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Dungane Peaks
Dungane Peaks (-72.18333°N, 24.15°W) is a two peaks, 2,870 m, standing 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of Dufek Mountain in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegain cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named Dungane (the heaps).

Mount Dungey
Mount Dungey (-67°N, 51.25°W) is a mountain 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Pythagoras Peak in the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for F.G. Dungey, a member of the crew of the Discovery during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31.

Dunikowski Ridge
Dunikowski Ridge (-62.15°N, -58.18333°W) is a ridge trending NW-SE and rising to about 315 m northeast of Legru Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named following geological work by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1977-79, after Xawery Dunikowski (1875-1964), Polish sculptor.

Dunlop Island
Dunlop Island (-77.23333°N, 163.5°W) is a rocky island, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying just off the Wilson Piedmont Glacier and the coast of Victoria Land, close northeast of Cape Dunlop. First mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) under Shackleton, who named it for H.J.L. Dunlop, chief engineer of the ship Nimrod. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Dunlop Peak
Dunlop Peak (-67.95°N, 62.46667°W) is an one of the Smith Peaks, 1,330 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Mount Hordern in the David Range, Framnes Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R. Dunlop, cosmic ray physicist at Mawson station in 1959.

Cape Dunlop
Cape Dunlop (-77.23333°N, 163.45°W) is a rocky point just west of Dunlop Island on the coast of Victoria Land. First mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) under Shackleton, who named this feature Rocky Point. It has since taken its name from Dunlop Island.

Dunn Glacier
Dunn Glacier (-73.6°N, 165.76667°W) is a steep tributary glacier which drains the northwest slopes of Mount Casey and flows north to Icebreaker Glacier, in the Mountaineer Range, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert Dunn, U.S. Navy, commissaryman, McMurdo Station, 1967.

Dunn Spur
Dunn Spur (-86.35°N, -147.36667°W) is a prominent rock spur which descends from Mount Blackburn and extends for 5 nautical miles (9 km) along the north side of Van Reeth Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Thomas H. Dunn of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, aircrewman on photographic aircraft over Antarctica on Operation Deep Freeze 1964, 1966 and 1967.

Duparc Rocks
Duparc Rocks (-63.51667°N, -58.83333°W) is a group of rocks between 1 and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the coast, 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Cape Roquemaurel, Trinity Peninsula. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Louis Duparc, French naval officer on the Astrolabe during her Antarctic voyage (1837-1840).

Duperre Bay
Duperre Bay (-64.45°N, -62.68333°W) is a bay 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, lying immediately northeast of Hulot Peninsula at the southwest extremity of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot, who named it for V. Admiral Charles Duperre, French Navy.

Durham Point
Durham Point (-85.53333°N, -151.2°W) is a small rock spur extending north from Mount Durham at the northwest end of the Tapley Mountains, in the Queen Maud Mountains. The feature was visited in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named in association with Mount Durham.

Mount Durham
Mount Durham (-85.55°N, -151.2°W) is a mainly ice-free mountain, 860 m, standing at the east side of the mouth of Scott Glacier and marking the northwest limit of the Tapley Mountains in the Queen Maud Mountains. First observed in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould. The mountain was climbed in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and was named by Byrd after Durham, NH, seat of the University of New Hampshire and home of Stuart D.L. Paine, a member of the latter party.

Mount Durnford
Mount Durnford (-80.96667°N, 158.25°W) is a mountain, 2,715 m, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Mount Field in the Churchill Mountains. Discovered and named "Durnford Bluff" by the Discovery expedition (1901-04), for Admiral Sir John Durnford, a Junior Naval Lord who was of assistance to the expedition. The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960-61) remapped the feature and amended the name to Mount Durnford.

Duroch Islands
Duroch Islands (-63.3°N, -57.9°W) is a group of islands and rocks which extend over an area of about 3 nautical miles (6 km), centering about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Cape Legoupil, off the north coast of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837-40, who gave the name "Rocher Duroch" to one of the largest islands in the group. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), which charted the islands in 1946, recommended that the name Duroch be extended to include the entire group of islands. Named for Ensign Joseph Duroch of d'Urville's expedition ship, the Astrolabe. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Durrance Inlet
Durrance Inlet (-73.83333°N, -16.5°W) is an ice-filled inlet 10 nautical miles (18 km) north of Veststraumen Glacier along Princess Martha Coast. The inlet is 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, recedes 12 nautical miles (22 km), and opens to Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf. It was plotted by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from aerial photographs obtained by U.S. Navy Squadron VXE-6 in a November 5, 1967 reconnaissance flight over this coast. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Frank M. Durrance, Jr., U.S. Navy Reserve, navigator on that flight.

Duse Bay
Duse Bay (-63.53333°N, -57.25°W) is a bay indenting the south side of Trinity Peninsula between View Point and the west side of Tabarin Peninsula. Discovered by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson, of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04. Named by Nordenskjold, leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for Lieutenant S.A. Duse.

Mount Duse
Mount Duse (-54.26667°N, -36.48333°W) is a conspicuous mountain, 505 m, surmounting King Edward Point on the west side of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. Charted in 1902 by Lieutenant S.A. Duse, cartographer of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, for whom it is named.

Duseberg Buttress
Duseberg Buttress (-65.16667°N, -64.1°W) is a conspicuous rocky cone, 500 m, standing at the southwest side of Mount Scott on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition 1897-99 and named "Cap Duseberg" by Gerlache. Aerial photos show no cape, only a rock buttesss, evidently the feature Gerlache intended to name.

Dusky Ledge
Dusky Ledge (-80.03333°N, 156.95°W) is an area of relatively level exposed rock (c.1100 m) that forms the north part of Dusky Ridge in Britannia Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) is association with Dusky Ridge.

Dusky Ridge
Dusky Ridge (-80.08333°N, 157.03333°W) is an ice-free rock ridge, 9 nautical miles (17 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, between Lieske and Hinton Glaciers in the Britannia Range. Named "Dusky Mountains" by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58) because of the lack of snow on its slopes. The name was amended to Dusky Ridge following remapping of the feature by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62.

Dustin Island
Dustin Island (-72.56667°N, -94.8°W) is an island about 18 nautical miles (33 km) long, lying 15 nautical miles (28 km) southeast of Cape Annawan, Thurston Island. The feature forms the southeast limit of Seraph Bay. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd and other members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in a flight from the Bear on February 27, 1940. Named by Byrd for Frederick G. Dustin, member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35, and mechanic with the USAS, 1939-41. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Duthiers Point
Duthiers Point (-64.8°N, -62.81667°W) is a point forming the south side of the entrance to Andvord Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache, who named it "Cap Lacaze-Duthiers" for Felix Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers (1821-1901), French naturalist and authority on the anatomy of mollusks.

Duthoit Point
Duthoit Point (-62.31667°N, -58.83333°W) is a point which forms the east tip of Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The point appears on charts dating back to 1822. It was recharted by DI, 1934-35, and named after Arthur Duthoit, a draftsman in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office at the time.

Mount Duvall
Mount Duvall (-78.36667°N, 162.51667°W) is a named after Thomas L. Duvall, Jr.; has conducted research, along with John W. Harvey and Martin Pomerantz, in helioseismology at the South Pole since 1980.

Duyvis Point
Duyvis Point (-65.91667°N, -64.58333°W) is a point on the east side of Barilari Bay 11 nautical miles (20 km) south-southeast of Cape Garcia, on the west coast of Graham Land. First roughly charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Mapped more accurately 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) for F. Donker Duyvis, Dutch documentalist, Secretary of the International Federation for Documentation.

Dvergen Hill
Dvergen Hill (-72.21667°N, 0.78333°W) is a small, isolated rock hill about 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Fuglefjellet in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Dvergen (the dwarf).

Dvorak Ice Rise
Dvorak Ice Rise (-71.35°N, -72.76667°W) is an ice rise 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) in extent, rising above the ice of Mendelssohn Inlet in the southwest part of 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 Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Bohemian composer.

Dwyer Escarpment
Dwyer Escarpment (-70.63333°N, 165.4°W) is an ice-covered escarpment that overlooks the north coast of Victoria Land between Cooper Spur and Cape North. Mapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions), 1962, which gave the name after L.J. Dwyer, former Director of the Australian Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, a member of the ANARE Executive Planning Committee.

Dwyer Nunataks
Dwyer Nunataks (-68.21667°N, 58.45°W) is a scattered group of low peaks and ridges about 6 nautical miles (11 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Gjeita in the Hansen Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) after V. Dwyer, radio officer at Mawson Station in 1964, a member of one of the survey parties which carried out a tellurometer traverse passing through the Hansen Mountains in 1965.

Mount Dwyer
Mount Dwyer (-70.18333°N, 65.06667°W) is a mountain 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Dovers in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos. Named for V.J. Dwyer, radio operator at Mawson Station in 1964.

Dybvadskog Peak
Dybvadskog Peak (-79.31667°N, -86.35°W) is a sharp, somewhat isolated peak, 2,180 m, the westernmost of those rising above the ice surface just west of the south part of Founders Escarpment, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Olav Dybvadskog, Norwegian glaciologist, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverse of 1964-65.

Dyer Island
Dyer Island (-67.6°N, 62.86667°W) is a small island between Lee Island and Entrance Island in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Plotted from photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) after R. Dyer, cook at nearby Mawson station in 1960. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Dyer Plateau
Dyer Plateau (-70.5°N, -65°W) is a broad ice-covered upland of north-central Palmer Land, bounded to the north by Fleming Glacier and Bingham Glacier, and to the south by the Gutenko Mountains. The plateau was first explored on land and photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Named after J. Glenn Dyer, surveyor with the then General Land Office, Dept. of the Interior; leader of the USAS surface party which sledged from Fleming Glacier southeast across the plateau to the Welch Mountains; U.S. observer with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) during the 1956-57 season.

Dyer Point
Dyer Point (-71.88333°N, -100.61667°W) is an ice-covered point just west of Hughes Peninsula on the north coast of Thurston Island. First plotted from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for J.N. Dyer, radio engineer with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1933-35.

Mount Dyke
Mount Dyke (-67.58333°N, 49.41667°W) is a mountain, 1,100 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Mount Humble in the northeast part of the Raggatt Mountains. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Flying Officer G. Dyke, RAAF, pilot at Mawson station in 1960.

Dykeman Point
Dykeman Point (-71.55°N, -75.13333°W) is a snow-covered point between Rameau Inlet and Verdi Inlet, marking the northwest extremity of Pesce Peninsula, Alexander Island. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1967-68 and from Landsat imagery taken 1972-73. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Paul R. Dykeman, U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer, Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6), from May 1981 to May 1982.

Dykes Peak
Dykes Peak (-77.21667°N, 161.01667°W) is a peak (2,220 m) at the head of Victoria Upper Glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Skew Peak, in the Clare Range of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1947-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1974) for Leonard H. Dykes who was associated for nearly 20 years with the successive Antarctic co-ordinating committees within the U.S. Government.

Dyment Island
Dyment Island (-74.13333°N, -102.03333°W) is a small island lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of McKinzie Islands in the inner-central part of Cranton Bay. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Donald I. Dyment, U.S. Navy, cook at Byrd Station, 1967. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Dyna Hill
Dyna Hill (-72.36667°N, 0.66667°W) is a hill 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Kvithovden Peak in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Dyna (the dune).

Dynamite Island
Dynamite Island (-68.18333°N, -67°W) is a small, low, rocky island in Back Bay, lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) east of Stonington Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, who referred to it as Petrel Island; a name not approved because it duplicates an existing name in the Antarctic. The name Dynamite Island was proposed by Finn Ronne, leader of Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48. In 1947 it was necessary to dynamite a passage for the Port of Beaumont, Texas through the ice to the east of this island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Dyrdal Peak
Dyrdal Peak (-83.41667°N, -51.38333°W) is a peak, 1,820 m, standing at the southwest extremity of Saratoga Table, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west-northwest of Fierle Peak, in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Frederick F. Dyrdal, aviation structural mechanic at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957.

Dzema Peak
Dzema Peak (-85.75°N, -138°W) is a peak, 2,570 m, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) west-southwest of Mount Ratliff on the north side of Watson Escarpment. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (jg) John Dzema of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 who was at McMurdo Station the 1962-63 and 1963-64 seasons.

Mount Dzhalil'
Mount Dzhalil' (-72.01667°N, 14.6°W) is a small mountain, 2,510 m, in the Linnormen Hills of the Payer Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after Musa Dzhalil', Soviet poet.

Dziura Nunatak
Dziura Nunatak (-71.73333°N, 161.25°W) is an ice-free nunatak (1,480 m) located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Mount Remington in the northwest extremity of Helliwell Hills. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles S. Dziura, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at South Pole Station, 1967-68.