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Basilisk Peak
Basilisk Peak (-59.41667°N, -27.08333°W) is the highest peak, 255 m, marking the crater rim of Bellingshausen Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name as applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 "marks the aura of this savage cliff which falls abruptly into a deep and steaming crater where the basilisk of legend might properly have his den."

Basissletta
Basissletta (-72.28333°N, -3.6°W) is a small, gently sloping, ice-covered plain between Pyramiden Nunatak and Stamnen Peak, near 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 Basissletta (the base plain).

Basso Island
Basso Island (-62.5°N, -59.73333°W) is a small island linked by a mainly submerged spit to the south shore of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Charted by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947), under Captain Federico Guesalaga Toro, and named for Juan Basso C., chief storekeeper on the ship Iquique of this expedition. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Bastei
Mount Bastei (-71.36667°N, 13.53333°W) is a prominent buttress-type mountain (2,460 m) rising 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Mount Mentzel in the Gruber Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and named Bastei (bastion) by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39, under Ritscher.

Bastien Range
Bastien Range (-78.83333°N, -86°W) is a mountain range of moderate height which extends in a NW-SE direction for about 40 nautical miles (70 km), flanking the southwest side of Nimitz Glacier and the Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Thomas W. Bastien, geologist, leader of the helicopter supported University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains, 1963-64. Bastien was also a member of a party to the Ellsworth Mountains in 1961-62.

Mount Bastin
Mount Bastin (-72.53333°N, 31.25°W) is a mountain, 2,000 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Mount Perov in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Captain Frank Bastin, who assisted in the scientific preparation of the expedition.

Bastion Hill
Bastion Hill (-79.83333°N, 158.31667°W) is a prominent ice-free feature in the Brown Hills, rising to 1,490 m and projecting southward into Darwin Glacier just east of Touchdown Glacier. The descriptive name was given by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58).

Bastion Peak
Bastion Peak (-66.16667°N, -63.58333°W) is an ice-capped peak, 1,610 m, with rocky exposures on its south and east sides, which forms a buttress to the plateau escarpment west of Morrison Glacier, on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted in 1947 and given this descriptive name by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). It was photographed from the air during 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne.

Mount Bastion
Mount Bastion (-77.31667°N, 160.48333°W) is a mountain, 2,530 m, standing west of Webb Glacier and Gibson Spur, where the interior ice plateau meets the Willett Range in Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1959-60) for its buttress-like appearance.

Bates Glacier
Bates Glacier (-74.21667°N, 163.85°W) is a small tributary glacier flowing north from the west side of Mount Queensland, and entering the west side of Campbell Glacier just north of Mills Peak, in Victoria Land. Named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1965-66, for D.R. Bates, field assistant with that party.

Bates Island
Bates Island (-65.81667°N, -65.63333°W) is a narrow island nearly 3 nautical miles (6 km) long lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Jurva Point, 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) in 1959 for Charles C. Bates, American oceanographer who has specialized in sea ice studies. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bates Nunataks
Bates Nunataks (-80.25°N, 153.5°W) is a three isolated nunataks in the neve of Byrd Glacier, 18 nautical miles (33 km) west of Vantage Hill, Britannia Range. Discovered by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58). Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for J. Bates, a member of Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the South Pole.

Bates Peak
Bates Peak (-69.58333°N, -72.8°W) is the westernmost peak (about 600 m) on Rothschild Island, rising west of Fournier Ridge in the Desko Mountains, q.v. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Lawrence O. Bates, USCG, Executive Officer, USCGC Edisto, U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1969.

Bates Point
Bates Point (-70.71667°N, 166.78333°W) is an ice-covered point forming the north side of the entrance to Yule Bay, along the north coast of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Thomas R. Bates, U.S. Navy, Flight Surgeon and Medical Officer at McMurdo Station, 1964.

Batterbee Mountains
Batterbee Mountains (-71.38333°N, -67.25°W) is a group of prominent mountains rising to 2,200 m, which forms part of the dissected edge of Dyer Plateau overlooking George VI Sound, on the west coast of Palmer Land. First seen and photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935. Charted from the ground in October 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, and named after Sir Harry Fagg Batterbee (1880-1976), Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Dominions Office, 1930-38, and Chairman of the Polar Committee in 1934, who gave help to the expedition.

Cape Batterbee
Cape Batterbee (-65.85°N, 53.8°W) is an ice-covered cape with prominent rock exposures protruding through the coastal ice cliffs, marking the most northerly projection of Enderby Land, just east of Proclamation Island. Discovered on January 13, 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, and named by him for Sir Harry Fagg Batterbee, then Asst. Sec. of the Dominions Office.

Battle Point
Battle Point (-67.16667°N, -64.75°W) is a rocky and conspicuous coastal point lying just below and southeast of Mount Dater on the east coast of Graham Land. This coastal area was photographed by several American expeditions: United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41; Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48; U.S. Navy photos, 1968. Mapped by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1963-64. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Walter R.B. Battle (1919-53), British glaciologist who worked on problems of cirque erosion.

Battlements Nunatak
Battlements Nunatak (-76.53333°N, 159.35°W) is a large nunatak near the head of Mawson Glacier, about 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of Allan Hills. It is mostly ice free and has a number of small peaks running in a line west from the main peak. Discovered and named by the New Zealand party (1957-58) of the CTAE. The name describes the steep rock peaks of the nunatak.

Battleship (Antarctica)
Battleship (-78.01667°N, 161.73333°W) is the shape of the massif resembles the superstructure and forward part of a battleship.

Battleship Promontory
Battleship Promontory (-76.91667°N, 160.91667°W) is a sandstone promontory which rises from the floor of Alatna Valley near its head, in Victoria Land. The name was suggested by Parker Calkin, U.S. geologist who made stratigraphic studies in the valley in the 1960-61 season.

Battye Glacier
Battye Glacier (-70.86667°N, 67.9°W) is a glacier flowing east into Radok Lake in the Aramis Range of the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1956 and 1960. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for A.C. Battye, glaciologist at Wilkes Station in 1962.

Baudin Peaks
Baudin Peaks (-68.81667°N, -67.05°W) is a group of peaks rising above 750 m, standing at the southeast corner of Mikkelsen Bay, immediately southwest of the mouth of Clarke Glacier, and 9 nautical miles (17 km) east-northeast of Cape Berteaux, on the west coast of Graham Land. This general area was first sighted and roughly charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, who gave the name "Cap Pierre Baudin" to a cape in this vicinity. The peaks previously described were roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, but no name was assigned to them. The peaks were resurveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who subsequently identified them as the feature named "Cap Pierre Baudin" by Charcot. Named by Charcot for Pierre Baudin, then port engineer at Pernambuco (now Recife), where the Pourquoi-Pas? put in on her return from the Antarctic.

Bauer Buttress
Bauer Buttress (-67.38333°N, -66.93333°W) is a projecting rock buttress on the northeast side of Mount Rendu on Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast, Graham Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following geological work by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1980-81. Named after Albert Bauer, French engineer and glaciologist who conducted research on glaciers in Iles Kerguelen, Adelie Coast, Greenland, and Iceland; formerly with Expeditions Polaires Francaises.

Bauhs Nunatak
Bauhs Nunatak (-84.2°N, 163.4°W) is a prominent nunatak, 2,225 m, at the north side of Walcott Neve, about 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) south-southeast of Mount Sirius. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Luvern R. Bauhs, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric scientist at South Pole Station, 1959.

Baulch Peak
Baulch Peak (-83.35°N, 163.08333°W) is a peak 8 nautical miles (15 km) northeast of Claydon Peak, marking the extremity of a spur descending north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for DeeWitt M. Baulch, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at South Pole Station, 1958.

Baumann Crag
Baumann Crag (-78.4°N, 161.08333°W) is a rock crag rising to 1,265 m and forming the south end of Halfway Nunatak, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1994 after Christopher C. Baumann, United States Geological Survey (USGS) cartographer; member of the satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party 1984; leader of the USGS mapping control field team on Seymour Island, summer season, 1992-93.

Baumann Valley
Baumann Valley (-77.45°N, 162.05°W) is a valley at the west side of Nottage Ridge in the east part of Olympus Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Clinton L. Baumann, electronic technician, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, who was a member of the 1971-72 United States Geological Survey (USGS) field party that established a network of horizontal and vertical control in support of compilation of topographic maps at 1:50,000 scale, of areas of McMurdo Dry Valleys bounded by 160� and 164�E and 77�15' and 77�45'S.

Mount Baume
Mount Baume (-54.65°N, -36.21667°W) is a mountain, 1,910 m, rising midway along the north flank of Novosilski Glacier near the southeast end of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57 and named for Louis C. Baume, a member of the SGS in 1955-56.

Baupres Rocks
Baupres Rocks (-64.9°N, -63.61667°W) is a two rocks lying in the middle of the southern entrance to Peltier Channel, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05. The descriptive name "Rocas Baupres" (bowsprit rocks) was used on Argentine government charts as early as 1952; when viewed from a distance the feature is reported to resemble the bowsprit of a ship.

Bautaen Peak
Bautaen Peak (-71.96667°N, 25.95°W) is a peak, 2,240 m, on the northeast side of Mount Bergersen 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 Bautaen (the monolith).

Bawden Ice Rise
Bawden Ice Rise (-66.98333°N, -60.83333°W) is an ice rise, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, near the edge of Larsen Ice Shelf, 41 nautical miles (80 km) east-southeast of Cape Alexander, Graham Land. The feature, which may consist of more than one ice rise, was mapped on a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) radio echo sounding flight from Adelaide Island in February 1975. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1985 after John Bawden, with BAS from 1971; Finance Officer, 1973-78.

Baxter Glacier
Baxter Glacier (-76.66667°N, 161.85°W) is a glacier nurtured by icefalls from Flight Deck Neve, flowing northeast between Flagship Mountain and Mount Davidson to enter Fry Glacier, in Convoy Range, Victoria Land. Named by a 1976-77 Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) field party after James K. Baxter (1926-72), New Zealand poet and social critic.

Mount Baxter (Antarctica)
Mount Baxter (-74.36667°N, 162.53333°W) is a large buttress-type mountain, 2,430 m, located just south of O'Kane Canyon where it forms a rounded projection of the east escarpment of Eisenhower Range, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) under Scott, who named it for Sir George and Lady Baxter of Dundee, supporters of the expedition.

Bay Point (Antarctica)
Bay Point (-64.76667°N, -63.43333°W) is a point which marks the east side of the entrance to Borgen Bay on the southeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. The name appears on a chart based on a 1927 DI survey, but may reflect an earlier naming.

Bayard Islands
Bayard Islands (-64.93333°N, -63.23333°W) is a small group of islands lying 1 mile northeast of Cape Willems, off the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Hippolyte Bayard (1801-87), French civil servant who independently invented a photographic process for obtaining direct positives on paper, in 1839. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bayet Peak
Bayet Peak (-65.03333°N, -63.01667°W) is a conspicuous peak, 1,400 m, overlooking the south shore of Briand Fjord in Flandres Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. The southeast entrance point of Briand Fjord was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05, and named "Pointe Bayet" for Charles Bayet, Director of Instruction and member of the Commission of Scientific Work of the expedition. As air photos show no well-defined point in this position the name has been applied to this conspicuous peak.

Cape Bayle
Cape Bayle (-64.28333°N, -63.16667°W) is a cape forming the northeast end of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot and named after Vice Admiral Charles-Jesse Bayle (1842-1918), French Navy.

Mount Bayliss
Mount Bayliss (-73.53333°N, 62.73333°W) is a relatively low mountain, extending 9 nautical miles (17 km) in an east-west direction, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Mount Menzies in the Prince Charles Mountains. Observed from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1957 and seen in the same year by an ANARE ground party under K.B. Mather. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for E.P. Bayliss, Australian cartographer, who drew the map of Antarctica published in 1939 by the Property and Survey Branch, Dept. of Interior, Canberra.

Bayly Glacier
Bayly Glacier (-64.61667°N, -61.83333°W) is a glacier flowing into the head of Bancroft Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Maurice B. Bayly, FIDS geologist at the Danco Island station in 1956 who, with L. Harris, pioneered the route from the Portal Point hut (on nearby Reclus Peninsula) to the plateau in February 1957.

Mount Bayonne
Mount Bayonne (-68.93333°N, -70.98333°W) is a mountain, 1,500 m, forming the north extremity of the Rouen Mountains in Alexander Island. First mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, who named it for the French city. Resighted from the air by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) in 1936. Remapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960.

Bazett Island
Bazett Island (-66.3°N, -67.1°W) is a small island close south of the west end of Krogh 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 Henry C. Bazett (1885-1950), American physiologist, pioneer of studies of temperature sensation and the physiology of temperature regulation of the human body. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bazzano Island
Bazzano Island (-65.18333°N, -64.16667°W) is a small island lying off the south end of Petermann Island, between Lisboa and Boudet Islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Beach Point
Beach Point (-59.43333°N, -27.31667°W) is the northeast tip of Thule Island, made conspicuous by a bare rock ridge and a narrow beach of boulders and pebbles, in the South Sandwich Islands. Charted and named in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II who made a landing there.

Beacon Dome
Beacon Dome (-86.13333°N, -146.41667°W) is a large dome-like mountain (3,010 m) standing at the head of Griffith Glacier along the Watson Escarpment. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. So named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1969-70) because the mountain is composed of a granite basement with horizontally layered rocks of the Beacon series above.

Beacon Head
Beacon Head (-67.81667°N, -67.35°W) is a small headland at the north side of the entrance to Lystad Bay on Horseshoe Island, off Graham Land. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because a timber beacon built on the headland by Argentines was used during the survey on Horseshoe Island by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955-57.

Beacon Heights
Beacon Heights (-77.83333°N, 160.83333°W) is a small cluster of peaks between Beacon Valley and Arena Valley in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, rising to 2,345 m in West Beacon, and also including East Beacon and South Beacon. Named by Hartley J. Ferrar, geologist with the Discovery expedition (1901-04), after the beacon sandstone which caps these heights.

Beacon Hill (Antarctica)
Beacon Hill (-68.06667°N, -66.38333°W) is an ice-covered, dome-shaped hill (1,810 m) which rises 120 m above the surrounding plateau ice surface, situated 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northeast of McLeod Hill in central Antarctic Peninsula. The hill surmounts the divide between Northeast Glacier and Bills Gulch. Surveyed and named by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41; the hill may have been the site of a beacon at that time. The USAS operated a plateau weather station close southwestward (6807S, 6630W) of the hill throughout November and December 1940.

Beacon Valley
Beacon Valley (-77.81667°N, 160.65°W) is an ice-free valley between Pyramid Mountain and Beacon Heights, in Victoria Land. Mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958-59) after Beacon Heights.

Beagle Island (Antarctica)
Beagle Island (-63.41667°N, -54.66667°W) is an island lying northeast of Darwin Island in the Danger Islands off the east end of Joinville Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 after HMS Beagle (Captain Fitzroy), due to its proximity to Darwin Island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Beagle Peak
Beagle Peak (-69.61667°N, -71.6°W) is a peak rising to about 700 m in central Lassus Mountains, Alexander Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Clyde A. Beagle, U.S. Navy, LC-130 aircraft commander, Squadron VXE-6, U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1969 and 1970.

Beaglehole Glacier
Beaglehole Glacier (-66.55°N, -64.11667°W) is a glacier between Spur Point and Friederichsen Glacier on the east coast of Graham Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after John C. Beaglehole (1901-71), New Zealand historian of the Antarctic and biographer of Captain James Cook.

Beak Island
Beak Island (-63.61667°N, -57.3°W) is an arc-shaped island, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long and 360 m high, lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northeast of Eagle Island in the northeast part of Prince Gustav Channel. Probably first seen in 1902-03 by members of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) surveyed Beak Island in 1945 and so named it because of its shape and relative position to nearby Tail and Eagle Islands. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Beakley Glacier
Beakley Glacier (-73.85°N, -119.83333°W) is a glacier on the west side of Duncan Peninsula on Carney Island, flowing north into Amundsen Sea. Delineated by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from aerial photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for V. Admiral W.M. Beakley, U.S. Navy, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Ship Operations and Readiness during the IGY period, 1957-58.

Beale Peak
Beale Peak (-80.3°N, 155.5°W) is a peak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Vantage Hill in the Ravens Mountains, Britannia Range. Named after MSgt. Garry(sp?) A. Beale who served as the 109 Airlift Wing Logistics Planner during the transition of LC-130 operations from the U.S. Navy to the Air National Guard.

Beale Pinnacle
Beale Pinnacle (-66.6°N, 162.75°W) is a boot-shaped rock pinnacle (60 m) lying close off Cape Beale, Borradaile Island, in the Balleny Islands. Named for W. Beale, one of the merchants who joined with Charles Enderby in sending out the John Balleny expedition of 1839.

Cape Beale (Antarctica)
Cape Beale (-66.58333°N, 162.75°W) is a steep bluff along the southeast side of Borradaile Island in the Balleny Islands. The Balleny Islands were discovered by John Balleny in 1839. Cape Beale is named for W. Beale, one of the merchants who joined with Charles Enderby in sending out the Balleny expedition.

Beall Island
Beall Island (-66.3°N, 110.48333°W) is a rocky island, 1.1 nautical miles (2.0 km) long, with small coves indenting the east and west sides, lying 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) northwest of Mitchell Peninsula 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 James M. Beall, U.S. Weather Bureau observer with U.S. Navy Operation Windmill who assisted staff aerology officers with forecasting duties. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Beall Reefs
Beall Reefs (-66.3°N, 110.45°W) is a submarine ridges with depths of less than 1 fathom, located 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) west of Beall Island, in the Windmill Islands. Discovered from the launch at Wilkes Station in 1961. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) after Beall Island.

Beaman Glacier
Beaman Glacier (-70.96667°N, 164.63333°W) is a tributary to Ebbe Glacier lying close north of McLean Glacier in the southwest part of Anare Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for First Lieutenant Charles W. Beaman, USA, helicopter pilot who flew missions in support of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Topo West survey of this area in the 1962-63 season.

Bean Peaks
Bean Peaks (-75.96667°N, -70°W) is a group of peaks including Carlson Peak and Novocin Peak, which form the southwest part of the Hauberg Mountains in Ellsworth Land. First sighted from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48. 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 Lawrence D. Bean, electrician with the South Pole Station winter party in 1967.

Bear Island (Antarctica)
Bear Island (-68.18333°N, -67.06667°W) is a rocky island lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Stonington Island in Marguerite Bay, off the coast of Graham Land. The island was presumably known to the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, and the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, both based in the Stonington Island area. It was surveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named it for the USS Bear, flagship of the USAS which visited this area in 1940. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bear Peninsula
Bear Peninsula (-74.58333°N, -111°W) is a peninsula about 50 nautical miles (90 km) long and 25 nautical miles (46 km) wide which is ice covered except for several isolated rock bluffs and outcrops along its margins, lying 30 nautical miles (60 km) east of Martin Peninsula on Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. First delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after the ice-ship USS Bear, flagship of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), from which three reconnaissance flights were made in late February 1940, resulting in the discovery of Walgreen Coast (with probable sighting of this feature) and the Thurston Island area. This ship, under the name Bear of Oakland, also served as flagship of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35, which based at the Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf. Launched in 1874 at Greenock, Scotland, for use in the sealing trade, she sank in 30-foot seas and high winds in the North Atlantic, March 19, 1963, at which time she was being towed from Nova Scotia to Philadelphia.

Beard Peak
Beard Peak (-86.66667°N, -145.41667°W) is a peak, 2,360 m, along the north edge of the La Gorce Mountains, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of the east tip of Mount Mooney. 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 Philip H. Beard, photographer with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze 1966 and 1967.

Beardmore Glacier
Beardmore Glacier (-83.75°N, 171°W) is an one of the largest known valley glaciers, over 100 nautical miles (180 km) long, descending the polar plateau and flowing north between the Queen Alexandra and Commonwealth Ranges, to enter the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for Sir William Beardmore, a supporter of the expedition.

Bearing Island
Bearing Island (-64.55°N, -62.03333°W) is a small island lying midway between Nansen and Enterprise Islands in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. The name Bearing or Direction Island was used for this feature by whalers in the area because the island and a rock patch on Nansen Island were used as leading marks when entering Foyn Harbor from the southeast. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bearman Glacier
Bearman Glacier (-72.35°N, -99.16667°W) is a glacier whose head is east of Mount Howell in central Thurston Island. The glacier flows south into Schwartz Cove on the south side of the island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after F.O. Bearman, Photographer's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this glacier and adjacent coastal areas, 1946-47.

Mount Bearskin
Mount Bearskin (-78.33333°N, -85.61667°W) is a mountain (2,850 m) located 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Mount Tyree, between Patton and Cornwell Glaciers, in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Leland S. Bearskin, United States Air Force (USAF), who participated in establishing the IGY South Pole Station in the 1956-57 season.

Beascochea Bay
Beascochea Bay (-65.5°N, -64°W) is a bay, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, indenting the west coast of Graham Land south of Cape Perez. Discovered but incompletely defined by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99. Resighted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Commander Beascochea, Argentine Navy. More accurately charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37.

Beaudoin Peak
Beaudoin Peak (-79.8°N, -81°W) is a snow-free peak, 980 m, surmounting the southeast part of Meyer Hills in the Heritage Range. 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 Douglas W. Beaudoin, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at Ellsworth Station, 1961.

Beaufort Island
Beaufort Island (-76.93333°N, 166.93333°W) is an island in the Ross Sea, the northernmost feature of the Ross Archipelago, lying 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Cape Bird, Ross Island. Discovered and named in 1841 by Ross for Captain Francis Beaufort, Royal Navy, Hydrographer to the Admiralty. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Beaufoy Ridge
Beaufoy Ridge (-60.63333°N, -45.55°W) is a conspicuous black ridge, rising to 650 m at its northwest end, standing at the west side of Sunshine Glacier and close north of Iceberg Bay on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following their survey in 1948-49. On December 12, 1821, the cutter Beaufoy under Michael McLeod sailed to a position at least 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of the South Orkney Islands, where a chart annotation indicates that land was sighted, possibly Coronation Island.

Beaumont Bay
Beaumont Bay (-81.51667°N, 161.36667°W) is an ice-filled reentrant on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Young Head and Harris Point, into which Dickey Glacier flows. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and named for Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont, Royal Navy, Arctic explorer who took special interest in this expedition.

Beaumont Glacier
Beaumont Glacier (-72.03333°N, -62°W) is a broad glacier flowing in a northeast direction to the southwest part of Hilton Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. The United States Antarctic Service (USAS) discovered and photographed it from the air in 1940. It was resighted in 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne, who named it for the city of Beaumont, Texas, in recognition of the public support given his expedition by this city and the Tejas Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, at Beaumont.

Beaumont Hill (Antarctica)
Beaumont Hill (-64.01667°N, -61.98333°W) is a hill 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) northeast of Chauveau Point on the west side of Liege Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1957, but not named. 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 William Beaumont (1785-1853), American surgeon who made important researches on gastric function.

Beaumont Island
Beaumont Island (-68.2°N, -66.95°W) is a low, rocky island in Neny Bay, about 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) from the mouth of Centurion Glacier, off the west coast of Graham Land. The island was presumably first sighted in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), and was roughly charted by them and by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. It was surveyed in 1946 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named it for the Port of Beaumont, Texas, ship of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne, which wintered nearby in Back Bay during 1947. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Beaumont Skerries
Beaumont Skerries (-64.76667°N, -64.31667°W) is a two small islands and several rocks 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Joubin Islands, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Malcolm J. Beaumont, Electronics Technician in R.V. Hero on her first Antarctic voyage, reaching nearby Palmer Station on Christmas Eve, 1968.

Beaupre Cove
Beaupre Cove (-64.7°N, -62.36667°W) is a cove 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide lying immediately northwest of Piccard Cove in Wilhelmina Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Charles-Francois Beautemps-Beaupre (1766-1854), French hydrographer who, in 1825, prepared survey instructions for the officers of the Astrolabe and Zelee, laying down for the first time principles for making measurements from landscape drawings.

Beaver Glacier (Enderby Land)
Beaver Glacier (-67.03333°N, 50.66667°W) is a glacier about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, flowing west into Amundsen Bay between Auster Glacier and Mount Gleadell. Visited by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party on October 28, 1956. Named after the Beaver aircraft used by ANARE in coastal exploration.

Beaver Glacier (Ross Ice Shelf)
Beaver Glacier (-83.4°N, 169.5°W) is a glacier, I5 mi long, draining the coastal mountains of Queen Alexandra Range just northwest of Mount Fox and entering Ross Ice Shelf at McCann Point. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1959-60) after the Beaver aircraft City of Auckland, which crashed in this area in January 1960.

Beaver Island (Antarctica)
Beaver Island (-67.11667°N, 50.78333°W) is an island 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide, on the south flank of Beaver Glacier in Amundsen Bay. First visited in 1956 by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party led by P.W. Crohn, and so named because of its proximity to Beaver Glacier. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Beaver Lake (Antarctica)
Beaver Lake (-70.8°N, 68.33333°W) is a lake of smooth ice, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, enclosed on the south and east by Flagstone Bench and Jetty Peninsula. The lake is situated at the south end of an area of rough ice (a stagnant glacier), 17 nautical miles (31 km) east-southeast of Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) personnel in 1956. An ANARE camp was established in the vicinity in September 1957 and the lake was used extensively as a landing area by Beaver aircraft.

Beaver Rocks
Beaver Rocks (-63.66667°N, -59.35°W) is a group of rocks lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) offshore at a point midway between Notter Point and Cape Kjellman, Trinity Peninsula. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after a type of aircraft used by the British Antarctic Survey.

Mount Beazley
Mount Beazley (-85.85°N, -142.85°W) is a mountain, 2,410 m, surmounting the north extremity of the California Plateau. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Robert M. Beazley, MC, U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the South Pole Station winter party, 1965.

Beche Blade
Beche Blade (-80.71667°N, -24.31667°W) is a sharp-crested ridge rising to 1,600 m between Murchison Cirque and Arkell Cirque on the south side of Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named in 1971 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche (1796-1855), English geologist, first Director-General, Geological Survey of Great Britain (later Institute of Geological Sciences), 1835-55.

Bechervaise Island
Bechervaise Island (-67.58333°N, 62.81667°W) is a largest of the Flat Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. It is one of several plotted as a part of "Flatoy" (flat island) by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Found to be a separate island by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1954 and named for John M. Bechervaise, officer in charge at Mawson Station in 1955 and 1959. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Bechervaise
Mount Bechervaise (-70.18333°N, 64.8°W) is a great massif of brown rock, 2,360 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Mount Lacey in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. It has a sheer north face and is bare except for an icecap on the flat summit. First visited in November 1955 by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party led by John M. Bechervaise, officer in charge at Mawson Station in 1955, for whom it is named.

Beck Peak
Beck Peak (-86.08333°N, -158.96667°W) is a peak, 2,650 m, on the east flank of Amundsen Glacier, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Mount Stubberud on the ridge descending from northern Nilsen Plateau, Queen Maud Mountains. This peak appears to have been first mapped from air and ground photos taken by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. It was mapped in greater detail 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 A. Beck, a crew member on the the spirit of Amundsen's 1911 commemoration of "Mount A. Beck," a name applied for an unidentifiable mountain in the general area.

Cape Beck
Cape Beck (-78.3°N, 166.26667°W) is a rounded, bare rock cape that forms the south end of Black Island in the Ross Archipelago. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59, for Mr. A.C. Beck, the leader of the sub-party of the expedition which explored the island. Beck examined the southeast coastline and visited this cape.

Mount Beck
Mount Beck (-71.03333°N, 67.01667°W) is a partly snow-covered mountain 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Taylor Platform in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1956 and 1960. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J.W. Beck, assistant cook at Mawson Station in 1964 and storeman at Wilkes Station in 1966.

Becker Point
Becker Point (-78.13333°N, 164.21667°W) is a named after Robert A. Becker, Vice President and Project Director (1982-90) of ITT Antarctic Services, Inc., corporate contractor to National Science Foundation (NSF) in Antarctica.

Mount Becker
Mount Becker (-75.1°N, -72.03333°W) is a prominent mountain 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Mount Boyer, in the Merrick Mountains, Ellsworth Land. These mountains were discovered from the air and photographed by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Finn Ronne. The mountain was named by Ronne for Ralph A. Becker, legal counsel who assisted in the formation of RARE and in obtaining financial support for the expedition.

Beckett Nunatak
Beckett Nunatak (-76.03333°N, 160.18333°W) is a flattish, mostly bare rock nunatak lying 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of Mount Armytage and south of Harbord Glacier in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for W.T. Beckett, utilities man at McMurdo Station, 1963.

Beckmann Fjord
Beckmann Fjord (-54.05°N, -37.2°W) is a small bay immediately east of Bellingshausen Point, on the east side of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, who named it for Captain Beckmann, master gunner of the whaler Don Ernesto, who lost his life in a whaling accident in December 1912.

Mount Beddie
Mount Beddie (-64.48333°N, -62.71667°W) is a rounded, snow-covered mountain rising to 435 m on Hulot Peninsula in the southwest end of Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago. The mountain was charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, led by Jean B. Charcot.

Bedford Island
Bedford Island (-66.46667°N, -67.15°W) is an island about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying at the south end of Barcroft Islands in the Biscoe Islands. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956-57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Thomas Bedford, English physicist who has specialized on the measurement of the physical environment of man. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bednarz Cove
Bednarz Cove (-66.35°N, 110.53333°W) is a cove in the south side of Mitchell Peninsula on Budd Coast. 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 Chief Electronics Technician Donald F. Bednarz, U.S. Navy, a member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958.

Beeby Peak
Beeby Peak (-77.25°N, 166.9°W) is a peak 2.4 nautical miles (4.4 km) east-northeast of the summit of Mount Bird in northwest Ross Island. The feature rises to c.1400 m. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) (2000) after Chris Beeby.

Beehive Hill
Beehive Hill (-68.26667°N, -66.16667°W) is an ice-covered hill which rises to 2,030 m and projects 610 m above the surrounding ice sheet, situated on the plateau of Graham Land 10 nautical miles (18 km) east of the head of Neny Fjord and close north of the head of Wyatt Glacier. First surveyed in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), on whose field charts the hill is labeled "Sphinx." Resurveyed in 1946 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who gave the present name because of the hill's resemblance to a wicker beehive.

Beehive Mountain (Antarctica)
Beehive Mountain (-77.65°N, 160.56667°W) is a mountain 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Finger Mountain, standing at the north margin and near the head of Taylor Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by the Discovery expedition (1901-04), possibly at the suggestion of Armitage who discovered it.

Beer Island
Beer Island (-66°N, -65.68333°W) is an island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying immediately south of Jagged Island and 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Prospect Point, off the west coast of Graham Land. Charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Beethoven Peninsula
Beethoven Peninsula (-71.73333°N, -73.68333°W) is a deeply indented, ice-covered peninsula, 60 nautical miles (110 km) long in a NE-SW direction and 60 nautical miles (110 km) wide at its broadest part, forming the southwest part of Alexander Island. First seen and photographed from the air in 1940 by United States Antarctic Service (USAS), which compiled the first rough map of southwest Alexander Island. Resighted and photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and remapped from RARE photos by Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer.

Beetle Spur
Beetle Spur (-84.16667°N, 172°W) is a rock spur 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Mount Patrick in Commonwealth Range. It descends from a small summit peak on the range to the east side of Beardmore Glacier. Probably first seen by Shackleton's Southern Party in 1908. The name is descriptive of the appearance of the spur when viewed from the west. Name suggested by John Gunner of the Ohio State University Geological Expedition, 1969-70, who collected geological samples at the spur.

Begg Point
Begg Point (-54.05°N, -37.98333°W) is a point forming the northeast side of the entrance to Johan Harbor, on the south coast and near the west end of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS, 1956-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Captain Sinclair Begg, Master of the whaling transport Coronda, 1933-40; Master of the Southern Opal, 1945-46; Manager on Southern Harvester, 1946-47; and Manager of the South Georgia Whaling Co. station at Leith Harbor, 1947-51.

Behaim Peak
Behaim Peak (-68.78333°N, -66.71667°W) is a conspicuous pyramid-shaped rock peak (1,150 m) at the south extremity of the mountains separating Meridian Glacier and Doggo Defile, on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in November 1947, and surveyed from the ground by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in December 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Martin Behaim (1459-1506), German cosmographer and navigator who is credited with the first adoption of the astronomer's astrolabe for navigation at sea, in 1480.

Mount Behling
Mount Behling (-85.66667°N, -161.06667°W) is an ice-covered, flat-topped mountain, 2,190 m, standing between the Steagall and Whitney Glaciers and 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Mount Ellsworth in the Queen Maud Mountains. First mapped from ground surveys and air photos by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert E. Behling, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciologist on the South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverse II, summer 1965-66.

Behm Bank
Behm Bank (-76.35°N, -30°W) is a bank in the Weddell Sea named for Alexander Behm (1880-1952), inventor of an electronic sounding apparatus (1912/13). Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6/97 (ACUF 271).

Behr Glacier
Behr Glacier (-72.91667°N, 168.08333°W) is a steep tributary glacier, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, flowing east along the north side of Clapp Ridge to join Borchgrevink Glacier, in Victoria Land. The glacier first appears on a 1960 New Zealand map compiled from U.S. Navy aerial photographs. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Colonel Robert Behr, United States Air Force (USAF), who was of assistance in the review of U.S. policy toward Antarctica in 1970-71 period.

Behrendt Mountains
Behrendt Mountains (-75.33333°N, -72.5°W) is a group of mountains, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, aligned in the form of a horseshoe with the opening to the southwest, standing 7 nautical miles (13 km) southwest of Merrick Mountains in Ellsworth Land. Discovered and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Finn Ronne. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John C. Behrendt, traverse seismologist at Ellsworth Station in 1957. Behrendt led the Antarctic Peninsula Traverse party to these mountains, summer 1961-62, and carried out investigations in Marie Byrd Land and the Pensacola Mountains in 1963-64 and 1965-66.

Beiszer Nunatak
Beiszer Nunatak (-83.48333°N, -51.95°W) is a nunatak, 1,630 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Ray Nunatak at the southwest end of Forrestal 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 John E. Beiszer, aviation structural mechanic at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957.

Beitzel Peak
Beitzel Peak (-80.28333°N, -82.3°W) is a peak rising 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of Minaret Peak in the Marble Hills, Heritage Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John E. Beitzel, geophysicist on the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverses I and II, 1964-65 and 1965-66.

Bekker Nunataks
Bekker Nunataks (-64.7°N, -60.83333°W) is a three nunataks lying below Ruth Ridge on the north side of Drygalski Glacier in Graham Land. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Lieutenant Colonel Mieczyslaw G. Bekker, Canadian engineer, author of Theory of Land Locomotion, 1956, a comprehensive source of information on the physical relationship between snow mechanics and track-laying vehicles, skis and sledges.

Belding Island
Belding Island (-66.4°N, -67.21667°W) is an island 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, lying west of the south end of Watkins Island, Biscoe Islands. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956-57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Harwood S. Belding, American physiologist, Dir. of the Quartermaster Climatic Research Laboratory, Department of the Army, Lawrence, MA, who has initiated considerable research on cold climate clothing. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Belecz
Mount Belecz (-85.56667°N, -163.45°W) is an ice-covered, flat-topped mountain, 2,120 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Mount Ruth Gade in the Quarles Range. First mapped from ground surveys and air photos by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Dan M. Belecz, meteorologist with the South Pole Station winter party in 1962.

Belemnite Point
Belemnite Point (-70.66667°N, -68.53333°W) is the east extremity of a mainly ice-free, hook-shaped ridge, midway between Lamina Peak and Ablation Point and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) inland from George VI Sound on the east coast of Alexander Island. First photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) and resurveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). So named by FIDS because of belemnite fossils found there.

Belemnite Valley
Belemnite Valley (-71.3°N, -68.33333°W) is a valley, 1.1 nautical miles (2.0 km) northwest of Fossil Bluff Base and bounded to the north by Eros Glacier. It is mostly snow and ice free with a central meltwater stream. The feature has been referred to as Hollow Valley in scientific reports in the early 1960s, and is sometimes referred to today as Happy Valley. The name Belemnite Valley was proposed due to the preponderance of Belemnites found in the exposed rock in the valley.

Belgen Valley
Belgen Valley (-73.58333°N, -4°W) is a broad, ice-filled valley between Enden Point and Heksegryta Peaks in the Kirwan Escarpment, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and additional air photos (1958-59), and named Belgen (the shell).

Belgica Glacier
Belgica Glacier (-65.38333°N, -63.83333°W) is a glacier 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing into Trooz Glacier to the east of Lancaster Hill, on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 after the Belgica, the ship of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache which explored this area in 1897-99.

Belgica Guyot
Belgica Guyot (-65.5°N, -90.5°W) is an undersea tablemount named for the Belgian research ship Belgica, used in the first Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1896-1899). Name proposed by Dr. Rick Hagen, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6/97 (ACUF 270).

Belgica Mountains
Belgica Mountains (-72.58333°N, 31.25°W) is an isolated chain of mountains about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, standing 60 nautical miles (110 km) east-southeast of the Sor Rondane Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, and named after the ship Belgica, commanded by his father, Lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache, leader of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99.

Belgica Subglacial Highlands
Belgica Subglacial Highlands (-76.5°N, 129°W) is a group of subglacial highlands to the southeast of Dome Charlie in Wilkes Land, running north-south and separating Peacock Subglacial Trench and Adventure Subglacial Trench from Wilkes Subglacial Basin. The feature 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 de Gerlache).

Belgrano Bank
Belgrano Bank (-73°N, -48.5°W) is a bank named for General Manuel Belgrano (1770-1820), an Argentine general and revolutionary hero. The Argentine Antarctic base is also named for him. Name approved 6/88 (ACUF 228). -152568 V General Belgrano Bank.

Mount Belgrave
Mount Belgrave (-76.6°N, 162.01667°W) is a prominent rock summit that rises over 1200 m about 1.5 miles west of Mount Creak. The feature overlooks the north side of Fry Glacier at the south extremity of Kirkwood Range. Named after Vince Belgrave, surveyor or leader in several surveys and geodetic projects for NZAP, 1984-1997.

Mount Belinda
Mount Belinda (-58.41667°N, -26.38333°W) is a mountain, 1,370 m, which marks the summit of Montagu Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Probably first sighted by a British expedition under Cook in 1775, and accurately sketched in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen. Named by DI personnel on the Discovery II following their survey in 1930, for Belinda Kemp, daughter of Stanley W. Kemp, Dir. of Research of the Discovery Committee, 1924-36.

Belknap Nunatak
Belknap Nunatak (-72.5°N, -97.6°W) is a nunatak about 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-northwest of Shelton Head, surmounting an ice-covered spur on the south coast of 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 William Belknap, field assistant at Byrd Station, 1964-65.

Bell Bay (Antarctica)
Bell Bay (-67.18333°N, 58.41667°W) is a bay situated between Mount Saint Michael and the Kring Islands along the coast of Enderby Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Indrefjord (inner fjord). Renamed by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Sgt. S. Bell, RAAF, wireless fitter at Mawson Station in 1959.

Bell Bluff
Bell Bluff (-84.06667°N, 170°W) is a rock bluff on the west side of Beardmore Glacier, just north of the mouth of Garrard Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles A. Bell, Utilities Man, who wintered at Hallett Station, 1964.

Bell Glacier
Bell Glacier (-66.7°N, 124.9°W) is a glacier draining northward into Maury Bay immediately eastward of Blair Glacier. Mapped by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Thomas G. Bell, boatswain on the sloop Peacock during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.

Bell Peak
Bell Peak (-85.36667°N, -164.23333°W) is a peak, 1,620 m, surmounting a southeast trending spur of the Herbert Range, just southwest of Sargent Glacier. The peak was probably observed by Roald Amundsen's south polar party in 1911, and was later roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for G. Grant Bell who studied cosmic rays at McMurdo Station, winter party 1962.

Bell Point
Bell Point (-62.11667°N, -58.88333°W) is a rocky point lying 6 nautical miles (11 km) southwest of Stigant Point near the west end of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named Rocky Point by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1935. In order to avoid duplication, the name was rejected by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 and a new one substituted. Bell Point is named for Dennis R. Bell (1934-59), Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) meteorological assistant at Admiralty Bay from 1958 to July 26, 1959, when he lost his life in a crevasse.

Bell Rock (Antarctica)
Bell Rock (-71.58333°N, -66.43333°W) is a very conspicuous and isolated nunatak on Goodenough Glacier, located 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Mount Ward in Palmer Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Charles M. Bell, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist at Fossil Bluff, 1968-71.

Bell Valley
Bell Valley (-79.85°N, -82°W) is a small, mainly ice-free valley lying south of Urban Point in the Enterprise Hills, Heritage Range. Named by the University of Minnesota geological party after the Bell helicopters used by the party in the exploration of the area in 1963-64.

Mount Bell (Antarctica)
Mount Bell (-84.06667°N, 167.5°W) is a bluff-type mountain, 4,305 m, forming a part of the northeast edge of Grindley Plateau, 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Mount Mackellar in Queen Alexandra Range. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) for William Bell, a relative of Shackleton and supporter of the expedition.

Bellafronto Bight
Bellafronto Bight (-78.21667°N, 165.1°W) is an ice-filled embayment between the base of the west side of Brown Peninsula and the low northwest foot of Mount Discovery, on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The bight extends SW-NE for 6 nautical miles (11 km) from Hahn Island to Swyers Point. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after Lieutenant Robert L. Bellafronto, CEC, U.S. Navy, a public works officer at McMurdo Station in U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1977 and 1978.

Bellingshausen Island
Bellingshausen Island (-59.41667°N, -27.05°W) is an easternmost island of Southern Thule, in the South Sandwich Islands. Probably sighted by a British expedition under Cook in 1775. The island was described by Bellingshausen, whose Russian expedition visited the area in 1819-20. Charted in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II under Kemp, who named it for Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bellingshausen Plain
Bellingshausen Plain (-64°N, -90°W) is an undersea plain parallel to the continental rise in the Bellingshausen Sea, named for Admiral Thaddeus von Bellingshausen, commander of Russian Antarctic Expedition (1818-1821). Name approved 4/74 (ACUF 150).-152571 variant Bellinghausen Abyssal Plain.

Bellingshausen Point
Bellingshausen Point (-54.05°N, -37.23333°W) is a point marking the east side of the entrance to Sea Leopard Fjord in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, who named it for Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen.

Bellingshausen Sea
Bellingshausen Sea (-71°N, -85°W) is a marginal sea off the coast of Antarctica between Alexander Island and Thurston Island. Named for Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen.

Mount Bellingshausen
Mount Bellingshausen (-75.11667°N, 162.1°W) is a conspicuous cone-shaped mountain, 1,380 m, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Mount Priestley between Larsen and David Glaciers, in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, led by Scott, and named by him after Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen, leader of the Russian expedition of 1819-21.

Bellisime Glacier
Bellisime Glacier (-72.31667°N, -99.88333°W) is a glacier about 4 nautical miles (7 km) long flowing south from Thurston Island east of Myers Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lynda B. Bellisime, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Flagstaff, Arizona, part of the USGS team that compiled the 1:5,000,000-scale Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer maps of Antarctica and the 1: 250,000-scale Landsat TM image maps of the Siple Coast area in the 1990s.

Mount Bellows
Mount Bellows (-84.83333°N, 178.96667°W) is a mountain, 2,390 m, located 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Layman Peak at the east side of Ramsey Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Frederick A. Bellows, U.S. Navy, Radioman at McMurdo Station, 1964.

Cape Bellue
Cape Bellue (-66.3°N, -65.88333°W) is a cape which forms the north side of the entrance to Darbel Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by him for Admiral Bellue, Superintendent of the Dockyard at Cherbourg, France.

Bellum Valley
Bellum Valley (-79.9°N, 155.25°W) is a small valley east of Banna Ridge in the northwest part of Britannia Range. The valley entrance is adjacent to the head of Hatherton Glacier. Named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato (N.Z.) geological party, 1978-79, led by M.J. Selby. Bellum is a historical placename formerly used in Roman Britain.

Mount Belolikov
Mount Belolikov (-70.48333°N, 162.11667°W) is a mountain (1,120 m) along the west wall of Gannutz Glacier, about 8 nautical miles (15 km) west-northwest of Mount Bruce, in the Bowers Mountains. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Surveyed by Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958 and named after Soviet meteorologist A.M. Belolikov, who perished in a fire at Mirnyy Station on August 3, 1960.

Belousov Point
Belousov Point (-69.85°N, 160.33333°W) is an ice-covered point forming the south tip of Anderson Peninsula, located just north of the terminus of Suvorov Glacier. The point was mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition of 1958 and named for the Soviet polar captain Mikhail P. Belousov, 1904-46.

Belozem Hill
Belozem Hill (-62.63333°N, -60.33333°W) is the north-eastern most in the chain of hills along Bulgarian Beach in Eastern Livingston Island. Bounder-clay capped with twin heights, the higher east-northeastern of them rising to 41 m and located 880 m northeast of Sinemorets Hill, 3,800 m west-southwest of Rezen Knoll and 1,910 m south by west of Aleko Rock. Snow free in summer. Belozem is the name of a settlement in southern Bulgaria, 'belozem' being the Bulgarian for 'white soil'.

Cape Belsham
Cape Belsham (-61.08333°N, -54.88333°W) is a prominent cape 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) west of Point Wild on the north coast of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. The name dates back to about 1822 and is well established in international usage.

Benbrook Glacier
Benbrook Glacier (-81.45°N, 158.91667°W) is a glacier 5 nautical miles (9 km) long in the Churchill Mountains. It flows south-southeast from Egress Peak, Carlstrom Foothills, into the Flynn Glacier. Named after James R. Benbrook, Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX; United States Antarctic Program (USAP) team member in balloon-borne investigation of the ionosphere and magnetosphere over the geographic South Pole, 1985-95.

Bender Mountains
Bender Mountains (-85.51667°N, -140.2°W) is a small group of mountains 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Berry Peaks, between the southeast edge of the Ross Ice Shelf and Watson Escarpment. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Leslie C. Bender, U.S. Navy, aircraft commander at McMurdo Station, 1962-63 and 1963-64.

Beneden Head
Beneden Head (-64.76667°N, -62.7°W) is a steep-sided headland, 700 m, forming the north side of the entrance to Andvord Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, and named after Professor Edouard Van Beneden, president of the Belgica Commission and author of several of the zoological reports of the expedition.

Benedict Peak
Benedict Peak (-75.28333°N, -110.53333°W) is a sharp, mostly ice-covered subsidiary peak standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of the summit of Mount Murphy, in Marie Byrd Land. 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 Philip C. Benedict, aurora researcher at Byrd Station in 1966.

Benedict Point
Benedict Point (-66.15°N, -66.6°W) is a point about 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of Cape Leblond on the east side of Lavoisier Island, Biscoe Islands. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956-57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Francis G. Benedict, American physiologist who, with W.O. Atwater, perfected the technique for calorimetric measurement of metabolism.

Benes Peak
Benes Peak (-76.03333°N, -124.11667°W) is a peak (2,450 m) that is almost entirely snow covered, situated along the Usas Escarpment, 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Mount Aldaz, in Marie Byrd Land. Surveyed by United States Geological Survey (USGS) on the Executive Committee Range Traverse of 1959. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Norman S. Benes, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at Byrd Station, 1961.

Mount Beney
Mount Beney (-80.26667°N, -27.75°W) is the largest of the La Grange Nunataks, rising to 1,000 m in the north part of Shackleton Range. Roughly mapped by Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1957; photographed from the air by U.S. Navy in 1967 and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Sgt. Ivor C. Beney, RE, member of the Royal Society IGY Expedition at Shackleton station in 1957, who assisted with preparations for the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58.

Bengaard Peak
Bengaard Peak (-83.31667°N, 163.48333°W) is a prominent rock peak, 2,110 m, located 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Fazekas Hills, on the east side of Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Hans J. Bengaard, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric scientist at Little America V, 1957.

Benighted Pass
Benighted Pass (-72.5°N, 166.25°W) is a snow pass between Mount Watt and Mount Roy in the Barker Range of the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. The name was suggested by New Zealand geologist M.G. Laird and derives from the forced lay-over of his field party in an emergency tent due to bad weather on the pass during 1981-82.

Mount Benjamin
Mount Benjamin (-85.8°N, -160.1°W) is a prominent mountain, 1,750 m, rising sharply at the west side of Amundsen Glacier, 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Mount Ellsworth, in the Queen Maud Mountains. First seen and mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Benjamin F. Smith, meteorologist with the McMurdo Station winter party, 1963.

Mount Benkert
Mount Benkert (-73.63333°N, -76.66667°W) is the easternmost member of the Snow Nunataks, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) east-southeast of Mount Thornton on the coast of Ellsworth Land. Discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain W.M. Benkert, USCG, commander of the Eastwind in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze 1966 and 1967.

Benlein Point
Benlein Point (-66.48333°N, 110.48333°W) is the southern point of Peterson 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 Construction Man Franklin J. Benlein, U.S. Navy, a member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958.

Benn Skerries
Benn Skerries (-54.45°N, 3.33333°W) is a small group of rocks which extend up to 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) westward from Norvegia Point, Bouvetoya. Charted and named in December 1927 by a Norwegian expedition in the Norvegia under Captain Harald Horntvedt.

Bennett Bluff
Bennett Bluff (-75.16667°N, -134.5°W) is a bluff (810 m) between the upper reaches of Venzke Glacier and Berry Glacier, 7 nautical miles (13 km) south-southwest of Perry Range, in Marie Byrd Land. The bluff has prominent rock exposures on the north wall and was first observed and photographed from aircraft of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on December l8, 1940. Mapped in detail by United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Clarence E. Bennett, AT1, U.S. Navy, Aviation Electronics Technician with Squadron VX-6 and a member of the McMurdo Station winter party, 1963.

Bennett Dome
Bennett Dome (-71.8°N, -73.05°W) is a rounded snow-covered peninsula on the south side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island, rising to about 460 m between Weber Inlet and Boccherini Inlet. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in 1947 and roughly mapped from the photographs by D. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Mapped definitively by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1967-68 and from Landsat imagery taken 1972-73. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joseph E. Bennett, Head, Polar Coordination and Information Section, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1976-86.

Bennett Escarpment
Bennett Escarpment (-70.6°N, 64.31667°W) is a rock and ice escarpment curving in a general southwest direction for 20 nautical miles (37 km) from Mount Pollard, in the Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) surveys and air photos, 1956-65. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J.M. Bennett, physicist at Mawson Station, 1965.

Bennett Islands
Bennett Islands (-66.93333°N, -67.66667°W) is a group of islands at the southwest side of Liard Island in Hanusse Bay, extending in a southwest direction for 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the west coast of Graham Land. The islands were sighted and sketched from the air in February 1937 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Named in 1954 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Arthur G. Bennett, British representative on whaling in the South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands for many years between 1913 and 1927, and acting government naturalist in the Falkland Islands, 1924-38. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bennett Nunataks
Bennett Nunataks (-84.78333°N, -116.41667°W) is a two rock nunataks 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) apart, lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) north of Lackey Ridge in the Ohio Range, Horlick Mountains. Surveyed by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Horlick Mountains Traverse party in December 1958. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John B. Bennett, geomagnetist-seismologist at Byrd Station, 1960.

Bennett Platform
Bennett Platform (-85.21667°N, -177.83333°W) is a high, nearly flat, snow-free mesa of dark rock, about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) wide, located immediately east of Mount Black, on the west side of Shackleton Glacier. 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 Floyd Bennett, copilot on the Byrd North Pole Flight of May 1926.

Bennett Saddle
Bennett Saddle (-77.08333°N, -126.43333°W) is the deep snow saddle between Mount Waesche and Mount Sidley, in the Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Gerard A. Bennett, Traverse Specialist at Byrd Station, a member of the Executive Committee Range Traverse (February 1959) and Marie Byrd Land Traverse (1959-60) that carried out surveys in this area.

Bennett Spires
Bennett Spires (-83.85°N, -56.16667°W) is a two sharp peaks overlooking the head of Jones Valley 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 Staff Sgt. Robert E. Bennett, United States Air Force (USAF), radio operator of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, summer 1957-58.

Bennett Spur
Bennett Spur (-82.43333°N, -50.63333°W) is a rock spur between Wujek Ridge and Cox Nunatak in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, q.v. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1979 after David W. Bennett who, with Robin Worcester, comprised the first of the annual United States Geological Survey (USGS) satellite surveying teams at the South Pole Station, winter party 1973.

Cape Bennett
Cape Bennett (-60.61667°N, -45.21667°W) is a bold promontory at the northeast extremity of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered on the occasion of the joint cruise by Captain George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop Dove, and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer in the sloop James Monroe, in December 1821. Named after David Bennett of Wapping, London, Captain Powell's employer.

Mount Bennett
Mount Bennett (-84.81667°N, -178.91667°W) is a prominent mountain (3,090 m) about 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Mount Boyd, surmounting the west part of Anderson Heights, Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41), and surveyed by the U.S. Ross Ice Shelf Traverse Party (1957-58) led by A.P. Crary. Named by Crary for Hugh Bennett, seismologist with the party.

Mount Benninghoff
Mount Benninghoff (-77.91667°N, 161.31667°W) is a mainly ice-free mountain (1,965 m) standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of Terra Cotta Mountain in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1993 after William S. Benninghoff (1918-93), Professor of Botany, University of Michigan, 1957-88, retiring as Professor Emeritus of Botany; seasonal visits to Antarctica in 1968, 1976, 1977 and 1989; member, SCAR Working Group on Biology, 1968-87; member, Polar Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, 1966-86.

Benoit Peak
Benoit Peak (-72.1°N, 163.66667°W) is a peak 5 nautical miles (9 km) north-northeast of Mount Camelot in Alamein Range, Freyberg 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 Robert E. Benoit, biologist at McMurdo Station, summers 1966-67 and 1967-68.

Mount Bensley
Mount Bensley (-70.31667°N, 64.25°W) is a mountain, 1,920 m, standing 8.5 nautical miles (16 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.A. Bensley, carpenter at Mawson Station, 1965.

Benson Bluff
Benson Bluff (-80°N, 157.95°W) is a distinctive triangular rock bluff (c.1300 m) at the west side of Ragotzkie Icefall in Britannia Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Dale P. Benson, United States Geological Survey (USGS) cartographer who conducted surveys at South Pole Station, 1993-94, and supported the first airborne GPS controlled photogrammetry project, which established photo control on Black Island and positioned the location of seismographic equipment on the flanks of Mount Erebus.

Benson Glacier
Benson Glacier (-76.81667°N, 162.2°W) is a glacier about 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, draining the east part of Flight Deck Neve and continuing east between the Fry and Mackay Glaciers into the north part of Granite Harbor where it forms a floating tongue. Mapped in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58), and indicated as a somewhat longer glacier including the present Midship Glacier. Named by the party after W.N. Benson, formerly professor of geology at the University of Otago, New Zealand, whose publications include a major contribution to the petrology of Victoria Land.

Benson Hills
Benson Hills (-70.46667°N, -62.28333°W) is a cluster of coastal hills near the head of Smith Inlet, 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Berry Massif on the east side of Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Arthur K. Benson, U.S. Navy, Medical Officer at Palmer Station in 1969.

Benson Knob
Benson Knob (-75.75°N, 159.28333°W) is a distinctive rock knob, 1,540 m, at the south extremity of Ricker Hills in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Anthony J. Benson, hospital corpsman with the South Pole Station winter party, 1966.

Benson Point
Benson Point (-62.65°N, -61.3°W) is a point forming the southwest end of Rugged Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for Elof Benson, first mate and keeper of the logbook of the American brig Hersilia from Stonington, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1819-20 and 1820-21.

Benson Ridge
Benson Ridge (-82.76667°N, 164.8°W) is a rugged ridge between Robb and Bondeson Glaciers, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of the north end of the Holland Range. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Carl S. Benson, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1961-62.

Mount Benson (Antarctica)
Mount Benson (-78.61667°N, -84.45°W) is a mountain (2,270 m) standing at the northeast side of Thomas Glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Mount Osborne, in southeast 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 Robert F. Benson, seismologist at the IGY South Pole Station, 1957.

Benten Island
Benten Island (-69.01667°N, 39.21667°W) is a small island lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of Ongulkalven Island in the east part of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, and named Benten-shima (goddess of fortune island). == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bentley Crag
Bentley Crag (-67.28333°N, -66.88333°W) is a rock crag rising to about 1,000 m north of Seue Peaks on Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1956-59. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Wilson A. Bentley (1865-1931), American meteorologist and specialist in microphotography of snow and ice crystals; joint author with W.J. Humphreys of Snow Crystals, New York, 1931.

Bentley Subglacial Trench
Bentley Subglacial Trench (-80°N, -105°W) is a major subglacial trench of West Antarctica which lies south of Byrd Subglacial Basin and is separated from it by a ridge except for a juncture of the two features near their east termination. From that juncture near Ellsworth Mountains, the trench extends west-southwest along the north side of Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands to about 81S, 120W. A maximum depth of -2,540 m is reported in the west part of the trench. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1961 for Charles R. Bentley, chief traverse seismologist at Byrd Station, 1957-59; leader of the 1957-58 seismic traverse that determined the existence of this trench and recorded its depth. This amended description follows further subglacial delineation by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF)-Technical University of Denmark (TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79.

Mount Bentley
Mount Bentley (-78.11667°N, -86.23333°W) is a mountain (4,245 m) standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Mount Anderson in the main western ridge of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse party, 1957-58, and named for Dr. Charles R. Bentley, leader of the traverse party and chief traverse seismologist at Byrd Station, 1957-59.

Benton Island
Benton Island (-77.06667°N, -147.88333°W) is an ice-covered island about 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Nolan Island in 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 William T. Benton, BM1, U.S. Navy, Boatswain's Mate aboard USS Glacier along this coast, 1961-62. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Benz Pass
Benz Pass (-63.68333°N, -58.36667°W) is a narrow pass between the south cliffs of Louis Philippe Plateau and a rock nunatak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the head of Russell East Glacier, Trinity Peninsula. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Karl Benz (1844-1929), German engineer who constructed the first practical gasoline motor car, in 1885.

Beowulf Glacier
Beowulf Glacier (-77.63333°N, 161.81667°W) is a small north-flowing glacier located between Mime Glacier and the head of Rhone Glacier in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named in 1983 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) from association with Mount Beowulf which stands at the head of this glacier.

Mount Beowulf
Mount Beowulf (-77.63333°N, 161.8°W) is a peak rising to about 2,100 m at the southeast side of Mime Glacier in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1962 from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1947-59. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1983 after the hero of the Old English epic poem.

Berg Bay
Berg Bay (-71.45°N, 169.45°W) is a small bay between Birthday Point and Islands Point in the west side of Robertson Bay, northern Victoria Land. Charted and named in 1911 by the Northern Party led by Victor Campbell of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, because icebergs appear to gravitate there. Haffner Glacier which flows into this bay may also contribute icebergs.

Berg Ice Stream
Berg Ice Stream (-73.7°N, -78.33333°W) is an ice stream about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long flowing into Carroll Inlet between Rydberg Peninsula and Espenschied Nunatak, on the English Coast, Ellsworth Land. 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) after Captain Harold Berg, commander of USNS Eltanin on Antarctic cruises, 1964-65.

Berg Mountains
Berg Mountains (-69.21667°N, 156.06667°W) is a mountain and two ridges 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of Cape Buromskiy, Krylov Peninsula. Photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958, and ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions), 1959. The feature was visited by an airborne survey party from the Soviet expedition and called "Gory L'va Berga" after the Soviet geographer Lev Berg.

Berg Peak
Berg Peak (-71.53333°N, 161.78333°W) is a prominent peak (1,870 m) standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of El Pulgar in northern Morozumi Range. 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 Thomas E. Berg, geologist who wintered at McMurdo Sound in 1961, and spent three succeeding summer seasons making patterned ground studies in the area. Berg perished in the crash of a U.S. Navy helicopter near Mount McLennan, November 19, 1969.

Bergan Castle
Bergan Castle (-80.6°N, -21.35°W) is a castlelike nunatak rising to 1,590 m to the southwest of Mount Dewar in Shotton Snowfield, 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 grouped in this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Ole Ferdinand Bergan (1876-1956), Norwegian inventor who designed Bergan's "meis" (carrying frames) and rucksacks, patented in Norway in 1909.

Bergel Rock
Bergel Rock (-65.16667°N, -64.96667°W) is a rock nearly 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Quintana Island in southwestern Wilhelm Archipelago. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Alexandra Bergel, granddaughter of Sir Ernest Shackleton, sponsor for HMS Endurance which made surveys in this area in February 1969.

Bergen Nunataks
Bergen Nunataks (-72.41667°N, -64.88333°W) is a group of nunataks 14 nautical miles (26 km) north of Journal Peaks in south-central Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1966-69. Named in 1977 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Michael Bergen, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) engineer, Palmer Station, winter party 1970.

Mount Bergen
Mount Bergen (-76.98333°N, 160.8°W) is a prominent rocky peak, 2,110 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Mount Gran on the north side of Mackay Glacier in Victoria Land. Surveyed in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58) and named by them after the birthplace in Norway of Tryggve Gran, a member of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.

Mount Berger
Mount Berger (-75.06667°N, -71.95°W) is a mountain with a steep northern rock face, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Becker in the Merrick Mountains, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Raymond E. Berger, U.S. Navy, aircraft pilot who flew the University of Wisconsin Traverse Party to this area and flew support missions in its behalf in the 1965-66 season.

Mount Bergersen
Mount Bergersen (-72.06667°N, 25.8°W) is a large mountain rising to 3,170 m, standing at the west side 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 named for Ambassador Birger Bergersen, chairman of the Norwegian Whaling Board. Remapped in 1957 by the Norwegians from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47.

Mount Bergin
Mount Bergin (-67.7°N, 48.91667°W) is a mountain, 700 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Mount Maslen in the Raggatt 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 R.D. Bergin, radio officer at Mawson station in 1956.