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Butler Summit
Butler Summit (-77.55°N, 161.1°W) is a peak rising to about 1000 m in the extreme west part of the Dais in Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Rhett Butler of Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS); Program Manager for the Global Seismograph Network; United States Antarctic Program (USAP) investigator for the South Pole Station seismic observatory installed jointly by IRIS and United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Mount Butler
Mount Butler (-78.16667°N, -155.28333°W) is the southernmost peak of the Rockefeller Mountains, on Edward VII Peninsula in Marie Byrd Land. Discovered on January 27, 1929, by members of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on an exploratory flight over this area. Named for Raymond Butler, member of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) party which occupied the Rockefeller Mountains seismic station during November and December 1940.

Butson Ridge
Butson Ridge (-68.08333°N, -66.88333°W) is a rocky ridge with a number of ice-covered summits, the highest 1,305 m, forming the north wall of Northeast Glacier on the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1946-48 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for Dr. Arthur R.C. Butson, FIDS medical officer at Stonington Island, who in July 1947 rescued a member of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) from a crevasse in Northeast Glacier.

Butter Point
Butter Point (-77.65°N, 164.23333°W) is a low point forming the south side of the entrance to New Harbor on the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) under Scott. So named by them because the Ferrar Glacier party left a tin of butter here, in anticipation of obtaining fresh seal meat at this point on the return journey.

Butterfly Knoll
Butterfly Knoll (-80.33333°N, -28.15°W) is an one of the La Grange Nunataks, located 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) southwest of Mount Beney in the Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) from its resemblance in plan view to a butterfly.

Mount Butters
Mount Butters (-84.88333°N, -177.46667°W) is the snowcapped summit (2,440 m) of a buttress-type escarpment at the extreme southeast end of Anderson Heights, between Mincey Glacier on the south and Shackleton Glacier on the east. 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 Captain Raymond J. Butters, United States Marine Corps (USMC), navigator of Flight 8A.

Mount Butterworth
Mount Butterworth (-70.7°N, 66.75°W) is a mountain consisting of four peaks and a long, low ridge extending in an east-west direction, situated 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of Thomson Massif in the Aramis Range, 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 G. Butterworth, radio officer at Wilkes Station in 1963 and at Mawson Station in 1966.

The Buttons
The Buttons (-65.23333°N, -64.26667°W) is a two small islands lying 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) northwest of Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill.

Buttress Hill
Buttress Hill (-63.56667°N, -57.05°W) is a flat-topped hill, 690 m, with steep rock cliffs on the west side, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the most northern of the Seven Buttresses on Tabarin Peninsula in the northeast extremity of Antarctic Peninsula. Charted in 1946 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and so named because of its proximity to the Seven Buttresses.

Buttress Nunatak
Buttress Nunatak (-78.01667°N, 161.21667°W) is a descriptive; has the appearance of a ridge leading to the summit.

Buttress Nunataks
Buttress Nunataks (-72.36667°N, -66.78333°W) is a group of prominent coastal rock exposures, the highest 635 m, lying close inland from George VI Sound and 10 nautical miles (18 km) west-northwest of the Seward Mountains, on the west coast of Palmer Land. First seen from a distance and roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Visited and resurveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who gave this descriptive name.

Buttress Peak
Buttress Peak (-72.43333°N, 163.75°W) is a peak at the east end of the central ridge of Gallipoli Heights in the Freyberg Mountains. The descriptive name was suggested by P.J. Oliver, New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geologist who studied the peak, 1981-82.

Buttress Peak
Buttress Peak (-84.45°N, 164.26667°W) is a conical rock peak, 2,950 m, the eastern part of which projects as a rock buttress into the head of Berwick Glacier, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Stonehouse in Queen Alexandra Range. The descriptive name was given by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1961-62.

Buzfuz Rock
Buzfuz Rock (-65.46667°N, -65.88333°W) is a rock 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Snubbin Island in the Pitt Islands, northern Biscoe Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Sergeant Buzfuz, a character in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers.

Mount Byerly
Mount Byerly (-81.88333°N, -89.38333°W) is a major peak in the eastern part of the Nash Hills. It was positioned by the U.S. Ellsworth-Byrd Traverse Party on December 10, 1958, and named for Perry Byerly, chairman of the Technical Panel for Seismology and Gravity of the U.S. National Committee for the IGY, as set up by the National Academy of Sciences.

Byers Peninsula
Byers Peninsula (-62.63333°N, -61.08333°W) is a mainly ice-free peninsula forming the west end of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for James Byers, a New York shipowner who tried unsuccessfully in August 1820 to induce the United States Government to found a settlement in and take possession of the South Shetland Islands. Byers organized and sent out a fleet of American sealers from New York to the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21.

Byewater Point
Byewater Point (-62.75°N, -61.5°W) is a point on the west side of Snow Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named Cape Byewater by the British expedition under Foster in 1829.

Bynon Hill
Bynon Hill (-62.91667°N, -60.6°W) is an ice-covered, dome-shaped hill with two rounded summits, 340 m, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north of Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1953.

Bynum Peak
Bynum Peak (-85.05°N, -173.68333°W) is a rock peak 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Finley, overlooking the north side of McGregor Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Gaither D. Bynum, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) satellite geodesist at McMurdo Station, winter 1965.

Byobu Rock
Byobu Rock (-68.36667°N, 42°W) is a large rock whose seaward face presents a crenulate or irregular shoreline, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Gobamme Rock on the coast of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, and named Byobu-iwa (folding screen rock).

Bypass Hill
Bypass Hill (-72.46667°N, 168.46667°W) is a hill, 660 m, situated on the ridge at the junction of Tucker and Trafalgar Glaciers in Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, who established a survey station at this point.

Bypass Nunatak
Bypass Nunatak (-68.01667°N, 62.46667°W) is a nunatak about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Mount Tritoppen in the David Range of the Framnes Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Steinen (the stone). It was renamed by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) because the feature marked the turning point in the route taken by the 1958 ANARE seismic party in order to bypass dangerous terrain to the southwest.

Byrd Camp
Byrd Camp (-80.08333°N, -119.53333°W) is a

Byrd Canyon
Byrd Canyon (-75.5°N, -157.25°W) is an undersea canyon named for Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Name found on GEBCO 5.18. Name approved 6/88 (ACUF 228).

Byrd Glacier
Byrd Glacier (-80.33333°N, 159°W) is a major glacier, about 85 nautical miles (160 km) long and 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, draining an extensive area of the polar plateau and flowing eastward between the Britannia Range and Churchill Mountains to discharge into Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) after R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U.S. Navy, American Antarctic explorer.

Byrd Head
Byrd Head (-67.45°N, 61.01667°W) is a conspicuous, rocky headland on the coast 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of Colbeck Archipelago, just west of Howard Bay. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN.

Byrd Neve
Byrd Neve (-81°N, 154°W) is an immense neve at the head of Byrd Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in association with Byrd Glacier.

Byrd Subglacial Basin
Byrd Subglacial Basin (-80°N, -115°W) is a major subglacial basin of West Antarctica, extending east-west between Crary Mountains and Ellsworth Mountains. It is bounded to the south by a low subglacial ridge which seperates this feature from Bentley Subglacial Trench. A rude delineation of this subglacial basin was determined by several U.S. seismic parties operating from Byrd, Little America V, and Ellsworth Stations during the 1950's and 1960's. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1961) for its locus relative to Marie Byrd Land and Byrd Station. This revised description, excluding Bentley Subglacial Trench and smaller basins to the south of Flood Range and Ford Ranges, follow delineation of the region by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF)-Technical University of Denmark (TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79.

Cape Byrd
Cape Byrd (-69.63333°N, -76.11667°W) is a low, ice-covered cape forming the northwest extremity of Charcot Island. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by Sir Hubert Wilkins on December 29, 1929, in a flight from the William Scoresby. Named by Wilkins for R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U.S. Navy, (1888-1957) noted American explorer and leader of five expeditions to Antarctica, 1928-57. Remapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1947 by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960.

Mount Byrd
Mount Byrd (-77.16667°N, -144.63333°W) is a mountain (810 m) located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the east end of Asman Ridge in the Sarnoff Mountains, Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) led by R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard E. Byrd, Jr., son of Admiral Byrd and a member of Operation Highjump (1946-47), who was of assistance to US-ACAN in clarifying a large number of name suggestions put forth by his father.

Byrdbreen
Byrdbreen (-71.75°N, 26°W) is the largest glacier, about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long and 11 nautical miles (20 km) wide, flowing northwest between Mount Bergersen and Balchen Mountain in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named for R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U.S. Navy, commander of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump.

Bystander Nunatak
Bystander Nunatak (-71.33333°N, 159.66667°W) is a nunatak (2,435 m) lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Forsythe Bluff, on the west side of Daniels Range in the Usarp Mountains. The name applied by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, is suggestive of the aspect of this relatively isolated feature.

Bystrov Rock
Bystrov Rock (-71.78333°N, 12.58333°W) is a prominent rock lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south-southeast of Isdalsegga Ridge in Sudliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after Soviet paleontologist A.P. Bystrov.

Byvagasane Peaks
Byvagasane Peaks (-69.41667°N, 39.8°W) is a three low aligned rock peaks which surmount the east shore of Byvagen Bay on the east side of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37 and named Byvagasane (the town bay peaks) in association with Byvagen Bay.

Byvagen Bay
Byvagen Bay (-69.41667°N, 39.71667°W) is a small bay indenting the east shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay between Skarvsnes Foreland and Byvagasane Peaks. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Byvagen (the town bay).

Byway Glacier
Byway Glacier (-66.5°N, -65.2°W) is a northern tributary of Erskine Glacier, flowing west from Slessor Peak in Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 because the sledging route up this glacier is not as good as that along the main route up Erskine Glacier.