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Castle Rock
Castle Rock (-77.8°N, 166.76667°W) is a bold rock crag, 415 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Hut Point on the central ridge of Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) under Scott, who so named it because of its shape.

Castor Nunatak
Castor Nunatak (-65.16667°N, -59.91667°W) is a nunatak 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Oceana Nunatak in the Seal Nunataks group, off the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. First seen and mapped as an island in December 1893 by a Norwegian Sealing expedition under C.A. Larsen, who named it after the coast of Antarctic Peninsula under Captain Morten Pedersen in 1893-94. The feature was determined to be a nunatak in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold.

Castor Rock
Castor Rock (-57.11667°N, -26.78333°W) is the northern of a pair of large off-lying rocks south of Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands. This rock, with its neighbor Pollux Rock, was named "Castor and Pollux" during the survey of these islands from RRS Discovery II in 1930. In 1971 United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) recommended that they be assigned unambiguous names making each individually identifiable, and this has been done by naming the northern one Castor Rock and the southern one Pollux Rock.

Mount Castro
Mount Castro (-69.33333°N, -66.06667°W) is a mountain (1,630 m) on the north side of Seller Glacier, 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Mount Gilbert, in central Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) in 1937, and by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in 1947. Surveyed from the ground by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in December 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Joao de Castro (1500-48), Portuguese navigator who made pioneer experimental investigations of the variation of the magnetic compass.

Casy Island
Casy Island (-63.23333°N, -57.5°W) is the largest feature in a group of small islands lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Lafarge Rocks and 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Coupvent Point, off the north side of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered and named by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837-40. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cat Island
Cat Island (-65.78333°N, -65.21667°W) is an island 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, lying midway between Duchaylard and Larrouy Islands at the south end of Grandidier Channel. Discovered and named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cat Nunatak
Cat Nunatak (-77.48333°N, 163.46667°W) is a

Cat Ridge
Cat Ridge (-71.16667°N, -61.83333°W) is a ridge in the middle of Gain Glacier in eastern Palmer Land. A descriptive name applied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN). When viewed from northeastward, the limbs of the ridge are suggestive of a sprawling cat.

Catacomb Hill
Catacomb Hill (-78.06667°N, 163.41667°W) is a prominent rock peak, 1,430 m, on the ridge that borders the east side of the head of Blue Glacier, in Victoria Land. The New Zealand Blue Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58) established a survey station on its summit in December 1957. They gave it this descriptive name from the spectacular cavernous weathering occurring in the granite of the peak.

Catacomb Ridge
Catacomb Ridge (-78.08333°N, 163.4°W) is a named in association with Catacomb Hill.

Catcher Icefall
Catcher Icefall (-54.15°N, -37.66667°W) is an icefall between Elephant Cove and Bomford Peak on the south side of South Georgia. The United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) name was chosen for its association with the whaling industry.

Catenary Nunatak
Catenary Nunatak (-77.98333°N, 160.51667°W) is a nunatak 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southwest of Monastery Nunatak on the south side of Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. One of a group of names in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB); catenary being the curve in which a survey chain hangs when it is suspended between two points at the same level.

Cathedral Crags
Cathedral Crags (-63°N, -60.56667°W) is a rocky, ice-free hill with steeply cliffed sides, 140 m, surmounting the peninsula between Neptunes Window and Fildes Point on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Although the feature was called The Convent or Weathercock Hill by the whalers operating from Deception Island in the period before 1930, these names have not been used recently. The name Cathedral Crags was reported in 1953 to have become well established in local use at the nearby Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) station.

Cathedral Peaks
Cathedral Peaks (-84.73333°N, -175.66667°W) is a rugged mountain mass surmounted by several conspicuous peaks, located north of Lubbock Ridge and extending for about 8 nautical miles (15 km) along the east margin of Shackleton Glacier. From the glacier the peaks resemble the spires and turrets of a cathedral. Named by F. Alton Wade, who worked in this area as leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Party, 1962-63.

Cathedral Rocks
Cathedral Rocks (-77.85°N, 162.5°W) is a series of four abrupt cliffs interspersed by short glaciers and surmounted by sharp peaks. The cliffs extend for 8 nautical miles (15 km) along the south side of Ferrar Glacier and form part of the north shoulder of the Royal Society Range, in Victoria Land. Discovered and named on December 7, 1902 by Lieutenant A.B. Armitage, leader of a party of the Discovery expedition (1901-04) that explored this area. The name is descriptive of the feature.

Cato Point
Cato Point (-54.46667°N, 3.36667°W) is a point forming the southwest extremity of Bouvetoya. First charted in 1898 by a German expedition under Karl Chun. The Norwegian expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt made a landing here from the Norvegia in December 1927. They applied the name.

Catodon Rocks
Catodon Rocks (-63.5°N, -60°W) is a small group of rocks just northeast of Ohlin Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 after the sperm whale, Physeter catodon.

Catspaw Glacier
Catspaw Glacier (-77.71667°N, 161.7°W) is a small alpine glacier just west of Stocking Glacier, flowing south from the slopes north of Taylor Glacier, in Victoria Land. So named by Taylor of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) because of its resemblance to a cat's paw.

The Catwalk
The Catwalk (-64.51667°N, -60.93333°W) is the very narrow neck of land between Herbert and Detroit Plateaus, 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). So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960.

Caudal Hills
Caudal Hills (-73.16667°N, 161.83333°W) is the hills lying between Sequence Hills and Lichen Hills on the west margin of upper Rennick Glacier, in Victoria Land. A series of spurs "tail" out to the north, hence the name Caudal. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63.

Caughley Beach
Caughley Beach (-77.23333°N, 166.41667°W) is the northernmost beach on the ice-free coast southwest of Cape Bird, Ross Island. Mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59, and named for Graeme Caughley, biologist with the party that visited Cape Bird.

Cauldron Pool
Cauldron Pool (-57.06667°N, -26.71667°W) is a hot, brackish steaming pond located east of Tow Bay and below the west slopes of volcanically active Lucifer Hill, in northwest Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands. The descriptive name was applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971.

Caulfeild Glacier
Caulfeild Glacier (-66.18333°N, -65°W) is the northern of two glaciers flowing into Hugi Glacier near its mouth, on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Vivian Caulfeild (1874-1958), English pioneer ski instructor, one of the greatest authorities on technique.

Caution Point
Caution Point (-65.26667°N, -62.01667°W) is a point 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Mount Birks, marking the east end of a rocky range which forms the north wall of Crane Glacier, on the east coast of Graham Land. Photographed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins on a flight of December 20, 1928. Named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who charted it in 1947.

Cavalier Rock
Cavalier Rock (-67.83333°N, -69.46667°W) is an isolated rock lying 13 nautical miles (24 km) southwest of Cape Adriasola, off the south part of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 for Sub. Lieutenant Geoffrey A. Cavalier, Royal Navy, helicopter pilot of HMS Protector who flew the reconnaissances which located this feature.

Mount Cavaney
Mount Cavaney (-74.05°N, 163.05°W) is a peak, 2,820 m, rising just north of the head of Capsize Glacier in Deep Freeze Range, Victoria Land. Named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1965-66, for R.J. Cavaney, geologist with that party.

Cave Bay
Cave Bay (-53.03333°N, 73.36667°W) is a cove, 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) wide, which has been formed by the erosion of an extinct volcanic crater of which Mount Andree forms the north side, indenting the west side of Heard Island between West Bay and South West Bay. The cove is roughly charted on an American sealer's sketch map prepared during the 1860-70 period. It was more accurately charted and first named on a geological sketch map illustrating the 1929 work of the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson.

Cave Island
Cave Island (-62.45°N, -60.06667°W) is an island marked by a large cavern in its south side, which is the second largest of the Meade Islands lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Cave Rock appears to have been applied by DI personnel on the Discovery II who charted the feature in 1935. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cave Landing
Cave Landing (-66.38333°N, 110.45°W) is an ice foot near Cave Ravine, Ardery Island, which affords a boat landing in spring and summer, in the Windmill Islands. Discovered in 1961 by Dr. M.N. Orton, medical officer at Wilkes Station. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) after Cave Ravine.

Cave Point
Cave Point (-54.25°N, -36.4°W) is a point lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southwest of Barff Point on the east side of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1929 British Admiralty chart.

Cave Ravine
Cave Ravine (-66.38333°N, 110.45°W) is a ravine in the west part of Ardery Island, in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. It was visited in 1961 by Dr. M.N. Orton, medical officer at Wilkes Station. So named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) due to the presence of a cave in the west wall of the ravine.

Cavendish Icefalls
Cavendish Icefalls (-77.81667°N, 161.33333°W) is an icefall in the Taylor Glacier between Solitary Rocks and Cavendish Rocks, in Victoria Land. Named by C.S. Wright, of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13), after the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge, England, where Wright did much of his research work.

Cavendish Rocks
Cavendish Rocks (-77.83333°N, 161.4°W) is a conspicuous bare rocks just south of Cavendish Icefalls in the middle of Taylor Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 after Cavendish Icefalls.

Cayley Glacier
Cayley Glacier (-64.33333°N, -60.96667°W) is a glacier flowing northwest into the south side of Brialmont Cove, on the west coast of 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 Sir George Cayley (1773-1857), English engineer, the "father of aeronautica," who first defined the main principles of mechanical flight, 1796-1857, and designed the first caterpillar tractor in 1826.

Mount Caywood
Mount Caywood (-75.3°N, -72.41667°W) is a conspicuous mountain rising midway between Mounts Chandler and Huffman, in the interior icefilled valley of the Behrendt Mountains, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lindsay P. Caywood, Jr., geomagnetist at Camp Sky-Hi in this vicinity, summer 1961-62.

Cecil Cave
Cecil Cave (-68.76667°N, -90.7°W) is a sea cave which indents the southern part of Cape Ingrid on the west coast of Peter I Island. Discovered and named by a Norwegian expedition under Eyvind Tofte in the Odd I in January 1927. Tofte and the second mate rowed into the cave in an unsuccessful attempt to land on the island.

Cecilia Island
Cecilia Island (-62.41667°N, -59.71667°W) is the southernmost of the Aitcho Islands, lying in English Strait in the South Shetland Islands. The name Cecilias Straits was applied to English Strait by Captain Davis of the American sealer Huron of New Haven, CT, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-22, after the shallop Cecilia tender to the Huron. Since English Strait is firmly established, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 applied the name Cecilia to this conspicuous feature in order to preserve the American name in the area. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Cecily
Mount Cecily (-85.86667°N, 174.25°W) is a prominent peak, 2,870 m, standing 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of Mount Raymond, in the Grosvenor Mountains. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for Shackleton's daughter. The position agrees with that shown on Shackleton's map but the peak does not lie in the Dominion Range as he thought, being separated from that range by the Mill Glacier.

Celebration Pass
Celebration Pass (-83.98333°N, 172.5°W) is a low pass through Commonwealth Range just north of Mount Cyril permitting passage between Beardmore Glacier and Hood Glacier. The pass was crossed on Christmas Day, 1959, by the New Zealand Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition (1959-60) and was named by them because of the festivities held to mark the day.

Celestial Peak
Celestial Peak (-69.55°N, 158.05°W) is a granite peak (1,280 m) 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Mount Blowaway in Wilson Hills. First mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Topo West survey party, 1962-63. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, which occupied the peak as a survey and gravity station. So named by NZGSAE because the party's first observations of stars were made nearby.

Celsus Peak
Celsus Peak (-64.41667°N, -62.43333°W) is a peak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of D'Ursel Point in the southern part of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First mapped by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache. 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 Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Roman who lived in the first century A.D., a great Latin classical medical writer.

Cemetery Bay
Cemetery Bay (-60.7°N, -45.61667°W) is a shallow southwest arm of Borge Bay, lying immediately below Orwell Glacier along the east coast of Signy Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with the whalers' graves on the east side of the feature.

Cenobite Rocks
Cenobite Rocks (-67.58333°N, -69.3°W) is a small isolated group of rocks lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Cape Adriasola, off the southwest coast of Adelaide Island. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 because of its isolated position.

Cenotaph Hill
Cenotaph Hill (-85.21667°N, -167.2°W) is a rock peak (2,070 m) on the ridge separating the heads of Strom Glacier and Liv Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. The peak is 8 nautical miles (15 km) north-northeast of the summit of Mount Fridtjof Nansen. It was visited by the Southern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1963-64) who gave this name because the unusual knob of rock forming the summit resembles a monument.

Centaur Bluff
Centaur Bluff (-81.83333°N, 160.5°W) is a steep bluff on the east side of Surveyors Range, 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) west of Mount Canopus. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960-61) after the star Centauri, which was frequently used to fix survey stations.

Centennial Peak
Centennial Peak (-84.95°N, -174°W) is a peak (4,070 m) situated 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) south-southeast of Mount Wade in Prince Olav Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos 1960-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in recognition of the Centennial of the Ohio State University in 1970, the same year the University's Institute of Polar Studies celebrated its Decennial. The University and the Institute have been very active in Antarctic investigations since 1960.

Centipede Nunatak
Centipede Nunatak (-77.75°N, 166.88333°W) is a narrow nunatak that is 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) long, located 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) north-northwest of Ford Rock in central Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island. The name is allusive; snow that cuts across parts of the nunatak gives it a segmented appearance resembling that of a centipede. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), 2000.

Central Aisle Ridge
Central Aisle Ridge (-78.35°N, 163.3°W) is a named from the position of the ridge in a group of three ridges in relation to The Stage.

Central Masson Range
Central Masson Range (-67.83333°N, 62.86667°W) is the Masson Range is divided into three parts of which this segment is the central, rising to 1,120 m and extending 4 nautical miles (7 km) in a north-south direction. The Masson Range was discovered and named by British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31, under Mawson. This central range was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Mekammen (the middle comb or crest). The approved name, suggested by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) in 1960, more clearly identifies the feature as a part of Masson Range.

Centre Island
Centre Island (-67.86667°N, -66.95°W) is an island 4 nautical miles (7 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Broken Island in the south part of Square Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Centropleura Spur
Centropleura Spur (-71.28333°N, 163.18333°W) is the southwest spur of a small massif enclosing a cirque, located at the head of Carryer Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Jamroga, in the Bowers Mountains. The spur includes a sedimentary sequence which contains the Middle Cambrian fossil parties to this area, 1974-75 and 1981-82.

Centurion Glacier
Centurion Glacier (-68.2°N, -66.93333°W) is a small steep glacier flowing northwest to Neny Bay between Mount Nemesis and Roman Four Promontory, on the west coast of Graham Land. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The name, given by FIDS, derives from association with Roman Four Promontory.

Cerberus Glacier
Cerberus Glacier (-77.45°N, 161.9°W) is a glacier, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, fringing the south and east lower slopes of otherwise ice-free Mount Cerberus in Olympus Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1997 in association with Mount Cerberus.

Cerberus Peak
Cerberus Peak (-82.01667°N, 158.76667°W) is a prominent peak (2,765 m) at the head of Prince Philip Glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of Hunt Mountain, in the Churchill Mountains. The name was suggested by the Holyoake, Cobham and Queen Elizabeth Ranges Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1964-65. Named after Cerberus, three-headed canine guardian of the gate to Hades in Greek mythology.

Cerberus Valley
Cerberus Valley (-77.43333°N, 161.93333°W) is an upland valley between Mount Cerberus and Euros Ridge in east Olympus Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys. The valley opens north to Victoria Valley. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) in association with Mount Cerberus.

Mount Cerberus
Mount Cerberus (-77.43333°N, 161.88333°W) is a prominent peak over 1,600 m, with many side peaks, between Lake Vida and Mount Orestes in the Olympus Range of Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958-59) after Cerberus, a three-headed dog of Greek mythology.

Ceres Nunataks
Ceres Nunataks (-72.05°N, -70.41667°W) is a group of three nunataks located immediately east of the base of Shostakovich Peninsula in southern Alexander Island. Mapped by Directorate of Overseas Surveys from satellite imagery supplied by U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration in cooperation with U.S. Geological Survey. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after one of the asteroids lying between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter.

Mount Cervin
Mount Cervin (-66.66667°N, 140.01667°W) is a small rocky hill, 30 m, on the east side of Petrel Island in the Geologie Archipelago. Charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for the Matterhorn (Mont Cervin in French), which it resembles in form.

Cape Cesney
Cape Cesney (-66.1°N, 133.9°W) is a broad ice-covered cape marking the west side of the entrance to Davis Bay. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for A.M. Cesney, master's mate on the Flying Fish of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Wilkes.

Cetacea Rocks
Cetacea Rocks (-63.71667°N, -61.61667°W) is a small group of rocks off the northeast side of Hoseason Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 after the zoological order Cetacea (whales and porpoises); these rocks lie in one of the chief Antarctic whaling areas.

Cetus Hill
Cetus Hill (-70.93333°N, -66.16667°W) is a large ice-covered mound which comes to a point with three jagged rock peaks at its west end. Located at the head of Ryder Glacier in western Palmer Land, about 27 nautical miles (50 km) east-northeast of Gurney Point. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the constellation of Cetus.

Cezembre Point
Cezembre Point (-66.8°N, 141.43333°W) is a rocky point 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northeast of Cape Margerie. Charted in 1950 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named for an island in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, France.

Chabrier Rock
Chabrier Rock (-62.18333°N, -58.3°W) is a rock which lies 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southwest of Vaureal Peak in the east side of the entrance to Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named in December 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot.

Lake Chad
Lake Chad (-77.63333°N, 162.76667°W) is a small lake lying east of the month of Suess Glacier in the Taylor Valley of Victoria Land. Charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910-13, after the African lake of the same name.

Mount Chadwick
Mount Chadwick (-72.5°N, 160.43333°W) is a small, bare rock mountain (2,440 m) situated 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east-southeast of Mount Walton 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 Dan M. Chadwick, meteorologist at South Pole Station, 1968.

Chaigneau Peak
Chaigneau Peak (-65.21667°N, -64.01667°W) is a sharp peak, 760 m, standing immediately southeast of Blanchard Ridge on the west coast of Graham Land. Probably first sighted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, who named it for Senor Chaigneau, then Gov. of Provincia de Magallanes, Chile.

Chain Moraines
Chain Moraines (-77.18333°N, 160.5°W) is a drifting moraines located 5 km northwest of Skew Peak at the confluent flow of ice from Rim Glacier, Spocket Glacier, and Mackay Glacier, including the moraines at the west side of Rim Glacier, in 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.

Chain Nunataks
Chain Nunataks (-77.83333°N, 163.4°W) is a linear series of nunataks to the west of Blue Glacier, running WNW-ESE for 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) between Briggs Hill and Hannon Hill, in Victoria Land. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). Named with reference to a surveyor's chain.

Chair Peak
Chair Peak (-64.71667°N, -62.71667°W) is a peak rising west of Mount Britannia on Ronge Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. This descriptive name was given by M.C. Lester and T.W. Bagshawe, who wintered at nearby Waterboat Point in 1921-22 and used this peak as a prominent landmark during their survey.

Challenger Island
Challenger Island (-64.35°N, -61.58333°W) is an island lying just north of Murray Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. The name was used in 1906 by J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901-04. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Chalmers
Mount Chalmers (-79.33333°N, 159.48333°W) is a mountain along the east escarpment of the Conway Range, about 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of the summit of Mount Keltie. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and named for Robert Chalmers (later Baron of Northiam), Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1903-07.

Chamberlin Glacier
Chamberlin Glacier (-67.56667°N, -65.55°W) is a glacier which flows northeast into Whirlwind Inlet about 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Matthes Glacier, on the east coast of Graham Land. Discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins on a flight of December 20, 1928, and in 1940 was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS). Charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named it for American glaciologist and geomorphologist Thomas C. Chamberlin, educator and professor of geology at the Universities of Wisconsin and Chicago.

Chamberlin Rampart
Chamberlin Rampart (-81.05°N, 159.88333°W) is a series of ice-covered bluffs midway along the west slope of Darley Hills, Churchill Mountains. The bluffs rise to 1200 m and are interspaced by heavily crevassed ice. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Wellman Chamberlin, National Geographic Magazine cartographer, c.1935-70; author of the NGM monograph The Round Earth on Flat Paper, 1947. One of several features in Darley Hills that are named for NGM staff.

Chambers Glacier
Chambers Glacier (-83.28333°N, -49.41667°W) is a glacier in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, draining east from Mount Lechner and Kent Gap, at the juncture of the Saratoga and Lexington Tables, to enter Support Force Glacier. Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 on a transcontinental patrol plane flight of U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to the vicinity of Weddell Sea and return. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Captain Washington I. Chambers, U.S. Navy, one of the pioneers in the development of the airplane catapult for ships.

Chambers Hill
Chambers Hill (-77.91667°N, 164.13333°W) is a ridgelike elevation (1,105 m) on the divide between the Hobbs Glacier and Blackwelder Glacier, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Hofman Hill, on the Scott Coast of Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1992 after James L. Chambers of Holmes and Narver, Inc., who served as the Holmes and Narver Resident Manager at McMurdo Station during the austral summers from 1976 to 1980 and as the Senior Site Manager from 1989 to 1994. With a staff of approximately 650 contractor personnel, he had on-site responsibility for all contractor activities at McMurdo Station, South Pole Station and Siple Station, as well as numerous summer camps spread over the continent.

Chameau Island
Chameau Island (-66.76667°N, 141.6°W) is a rocky island 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) long, lying 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) east of Cape Decouverte in the Curzon Islands. Charted and named in 1951 by the FrAE. The name is suggestive of the island's form which resembles the two humps on a camel, "chameau" being French for camel. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Champness Glacier
Champness Glacier (-71.41667°N, 164.36667°W) is a tributary glacier, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, draining northeast from the vicinity of Ian Peak in the Bowers Mountains and entering Lillie Glacier at Griffith Ridge. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) to northern Victoria Land, 1967-68, for G.R. Champness, field assistant with that party.

Chan Rocks
Chan Rocks (-72.75°N, 160.5°W) is a group of rocks along an ice bluff situated 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Miller Butte 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 Lian Chan, engaged in laboratory management, McMurdo Station winter party, 1968.

Chance Rock
Chance Rock (-64°N, -61.21667°W) is an isolated rock, which is awash, lying in the center of Gerlache Strait near its junction with Orleans Strait, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 because the rock is a danger to shipping.

Chancellor Lakes
Chancellor Lakes (-78.21667°N, 163.3°W) is a small twin lakes near the crest of the ridge north of the Walcott Glacier. Named by the New Zealand University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, in honor of the chancellor of that university.

Chancellor Ridge
Chancellor Ridge (-78.2°N, 163.2°W) is a named in association with Chancellor Lakes.

Chandler Island
Chandler Island (-77.35°N, -153.16667°W) is an island 4 nautical miles (7 km) long which is the southernmost of the ice-covered White Islands, located at the head of Sulzberger Bay. 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 Alan Chandler, electrical engineer with the Byrd Station winter party in 1969. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Chandler
Mount Chandler (-75.28333°N, -72.55°W) is a mountain 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of Mount Caywood in the Behrendt Mountains, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander J.L. Chandler, U.S. Navy, pilot of R4D aircraft in support of the Antarctic Peninsula Traverse party to this area, 1961-62.

Chang Peak
Chang Peak (-77.06667°N, -126.63333°W) is a snow-covered subsidiary peak (2,920 m) on the northeastern slope of Mount Waesche, in the Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Feng-Keng (Frank) Chang, Traverse Seismologist at Byrd Station, 1959, and a member of the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party that explored this area, 1959-60.

Changing Lake
Changing Lake (-60.7°N, -45.61667°W) is the central of three lakes in Paternoster Valley in northeastern Signy Island. This proglacial lake was so named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because the lake slowly changes shape and size as the retaining land ice gradually retreats.

Channel Glacier
Channel Glacier (-64.78333°N, -63.31667°W) is a through glacier, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, extending in an east-west direction across Wiencke Island, between Nipple Peak and Wall Range, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache 1897-99. The name appears on a chart based on a 1927 survey by DI personnel on the Discovery.

Channel Rock
Channel Rock (-62.46667°N, -60.08333°W) is the larger of two rocks lying in McFarlane Strait, 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of Meade Islands, in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears to have been applied by DI personnel on the Discovery II who charted this rock in 1935.

Channel Rock
Channel Rock (-65.23333°N, -64.26667°W) is a rock which lies in the northwest entrance to Meek Channel in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill.

Chanticleer Island
Chanticleer Island (-63.71667°N, -61.8°W) is a nearly snow-free island, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying off the northwest end of Hoseason Island in the Palmer Archipelago. The island was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 after HMS vicinity on January 7, 1829. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Chanute Peak
Chanute Peak (-63.93333°N, -59.96667°W) is a peak on the east side of Lanchester Bay, 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Wennersgaard Point, Graham Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Octave Chanute (1832-1910), American designer of gliders who first introduced moveable planes for the purpose of control and stability, 1896-97.

Chaos Glacier
Chaos Glacier (-69.01667°N, 78°W) is a glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Browns Glacier, flowing westward from Ingrid Christensen Coast into the central part of Ranvik Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Named by John H. Roscoe in a 1952 study of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump aerial photography of this coast. The name alludes to the jumbled appearance of the terminal glacial flowage.

Chaos Reef
Chaos Reef (-62.36667°N, -59.76667°W) is a descriptive name for the confused area of breakers and shoal water located 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) northeast of Morris Rock, at the north end of Aitcho Islands in the South Shetland Islands The name was given by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971.

Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill (-63.68333°N, -57.96667°W) is a hill, 140 m, forming the summit of a headland 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west-southwest of Church Point, on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1946, who so named it because of its proximity to Church Point.

Chapin Peak
Chapin Peak (-85.96667°N, -131.66667°W) is a prominent rock peak (2,170 m) on the west side of Reedy Glacier, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Stich Peak in the Quartz Hills. 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 Captain Howard Chapin, United States Marine Corps (USMC), pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station, 1962-63 season.

Chaplains Tableland
Chaplains Tableland (-78.01667°N, 162.65°W) is a high tableland just north of Mount Lister in the Royal Society Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 in honor of the chaplains who have served in Antarctica, primarily at McMurdo Station. The feature is clearly visible from McMurdo Station.

Chaplin Head
Chaplin Head (-54.05°N, -37.9°W) is a headland between Undine Harbor and Schlieper Bay on the south coast of South Georgia. Charted by DI in 1926, when the hill above the headland was called "Sharp Peak." Following the SGS, 1951-57, renamed Chaplin Head after Lieutenant Commander John M. Chaplin, Royal Navy (1888-1977), survey officer in Discovery, 1925-27, and in charge of a hydrographic survey party in South Georgia, 1928-30.

Chapman Glacier
Chapman Glacier (-70.71667°N, 166.4°W) is a glacier at the head of Yule Bay in north Victoria Land. Named by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) for A. Chapman, a member of the helicopter team in this vicinity during the ANARE (Thala Dan), 1962, led by Phillip Law.

Chapman Glacier
Chapman Glacier (-70.28333°N, -67.91667°W) is a glacier 11 nautical miles (20 km) long and 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide in its central part, narrowing to 3 nautical miles (6 km) at its mouth, flowing west from the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land to George VI Sound immediately south of Carse Point. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954 for Frederick S. Chapman, British mountaineer and Arctic explorer, who in 1934 brought 64 dogs from West Greenland to England for the use of the BGLE, 1934-37.

Chapman Hump
Chapman Hump (-70.21667°N, -67.5°W) is a large rounded nunatak in the center of Chapman Glacier in Palmer Land, located 10 nautical miles (18 km) inland from George VI Sound. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with Chapman Glacier.

Chapman Nunatak
Chapman Nunatak (-71.13333°N, 64.75°W) is a nunatak about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Mount Hicks in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1960. Named for P.R. Chapman, weather observer at Wilkes Station in 1963.

Chapman Peak
Chapman Peak (-78.18333°N, -85.21667°W) is a peak (2,230 m) on the east side of Ellen Glacier, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Mount Jumper in central 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 John H. Chapman, United States Air Force (USAF), who participated in establishing the IGY South Pole Station in the 1956-57 season.

Chapman Point
Chapman Point (-65.91667°N, -61.33333°W) is a low rounded point marking the eastern limit of Scar Inlet on the north side of Jason Peninsula, Graham Land. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Sydney Chapman, British geophysicist, President of the Commission for the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58.

Chapman Ridge
Chapman Ridge (-67.46667°N, 60.96667°W) is a ridge rising to 300 m and extending southwest for 3 nautical miles (6 km) from Byrd Head. Discovered by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31, under Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for P. Chapman, auroral physicist at Mawson Station, 1958.

Chapman Rocks
Chapman Rocks (-62.5°N, -60.48333°W) is a group of rocks lying in Hero Bay, Livingston Island, 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Desolation Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 for Thomas Chapman, English trunkmaker of Southwark, who, in 1795 discovered a method of processing fur seal skins for use in the hat trade, thus initiating the industry in London.

Chapman Snowfield
Chapman Snowfield (-81.5°N, 157.33333°W) is a large snowfield lying west of the central ridge in Churchill Mountains, bounded to the north by Elder Peak and the massif surmounted by Mount Wharton, to the south by Sosa Icefalls and the head of Starshot Glacier, and to the west by Wallabies Nunataks and All-Blacks Nunataks. Named after William H. Chapman, topographic engineer, United States Geological Survey (USGS), leader of the 1961-62 Topo North-Topo South survey of mountains west of Ross Sea from Cape Roget, Adare Peninsula, to Otway Massif at the head of Beardmore Glacier, a traverse totalling 1570 miles. This first helicopter-supported traverse with EDM electronic-distant-measuring instruments resulted in the establishment of ground control making possible the mapping of a 100,000-square-mile area of the Transantarctic Mountains.

Lake Chapman
Lake Chapman (-77.01667°N, 162.38333°W) is a this lake is located on The Flatiron, at Granite Harbor, and is a site of active research being undertaken at the University of Waikato. It has been named in honor of Dr. M. Ann Chapman, one of the first women scientists to visit the Ross Sea Region, and the first woman to lead a scientific expedition in the Antarctic. Dr. Chapman led a team of scientists from the University of Waikato working on Antarctic limnology from 1970 to 1971. Dr. Chapman was a founding member of the University of Waikato Antarctic Research Programme and of the New Zealand Limnological Society.

Mount Chapman
Mount Chapman (-82.58333°N, -105.91667°W) is a triple-peaked mountain (2,715 m) with very steep sides and a large rock cliff on its north side, situated at the western end of the Whitmore Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William H. Chapman of United States Geological Survey (USGS), cartographer with the Horlick Mountains Traverse (1958-59), who made a survey of the Whitmore Mountains on January 2, 1959. Chapman spent several summer seasons in the Antarctic, including survey in the Pensacola Mountains (1957-58), and the highly successful USGS Topo North-South Survey of the mountains bordering the west side of the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf.

Chappel Island
Chappel Island (-66.18333°N, 110.41667°W) is the largest of the Donovan Islands, lying about 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Clark Peninsula in the east part of Vincennes Bay. The island has a number of large Adelie penguin rookeries. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for CWO R.L. Chappel, United States Marine Corps (USMC), motion picture officer on U.S. Navy Operation Highjump photographic flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 east longitude. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Chappell Nunataks
Chappell Nunataks (-82.3°N, 158.2°W) is a group of nunataks 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of the central part of the Cobham Range. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1964-65) for J. Chappell, geologist with the expedition.

Chappell Peak
Chappell Peak (-79.95°N, -82.9°W) is a peak, 1,860 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Schoeck Peak on the south side of Enterprise Hills, overlooking the head of Horseshoe Valley in the Heritage Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard L. Chappell, scientific aide at Little America V Station in 1957.

Charcot Bay
Charcot Bay (-63.8°N, -59.58333°W) is a bay about 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide between Cape Kater and Cape Kjellman along the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. He named it for Dr. Jean B. Charcot, at that time a noted Arctic explorer preparing for his first Antarctic expedition, on which he planned to look for Nordenskjold whose return was overdue.

Charcot Cove
Charcot Cove (-76.11667°N, 162.4°W) is a re-entrant in the coast of Victoria Land between Bruce Point and Cape Hickey. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) which named this feature for Dr. Jean B. Charcot, noted Arctic and Antarctic explorer.

Charcot Fan
Charcot Fan (-66°N, -86°W) is a name of undersea fan approved 6/88 (ACUF 228).

Charcot Island
Charcot Island (-69.75°N, -75.25°W) is an island, 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and 25 nautical miles (46 km) wide, which is ice covered except for prominent mountains overlooking the north coast, 55 nautical miles (100 km) west of Alexander Island. Discovered on January 11, 1910, by the French Antarctic Expedition under Dr. Jean B. Charcot, who, at the insistence of his crew and the recommendation of Edwin S. Balch and others, named it Charcot Land. He did so with the stated intention of honoring his father, Dr. Jean Martin Charcot, a famous French physician. The insularity of Charcot Land was proved by Sir Hubert Wilkins, who flew around it on December 29, 1929. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cape Charcot
Cape Charcot (-66.43333°N, 98.5°W) is a rocky point at the northeast end of Melba Peninsula, 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of David Island. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, 1911-14, who named it for Dr. Jean B. Charcot, French Antarctic explorer.

Port Charcot
Port Charcot (-65.06667°N, -64°W) is a bay 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) wide indenting the north shore of Booth Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Dr. Jean B. Charcot and named by him for his father, Dr. Jean Martin Charcot, famous French neurologist. Charcot established the expedition's winter base at Port Charcot in 1904.

Charity Glacier
Charity Glacier (-62.73333°N, -60.33333°W) is a glacier lying north of Barnard Point on the south coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 after the brig Charity (Captain Charles H. Barnard), one of a fleet of American sealers from New York which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21, operating mainly from Yankee Harbor, Greenwich Island. The Charity also visited the islands the following season.

Mount Charity
Mount Charity (-69.9°N, -64.56667°W) is a massive mountain 9 nautical miles (17 km) south of Mount Hope, rising 2,680 m from the south end of Eternity Range in northern Palmer Land. First seen from the air and named by Lincoln Ellsworth during his flights of November 21 and 23, 1935. Surveyed by J.R. Rymill of British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) in November 1936. The mountain was subsequently photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in September 1940, and by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in December 1947. The feature is one of three major mountains in Ellsworth's Eternity Range to which he gave the names Faith, Hope and Charity.

Charlat Island
Charlat Island (-65.18333°N, -64.16667°W) is a small island lying immediately west of the south end of Petermann Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, and named by Charcot for Monsieur Charlat, then French Vice-Consul in Rio de Janeiro. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Charles Glacier
Charles Glacier (-72.56667°N, -3.43333°W) is a small, steep glacier draining the south side of Borg Mountain, 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 for Charles W. Swithinbank, a glaciologist with NBSAE.

Charles Nunataks
Charles Nunataks (-73.31667°N, -2.16667°W) is an isolated group of nunataks lying 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of the west end of Neumayer Cliffs in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59). Named for Charles W. Swithinbank, glaciologist with NBSAE.

Charles Peak
Charles Peak (-79.73333°N, -83.18333°W) is a bare rock peak, 990 m, surmounting the southeast end of Collier Hills in the Heritage Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles E. Williams, meteorologist at Little America V Station in 1958.

Charles Point
Charles Point (-64.23333°N, -61°W) is a point forming the north side of the entrance to Brialmont Cove, on the west coast of Graham Land. The present name derives from Cape Charles, first used in about 1831. This name, appearing on early maps in this approximate location, has sometimes been misapplied to the cape at the north side of Hughes Bay.

Mount Charles
Mount Charles (-67.38333°N, 50°W) is a mountain, 1,110 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Cronus in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956 and 1957. The chart drawn by John Biscoe (1830-31) shows four mountains in what is now named Scott Mountains; these four mountains were named Charles, Henry, Gordon and George, probably for the Enderby Brothers, owners of Biscoe's vessels. It has not been possible to identify the mountain so named by Biscoe, but in order to perpetuate the name Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) applied it to this feature in 1962.

Charlesworth Cliffs
Charlesworth Cliffs (-80.23333°N, -25.3°W) is a series of steep cliffs near the north end of the central ridge of Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by the 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) after John K. Charlesworth (1889-1972), Irish geologist; Professor of Geology, Queens University, Belfast, 1921-54; author of The Quaternary Era, With Special Reference to its Glaciation, London, 1957.

Dome Charlie
Dome Charlie (-75°N, 125°W) is an ice dome rising to more than 3,200 m in the featureless snow plateau of Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. Called "Dome C," the feature was the site of ice core drilling by field teams of several nations in the 1970's. Simultaneously, it was called Dome Charlie (communications code word for letter C) by U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, and its Squadron VXE-6, which provided logistical support to the field teams and, in January and November 1975, suffered severe damage to three LC-130 Hercules aircraft during attempted takeoffs from the surface of this feature. (In November 1975 and November 1976, the U.S. Navy established field camps on Dome Charlie to recover the aircraft. Following major structural repairs and replacement of engines in the field, the three LC-130's were flown to McMurdo Station on December 26, 1975, January 14, 1976, and December 25, 1976.)  In deciding the name, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) considered Dome Charlie to be superior to the informal name, "Dome C," and that it has precedence over "Dome Circe," a name suggested from Greek mythology by members of the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) airborne radio echo sounding team in 1982.

Charlotte Bay
Charlotte Bay (-64.55°N, -61.65°W) is a bay indenting the west coast of Graham Land in a southeast direction for 12 nautical miles (22 km), between Reclus Peninsula and Cape Murray. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99. Named for the fiancee of Georges Lecointe, executive officer, hydrographer and second-in-command of the expedition.

Cape Charlotte
Cape Charlotte (-54.53333°N, -35.9°W) is a cape which forms the southeast side of the entrance to Royal Bay, on the north coast near the east end of South Georgia. Discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under Cook, who named it for Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III of Great Britain.

Charlton Island, Antarctica
Charlton Island (-66.21667°N, 110.15°W) is the westernmost of the Frazier Islands, lying in Vincennes Bay. Mapped from air photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) and U.S. Navy Operation Windmill (1947-48). Named by C.R. Eklund for Chief Electronics Technician Frederick E. Charlton, U.S. Navy, of the Wilkes Station party, 1957. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Charpentier Pyramid
Charpentier Pyramid (-80.26667°N, -25.61667°W) is a pyramid-shaped peak rising to 1,080 m in the northwest part of the Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range, q.v. 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 Jean de (Hans von) Charpentier (1786-1855), Swiss engineer and mineralogist, who in 1835 gave additional proof on the former extension of glaciers.

Charrua Ridge
Charrua Ridge (-62.65°N, -60.35°W) is a ridge trending east-west and rising to 340 m on the northeast side of Johnsons Dock, Hurd Peninsula, on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name "Monte Charrua" appears for this feature on a 1954 Argentine navy chart. Named after the Charrua, one of the ships of the Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1947-48. The term ridge is considered appropriate for this feature.

Charybdis
Charybdis (-62.46667°N, -60.15°W) is a broad cove flanked on the east side by ice cliffs and to the north and south by Organpipe Point and Slab Point, respectively. Named after the Charybdis, a Greek sea monster which wrecked ships and devoured sailors.

Charybdis Glacier
Charybdis Glacier (-70.41667°N, 67.5°W) is a large glacier which drains northeast between the Porthos and Aramis Ranges of the Prince Charles Mountains to the west side of Amery Ice Shelf. Discovered by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) southern party led by W.G. Bewsher in December 1956 and named after Homer's Charybdis because of the considerable difficulty experienced in traversing this region due to the glacier.

Charybdis Icefalls
Charybdis Icefalls (-70.85°N, 161.16667°W) is a large crevassed icefalls in the lower Harlin Glacier, where it descends notably to join Rennick Glacier. The feature is nourished in part by Lovejoy Glacier which flows eastward parallel to the Harlin (north side) and coalesces with it before reaching the icefalls. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) (1962-63) and New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1963-64). Named by NZGSAE after the fearsome whirlpool of Greek mythology.

Chastain Peak
Chastain Peak (-85.16667°N, -94.58333°W) is a peak (2,255 m) near the center of Moulton Escarpment, at the west margin of the Thiel Mountains. Surveyed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Thiel Mountains party, 1960-61. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after William W. Chastain, Aviation Structural Mechanic, U.S. Navy, who lost his life in the crash of a P2V Neptune aircraft soon after takeoff from Wilkes Station, November 9, 1961.

Chata Rock
Chata Rock (-64.86667°N, -63.73333°W) is a low isolated rock over which the sea breaks heavily constantly, lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of Cape Lancaster, the south end of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1950 and is probably descriptive, "chata" is a Spanish word for flat.

Chatos Islands
Chatos Islands (-67.65°N, -69.16667°W) is a group of small islands and rocks lying south of Cape Adriasola, Adelaide Island. The descriptive name "Islotes Chatos" (flat islands) was given by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition of 1952-53. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Chattahoochee Glacier
Chattahoochee Glacier (-76.56667°N, 160.7°W) is a glacier in the Convoy Range which flows northeast between Wyandot Ridge and Eastwind Ridge. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for the USNS Chattahoochee a tanker in the American convoy into McMurdo Sound in the 1961-62 and 1962-63 seasons.

Chaucheprat Point
Chaucheprat Point (-63.53333°N, -56.7°W) is a low point at the northwest corner of Jonassen Island in Antarctic Sound. The name "Cap Chaucheprat," after M. Chaucheprat, Private Secretary to Vice Admiral Claude de Rosamel (Rosamel Island, q.v.), was applied to a feature in this vicinity by Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1838. The present name revives the d'Urville naming, which probably was related to the heights of Jonassen Island.

Mount Chauve
Mount Chauve (-66.81667°N, 141.38333°W) is a rocky hill, 33 m, at the northwest extremity of Cape Margerie. Charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition in 1950. The name is descriptive of the hill's denuded aspect, evoking the celebrated musical score Night on Bald Mountain, "chauve" being French for bald.

Chauveau Point
Chauveau Point (-64.08333°N, -62.03333°W) is a point marking the southwest end of Liege Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The western point of Liege Island was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Monsieur Chauveau, an associate of the Central Meteorological Office at Paris. Since there is no prominent point on the central part of the west coast which can be reidentified without ambiguity, the name has been applied to the conspicuous southwest point which was also seen by Charcot.

Cape Chavanne
Cape Chavanne (-66.98333°N, -64.75°W) is a prominent, partly ice-free bluff with a conspicuous elongated dome forming the southern tip, standing east of the mouth of Breitfuss Glacier at the head of Mill Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in 1947. Named by the FIDS for Josef Chavanne, Austrian polar bibliographer.

Chavez Glacier
Chavez Glacier (-73.91667°N, -101.25°W) is a glacier about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long flowing south from Canisteo Peninsula into Cranton Bay. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Pat Chavez, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Flagstaff, Arizona, co-leader of the USGS team that compiled the 1:5,000,000-scale Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer maps of Antarctica in the 1990s.

Chavez Island
Chavez Island (-65.63333°N, -64.53333°W) is an island 3 nautical miles (6 km) long which rises to 550 m, lying immediately west of the peninsula between Leroux and Bigo Bays, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, probably for Commandant Alfonso Chaves of Ponta Delgada, Azores, but the spelling Chavez has become established through long usage. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cheal Point
Cheal Point (-60.63333°N, -45.98333°W) is a rocky point 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east-southeast of Return Point, the southwest extremity of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. First surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Joseph J. Cheal of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), general assistant in 1950 and leader in 1951 at the Signy Island base. The point marks the west limit of Cheal's survey triangulation made in July-September 1950.

Cheapman Bay
Cheapman Bay (-54.15°N, -37.51667°W) is a bay 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, indenting the south coast of South Georgia close west of King Haakon Bay. The name Cheapman Strand was given to a feature in this vicinity by an American sealing expedition which visited South Georgia in 1877-78. The name was recorded as Chapman Strand and applied to this bay by Matthews in 1931. "Langestrand" (long beach) has been used locally for the beach at the head of the bay and appeared for the bay itself on a British Admiralty chart of 1931. However, the SGS, 1951-52, reported that "Langestrand" is a descriptive term, not a placename, and is applied by sealers to at least four other beaches in South Georgia. To avoid confusion, the name Cheapman Bay has been approved for this feature and all other names rejected.

Cheeks Nunatak
Cheeks Nunatak (-74.96667°N, -72.81667°W) is the largest and southernmost of three nunataks located 12 nautical miles (22 km) northwest of Merrick Mountains, in Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Noble L. Cheeks, aviation electronics technician, member of the R4D party that flew to the vicinity of the eventual Eights Station in 1961 to set up a base camp.

Cheesman Island
Cheesman Island (-69.73333°N, -75.08333°W) is a small rocky island off the north coast of Charcot Island, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Mount Martine. First seen and photographed from the air in 1929 by Sir Hubert Wilkins, who roughly positioned it. Remapped from air photos taken by the U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. The name was suggested by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1950 for S.A. Cheesman, pilot on Wilkins' 1929 flight. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cheetham Ice Tongue
Cheetham Ice Tongue (-75.75°N, 162.91667°W) is a small ice tongue on the east coast of Victoria Land between Lamplugh Island and Whitmer Peninsula. It projects eastward into Ross Sea. The tongue appears to be nourished in part by Davis Glacier and partly by ice draining from Lamplugh Island and Whitmer Peninsula. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, under Shackleton, and named by him for Alfred B. Cheetham, third officer on the Nimrod.

Cape Cheetham
Cape Cheetham (-70.3°N, 162.7°W) is an ice-covered cape forming the northeast extremity of Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont. First charted by members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, who explored this coast in the location assigned on maps of the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (Thala Dan), 1962.

Cheney Bluff
Cheney Bluff (-79.65°N, 159.8°W) is a steep rock bluff at the south side of the mouth of Carlyon Glacier, 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Cape Murray. 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 Lieutenant Commander D.J. Cheney, RNZN, commander of HMNZS 1963-64.

Mount Cheops
Mount Cheops (-65.86667°N, -64.63333°W) is a mountain, over 610 m, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) south-southeast of Cape Garcia on the west coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the Great Pyramid at Giza because of its distinctive shape.

Chernushka Nunatak
Chernushka Nunatak (-71.58333°N, 12.01667°W) is a nunatak, 1,640 m, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Sandseten Mountain on the west side of Westliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. 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 in commemoration of the Soviet scientists' achievements in the study of space.

Chernyy Island
Chernyy Island (-66.13333°N, 101.06667°W) is a small island lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of the eastern tip of Thomas Island in the Highjump Archipelago. Mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). Rephotographed by the Soviet expedition (1956) and named Ostrov Chernyy (black island). == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cherry Icefall
Cherry Icefall (-84.45°N, 167.66667°W) is a small, steep icefall on the south side of Barnes Peak in Queen Alexandra Range, descending toward Beardmore Glacier. Originally named "Cherry Glacier" by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13), for Apsley Cherry-Garrard, zoologist with the expedition. The name has been amended on the recommendation of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) to be more descriptive of the feature.

Cherry Island
Cherry Island (-73.75°N, -123.53333°W) is an ice-covered island, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, lying between Siple and Carney Islands and just within the Getz Ice Shelf, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Chief Warrant Officer J.M. Cherry, a member of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment in Antarctica during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1966. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cherry Spur
Cherry Spur (-72.86667°N, 162°W) is a prominent rock spur that forms the southwest portion of Sculpture Mountain at the south end of Monument Nunataks. The feature was geologically studied by Ohio State University field parties in the 1981-82 and 1982-83 seasons. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Eric M. Cherry, geologist with those parties who worked on the spur.

Mount Cherry-Garrard
Mount Cherry-Garrard (-71.3°N, 168.68333°W) is a peak at the seaward end of the divide between Simpson Glacier and Fendley Glacier, on the north coast of Victoria Land. Charted by the Northern Party, led by Victor Campbell, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. They named the feature for Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Asst. Zoologist on the expedition.

Chervov Peak
Chervov Peak (-71.83333°N, 10.55°W) is a peak, 2,550 m, rising 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Morkenatten Peak in the Shcherbakov Range, Orvin Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Roughly 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 geologist Ye. I. Chervov.

Cheshire Rock
Cheshire Rock (-62.36667°N, -59.75°W) is a rock about 1 m above mean higher high water, lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) southeast of Passage Rock in English Strait, South Shetland Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Lieutenant Commander Peter J.E. Cheshire, leader of the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in the area in 1967.

Chester Cone
Chester Cone (-62.63333°N, -61.08333°W) is a cone-shaped elevation in the middle of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for Captain Chester, Master of the Essex, one of the fleet of American sealers from Stonington, CT, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1821-22.

Chester Mountains
Chester Mountains (-76.66667°N, -145.58333°W) is a group of mountains just north of the mouth of Crevasse Valley Glacier and 10 nautical miles (18 km) north of Saunders Mountain in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933-35) and named for Colby M. Chester, president of General Foods Corporation, who gave generous support to the Byrd expeditions.

Mount Chetwynd
Mount Chetwynd (-76.33333°N, 162.03333°W) is a mountain, over 1,400 m, immediately south of Mount Gauss in the Kirkwood Range of Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and named for Sir Peter Chetwynd, a naval friend of Scott's, who was later Superintendent of Compasses at the Admiralty.

Cheu Valley
Cheu Valley (-85.18333°N, -173.9°W) is a narrow, north-south trending valley in the Cumulus Hills, about 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, with its north end opening at the south side of McGregor Glacier, just west of the mouth of Gatlin Glacier. Named by the Texas Tech-Shackleton Glacier Expedition (1964-65) for Specialist 5th Class Daniel T.L. Cheu, member of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment which supported the expedition.

Chevreul Cliffs
Chevreul Cliffs (-80.53333°N, -20.6°W) is a cliffs rising to about 1,500 m to the east of Mount Dewar in Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Michel Eugene Chevreul (1786-1889), French chemist whose research on the nature of fats in 1823 led to the invention of stearine candles, used subsequently by polar explorers.

Mount Chevreux
Mount Chevreux (-65.76667°N, -64°W) is a mountain, 1,615 m, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Leroux Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, who named it for Edouard Chevreux, French zoologist.

Chevron Rocks
Chevron Rocks (-84.11667°N, 173.16667°W) is a distinctive rock outcrop at the north end of Retrospect Spur, near the head of Hood Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. A New Zealand party climbed Retrospect Spur during the 1959-60 season. They gave the name Chevron Rocks because of their appearance, resembling the stripes worn by non-commissioned officers.

Mount Chiang
Mount Chiang (-77.96667°N, 162.65°W) is a distinctive mountain, 2,900 m, having the appearance of a gablelike projection from the north part of Chaplains Tableland, Royal Society Range, in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1992 after Erick Chiang, Manager, Polar Operations Section, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, from 1991.

Chick Island
Chick Island (-66.78333°N, 121°W) is an isolated rock island lying off the eastern end of Sabrina Coast, approximately 10 nautical miles (18 km) northeast of Henry Islands. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Amos Chick, carpenter on the sloop Vincennes during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Chider
Mount Chider (-72.1°N, 169.16667°W) is a notable mountain, 3,110 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Hart in the Admiralty 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 Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Chider, helicopter pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station in Operation Deep Freeze 1968.

Chijire Glacier
Chijire Glacier (-68.05°N, 43.38333°W) is a glacier flowing to the coast just east of Chijire Rocks in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, who also gave the name.

Chijire Rocks
Chijire Rocks (-68.03333°N, 43.3°W) is a group of exposed rocks standing on the coast just west of the mouth of Chijire Glacier in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, who also gave the name.

Child Rocks
Child Rocks (-67.43333°N, 63.26667°W) is a group of rocks at the west end of the Robinson Group off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Vestskjera (the west skerries). Renamed by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J.B. Child, Third Officer of the Discovery during British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31.

Childs Glacier
Childs Glacier (-83.4°N, -58.66667°W) is a glacier in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, draining westward from Roderick Valley to enter Foundation Ice Stream. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John H. Childs, builder at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.

Chimaera Flats
Chimaera Flats (-57.06667°N, -26.66667°W) is a broad stretch of flat sand with a smooth surface only a few meters above sea level, between Medusa Pool and Gorgon Pool on Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 refers to a mythical fire-eating monster.

Chinn Glacier
Chinn Glacier (-77.46667°N, 162.25°W) is a

Chinook Pass
Chinook Pass (-69.48333°N, -68.55°W) is a pass running north-south between Fohn Bastion and Wright Spires on the Rymill Coast of Palmer Land. The pass is part of a convenient overland sledging route, southward from Brindle Cliffs. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the warm, dry wind descending the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. One of several features in the area named after winds.

Chinstrap Cove
Chinstrap Cove (-61.23333°N, -54.18333°W) is a cove 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Escarpada Point on the northwest coast of Clarence Island, South Shetland Islands. The name refers to the large colony of Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) observed in the cove by the U.K. Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71.

Chinstrap Point
Chinstrap Point (-57.11667°N, -26.76667°W) is the southeast point of Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands. This feature was named Rocky Point during survey of the island from RRS Discovery II in 1930, but the name was changed to avoid duplication. The new name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 refers to the enormous colony of Chinstrap Penguins on the point.

Chionis Island
Chionis Island (-63.86667°N, -60.63333°W) is an island lying south of Awl Point, Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The name Snow Island was used for this feature by whalers in the area in the 1920s, but has not been used on any published map. Since Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands lies just across Bransfield Strait, a new name has been substituted for this feature. Chionis Island was so named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 after the sheathbill (Chionis alba), a common bird in this region. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Chiriguano Bay
Chiriguano Bay (-64.46667°N, -62.51667°W) is a bay northeast of Strath Point, indenting the south end of Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago. The bay was surveyed and named "Bahia Chiriguano" by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1948-49, after the Argentine tugboat Chiriguano which took part in the survey.

Chisel Peak
Chisel Peak (-67.66667°N, -67.7°W) is a prominent chisel-shaped peak rising to about 1,400 m on the southeast side of Perplex Ridge, Pourquoi Pas Island, in Marguerite Bay. Named descriptively by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1979.

Chisholm Hills
Chisholm Hills (-73.43333°N, 163.35°W) is a group of steep-sided hills situated 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Gair Mesa in the Southern Cross Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by the southern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1966-67, for Ross Chisholm, leader of the party.

Mount Chivers
Mount Chivers (-82.53333°N, 161.43333°W) is a mountain, 1,755 m, standing between the mouths of Otago and Tranter Glaciers in the north part of Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Hugh J.H. Chivers, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) upper atmosphere physicist at Byrd, South Pole and Hallett Stations, 1962-63.

Chocolate Nunatak
Chocolate Nunatak (-72.6°N, 166.05°W) is an isolated nunatak of red-brown color at the east side of the head of Mariner Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) west-southwest of Mount McCarthy, Barker Range, in Victoria Land. A descriptive name apparently applied by B.W. Riddolls and G.T. Hancox, geologists with the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) Northern Party to upper Mariner Glacier, 1966-67.

Cape Chocolate
Cape Chocolate (-77.93333°N, 164.58333°W) is a small, dark cape forming the south side of Salmon Bay on the coast of Victoria Land. It is made up of morainic material from the west margin of the Koettlitz Glacier. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) under Scott, and probably so named because of the color of the morainic material.

Cholet Island
Cholet Island (-65.06667°N, -64.03333°W) is a small island immediately north of the narrow peninsula which forms the west extremity of Booth Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot, who named it for Ernest Cholet, skipper of the ship Francais, and later, the Pourquoi-Pas?. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Chopin Hill
Chopin Hill (-71.66667°N, -73.81667°W) is a low, snow-covered hill, about 600 m, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Mount Schumann on Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. First mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Frederic Chopin (1810-49), Polish composer.

Chopin Ridge
Chopin Ridge (-62.15°N, -58.13333°W) is a ridge running north-south and rising to 265 m between Lions Rump and Low Head, King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition to King George Island in the years 1977-79 after Frederic Chopin, Polish composer.

Mount Choto
Mount Choto (-69.2°N, 39.66667°W) is a mountain, 350 m, surmounting the north end of Langhovde Hills on the coast of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Surveyed by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, and named Choto-san (mount long head) in association with the name Langhovde Hills.

Choyce Point
Choyce Point (-67.7°N, -65.38333°W) is a point 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Tent Nunatak on the east coast of Graham Land. A rocky bluff rises behind the point as viewed from Larsen Ice Shelf to which the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947 applied the name "Cape Choyce." The name was amended to Choyce Point in 1975 and reapplied to this point which is of geological significance and rises 230 m above the ice shelf. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for M.A. Choyce, FIDS meteorologist at Hope Bay, 1947.

Mount Christchurch
Mount Christchurch (-82.46667°N, 164.16667°W) is a mountain, 1,355 m, standing 7 nautical miles (13 km) southwest of Cape Lyttelton on the south side of Shackleton Inlet. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and named for the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, which generously supported the expedition.

Christensen Nunatak
Christensen Nunatak (-65.1°N, -59.51667°W) is a nunatak 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Robertson Island in the Seal Nunataks group, off the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered in 1893 by a Norwegian expedition under C.A. Larsen, who named it for Christen Christensen of Sandefjord, Norway, pioneer of modern Antarctic whaling. It was surveyed in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, and in 1947 and 1953 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS).

Mount Christensen
Mount Christensen (-67.96667°N, 47.86667°W) is a prominent ice-covered mountain, 1,475 m, at the southwest side of Rayner Glacier in Enderby Land. Discovered on January 13, 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for Consul Lars Christensen, Norwegian whaling magnate and promoter of several Norwegian Antarctic expeditions.

Mount Christi
Mount Christi (-62.91667°N, -62.4°W) is a mountain, 1,280 m, standing nearly 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Pisgah in the northeast part of Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. The name Cape Christi was given for the north cape of Smith Island by a British expedition under Foster, 1828-31, but that feature had already been named Cape Smith. Since the latter name is approved for the cape, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) recommended in 1953 that for the sake of historical continuity the name Christi be approved for the mountain now described.

Christiaensen Glacier
Christiaensen Glacier (-71.53333°N, 35.61667°W) is a glacier that drains westward between Mount Eyskens and Mount Derom, in the Queen Fabiola Mountains. Discovered on October 7, 1960 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Guido Derom, who named it for Leo Christiaensen, captain of the polar vessel Erika Dan which brought the Belgian expedition to Antarctica.

Christiania Islands
Christiania Islands (-63.95°N, -61.45°W) is a group of islands and rocks between Liege and Trinity Islands, in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache, who named the group for Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, where he obtained assistance and equipment for the expedition. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands