderson Ridge
Anderson Ridge (-85.78333°N, -155.4°W) is a ridge 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, rising above the middle of the head of Koerwitz Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Arthur J. Anderson, meteorologist with the South Pole Station winter party, 1960.

Anderson Scarp
Anderson Scarp (-77.55°N, 161.35°W) is an acclivity and cliff (935 m) about 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) west of Hall Bluff on the Dais, Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Kent Anderson, Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, Albuquerque, NM, from 1992; played a key role in the installation of the VNDA seismograph station (Bull Pass, near Lake Vanda) in the early 1990s.

Anderson Summit
Anderson Summit (-85.05°N, -90.88333°W) is the highest peak (2,810 m) in the Thiel Mountains, on top of the Ford Massif and directly southeast of Walker Ridge. It is snow covered except for bare rock at the top. The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur Ford, co-leaders of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Thiel Mountains party, 1960-61. The peak was climbed by Ford in 1961. Named for Charles A. Anderson, then chief geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Cape Anderson
Cape Anderson (-60.76667°N, -44.58333°W) is a cape which marks the east side of the entrance to Mill Cove on the south coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, who named it for his secretary, Nan Anderson.

Mount Anderson
Mount Anderson (-78.15°N, -86.21667°W) is a mountain (4,255 m) located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Mount Bentley in the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party, 1957-58, under C.R. Bentley, and named for Vernon H. Anderson, glaciologist at Byrd Station, 1957, a member of the party.

Andersson Island
Andersson Island (-63.58333°N, -56.58333°W) is an island 7 nautical miles (13 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of Jonassen Island at the west side of the south entrance to Antarctic Sound, off the northeast tip of Antarctic Peninsula. This island was named Uruguay Island by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold, after the Argentine ship Uruguay which participated in the rescue of the ship-wrecked Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1903. In 1904, the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, apparently unaware of the Swedish naming, gave the name Uruguay to an island off the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Since it is confusing to have two islands in close proximity identically named, and because Charcot's Uruguay Island has appeared more widely on maps and in reports, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) accepts the decision of the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) that the name given this island by Nordenskjold be altered. The new name commemorates J. Gunnar Andersson, who was second-in-command of Nordenskjold's expedition. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Andersson Nunatak
Andersson Nunatak (-63.36667°N, -57°W) is a nunatak 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Sheppard Point, standing above the coastal ice cliffs on the north shore of Hope Bay, at the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by J. Gunnar Andersson's party of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition which wintered at Hope Bay in 1903. Named for Andersson by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following their survey of the area in 1945.

Andersson Peak
Andersson Peak (-64.86667°N, -61.03333°W) is an ice-capped peak, 1,230 m, with rocky exposures on its east side, lying 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of Cape Fairweather on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and named by them for Karl Andreas Andersson, zoologist with the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, who explored along this coast in 1902.

Andersson Ridge
Andersson Ridge (-74.71667°N, 162.61667°W) is a ridge, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, in southern Eisenhower Range, forming the north wall of Reeves Glacier between the mouths of Anderton and Carnein Glaciers, in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lars E. Andersson, cosmic radiation scientist, South Pole Station winter party of 1966.

Anderton Glacier
Anderton Glacier (-74.68333°N, 162.36667°W) is a tributary glacier, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, descending the south slopes of Eisenhower Range to enter Reeves Glacier between Mount Matz and Andersson Ridge, in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Peter W. Anderton, glaciologist at McMurdo Station, summer 1965-66.

Mount Andes
Mount Andes (-85.88333°N, -146.76667°W) is a peak, 2,525 m, in the southeast part of the Tapley Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Paul G. Andes, U.S. Navy, pilot at McMurdo Station, 1962-63 and 1963-64.

Andreaea Plateau
Andreaea Plateau (-60.68333°N, -45.61667°W) is a small plateau with an average elevation of 180 m, located southwest of Robin Peak, Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The feature is notable for the largest known stand in the Antarctic of the black-brown moss Andreaea spp.

Cape Andreas
Cape Andreas (-64°N, -60.71667°W) is a cape marking the east side of the entrance to Curtiss Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) and named for Karl Andreas Andersson, zoologist of the expedition.

Andreassen Point
Andreassen Point (-63.9°N, -57.76667°W) is a low ice-free point in northern James Ross Island, fronting on Herbert Sound, 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Cape Lachman. Probably first seen by Nordenskjold in 1903. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1945. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for F.L. Andreassen, first mate on the Antarctic, the ship of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04.

Andree Island
Andree Island (-64.51667°N, -61.51667°W) is an island lying in Recess Cove, Charlotte Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Salomon A. Andree (1854-97), Swedish engineer who attempted to fly over the North Pole by balloon in 1897, perishing in the attempt. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Andree
Mount Andree (-53.03333°N, 73.36667°W) is an ice-free hill, 140 m, surmounting the small headland between Cave and West Bays on the west side of Heard Island. First charted and named by Edgar Aubert de la Rue, French geologist aboard the whale catcher Kildalkey, who with his wife Andree undertook geological investigations along the north and west sides of the island in January 1929. The feature was determined to form part of a dissected volcanic crater by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), under Mawson, which visited the area in November 1929 and applied the name Cave Bay Hill. The approved name, a shortened form of Mont Andree de la Rue, was recommended by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) in 1954.

Andresen Island
Andresen Island (-66.88333°N, -66.66667°W) is an island 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long and rising over 610 m, lying in the middle of the entrance to Lallemand Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by him for the manager of the Magellan Whaling Co. at the company's Deception Island base, who provided coal for the expedition. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Andrew Glacier
Andrew Glacier (-63.88333°N, -59.66667°W) is a glacier 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing northeast into Charcot Bay immediately west of Webster Peaks, northern Graham Land. Charted in 1948 by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who named the feature for Dr. J.D. Andrew, medical officer at the FIDS Hope Bay station in 1946-47.

Andrews Creek
Andrews Creek (-77.61667°N, 163.05°W) is a glacial meltwater stream which flows south along the east margin of Canada Glacier into the west end of Lake Fryxell, in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. The name was suggested by hydrologist Diane McKnight, leader of a United States Geological Survey (USGS) team which made extensive studies of the hydrology and geochemistry of streams and ponds in the Lake Fryxell basin, 1987-94. Named after USGS hydrologist Edmund Andrews, a member of the field team who studied glacier hydrology during the 1987-88 and 1991-92 summer seasons.

Andrews Peak
Andrews Peak (-72.28333°N, 165.41667°W) is a peak (2,400 m) in the Destination Nunataks, 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Pyramid Peak in north Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) after Peter Andrews, geologist with the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) Evans Neve field party, 1971-72, who worked in this area.

Andrews Peaks
Andrews Peaks (-77.13333°N, -144.05°W) is a line of rock peaks 3 nautical miles (6 km) long near the head of Arthur Glacier, situated between Mount Warner and Mount Crow in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Stephen T. Andrews, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist, scientific leader at Byrd Station in 1969.

Andrews Point
Andrews Point (-64.5°N, -62.91667°W) is a point between Hackapike Bay and Inverleith Harbor on the northeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted and named in 1927 by DI personnel on the Discovery.

Andrews Ridge
Andrews Ridge (-77.65°N, 162.83333°W) is a gentle ridge, the northern arm of Nussbaum Riegel, which trends eastward to the south of Suess Glacier and Lake Chad in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Named by Griffith Taylor, leader of the Western Journey Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.

Andrews Rocks
Andrews Rocks (-54.06667°N, -38°W) is a small group of rocks 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) east of Cape Paryadin, South Georgia. The rocks are bare of vegetation and awash in heavy seas. The name Andrews Islands was probably given by Lieutenant Commander J.M. Chaplin, Royal Navy, of the Discovery during his survey of the area in 1926. The SGS, 1955-56, reported that "rocks" is a more suitable descriptive term for this group.

Mount Andrews
Mount Andrews (-85.95°N, -149.68333°W) is a mountain, 2,480 m, standing between Mount Danforth and Mount Gerdel on the south side of Albanus Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ensign Stanley J. Andrews, U.S. Navy, who accompanied Lieutenant George W. Warden in aircraft flights over the Queen Maud Mountains during U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47.

Cape Andreyev
Cape Andreyev (-68.91667°N, 155.2°W) is a cape which marks the southeast limit of the Slava Ice Shelf. Photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1956. Named by the Soviets in 1960 for Professor A.I. Andreyev, investigator of the history of geographic discovery.

Mount Andreyev
Mount Andreyev (-71.76667°N, 10.21667°W) is a mountain, 2,320 m, standing close southwest of Mount Dallmann where it forms part of the southwest wall of Brattebotnen Cirque, in the Orvin Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Probably first seen by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after Soviet historical geographer A.I. Andreyev.

Mount Andromeda
Mount Andromeda (-57.08333°N, -26.65°W) is the higher (550 m) and more southerly of the twin ice domes, this one marking the summit of Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 in association with nearby Mount Perseus. The name refers to a mythical heroine rescued from a sea monster by the hero Perseus.

Andrus Point
Andrus Point (-73.88333°N, 165.8°W) is a prominent, rocky, digit-like point that juts eastward into Lady Newnes Bay toward the floating glacier tongue of the Parker Glacier, in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander H.R. Andrus, logistics officer on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1962-66.

Mount Andrus
Mount Andrus (-75.8°N, -132.23333°W) is a peak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Boennighausen in the southeast extremity of Ames Range, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1964-68. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Carl H. Andrus, U.S. Navy, medical officer and Officer-in-Charge of Byrd Station in 1964.

Andvord Bay
Andvord Bay (-64.83333°N, -62.65°W) is a bay 9 nautical miles (17 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, which lies between Beneden Head and Duthiers Point along the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache, and named by him for Rolf Andvord, Belgian consul at Christiania (Oslo) at that time.

Anemometer Hill
Anemometer Hill (-68.18333°N, -67°W) is a hill 25 m high northeast of Fishtrap Cove on Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay. Surveyed by the East Base party of the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939-41, which built its base on this island. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because the hill was the site of an anemometer in 1961.

Mount Angier
Mount Angier (-83.35°N, 161°W) is a prominent peak in the Moore Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for Lieutenant Commander Donald L. Angier, U.S. Navy, pilot of the reconnaissance, landing and pick-up flights in this area.

Angino Buttress
Angino Buttress (-78.23333°N, 158.7°W) is a prominent buttress-type mountain near the center of the Skelton Icefalls. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for Ernest E. Angino, geologist at McMurdo Station, 1959-60.

Angle Peak
Angle Peak (-71.75°N, -62.05°W) is a small but dominant peak that rises from one of the main spurs on the north side of Condor Peninsula. The feature stands close south of where Cline Glacier enters Odom Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for J. Phillip Angle, of the Smithsonian Institution, who made bird life observations off the west coast of South America (1965) and Antarctic areas southward to Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula (1966). He collaborated with George E. Watson in writing Birds of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic, 1975.

Angot Point
Angot Point (-63.8°N, -61.68333°W) is a point which marks the south tip of Hoseason Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Named by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05, for Alfred Angot, Asst. Dir. of the French Meteorological Service and member of the commission which published the scientific results of the expedition.

Angus Nunatak
Angus Nunatak (-85.36667°N, -124.23333°W) is the northern of two nunataks which lie close north of Mount Brecher in the Wisconsin Range, Horlick Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Gordon W. Angus, ionospheric physicist, Byrd Station winter party, 1961.

Aniline Island
Aniline Island (-54.31667°N, -36.46667°W) is a small, flat-topped, rocky island, 5 m high, lying 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) south-southwest of Dartmouth Point in Moraine Fjord, South Georgia. The island appears on earlier charts, but the name was given by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1951 following a sketch survey. The feature is one of a group in the vicinity named after the chemical stain used in the preparation of histological examination of spcimens collected by FIDS. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Ann Island
Ann Island (-68.13333°N, -67.1°W) is an island in the Debenham Islands, lying southeast of Barbara Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill, and named by him for a daughter of Frank Debenham, member of the BGLE Advisory Committee. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cape Ann
Cape Ann (-66.16667°N, 51.36667°W) is a projecting cape on the coast, surmounted by Mount Biscoe which rises to 700 meters. Photographed from the air on December 22, 1929 by a Norwegian expedition under Riiser-Larsen in a flight from the Norvegia, and on January 14, 1930 photographed from the Discovery by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson. Both expeditions believed the peak rising just south of the cape to be the same as that discovered on March 16, 1831 and named Cape Ann by John Biscoe. The name Cape Ann, probably after Biscoe's wife, has been retained for the projecting cape; the surmounting peak was named Mount Biscoe by Mawson.

Anna Cove
Anna Cove (-64.58333°N, -62.43333°W) is a cove immediately east of Cape Anna at the north end of Arctowski Peninsula, along the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition on January 30, 1898, and named in association with Cape Anna.

Anna Glacier
Anna Glacier (-62.03333°N, -58.2°W) is a glacier flowing southeast between Rose Peak and Rea Peak, tributary to Polonia Glacier/Polonia Ice Piedmont at the head of King George Bay, King George Island. Named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1981, after Anna Tokarska, field assistant of PAE geological party to King George Island, 1979-80, and wife of Antoni K. Tokarski (Tokarski Peak, q.v.).

Cape Anna
Cape Anna (-64.58333°N, -62.43333°W) is a prominent black cape rising to 280 m, forming the north tip of Arctowski Peninsula on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, and named after Mme. Ernest (Anna) Osterrieth, who gave financial assistance to the expedition.

Annandags Peaks
Annandags Peaks (-72.53333°N, -6.3°W) is a group of small, isolated peaks about 15 nautical miles (28 km) southwest of Jule Peaks in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Annandagstoppane (the next day's peaks).

Cape Annawan
Cape Annawan (-72.33333°N, -95.41667°W) is an ice-covered cape which marks the east extremity of Thurston Island and the northwest entrance to Seraph Bay. Discovered in helicopter flights from the USS Burton Island and Glacier by personnel of the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the ship Annawan, of the United States Expedition of 1829-31, which with the Penguin sailed west from the South Shetland Islands in February 1830, holding a course between 62S and 58S and exploring as far as 103W, northward of this cape.

Anne Hill
Anne Hill (-78.23333°N, 162.71667°W) is the most prominent hill on Radian Ridge in Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. It rises to 2,079 m at the east side of Lava Tongue Pass. Named after Anne C. Wright (later Anne Wright-Grassham), a geologist with the New Zealand Geological Survey field party in this area, 1977-78; geologist with United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) field parties, 1982-83, 1983-84, and 1985-86 seasons, with work at Ross Island, Minna Bluff, Mount Discovery, Mount Morning, and Mason Spur.

Cape Anne
Cape Anne (-73.61667°N, 169.85°W) is a cape which marks the southeast extremity of Coulman Island, located in the Ross Sea near the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered in January 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross and named by him for his wife.

Mount Anne (Antarctica)
Mount Anne (-83.8°N, 168.5°W) is a mountain, 3,870 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Mount Elizabeth, in Queen Alexandra Range. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for Anne Dawson-Lambton, a supporter of the expedition.

Annenkov Island
Annenkov Island (-54.48333°N, -37.08333°W) is an irregularly-shaped island 4 nautical miles (7 km) long and 650 m high, lying 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the south-central coast of South Georgia. Discovered in January 1775 by a British expedition under Cook, who named it "Pickersgills Island" for Lieutenant Richard Pickersgill of the expedition ship Resolution. Resighted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen, who, thinking he was the discoverer of the island, named it Annenkov Island for Lieutenant Mikhail Annenkov, officer on the expedition ship Pickersgill has become established for a group of islands 15 nautical miles (28 km) to the southeast. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Annexstad Peak
Annexstad Peak (-76.68333°N, -125.86667°W) is a partially ice-free peak (2,610 m) on the west side of the crater rim of Mount Cumming, in the Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John O. Annexstad, geomagnetician and station seismologist at Byrd Station, 1958; later with the Meteorite Working Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.

Anniversary Bluff
Anniversary Bluff (-78.55°N, 164.25°W) is a rock bluff 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Birthday Bluffs on the south side of Mason Spur, Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The bluff rises to about 1,300 meters. The name was suggested by geologist Anne C. Wright, Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, whose field party visited the bluff on November 29, 1983, her parents' wedding anniversary.

Ant Hill
Ant Hill (-78.78333°N, 161.45°W) is a hill, 1,310 m, rising steeply on the west side of the Skelton Glacier between Ant Hill Glacier and Dilemma Glacier. Surveyed and named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58. So named by geological members because of the prominent anticline in the bluff below the hill.

Ant Hill Glacier
Ant Hill Glacier (-78.81667°N, 161.5°W) is a glacier between Ant Hill and Bareface Bluff, rising in the Worcester Range and flowing northeast into Skelton Glacier. Surveyed and named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58. Named in association with Ant Hill.

Antarctic Bay
Antarctic Bay (-54.1°N, -36.98333°W) is a bay 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide which recedes southwest 4 nautical miles (7 km), entered between Antarctic Point and Morse Point on the north coast of South Georgia. Probably first sighted by a British expedition under Cook in 1775. It was explored in 1902 by members of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, under Nordenskjold, who named it for their ship, the Antarctic.

Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula (-69.5°N, -65°W) is the major peninsula of Antarctica, extending from Prime Head in the north to a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland coast south of Eklund Islands. The first sighting of Antarctic Peninsula is contested but it apparently occurred in the 1820's. Agreement on this name by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) and United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1964 resolved a long-standing difference involving use of the American name, Palmer Peninsula, and the British name, Graham Land, for this feature. (Graham Land is now restricted to that part of Antarctic Peninsula northward of a line between Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz; Palmer Land to the part southward of that line.)

Antarctic Point
Antarctic Point (-54.06667°N, -36.96667°W) is a point which marks the west side of the entrance to Antarctic Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. Charted in the period 1926-30 by DI personnel, who named it after nearby Antarctic Bay.

Antarctic Sound
Antarctic Sound (-63.33333°N, -56.75°W) is a body of water about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and from 7 to 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide, separating the Joinville Island group from the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula. The sound was named by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold for the expedition ship Antarctic which in 1902, under the command of Captain C.A. Larsen, was the first vessel to navigate it.

Mount Antell
Mount Antell (-54.11667°N, -36.7°W) is a mountain rising above 610 m, overlooking the north coast of South Georgia midway between Bjelland and Hercules Points. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Georg Antell, foreman of the South Georgia Whaling Co. station at nearby Leith Harbor, 1913-39.

Antenna Island
Antenna Island (-69°N, 39.58333°W) is a small island lying midway between Nesoya and East Ongul Island, the latter the site of the scientific station of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expeditions in Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957. The name "Antena-jima" (Antenna Island) was given by JARE Headquarters in 1972. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Antevs Glacier
Antevs Glacier (-67.31667°N, -66.81667°W) is a glacier on Arrowsmith Peninsula, Graham Land, flowing north between Seue Peaks and Boyle Mountains into Muller Ice Shelf, Lallemand Fjord. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 after Ernst V. Antevs, American glacial geologist.

Anthony Bluff
Anthony Bluff (-79.1°N, 160.11667°W) is a conspicuous rock bluff along the south wall of Mulock Glacier, about 9 nautical miles (17 km) northwest of Cape Lankester. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Alexander Anthony, United States Air Force (USAF), in charge of science and publications on the staff of the U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer, 1963-65.

Anthony Glacier
Anthony Glacier (-69.78333°N, -62.75°W) is a glacier which flows in an east-southeast direction to the east coast of Palmer Land where it terminates opposite the south tip of Hearst Island. The upper part of this glacier was seen by a sledge party of the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill in 1936-37. The glacier was seen from the seaward side in 1940 by a sledging party from East Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), and in 1947 was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne. Named by Ronne for Alexander Anthony of the J.P. Stevens Co., New York, which contributed windproof clothing to the RARE.

Antipodes Fracture Zone
Antipodes Fracture Zone (-60°N, -151°W) is an undersea fracture zone named in association with Antipodes Island. Name proposed by Dr. Steven C. Cande, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Name approved 9/97 (ACUF 272).

Anton Island
Anton Island (-66.03333°N, 134.46667°W) is a low ice-capped island about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long. It lies 5 nautical miles (9 km) north-northeast of Lewis Island, just outside the east side of the entrance to Davis Bay. Discovered in 1956 from the landed on the island on January 18, 1960. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Anton Moyell, first officer on the Magga Dan in 1960. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Anuchin Glacier
Anuchin Glacier (-71.28333°N, 13.51667°W) is a glacier draining southward to Lake Unter-See in the northern part of the Gruber Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after D.N. Anuchin, Soviet geographer.

Anvers Island
Anvers Island (-64.55°N, -63.58333°W) is a high, mountainous island 38 nautical miles (70 km) long, which is the largest feature in the Palmer Archipelago, lying southwest of Brabant Island at the southwest end of the group. Named in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache after the province of Anvers, Belgium. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Anvil Crag
Anvil Crag (-62.2°N, -58.48333°W) is a rock crag rising to 300 m 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west-southwest of Sphinx Hill, King George Island. The vertical crag is at the head of a medial moraine. Descriptively named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977; with its three rock faces and flat top, it has the appearance of an anvil.

Anvil Pond
Anvil Pond (-77.53333°N, 160.8°W) is a freshwater frozen pond to the west of Healy Trough and 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) northwest of Rodriquez Pond in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. The name was suggested by a United States Antarctic Program (USAP) field party, 2003-04, because a rock in this small pond looks like an anvil.

Anvil Rock
Anvil Rock (-65.23333°N, -64.26667°W) is a rock between Grotto Island and the southeast end of Forge Islands in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. The name is descriptive.

Anvil Stacks
Anvil Stacks (-54.16667°N, -37.7°W) is a two conspicuous sea stacks which lie close south of the entrance to Elephant Cove, off the south coast and near the west end of South Georgia. The name "Elephant Bay Islands," derived from nearby Elephant Cove (formerly Elephant Bay), has been used locally for this feature by some South Georgia sealers. The descriptive name Anvil Stacks, a less cumbersome name, was suggested by the SGS following their survey in 1951-52.

Anzac Peak
Anzac Peak (-53°N, 73.3°W) is an ice-covered peak (715 m) which marks the highest point on Laurens Peninsula, the northwest arm of Heard Island. The peak appears to have been roughly shown on an 1860 sketch map prepared by Captain H.C. Chester, American sealer operating in the area during this period. The name Anzac Peak was applied by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) on April 25, 1948 to commemorate Anzac Day, the holiday on which the area was surveyed.

Aogori Bay
Aogori Bay (-69.21667°N, 39.73333°W) is a small bay in the western side of Langhovde Hills along the coast of Queen Maud Land. The bay lies just south of Mount Futago. Mapped from surveys and air photos by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62. The name "Aogoriwan" (blue ice bay) was adopted by JARE Headquarters in 1972.

Mount Aorangi
Mount Aorangi (-72.41667°N, 166.36667°W) is the highest mountain, 3,135 m, in the Millen Range. So named by the NZFMCAE, 1962-63, because of this mountain's cloud-piercing ability, and also in memory of Mount Cook, New Zealand, known to the Maori people as "Aorangi" (the cloud piercer).

Aorta Ridge
Aorta Ridge (-78.1°N, 163.5°W) is the ridge extends eastward to Holiday Peak, which has a variant name of "The Heart."

Apendice Island
Apendice Island (-64.18333°N, -61.03333°W) is an island lying northwest of Charles Point in Hughes Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1957. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Apfel Glacier
Apfel Glacier (-66.41667°N, 100.58333°W) is a glacier about 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide and 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, flowing west-northwest along the south flank of Bunger Hills and terminating in Edisto Ice Tongue. Mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Earl T. Apfel, professor of geology at Syracuse University, who served as geologist with the U.S. Navy Operation Windmill parties, 1947-48, which established astronomical control stations along Queen Mary, Knox and Budd Coasts.

Aphrodite Glacier
Aphrodite Glacier (-68.78333°N, -64.53333°W) is a glacier 15 nautical miles (28 km) long flowing north to the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Victory Nunatak. The lower portion of the feature was first plotted by W.L.G. Joerg from aerial photographs taken by Sir Hubert Wilkins in December 1928 and Lincoln Ellsworth in November 1935. The glacier was subsequently photographed by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in December 1947 (Trimetrogon air photography) and surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in December 1958 and November 1960. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Aphrodite, goddess of love in Greek mythology.

Apocalypse Peaks
Apocalypse Peaks (-77.38333°N, 160.85°W) is a group of peaks with a highest point of 2,360 m, standing east of Willett Range and between the Barwick and Balham Valleys, in Victoria Land. So named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958-59) because the peaks are cut by talus slopes which gives them the appearance of the "Riders of the Apocalypse."

Apollo Glacier
Apollo Glacier (-68.83333°N, -64.75°W) is a glacier, 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, flowing northeast and joining the lower part of Aphrodite Glacier 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. The lower part of this glacier was first plotted by W.L.G. Joerg from aerial photographs taken by Sir Hubert Wilkins in December 1928 and Lincoln Ellsworth in November 1935. The glacier was subsequently photographed by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in December 1947 (Trimetrogon air photography) and roughly surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in November 1960. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Apollo, the god of manly youth and beauty in Greek mythology.

Apollo Island
Apollo Island (-70.25°N, -1.91667°W) is a small ice-covered island about 18 nautical miles (33 km) east-northeast of Blaskimen Island in the northwest part of the Fimbul Ice Shelf, Queen Maud Land. The island is 10 nautical miles (18 km) east-northeast of the site of the South African Sanae Station. The name Apollo appears to be first used on a South African map of 1969. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Apollo Peak
Apollo Peak (-77.5°N, 160.8°W) is a dolerite capped peak rising to 1,900 m west of Mount Electra in the Olympus Range, Victoria Land. The peak was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1984 after work carried out by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP). Named after the god Apollo, in association with other names from Greek mythology in this range.

Mount Apolotok
Mount Apolotok (-72.25°N, 164.48333°W) is a high, prominent red granite peak, 2,555 m, in the Salamander Range, Freyberg Mountains. The name is of Eskimo origin, meaning "the big red one," and was given by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64.

Apostrophe Island
Apostrophe Island (-73.51667°N, 167.43333°W) is a small ice-covered island lying close off Spatulate Ridge in Lady Newnes Bay, Victoria Land. The name is descriptive of the appearance of the island in plan and was given by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1966. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Appalachia Nunataks
Appalachia Nunataks (-69.73333°N, -71.06667°W) is a nunataks rising to about 600 m on the west side of Elgar Uplands, Alexander Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after the Delius composition Appalachia (1902), in association with Delius Glacier and the names of composers in this area.

Point Appleby
Point Appleby (-67.41667°N, 59.6°W) is a point on the western side of an unnamed island lying 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) south of Warren Island in William Scoresby Bay. Discovered, charted and named by DI personnel on the William Scoresby in February 1936, as a point on the eastern shore of the bay. Later mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, as a point on an island near the eastern side of the bay.

Arago Glacier
Arago Glacier (-64.85°N, -62.38333°W) is a glacier flowing into Andvord Bay just northwest of Moser Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Dominique-Francois-Jean Arago (1786-1853), French geodesist who first demonstrated the application of photography to mapmaking in 1839.

Arai Terraces
Arai Terraces (-83.2°N, 163.6°W) is a series of crevassed terraces and icefalls close southward of Fazekas Hills, near the head of Lowery Glacier. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1959-60) because the feature is a natural barrier to sledge travel which the party was unable to traverse. Arai is the Maori term for barrier.

Aramis Range
Aramis Range (-70.61667°N, 67°W) is the third range south in the Prince Charles Mountains, situated 11 nautical miles (20 km) southeast of the Porthos Range and extending for about 30 nautical miles (60 km) in a SW-NE direction. First visited in January 1957 by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) southern party led by W.G. Bewsher, who named it for a character in Alexander Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers, the most popular book read on the southern journey.

Arch Pond
Arch Pond (-54.23333°N, -36.5°W) is a pond between Burnet Cove and Poa Cove, to the east of Maiviken, South Georgia. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) from the natural arch in the rocky point just west of the pond.

Archambault Ridge
Archambault Ridge (-73.7°N, 162.91667°W) is a ridge which descends from the Deep Freeze Range to Campbell Glacier between Rainey and Recoil Glaciers in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant John L. Archambault, U.S. Navy, medical officer at McMurdo Station, 1967.

Archer Glacier
Archer Glacier (-65.16667°N, -63.08333°W) is a glacier flowing northwest into the head of Bolson Cove, Flandres Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Frederick S. Archer (1813-57), English architect who in 1849 invented the wet collodion process of photography, the first practical process on glass.

Archer Peak
Archer Peak (-71.86667°N, 171.16667°W) is a peak, 110 m, on the southwest extremity of Possession Island. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, presumably for A. Archer, Esq., of Australia, mentioned in the preface to Borchgrevink's First on the Antarctic Continent, or for Colin Archer who designed Borchgrevink's vessel, the Southern Cross.

Archer Point
Archer Point (-69.18333°N, 157.65°W) is a rocky point on the coast marking the west side of Harald Bay. Discovered in February 1911 by Lieutenant H.L.L. Pennell, Royal Navy, in the Terra Nova, expedition ship of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, under Scott. Named after W.W. Archer, chief steward of the expedition.

Cape Archer
Cape Archer (-76.85°N, 162.86667°W) is a cape which marks the north side of the entrance to Granite Harbor on the coast of Victoria Land. Named by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) for W.W. Archer, chief steward of the expedition.

Mount Archer (Antarctica)
Mount Archer (-69.2°N, 157.65°W) is a rock peak immediately south of Archer Point on the west side of Harald Bay. The peak was mapped from air photos taken in February 1959 by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (Magga Dan) led by Phillip Law. Named after Archer Point.