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Archibald Point
Archibald Point (-63.2°N, -56.66667°W) is an exposed rocky point on the southwest side of Bransfield Island in Antarctic Sound. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) (1963) for George K. Archibald, first officer of RRS Shackleton, one of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) ships.

Arcondo Nunatak
Arcondo Nunatak (-82.13333°N, -41.61667°W) is a nunatak, 780 m, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of Mount Spann in the Panzarini Hills portion of the Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Mayor Pedro Arcondo, Argentine officer in charge at General Belgrano Station, 1959-61.

Mount Arcone
Mount Arcone (-81.71667°N, 161.03333°W) is a horseshoe-shaped mountain rising to 1350 m in Nash Range, Churchill Mountains. It stands at the east side of Dickey Glacier, 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Mount Canopus. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Steven A. Arcone, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), who conducted ground radar traverses and airborne radar surveys in the South Pole area, Transantarctic Mountains, and ice sheet of West Antarctica during six field seasons, 1993-2002.

Arctowski Cove
Arctowski Cove (-62.15°N, -58.48333°W) is a small cove at the southeast side of Point Thomas in Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Named by a Polish Antarctic Expedition (1977-79) after Henryk Arctowski, Polish meteorologist with the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, and in association with the Henryk Arctowski research station on Point Thomas.

Arctowski Dome
Arctowski Dome (-62.13333°N, -58.63333°W) is an axial, main ice dome of King George Island, between 57�45'W and 58�50'W. Named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after Henryk Arctowski (1871-1958), American meteorologist of Polish birth (Arctowski Cove, q.v.).

Arctowski Nunatak
Arctowski Nunatak (-65.1°N, -60°W) is a nunatak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Hertha Nunatak in the Seal Nunataks group, off the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold during a sledge journey in 1902, and named by him for Henryk Arctowski, Polish geologist, oceanographer, and meteorologist of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99.

Arctowski Peak
Arctowski Peak (-73.73333°N, -61.46667°W) is a somewhat isolated ice-covered peak, 1,410 m, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) west-southwest of the head of Howkins Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS). During 1947 the peak was photographed from the air by members of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), under Ronne, who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted it from the ground. Named by the FIDS for Henryk Arctowski.

Arctowski Peninsula
Arctowski Peninsula (-64.75°N, -62.41667°W) is a peninsula, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long in a north-south direction, lying between Andvord and Wilhelmina Bays on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache. The name, for Henryk Arctowski of that expedition was suggested by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for this hitherto unnamed feature.

Ardery Island
Ardery Island (-66.36667°N, 110.45°W) is a steep, rocky island, 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) long, lying 1.1 nautical miles (2.0 km) west of Odbert Island 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 Maj. E.R. Ardery, Army Corps of Engineers observer who assisted U.S. Navy Operation Windmill parties in establishing astronomical control stations between Wilhelm II Coast and Budd Coast during the 1947-48 season. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Ardley Cove
Ardley Cove (-62.2°N, -58.95°W) is a cove that lies north of Ardley Island in Maxwell Bay, King George Island. It was named "Caleta Ardley" by an Argentine expedition (about 1957) in association with Ardley Island.

Ardley Island
Ardley Island (-62.21667°N, -58.93333°W) is an island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying in Maxwell Bay close off the southwest end of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted as a peninsula in 1935 by DI personnel of the Discovery II and named for Lieutenant R.A.B. Ardley, Royal Navy Reserve, officer on the ship in 1929-31 and 1931-33. Air photos have since shown that the feature is an island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Arena Corner
Arena Corner (-69.85°N, -68.03333°W) is an arcuate nunatak at the north end of the Traverse Mountains, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of McHugo Peak, on the Rymill Coast, Palmer Land. The name is descriptive of the shape of this feature, which serves as a landmark in the area. Named in 1977 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC).

Arena Glacier
Arena Glacier (-63.4°N, -57.05°W) is a glacier 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing northeast from Mount Taylor into Hope Bay 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Sheppard Point, at the extremity of Trinity Peninsula. Mapped in 1948 and 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and so named by them because the flat ice floor of the glacier's upper half, surrounded by the steep slopes of Twin Peaks, Mount Taylor and Blade Ridge, resembles an arena.

Arena Saddle
Arena Saddle (-77.88333°N, 160.8°W) is a saddle 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Altar Mountain, situated at mid-point on the east-west ridge which forms the head of Arena Valley in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. Named in association with Arena Valley. The name was approved by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) from a proposal by C.T. McElroy who, with G. Rose and K.J. Whitby, carried out geological work in these mountains, 1980-81.

Arena Valley
Arena Valley (-77.83333°N, 160.98333°W) is an ice-free valley, between East Beacon and New Mountain, which opens to the south side of Taylor Glacier in Victoria Land. Given this descriptive name by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1958-59.

Arenite Ridge
Arenite Ridge (-69.68333°N, -69.53333°W) is a steep-sided rock and snow ridge in northern Alexander Island, extending 15 nautical miles (28 km) in a north-south direction and forming the eastern wall of Toynbee Glacier. The ridge includes Mount Tyrrell and Mount Tilley. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 from the sandstone-type rocks that form this feature.

Ares Cliff
Ares Cliff (-71.81667°N, -68.25°W) is a cliff formed of pale-colored sandstone which rises to about 500 m, located east of Mars Glacier and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Two Step Cliffs on the east side of Alexander Island. The feature was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and from survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with Mars Glacier after the Greek god of war, Ares.

Areta Rock
Areta Rock (-82.1°N, -41.08333°W) is a rock 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Spann in the Panzarini Hills portion of the Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Eduardo Ferrin Areta, Argentine officer in charge at Ellsworth Station, winter 1961.

Argentina Glacier
Argentina Glacier (-62.68333°N, -60.4°W) is a glacier flowing northwest from Hurd Dome and terminating near Argentina Cove, South Bay, Livingston Island. The name Argentina Glacier was given in association with Argentina Cove by the Spanish Antarctic Expedition, about 1995.

Argentina Range
Argentina Range (-82.33333°N, -42°W) is a range of rock peaks and bluffs, 42 nautical miles (80 km) long, lying 35 nautical miles (60 km) east of the north part of Forrestal Range in the northeast portion of the Pensacola Mountains. Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 in the course of a U.S. Navy transcontinental nonstop plane flight from McMurdo Sound to Weddell Sea and return. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Argentina, which for many years from 1955 maintained a scientific station on the Filchner Ice Shelf at the General Belgrano or Ellsworth Station site. The entire Pensacola Mountains were mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1967 and 1968 from ground surveys and U.S. Navy tricamera photographs taken in 1964.

Argentine Islands
Argentine Islands (-65.25°N, -64.26667°W) is a group of islands 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Petermann Island and 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Cape Tuxen, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot, and named by him for the Argentine Republic in appreciation of that government's generosity and kindness to his expedition. The British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill was based in the Argentine Islands in 1935 and conducted a thorough survey of them. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Argentino Channel
Argentino Channel (-64.9°N, -63.01667°W) is a channel between Bryde Island and the west coast of Graham Land, connecting Paradise Harbor with Gerlache Strait. First roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99. The name "Canal Argentino" appears for the feature on an Argentine government chart of 1950.

Argo Glacier
Argo Glacier (-83.36667°N, 157.5°W) is a glacier in the Miller Range, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing northeast to enter Marsh Glacier just south of Macdonald Bluffs. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) after the vessel sailed by Jason in Greek mythology.

Argo Point
Argo Point (-66.25°N, -60.91667°W) is a prominent rock point rising steeply to 260 m on the east side of Jason Peninsula, 22 nautical miles (41 km) northeast of Veier Head on the east coast of Graham Land. Probably first seen by C.A. Larsen in 1893. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1956. The name derives from association with Jason Peninsula; Jason sailed in the Argo to search for the golden fleece.

Argonaut Glacier
Argonaut Glacier (-73.21667°N, 166.7°W) is a tributary glacier about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long in the Mountaineer Range of Victoria Land. It flows east to enter Mariner Glacier just north of Engberg Bluff. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, in association with Aeronaut, Cosmonaut and Cosmonette Glaciers.

Argosy Glacier
Argosy Glacier (-83.13333°N, 157.58333°W) is a glacier about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, flowing east through Miller Range to enter Marsh Glacier north of Kreiling Mesa. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62).

Dome Argus
Dome Argus (-81°N, 77°W) is the highest ice feature in Antarctica, comprising a dome or eminence of just over 4,000 m elevation, located near the center of East Antarctica and approximately midway between the head of Lambert Glacier and the South Pole. At first called "Dome A," details of the morphology of this feature were determined by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF)-Technical University of Denmark (TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79. Named by SPRI from Greek mythology; Argus built the ship in which Jason and the Argonauts traveled.

Mount Argus
Mount Argus (-68.88333°N, -63.86667°W) is a large isolated mountain mass, surmounted by three separate peaks, the highest 1,220 meters. It stands between Poseidon Pass and Athene Glacier, 10 nautical miles (18 km) west-northwest of Miller Point, in northeastern Palmer Land. The mountain was photographed from the air by the U.S. Antarctic Service on September 28, 1940. It was the subject of geological investigation by A.G. Fraser of British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in 1961. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) (1963) after the son of the god Zeus in Greek mythology.

Mount Ariel
Mount Ariel (-71.36667°N, -68.66667°W) is a peak, 1,250 m, marking the south limit of Planet Heights and overlooking the north side of Uranus Glacier in the east part of Alexander Island. Probably first seen by Lincoln Ellsworth, who flew directly over it and photographed segments of this coast on November 23, 1935. First mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because of its association with Uranus Glacier, Ariel being one of the satellites of Uranus.

The Ark (Antarctica)
The Ark (-80.71667°N, -24.78333°W) is a rock summit, 1,790 m, in the central part of the Read Mountains, in the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE. The name, given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), is descriptive of its shape when viewed from the west.

Arkell Cirque
Arkell Cirque (-80.68333°N, -24.13333°W) is a large cirque on the south face of the central Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy in 1967 and surveyed from the ground by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after William J. Arkell (1904-58), English geologist; specialist in Jurassic stratigraphy and paleontology.

Arkhangel'skiy Nunataks
Arkhangel'skiy Nunataks (-69.46667°N, 156.5°W) is a group of scattered rock outcrops about 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of the central part of Lazarev Mountains. Photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958, and ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions), 1959. The largest of the outcrops had been named by the Soviet expedition after Soviet geologist A.D. Arkhangel'skiy. The broader application of the name to the entire group follows the recommendation by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA).

Cape Arkona
Cape Arkona (-53.16667°N, 73.43333°W) is a rocky headland between the mouths of Lied Glacier and Gotley Glacier on the southwest side of Heard Island. The feature appears to be roughly charted on an 1860 sketch map prepared by Captain H.C. Chester, American sealer operating in the area during this period. The German frigate Arkona (Captain von Reibnitz) examined the south coast of the island in February 1874 and, in Melbourne, provided the officers of HMS Challenger with a position for the cape which was used in preparation of the Admiralty chart. In so doing, however, the misspelling "Cape Arcona" was used on the British chart.

Arkticheskiy Institut Rocks
Arkticheskiy Institut Rocks (-71.3°N, 11.45°W) is a group of rocks lying 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Nordwestliche Insel Mountains at the northwest extremity of the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and photographed by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named for that nation's Arctic Institute.

Armadillo Hill
Armadillo Hill (-68.11667°N, -66.36667°W) is an ice-covered hill which rises to 1,760 m and projects 120 m above the surrounding ice sheet, situated on the Graham Land plateau 4 nautical miles (7 km) east-southeast of the head of Northeast Glacier and 8 nautical miles (15 km) northeast of the head of Neny Fjord. First roughly surveyed by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, and resurveyed in 1940 by sledging parties of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on whose field charts the hill is labeled "Sawtooth." Named Armadillo Hill by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following its 1946-47 survey, because when viewed from the northeast the tumbled ice blocks on the summit and general shape of the hill resemble the side view of an armadillo.

Mount Armagost
Mount Armagost (-71.63333°N, 166.01667°W) is an one in the series of peaks (2,040 m) that rise between Mirabito Range and Homerun Range in northern Victoria Land. This peak stands 9 nautical miles (17 km) southwest of Mount LeResche. 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 Chief Equipment Operator Harry M. Armagost, U.S. Navy, who wintered over at McMurdo Station in 1963 and 1967.

Armalsryggen
Armalsryggen (-73.2°N, -2.13333°W) is a ridge at the west end of the Neumayer Cliffs in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Armalsryggen (the year's goal ridge).

Armbruster Rocks
Armbruster Rocks (-73.95°N, -116.81667°W) is an exposed rocks on the west side of Wright Island, 9 nautical miles (17 km) southwest of Cape Felt, off Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Robert B. Armbruster, U.S. Navy, Communications Officer at Christchurch, New Zealand, Operation Deep Freeze, 1963 and 1964.

Armitage Saddle
Armitage Saddle (-78.15°N, 163.25°W) is the saddle at the head of Blue Glacier, overlooking the Howchin and Walcott Glaciers which drain toward Walcott Bay in the Koettlitz Glacier. The saddle is at the south end of the "Snow Valley" (upper part of Blue Glacier) mapped by Armitage in 1902, and subsequently wrongly omitted from maps of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. The New Zealand Blue Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58, established a survey station on the saddle in September 1957. They named it for Lieutenant A.B. Armitage, second-in-command of the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, in recognition of his exploration in this area.

Cape Armitage
Cape Armitage (-77.85°N, 166.66667°W) is a cape forming the south end of Hut Point Peninsula and the southernmost point on Ross Island. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, under Scott, and named by him for Lieutenant (later Captain) Albert B. Armitage, second in command and navigator on the Discovery.

Armlenet Ridge
Armlenet Ridge (-71.98333°N, 2.86667°W) is a ridge trending north-south for 3 nautical miles (6 km) between Stabben Mountain and Jutulhogget Peak, forming the east arm of Jutulsessen Mountain in the Gjelsvik Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1958-59) and named Armlenet (the armrest).

Armonini Nunatak
Armonini Nunatak (-71.18333°N, 65.85°W) is a partly snow-covered rock outcrop about 5 nautical miles (9 km) east-southeast of Mount Reu in the Prince Charles Mountains. There is an area of moraine on the northwest side. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1960. Named for G.C. Armonini, weather observer at Davis Station in 1962.

Armour Inlet
Armour Inlet (-73.63333°N, -124.65°W) is an ice-filled inlet indenting the north side of Siple Island just west of Armour Peninsula, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The inlet was first roughly delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, which donated funds to the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, for purchase of the Snow Cruiser.

Armour Peninsula
Armour Peninsula (-73.7°N, -124.16667°W) is an ice-covered peninsula situated immediately east of Armour Inlet on Siple Island, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Armour Inlet.

Armstrong Glacier
Armstrong Glacier (-71.51667°N, -67.5°W) is a glacier flowing from the south side of Mount Bagshawe westward into George VI Sound. It provides the only known safe route for mechanical vehicles from George VI Sound to the Palmer Land plateau. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Edward B. Armstrong, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) surveyor at Stonington Island, 1964-65.

Armstrong Platform
Armstrong Platform (-70.53333°N, 160.16667°W) is a mainly ice-covered height, or small plateau, which is a northeastward extension of Pomerantz Tableland. The feature is 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and ranges from 1,200 to 1,800 m in elevation. It rises directly north of Helfferich Glacier in the Usarp Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard L. Armstrong, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68.

Armstrong Reef
Armstrong Reef (-65.9°N, -66.3°W) is a reef, which encompasses a large number of small islands and rocks, extending for 5 nautical miles (9 km) from the southwest end of Renaud Island, in the Biscoe Islands. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Terence E. Armstrong, English sea ice specialist.

Mount Armstrong (Antarctica)
Mount Armstrong (-85.83333°N, -157.2°W) is a mountain, 2,330 m, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) south-southeast of Mount Goodale in the Hays 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 Thomas B. Armstrong, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) representative at Palmer Station, summer 1966-67.

Mount Armytage
Mount Armytage (-76.03333°N, 160.75°W) is a dome-shaped mountain, 1,855 m, standing north of Mawson Glacier and 14 nautical miles (26 km) west of Mount Smith in Victoria Land. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) which named it for Bertram Armytage, a member of the expedition who was in charge of the ponies.

Arne Nunatak
Arne Nunatak (-71.71667°N, 8.33333°W) is the largest of the Hemmestad Nunataks, in the Drygalski Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named for Arne Hemmestad, mechanic with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-57).

Arneb Glacier
Arneb Glacier (-72.41667°N, 170.03333°W) is a glacier 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, situated in a cliff-walled bay between Hallett Peninsula and Redcastle Ridge and flowing northwest into Edisto Inlet as a floating ice tongue. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, for the USS Arneb, which in the 1957 season carried the buildings and stores for the establishment of Hallett station and revisited the station in subsequent seasons.

Arnel Bluffs
Arnel Bluffs (-68.11667°N, 56.2°W) is a series of rock outcrops in a steeply-falling ice scarp south of the Leckie Range. Plotted in December 1958 by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) dog-sledge party led by G.A. Knuckey. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R.R. Arnel, geophysical assistant at Mawson Station, 1958.

Arnold Cove
Arnold Cove (-77.41667°N, 163.76667°W) is a cove along the west margin of McMurdo Sound between Gneiss Point and Marble Point, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles L. Arnold, leader of a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) party that made an engineering study of Marble Point, McMurdo Station and Williams Field in the 1971-72 season.

Arnoldy Nunatak
Arnoldy Nunatak (-74.9°N, -71.2°W) is an one of the Sky-Hi Nunataks lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Mount Cahill in Ellsworth Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1987 after Roger L. Arnoldy, physicist, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Principal Investigator in upper atmospheric physics at Siple Station and South Pole Station for many years from 1973.

Aronson Corner
Aronson Corner (-80.48333°N, -20.93333°W) is the cliffed extremity of a snow-capped ridge between Mummery Cliff and Chevreul Cliffs in Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Louis V. Aronson (1870-1940), American founder of the Ronson Corporation, who in about 1910 developed the first practical petrol lighter, known originally as the "trench match."

Arrival Heights
Arrival Heights (-77.81667°N, 166.65°W) is a clifflike heights which extend in a NE-SW direction along the west side of Hut Point Peninsula, just north of Hut Point. Discovered and named by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, under Scott. The name suggests the expedition's arrival at its winter headquarters at nearby Hut Point.

Arrol Icefall
Arrol Icefall (-64.58333°N, -60.66667°W) is a steep icefall about 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, originating on the south side of Detroit Plateau, Graham Land, about 8 nautical miles (15 km) northwest of Cape Worsley. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the Arrol-Johnston car, which was adapted for use by Shackleton's Antarctic expedition (1907-09) and was the first mechanical transport used in Antarctica.

Mount Arronax
Mount Arronax (-67.66667°N, -67.36667°W) is an ice-covered, pointed peak, 1,585 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-southwest of Nautilus Head and dominating the north part of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named after Professor Pierre Arronax, central character in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. A number of features on the island are named for characters in the book.

Arrowhead Nunatak
Arrowhead Nunatak (-82.56667°N, 157.36667°W) is a long, narrow nunatak 7 nautical miles (13 km) southeast of Sullivan Nunatak near the head of Nimrod Glacier. Mapped and so named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960-61) because in plan it resembles an arrowhead.

Arrowhead Range
Arrowhead Range (-73.4°N, 164°W) is a mountain range 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, situated just north of Cosmonaut Glacier and west of Aviator Glacier in the Southern Cross Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. The name was applied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) and alludes to the shape of the eastern end of the range.

Arrowsmith Peninsula
Arrowsmith Peninsula (-67.25°N, -67.25°W) is a peninsula about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long on the west coast of Graham Land, west of Forel and Sharp Glaciers. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955-58 and named for Edwin P. Arrowsmith, Governor of the Falkland Islands.

Mount Arrowsmith
Mount Arrowsmith (-76.76667°N, 162.3°W) is a jagged rock peak near Mount Perseverance, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) along a ridge running northeast from that mountain, and a like distance east of Mount Whitcombe in Victoria Land. Mapped in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58). Named by them for its similarity to the Canterbury, New Zealand, mountain of that name, and in association with Mount Whitcombe.

Arruiz Glacier
Arruiz Glacier (-70.65°N, 162.15°W) is a tributary glacier in the Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains. It flows west-northwest from Stanwix Peak and enters Rennick Glacier north of Frolov Ridge. 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 Alberto J. Arruiz, Argentine IGY observer, a Weather Central meteorologist at Little America V in 1958.

Arsen'yev Rocks
Arsen'yev Rocks (-71.85°N, 11.2°W) is a rock outcrops lying among the morainal deposits 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) west of Mount Deryugin in the Liebknecht Range, Humboldt Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after Russian geographer K.I. Arsen'yev.

Artemis Ridge
Artemis Ridge (-77.45°N, 162.23333°W) is a

Arthur Glacier
Arthur Glacier (-77.05°N, -145.25°W) is a valley glacier about 25 nautical miles (46 km) long, flowing west to Sulzberger Ice Shelf between the Swanson Mountains on the north and Mounts Rea and Cooper on the south, in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by members of West Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), in aerial flights and from ground surveys in November-December 1940. Named by US-SCAN for R. Admiral Arthur C. Davis, U.S. Navy, a leader in aviation in the U.S. Navy.

Arthur Harbor
Arthur Harbor (-64.76667°N, -64.06667°W) is a small harbor entered between Bonaparte and Norsel Points on the southwest coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05. Surveyed in 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who established a station near the head of the harbor. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1956 for Oswald R. Arthur, then Governor of the Falkland Islands.

Mount Arthur (Antarctica)
Mount Arthur (-67.65°N, 49.86667°W) is a mountain, 1,290 m, just west of Mount Douglas at the west end of the Scott Mountains, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J. Arthur, electrical fitter at Mawson station in 1960.

Arthurson Bluff
Arthurson Bluff (-70.75°N, 166.08333°W) is a mostly ice-covered bluff overlooking the confluence of Ludvig Glacier and Kirkby Glacier from the west, near the north coast of Victoria Land. A helicopter landing was made here by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party led by Phillip Law, 1962. Named by ANARE for Captain J. Arthurson, helicopter pilot with the expedition.

Arthurson Ridge
Arthurson Ridge (-69.36667°N, 158.5°W) is a short coastal ridge or promontory, a northern extension from the Wilson Hills, rising between Cook Ridge and the terminus of McLeod Glacier at the head of Davies Bay. Photographed from aircraft of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. First visited by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) airborne field party in March 1961. Named for J. Arthurson, helicopter pilot with ANARE (Magga Dan, 1961) led by Phillip Law.

Ascent Glacier
Ascent Glacier (-83.21667°N, 156.4°W) is a glacier, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, flowing north to enter Argosy Glacier in the Miller Range just east of Milan Ridge. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) who used this glacier to gain access to the central Miller Range.

Asgard Range
Asgard Range (-77.61667°N, 161.5°W) is a mountain range dividing Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley, in Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958-59) after the home of the Norse gods.

Ash Point
Ash Point (-62.46667°N, -59.65°W) is a point which marks the southeast side of the entrance to Discovery Bay, on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named descriptively by DI personnel on the Discovery II, 1934-35.

Mount Ash
Mount Ash (-79.95°N, 156.65°W) is a mountain, 2,025 m, in the Darwin Mountains, overlooking the north side of Hatherton Glacier 11 nautical miles (20 km) west-southwest of Junction Spur. 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 Ralph E. Ash, mechanic, a member of the U.S. McMurdo-Pole traverse party, 1960-61.

Ashen Hills
Ashen Hills (-57.8°N, -26.71667°W) is a ridge of rounded hills of gullied ash terminating in Nattriss Point at the southeast end of Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 refers to the ashy composition and pale color of the hills.

Asher Peak
Asher Peak (-75.73333°N, -129.18333°W) is a peak (2,480 m) in the southwest portion of Mount Flint in the McCuddin Mountains of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped 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 Bill F. Asher, CECS, U.S. Navy, Senior Chief Construction Electrician at Little America V in 1958. He was Nuclear Power Plant Operator and Instrument Maintenance Supervisor with the nuclear power unit at McMurdo Station, 1969.

Mount Ashley
Mount Ashley (-54.11667°N, -37.35°W) is a mountain, 1,155 m, standing south of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia, between the heads of Grace and Lucas Glaciers. The name Clifford Ashley Mountains was used by Robert Cushman Murphy for a number of scattered mountains and ridges on the south side of the Bay of Isles, following his visit to South Georgia in 1912-13. The SGS, 1955-56, reported that a group name for these features is unsuitable and an altered form of the name was applied to the highest of the mountains. Mount Ashley is named for Clifford W. Ashley, American whaling historian who wrote The Yankee Whaler and Whale Ships of New Bedford.

Ashton Glacier
Ashton Glacier (-70.73333°N, -61.95°W) is a glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, which flows east-southeast from Mount Thompson to the northwest side of Lehrke Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. The glacier was photographed from the air in December 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), and was probably seen by the USAS ground survey party which explored this coast. A joint party consisting of members of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) and the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted the glacier in 1947. Named by the FIDS for L. Ashton, carpenter with the FIDS at the Port Lockroy and Hope Bay bases in 1944-45 and 1945-46, respectively.

Ashtray Basin
Ashtray Basin (-77.86667°N, 160.96667°W) is a small basin near the head of Arena Valley in Victoria Land. Named by a field party of the University of New South Wales, Australia, that worked in this area in 1966-67. The name is reported to be descriptive of characteristic formations on the site.

Mount Ashworth
Mount Ashworth (-70.93333°N, 163.08333°W) is a peak (2,060 m) 4 nautical miles (7 km) east-northeast of Mount Ford in the Bowers Mountains. Named by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) for Squadron Leader N. Ashworth, RAAF, officer in charge of the Antarctic Flight with ANARE (Thala Dan), 1962, led by Phillip Law, which explored the area.

Asimutbreen Glacier
Asimutbreen Glacier (-71.38333°N, 13.7°W) is a small, steep tributary glacier to Vangengeym Glacier, descending southeast and then northeast between Solhogdene Heights and Skuggekammen Ridge, in the eastern Gruber Mountains of the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Asimutbreen (the azimuth glacier).

Mount Askin
Mount Askin (-80.16667°N, 157.88333°W) is a high (c.3000 m) flat-topped mountain between Mount McClintock and Mount Aldrich on the main ridge of Britannia Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Rosemary A. Askin, geologist, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, who, 1970-2000, worked in such diverse parts of Antarctica as Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Victoria Land and the Transantarctic Mountains, including the general vicinity of this mountain.

Asman Ridge
Asman Ridge (-77.16667°N, -144.8°W) is a serrate ridge about 6 nautical miles (11 km) long on the south side of Arthur Glacier, just north of Bailey Ridge in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered in 1934 on aerial flights of the ByrdAE. Named by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) for Adam Asman, a member of the USAS West Base party.

Aspasia Point
Aspasia Point (-54.31667°N, -37.1°W) is a steep rocky point forming the west extremity of Fanning Ridge, lying 10 nautical miles (18 km) east-southeast of Cape Nunez on the south coast of South Georgia. The feature was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following mapping by the SGS in 1951-52. The name derives from association with Fanning Ridge. The American armed corvette Aspasia under Captain Edmund Fanning took 57, 000 fur seals at South Georgia in 1800-01.

Aspis Island
Aspis Island (-62.46667°N, -60.15°W) is a small, low lying rocky island rising about 15 m above sea level. Eastern most island in the Dunbar Islands Group. Named after Aspis, a small "musical dragon" often portrayed in medieval literature. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Aspland Island
Aspland Island (-61.46667°N, -55.91667°W) is a small island 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Gibbs Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name dates back to at least 1821 and is now established in international usage. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Asquith Bluff
Asquith Bluff (-83.5°N, 167.35°W) is a prominent wedge-shaped rock bluff on the west side of Lennox-King Glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Allen Young. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named "Mount Asquith" for Lord Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister, 1908-16, who was instrumental in securing a grant from the United Kingdom Government to pay off the expedition's debts.

Assender Glacier
Assender Glacier (-67.6°N, 46.41667°W) is a glacier flowing west into Spooner Bay in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Pilot Officer K. Assender, RAAF, pilot at Mawson station in 1959.

Asses Ears
Asses Ears (-62.31667°N, -59.75°W) is a three small islands off northwest Robert Island, forming the north part of Potmess Rocks in English Strait, South Shetland Islands. Presumably known to early sealers, the feature was charted and named descriptively by personnel on Discovery II in 1934-35.

Assistance Bay
Assistance Bay (-54.11667°N, -37.15°W) is a small bay forming the head of Possession Bay, along the north coast of South Georgia. Named by DI personnel who charted the area during the period 1926-30.

Astakhov Glacier
Astakhov Glacier (-70.75°N, 163.35°W) is the glacier next south of Chugunov Glacier in the Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains. It flows northeast from Mount Hager and enters Ob' Bay just west of Platypus Ridge. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Petr Astakhov, Soviet exchange scientist at the U.S. South Pole Station in 1967.

Astapenko Glacier
Astapenko Glacier (-70.66667°N, 163°W) is a glacier, 11 nautical miles (20 km) long, draining the north and northeast slopes of Stanwix Peak in the Bowers Mountains and flowing east-northeast to Ob' Bay. 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 Pavel D. Astapenko, Soviet IGY observer, a Weather Central meteorologist at Little America V in 1958.

Astarte Horn
Astarte Horn (-71.66667°N, -68.86667°W) is a pyramidal peak at the south end of the north-south range extending to Mount Umbriel, in eastern Alexander Island. The feature was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and from survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with nearby Venus Glacier; the goddess Venus being identified with the Phoenician goddess Astarte in mythology.

Astor Island
Astor Island (-62.65°N, -61.18333°W) is an island lying between Rugged Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for B. Astor of the American sealer South Shetland Islands for the New York Lyceum of Natural History (now American Museum of Natural History). == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Astor Rocks
Astor Rocks (-71.8°N, 12.73333°W) is a two small rock outcrops lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Ramenskiy in the southeast extremity of the Wohlthat Mountains. Plotted from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named for Astor Ernstsen, a meteorologist with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59.

Mount Astor
Mount Astor (-86.01667°N, -155.5°W) is a prominent peak, 3,710 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Mount Bowser in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight of November 1929 to the South Pole, and named by him for Vincent Astor, contributor to the expedition.

Astraea Nunatak
Astraea Nunatak (-71.98333°N, -70.41667°W) is a nunatak 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Staccato Peaks in southern Alexander Island. Mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and from survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after one of the asteroids lying between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Astrid Ridge
Astrid Ridge (-68°N, 12°W) is an undersea ridge name used on GEBCO 5.18 and 5.16. Name approved 6/87 (ACUF 225).

Astro Cliffs
Astro Cliffs (-66.66667°N, -62.43333°W) is a rock cliffs 60 m high, situated at the southeast extremity of Churchill Peninsula, 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Cape Alexander on the east coast of Graham Land. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955, they mark the most southerly point of the survey. The United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) name arose from the astronomical fix obtained near the summit which was essential for the control of the survey traverse.

Astro Glacier
Astro Glacier (-82.9°N, 157.33333°W) is a glacier between Turner Hills and Tricorn Peak in the Miller Range, flowing northeast into the Marsh Glacier. Seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) and so named because an astro station was set up on the bluff at the mouth of the glacier in December 1961.

Astro Peak
Astro Peak (-83.48333°N, -57°W) is a peak, 835 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the west end of Berquist Ridge in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. So named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) because the United States Geological Survey (USGS) established an astro control station on this peak during the 1965-66 season.

Astrolabe Glacier
Astrolabe Glacier (-66.75°N, 139.91667°W) is a glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing north-northeast from the continental ice and terminating at the coast in a prominent tongue at the east side of Geologie Archipelago. Probably first sighted in 1840 by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, although no glaciers were noted on d'Urville's chart of this coast. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949-51, and named after d'Urville's flagship, the Astrolabe.

Astrolabe Glacier Tongue
Astrolabe Glacier Tongue (-66.7°N, 140.08333°W) is a prominent glacier tongue about 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide and 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, extending northeast from Astrolabe Glacier at the east end of Geologie Archipelago. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named for the French corvette Astrolabe.

Astrolabe Island
Astrolabe Island (-63.28333°N, -58.66667°W) is an island 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, lying in Bransfield Strait 14 nautical miles (26 km) northwest of Cape Ducorps, Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by the French expedition, 1837-40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for his chief expedition ship, the Astrolabe. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Astrolabe Needle
Astrolabe Needle (-64.13333°N, -62.6°W) is a conspicuous monolith rising 50 m above sea level south of Claude Point, Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05, and named after the Astrolabe, one of the ships of the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837-40.

Astrolabe Subglacial Basin
Astrolabe Subglacial Basin (-70°N, 136°W) is a subglacial basin to the south of Adelie Coast and east of Porpoise Subglacial Highlands, trending north-south and containing the thickest ice (about 4,700 m) measured in Antarctica. The basin was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF)-Technical University of Denmark (TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and named after Astrolabe, the flagship of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1837-40 (Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville).

Astronaut Glacier
Astronaut Glacier (-73.08333°N, 164.08333°W) is a broad southwest flowing tributary to upper Aviator Glacier, joining the latter just west of Parasite Cone in Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, in association with nearby Aeronaut Glacier.

Cape Astrup
Cape Astrup (-64.71667°N, -63.18333°W) is a bold, dark-colored bluff marking the north end of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, and named by Gerlache for Eivind Astrup, Norwegian Arctic explorer and member of Robert E. Peary's expeditions to Greenland in 1891-92 and 1893-95.

Astudillo Glacier
Astudillo Glacier (-64.88333°N, -62.85°W) is a small glacier flowing into Paradise Harbor between Leith Cove and Skontorp Cove, Danco Coast, Graham Land. The glacier was surveyed by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1950-51) which applied the name, probably after an expedition member.

Mount Athelstan
Mount Athelstan (-70.16667°N, -69.26667°W) is a prominent, partly ice-covered mountain, 1,615 m, at the north side of Trench Glacier on a spur which extends east from Douglas Range on the east coast of Alexander Island. The east side of Douglas Range was first photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth, and this feature was mapped from the photos by W.L.G. Joerg. It was roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 and 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and named by them for Athelstan, Saxon king of England, 924-937.

Athene Glacier
Athene Glacier (-68.93333°N, -64°W) is a glacier, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing east and merging with the terminus of Casey Glacier where it discharges into Casey Inlet, on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in August 1947, and by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (Trimetrogon air photography) in December 1947. Surveyed by FIDS in November 1960. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Athene, daughter of Zeus and goddess of the city of Athens in Greek mythology.

Atherton Islands
Atherton Islands (-62.1°N, -58.98333°W) is a two small islands lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west-northwest of Bell Point, King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by DI in 1934-35 and named after Noel Atherton, cartographer in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office at the time; chief Civil Hydrographic Officer, 1951-62. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Atherton Peak
Atherton Peak (-54.11667°N, -36.75°W) is a peak rising to about 500 m east of Fortuna Bay, South Georgia. Charted by DI, 1929-30, and named after Noel Atherton, cartographer in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office at that time; Chief Civil Hydrographic Officer, 1951-62.

Mount Atholl
Mount Atholl (-78°N, 163.73333°W) is a named after Sarah Atholl (d. 1873), an early New Zealand botanist with an interest in lichens.

Athos Range
Athos Range (-70.21667°N, 64.83333°W) is the northernmost range in the Prince Charles Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land. It consists of a large number of individual mountains and nunataks that trend east-west for 40 nautical miles (70 km) along the north side of Scylla Glacier. These mountains were first observed from aircraft of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. The western part of the range was first visited by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party led by J. Bechervaise in November 1955. The range was again visited in December 1956 by the ANARE southern party, 1956-57, led by W.G. Bewsher, and a depot was established at the eastern extremity. Named after a character in The Three Musketeers, a novel by Alexandre Dumas which was the most popular book read on the southern journey.

Atka Glacier
Atka Glacier (-76.68333°N, 161.55°W) is the glacier immediately east of Flagship Mountain, draining north into Fry Glacier in Victoria Land. Discovered and named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58. Named after the USS Atka, an American icebreaker in the convoy to McMurdo Sound in the 1956-57 season.

Atka Iceport
Atka Iceport (-70.58333°N, -7.85°W) is an iceport about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and wide, marking a more-or-less permanent indentation in the front of the Ekstrom Ice Shelf on the coast of Queen Maud Land. The feature was photographed from the air and mapped from these photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1951-52. It was named by personnel of the USS Atka, under Commander Glen Jacobsen, which moored here in February 1955 while investigating possible base sites for International Geophysical Year operations. The term iceport was first suggested by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1956 to denote ice shelf embayments such as this one, subject to configuration changes, which may offer anchorage or possible access to the upper surface of an ice shelf via ice ramps along one or more sides of the feature.

Atkinson Cliffs
Atkinson Cliffs (-71.3°N, 168.91667°W) is a high coastal cliffs, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, between the lower ends of Fendley Glacier and Pitkevitch Glacier on the north coast of Victoria Land. The feature was mapped in 1911 by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, and named for Dr. Edward L. Atkinson, surgeon of the expedition.

Atkinson Glacier
Atkinson Glacier (-71.5°N, 167.41667°W) is a glacier between Findlay Range and Lyttelton Range, Admiralty Mountains, flowing northward into Dennistoun Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1983 after William Atkinson, field assistant, New Zealand Antarctic Division, mechanic with the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geological party to the area, 1981-82, led by R.H. Findlay.

Mount Atkinson
Mount Atkinson (-78.65°N, -85.48333°W) is a prominent mountain rising to about 3,300 m, 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) west-southwest of Mount Craddock in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1957-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Richard C. Atkinson, Director, National Science Foundation, 1977-80.

Atlantic Club Ridge
Atlantic Club Ridge (-62.65°N, -60.36667°W) is a ridge rising to 165 m, located 750 m southeast of Hesperides Point, Livingston Island. Named in 1995 by BulAPC in commemoration of the principal organizers of the 1993-94 and 1994-95 Bulgarian Antarctic Expeditions.

Atlantic-Indian Basin
Atlantic-Indian Basin (-60°N, 15°W) is a name of a large undersea basin approved 7/63 (ACUF 12) as a result of review of a National Geographic Society globe.

Atlas Cove
Atlas Cove (-53.01667°N, 73.36667°W) is a cove on the north coast of Heard Island, entered between the base of Laurens Peninsula and Rogers Head. Named by American sealers after the schooner sealing fleet which landed at Heard Island in 1855. The name appears on a chart by the British expedition under Nares, which visited the island in the Challenger in 1874 and utilized the names then in use by the sealers.

Mount Atlas
Mount Atlas (-72.73333°N, 165.5°W) is an extinct volcanic cone at the northeast side of Mount Pleiones in The Pleiades, Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in association with Mount Pleiones after Atlas of Greek mythology.

Atoll Nunataks
Atoll Nunataks (-71.35°N, -68.78333°W) is a group of nunataks on the north side of Uranus Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Mount Ariel, in eastern Alexander Island. The feature was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and from survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because of the arrangement of the nunataks in a ring.

Atom Rock
Atom Rock (-66.46667°N, -66.43333°W) is an insular rock 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northeast of Rambler Island in the Bragg Islands, lying in Crystal Sound off the west coast of Graham Land. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958-59). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with Bragg Islands, q.v.

Atriceps Island
Atriceps Island (-60.78333°N, -45.15°W) is the southernmost of the Robertson Islands, lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of the southeast end of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), following their survey of 1948-49, after the colony of blue-eyed shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps) nesting on the island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Attlee Glacier
Attlee Glacier (-66.21667°N, -63.76667°W) is a glacier 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, which flows east-southeast from the plateau escarpment on the east side of Graham Land to the head of Cabinet Inlet to the north of Bevin Glacier. During December 1947, the glacier was charted from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE). Named by the FIDS for Rt. Hon. Clement R. Attlee, M.P., British Sec. of State for Dominion Affairs, member of the War Cabinet, and later Prime Minister.

Atwater Hill
Atwater Hill (-66.18333°N, -66.63333°W) is a hill 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) south of Benedict Point on the east side of Lavoisier Island, Biscoe Islands. Mapped from air photos by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956-57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Wilbur O. Atwater (1844-1907), American physiologist who, with F.G. Benedict, perfected the technique for calorimetric measurement of metabolism.

Mount Atwood
Mount Atwood (-77.26667°N, -142.28333°W) is a mountain, 1,180 m, at the west edge of the Clark Mountains in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940 on aerial flights from the West Base. Named by the USAS for the late president emeritus W.W. Atwood, Sr., of Clark University, noted geologist and geographer, and his son, W.W. Atwood, Jr., who collaborated with his father in glaciological studies.

Mount Aubert de la Rue
Mount Aubert de la Rue (-53.01667°N, 73.36667°W) is an ice-free hill, 125 m, standing at the south end and surmounting the low isthmus that connects Laurens Peninsula with the main mass of Heard Island. First charted and named by Edgar Aubert de la Rue, French geologist aboard the whale catcher of the island in January 1929. Later surveyed by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1948.

Aucellina Point
Aucellina Point (-54.2°N, -37.4°W) is a small point 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km) southeast of Cape Rosa on the south coast of South Georgia. Named in 1982 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after a mollusk of the genus Aucellina, found in a rich fossil locality nearby.

Audrey Island
Audrey Island (-68.13333°N, -67.11667°W) is a southernmost island in the Debenham Islands, 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

Augen Bluffs
Augen Bluffs (-83.5°N, 157.66667°W) is a rock bluffs between Orr Peak and Isocline Hill along the west side of Marsh Glacier, in the Miller Range. So named by the Ohio State University Geological Party, 1967-68, because rocks of the locality include augengneiss.

Auger Hill
Auger Hill (-78°N, 164.26667°W) is a shallow soil deposits occur on the summit; an auger was used to obtain deep samples.

Aughenbaugh Peak
Aughenbaugh Peak (-82.61667°N, -52.81667°W) is a sharp peak, over 1,800 m, standing 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) northeast of Neuburg Peak in southwest Dufek Massif, 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 Nolan B. Aughenbaugh, glaciologist at Ellsworth Station, a member of the first party to visit Dufek Massif, in December 1957.

Mount Augusta
Mount Augusta (-84.8°N, 163.1°W) is a peak 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east of Mount Wild, at the south end of the Queen Alexandra Range. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for Mrs. Swinford Edwards, a relative of Shackleton.

Auguste Island
Auguste Island (-64.05°N, -61.61667°W) is a flat-topped island less than 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Two Hummock Island in Gerlache Strait. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-99) under Lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache, and named by him for his father. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Aurdalen Valley
Aurdalen Valley (-71.7°N, 12.36667°W) is a small moraine-covered valley between Grakammen and Aurdalsegga Ridges, in the Petermann Ranges of the Wohlthat Mountains. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Aurdalen (the gravel valley).

Aurdalsegga Ridge
Aurdalsegga Ridge (-71.73333°N, 12.38333°W) is an irregular ridge 5 nautical miles (9 km) long surmounted by Mount Nikolayev, rising immediately southeast of Aurdalen Valley in Sudliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Aurdalsegga (the gravel valley ridge).

Aureole Hills
Aureole Hills (-63.76667°N, -58.9°W) is a two smooth, conical, ice-covered hills, the higher being 1,080 m, standing close west of the north end of Detroit Plateau, Trinity Peninsula. The descriptive name was given by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following its survey of 1948.

Aurho Peak
Aurho Peak (-72.13333°N, -3.18333°W) is a peak with a gravel moraine on the northwest side, situated 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Slettfjell in the Ahlmann Ridge of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Aurho (gravel height).

Auriga Nunataks
Auriga Nunataks (-70.7°N, -66.63333°W) is a small group of nunataks in Palmer Land located 21 nautical miles (39 km) east of Wade Point at the head of Bertram Glacier. The highest of these rises to a sharp peak and is visible for a great distance. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the constellation of Auriga.

Aurkjosen Cirque
Aurkjosen Cirque (-71.35°N, 13.55°W) is a mainly ice-free cirque marked by several old moraines, lying at the east side of Lake Unter-See in the Gruber Mountains of the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Aurkjosen (the gravel cove).

Aurkleven Cirque
Aurkleven Cirque (-71.96667°N, 7.51667°W) is a large cirque, the bottom of which is partially covered with moraine, between Kubus Mountain and Klevekampen Mountain in the Filchner Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Plotted from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Aurkleven (the gravel closet).

Aurkvaevane Cirques
Aurkvaevane Cirques (-71.86667°N, 14.43333°W) is a three cirques with moraine-covered floors, indenting the west side of Kvaevefjellet Mountain in the Payer Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Aurkvaevane.

Aurnupen Peak
Aurnupen Peak (-71.98333°N, -3.36667°W) is a peak with a gravel moraine on the northwest side, situated 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Flarjuven Bluff on the Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Aurnupen (the gravel peak).

Aurora Glacier
Aurora Glacier (-77.61667°N, 167.63333°W) is a large glacier draining that part of Ross Island between Mount Erebus and Mount Terra Nova, and flowing south into McMurdo Ice Shelf. Named by A.J. Heine in 1963 after the Aurora, the ship of the Ross Sea Party of the British expedition under Shackleton, 1914-17.

Aurora Heights
Aurora Heights (-83.11667°N, 157.08333°W) is a prominent heights 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, bordering the north side of Argosy Glacier in the Miller Range. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for the Aurora, the ship of the Ross Sea Party of the British Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17).

Aurora Peak
Aurora Peak (-67.38333°N, 144.2°W) is a peak (535 m) along the west side of the Mertz Glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Mount Murchison. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson who named it after the expedition ship Aurora.

Aurora Subglacial Basin
Aurora Subglacial Basin (-74°N, 114°W) is a large subglacial basin of Wilkes Land to the west of Dome Charlie and trending northwest toward the coast in the vicinity of Shackleton Ice Shelf. The basin was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF)-Technical University of Denmark (TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and named after Aurora, the ship of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14, led by Douglas Mawson.

Mount Aurora
Mount Aurora (-78.23333°N, 166.35°W) is a round-topped volcanic summit, 1,040 m, the highest point on Black Island in the Ross Archipelago. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1958-59) after the Aurora, the vessel which conveyed the Ross Sea Party of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17) to McMurdo Sound.

Austbanen Moraine
Austbanen Moraine (-71.53333°N, 12.35°W) is a medial moraine in the glacier between Westliche and Mittlere Petermann Ranges in the Wohlthat Mountains, originating at Svarttindane Peaks and trending north for 12 miles. First roughly plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, from air photos and surveys and named Austbanen (the east path). Vestbanen Moraine, a similar paralleling feature, lies 7 nautical miles (13 km) westward.

Auster Glacier
Auster Glacier (-67.2°N, 50.75°W) is a glacier about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, flowing northwest into the southeast extremity of Amundsen Bay. Sighted in October 1956 by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party led by P.W. Crohn, and named after the Auster aircraft used by ANARE in coastal exploration.

Auster Islands
Auster Islands (-67.41667°N, 63.83333°W) is a group of small islands at northeast end of the Robinson Group, located 5.5 nautical miles (10 km) north of Cape Daly, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) surveys and air photos 1959-66. So named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) because of the nearness of the islands to Auster Rookery, and because they have provided a camp site for ANARE parties visiting the rookery. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Auster Pass
Auster Pass (-78.3°N, 162.63333°W) is a high pass in the Royal Society Range, between Mount Huggins and Mount Kempe, leading into the Skelton Glacier area from McMurdo Sound. Named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58) for the RNZAF Antarctic Flight's Auster aircraft.

Auster Point
Auster Point (-63.81667°N, -59.46667°W) is a point midway along the east shore of Charcot Bay, Trinity Peninsula. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the Auster aircraft used by British expeditions in this area.

Austhamaren Peak
Austhamaren Peak (-71.73333°N, 26.7°W) is a peak, 2,060 m, standing close east of Byrdbreen in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named Austhamaren (the east hammer) by the Norwegians.

Austhjelmen Peak
Austhjelmen Peak (-71.7°N, 26.46667°W) is a peak, 1,740 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Vesthjelmen Peak in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named Austhjelmen (the east helmet) by the Norwegians.

Austhovde Headland
Austhovde Headland (-69.7°N, 37.76667°W) is an icy headland, marked by several rock exposures, which forms the eastern, elevated portion of Botnneset Peninsula on the south side of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Austhovde (east knoll).

Austin Glacier
Austin Glacier (-54.06667°N, -37.2°W) is a glacier flowing north to Beckmann Fjord, Bay of Isles, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.

Austin Head
Austin Head (-54.51667°N, -36.5°W) is a headland 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north-northwest of Leon Head, projecting into Undine South Harbor on the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Elijah Austin, a leading merchant of New Haven, CT, who sent out the first two American sealing vessels to South Georgia in 1790.

Austin Peak
Austin Peak (-71.61667°N, 165.48333°W) is a peak in the east-central portion of the Mirabito Range. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, for William T. Austin, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Representative at McMurdo Station, 1963-64, who organized support for the New Zealand field parties.

Austin Rocks
Austin Rocks (-63.43333°N, -61.06667°W) is a group of rocks which extend about 3 nautical miles (6 km) in a NE-SW direction, lying in Bransfield Strait 13 nautical miles (24 km) northwest of Trinity Island. Charted by a British expedition, 1828-31, under Commander Henry Foster, Royal Navy, and named by him for Lieutenant Horatio T. Austin, Royal Navy, an officer of the expedition.

Austin Valley
Austin Valley (-73.5°N, -93.35°W) is a small ice-filled valley at the east side of Avalanche Ridge, in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Jerry W. Austin, aviation machinist's mate of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, a crew member on pioneering flights of LC-47 Dakota aircraft from Byrd Station to the Eights Coast area in November 1961.

Mount Austin
Mount Austin (-74.88333°N, -63.16667°W) is a conspicuous rock mass rising to 955 m, projecting into the head of Gardner Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Ronne, and named by him for Stephen F. Austin, American colonizer in Texas and one of the founders of the Republic of Texas.

Austkampane Hills
Austkampane Hills (-71.78333°N, 25.25°W) is a group of hills rising to 2,210 m, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Menipa Peak in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named Austkampane (the east crags) by the Norwegians.

Austnes Peninsula
Austnes Peninsula (-66.7°N, 57.28333°W) is a short, broad, ice-covered peninsula forming the southeast end of Edward VIII Plateau and the north side of the entrance to Edward VIII Bay. Cape Gotley marks the extremity of this peninsula. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition in January-February 1937, and named Austnes by them because of its eastward projection.

Austpynten
Austpynten (-69.61667°N, 38.38333°W) is a point forming the northeast extremity of Padda Island in Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Austpynten (the east point).

Austral Island
Austral Island (-66.5°N, 110.65°W) is a small island in the extreme south lobe of Penney Bay, in the Windmill Islands. The island appears in air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47), but was not charted on subsequent maps. So named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) because it is the southernmost of the Windmill Islands. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Austranten Rock
Austranten Rock (-71.4°N, 14.03333°W) is an isolated rock outcrop lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Todt Ridge, at the eastern extremity of the Gruber Mountains and Wohlthat Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Austranten (the east ridge).

Austreskorve Glacier
Austreskorve Glacier (-71.83333°N, 5.66667°W) is a broad glacier in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains which drains north from a position just east of the head of Vestreskorve Glacier and passes along the east side of Breplogen Mountain. Mapped and named from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60).

Austskjera
Austskjera (-67.51667°N, 64°W) is a group of rocks lying close to the coast about 5 nautical miles (9 km) east of Cape Daly and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east-southeast of Safety Island. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Austskjera (the east skerry).

Austvollen Bluff
Austvollen Bluff (-72.1°N, 3.8°W) is a steep rock bluff forming the east side of Festninga Mountain in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Austvollen (the east wall).

Austvorren Ridge
Austvorren Ridge (-73.1°N, -1.58333°W) is the eastern of two rock ridges which trend northward from the Neumayer Cliffs in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and given the name Austvorren (the east jetty).

Auvert Bay
Auvert Bay (-66.23333°N, -65.75°W) is a bay 8 nautical miles (15 km) wide, indenting the coast for 3 nautical miles (6 km) between Cape Evensen and Cape Bellue, along the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, and named Baie Auvert (bay far from anywhere).

Avalanche Bay
Avalanche Bay (-77.01667°N, 162.73333°W) is a bay 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide, lying just southeast of Discovery Bluff in Granite Harbor, Victoria Land. Mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, under Scott. So named by the expedition's Granite Harbor party because several avalanches were heard while sledging in this locality.

Avalanche Corrie
Avalanche Corrie (-60.66667°N, -45.36667°W) is an ice-filled cirque, or corrie, close north of Amphibolite Point on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. So named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), following their survey of 1948-49, because of the continuous avalanches from the hanging glaciers above the corrie.

Avalanche Ridge
Avalanche Ridge (-73.5°N, -94.36667°W) is a linear rock ridge, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, extending north from Pillsbury Tower and separating Basecamp Valley from Austin Valley, in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61, and so named by them because of the continual avalanching of snow off the flanks of the ridge.

Avalanche Rocks
Avalanche Rocks (-66.51667°N, 98.03333°W) is a vertical rock outcrop rising to 185 m, midway between Delay Point and Jones Rocks on the west side of Melba Peninsula. Discovered in September 1912 by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, and so named because of the occurrence of a tremendous avalanche while members of the expedition were encamped nearby.

Mount Avers
Mount Avers (-76.48333°N, -145.35°W) is a mountain 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Mount Ferranto in the Fosdick Mountains, in Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition and named for Henry G. Avers, chief mathematician of the Division of Geodesy, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, who was a member of the National Geographic Society Commission of Experts which determined that Commander (later R. Admiral) Richard E. Byrd reached the North Pole by airplane (1926) and the South Pole (1929).

Avery Plateau
Avery Plateau (-66.83333°N, -65.5°W) is an ice-covered plateau, about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long and rising to about 2,000 m, midway between Loubet Coast and Foyn Coast in Graham Land. The first sighting of this plateau is not ascertained, but it was presumably seen in January and February of 1909 by members of the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot from various positions in Matha Strait. It was surveyed in 1946-47 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) (1955) after Captain George Avery, Master of the cutter Lively, who, with Captain John Biscoe in the brig Tula, approached this part of Antarctic Peninsula in February 1832.

Avian Island
Avian Island (-67.76667°N, -68.9°W) is an island, 0.75 nautical miles (1.4 km) long and 40 m high, lying close off the south tip of Adelaide Island. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot. Visited in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it because of the large number and variety of birds found there. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Aviation Islands
Aviation Islands (-69.26667°N, 158.78333°W) is a group of small rocky islands lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Cape Kinsey and the Wilson Hills. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958, and named Ostrova Polyarnoy Aviatsii (Polar Aviation Islands). The feature is the site of an Adelie penguin rookery. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Aviator Glacier
Aviator Glacier (-73.83333°N, 165.05°W) is a major valley glacier, over 60 nautical miles (110 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, descending generally southward from the plateau of Victoria Land along the west side of Mountaineer Range, and entering Lady Newnes Bay between Cape Sibbald and Hayes Head where it forms a floating tongue. The glacier was photographed from the air by Captain W.M. Hawkes, U.S. Navy, on the historic first flight from New Zealand to McMurdo Sound on December 17, 1955. An attempt to reconnoiter it by helicopter and to land a party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) on it had to be abandoned when the USS Glacier was damaged in pressure ice in December 1958. Named by NZGSAE, 1958-59, as a tribute to the hazardous work of pilots and other airmen in Antarctic exploratory and scientific operations.

Aviator Glacier Tongue
Aviator Glacier Tongue (-74°N, 165.83333°W) is the seaward extension of Aviator Glacier into the Ross Sea, between Wood Bay and Lady Newnes Bay along the coast of Victoria Land. The name was recommended by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Aviator Glacier.

Aviator Nunatak
Aviator Nunatak (-85.18333°N, -168.96667°W) is the northernmost of three large nunataks in the upper Liv Glacier, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Mount Wells. Named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for the aviators of R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd's flight to the South Pole in 1929.

Avicenna Bay
Avicenna Bay (-64.43333°N, -62.38333°W) is a small bay lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southwest of D'Ursel Point along the east side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Avicenna (Abu Ali al Hussein abu Abdullah ibn Sina), 980-1037, greatest of the Arabian school of physicians.

Avsyuk Glacier
Avsyuk Glacier (-67.11667°N, -67.25°W) is a glacier on Arrowsmith Peninsula, Graham Land, flowing northwest to Shumskiy Cove. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Gregori A. Avsyuk, Russian glaciologist; specialist on the glaciers of central Asia.

Awl Point
Awl Point (-63.85°N, -60.63333°W) is a point 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Borge Point on the east side of Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1952. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 because the point is low in elevation but very sharply pointed in plan.

Axel Heiberg Glacier
Axel Heiberg Glacier (-85.41667°N, -163°W) is a valley glacier, 30 nautical miles (60 km) long, descending from the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between Herbert Range and Mount Don Pedro Christophersen, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in November 1911 by Captain Roald Amundsen, and named by him for Consul Axel Heiberg, Norwegian business man and patron of science, who contributed to numerous Norwegian polar expeditions.

Mount Axtell
Mount Axtell (-81.3°N, -85.1°W) is a low but distinctive rock peak 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of Mount Tidd in the Pirrit Hills. Positioned by the U.S. Ellsworth-Byrd Traverse Party, December 7, 1958, and named for William R. Axtell, Jr., U.S. Navy, cook at Ellsworth Station in 1958 who volunteered to accompany the traverse party.

Axthelm Ridge
Axthelm Ridge (-69.55°N, 159.03333°W) is a narrow ridge, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of Parkinson Peak in the Wilson Hills. 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 Commander Charles E. Axthelm, U.S. Navy, Flag Secretary to the Commander of the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze 1969 and 1970; Executive Officer on the USS Glacier during Deep Freeze 1965 and 1966.

Mount Axworthy
Mount Axworthy (-73.1°N, -62.73333°W) is a mountain in the northwest part of the Dana Mountains in Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles S. Axworthy, a hospital corpsman and leader of the support personnel with the Palmer Station winter party in 1965.

Mount Ayres
Mount Ayres (-79.33333°N, 156.46667°W) is a prominent mountain, 2,500 m, lying 10 nautical miles (18 km) south of the west end of the Finger Ridges in the Cook Mountains. Climbed in December 1957 by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58). Named for H.H. Ayres, one of the two men comprising the Darwin Glacier Party.

Azarashi Rock
Azarashi Rock (-70.01667°N, 38.9°W) is a bare rock lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Instekleppane Hills, near the east side of Shirase Glacier on the coast of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, and named Azarashi-iwa (seal rock).

Azimuth Hill
Azimuth Hill (-63.75°N, -58.26667°W) is a low rocky outcrop (85 m) which extends to Prince Gustav Channel just south of the mouth of Russell East Glacier, Trinity Peninsula. So named by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following a 1946 survey because a sun azimuth was obtained from a cairn built near the east end of the outcrop.

Azimuth Island
Azimuth Island (-67.53333°N, 62.73333°W) is the largest of the Azimuth Islands lying in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. So named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) because the island was included in a triangulation survey by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1959. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Azimuth Islands
Azimuth Islands (-67.53333°N, 62.73333°W) is a group of 4 small islands lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Parallactic Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. So named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) because the largest island in the group was included in a triangulation survey by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1959. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands