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Babe Island
Babe Island (-54.26667°N, -36.3°W) is an island which lies in the entrance to Cobblers Cove, along the north coast of South Georgia. Charted and named by DI personnel in 1929. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Babel Rock
Babel Rock (-63.88333°N, -61.4°W) is the northernmost of a small group of rocks lying north of Intercurrence Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Two of the rocks lying off the north end of Intercurrence Island were first charted and named Penguin Islands by James Hoseason, First Mate of the sealer Sprightly, in 1824. Since the name has not been used in recent years, it has been rejected to avoid confusion with the many other "Penguin" names. Babel Rock, the largest and most conspicuous of the rocks, is the site of a penguin rookery and the name arises from the ceaseless noise.

Babis Spur
Babis Spur (-82.21667°N, 163.05°W) is a rocky spur in the south part of Nash Range, about 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Cape Wilson. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William A. Babis, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) oceanographer on the USCGC Eastwind, 1962-63, and on the USS Burton Island, 1963-64.

Babordsranten Ridge
Babordsranten Ridge (-72.28333°N, -3.43333°W) is a small ridge 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Stamnen Peak, at the southwest end of 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 Babordsranten (the port side ridge).

Babushkin Island
Babushkin Island (-69.1°N, 157.6°W) is a small island lying 5.5 nautical miles (10 km) north of Archer Point and 5 nautical miles (9 km) east of Matusevich Glacier Tongue. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958) and named for Mikhail S. Babushkin (1893-1938), Soviet polar aviator lost in the Arctic. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bach Ice Shelf
Bach Ice Shelf (-72°N, -72°W) is an ice shelf which is irregular in shape and 45 nautical miles (80 km) in extent, occupying an embayment in the south part of Alexander Island entered between Berlioz and Rossini Points. A minor embayment in this position first appears on the charts of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), which explored the south part of Alexander Island by air and from the ground in 1940. The ice shelf was delineated from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer.

Bacharach Nunatak
Bacharach Nunatak (-66.68333°N, -65.18333°W) is a conspicuous nunatak overlooking the north arm of Drummond Glacier, in Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for Alfred L. Bacharach, English biochemist, whose work on nutrition solved many problems of sledging rations.

Bachstrom Point
Bachstrom Point (-65.48333°N, -63.85°W) is a point on the northeast side of Beascochea Bay, 8 nautical miles (15 km) southeast of Cape Perez on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for J.F. Bachstrom, author in 1734 of a classic pamphlet recognizing scurvy as a nutritional deficiency disease and prescribing the necessary measures for its prevention and cure.

Back Bay (Antarctica)
Back Bay (-68.18333°N, -67°W) is a bay 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) wide along the west coast of Graham Land, entered between Stonington Island and Fitzroy Island. The head of the bay is formed by Northeast Glacier. The bay was first surveyed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, and so named by them because of its location at the rear (northeast) side of Stonington Island.

Back Cirque
Back Cirque (-67.65°N, -68.46667°W) is an east-facing cirque to the north of Sloman Glacier in southeast Adelaide Island. The cirque indents the south side of the ridge that extends from the southeast part of Mount Liotard. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1982 after Eric K.P. Back of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), who in addition to service at Adelaide Station and Grytviken from 1964-65, also served as BAS Base Commander, Signy, 1974-75, Halley, 1975-76, Faraday, 1977-78, and Rothera, 1978-79.

Back Drop Ridge
Back Drop Ridge (-78.01667°N, 163.33333°W) is a named from the position of the ridge in relation to The Stage.

Back Mesa
Back Mesa (-64.03333°N, -58.2°W) is an ice-covered, flat-topped mountain with rock exposures, 740 m, located east of Hidden Lake on Ulu Peninsula, James Ross Island. Following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geological work, 1985-86, named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Dr. Eric H. Back, Lieutenant RNVR, medical officer on Operation Tabarin at Port Lockroy, 1943-44, and Hope Bay, 1944-45.

Mount Back
Mount Back (-54.48333°N, -36.11667°W) is a peak (650 m) located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south of Doris Bay, South Georgia. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Squadron Leader Anthony H. Back, RAF, assistant surveyor with the British Combined Services Expedition, 1964-65, who assisted in the survey of this peak.

Backdoor Bay
Backdoor Bay (-77.56667°N, 166.2°W) is a small bay lying at the east side of Cape Royds, along the west side of Ross Island. The British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, under Shackleton, unloaded supplies at Backdoor Bay for use at their winter headquarters on Cape Royds. So named by them because it lies at the back (east) side of Cape Royds, opposite the small cove on the west side of the cape, known to them as "Front Door Bay."

Backer Islands
Backer Islands (-74.41667°N, -102.66667°W) is a chain of small islands at the south side of Cranton Bay. The islands trend northwest for 12 nautical miles (22 km) from the ice shelf which forms the south limit of the bay. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Walter K. Backer, U.S. Navy, chief construction mechanic at Byrd Station, 1967. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Backstairs Passage Glacier
Backstairs Passage Glacier (-75.03333°N, 162.6°W) is a glacier about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, draining east along the north side of Mount Crummer to the Ross Sea. The Magnetic Pole Party, led by T.W.E. David, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, ascended this glacier from the Ross Sea, then continued the ascent via Larsen Glacier to the plateau of Victoria Land. So named by David's party because of the circuitous route to get to Larsen Glacier.

Bader Glacier
Bader Glacier (-67.61667°N, -66.75°W) is a small glacier flowing to Bourgeois Fjord just south of Thomson Head, on the west coast of Graham Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for Swiss glaciologist Henri Bader of Rutgers University (U.S.A.), author of an important thesis on the development of the snowflake and its metamorphoses.

Baffle Rock
Baffle Rock (-68.2°N, -67.08333°W) is a small rock, just visible at the surface at high tide, lying in the center of the deep water channel approach to Stonington Island, 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) northwest of the west tip of Neny Island in Marguerite Bay. The rock was surveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named by them because it is difficult to see and hinders approaching ships.

Cape Bage
Cape Bage (-67.71667°N, 146.56667°W) is a prominent point on the coast between Murphy Bay and Ainsworth Bay. Discovered in 1912 by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Lieutenant R. Bage, the expedition's astronomer, assistant magnetician and recorder of tides.

Baggott Ridge
Baggott Ridge (-70.31667°N, 64.31667°W) is a low ridge, mostly snow-covered, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Baldwin Nunatak and 7 nautical miles (13 km) south-southwest of Mount Starlight in the Prince Charles Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) surveys and air photos, 1955-65. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for P.J. Baggott, radio officer at Mawson Station, 1965.

Bagnold Point
Bagnold Point (-67.03333°N, -67.48333°W) is a point between Gunnel Channel and Shumskiy Cove on Arrowsmith Peninsula, Graham Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Ralph A. Bagnold, English author of The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes, 1941.

Bagshawe Glacier
Bagshawe Glacier (-64.93333°N, -62.58333°W) is a glacier which drains the northeast slopes of Mount Theodore and discharges into Lester Cove, Andvord Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. The mouth of the glacier was first seen and sketched by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in February 1898. The glacier was first roughly surveyed by K.V. Blaiklock of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from the M.C. Lester, wintered at Waterboat Point near Andvord Bay in 1921.

Mount Bagshawe
Mount Bagshawe (-71.41667°N, -67.23333°W) is a southernmost and highest of the Batterbee Mountains, 2,200 m, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) inland from George VI Sound on the west coast of Palmer Land. The mountain was first seen and photographed from the air on November 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth, and was mapped from these photographs by W.L.G. Joerg. It was surveyed in 1936 by British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954 after Sir Arthur W.G. Bagshawe (1871-1950), British authority on tropical medicine, who raised a special fund to defray the expenses of biological equipment for BGLE, 1934-37.

Bahamonde Point
Bahamonde Point (-63.31667°N, -57.91667°W) is a point which marks the west extremity of Schmidt Peninsula on Trinity Peninsula. The point was charted by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947-48) and named for First Lieutenant Arturo Bahamonde Calderon, engineer of the expedition.

Bailey Ice Stream
Bailey Ice Stream (-79°N, -30°W) is an ice stream on the northern margin of the Theron Mountains, flowing west-southwest to the Filchner Ice Shelf. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Jeremy Thomas Bailey (1941-65), British Antarctic Survey (BAS) glaciologist, who with two companions died in a crevasse accident during a radio echo sounding traverse inland from Halley station on October 12, 1965. On an earlier traverse in April, 1965, Bailey sounded the upper portion of this feature.

Bailey Nunatak
Bailey Nunatak (-75.66667°N, -140.03333°W) is a nunatak (1,010 m) located along the north flank of White Glacier, midway between Partridge Nunatak and Wilkins Nunatak, near the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped from U.S. Navy air photos and United States Geological Survey (USGS) surveys, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Andrew M. Bailey, meteorologist at Byrd Station, 1963.

Bailey Peninsula
Bailey Peninsula (-66.28333°N, 110.53333°W) is a rocky peninsula, 1.8 nautical miles (3.3 km) long and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide, lying between Newcomb Bay and O'Brien Bay at the east side of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from U.S. Navy Operation Highjump aerial photographs taken in February 1947 and thought to be an island connected by a steep snow ramp to the continental ice overlying Budd Coast. The term peninsula was considered more appropriate by the Wilkes Station party of 1957. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Claude E. Bailey, U.S. Navy, captain of the USS Henderson, destroyer escort of the western task group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, Task Force 68, 1946-47.

Bailey Ridge
Bailey Ridge (-77.2°N, -145.03333°W) is a serrate ridge 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, standing between Mount Blades and Fleming Peaks in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered on aerial flights of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1934, and named by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) for Clay W. Bailey, a member of both expeditions.

Bailey Rocks
Bailey Rocks (-66.28333°N, 110.53333°W) is a small chain of rocks in the Windmill Islands which extends northeast from the north side of Bailey Peninsula into Newcomb Bay. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and observed in 1957 by Wilkes Station personnel under C.R. Eklund. Named by Eklund for Aerographers Mate 1st Class Carl T. Bailey, U.S. Navy, a Navy support force member of the 1957 wintering party at Wilkes Station during the IGY.

Mount Bailey (Antarctica)
Mount Bailey (-70°N, -63.21667°W) is a mountain, 1,445 m, which stands south of Anthony Glacier and 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-southwest of Lewis Point, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Charted in 1936-37 by a British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) sledge party under Rymill. It was recharted in 1947 by a joint sledge party consisting of members of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne, and the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by Ronne for Commander Clay W. Bailey, U.S. Navy, member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35, and the West Base party of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, who assisted in outlining the RARE radio requirements.

Baillie Peak
Baillie Peak (-83.36667°N, 161°W) is a peak over 2,800 m, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south-southeast of Mount Angier in the Moore Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Range. The peak was observed by the Ohio State University Geological Party, 1967-68, which named it for Ralph J. Baillie, field assistant with the party.

Baillieu Peak
Baillieu Peak (-67.85°N, 60.76667°W) is a peak, 1,380 m, that rises above the ice sheet 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Cape Bruce and 10 nautical miles (18 km) west-southwest of Pearce Peak. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, and named for Clive Latham Baillieu (later Baron Baillieu), a patron of the expedition.

Bain Crags
Bain Crags (-70.5°N, 71.75°W) is a number of rock exposures, many of which are banded, in the face of or projecting from the ice cliffs along the south part of the west side of Gillock Island in the Amery Ice Shelf. The feature was visited in January 1969 by J.H.C. Bain, geologist with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Prince Charles Mountains survey party, after whom it is named.

Bain Nunatak
Bain Nunatak (-71.1°N, 71.58333°W) is an one of the Manning Nunataks, on the east side of the Amery Ice Shelf. The nunataks were photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1957). They were visited by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1965 and by the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1969. Named for C.J. Bain, weather observer at Mawson Station in 1969 and a member of the 1969 ANARE survey party.

Mount Bain
Mount Bain (-66.55°N, -65.43333°W) is a mountain, 2,090 m, standing between Hopkins and Erskine Glaciers on the west coast of Graham Land. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for James S. Bain of London, who specialized in the development of polar and high altitude rations, with special emphasis on plastic vacuum packaging, between 1948 and 1956.

Baines Nunatak
Baines Nunatak (-80.31667°N, -23.96667°W) is a nunatak rising to 1,020 m to the east of Bernhardi Heights and 10 nautical miles (18 km) northwest of Jackson Tooth, Pioneers Escarpment, in the Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named in 1977 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Thomas Baines (1822-75), English explorer and joint author, with W.B. Lord, of Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life, Travel and Exploration (London, 1871).

Bainmedart Cove
Bainmedart Cove (-70.85°N, 68.05°W) is a cove about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long in eastern Radok Lake, in the Prince Charles Mountains. The cove leads to narrow Pagodroma Gorge which joins Radok and Beaver Lakes. The name is a composite one made from the names of C. Bain, A. Medvecky, and J. Dart who spent a month at the cove studying the geology of the lakes area during the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Prince Charles Mountains survey in Jan.-Feb., 1969.

Baken Nunatak
Baken Nunatak (-71.3°N, -2.95°W) is a small isolated nunatak surmounting the north part of Bakeneset Headland in Queen Maud Land. 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 Baken (the beacon).

Bakenesdokka Valley
Bakenesdokka Valley (-71.43333°N, -3.05°W) is an ice-filled valley at the east side of Roberts Knoll, draining north to Jelbart Ice Shelf in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Bakenesdokka (the beacon cape depression).

Bakeneset Headland
Bakeneset Headland (-71.38333°N, -2.8°W) is an ice-covered headland, marked by Baken Nunatak near the seaward end, forming the northwest extremity of 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 air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Bakeneset (the beacon cape).

Baker Glacier
Baker Glacier (-72.76667°N, 169.25°W) is a small tributary glacier that enters Whitehall Glacier just north of Martin Hill, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. 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 John R. Baker, biologist at Hallett Station in 1967-68 and 1968-69.

Baker Knob
Baker Knob (-72.5°N, -96.01667°W) is a small rounded coastal elevation which has an abrupt east face, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Harrison Nunatak at the east end of Thurston Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after T.W. Baker, Photographer's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946-47.

Baker Nunatak
Baker Nunatak (-85.38333°N, -124.66667°W) is a nunatak standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Mount Brecher in northern 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 Travis L. Baker, meteorologist, Byrd Station winter party, 1961.

Baker Point
Baker Point (-77.56667°N, 163.55°W) is a point at the south side of the entrance to Explorers Cove, New Harbor, McMurdo Sound, on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Bill James Baker, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, who conducted underwater research in several areas of McMurdo Sound during the 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1996-97 field seasons, including work at Cape Evans, Razorback Islands, Hutton Cliffs, Arrival Heights, and New Harbor, the location of this point.

Baker Ridge
Baker Ridge (-83.33333°N, -55.66667°W) is a ridge extending west for 5 nautical miles (9 km) from the north part of Washington Escarpment in the Neptune 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) for Clifford E. Baker, aviation electronics technician at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.

Baker Rocks
Baker Rocks (-74.23333°N, 164.75°W) is a spur-like rock exposure lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Wood Bay and 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Mount Melbourne, on the coast of 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) after Billy-Ace Baker, radioman, McMurdo Station winter party in 1963, 1967, 1971, and 1975; summer seasons, 1976-1980.

Mount Baker (Antarctica)
Mount Baker (-84.73333°N, -172.35°W) is a mountain (1,480 m) in the southeast part of Gabbro Hills near the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, standing at the west side of Gough Glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Amphibole Peak. Discovered by the U.S. Ross Ice Shelf Traverse Party (1957-58) under A.P. Crary, and named for Gladys E. Baker, who assisted in analyzing, classifying and reporting upon lichens for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933-35).

Bakewell Island
Bakewell Island (-74.83333°N, -18.91667°W) is a small ice-covered island near Princess Martha Coast and east of Lyddan Island in the south part of Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf. The island was discovered November 5, 1967, in the course of a U.S. Navy Squadron VXE-6 flight over the coast in LC-130 aircraft, and was plotted by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from air photos taken at that time. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after William Lincoln Bakewell, the lone American on Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 1914-16 expedition in the Endurance to this area. Bakewell reportedly represented himself as Canadian to gain acceptance for the voyage to Antarctica. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bakhallet Slope
Bakhallet Slope (-72.13333°N, 2.93333°W) is an ice slope between Terningskarvet Mountain and Brugda Ridge in the Gjelsvik Mountains, 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 by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Bakhallet (the back slope).

Mount Bakker
Mount Bakker (-70.31667°N, 64.6°W) is an isolated mountain marked by a northern snow-covered face, located 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) south-southeast of Mount Starlight in the Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) surveys and air photos, 1955-65. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for F.C.R. Bakker, radio supervisor at Davis Station, 1964.

Bakkesvodene Crags
Bakkesvodene Crags (-71.93333°N, 6.53333°W) is a high rock crags overlooking the east side of Lunde Glacier in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Bakkesvodene (the hill slopes).

Bakutis Coast
Bakutis Coast (-74.75°N, -120°W) is that part of the coast of Antarctica extending from a point opposite eastern Dean Island, at 7442S, 12705W, to Cape Herlacher. The coast in this area is bounded by several large ice-covered islands and the very extensive Getz Ice Shelf. This coast was sighted by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, and was charted in part from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, both expeditions led by Admiral R.E. Byrd. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) completely mapped the coast from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for R. Admiral Fred E. Bakutis, Commander of the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, from 1965 to 1967.

Balaena Islands
Balaena Islands (-66.01667°N, 111.1°W) is a small group of rocky islands lying close to the coast of Antarctica, 10 nautical miles (18 km) northeast of Cape Folger. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after the British floating factory, Balaena from which sketches of Knox and Budd Coasts were obtained as the result of reconnaissance flights and shipboard observations in 1947. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Balaena Valley
Balaena Valley (-63.33333°N, -56.38333°W) is a gently sloping valley, filled with ice, lying east of Suspiros Bay in the west part of Joinville Island. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953-54. The Balaena (Alexander Fairweather, master) was one of the Dundee whaling ships that visited the Joinville Island group in 1892-93. The name was applied in 1956 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) and derives from association with Cape Kinnes 4 nautical miles (7 km) to the SW; Robert Kinnes was the Dundee shipowner and merchant who equipped these ships for their Antarctic voyage.

Balch Glacier
Balch Glacier (-66.83333°N, -64.8°W) is a glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, on the east coast of Graham Land, flowing southeast into Mill Inlet, to the south of Gould Glacier. First surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1946-47, and named East Balch Glacier. With West Balch Glacier it was reported to fill a transverse depression across Graham Land, but further survey in 1957 showed that there is no close topographical alignment between the two. The name Balch, for Edwin S. Balch, American Antarctic historian, has been limited to this glacier and an entirely new name (Drummond Glacier q.v.) approved for the west glacier.

Mount Balch
Mount Balch (-65.26667°N, -63.98333°W) is an east-west trending mountain with numerous sharp peaks, the highest 1,105 m, between Mount Peary and Mount Mill on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot and named by him for Edwin Swift Balch, American author and authority on Antarctic exploration.

Balchen Glacier
Balchen Glacier (-76.38333°N, -145.16667°W) is a crevassed glacier flowing west to Block Bay between the Phillips and Fosdick Mountains in Marie Byrd Land. Discovered on December 5, 1929, by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition and named by Byrd for Bernt Balchen, chief pilot of the expedition.

Balchen Mountain
Balchen Mountain (-72°N, 27.2°W) is a mountain, 2,820 m, standing at the east side of Byrdbreen in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named for Bernt Balchen, famous Norwegian polar aviator and chief pilot of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30.

Mount Balchen
Mount Balchen (-85.36667°N, -166.2°W) is a prominent peak, 3,085 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of the summit of Mount Fridtjof Nansen, in the Herbert Range, Queen Maud Mountains. Named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for Bernt Balchen, pilot with Roald Amundsen on Arctic flights, and with R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd on his South Pole flight of 1929.

Balchunas Pass
Balchunas Pass (-75.76667°N, -128.75°W) is a broad pass between Mount Flint and Mount Petras in the McCuddin Mountains, 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 Commander Robert C. Balchunas, U.S. Navy, Executive Officer for Antarctic Support Activities during Operation Deep Freeze 1971, 1972, and 1973.

Bald Head
Bald Head (-63.63333°N, -57.6°W) is a bare, ice-free headland 8 nautical miles (15 km) southwest of View Point on the south side of Trinity Peninsula. Probably first seen in 1902-03 by J. Gunnar Andersson's party of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted it and applied the descriptive name in 1945.

Balder Point
Balder Point (-66.45°N, -63.75°W) is a point marking the eastern tip of a narrow, rocky "cockscomb" ridge, which extends from Frigga Peak for 6 nautical miles (11 km) in an east-southeast direction to the west side of Cabinet Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named it after the Norse god Balder, the mythological son of Frigga and Odin.

Mount Baldr
Mount Baldr (-77.58333°N, 160.56667°W) is a prominent peak standing west of Mount Thor and south of Wright Upper Glacier in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958-59) after one of the Norse gods.

Baldred Rock
Baldred Rock (-60.73333°N, -44.43333°W) is a rock in Fitchie Bay at Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. It lies close off the south side of Ferrier Peninsula, 0.75 nautical miles (1.4 km) east-southeast of Graptolite Island. This rock was mapped by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, 1902-04, and was later named Bass Rock owing to its likeness to the Bass Rock in Scotland. The name Bass Rock has also appeared on charts as an alternative name for an island in the Joinville Island group. To avoid confusion of these names, in 1954 the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) recommended an entirely new name for the rock at Fitchie Bay. Baldred Rock is named after Saint Baldred (died 606), the first hermit known to have lived on the Scottish Bass Rock.

Baldwin Bluff
Baldwin Bluff (-72.1°N, 169.45°W) is a rock bluff along the southwest side of Ironside Glacier, about 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of the summit of Mount Whewell, in the Admiralty Mountains. 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 Howard A. Baldwin, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1966-67.

Baldwin Glacier
Baldwin Glacier (-85.1°N, -177.16667°W) is a broad glacier, flowing generally eastward from a large icefalls at the escarpment west of Mount Rosenwald and entering Shackleton Glacier south of Mount Heekin. 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 Sgt. George E. Baldwin, United States Marine Corps (USMC), photographer on Flight 8A.

Baldwin Nunatak
Baldwin Nunatak (-70.31667°N, 64.4°W) is a nunatak 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) south-southwest of Mount Starlight in the Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) surveys and air photos, 1955-65. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J.W. Baldwin, weather observer (radio) at Mawson Station, 1965.

Baldwin Peak
Baldwin Peak (-64.38333°N, -60.75°W) is a peak between Lilienthal Glacier and Mount Berry in northern Graham Land. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1956-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Thomas S. Baldwin (1860-1923), American inventor of the vent opening which gives control and stability to parachutes.

Baldwin Rocks
Baldwin Rocks (-66.4°N, 98.75°W) is a group of rock outcrops about 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Watson Bluff on the north side of David Island. Charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14, under Mawson, and named by him for Joseph M. Baldwin of the Melbourne Observatory.

Baldwin Valley
Baldwin Valley (-77.3°N, 162.33333°W) is an ice-filled valley in the Saint Johns Range, lying northwest of Pond Peak in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Russel R. Baldwin, U.S. Navy, who was in charge of the Airfield Maintenance Branch at McMurdo Station in 1962.

Mount Baldwin
Mount Baldwin (-72.25°N, 163.3°W) is a mountain 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Smiths Bench, in the Freyberg Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for T.T. Baldwin, transport specialist, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Victoria Land Traverse Party which surveyed this area in 1959-60.

Mount Baleen
Mount Baleen (-65.6°N, -62.2°W) is a prominent peak of 910 m and of pyramidal shape when viewed from Larsen Ice Shelf, standing between Rachel and Starbuck Glaciers on the east coast of Graham Land. The naming by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) is one in a group in this vicinity that reflects a whaling theme. Baleen whales are distinguished by the presence of a sieve of horny baleen (whalebone) plates suspended from the upper jaw, and by the absence of teeth.

Mount Balfour
Mount Balfour (-69.31667°N, -67.21667°W) is a bastion-like rocky mountain, 1,010 m, which lies at the mouth of Fleming Glacier, close to the junction with Wordie Ice Shelf on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948 and named for Henry Balfour, President of the Royal Geographical Society, 1936-38.

Balham Lake
Balham Lake (-77.43333°N, 160.95°W) is a small lake near the center of Balham Valley in Victoria Land. Named in 1964 by American geologist Parker E. Calkin for its location in Balham Valley.

Balham Valley
Balham Valley (-77.41667°N, 161.01667°W) is an ice-free valley between the Insel Range and Apocalypse Peaks, in Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958-59) for R.W. Balham, biologist with the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition who did the first freshwater biology in this area in 1957-58.

Balin Point
Balin Point (-60.7°N, -45.6°W) is a point which marks the north side of the entrance to Borge Bay on the east side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted by DI in 1933 and so named in association with Balin Rocks.

Balin Rocks
Balin Rocks (-60.7°N, -45.6°W) is a small group of rocks close south of Balin Point on the east side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted and named by the Norwegian whaling captains Petter Sorlle and Hans Borge in 1912-13.

Balish Glacier
Balish Glacier (-79.41667°N, -84.5°W) is a glacier, 18 nautical miles (33 km) long, flowing north from Soholt Peaks to enter Splettstoesser Glacier just northeast of Springer Peak, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. 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 Daniel Balish, Executive Officer of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 during Deep Freeze 1965, and Commanding Officer in 1967.

Balkan Snowfield
Balkan Snowfield (-62.63333°N, -60.3°W) is an ice-covered plateau of elevation from 150 to 280 m in eastern Livingston Island, 3,000 m long in SW-NE direction and 2,000 m wide. Bounded to the southwest by Velchev Rock and upper Contell Glacier, to the southeast and east by the foots of Castillo Nunatak and Burdick Ridge and to the north by the lower course of Perunika Glacier. Sloping gently northwestward, its foot bounded by the hills along Bulgarian Beach.

Ball Glacier
Ball Glacier (-78.05°N, 162.83333°W) is a named after Gary Ball, a member of R.H. Findlay's 1980-81 New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) field party to this area. A New Zealand mountaineer of international repute, Ball climbed Mount Lister with an Italian party, 1976-77, and camped on this glacier.

Ball Glacier
Ball Glacier (-64.33333°N, -57.36667°W) is a small glacier separating Redshaw Point from Hamilton Point, flowing northeast to Markham Bay on the southeast side of James Ross Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1995 after H. William Ball (b. 1926), Keeper of Paleontology, British Museum (Natural History), 1966-86, and author of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) Scientific Report No. 24 on fossils from the James Ross Island area.

Ball Peak
Ball Peak (-77.56667°N, 162.78333°W) is a

Ball Peninsula
Ball Peninsula (-72.13333°N, -98.05°W) is a broad ice-covered peninsula on the north side of Thurston Island. It extends into Murphy Inlet between Noville Peninsula and Edwards Peninsula. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant (jg) James L. Ball, PBM Mariner pilot in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this peninsula and adjacent coastal areas, 1946-47. Ball commanded the January 11, 1947 search plane which, after 12 days of uncertainty, found the burned wreck and survivors of the Mariner crash on Noville Peninsula.

Ball Stream
Ball Stream (-77.43333°N, 163.71667°W) is a meltwater stream 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land. It issues from the front of Wilson Piedmont Glacier and flows northeast to Surko Stream just west of where the latter enters Arnold Cove. The stream was studied by Robert L. Nichols, geologist for Metcalf and Eddy, Engineers, Boston, MA, which made engineering studies here under contract to the U.S. Navy in the 1957-58 season. Named by Nichols for Donald G. Ball, soil physicist with Metcalf and Eddy.

Ballance Peak
Ballance Peak (-76.76667°N, 159.48333°W) is the highest peak at the southern end of the Allan Hills in Victoria Land. Reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) Allan Hills Expedition (1964) and named for P.F. Ballance, a geologist with the expedition.

Ballard Spur
Ballard Spur (-82.13333°N, 163.66667°W) is a spur 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Cape Wilson on the east side of Nash Range. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Thomas B. Ballard, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) aurora scientist at Hallett Station, 1961.

Mount Ballard
Mount Ballard (-75.2°N, -70.08333°W) is a mountain in the west part of the Sweeney Mountains in Ellsworth 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 G.E. Ballard, equipment operator with the South Pole Station winter party in 1963.

Balleny Basin
Balleny Basin (-67°N, 170°W) is a minor undersea basin, almost an appendage to the Southeast Pacific Basin. Named in association with the Balleny Islands and approved 2/72 (ACUF 134).

Balleny Fracture Zone
Balleny Fracture Zone (-62°N, 156°W) is an undersea fracture zone that extends south towards the Balleny Islands. Name approved 12/71 (ACUF 132).

Balleny Islands
Balleny Islands (-66.91667°N, 163.33333°W) is a group consisting primarily of three large and two smaller islands, heavily glaciated and volcanic in origin, lying 150 miles north-northeast of Cape Kinsey, Oates Coast. The group trends NW-SE for nearly 100 miles. The islands were discovered by John Balleny, commander of the Eliza Scott, in February 1839. They were named in his honor by Captain Beaufort, hydrographer to the Admiralty. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Balleny Seamounts
Balleny Seamounts (-61°N, 161.5°W) is a seamounts named in association with the Balleny Islands. Name approved 6/88 (ACUF 228).

Balleny Trough
Balleny Trough (-66°N, 158°W) is an undersea trough named in association with the Balleny Islands. Name approved 2/72 (ACUF 134).

Mount Ballou
Mount Ballou (-73.23333°N, 163.05°W) is a pinnacle-type mountain (2,900 m) which forms the south end of Pain Mesa and the north side of the entrance to Pinnacle Gap in the Mesa Range, 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 Justin G. Ballou, U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the Detachment A winter party at McMurdo Station, 1966.

Bally Glacier
Bally Glacier (-81.36667°N, 159.2°W) is a glacier 6 nautical miles (11 km) long which occupies the central part of Carlstrom Foothills, Churchill Mountains. It flows north along the east side of Mount Blick into Jorda Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after John Bally of the University of Colorado Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, Boulder, CO; United States Antarctic Program (USAP) principal investigator and field team member of the Advanced Telescope Project, South Pole Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica, 1992-95.

Balsam Beach
Balsam Beach (-54.31667°N, -36.43333°W) is a narrow boulder beach with jagged islands close offshore, lying 0.75 nautical miles (1.4 km) east of Dartmouth Point in Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. The beach appears on earlier charts, but the name was given by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1951 following a sketch survey. The name is one of a group in the vicinity of Dartmouth Point derived from the chemical stains used in the preparation for histological examination of biological material collected there by FIDS.

Balsley Peak
Balsley Peak (-77.63333°N, -153.6°W) is a distinctive peak (c.1100m) located 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km) southeast of LaGorce Peak in Alexandra Mountains, Marie Byrd Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after James R. Balsley, U.S. Geological Survey, who conducted airborne magnetometer near this peak during U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47; later Chief, Branch of Geophysics, United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Bamse Mountain
Bamse Mountain (-72.25°N, 22.3°W) is a mountain, 2,500 m, standing 11 nautical miles (20 km) west of Mount Nils Larsen in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named Bamsefjell (bear mountain).

Mount Banck
Mount Banck (-64.9°N, -63.05°W) is a conspicuous mountain of red rock, 675 m, dominating the small peninsula just west of Mascias Cove, on the west coast of Graham Land. In 1898 the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache applied the name "Ile Banck" to a feature which was charted as an island separated from the mainland by a narrow channel. Air photos show it is actually a small peninsula, on which the most prominent feature is this mountain. The name Mount William, given by Biscoe in 1832 to a mountain which he described as being on the mainland but now identified on Anvers Island, has been used for the feature here described.

Bancroft Bay
Bancroft Bay (-64.56667°N, -61.86667°W) is a bay lying between Charlotte and Wilhelmina Bays, along the west coast of Graham Land. The bay was first roughly indicated by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. It was remapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from air photos taken by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1955-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Anthony D. Bancroft, senior surveyor of the latter expedition.

Mount Band
Mount Band (-78.05°N, 163.96667°W) is a named from the profusion of colored lichens appearing in bands on brown rocks.

Banded Bluff
Banded Bluff (-85.33333°N, -169.5°W) is a prominent bluff about 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, rising 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of McKinley Nunatak, where it forms a part of the east wall of Liv Glacier. So named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) because of the alternate bands of snow and rock which mark the steep face of the bluff.

Banded Peak
Banded Peak (-85.05°N, -166.08333°W) is a small peak which rises over 1,400 m in the Duncan Mountains. This feature which stands 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Fairweather has a distinctive snow band across the south face. Named by the Southern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64.

Bandstone Block
Bandstone Block (-71.66667°N, -68.2°W) is an almost rectangular block of sandstone which rises to about 300 m 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Triton Point at the mouth of Venus Glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island. The coast in this vicinity was first seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935, and roughly mapped from photos obtained on that flight by W.L.G. Joerg. This feature was first surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it because of its conspicuous sedimentary bands.

Bandy Island
Bandy Island (-75.06667°N, -137.81667°W) is a small ice-covered island lying in Hull Bay, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Lynch Point, coastal Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1962-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Orville L. Bandy (1917-73), professor of geology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a participant since 1961 in several United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) projects. In 1964 and 1966, respectively, he was chief scientist on cruises 7 and 17 of RV Anton Bruun, and took part in several cruises of USNS Eltanin. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Banna Peak
Banna Peak (-79.91667°N, 155.05°W) is a peak (2,420 m) that surmounts the south end of Banna Ridge in the northwest part of Britannia Range. Named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato (N.Z.) geological party led by M.J. Selby, 1978-79. Banna is a historical placename formerly used in Roman Britain.

Banna Ridge
Banna Ridge (-79.9°N, 155.1°W) is a rock ridge that rises over 2,000 m and extends from Banna Peak northeast toward the head of Hatherton Glacier. The ridge forms the southeast wall of Abus Valley in the northwest part of Britannia Range. Named in association with Banna Peak by a University of Waikato (N.Z.) geological party, 1978-79.

Banzare Coast
Banzare Coast (-67°N, 126°W) is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between Cape Southard, in 12205E, and Cape Morse, in 13010E. Seen from the air by the British-Australian-New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1930-31, under Douglas Mawson. The name by Mawson is an acronym of the expedition title.

Bar Island (Antarctica)
Bar Island (-68.28333°N, -67.2°W) is a long, low, rocky islet lying 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) off the west end of Red Rock Ridge, Antarctic Peninsula. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under John Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named the islet because of its shape. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bar Rocks
Bar Rocks (-54.16667°N, -36.7°W) is a group of low rocks which lie near the head of Husvik Harbor in Stromness Bay, South Georgia. Charted by DI personnel in 1928 and so named by them, presumably because their presence obstructs or impedes vessels approaching the head of the harbor.

Baranowski Glacier
Baranowski Glacier (-62.2°N, -58.45°W) is a glacier flowing east into Admiralty Bay, King George Island, northwest of Demay Point. Named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after Stanislaw Baranowski (1935-78), Polish glaciologist who died on King George Island as a result of an accident at the Polish Arctowski Station while a member of the 1977-78 expedition.

Barbara Island (Antarctica)
Barbara Island (-68.13333°N, -67.1°W) is a largest and northernmost of the Debenham Islands, lying 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

Barber Cove
Barber Cove (-54°N, -37.65°W) is a small, rock-strewn cove bounded by Bluff Point and Craigie Point, in the east part of Right Whale Bay, South Georgia. The name Scott Bay, of unknown origin, appears for the feature on a chart based upon a 1930 survey by DI personnel. Named Barber Cove by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963, for Leading Seaman John M. Barber of HMS Owen, which surveyed the area in 1961.

Barber Glacier
Barber Glacier (-70.43333°N, 162.75°W) is a glacier rising just east of Mount Bruce in the Bowers Mountains and flowing north to the coast between Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont and Rosenau Head. 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 Captain Don W. Barber, CE, USA, construction and equipment officer, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1967 and 1968.

Barbiere Island
Barbiere Island (-65.18333°N, -64.16667°W) is a small island, the southeasternmost of the islands lying off the south end of Petermann Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, and named after M. Barbiere, one of the port engineers at Recife (Pernambuco), who assisted the expedition in 1910. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

The Barchans
The Barchans (-65.23333°N, -64.33333°W) is a group of small snow-capped islands marking the west end of the Argentine Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill, and so named by him because the snow caps resemble barchans (also barkhans), migrating, crescent-shaped sand dunes found in several very dry regions of the world.

Barclay Bay
Barclay Bay (-62.55°N, -60.96667°W) is a bay lying between Cape Shirreff and Essex Point on the north side of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears on an 1825 chart of the British sealing expedition under Weddell, and is now established in international usage.

Barcroft Islands
Barcroft Islands (-66.45°N, -67.16667°W) is a group of small islands and rocks about 5 miles in extent, lying close south of Watkins 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 Sir Joseph Barcroft (1872-1947), Irish physiologist, a pioneer investigator of the physiological effects of high altitudes and cold. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Barcus Glacier
Barcus Glacier (-74.25°N, -62°W) is a glacier in the Hutton Mountains that drains east-southeast, to the north of Mount Nash and Mount Light, into Keller Inlet 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 James R. Barcus, ionospheric physics researcher at Byrd Station in the summers 1966-67 and 1967-68.

Bardell Rock
Bardell Rock (-65.33333°N, -65.38333°W) is a rock nearly 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Dickens Rocks in the Pitt Islands, northern Biscoe Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Mrs. Bardell, a character in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers.

Mount Barden
Mount Barden (-77.85°N, -86.21667°W) is a mountain, 2,910 m, standing 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of Mount Sharp in the north portion of the Sentinel Range. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Virgil W. Barden, ionospheric physicist, member of the 1957 wintering party at Byrd Station.

Bardsdell Nunatak
Bardsdell Nunatak (-70.26667°N, -63.9°W) is a mainly ice-free nunatak just north of Dalziel Ridge in the Columbia Mountains of Palmer Land. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Mark Bardsdell, Columbia University geologist who studied the structure of the Scotia Ridge area, 1970-71.

Bare Rock
Bare Rock (-60.71667°N, -45.6°W) is a rock which lies 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) northeast of Berntsen Point in the entrance to Borge Bay, off the east side of Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted and named descriptively by DI personnel on the Discovery in 1927.

Bareback Ridge
Bareback Ridge (-54.48333°N, -37.08333°W) is an irregular ridge extending north from Olstad Peak in central Annenkov Island, South Georgia. The United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) name stems from the absence of surficial material and vegetation from its top and sides.

Bareface Bluff
Bareface Bluff (-78.83333°N, 161.66667°W) is a large, sheer snow-free bluff, 940 m, rising above Skelton Glacier, between Ant Hill Glacier and Mason Glacier. Surveyed and given this descriptive name in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

Barela Rock
Barela Rock (-77.01667°N, -148.86667°W) is a rock outcrop in the south part of Przybyszewski Island in the Marshall Archipelago. 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 Ruben E. Barela, aviation structural mechanic, U.S. Navy, of the McMurdo Station party, 1967.

Barff Peninsula
Barff Peninsula (-54.31667°N, -36.3°W) is a peninsula forming the east margin of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia, extending northwest from Sorling Valley 8 nautical miles (15 km) to Barff Point. Probably first seen by the British expedition under Cook in 1775. The peninsula takes its name from its northern extremity, Barff Point.

Barff Point
Barff Point (-54.23333°N, -36.4°W) is a point which forms the east side of the entrance to Cumberland Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. Named for Lieutenant A.D. Barff, Royal Navy, of the Sappho, who, assisted by Captain C.A. Larsen, made a sketch map of Cumberland Bay in 1906.

Bargh Glacier
Bargh Glacier (-73.08333°N, 168.76667°W) is a glacier 6 nautical miles (11 km) long in the southwest part of Daniell Peninsula, Victoria Land. It lies 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Langevad Glacier, whose stream it parallels, and flows southwest to enter Borchgrevink Glacier. 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 Kenneth A. Bargh, seismologist at Hallett Station, 1958.

Barilari Bay
Barilari Bay (-65.91667°N, -64.71667°W) is a bay 12 nautical miles (22 km) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, between Cape Garcia and Loqui Point on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for R. Admiral Atilio S. Barilari, Argentine Navy. Recharted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill.

Barkell Platform
Barkell Platform (-72.66667°N, 68.26667°W) is a narrow, level rock platform on the north end of Mawson Escarpment. This promontory, 1,285 m high, was the site of a geodetic survey station during the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1971. Named for V.G. Barkell, helicopter pilot with the survey.

Barker Bank
Barker Bank (-64.01667°N, -57.01667°W) is a marine bank in Erebus and Terror Gulf with a least depth of 20 meters. The bank extends northeast from Ula Point, James Ross Island, but its limits are not precisely defined. Charted from HMS Endurance, 1981-82, and named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Captain Nicholas J. Barker, Royal Navy, who was in command of the ship, 1980-82.

Barker Nunatak
Barker Nunatak (-74.88333°N, -72.7°W) is an one of the Grossman Nunataks in Ellsworth Land, located 2.2 nautical miles (4.1 km) northeast of Fletcher Nunataks. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Kenneth Barker, United States Geological Survey (USGS) cartographer who, with James B. Fletcher (Fletcher Nunataks, q.v.), formed the USGS satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party 1977.

Barker Peak
Barker Peak (-77.5°N, 168.3°W) is a peak 3.6 nautical miles (7 km) west-northwest of Mount Terror on Ross Island. The feature rises to c.2200 m and is the western of two peaks near the south end of Giggenbach Ridge. Name by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) (2000) after Major James R. M. Barker, officer in command at Scott Base, 1970-71; a NZAP manager, 1970-86.

Barker Range
Barker Range (-72.53333°N, 166.16667°W) is a mountain range trending NW-SE and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of Millen Range in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for James Barker, leader at Scott Base, 1972.

Barkley Mountains
Barkley Mountains (-72.36667°N, 1°W) is a small group of mountains including Kvitkjolen Ridge and Isingen Mountain, rising between Kvitsvodene Valley and Rogstad Glacier in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Erich Barkley, biologist on the expedition. Surveyed by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1949-52.

Barkov Glacier
Barkov Glacier (-71.76667°N, 10.45°W) is a glacier draining northeast between Mount Dallmann and the central part of Shcherbakov Range, in the Orvin Mountains, Queen Maud Land. First photographed and roughly plotted 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 geographer A.S. Barkov.

Mount Barkow
Mount Barkow (-73.36667°N, -62.8°W) is a mountain, 1,390 m, which stands 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Court Nunatak and New Bedford Inlet and marks the east end of the ridge separating Haines and Meinardus Glaciers, on the east side of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS). Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne, who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) mapped it from the ground in 1947. Named by the FIDS for Erich Barkow, German meteorologist and member of the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12, under Filchner.

Barlas Bank
Barlas Bank (-54°N, -37.33333°W) is a small submarine bank 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of Cape Buller, at the west side of the entrance to the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. Charted by DI in 1929-30 and named after William Barlas (Cape Barlas, q.v.).

Barlas Channel
Barlas Channel (-67.21667°N, -67.75°W) is a channel, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, in the north part of Laubeuf Fjord, extending southwest from The Gullet and separating Day Island from Adelaide Island. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named it for William Barlas.

Cape Barlas
Cape Barlas (-60.71667°N, -45°W) is a cape marking the north end of Fredriksen Island in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered and roughly charted in the course of the joint cruise by Captain Nathaniel Palmer and Captain George Powell in 1821. Further charted by DI in 1933 and named after William Barlas (1888-1941), British representative at Deception Island and South Shetland Islands for the season 1914-15, and at South Georgia on various occasions, 1928-41.

Barlow Island
Barlow Island (-62.86667°N, -62.35°W) is a small island lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west-northwest of the north tip of Smith Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Barlow, presumably for Peter Barlow, British physicist and mathematician, was applied to a cape on the east side of Smith Island by a British expedition under Foster, 1828-31. In 1951-52, the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) determined that no significant cape exists on the east side of the island, but for the sake of historical continuity applied the name to the island described above. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Barlow Rocks
Barlow Rocks (-78.48333°N, 163.4°W) is a group of rocks standing below the northwest slopes of Mount Morning on the south margin of upper Koettlitz Glacier in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1994 after Roger A. Barlow, United States Geological Survey (USGS) cartographer, a member of the satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party 1992.

Barn Rock
Barn Rock (-68.68333°N, -67.53333°W) is a prominent rock, more than 90 m high, near the north end of the Terra Firma Islands in Marguerite Bay. First visited and surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who so named the rock because of its appearance when seen from the west.

Barnacle Valley
Barnacle Valley (-76.78333°N, 161.2°W) is an ice-free valley 3 nautical miles (6 km) west-southwest of Dotson Ridge in the Convoy Range of Victoria Land. The name is one of a group of nautical names in the Convoy Range, this one applied by the 1989-90 New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) field party with reference to the low and blocky floor of this valley, which has unusually large ice wedge polygon hummocks.

Barnard Point
Barnard Point (-62.76667°N, -60.35°W) is a point which marks the southeast side of the entrance to False Bay on the south side of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This point was known to sealers as early as 1822. The name was applied about a century later, probably after Mount Barnard (now Mount Friesland) which surmounts it to the northeast. Charles H. Barnard, captain of the ship Charity of New York, was a sealer in the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21.

Barne Glacier
Barne Glacier (-77.6°N, 166.43333°W) is a steep glacier which descends from the west slopes of Mount Erebus and terminates on the west side of Ross Island between Cape Barne and Cape Evans where it forms a steep ice cliff. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, under Scott. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, under Shackleton after nearby Cape Barne.

Barne Inlet
Barne Inlet (-80.25°N, 160.25°W) is a reentrant about 17 nautical miles (31 km) wide occupied by the lower part of Byrd Glacier, lying between Cape Kerr and Cape Selborne on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and named for Lieutenant Michael Barne, Royal Navy, a member of the expedition, who with Sub-Lt. George F.A. Mulock, Royal Navy, mapped the coastline this far south in 1903.

Cape Barne
Cape Barne (-77.58333°N, 166.23333°W) is a steep, rocky bluff rising to 120 m between Cape Royds and Cape Evans on the west side of Ross Island. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, under Scott, and named by him for Lieutenant Michael Barne, Royal Navy, a member of the expedition.

Barnes Bluff
Barnes Bluff (-74.76667°N, -110.31667°W) is a projecting portion of Jones Bluffs, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north-northeast of Eckman Bluff on the east side of Bear Peninsula, Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 after Lieutenant Commander John O. Barnes, U.S. Navy, Air Operations Officer, Operation Deepfreeze, 1975-76 and 1976-77; officer in charge of the NSFA winter detachment at McMurdo Station, 1977.

Barnes Glacier
Barnes Glacier (-67.53333°N, -66.41667°W) is a glacier flowing west into Blind Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for Howard T. Barnes, Canadian physicist and pioneer of ice engineering.

Barnes Icefalls
Barnes Icefalls (-83.81667°N, -55.88333°W) is the icefalls along Washington Escarpment between Mount Dover and Bennett Spires in the Neptune 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) for James C. Barnes, meteorologist and station scientific leader at Ellsworth Station, winter 1962.

Barnes Peak
Barnes Peak (-84.38333°N, 167.56667°W) is a peak, 3,360 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Dickerson in the Queen Alexandra Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Elwood E. Barnes, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) cosmic rays scientist at Hallett Station, 1963.

Barnes Ridge
Barnes Ridge (-78.13333°N, -84.83333°W) is a ridge 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, extending between Young and Ellen Glaciers at the east side of 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 Stephen S. Barnes, scientific leader at Byrd Station in 1958.

Mount Barnes
Mount Barnes (-77.63333°N, 163.58333°W) is a peak, 985 m, surmounting the west-central side of New Harbor and marking the east end of the Kukri Hills, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, under Scott, and named New Harbour Heights. It was renamed Mount Barnes after a Canadian ice physicist by Scott's second expedition, the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.

Barnett Glacier
Barnett Glacier (-70.98333°N, 167.5°W) is a large glacier in the Anare Mountains that flows east along the south side of Tapsell Foreland into Smith Inlet, northern 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) after Donald C. Barnett, USGS topographic engineer, a member of USGS Topo East and West, 1962-63, in which the expedition extended geodetic control from the area of Cape Hallett to the Wison Hills (Topo West) and from the foot of Beardmore Glacier through the Horlick Mountains (Topo East).

Barnum Peak
Barnum Peak (-85.38333°N, -171.66667°W) is a peak (2,940 m) surmounting the east end of a prominent snow-covered rock divide near the head of Liv Glacier, just south of the mouth of LaVergne Glacier. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight to the South Pole in November 1929, and named by him for J.D. Barnum, publisher of the Syracuse Post-Standard and contributor to the expedition.

Baronick Glacier
Baronick Glacier (-78.6°N, 161.83333°W) is a glacier 6 nautical miles (11 km) southwest of Mount Cocks, in the Royal Society Range, draining into the Skelton Glacier to the west. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 for Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Michael P. Baronick, of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, who wintered at Williams Air Operating Facility at McMurdo Sound in 1956 and was in Antarctica several summer seasons. Baronick, with a party of three, was in command of the Beardmore Air Operating Facility established on October 28, 1956, at 8456S, 16600W.

Mount Barr Smith
Mount Barr Smith (-67.16667°N, 99.2°W) is a striking rock peak, 1,310 m, the northernmost in a line of peaks along the west side of Denman Glacier. Discovered in December 1912 by members of the Western Base party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, and named by him for Robert Barr Smith of Adelaide, patron of the expedition.

Barracouta Ridge
Barracouta Ridge (-85.33333°N, -166.58333°W) is a long jagged ridge which terminates on the north in Webster Knob. The ridge is an extension from the base of Mount Fridtjof Nansen into the head of Strom Glacier, Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered and visited in 1929 by the geological party under Laurence Gould of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. It was climbed by geologists of the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64. The descriptive name applied by the Southern Party derives from the appearance of the toothlike pinnacle along the crest of the ridge.

Barracouta Rock
Barracouta Rock (-54.01667°N, -38.05°W) is a submerged rock lying 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) south of the entrance to Jordan Cove, Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia. First charted by personnel on HMS Owen in 1961. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for one of Owen's survey motor boats.

Barratt Island
Barratt Island (-68.55°N, 77.86667°W) is a small island lying off the Vestfold Hills, about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Bluff Island. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for N.R. Barratt, weather observer at Davis Station in 1960. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Barre Glacier
Barre Glacier (-66.58333°N, 138.66667°W) is a channel glacier about 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide and 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, flowing north from the continental ice to the coast close east of Cape Pepin. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Michel Barre, leader of the French Antarctic Expedition wintering party of 1951-52, whose party extended reconnaissance of the coastal features as far westward as this glacier.

Mount Barre
Mount Barre (-67.5°N, -68.55°W) is a mountain with an ice-covered, pyramidal peak, 2,195 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Gaudry in the south part of Adelaide Island. Discovered and surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot. Resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Michel Barre, leader of the French Antarctic Expedition to the Adelie Coast, 1951-52.

Barren Bluff
Barren Bluff (-73.06667°N, 161.3°W) is a prominent rock bluff in the south part of Sequence Hills along the west side of upper Rennick Glacier, Victoria Land. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, because of the extremely bare (of loose rock) and exposed nature of the surface. The party had difficulty collecting sufficient stones for construction of a survey beacon.

Mount Barren
Mount Barren (-54.16667°N, -36.75°W) is a mountain, 645 m, standing west of Husvik Harbor on the north coast of South Georgia. Named descriptively, probably by DI in 1926-30.

Barrett Buttress
Barrett Buttress (-72.21667°N, -65.6°W) is a nunatak rising to 1,600 m at the south margin of Goodenough Glacier, 9 nautical miles (17 km) southwest of Blanchard Nunataks in west Palmer Land. The feature has a sheer northwest face 150 m high; the southeast side is level with the snow plateau. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966-69. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after Richard G. Barrett, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) surveyor at Stonington Island and Adelaide Island stations, 1974-76.

Barrett Glacier
Barrett Glacier (-84.61667°N, -174.16667°W) is a glacier draining from the north slopes of the Prince Olav Mountains, about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, flowing between Longhorn Spurs and Gabbro Hills to the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by the Southern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1963-64) for Peter J. Barrett, geologist with that party.

Barrett Island
Barrett Island (-72.2°N, -95.55°W) is an ice-covered island about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, lying just within the north part of the mouth of Morgan Inlet, Thurston Island. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Barry B. Barrett, pilot of Squadron VX-6 on photographic flights during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1964. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Barrett Nunataks
Barrett Nunataks (-79.33333°N, -81.4°W) is a group of nunataks located on the east side of the Dott Ice Rise overlooking Constellation Inlet, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962-63, for Peter J. Barrett, geologist with the party.

Barrier Bay
Barrier Bay (-67.75°N, 81.25°W) is an open bay in the coastal angle formed by the coast and the west end of the West Ice Shelf. Charted by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named by them Barrierevika (Barrier Bay). "Barrier" is an obsolete term for "ice shelf."

Barrier Island (Antarctica)
Barrier Island (-68.43333°N, 78.38333°W) is an island, 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, at the north end of the Vestfold Hills, lying just north of the entrance to Tryne Fjord in Tryne Sound. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Visited in 1957 by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party and so named because the island appeared to form a barrier to the passage of icebergs up Tryne Fjord. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Barrios Rocks
Barrios Rocks (-63.31667°N, -57.95°W) is a small group of rocks lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Toro Point, Trinity Peninsula. The name "Islote Barrios" was given by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947-48) after General Guillermo Barrios Tirado, minister of national defense who accompanied the Presidential Antarctic Expedition (1948) to this area in the Presidente Pinto. Air photographs of this feature appear to show three small rocks closely juxtaposed.

Barros Rocks
Barros Rocks (-65.28333°N, -64.2°W) is a group of rocks between Berthelot Islands and Argentine Islands, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Cape Tuxen off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, and named after Captain Barros Cobra, Brazilian naval officer at Rio de Janiero, who assisted the expedition.

Cape Barrow
Cape Barrow (-63.7°N, -61.71667°W) is a steep cliff forming the north end of Hoseason Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The cape appears in rough outline on an 1828 chart published by Laurie and was presumably observed in 1824 by James Hoseason, mate of the British sealing expedition under Hughes. It was named by a British expedition under Foster, 1828-31, probably for Sir John Barrow, Sec. of the Admiralty, 1804-06 and 1807-45, and founder of the Royal Geographical Society. The cape was more accurately charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot.

Cape Barrow
Cape Barrow (-71.36667°N, 169.28333°W) is the high, northern point of Flat Island in Victoria Land, marking the west side of the entrance to Robertson Bay. Captain James Ross, in January 1840, applied this name to a cape of the mainland, honoring Sir John Barrow, founder of the Royal Geographic Society, 1830, and Secretary of the Admiralty, 1807-45. The feature was mapped as a point on Flat Island by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, led by Scott.

Barry Hill (Antarctica)
Barry Hill (-85.16667°N, -174.73333°W) is an ice-free hill just west of the mouth of LaPrade Valley and about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north-northeast of Mount Kenyon, in the Cumulus Hills. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Richard P. Barry, CEC, U.S. Navy, communications officer at McMurdo Station, winter 1957, who participated in U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze I, II and III, 1955-58.

Barry Island (Debenham Islands)
Barry Island (-68.13333°N, -67.11667°W) is an island lying in the center of the Debenham Islands, off the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, who used this island for a base in 1936 and 1937. Named by Rymill for the eldest son of Frank Debenham, member of the BGLE Advisory Committee. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Barsoum
Mount Barsoum (-82.06667°N, -88.11667°W) is a pointed and partly snow-free peak on the west end of Martin Hills. It was positioned by the U.S. Ellsworth-Byrd Traverse Party on December l0, 1958, and named for Lieutenant Adib H. Barsoum, U.S. Navy, Medical Officer at Ellsworth Station in 1958.

Barsukov Seamount
Barsukov Seamount (-61.05°N, -29.2°W) is a seamount named in honor of Russian scientist, B.L. Barsukov, former Director of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry (VIG). Name proposed by Dr. G.B. Udintsev, VIG. Name approved 6/95 (ACUF 263).

Barter Bluff
Barter Bluff (-75.16667°N, -114°W) is a prominent rock bluff 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Leister Peak in the Kohler Range, Marie Byrd Land. The bluff forms part of the steep wall along the east side of Kohler Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Leland L. Barter, Ship's Engineer on the Eleanor Bolling during the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30, and on both the Bear of Oakland and the Jacob Ruppert during the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35.

Bartholin Peak
Bartholin Peak (-67.28333°N, -66.7°W) is a conspicuous peak near the north end of the Boyle Mountains in Graham Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for Erasmus Bartholin, of Kobenhavn, whose De Figura Nivis Dissertatio, 1661, includes the earliest known scientific description of snow crystals.

Bartlett Bench
Bartlett Bench (-86.4°N, -152.3°W) is a bare, flat benchlike elevation which overlooks the Bartlett Glacier from the east, located 6 nautical miles (11 km) south-southwest of Mount Ruth in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) Scott Glacier Party, 1969-70, in association with the Bartlett Glacier.

Bartlett Glacier
Bartlett Glacier (-86.25°N, -152°W) is a tributary glacier, about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide at its terminus, flowing northeast from Nilsen Plateau and joining Scott Glacier close north of Mount Gardiner. Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for Captain Robert A. Bartlett of Brigus, Newfoundland, noted Arctic navigator and explorer who recommended that the expedition acquire the Bear, an ice-ship which was purchased and rechristened by Byrd as the Bear of Oakland.

Bartlett Inlet
Bartlett Inlet (-77.21667°N, -156.66667°W) is a largely ice-filled inlet, about 16 nautical miles (30 km) wide, indenting the north coast of Edward VII Peninsula just east of Cape Colbeck. Mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Eugene F. Bartlett, MC, U.S. Navy, officer in charge at Byrd Station, 1960.

Mount Bartlett
Mount Bartlett (-66.95°N, 51.11667°W) is a mountain 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Storer, in the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956 and 1957. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for A.J. Bartlett, a member of the crew of the Discovery during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31.

Mount Bartlett
Mount Bartlett (-84.93333°N, 163.93333°W) is an ice-free mountain, 2,560 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Mount Buckley at the head of the Beardmore Glacier. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for H.H. Bartlett of London, a supporter of the expedition.

Bartley Glacier
Bartley Glacier (-77.53333°N, 162.21667°W) is a hanging glacier on the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land, just west of Meserve Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for construction driver Ollie B. Bartley, U.S. Navy, who was killed on January 14, 1957, when the vehicle (weasel) he was driving dropped through the sea ice at Hut Point, McMurdo Sound.

Bartok Glacier
Bartok Glacier (-69.63333°N, -71°W) is a glacier, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, flowing southwest from the south end of the Elgar Uplands in the north part of Alexander Island. First photographed from the air and roughly mapped by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) in 1937. More accurately 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. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Hungarian composer.

Barton Mountains
Barton Mountains (-85.03333°N, 173°W) is a group of mountains including Mount Usher, Graphite Peak, Tricorn Mountain, and Mount Clarke, located south of Commonwealth Range and Hughes Range and bounded by Keltie Glacier, Brandau Glacier, Leigh Hunt Glacier, and Snakeskin Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1958-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Commander Walter H. Barton, U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the Squadron VXE-6 detachment at Beardmore South Camp in the 1985-86 field season. Lieutenant Commander Barton developed, coordinated, and executed the logistical plan for this large and remote camp, which was in operation for 78 days and required over 800 flight hours in support of research in the Beardmore Glacier area.

Barton Peninsula
Barton Peninsula (-62.23333°N, -58.76667°W) is a small peninsula separating Marian and Potter Coves at the southwest end of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 for Colin M. Barton, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) geologist who worked in this part of King George Island, 1959-61.

Bartrum Glacier
Bartrum Glacier (-79.73333°N, 158.73333°W) is a small steeply crevassed glacier in the Brown Hills, flowing west between Bowling Green Plateau and Blank Peaks. Mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1962-63). Named after J.A. Bartrum (1885-1949), Professor of Geology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Bartrum Plateau
Bartrum Plateau (-83.1°N, 160.1°W) is an ice-covered plateau, 11 nautical miles (20 km) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, standing west of Mount Bonaparte in the Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for geologist, Professor John Bartrum of Auckland University College.

Barwick Valley
Barwick Valley (-77.35°N, 161.16667°W) is an ice-free valley north of Apocalypse Peaks, extending from Webb Glacier to Victoria Valley in Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958-59) for R.E. Barwick, summer biologist with the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58) who worked in this area in 1957-58 and as a member of the VUWAE, 1958-59.

Basbolken Spur
Basbolken Spur (-71.9°N, 5.28333°W) is a rocky spur near the head of Tvibasen Valley which divides the upper valley into two equal parts, in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Basbolken.

Basecamp Valley
Basecamp Valley (-73.5°N, -94.36667°W) is a small ice-filled valley at the west side of Avalanche Ridge, in the Jones Mountains. Mapped and named by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61, who established a base camp, "Camp Minnesota," just north of the mouth of this valley.

Baseline Nunataks
Baseline Nunataks (-70.76667°N, 67.01667°W) is a small group of nunataks rising above the plateau ice 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of Mount McKenzie, along the south side of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Visited in January 1957 by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) southern party of 1956-57 led by W.G. Bewsher. This was the eastern end of a photo baseline, with Mount Hollingshead as the western end, hence the name.

Baseline Rock
Baseline Rock (-67.6°N, 62.73333°W) is an isolated rock lying between Nost Island and the Flat 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 rock was used as one end of the baseline of a triangulation carried out by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1959.

Basilica Peak
Basilica Peak (-70.03333°N, 159.33333°W) is a granite peak (1,810 m) located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southeast of Mount Gorton in the south part of Wilson Hills. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) (1962-63) and New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1963-64). Named by NZGSAE because of its shape.

Basilisk Crag
Basilisk Crag (-62.46667°N, -60.13333°W) is a nE trending linear serrated cliff rising to about 70 m above sea level. Named after the Basilisk, king of the serpents. A gigantic monster with the body of a cock, iron claws and beak, a triple snake's tail and a fatal stare. Also the name of a present day lizard which the feature could crudely resembel.