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Bering Nunatak
Bering Nunatak (-74.91667°N, -71.3°W) is a nunatak lying east-southeast of Mount Carrara in the Sky-Hi Nunataks of Ellsworth Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Edgar A. Bering, physicist, University of Houston, TX, who carried out upper atmosphere research at Siple Station in 1980-81.

Berkley Island
Berkley Island (-66.21667°N, 110.65°W) is an island, 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, which marks the northeast end of the Swain Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and included in a survey of Swain Islands in 1957 by Wilkes Station personnel under C.R. Eklund. Named by Eklund for Richard J. Berkley, geomagnetician with the US-IGY wintering party of 1957 at Wilkes Station. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Berkner Bank
Berkner Bank (-75°N, -48°W) is a bank in the Weddell Sea named for Lloyd V. Berkner, an engineer who sailed with Admiral Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition to Antarctica, 1928-1930. Name approved 4/73 (ACUF 144).

Berkner Island
Berkner Island (-79.5°N, -47.5°W) is a high and completely ice-covered island about 200 nautical miles (370 km) long and 85 nautical miles (160 km) wide. This large feature rises to 975 m and separates Ronne Ice Shelf from Filchner Ice Shelf. Discovered by members of the US-IGY party at Ellsworth Station, under the leadership of Captain Finn Ronne, U.S. Navy Reserve, during the 1957-58 season. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for American physicist Lloyd V. Berkner, engineer with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Berlin Crater
Berlin Crater (-76.05°N, -135.86667°W) is a high and circular ice-filled crater near the summit of Mount Berlin in the Flood Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Mount Berlin.

Berlin Crevasse Field
Berlin Crevasse Field (-76.05°N, -136.5°W) is a crevasse field, 10 nautical miles (18 km) in extent, located immediately west of Mount Berlin in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Mount Berlin.

Mount Berlin
Mount Berlin (-76.05°N, -135.86667°W) is a prominent, conical mountain, 3,500 m, standing 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of Mount Moulton at the west end of the Flood Range in Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on flights to the northeast and east of Little America in November-December 1934. Named "Mount Hal Flood" by Byrd, but the name Flood is now applied to the entire mountain range of which this is a part. Named by the US-SCAN for Leonard M. Berlin, leader of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) party which sledged to this mountain in December 1940.

Berlioz Point
Berlioz Point (-72.2°N, -74.1°W) is a snow-covered point on the south side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island, marking the northwest entrance point to the embayment occupied by Bach Ice Shelf. The south part of Alexander Island was first roughly mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940, but this point was not clearly identified. It was mapped 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 Hector Berlioz (1803-69), French composer.

Bermel Escarpment
Bermel Escarpment (-85.28333°N, -89.5°W) is a snow and rock escarpment, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, extending from the base of Ford Massif to King Peak, in the Thiel Mountains. The escarpment drops 300 to 400 m from the polar plateau to the ice surface north of these mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Peter F. Bermel, cartographer, United States Geological Survey (USGS) (Bermel Peninsula, q.v.); co-leader (with Arthur B. Ford) of the USGS Thiel Mountains party which surveyed the mountains in 1960-61; leader of USGS Topo East and Topo West, 1962-63, in which geodetic control was extended from the area of Cape Hallett to the Wilson Hills (Topo West), and from the foot of Beardmore Glacier through the Horlick Mountains (Topo East).

Bermel Peninsula
Bermel Peninsula (-68.45°N, -65.36667°W) is a rugged, mountainous peninsula, about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long and 7 nautical miles (13 km) wide, between Solberg Inlet and Mobiloil Inlet on the Bowman Coast, Graham Land. The feature rises to 1,670 m in Bowditch Crests and includes Yule Peak, Mount Wilson, Campbell Crest, Vesconte Point, Wilson Pass, Rock Pile Peaks, Miyoda Cliff, and Rock Pile Point. The peninsula lies along the route explored and photographed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins, 1928, and Lincoln Ellsworth, 1935, and was first mapped from the Ellsworth photographs by W.L.G. Joerg in 1937. The United States Antarctic Service (USAS) explored this area from the ground, 1939-41, roughly positioning the peninsula. The USAS also photographed the feature from the air in 1940, referring to it as "The Rock Pile" or "Rock Pile Point" from the appearance as a jumbled mass of peaks. The USBGN approved the name Rock Pile Point for the peninsula in 1947, but the decision was subsequently vacated. Although Rock Pile Peaks was approved for eastern summits and Rock Pile Point for the east extremity, the peninsula remained unnamed for about four decades. However, reference to a geographic feature of this magnitude is needed, and in 1993 the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) recommended the peninsula be named after Peter F. Bermel (Bermel Escarpment, q.v.), cartographer, United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1946-94; Assistant Director for Programs, USGS; Member, U.S. Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, 1979-94 (Chairman, 1993-94).

Bernacchi Bay
Bernacchi Bay (-77.46667°N, 163.45°W) is a bay about 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide between Marble Point and Cape Bernacchi, on the coast of Victoria Land. Named after Cape Bernacchi by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910-13.

Bernacchi Head
Bernacchi Head (-76.13333°N, 168.33333°W) is a precipitous cliff forming the south extremity of Franklin Island in the Ross Sea. Named "Cape Bernacchi" by the British Antarctic Expedition (1898-1900) for Louis C. Bernacchi, a member of the expedition. The generic has been changed to "Head" by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) to avoid duplication with Cape Bernacchi on the coast of Victoria Land.

Cape Bernacchi
Cape Bernacchi (-77.48333°N, 163.85°W) is a rocky cape between Bernacchi Bay and New Harbor on the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, under Scott, and named by him for Louis C. Bernacchi, physicist with the expedition.

Bernal Islands
Bernal Islands (-66.36667°N, -66.46667°W) is a group of four mainly snow-covered islands and a number of rocks lying in Crystal Sound, about 10 nautical miles (18 km) east of the south end of Lavoisier Island, Biscoe Islands. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958-59) and air photos obtained by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947-48). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for John D. Bernal, British physicist, joint author with Sir Ralph Fowler of a classic paper on the structure of ice which suggested the location of the hydrogen atoms, in 1933. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bernard Island
Bernard Island (-66.66667°N, 140.03333°W) is a rocky island 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) long lying 0.05 nautical miles (0.1 km) east of Buffon Islands in the Geologie Archipelago. Charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Claude Bernard (1813-78), noted French physiologist. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bernard Rocks
Bernard Rocks (-64.13333°N, -62.01667°W) is a small group of rocks between Davis Island and Spallanzani Point, off the northeast side of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. First mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05. 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 Claude Bernard (1813-78), French physiologist who made important contributions to the understanding of digestion, function of the liver and the methods of experimental medicine.

Bernhardi Heights
Bernhardi Heights (-80.33333°N, -25°W) is a line of heights (1,220 m), snow-covered to east but with a west-facing rock escarpment, rising east of Schimper Glacier in the Herbert 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 glacial geologists grouped in this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Reinhard Bernhardi, German geologist, who in 1832 first recognized the moraines and erratics of north Germany as evidence of a former south extension of the Arctic ice sheet.

Mount Bernstein
Mount Bernstein (-71.61667°N, 163.11667°W) is a prominent mountain, 2,420 m, which forms a part of the northern wall of Linder Glacier in the Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the late Captain Fred J. Bernstein, Asst. Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, U.S. Navy Support Force, Antarctica, 1967 and 1968.

Berntsen Point
Berntsen Point (-60.71667°N, -45.6°W) is a point which forms the south side of the entrance to Borge Bay on the east side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1927 by DI personnel on the year.

Berntsen Ridge
Berntsen Ridge (-54.15°N, -36.71667°W) is a ridge on the north coast of South Georgia, running west from Tonsberg Point and rising to about 580 m at the west end. The ridge partly occupies the peninsula between Stromness Harbor and Husvik Harbor. Named in 1991 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Captain Soren Berntsen (1880-1940), Norwegian whaler who established Husvik whaling station for Tonsberg Hvalfangeri and became its first manager in 1910; later Master of SS Orwell, a whaling factory ship.

Berquist Ridge
Berquist Ridge (-83.51667°N, -56.5°W) is a curving ridge, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, trending west from its juncture with Madey Ridge 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 Robert M. Berquist, photographer at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.

Berr Point
Berr Point (-69.76667°N, 39.06667°W) is a bare rock point along the southeast shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay, lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Rundvags Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Berrodden (the bare point).

Mount Berrigan
Mount Berrigan (-66.66667°N, 52.71667°W) is a mountain 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Budd Peak in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1957. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for M.G. Berrigan, assistant diesel mechanic at Wilkes Station in 1961.

Berrnabbane Crags
Berrnabbane Crags (-69.73333°N, 37.96667°W) is a rocky crags along the southeast shore of Djupvika, a bay on the southwest side of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Berrnabbane (the bare crags).

Berry Bastion
Berry Bastion (-80.21667°N, 157.18333°W) is a large, mostly ice-covered mountain with abrupt north facing rock cliffs. It rises to 3,144 m between Mount Olympus and Mount McClintock and the main ridge of Britannia Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after M. John Berry, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1997-2000.

Berry Glacier
Berry Glacier (-75°N, -134°W) is a glacier, about 25 nautical miles (46 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, draining north between Perry Range and Demas Range into the Getz Ice Shelf on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. This vicinity was first photographed and rudely charted from aircraft of the U.S. Antarctic Service in December 1940. The glacier was mapped in detail by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander William H. Berry, U.S. Navy, Air Operations Officer for Task Force 43 during Deep Freeze operations 1969-72; Operations Officer, 1973.

Berry Head
Berry Head (-60.7°N, -45.61667°W) is a point which forms the division between Tern Cove and Stygian Cove on the northeast side of Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. The name appears on the chart by DI personnel on the Discovery II resulting from their survey in 1933.

Berry Hill (Antarctica)
Berry Hill (-63.8°N, -57.81667°W) is a hill rising to 370 m between Lachman Crags and Cape Lachman on James Ross Island. The hill is notable for an exposure of volcanic rocks and probable glacial beds of Pliocene age. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), 1987, after Alfred Thomas Berry, Chief Steward in Discovery II, 1929-39; in charge of stores on Operation Tabarin at Port Lockroy, 1943-44, and Hope Bay, 1944-45.

Berry Massif
Berry Massif (-70.45°N, -62.5°W) is a compact, roughly circular and mostly snow-covered massif located at the south side of the terminus of Clifford Glacier, where the latter enters Smith Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Dale L. Berry, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist who was Station Scientific Leader at Palmer Station in 1971.

Berry Peaks
Berry Peaks (-85.43333°N, -138.53333°W) is a small group of peaks 10 nautical miles (18 km) south of the terminus of Reedy Glacier, 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 William Berry, radioman, Byrd Station winter party of 1961.

Berry Spur
Berry Spur (-78.35°N, 162.11667°W) is a named after Russell D. Berry, United States Geological Survey (USGS) cartographer, a member of the satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party 1983.

Mount Berry (Antarctica)
Mount Berry (-64.43333°N, -60.71667°W) is a mountain 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Baldwin Peak, near the head of Cayley Glacier 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 Albert Berry, American aviator who in 1912 made the first parachute descent from an airplane, using a pack-type parachute.

Bertalan Peak
Bertalan Peak (-72.06667°N, 167.13333°W) is a peak (2,320 m) standing at the northwest side of the head of Montecchi Glacier in the Victory Mountains, 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 Robert E. Bertalan, U.S. Navy, chief machinery repairman at McMurdo Station, 1967.

Cape Berteaux
Cape Berteaux (-68.85°N, -67.45°W) is a cape surmounted by a high rock peak between Mikkelsen Bay and Wordie Ice Shelf on the west coast of Graham Land. The French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10, originally applied the name Berteaux to an island in essentially this position. The British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37, identified the feature sighted by Charcot as the cape described above. Named by Charcot for a Monsieur Berteaux who helped obtain funds for his expedition.

Bertha Island
Bertha Island (-67.38333°N, 59.65°W) is an island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) long, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Islay at the east side of William Scoresby Bay. Discovered and named in February 1936 by DI personnel on the William Scoresby. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Berthelot Islands
Berthelot Islands (-65.33333°N, -64.15°W) is a group of rocky islands, the largest 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southwest of Deliverance Point, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot, and named by him for Marcelin Berthelot, prominent French chemist. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bertodano Bay
Bertodano Bay (-64.25°N, -56.73333°W) is a bay between Bodman Point and Cape Wiman on the north side of Seymour Island. The name appears on Argentine navy charts from 1957 and recalls J. Lopez de Bertodano, chief engineer in the Argentine corvette Uruguay during the rescue of the shipwrecked Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1903.

Bertoglio Glacier
Bertoglio Glacier (-79.3°N, 160.33333°W) is a glacier 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, flowing from the Conway Range eastward between Cape Lankester and Hoffman Point to the Ross Ice Shelf. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Lloyd W. Bertoglio, U.S. Navy, commander of the McMurdo Station winter party, 1960.

Bertrab Glacier
Bertrab Glacier (-54.61667°N, -35.95°W) is a small glacier at the head of Gold Harbor, at the east end of South Georgia. Charted by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12, under Filchner, and named by him for General von Bertrab, Chief Quartermaster in the German General Staff and Chief of the Land Survey, who was chairman of the expedition.

Bertrab Nunatak
Bertrab Nunatak (-77.91667°N, -34.53333°W) is a nunatak located along the south side of Lerchenfeld Glacier and about 5 nautical miles (9 km) west-southwest of the Littlewood Nunataks. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12, under Wilhelm Filchner, who named this feature for General von Bertrab.

Bertram Glacier
Bertram Glacier (-70.83333°N, -67.46667°W) is a glacier, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long and 18 nautical miles (33 km) wide at its mouth, flowing west from the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land into George VI Sound between Wade and Gurney Points. Discovered and first surveyed in 1936 by Stephenson, Fleming and Bertram of the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954 for George C.L. Bertram, biologist of the BGLE, 1934-37, and member of the discovery party, who in 1949 became Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge.

Bertrand Ice Piedmont
Bertrand Ice Piedmont (-68.5°N, -67°W) is an ice piedmont about 11 nautical miles (20 km) long and from 3 to 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, lying between Rymill Bay and Mikkelsen Bay on the Fallieres Coast of Graham Land. It is bounded on the southeast side by Pavie Ridge and on the northeast side by Black Thumb. Surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, and resurveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Kenneth J. Bertrand (1910-78), Professor of Geography, the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. A geomorphologist and Antarctic historian, Bertrand was a member of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, 1947-73; chairman, 1962-73. His Americans in Antarctica, 1775-1948, published in 1971, is the most extensive and authoritative account of American involvement in the Antarctic.

Berwick Glacier
Berwick Glacier (-84.6°N, 165.75°W) is a tributary glacier, 14 nautical miles (26 km) long, flowing southeast between Marshall Mountains and Adams Mountains to enter Beardmore Glacier at Willey Point. Named by British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) after HMS Berwick, a vessel on which Lieutenant Jameson B. Adams of British Antarctic Expedition had served. The map of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) and some subsequent maps transpose the positions of Berwick Glacier and Swinford Glacier. The latter lies 12 nautical miles (22 km) southwestward. The original application (British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09) of Berwick Glacier is the one recommended.

Mount Besch
Mount Besch (-78.18333°N, -84.71667°W) is a mountain (1,210 m) forming the south end of Barnes Ridge and overlooking the terminus of Ellen Glacier, on the east side of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First 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 Marvin E. Besch, United States Air Force (USAF), who participated in establishing the IGY South Pole Station in the 1956-57 season.

Besnard Point
Besnard Point (-64.83333°N, -63.48333°W) is a point which lies at the southeast side of Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, and marks the east side of the entrance to Alice Creek, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot, and named by him for A. Besnard, seaman on the expedition ship Francais.

Bessinger Nunatak
Bessinger Nunatak (-85.08333°N, -64.68333°W) is a mound-shaped nunatak, 1,640 m, standing at the southwest end of Mackin Table, 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Mount Tolchin, in southern Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant C.D. Bessinger, Jr. (MC) U.S. Navy, officer in charge of South Pole Station, winter 1963.

Best Peak
Best Peak (-54.11667°N, -36.81667°W) is a peak, 600 m, standing southwest of Illusion Point, Fortuna Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.

Cape Best
Cape Best (-54.08333°N, -36.81667°W) is a cape which marks the west side of the entrance to Fortuna Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. The name dates back to at least 1912 and is well established.

Mount Best
Mount Best (-66.81667°N, 51.38333°W) is a mountain 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southwest of Mount Morrison, in the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for F. Best, a member of the crew of the Discovery during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31.

Beta Island
Beta Island (-64.31667°N, -63°W) is a small island which lies immediately north of Kappa Island and close southwest of Alpha Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The name, derived from the second letter of the Greek alphabet, was probably given by DI personnel who roughly surveyed the island in 1927. The island was surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Beta Peak
Beta Peak (-75.85°N, 160.1°W) is a rock peak, 1,620 m, surmounting a small ice-free mesa 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Pudding Butte, in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. So named by the Southern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, because they always referred to this feature throughout the season as Station B.

Betbeder Islands
Betbeder Islands (-65.25°N, -65.05°W) is a group of small islands and rocks in the southwest part of the Wilhelm Archipelago, 22 nautical miles (41 km) west of Cape Tuxen. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for R. Admiral Onofre Betbeder, Argentine Navy. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cape Betbeder
Cape Betbeder (-63.61667°N, -56.68333°W) is a cape which marks the southwest end of Andersson Island, lying in Antarctic Sound off the northeast tip of Antarctic Peninsula. Charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under nordenskjold, and named by him for R. Admiral Onofre Betbeder, Argentine Minister of Marine, upon whose orders the Argentine ship Uruguay was dispatched to rescue Nordenskjold's expedition.

Betekhtin Range
Betekhtin Range (-71.9°N, 11.53333°W) is a mountain range about 14 nautical miles (26 km) long, forming the south arm of the Humboldt Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after Soviet Academician A.G. Betekhtin.

Bettle Peak
Bettle Peak (-77.78333°N, 163.5°W) is a peak, 1,490 m, standing west of Bowers Piedmont Glacier and 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Granite Knolls in Victoria Land. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James F. Bettle, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist and scientific leader at McMurdo station in 1962.

Mount Betty
Mount Betty (-85.18333°N, -163.75°W) is a small ridge overlooking Ross Ice Shelf, located on the north side of Bigend Saddle in the northeast extremity of the Herbert Range, Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in November 1911 by Captain Roald Amundsen, and named by him for Betty Andersson, nurse and housekeeper in the Amundsen family for many years.

Betzel Cove
Betzel Cove (-64.71667°N, -64.2°W) is a cove in Wylie Bay, located east-northeast of Dream Island. Named for Alfred P. (Buzz) Betzel, who was Ocean Projects Manager for National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Office of Polar Programs 1974-86; was liaison in scheduling U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Antarctic deployment.

Bevin Glacier
Bevin Glacier (-66.28333°N, -63.78333°W) is a glacier 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, which flows east from the plateau escarpment on the east side of Graham Land into the northwest end of Cabinet Inlet between Attlee and Anderson Glaciers. During December 1947, it was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE). Named by the FIDS for Rt. Hon. Ernest Bevin, M.P., British Minister of Labor and National Service and member of the War Cabinet.

Mount Bevin
Mount Bevin (-71.9°N, 169.45°W) is a prominent sharply pointed mountain which rises to 3490 m at the west side of the head of Murray Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. The mountain stands 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west-northwest of Mount Sabine. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Anthony (Tony) J. Bevin, Surveyor-General, New Zealand, and Chairman, New Zealand Geographic Board, 1996-2004, with responsibility for New Zealand surveying and place naming in Antarctica.

Mount Bewsher
Mount Bewsher (-70.9°N, 65.46667°W) is a prominent flat-topped mountain about 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Mount McMahon in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. First visited by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) southern party (1956-57) led by W.G. Bewsher, officer in charge at Mawson Station in 1956, for whom it is named.

Beyl Head
Beyl Head (-74.08333°N, -116.51667°W) is an ice-covered headland midway on the east side of Wright Island, along Getz Ice Shelf, Bakutis Coast. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 after Commander David D. Beyl, U.S. Navy, Operations Officer, Operation Deepfreeze 1976, with responsibility for planning the Dome Charlie aircraft recovery program which resulted in the successful recovery of two LC-130 aircraft damaged during Operation Deepfreeze 1975.

Bibby Point
Bibby Point (-63.8°N, -57.95°W) is a steep rocky point with snow slopes falling away inland, at the northeast corner of Brandy Bay, James Ross Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for John S. Bibby, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) geologist at Hope Bay, 1958-59.

Bibra Valley
Bibra Valley (-79.95°N, 155.5°W) is an ice-free valley bounded eastward by Danum Platform, lying 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Haven Mountain in Britannia Range. Named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato (N.Z.) geological party, 1978-79, led by M.J. Selby. Bibra is a historical placename formerly used in Roman Britain.

Cape Bickerton
Cape Bickerton (-66.33333°N, 136.93333°W) is an ice-covered point 5 nautical miles (9 km) east-northeast of Gravenoire Rock which marks the north extremity of the coastal area close east of Victor Bay. Charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, 1911-14, and named by him for F. H. Bickerton, engineer of the expedition and leader of the Western Party which sighted the cape from its farthest west camp.

Cape Bidlingmaier
Cape Bidlingmaier (-53.01667°N, 73.53333°W) is a rocky cape at the east side of the entrance to Mechanics Bay, on the north side of Heard Island. The feature appears to have been known to American sealers as "Morgan's Point," as shown by Captain H.C. Chester's 1860 sketch map of the island. The name "Negros Head" was also in use by American sealers during the 1860-70 period. The name Bidlingmaier was applied by the German Antarctic Expedition, under Drygalski, who made a running survey and landing along the north side of the island in 1902. Friedrich Bidlingmaier served as magnetician and meteorologist with the expedition.

Bieber Bench
Bieber Bench (-81.95°N, 160.38333°W) is a relatively horizontal upland area of 20 square mi at the south side of Surveyors Range, Churchill Mountains. The ice-covered feature rises to 1800 m between Mansergh Snowfield and the head of Algie Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after John W. Bieber, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware; United States Antarctic Program (USAP) principal investigator for solar and heliospheric studies with Antarctic cosmic ray observations at the McMurdo and South Pole Stations, 1988-2002.

Bielecki Island
Bielecki Island (-64.76667°N, -64.48333°W) is an island 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) north of Trundy Island in the west part of Joubin Islands. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Johannes N. Bielecki, Asst. Engineer in R.V. Hero on her first Antarctic voyage to Palmer Station in 1968. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cape Bienvenue
Cape Bienvenue (-66.71667°N, 140.51667°W) is a small rocky cape which is partially ice-covered, 44 m, forming the east side of the entrance to Piner Bay. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition under Barre, 1951-52, who established an astronomical control station on the cape. Bienvenue is a French word meaning welcome, and describes the pleasure of the French party at finding a cape not shown on previous charts where a landing could be made.

Bier Point
Bier Point (-74.16667°N, 164.15°W) is a projecting point on the east side of Campbell Glacier, 7 nautical miles (13 km) northeast of Mount Queensland, in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Jeffrey W. Bier, biologist, McMurdo Station winter party, 1966.

Mount Bierle
Mount Bierle (-71.5°N, 167.31667°W) is a mountain (2,360 m) rising 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) north of Mount Granholm in the Admiralty Mountains 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 Donald A. Bierle, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Station, 1966-67 and 1967-68.

Bifrost Ledge
Bifrost Ledge (-77.58333°N, 162.18333°W) is a

Big Ben (Antarctica)
Big Ben (-53.1°N, 73.51667°W) is a massive ice-covered mountain, 2,745 m, which is the central and dominating feature on Heard Island, and toward which the relief of the island rises from all sides. The name was apparently applied by American sealers at Heard Island following their initiation of sealing there in 1855. The name was found to be already in common use when the British expedition under Nares visited the island in the Challenger in 1874 and made a survey of its salient features.

Big Brother Bluff
Big Brother Bluff (-71.46667°N, 159.8°W) is a high, angular granite bluff (2,840 m) along the west wall of Daniels Range, 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Mount Burnham, in the Usarp Mountains. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, because it is visible from 50 nautical miles (90 km) north and from many points across Rennick Glacier. Hence the reminiscence from George Orwell's famous saying.

Big Razorback Island
Big Razorback Island (-77.68333°N, 166.5°W) is the southeasternmost of the Dellbridge Islands, lying in Erebus Bay off the west side of Ross Island. Discovered and named by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, under Scott. The name is descriptive. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bigelow Rock
Bigelow Rock (-66.16667°N, 95.41667°W) is a low, ice-covered rock about 150 ft long, with numerous rock exposures close above sea level, lying immediately west of Shackleton Ice Shelf, about 25 nautical miles (46 km) northeast of Junction Corner. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. An astronomical control station was established on the rock by U.S. Navy Operation Windmill, 1947-48. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Tech. Sgt. George H. Bigelow, United States Marine Corps (USMC), tractor driver-mechanic with U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and U.S. Navy OpWml.

Bigend Saddle
Bigend Saddle (-85.2°N, -163.83333°W) is a snow-covered saddle at the southwest side of Mount Betty in northern Herbert Range, Queen Maud Mountains. The saddle was traversed in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould. It was named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, because one of the party's motor toboggans was abandoned here with a smashed big end bearing.

Biggs Island
Biggs Island (-67.8°N, -68.88333°W) is a small island forming the easternmost of the Henkes Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 for Thomas Biggs, a Falkland Islander, coxswain of the launch of RRS John Biscoe which was used by the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit to chart this island in 1963. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bigler Nunataks
Bigler Nunataks (-70.75°N, 159.91667°W) is a cluster of notable nunataks lying southeastward of Pomerantz Tableland between Keim Peak and Lovejoy Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John C. Bigler, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Station, 1966-67.

Bigo Bay
Bigo Bay (-65.71667°N, -64.5°W) is a bay 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, indenting the west coast of Graham Land between Cape Garcia and the peninsula surmounted by Magnier Peaks. The French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, first sighted this bay but charted it as the southern part of Leroux Bay. The British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, determined that the peninsula surmounted by Magnier Peaks separates this bay from Leroux Bay. Named by Rymill after Mount Bigo, a mountain at the head of the bay.

Mount Bigo
Mount Bigo (-65.76667°N, -64.28333°W) is a mountain, 1,980 m, standing immediately southwest of Mount Perchot at the head of Bigo Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, and named by Charcot, probably for Robert Bigo of Calais, a member of the Lique Maritime Francaise.

Bigourdan Fjord
Bigourdan Fjord (-67.55°N, -67.38333°W) is a sound, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long in an east-west direction and averaging 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, lying between Pourquoi Pas Island and the southwest part of Arrowsmith Peninsula, along the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by him for Guillaume Bigourdan, noted French astronomer. It was roughly surveyed by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill, and resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50.

Biker Glacier
Biker Glacier (-77.2°N, 160.11667°W) is a glacier, 4 km long and less than 1 km wide, flowing north from the polar plateau between Mount Littlepage and Mount Dearborn into Mackay Glacier, Victoria Land. Approved by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1995, the name alludes to the use of a bicycle as a practical means of transportation by a New Zealand glacial mapping party led by Trevor Chinn, summer season 1992-93, and is part of a theme of cycling names in the area.

Bildad Peak
Bildad Peak (-65.81667°N, -62.6°W) is a conspicuous snow-capped peak 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of Spouter Peak on the south side of Flask Glacier, in Graham Land. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the fictional Captain Bildad, part-owner of the whaling ship Pequod in Herman Melville's Moby Dick.

Bilgeri Glacier
Bilgeri Glacier (-66.01667°N, -64.78333°W) is a glacier flowing into Barilari Bay south of Huitfeldt Point, on the west coast of Graham Land. 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 for Georg Bilgeri (1873-1934), Austrian pioneer exponent of skiing, inventor of the first spring ski binding, and author of one of the earliest skiing manuals.

Bill Inlet
Bill Inlet (-54.03333°N, -37.96667°W) is a small inlet lying immediately east of Undine Harbor, near the west end of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1929 British Admiralty chart.

Bill Rock
Bill Rock (-54.15°N, -36.65°W) is a rock which lies 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) east of the south end of Grass Island in Stromness Bay, South Georgia. Charted and named in 1928 by DI personnel.

The Billboard
The Billboard (-77.06667°N, -145.66667°W) is a massive granite monolith with vertical faces rising more than 300 m above the continental ice, standing just west of Mount Rea between Arthur and Boyd Glaciers, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered in November 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition sledge party under Paul Siple, and so named because of its form and appearance.

Billey Bluff
Billey Bluff (-75.53333°N, -140.03333°W) is a rocky coastal bluff 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Mount Langway in the west part of Ickes 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 John P. Billey, ionospheric physicist, Scientific Leader at Byrd Station, 1971.

Billie Peak
Billie Peak (-64.75°N, -63.38333°W) is a peak, 725 m, which rises 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east-northeast of Bay Point on the southeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache. The name appears on a chart based on a 1927 DI survey, but may reflect an earlier naming.

Billie Rocks
Billie Rocks (-60.71667°N, -45.61667°W) is a group of rocks 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) northeast of Drying Point, lying in Borge Bay along the east side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The name Billie Rock, for the easternmost rock of the group, appeared on a chart based upon a 1927 sketch survey of Borge Bay by DI personnel on the Discovery. The name has since been extended to include the entire group.

Mount Billing
Mount Billing (-75.71667°N, 160.9°W) is a wedge-shaped mountain, 1,420 m, standing between Mount Mallis and Mount Bowen in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Graham Billing, public relations officer at Scott Base, 1962-63 and 1963-64 seasons.

Billingane Peaks
Billingane Peaks (-68.35°N, 59.3°W) is a cluster of four peaks, about 5 nautical miles (9 km) east-southeast of See Nunatak at the east end of the Hansen Mountains. Mapped and named by Norwegian cartographers working from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37.

Bills Gulch
Bills Gulch (-68.08333°N, -65.83333°W) is the northern of two glaciers flowing east from the plateau upland into the head of Trail Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. This glacier was used by the sledge party under Paul H. Knowles which traversed Antarctic Peninsula from the East Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on its way to Hilton Inlet in 1940. Named by the USAS for a lead dog that died at this point. The name has been approved because of its wide use on maps and in reports.

Bills Island
Bills Island (-64.81667°N, -63.5°W) is an island which lies close northeast of Goudier Island in the harbor of Port Lockroy, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered and charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot. The name appears on a chart based on a 1927 DI survey, but may reflect an earlier naming. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bills Point
Bills Point (-64.31667°N, -62.98333°W) is a point marking the south extremity of Delta Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The name was probably given by DI personnel who roughly charted Delta Island in 1927. The feature was surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948.

Billycock Hill
Billycock Hill (-68.16667°N, -66.55°W) is a rounded, ice-covered hill which rises to 1,630 m and projects 180 m above the surrounding ice sheet, situated close north of the head of Neny Glacier on the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Resurveyed in 1946 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named by them for its resemblance to a billycock hat.

Binary Peaks
Binary Peaks (-54.48333°N, -36.08333°W) is a steep pinnacle covered with snow with two snow free and therefore conspicuous summits, situated 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northwest of Mount Krokisius and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north-northwest of Moltke Harbor, South Georgia. This feature was named "Doppelspitz" (double peaks) by a German expedition under Schrader, 1882-83, and was identified by the British Combined Services Expedition of 1964-65. An English form of the name, Binary Peaks, was recommended by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971.

Binder Beach
Binder Beach (-54.01667°N, -37.71667°W) is a moraine beach at the head of Right Whale Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears on a chart based upon a survey by DI personnel in 1930.

Binder Rocks
Binder Rocks (-74.23333°N, -115.05°W) is an isolated rock outcrop located 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Siglin Rocks on the west side of Martin Peninsula, Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. First photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant R.A. Binder, U.S. Navy, maintenance coordinator at the Williams Field air strip, McMurdo Sound, during Deep Freeze 1967.

Binders Nunataks
Binders Nunataks (-72.6°N, 62.96667°W) is a two small, light-colored nunataks standing 37 nautical miles (70 km) north of Mount Scherger in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped from air photos and surveys by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions), 1957-60. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) after a fictional character in the novel Ascent of Rumdoodle by W.E. Bowman.

Bindschadler Glacier
Bindschadler Glacier (-77.96667°N, 162.15°W) is a glacier in the northwest part of Royal Society Range, Victoria Land, flowing north between Table Mountain and Platform Spur to join Emmanuel Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1992 after glaciologist Robert A. Bindschadler of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; from 1983 a principal investigator for United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) studies of the West Antarctic ice sheet including dynamics of ice streams in the Siple Coast area, their interaction with the Ross Ice Shelf, and the role of polar ice sheets in global climate change.

Bindschadler Ice Stream
Bindschadler Ice Stream (-81°N, -142°W) is an ice stream between Siple Dome and MacAyeal Ice Stream. It is one of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice streams were investigated and mapped by United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) personnel in a number of field seasons from 1983-84 and named Ice Stream A, B, C, etc., according to their position from south to north. The name was changed by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 2002 to honor Robert A. Bindschadler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, a United States Antarctic Program (USAP) investigator of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet including the dynamics of the Marie Byrd Land ice streams and their interaction with the Ross Ice Shelf, c.1983-98.

Bingen Cirque
Bingen Cirque (-72.68333°N, -3.3°W) is a conspicuous cirque in the steep, eastern rock cliffs of Jokulskarvet Ridge in the Borg Massif of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Bingen (the bin).

Bingham Glacier
Bingham Glacier (-69.38333°N, -63.16667°W) is a glacier 15 nautical miles (28 km) long flowing eastward to the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula, with Cape Reichelderfer as its southern portal. The coast where Bingham Glacier reaches Larsen Ice Shelf was photographed by Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1928 and by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935, and was mapped by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, who with E.W. Bingham sledged across the peninsula to a point close south of this glacier in 1936. It was also mapped in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS). Named by the US-SCAN in 1947 for Surgeon Lieutenant Commander E.W. Bingham, Royal Navy, of the BGLE.

Bingham Peak
Bingham Peak (-79.43333°N, -84.78333°W) is a sharp peak (1,540 m,) located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southeast of Springer Peak in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joseph P. Bingham, auroral scientist at Eights Station in 1965.

Bingley Glacier
Bingley Glacier (-84.48333°N, 167.16667°W) is a glacier 8 nautical miles (15 km) long in Queen Alexandra Range, draining south from the slopes of Mount Kirkpatrick, Mount Dickerson and Barnes Peak and entering Beardmore Glacier just north of Adams Mountains. Named by E.H. Shackleton (British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09) after Bingley, England, the ancestral home of the Shackleton family.

Binn Peak
Binn Peak (-62.71667°N, -60.43333°W) is a peak (400 m) surmounting Miers Bluff at the southwest end of Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1990 after Captain T. Binn, Master of the sealer Minerva, from London, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21.

Binnie Peaks
Binnie Peaks (-54.05°N, -37.86667°W) is a twin peaks rising to 1,400 m to the north of Romerof Head in western South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Edward B. Binnie, second British resident Magistrate, South Georgia, 1915-26, succeeding James Innes Wilson.

Birchall Peaks
Birchall Peaks (-76.48333°N, -146.33333°W) is a group of peaks 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Mount Iphigene, on the south side of Block Bay in Marie Byrd Land. Discovered in 1929 by the ByrdAE. Named by Byrd for Frederick T. Birchall, member of the staff of the New York Times which published the expedition's press dispatches.

Bird Bluff
Bird Bluff (-76.5°N, -144.6°W) is a rock bluff on the north side of the Fosdick Mountains, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east of Mount Colombo, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Charles F. Bird, Meteorological Officer on the Staff of the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1968.

Bird Island, South Georgia
Bird Island (-54°N, -38.05°W) is an island 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) wide, separated from the west end of South Georgia by Bird Sound. Discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under Cook, who so named it because he saw numerous birds on the island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bird Saddle
Bird Saddle (-77.38333°N, 166.88333°W) is the feature is one of three prominent snow saddles on Ross Island, this one at c.800 m between Mount Bird and Mount Erebus. Named in association with Mount Bird, which rises to 1800 m to the north of this saddle.

Bird Sound
Bird Sound (-54°N, -38.01667°W) is a hazardous but navigable sound, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long and 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) wide, separating Bird Island from the west end of South Georgia. The names La Roche Strait and Bird Sound were used interchangeably for this feature on charts for many years. Bird Sound, which takes its name from nearby Bird Island, is approved on the basis of local usage.

Cape Bird
Cape Bird (-77.16667°N, 166.68333°W) is a cape which marks the north extremity of Ross Island. Discovered in 1841 by a British expedition under Ross, and named by him for Lieutenant Edward J. Bird of the ship Erebus.

Mount Bird
Mount Bird (-77.28333°N, 166.71667°W) is a mountain, 1,765 m, standing about 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Cape Bird, the north extremity of Ross Island. Mapped by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, under Scott. Apparently named by them after Cape Bird.

Birdie Rocks
Birdie Rocks (-54.05°N, -37.96667°W) is a group of rocks lying south of Undine Harbor between Begg Point and Saluta Rocks, off the west end of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1929 British Admiralty chart.

Birdsend Bluff
Birdsend Bluff (-64.75°N, -62.55°W) is a rocky bluff at the south side of the mouth of Wheatstone Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land. First roughly surveyed by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. The name originated when two members of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) were camped immediately below this bluff in May 1956 and a fall of rock from the bluff flattened a bird outside their tent.

Birdwell Point
Birdwell Point (-74.3°N, -128.16667°W) is the northwest point of Dean Island, lying within the Getz Ice Shelf off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Keith W. Birdwell, ET1, U.S. Navy, Electronics Technician at Byrd Station, 1969.

Biretta Peak
Biretta Peak (-73.06667°N, 163.2°W) is a small peak (2,530 m) on the east side of Pain Mesa in the Mesa Range, Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, from its resemblance to the square cap worn by Roman Catholic and some Anglican clerics.

Birkenhauer Island
Birkenhauer Island (-66.48333°N, 110.61667°W) is a mainly ice-free island lying south of Boffa 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 the Reverend Henry F. Birkenhauer, S.J., seismologist and member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Birks
Mount Birks (-65.3°N, -62.16667°W) is a conspicuous, pyramid-shaped mountain, 1,035 m, at the north side of the mouth of Crane Glacier, on the east coast of Graham Land. In 1928 Sir Hubert Wilkins gave the name Mount Napier Birks, after Napier Birks of Adelaide, Australia, to two conspicuous, black peaks which he observed and photographed from the air as lying close north of his Crane Channel. This coast was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947, but it has not been possible to identify Wilkins' Mount Napier Birks. Since Crane Channel was definitely identified as Crane Glacier, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) recommended in 1950 that the name, shortened to Mount Birks, be given to this conspicuous mountain lying close north of the mouth of the glacier.

Birley Glacier
Birley Glacier (-65.96667°N, -64.35°W) is a glacier, at least 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing west into the east extremity of Barilari Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. First seen and roughly surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot. Resurveyed in 1935-36 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, and later named for Kenneth P. Birley, who contributed toward the cost of the BGLE, 1934-37.

Birthday Bluffs
Birthday Bluffs (-78.55°N, 164.36667°W) is a rock bluffs that rise to 1,296 m between Anniversary Bluffs and Windscoop Bluff on the south side of Mason Spur, Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The feature comprises a series of cliffs (caused by thick lava flows) that step up the escarpment. The name was suggested by geologist Anne C. Wright, Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, who examined the bluffs on November 21, 1983, the birthday of her father, Peter Wright.

Birthday Point
Birthday Point (-71.43333°N, 169.4°W) is a bold rock point between Pressure Bay and Berg Bay on the north coast of Victoria Land. Charted and named by the Northern Party, led by Campbell, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.

Biscoe Bay
Biscoe Bay (-64.8°N, -63.83333°W) is a bay which indents the southwest coast of Anvers Island immediately north of Biscoe Point, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache, and named by him for John Biscoe, who may have landed there in February 1832.

Biscoe Islands
Biscoe Islands (-66°N, -66.5°W) is a chain of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Rabot, Lavoisier and Watkins, lying parallel to the west coast of Graham Land and extending 80 nautical miles (150 km) in a NE-SW direction. Named for John Biscoe, leader of a British expedition which explored the islands on February 17 and 18, 1832. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Biscoe Point
Biscoe Point (-64.81667°N, -63.81667°W) is a rocky point forming the southeast side of Biscoe Bay, immediately north of Access Point on the south side of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot roughly surveyed the southwest coast of Anvers Island in 1904. They gave the name "Presqu'ile de Biscoe" to a small peninsula on the southeast side of Biscoe Bay, honoring John Biscoe who may have landed in the vicinity in 1832. When the coast was resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955, two rocky points were found in approximately that location; the name Biscoe Point has been applied to the more prominent of the two.

Mount Biscoe
Mount Biscoe (-66.21667°N, 51.36667°W) is a distinctive sharp black peak, 700 m, surmounting Cape Ann, 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Mount Hurley. Photographed from the air on December 22, 1929 by a Norwegian expedition under Riiser-Larsen in a flight from the Norvegia, and on January 14, 1930 photographed from the Discovery by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson. The peak is thought to be the feature discovered on March 16, 1831 and named Cape Ann by John Biscoe. The name Cape Ann has been retained for the adjoining cape; Mawson named the peak for its apparent discoverer, John Biscoe, Master, Royal Navy, Ret., noted British Antarctic explorer. Its position was fixed by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) survey party in 1957.

Biscuit Step
Biscuit Step (-72.36667°N, 168.5°W) is a step-like rise in the level of Tucker Glacier above its junction with Trafalgar Glacier, in Victoria Land. It is very crevassed in its north half, but there is a good route of easy gradient through it toward its southern end. Biscuits were an important part of the expedition's rations (Australasian colloquialism "tucker"), and a small cache of them was left near the step for the return down the glacier by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, which named the feature.

Bishop Peak
Bishop Peak (-78.16667°N, 162.15°W) is a sharp peak rising to 3,460 m near the center of Rampart Ridge, Royal Society Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 after the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, which has sent many researchers to Antarctica.

Mount Bishop (Antarctica)
Mount Bishop (-83.71667°N, 168.7°W) is a prominent mountain, 3,020 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Ahmadjian Peak in Queen Alexandra Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Barry Chapman Bishop (1932-94), United States Air Force (USAF), an observer with the Argentine Antarctic Expedition (1956-57); member of the Staff of the U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer, 1958 and 1959; member of the American party which on May 22, 1962, succeeded in climbing Mount Everest.

Bismarck Strait
Bismarck Strait (-64.85°N, -64°W) is a strait between the south end of Anvers and Wiencke Islands and the Wilhelm Archipelago. Explored in 1874 by a German expedition under Dallmann, and named by him for the German statesman, Prince Otto von Bismarck.

Mount Bistre
Mount Bistre (-65.05°N, -62.05°W) is a mountain on the north side of Evans Glacier on the east side of Graham Land. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947, and again in 1955. The name, by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), is descriptive of the dark brown color of the steep east and south rock faces of the feature.

Mount Bitgood
Mount Bitgood (-76.48333°N, -144.91667°W) is a mountain (1,150 m) between Mount Lockhart and Mount Colombo on the north side of the Fosdick Mountains, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles D. Bitgood, geologist with the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) party to the Fosdick Mountains, 1967-68.

Bizeux Rock
Bizeux Rock (-66.81667°N, 141.4°W) is a rocky island 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) long lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) east of Manchot Island and close northeast of Cape Margerie. Charted in 1950 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for the island located in the center of the Rance estuary, France.

Mount Bjaaland
Mount Bjaaland (-86.55°N, -164.23333°W) is a rock peak (2,675 m), the southeasternmost summit of the massif at the head of Amundsen Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. In November 1911, a number of mountain peaks in this general vicinity were observed and rudely positioned by the South Pole Party under Roald Amundsen. Amundsen named one of them for Olaf Bjaaland, a member of the party. The peak described was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-64. For the sake of historical continuity and to commemorate the Norwegian exploration in this area, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) has selected this feature to be designated Mount Bjaaland. Other peaks in the massif have been named for members of Amundsen's South Pole Party.

Bjelland Point
Bjelland Point (-54.1°N, -36.73333°W) is a point on the north coast of South Georgia, immediately south of Second Milestone and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east-northeast of Robertson Point. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Sigurd L. Bjelland, Manager of the South Georgia Whaling Co. station at Leith Harbor for several years beginning in 1951.

Mount Bjerke
Mount Bjerke (-71.96667°N, 9.71667°W) is a large mountain, 2,840 m, forming the southern end of the Conrad Mountains in the Orvin Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and photographed by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named for Henry Bjerke, mechanic with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-59.

Bjerko Peninsula
Bjerko Peninsula (-67.83333°N, 69.5°W) is a broad ice-covered peninsula forming the west shore of MacKenzie Bay. Norwegian whalers explored this area in January and February 1931, naming the cape at the end of this peninsula for gunner Reidar Bjerko of the whale catcher Bouvet II, from whose deck the coast was sketched January 19. Since Sir Douglas Mawson probably saw this cape from a great distance as early as December 26, 1929, the Australian name of Cape Darnley has been retained for the cape, while the Norwegian name has been applied to the peninsula.

Bjorn Spur
Bjorn Spur (-71.91667°N, 4.65°W) is a rock spur which extends northeastward from Skigarden Ridge in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named for Bjorn Grytoyr, scientific assistant with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-58).

Bjornert Cliffs
Bjornert Cliffs (-74.96667°N, -135.15°W) is a series of ice-covered cliffs which face seaward along the northern side of McDonald Heights, Marie Byrd Land. The cliffs stand between Hanessian Foreland and Hagey Ridge and descend abruptly from about 800 m, the average summit elevation, to 400 m at the base. The feature was photographed from aircraft of the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939-41, and was 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) (1974) for Rolf P. Bjornert of the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, who served in the capacity of Station Projects Manager for Antarctica.

Bjornstadt Bay
Bjornstadt Bay (-54.58333°N, -35.91667°W) is a small bay lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northeast of Gold Harbor, along the east coast of South Georgia. The name dates back to at least 1929.

Black Cap (Antarctica)
Black Cap (-79°N, 161.85°W) is a prominent black rock peak which surmounts the northwest end of Teall Island, just south of the mouth of Skelton Glacier. Sighted and given this descriptive name in February 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58).

Black Coast
Black Coast (-71.75°N, -62°W) is that portion of the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Boggs and Cape Mackintosh. This coast was discovered and photographed from the air by members of the East Base of the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939-41, on a flight of December 30, 1940. The most southerly point reached was Wright Inlet in 74S, but features as far south as Bowman Peninsula are identifiable in the aerial photographs taken on the flight. Named after Commander(later Admiral) Richard B. Black, U.S. Navy Reserve (1902-92), leader of the December 30 flight and commanding officer of the East Base.

Black Crag
Black Crag (-71.86667°N, -98°W) is a small steep cliff rock exposure at the northeast end of Noville Peninsula, Thurston Island. The feature is just south of small Mulroy Island. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for George H. Black, supply officer of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1928-30.

Black Face
Black Face (-77.85°N, 160.88333°W) is the south wall of an east-west ridge in Arena Valley, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of East Beacon, in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. The feature is a prominent landmark and is formed by a dolerite dike which rises over 300 m above the floor of the valley. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) from the color of the rock following geological work in the area by C.T. McElroy, G. Rose, and K.J. Whitby in 1980-81.

Black Glacier
Black Glacier (-71.66667°N, 164.7°W) is a broad tributary to the Lillie Glacier flowing northeast, marking the southeast extent of the Bowers Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert F. Black, geologist, University of Wisconsin, project leader for Antarctic patterned ground studies, who carried out research in the McMurdo Sound region during several summer seasons in the 1960's.

Black Head (South Georgia)
Black Head (-54.06667°N, -37.11667°W) is a dark, rugged promontory, 60 m high, separating Cook and Possession Bays on the north coast of South Georgia. Named by DI personnel who charted this area in 1929-30.

Black Head (Antarctica)
Black Head (-66.1°N, -65.61667°W) is a dark headland marking the south side of the entrance to Holtedahl Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. First mapped and given this descriptive name by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37.

Black Icefalls
Black Icefalls (-81.76667°N, 157.23333°W) is a line of icefalls at the south margin of Chapman Snowfield, Churchill Mountains. The icefalls extend southwest from Mount Massam to Vance Bluff. Named in honor of A. W. Black, a member of the 1959 Cape Hallett winter-over team, working as a technician on the geomagnetic project.

Black Island (Wilhelm Archipelago)
Black Island (-65.25°N, -64.28333°W) is an island 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) long, lying close southwest of Skua Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted and named descriptively in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Black Island (Ross Archipelago)
Black Island (-78.2°N, 166.41667°W) is an island in the Ross Archipelago, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, projecting through the Ross Ice Shelf to a height of 1,040 meters. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and named by them for its appearance. The island is largely ice free and principally composed of black volcanic rock. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Black Island Channel
Black Island Channel (-65.25°N, -64.28333°W) is a channel 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) wide between Black Island and Skua Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Black Knob
Black Knob (-77.83333°N, 166.66667°W) is a descriptive name for a rock outcrop 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) west of Twin Crater/Middle Crater on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island. The name has been used in reports and maps since at least 1971.

Black Nunataks
Black Nunataks (-72.98333°N, 74.46667°W) is a group of about nine nunataks located 10 nautical miles (18 km) west-southwest of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains. Mapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) from air photos, 1956-60. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) after I. Black, geophysicist at Mawson Station, 1963.

Black Pass
Black Pass (-67.66667°N, -67.56667°W) is a pass trending NE-SW, 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Mount Arronax, Pourquoi Pas Island, in northeast Marguerite Bay. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Stanley E. Black (1933-58), Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) meteorological assistant, Signy Island, 1957-58, and Horseshoe Island, 1958, who, with D. Statham and G. Stride, was lost between Dion Islands and Horseshoe Island in May 1958, in a break up of the sea ice.

Black Point (South Georgia)
Black Point (-54°N, -37.7°W) is a point on the west side of Right Whale Bay, 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km) south-southwest of Nameless Point on the north coast of South Georgia. Charted and named by DI personnel in 1930.

Black Point (Antarctica)
Black Point (-62.48333°N, -60.71667°W) is a point which lies 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southeast of Cape Shirreff on the north coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The point was known to sealers as early as 1822. It was charted and named in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II.

Mount Black Prince
Mount Black Prince (-71.78333°N, 168.25°W) is a mountain (3,405 m) composed of dark colored rock, which tends to create an imposing appearance. Located 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Mount Ajax in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, for its appearance and also for the New Zealand Cruiser HMNZS Black Prince.

Black Pudding Peak
Black Pudding Peak (-76.83333°N, 161.75°W) is an isolated black mountain located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Mount Brogger in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Named for its squat black appearance by the 1957 New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

Black Rock, South Georgia
Black Rock (-53.65°N, -41.8°W) is a low rock 10 nautical miles (18 km) southeast of Shag Rocks and some 105 nautical miles (190 km) west-northwest of South Georgia. Black Rock may have been considered as part of the "Aurora Islands" reported in this vicinity by the ship Aurora in 1762. It was charted in 1927 by DI personnel on the William Scoresby.

Black Rock (Heard Island)
Black Rock (-53.01667°N, 73.56667°W) is a small, dark rock lying immediately northwest of Morgan Island and 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) north of Heard Island. The feature appears to be roughly shown on an 1860 sketch map prepared by Captain H.C. Chester, American sealer operating in this area during this period. The name, which is descriptive, appears to have been applied on charts about 1932, probably as a result of the 1929 British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) work under Mawson.

Black Rocks, South Georgia
Black Rocks (-54.13333°N, -36.63333°W) is a small group of rocks 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southeast of Framnaes Point in the north part of Stromness Bay, South Georgia. The name Blenheim Rocks has appeared for these rocks, but since about 1930 the name Black Rocks has been used more consistently.

Black Stump (Antarctica)
Black Stump (-72.36667°N, 163.8°W) is a prominent but low mountain 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) southeast of Monte Cassino in the Freyberg Mountains. The feature is a black peaked mass of andesite rock, possibly the stump of an old volcano. Descriptively named by New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geologist P.J. Oliver, who studied the mountain in the 1981-82 season.

Black Thumb
Black Thumb (-68.41667°N, -66.88333°W) is a mountain, 1,190 m, with notched and precipitous sides, standing between Romulus Glacier and Bertrand Ice Piedmont on the west coast of Graham Land. Charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37.

Mount Black
Mount Black (-85.23333°N, -178.36667°W) is a prominent mountain (3,005 m) with a gentle snow-covered slope on its southwest side and a steep rock face on its northwest side, forming a part of the polar escarpment just west of Bennett Platform and the upper reaches of Shackleton Glacier. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on his return flight from the South Pole in November 1929, and named by him for Van Lear Black, American financier and contributor to Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928-30 and 1933-35.

Blackburn Nunatak
Blackburn Nunatak (-83.81667°N, -66.21667°W) is a prominent nunatak, 965 m, marking the north extremity of Rambo Nunataks in the Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Archie B. Blackburn, (MC) U.S. Navy, officer in charge at Plateau Station, winter 1967.

Mount Blackburn
Mount Blackburn (-86.28333°N, -147.26667°W) is a massive, flat-topped mountain, 3,275 m, standing just east of Scott Glacier where it surmounts the southwest end of California Plateau and the Watson Escarpment, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by and named for Quin A. Blackburn, geologist, leader of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party which sledged the length of Scott Glacier in December 1934.

Blackface Point
Blackface Point (-67.95°N, -65.4°W) is a rocky and precipitous point 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Cape Freeman on the east coast of Graham Land. The point was photographed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1947-48. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in description of the extremely black rock exposed at the end of the point.

Blackrock Head
Blackrock Head (-67.25°N, 58.98333°W) is a conspicuous coastal rock outcrop on the eastern part of Law Promontory, 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Tryne Point. Discovered in February 1936 by DI personnel on the William Scoresby and so named by them for its black, rocky appearance.

Blackrock Ridge
Blackrock Ridge (-64.28333°N, -56.71667°W) is a ridge of exposed dark rock trending WSW-ENE, located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north of Penguin Point in central Seymour Island. The descriptive name "Filo Negro" (black ridge) was applied to this feature in Argentine geological reports on the island in 1978. The approved name, jointly recommended by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) and United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1991, avoids duplication with Black Ridge, Deep Freeze Range.

Blacksand Beach
Blacksand Beach (-77.55°N, 166.13333°W) is a beach formed of black volcanic sand at Cape Royds, Ross Island, about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northward of Flagstaff Point. The descriptive name was given by members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, who found the beach within safe walking distance of their base hut near Flagstaff Point.

Blackstone Plain
Blackstone Plain (-57.75°N, 26.46667°W) is a small plain just south of Harper Point at the north end of Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands. This lowland feature is made up of dark basaltic lavas and, in 1964, personnel from HMS Protector found it to be the only area of the island free from ice and snow. The descriptive name was given by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971.

Blackwall Glacier
Blackwall Glacier (-86.16667°N, -159.66667°W) is a tributary glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, which drains a portion of the west slope of Nilsen Plateau. It flows northwest along the northeast side of Hansen Spur to join Amundsen Glacier. The name was used by both the 1963-64 and 1970-71 Ohio State University field parties at Nilsen Plateau; all the rock walls surrounding this glacier are black in appearance.

Blackwall Ice Stream
Blackwall Ice Stream (-82.86667°N, -35.35°W) is a slightly S-shaped ice stream about 240 nautical miles (440 km) long and 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide. It descends from c.1900 m to 730 m where it joins Recovery Glacier between Argentina Range and Whichaway Nunataks. Named after Hugh Blackwall Evans (1874-1975), English-born Canadian naturalist with the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, led by Carsten E. Borchgrevink.

Blackwall Mountains
Blackwall Mountains (-68.36667°N, -66.8°W) is a mountains rising to 1,370 m, extending in a WNW-ESE direction for 5 nautical miles (9 km) and lying close south of Neny Fjord on the west coast of Graham Land. They are bounded to the east by Remus Glacier, to the south by Romulus Glacier, and are separated from Red Rock Ridge to the west by Safety Colonel First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named by them because the black cliffs of the mountains facing Rymill Bay remain snow free throughout the year.

Blackwelder Glacier
Blackwelder Glacier (-77.93333°N, 164.2°W) is a pocket glacier, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, between Salmon Hill and Hobbs Glacier in Victoria Land. The glacier was studied during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1957-58, by Troy L. Pewe and was named by him for Dr. Eliot Blackwelder, former head of the Geology Department at Stanford University.

Mount Blackwelder
Mount Blackwelder (-77.98333°N, 161.06667°W) is a sharp, mainly ice-free peak in north Wilkniss Mountains, Victoria Land, rising to 2,340 m west of Vernier Valley and 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Pivot Peak. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1947-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1984 after Lieutenant Commander Billy G. Blackwelder, U.S. Navy, Senior Helicopter Pilot, Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6), U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1971-72 and 1975-77.

Blade Ridge
Blade Ridge (-63.41667°N, -57.08333°W) is a sharp rock ridge marked by three peaks, the highest 575 m, forming the northwest wall of Depot Glacier near the head of Hope Bay, in the northeast part of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. The descriptive name was given by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following their survey of the area in 1945.

Blades Glacier
Blades Glacier (-77.63333°N, -153°W) is a glacier flowing east from the snow-covered saddle just north of La Gorce Peak, Alexandra Mountains. It merges with Dalton Glacier on the north side of Edward VII Peninsula. 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 Robert Blades who served as navigator during U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) and Operation Deep Freeze (1955-59).

Mount Blades
Mount Blades (-77.16667°N, -145.25°W) is a mountain 3 nautical miles (6 km) west-northwest of Bailey Ridge, on the north side of Boyd Glacier in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered and mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander J.L. Blades, U.S. Navy, in charge of Antarctic support activities at McMurdo Station during the winter of 1965.

Blaiklock Glacier
Blaiklock Glacier (-80.5°N, -29.85°W) is a glacier 16 nautical miles (30 km) long, flowing north from Turnpike Bluff, then northwest to Mounts Provender and Lowe in the west part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Kenneth V. Blaiklock, leader of the advance party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1955-56 and surveyor with the transpolar party in 1956-58.

Blaiklock Island
Blaiklock Island (-67.55°N, -67.06667°W) is a high and rugged, irregular-shaped island 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord. It is separated from Pourquoi Pas Island by The Narrows and from the west coast of Graham Land by Jones Channel. The feature was partially surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, at which time it was charted as a promontory. It was determined to be an island in 1949 by Kenneth V. Blaiklock, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) surveyor for whom it is named. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Blair Glacier
Blair Glacier (-66.75°N, 124.53333°W) is a glacier draining northward to the western corner of Maury Bay. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James L. Blair, Midshipman on the sloop Peacock during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.

Blair Islands
Blair Islands (-66.83333°N, 143.16667°W) is a group of small islands lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Cape Gray, at the east side of the entrance to Commonwealth Bay. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named the group for J.H. Blair, Chief Officer on the Aurora. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Blair Peak
Blair Peak (-67.8°N, 62.88333°W) is a sharp peak, 960 m, situated 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Rumdoodle Peak in the Masson Range of the Framnes Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Remapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions), 1957-60, and named for James Blair, senior diesel mechanic at Mawson Station, 1958.

Mount Blair
Mount Blair (-72.53333°N, 160.81667°W) is a small but conspicuous mountain (2,120 m) standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of Mount Weihaupt in the Outback Nunataks. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Terence T. Blair, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1966-67.

Blaisen Valley
Blaisen Valley (-72.53333°N, -3.7°W) is a small cirquelike valley on the west side of Borg Mountain just north of Borggarden Valley, in the Borg Massif of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Blaisen (the blue ice).

Blake Island (Antarctica)
Blake Island (-63.63333°N, -59.01667°W) is a narrow ice-free island 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, lying in Bone Bay along the northwest coast of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Pattrick J. Blake, midshipman on the brig Williams used in exploring the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait in 1820. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Blake Massif
Blake Massif (-80.63333°N, 158°W) is a compact block of ridgelines without a prominent culminating summit, rising to approximately 1800 m on the south side of Byrd Glacier. The unit lies between Lowry Massif to the northeast and Mandarich Massif to the southwest. Named in honor of Sir Peter Blake, who died in December 2001 during an environmental awareness expedition up the Amazon River. He was an exceptional sailor. In his most recent endeavors, Sir Peter Blake sought to raise worldwide awareness of environmental issues, to help protect life in, on and around the waters of the world. He sailed to the Antarctic Peninsula aboard the Seamaster in January 2001.

Blake Nunataks
Blake Nunataks (-74.16667°N, 66.66667°W) is a group of three low, flat-topped nunataks running in a line NE-SW between Wilson Bluff and Mount Maguire, near the head of Lambert Glacier. Sighted by Flying Officer J. Seaton, RAAF, during a photographic flight in November 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J.R. Blake, auroral physicist at Mawson Station in 1958.

Blake Peak (Antarctica)
Blake Peak (-76.01667°N, -143.73333°W) is an isolated peak on the southwest side of Siemiatkowski Glacier in Marie Byrd Land. 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 Dale G. Blake, ionospheric scientist at Byrd Station, 1964.

Blake Rock
Blake Rock (-85.18333°N, -64.83333°W) is an isolated rock lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of the south end of Mackin Table in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joseph A. Blake, Jr., construction electrician at South Pole Station, winter 1960.

Cape Blake
Cape Blake (-68.43333°N, 148.91667°W) is a rocky cape on the Organ Pipe Cliffs, 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Cape Wild. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for L.R. Blake, geologist and cartographer with the Macquarie Island party of the expedition.

Blakeney Point
Blakeney Point (-66.23333°N, 110.58333°W) is the north point of Clark Peninsula, on Budd Coast. First roughly 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 A.A. Blakeney, Photographer's Mate on U.S. Navy Operation Highjump flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14 and 164, East longitude. The point was remapped from air photos taken by a Soviet expedition in 1956 and by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956 and 1962.

Blaklettane Hills
Blaklettane Hills (-72.43333°N, 21.5°W) is a small group of hills standing 18 nautical miles (33 km) southwest of Bamse Mountain at the southwest end of the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named Blaklettane (the blue hills).

Blanabbane Nunataks
Blanabbane Nunataks (-68.03333°N, 63.01667°W) is a small group of nunataks about 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Mount Twintop in Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped and named by Norwegian cartographers working from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37.

Blanchard Glacier
Blanchard Glacier (-64.73333°N, -62.08333°W) is a glacier flowing into Wilhelmina Bay between Garnerin and Sadler Points, on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Jean P. Blanchard (1753-1809), French aeronaut, the first professional balloon pilot, who, with John J. Jeffries, made the first balloon crossing of the English Channel in 1785.