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Eadie Island
Eadie Island (-61.46667°N, -55.95°W) is an island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long which lies between Aspland and O'Brien Islands, in the South Shetland Islands. The island was charted in February 1821 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen, who gave the name "Ostrova Tri Brata" (three brothers islands) for the present Aspland, Eadie and O'Brien Islands. Eadie Island was named by Lieutenant L.C. Hill, Royal Navy Reserve, captain of the Discovery II, which engaged in survey work in the area in 1936-37, for the dockyard manager of the Melbourne Harbour Trust of Williamstown, Australia. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Eady Ice Piedmont
Eady Ice Piedmont (-78.51667°N, 165.33333°W) is the ice piedmont lying south of Mount Discovery and Minna Bluff, merging at the south side with the Ross Ice Shelf. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air phtos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 for Captain Jack A. Eady, U.S. Navy, Chief of Staff to the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, from July 1959 to April 1962.

Eagle Cove
Eagle Cove (-63.4°N, -57°W) is a small cove immediately west of Seal Point along the south side of Hope Bay, at the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by J. Gunnar Andersson's party of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, who wintered at Hope Bay in 1903. Named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) after the ship Eagle, which participated in the establishment of the FIDS base at Hope Bay in 1945.

Eagle Island
Eagle Island (-63.66667°N, -57.48333°W) is an island 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, rising to 560 m on the northeast side. It is the largest island in the archipelago which lies between Trinity Peninsula and Vega Island. Probably first seen by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04. Eagle Island was charted in 1945 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named after the ship Eagle, used by the FIDS. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Earle Island
Earle Island (-63.48333°N, -54.78333°W) is a small island 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Darwin Island and marking the southwest end of Danger Islands, q.v. Following work in the area from HMS about 1790), artist in HMS Beagle, in association with Beagle Island and other names in the group.   == See also ==  * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Early Bluff
Early Bluff (-75.21667°N, -113.95°W) is a high bluff on the south side of Kohler Range in Marie Byrd Land. It stands at the east side of Kohler Glacier at the point where this distributary drains northward from Smith Glacier. 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) after Thomas O. Early, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist with the Marie Byrd Land Survey Party, 1966-67.

Early Islands
Early Islands (-73.66667°N, -101.66667°W) is a group of small islands lying just west of Cosgrove Ice Shelf in the southeast corner of Ferrero Bay, Amundsen Sea. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Tommy Joe Early, biologist with the Ellsworth Land Survey, 1968-69. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Early
Mount Early (-87.06667°N, -153.76667°W) is a solitary volcanic cone (2,720 m) standing 13 nautical miles (24 km) north of D'Angelo Bluff, on the west side and near the head of Scott Glacier. Discovered in December 1934 from nearby Mount Weaver by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party led by Quin Blackburn. Visited by the Ohio State University geological party led by George Doumani on November 21, 1962. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Captain Neal E. Early, USA, a member of the aviation unit that supported the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Topo East survey of this area, 1962-63.

Earnshaw Glacier
Earnshaw Glacier (-68.75°N, -65.18333°W) is a glacier 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing northward to the east of Norwood Scarp and entering Maitland Glacier to the south of Werner Peak, in eastern Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on September 28, 1940. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in January 1961. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829), English watchmaker who made innovations leading to the modern marine chronometer.

East Aisle Ridge
East Aisle Ridge (-78.35°N, 163.38333°W) is a named from the position of the ridge in a group of three ridges in relation to The Stage.

East Arm
East Arm (-67.6°N, 62.88333°W) is a rock mass forming the eastern limit of Horseshoe Harbor in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Roughly mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Rephotographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. First visited by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party on February 5, 1954. Named by ANARE.

East Bay
East Bay (-54.06667°N, -37.15°W) is a bay, 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) wide, indenting the east portion of Prince Olav Harbor, South Georgia. The name, which is descriptive of position, was given by a British expedition under Shackleton which visited South Georgia in 1921-22.

East Beacon
East Beacon (-77.83333°N, 160.86667°W) is the prominent eastern peak, rising to 2,265 m in Beacon Heights, in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. Named East Beacon by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59.

East Budd Island
East Budd Island (-67.58333°N, 62.85°W) is the eastern of two larger islands at the north end of the Flat Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, who named the northern islands Flatoynalane (the flat island needles). This island was named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Dr. G.M. Budd, medical officer at Mawson Station in 1959. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

East Cape
East Cape (-60.63333°N, -45.18333°W) is a cape 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km) southeast of Cape Bennett on the north coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered and roughly charted in the course of the joint cruise by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer in December 1821. Named by DI personnel on the Discovery II who charted the South Orkney Islands in 1933. It is the easternmost cape on the north coast of Coronation Island.

East Egerton
East Egerton (-80.83333°N, 158.1°W) is a prominent peak, 2,815 m, rising 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Mount Egerton in the Churchill Mountains. Mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960-61) and named in association with Mount Egerton.

East Groin
East Groin (-77.65°N, 160.95°W) is a narrow rock spur that forms the east wall of Flory Cirque on the south side of Asgard Range, Victoria Land. The descriptive name was given by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1976 and is in association with the nearby West Groin, named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) under Captain Robert F. Scott.

East Melchior Islands
East Melchior Islands (-64.31667°N, -62.91667°W) is a group of small ice-covered islands and rocks which lie east of The Sound in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The islands west of The Sound are called West Melchior Islands. The name was probably given by DI personnel who roughly charted these islands in 1927. The islands were surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

East Ongul Island
East Ongul Island (-69.01667°N, 39.58333°W) is an island, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying immediately east of the north part of Ongul Island at the east side of the entrance of Lutzow-Holm Bay. This island was originally mapped as a part of Ongul Island by Norwegian cartographers who worked from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. A strait separating this island from Ongul Island was discovered in 1957 by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE). They named this small island for its position with relation to Ongul Island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

East Point
East Point (-54.18333°N, -36.53333°W) is a point between Jason Harbor and Allen Bay in Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. The point was charted and probably named by DI between 1926-29.

East Quartzite Range
East Quartzite Range (-72°N, 165.08333°W) is a range, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, forming a subordinate southwest unit of King Range, in the Concord Mountains. It lies 5 nautical miles (9 km) east of West Quartzite Range. Named by the Northern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, after the distinctive geological formation of the feature.

East Skerry
East Skerry (-54.25°N, -36.3°W) is a small group of islands and rocks forming the east part of Skrap Skerries, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Cape George, off the north coast of South Georgia. The name was applied in the period 1926-30 by DI personnel who charted these islands.

East Stack
East Stack (-67.08333°N, 58.2°W) is a coastal rock outcrop which rises to 60 m on the east side of Hoseason Glacier, 16 nautical miles (30 km) southeast of Edward VIII Bay. Discovered in February 1936 by DI personnel on the Willam Scoresby, and probably so named by them for its distinctive appearance and association with nearby West Stack.

Eastface Nunatak
Eastface Nunatak (-78.7°N, 163.63333°W) is a small nunatak about 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of Mount Morning in Victoria Land. It is ice covered with a conspicuous rock face on the east side. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Given this descriptive name by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963.

Mount Eastman
Mount Eastman (-65.16667°N, -62.98333°W) is a mountain overlooking the head of Flandres Bay, 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Pelletan Point on the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for George Eastman (1854-1932), American inventor, manufacturer and philanthropist who, with W.H. Walker, produced the first practicable photographic rollfilm camera (Kodak) in 1888.

Eastwind Glacier
Eastwind Glacier (-77.61667°N, 168.26667°W) is a glacier that drains part of the south slopes of Mount Terror in southeast Ross Island. It flows southwest and coalesces with the east margin of Terror Glacier where the two glaciers enter Fog Bay. In association with the names of expedition ships grouped on this island, named after USCGC Eastwind. An icebreaker, "she" made nine Antarctic deployments in support of science activities from U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1955-56, through the 1966-67 season.

Eastwind Ridge
Eastwind Ridge (-76.6°N, 160.78333°W) is a broad, partially ice-covered ridge about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long between the Chattahoochee and Towle Glaciers in the Convoy Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for the USCGC Eastwind, an icebreaker in several American convoys into McMurdo Sound since the 1958-59 season.

Mount Eather
Mount Eather (-70.48333°N, 65.83333°W) is a mountain about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Martin Massif in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos. Named for R.H. Eather, auroral physicist at Mawson Station in 1963.

Eaton Nunatak
Eaton Nunatak (-75.16667°N, -72°W) is a prominent nunatak marking the southeast extremity of the 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 John W. Eaton, aurora scientist at Eights Station in 1963.

Ebbe Glacier
Ebbe Glacier (-71.05°N, 164.75°W) is a tributary glacier about 60 nautical miles (110 km) long, draining northwest from the Homerun Range and Robinson Heights, and then west-northwest between Everett Range and Anare Mountains into Lillie Glacier. This feature saddles with Tucker Glacier, the latter draining southeast to the Ross Sea. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and air photos by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Gordon K. Ebbe, commanding officer of Squadron VX-6 from June 1955 to June 1956.

Eblen Hills
Eblen Hills (-85.85°N, -133.46667°W) is a cluster of precipitous rock hills, 1,640 m, rising just north of the mouth of Colorado Glacier where the latter enters the west side of Reedy Glacier. 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 James C. Eblen, aviation machinist with the McMurdo Station winter party of 1959, a participant in several U.S. Navy Deep Freeze expeditions.

Ebon Pond
Ebon Pond (-77.18333°N, 165.18333°W) is a pond located in the southwest extremity of Brown Peninsula in Victoria Land. First studied on the ground by U.S. geologist Troy L. Pewe during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1957-58. So named by him because of the black volcanic terrain which entirely surrounds the pond.

Ebony Ridge
Ebony Ridge (-83.76667°N, 172.76667°W) is a coastal ridge 5 nautical miles (9 km) long between Airdrop Peak and Mount Robert Scott at the north end of the Commonwealth Range. It consists of dark metamorphosed greywacke contrasting sharply with the predominate brown ochre of the weathered surface of the granitic intrusions forming nearby Mounts Kyffin and Harcourt. Descriptively named by the New Zealand Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition, 1959-60.

Ebony Wall
Ebony Wall (-63.91667°N, -59.15°W) is a dark, nearly vertical rock wall which rises about 400 m at the head of Pettus Glacier. The wall is about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long and forms a part of the west escarpment of Detroit Plateau near the base of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who applied the descriptive name.

Echelmeyer Ice Stream
Echelmeyer Ice Stream (-79.16667°N, -150°W) is an ice stream flowing west to Shirase Coast to the north of MacAyeal Ice Stream. It is one of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice streams were investigated and mapped by United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) personnel in a number of field seasons from 1983-84 and named Ice Stream A, B, C, etc., according to their position from south to north. The name was changed by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 2002 to honor Keith A. Echelmeyer, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, who studied the flow of Marie Byrd Land ice streams, 1992-93 and 1994-95, as well as fast flow of surging glaciers in Alaska and Greenland.

Echo Mountain
Echo Mountain (-60.61667°N, -45.68333°W) is a conspicuous mountain, 790 m, surmounting the west side of Laws Glacier close north of Cragsman Peaks on Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named by them because of the remarkable echoing noted in this part of Laws Glacier.

Echo Pass
Echo Pass (-54.28333°N, -36.55°W) is a pass, 305 m in elevation, lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southwest of Grytviken, South Georgia, in the chain of mountains which extends southwest from Mount Hodges. The pass provides a ski route from the station at Grytviken to the head of Cumberland West Bay. The name is used on the chart of a German expedition 1928-29, under Kohl-Larsen, who states that the name was already in use by whalers.

Eckener Point
Eckener Point (-64.43333°N, -61.6°W) is a point marking the northeast side of the entrance to Charlotte Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. First roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Hugo Eckener (1868-1954), German pioneer of airship aviation, president of Aeroarctic, an international society for exploration of the Arctic with airships, 1929-37, who piloted the Graf Zeppelin for more than 600 flights including a major Arctic flight in 1931.

Eckhorner Peaks
Eckhorner Peaks (-71.51667°N, 11.45°W) is a series of about six peaks that form the north wall of Schussel Cirque, in the north-central Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and given the descriptive name Eck-Horner (corner peaks) by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39, under Ritscher.

Eckins Nunatak
Eckins Nunatak (-85.11667°N, -175.85°W) is a small, isolated nunatak lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Matador Mountain, in the east part of Shackleton Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Henry J. Eckins, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at South Pole Station, winter 1961.

Eckman Bluff
Eckman Bluff (-74.78333°N, -110.36667°W) is an angular bluff, mostly ice covered but with a steep southeast rock face, rising to about 350 m in the south part of Jones Bluffs, Bear Peninsula, on the Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Commander James F. Eckman, USCG, Engineer Officer on USCGC Burton Island, 1970-71; (Executive Officer, 1975-76); Ship Operations Officer on the staff of the Commander, Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1977-78 and 1978-79.

Ecology Glacier
Ecology Glacier (-62.18333°N, -58.46667°W) is a glacier flowing northeast into Admiralty Bay, King George Island, north of Llano Point. Named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after the Institute of Ecology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, sponsor of nearby  Arcktowski Station.

Eddy Col
Eddy Col (-63.43333°N, -57.1°W) is a steep-sided rocky col between Mount Taylor and Blade Ridge, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southwest of the head of Hope Bay on Trinity Peninsula. Surveyed in 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who applied the descriptive name; the wind direction varies continually in this col.

Eddy Point
Eddy Point (-62.23333°N, -58.98333°W) is a small point on the south side of Fildes Peninsula, 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) west of Halfthree Point on King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1935. The feature is used as a reference point for locating the rocks which lie along the route of boats passing through Fildes Strait.

Eddystone Rocks
Eddystone Rocks (-62.6°N, -61.38333°W) is a group of rocks lying 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) west-southwest of Start Point, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name dates back to about 1822 and is now established in international usage.

Eden Glacier
Eden Glacier (-66.2°N, -63.25°W) is a glacier 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, which flows in a southerly direction into the head of Cabinet Inlet, northwest of Lyttelton Ridge, 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 Rt. Hon. Robert Anthony Eden, M.P., then British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and member of the War Cabinet.

Eden Rocks
Eden Rocks (-63.48333°N, -55.66667°W) is a two rocks lying just off the east end of Dundee Island, off the north end of Antarctic Peninsula. A small island was reported here by Captain James Ross, Royal Navy, on December 30, 1842. He named it "Eden Island" for Captain Charles Eden, RN. Following survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953, it was reported that the feature consists of two rocks lying close together.

Edge Glacier
Edge Glacier (-82.48333°N, -51.11667°W) is a small cliff-type glacier draining northward into Davis Valley in northeast Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joseph L. Edge, photographer with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 on Operation Deep Freeze 1963 and 1964.

Edge Rocks
Edge Rocks (-83.98333°N, -52.91667°W) is a two rock exposures at the southeast margin of Iroquois Plateau, 11 nautical miles (20 km) east of Hill Nunatak, in the Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Given this name by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) because of their fringe position with relation to Iroquois Plateau.

Edgell Bay
Edgell Bay (-62.26667°N, -58.98333°W) is a bay 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long and wide, indenting the northeast side of Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This bay appears in rough outline on Powell's chart of the South Shetland Islands published in 1822. It was recharted during 1934-35 by DI personnel on the Augustine Edgell, RN.

Mount Edgell
Mount Edgell (-69.43333°N, -68.26667°W) is a mountain, 1,675 m, rising eastward of Cape Jeremy, the east side of the north entrance to George VI Sound, on the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10. Seen from a great distance and thought to be an island, he named it "Ile Gordon Bennett" for James Gordon Bennett (1841-1918) of the New York Herald, who gave financial aid to the expedition. The British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, surveying this area in 1936-37 and finding no island, applied the name Mount Edgell to the feature now recognized as Charcot's "Ile Gordon Bennett." The name Mount Edgell, after Sir John Augustine Edgell, Hydrographer of the British Navy, 1932-45, has since become established through international usage.

Edgeworth Glacier
Edgeworth Glacier (-64.38333°N, -59.91667°W) is a glacier 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, flowing southwest from the edge of Detroit Plateau below Wolseley Buttress to the ice shelf west of Sobral Peninsula, Graham Land. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Richard L. Edgeworth (1744-1817), English inventor of the "portable railway," the first track-laying vehicle, in 1770.

Edholm Point
Edholm Point (-66.25°N, -67.06667°W) is the northwestern point of Krogh Island, Biscoe Islands. Mapped from air photos by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956-57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Otto G. Edholm, British physiologist, Head of the Division of Human Physiology of the National Institute for Medical Research since its foundation in 1949, who has specialized in studies of the effects of cold on man.

Edinburgh Hill
Edinburgh Hill (-62.55°N, -60.01667°W) is a conspicuous volcanic knob forming the north side of the entrance to Moon Bay in the east part of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Photographed and named by Scottish geologist David Ferguson in 1913-14. The feature was renamed High Point in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II but the original name has been approved.

Edisto Channel
Edisto Channel (-66.08333°N, 100.83333°W) is a channel, whose south end is filled by Edisto Ice Tongue. It extends in a NE-SW direction between the Taylor Islands and the northwest islands of the Highjump Archipelago on the west, and the Bunger Hills, Thomas Island, and the remaining islands in the Highjump Archipelago on the east. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the USS which assisted in establishing astronomical control stations along Wilhelm II, Queen Mary, Knox and Budd Coasts.

Edisto Glacier
Edisto Glacier (-72.45°N, 169.88333°W) is a glacier flowing northeast between Felsite Island and Redcastle Ridge into the head of Edisto Inlet. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, for the USS Edisto, first vessel to visit the Edisto Inlet area.

Edisto Ice Tongue
Edisto Ice Tongue (-66.16667°N, 100.66667°W) is an ice tongue along the northwest margin of Bunger Hills where it occupies the southwestern portion of Edisto Channel, in the Highjump Archipelago. The ice tongue is a seaward extension of the flow of Apfel Glacier as well as part of the main flow of Scott Glacier. Mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Edisto Channel.

Edisto Inlet
Edisto Inlet (-72.33333°N, 170.08333°W) is a rectangular arm of Moubray Bay, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, entered between Cape Hallett and Cape Christie. The USS this branch of Moubray Bay in February 1956, and the name Edisto Bay was given at that time. Edisto Inlet has overtaken the earlier name in usage.

Edisto Rocks
Edisto Rocks (-68.21667°N, -67.13333°W) is a low rocks 1.2 nautical miles (2.2 km) southwest of the west tip of Neny Island, lying in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land. Surveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for the USS Edisto, icebreaker with U.S. Navy Operation Windmill, which visited Marguerite Bay in February 1948 and assisted in the relief of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) and FIDS parties on Stonington Island.

Mount Edixon
Mount Edixon (-71.81667°N, 163.58333°W) is a mountain, 2,080 m, located 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Bowers Peak in the Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, for Lieutenant James R. Edixon, pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, who, with considerable willingness and skill, was responsible for the expedition's air support.

Edlin Neve
Edlin Neve (-71.16667°N, 163.1°W) is a neve at the south side of Mount Sturm in the Bowers Mountains. Several glaciers, including the Carryer, Irwin, McLin and Graveson, are nourished by this neve. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1967-68, for G. Edlin, who served as postmaster at Scott Base and assisted in the field during this expedition.

Edman Island
Edman Island (-66.3°N, 110.53333°W) is an island near the center of O'Brien Bay, Budd Coast. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Donald H. Edman, ionospheric scientist and member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Edmonson Point
Edmonson Point (-74.33333°N, 165.13333°W) is a rounded, largely ice-free point lying below Mount Melbourne along the west side of Wood Bay, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Larry D. Edmonson, satellite geodesy scientist at McMurdo Station, winter party 1966.

Mount Edred
Mount Edred (-70.58333°N, -69°W) is a prominent ice-covered mountain, 2,195 m, which stands 10 nautical miles (18 km) inland from George VI Sound and marks the south limit of Douglas Range on Alexander Island. First photographed from the air on November 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Its east side was roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) and resurveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the FIDS for Edred, Saxon king of England, 946-955. The west face of the mountain was mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960.

Edson Hills
Edson Hills (-79.83333°N, -83.65°W) is a group of mainly ice-free hills lying south of Drake Icefall and west of Union Glacier in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962-63, for Dean T. Edson, United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic engineer with the party.

Edward Ridge
Edward Ridge (-67.25°N, 55.56667°W) is a gently rising, snow-covered ridge standing 13 nautical miles (24 km) northwest of Rayner Peak in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1959. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Edward Nash, aircraft mechanic with the ANARE (Nella Dan), under Phillip Law in 1965.

Edward VII Peninsula
Edward VII Peninsula (-77.66667°N, -155°W) is a large ice-covered peninsula which forms the northwest extremity of Marie Byrd Land and projects into the Ross Sea between Sulzberger Bay and the northeast corner of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered on January 30, 1902, by the Discovery expedition under Scott, who named it King Edward VII Land for the King of England. Its peninsular character was determined by exploration conducted by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933-35) and the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41).

Edward VIII Bay
Edward VIII Bay (-66.83333°N, 57°W) is a bay about 20 nautical miles (37 km) in extent, entered between Edward VIII Plateau and the Oygarden Group. Discovered in 1936 by DI personnel on the William Scoresby, and named for Edward VIII, then King of England.

Edward VIII Ice Shelf
Edward VIII Ice Shelf (-66.83333°N, 56.55°W) is an ice shelf occupying the head of Edward VIII Bay. The northern part of this feature was called Innviksletta (the inner bay plain) by Norwegian cartographers, who mapped it from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. The area was first visited in 1954 by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) sledge party. The entire ice shelf was then mapped and named in association with Edward VIII Bay.

Edward VIII Plateau
Edward VIII Plateau (-66.58333°N, 56.83333°W) is a dome-shaped, ice-covered peninsula between Magnet Bay and Edward VIII Bay. Probably seen by personnel on the William Scoresby in 1936. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Gulfplataet (the gulf plateau). It was renamed King Edward Plateau by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA), but the form Edward VIII Plateau has been approved by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) to be consistent with the names of nearby Edward VIII Bay and Ice Shelf.

Mount Edward
Mount Edward (-75.2°N, -69.55°W) is a prominent rock mountain (1,635 m) located centrally along the south margin of the Sweeney Mountains, in eastern Ellsworth Land. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Ronne, who named this summit for Commander Edward C. Sweeney, U.S. Navy Reserve, a contributor to the expedition.

Edwards Gap
Edwards Gap (-71.25°N, -70.33333°W) is a pass at about 500 m through the Walton Mountains, southward of Mount McArthur, on Alexander Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Christopher W. Edwards, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist at Stonington Island, 1973-75, who mapped this area.

Edwards Glacier
Edwards Glacier (-71.58333°N, 160.5°W) is a glacier draining the east slopes of Daniels Range between Thompson Spur and Schroeder Spur, in the Usarp 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 Lloyd N. Edwards, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68.

Edwards Island
Edwards Island, now correctly renamed Wynne-Edwards Island(-65.58333°N, -64.31667°W) is the second largest and innermost of the group of islands lying in the entrance to Leroux Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1955-57. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Lieutenant Cecil J.C. Wynne-Edwards, Royal Navy, leader of a hydrographic survey unit in the area, 1956-57 and 1957-58. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Edwards Islands
Edwards Islands (-66.85°N, 50.48333°W) is a group of islands in the east side of Amundsen Bay, about 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southwest of Mount Oldfield in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for T. Edwards, assistant diesel mechanic at Wilkes station in 1960. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Edwards Islands (Canisteo Peninsula)
Edwards Islands (-73.88333°N, -103.13333°W) is a group of about 20 small islands, mostly ice free, lying off the southwest tip of Canisteo Peninsula in Amundsen Sea. Plotted from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for "Z" "T" Edwards, chief quartermaster on the USS this area in February 1960. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Edwards Nunatak
Edwards Nunatak (-70.76667°N, 65.7°W) is a nunatak with two small rock outliers, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Mount Kizaki in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for D.R. Edwards radio technician at Mawson Station in 1969, who took part in the Prince Charles Mountains Survey in 1969.

Edwards Peninsula
Edwards Peninsula (-72°N, -97.66667°W) is an ice-covered peninsula about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, between Murphy and Koether Inlets on the north side of Thurston Island. Delineated from aerial photographs made by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946 and by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Donald L. Edwards, navigator of USS Burton Island on the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition to this area in February 1960.

Edwards Pillar
Edwards Pillar (-73.08333°N, 66.33333°W) is a large rock pillar on the western face of Mount Stinear, Prince Charles Mountains. The feature is in the vicinity of a geodetic survey station established by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1971. Named for N.F. Edwards, a surveyor with the party.

Edwards Point
Edwards Point (-62.48333°N, -59.5°W) is a point which marks the south extremity of Robert Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted in 1935 by DI personnel on the 1948 Admiralty chart based upon this survey.

Edwards Spur
Edwards Spur (-75.98333°N, -135.3°W) is a spur with a small rock exposure along its crest, located on the lower northwest slopes of Mount Moulton in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Alvah G. Edwards, CD1, U.S. Navy, Construction Driver with the Army-Navy Trail Party that traversed eastward from Little America V to establish Byrd Station in 1956.

Mount Edwards
Mount Edwards (-76.85°N, -144.11667°W) is a mountain 5 nautical miles (9 km) east-southeast of Morris Peak in the Denfeld Mountains of the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) led by R. Admiral R.E. Byrd. Named for Leroy P. Edwards who acted as financial advisor to Admiral Byrd with regard to funds for the early Byrd expeditions.

Mount Egbert
Mount Egbert (-69.95°N, -69.61667°W) is a mainly ice-covered mountain, 2,895 m, 8 nautical miles (15 km) south-southeast of Mount Stephenson in the Douglas Range of Alexander Island. Possibly first seen in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, but not recognized as a part of Alexander Island. Surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named the mountain for Egbert, Saxon king of England, 802-839.

Mount Ege
Mount Ege (-83.56667°N, -55.88333°W) is a mountain, 1,350 m, between Berquist and Drury Ridges in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John R. Ege, geologist with the Neptune Range field party, 1963-64.

Egeberg Glacier
Egeberg Glacier (-71.56667°N, 169.83333°W) is a small glacier between Scott Keltie Glacier and Dugdale Glacier, flowing into the west side of Robertson Bay, Victoria Land. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Consul Westye Egeberg of Christiania (now Oslo), Norway.

Mount Egerton
Mount Egerton (-80.83333°N, 157.91667°W) is a mountain, 2,830 m, rising 3 nautical miles (6 km) north-northwest of Mount Field in the Churchill Mountains. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and named for Admiral Sir George Le Clerc Egerton, a member of the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76, one of Scott's advisors for this expedition.

Egg Island
Egg Island (-63.68333°N, -57.7°W) is a circular island 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) in diameter and 310 m high, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Tail Island in the northeast part of Prince Gustav Channel. Probably first seen by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04. It was charted in 1945 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it because of its relative position to Tail, Eagle and Beak Islands. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Lake Eggers
Lake Eggers (-78.1°N, 165.41667°W) is an ice-covered lake, 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, located just east of Rainbow Ridge in central Brown Peninsula, Scott Coast, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after Alan J. Eggers, Department of Geology, Victoria University of Wellington, who, in December 1975 as a member of Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), sampled the Scallop Hill Formation at the north end of Brown Peninsula.

Egil Peak
Egil Peak (-72.4°N, 1.3°W) is a peak, 2,640 m, at the east side of Isingen Mountain, 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). Named for Egil Rogstad, chief radio operator with the NBSAE.

Egress Peak
Egress Peak (-81.4°N, 158.9°W) is a peak rising to 1690 m 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Mount Albert Markham, Churchill Mountains. Situated at the west extremity of Carlstrom Foothills, the peak overlooks a 1400-m ice divide. Benbrook Glacier flows south from the divide into Flynn Glacier; an unnamed glacier flows north from the divide into Jorda Glacier. So named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) because of the emergence of the two glaciers adjacent to this peak.

Ehlers Knob
Ehlers Knob (-72.58333°N, -95.15°W) is a small but conspicuous ice-covered knob which surmounts the west part of the north coast of Dustin Island. The knob was photographed from helicopters of the Burton Island and February 1960. It was visited and surveyed by a party from the Ehlers, field assistant at Byrd Station, 1966-67.

Mount Ehrenspeck
Mount Ehrenspeck (-84.76667°N, -175.58333°W) is an one of the Cathedral Peaks, a group of summits that form a portion of the wall on the east side of Shackleton Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. This peak (2,090 m) stands 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Mount Kenney. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Helmut Ehrenspeck, geologist with the Ohio State University Party of 1970-71 which geologically mapped this vicinity.

Eichorst Island
Eichorst Island (-64.78333°N, -64.06667°W) is a small island whose west end is deeply cleft into three parts, giving the appearance of three separate rocks at high tide, lying between Shortcut Island and Surge Rocks off the southwest coast of Anvers Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Marvin H. (Ike) Eichorst of Glenview, IL, licensed operator of amateur radio station W9RUK who handled radio traffic between points in the United States and Palmer Station during the period 1964-72. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Eidsgavlen Cliff
Eidsgavlen Cliff (-71.68333°N, 11.7°W) is a cliff 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Eidshaugane Peaks in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and photographed by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Eidsgavlen (the isthmus gable).

Eidshaugane Peaks
Eidshaugane Peaks (-71.66667°N, 11.76667°W) is a group of peaks 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Eidsgavlen Cliff in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and photographed by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Eidshaugane (the isthmus hills).

Eielson Peninsula
Eielson Peninsula (-70.58333°N, -61.75°W) is a rugged, mainly snow-covered peninsula, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long in an east-west direction and averaging 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, lying between Smith Inlet and Lehrke Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. The rocky north wall of this peninsula is probably the feature which, on his flight of December 20, 1928, Sir Hubert Wilkins sighted and named "Cape Eielson" from a position above Stefansson Strait (Wilkins gave the name to the farthest south rock outcrop seen from this position). This rock wall is conspicuous in the aerial photographs of the peninsula taken by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940 from an aerial position at the north side of Stefansson Strait. The peninsula is named for Carl B. Eielson, pilot on Wilkins' flight of 1928.

Eights Coast
Eights Coast (-73.5°N, -96°W) is that portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Waite and Phrogner Point. This coast is bordered by Thurston Island, Abbot Ice Shelf and some islands within the ice shelf. It was sighted by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in flights from the ship from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by US-SCAN for James Eights of Albany, NY, geologist on the Annawan in 1830, who carried on geologic investigations in the South Shetland Islands, and who cruised westward on the Annawan, in company with the Penguin, to 103�W. Eights, the earliest American scientist in the Antarctic, discovered the first known fossils in the Antarctic region, a tree section, in the South Shetland Islands. As a result of these investigations Eights, in 1833, published in the Transactions of the Albany Institute (Vol. 2) what proved to be remarkably accurate observations and conclusions on the natural phenomena of the region.

Eijkman Point
Eijkman Point (-65.61667°N, -64.16667°W) is the extremity of a rocky spur projecting into Leroux Bay from the west coast of Graham Land, 4 nautical miles (7 km) south-southeast of Nunez Point. First mapped by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill 1934-37. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Christiaan Eijkman (1858-1930), Dutch biologist, who in 1890-97 first produced experimental beriberi and initiated work on its prevention.

Eilefsen Peak
Eilefsen Peak (-76.86667°N, -146.41667°W) is a peak in the northeast part of Radford Island, lying in Sulzberger Ice Shelf off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The peak was probably seen on an aerial flight by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-30). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Albert Eilefsen, driver with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933-35).

Eilers Peak
Eilers Peak (-80.06667°N, 159.46667°W) is a prominent peak (c.1500 m) located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) north-northwest of Rand Peak in central Nebraska Peaks. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after D.H. Eilers of the Ross Ice Shelf Management Office, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciological party during RISP, 1974-75 field season.

Eillium Island
Eillium Island (-60.7°N, -44.85°W) is a small island 1.2 nautical miles (2.2 km) northwest of Route Point, the northwest tip of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was first seen and roughly charted by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer during their joint cruise in 1821. Recharted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Dr. William S. Bruce, who named it for his son Eillium. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Einstoding Islands
Einstoding Islands (-67.46667°N, 61.68333°W) is a group of three small islands, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the Stanton 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 Einstodingane. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Einstodingen Island
Einstodingen Island (-69.65°N, 38.83333°W) is a lone island lying 10 nautical miles (18 km) east of Padda Island in southern Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Einstodingen (the hermit) because of its isolated position. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Einthoven Hill
Einthoven Hill (-64.23333°N, -62.15°W) is a hill 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Mitchell Point on the east side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. 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 Willem Einthoven (1860-1927), Dutch inventor of the electrocardiograph.

Eisberg Head
Eisberg Head (-75.2°N, -110.45°W) is a headland consisting of steep cliffs marked by rocky exposures, located just west of the mouth of Vane Glacier on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The headland is the north extremity of a mountainous ridge descending from the central part of the Mount Murphy massif 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 Commander (later Capt.) Harry B. Eisberg, U.S. Navy, Staff Medical Officer on Operation Highjump, 1946-47.

Eisenhower Range
Eisenhower Range (-74.25°N, 162.25°W) is a majestic mountain range, about 45 nautical miles (80 km) long and rising to 3,070 m, which rises between Reeves Neve on the west, Reeves Glacier on the south, and Priestley Glacier on the north and east, in Victoria Land. The range is flat topped and descends gradually to Reeves Neve, but is steep cliffed and marked by sharp spurs along the Priestley Glacier. The range was probably observed by most early expeditions due to its prominence as viewed from the Ross Sea. It was mapped in detail by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was President of the United States in 1954, at the time when the U.S. Navy's Operation Deep Freeze expeditions to Antarctica were initiated.

Eisner Peak
Eisner Peak (-68.83333°N, -65.75°W) is a peak rising to 1,525 m at the west side of the terminus of Sumner Glacier, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south-southeast of Mount Blunt, on the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. The peak was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947, and U.S. Navy, 1966, and was surveyed from the ground by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1960-61. Named in 1977 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Glen Eisner, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist, Palmer Station, 1975.

Mount Eissinger
Mount Eissinger (-70.03333°N, -67.73333°W) is a large ridge-like mountain at the north side of Riley Glacier on the west side of Palmer Land. The feature has a snow-topped upper surface, bare rock cliffs along the north side, and an impressive rectangular rock buttress rises in an unbroken, near-vertical sweep from the glacier to 500 m at the west end. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Karlheinz Eissinger, USGS topographic engineer with the Ellsworth Land Survey party, 1968-69.

Ekblad Glacier
Ekblad Glacier (-83.06667°N, 167.28333°W) is a glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing from the east slopes of the Holland Range into Wise Bay, Ross Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for A. Ekblad, Master of the USNS Wyandot during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1964 and 1965.

Mount Ekblaw
Mount Ekblaw (-77.31667°N, -141.8°W) is a mountain, 1,235 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Mount Van Valkenburg in the east part of the Clark Mountains in Marie Byrd Land. Discovered on aerial flights from the West Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940 and named for W.E. Ekblaw, professor of geography at Clark University and a member of the Crocker Land Expedition in the Arctic (1913-17).

Ekelof Point
Ekelof Point (-64.23333°N, -57.2°W) is a high rocky point which lies 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Cape Gage and marks the north side of the entrance to Markham Bay on the east side of James Ross Island. First seen and surveyed by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901-04, who named it Kap Ekelof after Dr. Eric Ekelof, medical officer of the expedition. Resurveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953. Point is considered a more suitable descriptive term for this feature than cape.

Ekesteinen Rock
Ekesteinen Rock (-71.76667°N, 10.76667°W) is an isolated rock 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Smirnov Peak, Shcherbakov Range, at the east end of the Orvin Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Ekesteinen (the spoke stone).

Ekho Mountain
Ekho Mountain (-71.46667°N, 15.43333°W) is a mountain, 1,690 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Vorposten Peak in the Lomonosov Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and roughly plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named Gora Ekho (Echo Mountain).

Eklund Islands
Eklund Islands (-73.26667°N, -71.83333°W) is a group of islands which rise through the ice near the southwest end of George VI Sound. The largest island, 5 nautical miles (9 km) in extent and rising to 410 m, was discovered in December 1940 by Finn Ronne and Carl R. Eklund of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) during their 1,097-mile sledge journey south from Stonington Island to the southwest part of George VI Sound and return. At that time this large island, named by Ronne for Eklund, ornithologist and assistant biologist of the expedition was the only land protruding above an area of hummocky ice. V.E. Fuchs and R.J. Adie of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) sledged to the southwest part of George VI Sound in 1949, at which time, because of a recession of the ice in the sound, they were able to determine that the island discovered by Ronne and Eklund is the largest of a group of mainly ice-covered islands. On the basis of original discovery, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) recommends that the name Eklund be applied to the island group rather than the single island discovered by Ronne and Eklund. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Ekspress Nunatak
Ekspress Nunatak (-71.8°N, 2.88333°W) is an isolated nunatak 10 nautical miles (18 km) north of Stabben Mountain in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norsk Polarinstitutt from air photography of 1951-52 and 1958-59. Also mapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961 and named Gora Ekspress (express hill).

Ekstrom Ice Shelf
Ekstrom Ice Shelf (-71°N, -8°W) is the ice shelf lying between Sorasen Ridge and Halvfarryggen Ridge, on the coast of Queen Maud Land. First mapped by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1949-52. Named for Bertil Ekstrom, Swedish mechanical engineer with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) he was driving plunged over the edge of Quar Ice Shelf, February 24, 1951.

El Pulgar
El Pulgar (-71.48333°N, 161.76667°W) is a precipitous granite monolith (1,660 m) standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Berg Peak in northern Morozumi Range. The feature was climbed by four members of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1967-68, who gave the name El Pulgar (Spanish for "the thumb").

El-Sayed Glacier
El-Sayed Glacier (-75.66667°N, -141.86667°W) is a glacier about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long which drains the northeast slopes of Zuncich Hill in Marie Byrd Land. It flows northeast to enter Land Glacier at the south side of Mount Shirley. 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 Sayed Z. El-Sayed, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) oceanographer on the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expedition, 1967-68 and 1969-70.

Eland Mountains
Eland Mountains (-70.58333°N, -63.16667°W) is a range of mountains which rise above 2,440 m and extend about 20 nautical miles (37 km) in a NE-SW direction along the south side of Clifford Glacier, on the east coast of Palmer Land. The mountains were discovered in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), and they appear in aerial photographs taken by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in September 1940. During 1947 they were photographed from the air by members of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted them from the ground. The name Eland, Lady Clifford's maiden name, was given in 1952 by Sir Miles Clifford, Gov. of the Falkland Islands, at the request of members of the FIDS staff.

Elbow Peak
Elbow Peak (-83.53333°N, -56.61667°W) is a peak, 1,195 m, located at the southernmost bend of Berquist Ridge in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. The name given by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) describes the peak's position along the ridge.

Eld Peak
Eld Peak (-69.33333°N, 157.2°W) is a prominent peak (800 m) rising 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Reynolds Peak on the west side of Matusevich Glacier. Two conical peaks were sighted in the area from the Peacock on January 16, 1840 by Passed Midshipmen Henry Eld and William Reynolds of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838 42). The southeastern peak was named for Eld by USEE leader Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. In 1959 Phillip Law of ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) made investigations of features in this area. Reference to Wilkes' narrative showed that the recorded descriptions of the peaks sighted by Eld and Reynolds to be in accord with photographs of the peaks on the west side of Matusevich Glacier. The peak described was selected by Law to commemorate Wilkes' naming.

Elder Bluff
Elder Bluff (-70.51667°N, -61.73333°W) is a prominent and mostly bare rock bluff that forms a portion of the north side of Eielson Peninsula and overlooks Smith Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert B. Elder, Chief of the U.S. Coast Guard Oceanographic Unit on the first International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expedition on board USCGC Glacier in 1968.

Elder Glacier
Elder Glacier (-72.58333°N, 168.76667°W) is a tributary glacier entering the Tucker Glacier just west of Oread Spur, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William C. Elder, topographic engineer, a member of the USGS Topo North-South party that surveyed the area, 1961-62.

Elder Peak
Elder Peak (-81.11667°N, 157.33333°W) is a peak at the north margin of Chapman Snowfield in the Churchill Mountains. The peak rises to 2360 m 6 nautical miles (11 km) southwest of Mount Wharton. Named after William C. Elder, United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic engineer with the Topo North-Topo South survey expedition in these mountains, 1961-62.

Mount Elder
Mount Elder (-61.21667°N, -55.2°W) is a mountain between Endurance Glacier and Mount Pendragon in Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Captain John P. Elder, RE, surveyor of the U.K. joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island, 1970-71.

Eldred Glacier
Eldred Glacier (-61.96667°N, -58.26667°W) is a glacier 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) long, flowing to the north coast of King George Island immediately east of Potts Peak, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Andrew J. Eldred, Master of the sealing vessel Thomas Hunt from Stonington, CT, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1873-74, 1875-76, 1878-79 and 1879-80. During the latter season he took part in the unsuccessful search for the Charles Shearer.

Eldred Point
Eldred Point (-75.5°N, -141.96667°W) is an ice-covered point which marks the west side of the terminus of Land Glacier on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for David T. Eldred, a member of the U.S. Navy winter-over support unit at McMurdo Station in 1958, 1965 and 1969.

Eldridge Bluff
Eldridge Bluff (-73.45°N, 164.8°W) is a prominent rock bluff 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, comprising that part of the west wall of Aviator Glacier immediately south of Cosmonaut Glacier, in 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 David B. Eldridge, Jr., U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the winter detachment of Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station, 1967.

Eldridge Peak
Eldridge Peak (-84.85°N, -116.83333°W) is a small, mainly ice-free peak, or nunatak, marking the west extremity of the Ohio Range. Surveyed by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Horlick Mountains Traverse party in December 1958. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Henry M. Eldridge, Antarctic cartographer, Branch of Special Maps, U.S. Geological Survey.

Mount Electra
Mount Electra (-77.5°N, 160.86667°W) is a prominent peak, over 2,000 m, immediately west of Mount Dido in the Olympus Range of Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958-59) for a figure in Greek mythology.

Elephant Cove
Elephant Cove (-54.15°N, -37.68333°W) is a small circular cove lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) north of Klutschak Point along the south coast and near the west end of South Georgia. The name Elephant Bay, probably applied by early sealers at South Georgia, was recorded on the chart of the German expedition under Kohl-Larsen, 1928-29, and the chart by DI personnel who mapped South Georgia in this period. Cove is considered a better descriptive term for the feature.

Elephant Flats
Elephant Flats (-60.7°N, -45.61667°W) is a mud flat along the shore between Cemetery Bay and Marble Knolls on the east side of Signy Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the elephant seals that frequent the flat.

Elephant Island
Elephant Island (-61.16667°N, -55.23333°W) is an island 24 nautical miles (44 km) long and 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide in its widest part, lying in the east part of the South Shetland Islands. The name dates back to at least 1821 and is now established in international usage. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Elephant Lagoon
Elephant Lagoon (-54.06667°N, -37.13333°W) is a lagoon, 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) long, situated close south of Cook Bay to which it is connected by Carl Passage, on the north coast of South Georgia. Probably named by DI personnel who charted the area during the period 1926-30.

Elephant Moraine
Elephant Moraine (-76.28333°N, 157.33333°W) is an isolated moraine, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, located 27 nautical miles (50 km) west of Reckling Peak, to the west of the head of Mawson Glacier in Victoria Land. The moraine, described in some reports as an ice core moraine, is situated along a long, narrow patch of bare ice that extends west from Reckling Peak for 60 miles. The feature was noted in U.S. satellite imagery of 1973, and in aerial photographs obtained subsequently, by William R. MacDonald of United States Geological Survey (USGS), who originally described it to William A. Cassidy as "a possible nunatak having an outline similar to an elephant." Several United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) field parties led by Cassidy successfully searched for meteorites at this moraine from the 1979-80 season. The descriptive name was approved by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1989.

Elephant Point
Elephant Point (-62.68333°N, -60.86667°W) is a mainly ice-free promontory on which there is a square black rock, forming the southernmost point of the west half of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. First charted and named by Robert Fildes in 1820-22. The name was incorrectly placed on the point between South and False Bays (now Miers Bluff) for many years.

Elephant Ridge
Elephant Ridge (-71.33333°N, -68.31667°W) is a sharp curved ridge, orientated generally W-E, and extending for about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km), with the highest point at the center rising to 6999m. The north slopes are snow and ice free, and the central point is situated about 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) south-southeast of Khufu Peak and 0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km) southwest of Giza Peak. Uranus Glacier forms the south boundary of the feature. Elephant Ridge is referred to as Man Pack Hill in scientific reports in the early 1960s, and is locally known descriptively as The Elephant. The summit resembles an elephant's head, with the ridge forming the trunk.

Elephant Rocks
Elephant Rocks (-64.76667°N, -64.08333°W) is a group of three prominent rocks connected by shoals, located between Torgersen Island and the northwest entrance to Arthur Harbor, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island. The name became established locally among United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) personnel at nearby Palmer Station in about 1971, as these rocks provide a favorite habitat for elephant seals.

Elevation Point
Elevation Point (-77.8°N, 161.65°W) is a bold rock point which forms the west end of Kukri Hills, overlooking Taylor Glacier in Victoria Land. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1993.

Eley Peak
Eley Peak (-79.65°N, -84.33333°W) is a small rock peak in the north part of Soholt Peaks, over-looking the head of Balish Glacier 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); for Richard G. Eley, U.S. Navy, photographer on flights over Marie Byrd Land and Ellsworth Land, 1965-66 and 1966-67.

Elgar Uplands
Elgar Uplands (-69.65°N, -70.71667°W) is an uplands rising to 1,900 m, between Tufts Pass to the north and Sullivan Glacier to the south, in the north part of Alexander Island. First photographed from the air and roughly mapped by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) in 1937. Remapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960, and from U.S. Landsat imagery of February, 1975. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), English composer.

Eliason Glacier
Eliason Glacier (-64.25°N, -59.41667°W) is a glacier 5 nautical miles (9 km) long close west of Mount Hornsby, flowing south from Detroit Plateau into the ice piedmont north of Larsen Inlet, Graham Land. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the Eliason motor sledge, invented in 1942 in Sweden, now made in Canada, and used in Arctic Canada since 1950 and in the Antarctic since 1960.

Eliza Cone
Eliza Cone (-66.91667°N, 163.2°W) is a rock with an archway through it standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Cape McNab on the south end of Buckle Island, in the Balleny Islands. Located adjacent to Scott Cone, the two features appear to have been named after John Balleny's schooner, the Eliza Scott, in which he discovered the Balleny Islands in February 1839.

Eliza Rocks
Eliza Rocks (-62.43333°N, -60.23333°W) is a group of rocks lying west of Zed Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 after the sealer Desolation Island, during part of the 1821-22 season.

Mount Elizabeth
Mount Elizabeth (-83.9°N, 168.38333°W) is a massive ice-free mountain, 4,480 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Mount Anne in Queen Alexandra Range. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for Elizabeth Dawson-Lambton, a supporter of the expedition.

Elkhorn Ridge
Elkhorn Ridge (-76.66667°N, 161.05°W) is a rugged ridge, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, between Towle and Northwind Glaciers in the Convoy Range of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for the USNS Elkhorn, a tanker in the American convoy into McMurdo Sound, 1961-62.

Ellefsen Harbor
Ellefsen Harbor (-60.73333°N, -45.05°W) is a harbor lying at the south end of Powell Island between Christoffersen and Michelsen Islands, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered in the course of the joint cruise by Captain George Powell, British sealer, and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, American sealer, in December 1821. The name first appears on Powell's chart published in 1822.

Ellen Glacier
Ellen Glacier (-78.21667°N, -84.5°W) is a large glacier in central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, draining the east slopes of Mount Anderson and Long Gables and flowing generally southeast for 22 nautical miles (41 km) to Barnes Ridge, where it leaves the range and enters S.-flowing Rutford Ice Stream. 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 Lieutenant Colonel Cicero J. Ellen, United States Air Force (USAF), who was in command of many of the air operations when the South Pole Station was established by air drop in the 1956-57 season.

Ellerbeck Peak
Ellerbeck Peak (-54.38333°N, -36.31667°W) is a peak rising to 685 m on the south side of Sorling Valley, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1987 for Lieutenant Commander John A. Ellerbeck, Royal Navy, pilot in command of the helicopter from HMS submarine Santa Fe during the retaking of Grytviken, April 25, 1982.

Mount Ellery
Mount Ellery (-69.88333°N, 159.63333°W) is a mountain (1,110 m) near the head of Suvorov Glacier, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Hornblende Bluffs, in the Wilson Hills. The region was photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. The position of the mountain was fixed on February 21, 1962 by Syd L. Kirkby, surveyor with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Thala Dan cruise led by Phillip Law. Named for R.L.J. Ellery, a member of the Austratian Antarctic Exploration Committee of 1886.

Elliot Peak
Elliot Peak (-84.51667°N, 164.06667°W) is the summit peak of a conspicuous northeast trending basalt ridge, rising 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Tempest Peak, in Queen Alexandra Range. Named by the Ohio State University party to the Queen Alexandra Range (1966-67) for David H. Elliot, geologist with the party.

Mount Elliot
Mount Elliot (-70.88333°N, 166.53333°W) is a mountain (1,500 m) rising between Kirkby Glacier and O'Hara Glacier, about 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of Yule Bay, in the Anare Mountains, Victoria Land. A mountain in this approximate position was sighted by Captain James C. Ross, Royal Navy, in February 1841, who named it for R. Admiral George Elliot, Commander-in-Chief in the Cape of Good Hope Station.

Elliott Glacier
Elliott Glacier (-66.55°N, 115.23333°W) is a small channel glacier that drains northward to Budd Coast midway between Cape Hammersly and Cape Waldron. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Samuel Elliott, Midshipman on the sloop Wilkes.

Elliott Hills
Elliott Hills (-71.41667°N, -65.41667°W) is a group of low hills and nunataks, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, that mark the northwest end of the Gutenko Mountains, in central Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander David J. Elliott, U.S. Navy, Commander of LC-130 aircraft in aerial photographic and ice-sensing flights over extensive areas of the Antarctic continent during Operation Deep Freeze, 1970 and 1971.

Elliott Nunatak
Elliott Nunatak (-85.26667°N, -89.71667°W) is a large nunatak (2,165 m) jutting out from the center of Bermel Escarpment, in the Thiel Mountains. The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur Ford, co-leaders of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Thiel Mountains party that surveyed these mountains in 1960-61. Named for Raymond L. Elliott, geologist with the Thiel Mountains party.

Elliott Passage
Elliott Passage (-67.73333°N, -68.46667°W) is a marine channel running NE-SW between the southeast coast of Adelaide Island and Jenny Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1984 after Captain Christopher R. Elliott, Master of RRS John Biscoe from 1975; he served in other officer positions on John Biscoe and RRS Bransfield from 1967.

Elliott Ridge
Elliott Ridge (-83.95°N, -57°W) is a hook-shaped ridge, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, extending westward from Wiens Peak in southern Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander James Elliott, captain of the icebreaker USS Staten Island which assisted the cargo ship Wyandot through the Weddell Sea pack ice to establish Ellsworth Station on the Filchner Ice Shelf in January 1957.

Elliott Rock
Elliott Rock (-54°N, -38.08333°W) is a rock lying in Stewart Strait, close west of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia. Positioned by DI personnel under Lieutenant Commander J.M. Chaplin in the period 1926-30. Named in 1957 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Henry W. Elliott (1846-1930), American naturalist; pioneer of fur seal studies in the North Pacific and life-long champion of fur seal protection. Fur seals breed on nearby Bird Island.

Cape Elliott
Cape Elliott (-65.86667°N, 102.58333°W) is an ice-covered cape marking the north extremity of the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land. It fronts on Shackleton Ice Shelf, 28 nautical miles (50 km) southwest of Bowman Island. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after J.L. Elliott, chaplain on the sloop Vincennes of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Wilkes.

Mount Elliott
Mount Elliott (-64.4°N, -60.03333°W) is a conspicuous mountain, 1,265 m, with a few small rock exposures and ice-free cliffs on the southeast side, standing 16 nautical miles (30 km) northwest of Cape Sobral, on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for F.K. Elliott, leader of the FIDS base at Hope Bay in 1947 and 1948.

Ellipsoid Hill
Ellipsoid Hill (-77.8°N, 163.81667°W) is a rounded, partly ice-covered summit (1,130 m) to the north of Blue Glacier, between Geoid Glacier and Spheroid Hill, in Victoria Land. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). Named from ellipsoid, in geodesy a mathematical figure formed by revolving an ellipse about its minor axis.

Ellis Bluff
Ellis Bluff (-85.33333°N, -175.58333°W) is a rock bluff rising to 2,280 m at the south side of the mouth of Logie Glacier, in the Cumulus Hills. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for W. Ellis, a chief air controlman, U.S. Navy, during Operation Deepfreeze 1965 and 1966.

Ellis Cone
Ellis Cone (-75.81667°N, -116.38333°W) is an one of several small cones or cone remnants along the southwest side of Toney Mountain in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Homer L. Ellis, ACC, U.S. Navy, radar air traffic controller at McMurdo Station, winter party 1968, and chief in charge of the ground controlled approach unit at the Byrd Station skiway landing strip, summer season, 1969-70.

Ellis Fjord
Ellis Fjord (-68.6°N, 78.08333°W) is a long narrow fjord between Breidnes Peninsula and Mule Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. Photographed by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37), and plotted by Norwegian cartographers as a bay and a remnant lake which were called Mulvik (snout bay) and Langevatnet (the long lake) respectively. Analysis by John Roscoe of air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) showed these two features to be connected. The feature was renamed Ellis Fjord by Roscoe after Edwin E. Ellis, aerial photographer on U.S. Navy Operation Highjump flights over this area.

Ellis Glacier
Ellis Glacier (-71.96667°N, 24.28333°W) is a glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, flowing north from Mount Walnum between Gillock and Jennings Glaciers in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named for Edwin E. Ellis, aerial photographer on U.S. Navy Operation Highjump photographic flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 East.

Ellis Ridge
Ellis Ridge (-74.75°N, -113.9°W) is an ice-covered ridge, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) wide, extending northeast from Jenkins Heights between Dorchuck Glacier and Keys Glacier, on Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-67, and U.S. Landsat imagery, 1972-73. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Melvin Y. Ellis, USGS cartographer, a member of the USGS satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party 1974.

Mount Ellis
Mount Ellis (-79.86667°N, 156.23333°W) is the highest point, 2,330 m, of the Darwin Mountains, surmounting the northern edge of Midnight Plateau. Mapped by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58). Named for M.R. Ellis, engineer with the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the South Pole.

Ellsworth Land
Ellsworth Land (-75.5°N, -80°W) is that portion of the Antarctic continent bounded on the west by Marie Byrd Land, on the north by Bellingshausen Sea, on the northeast by the base of Antarctic Peninsula, and on the east by the western margin of Ronne Ice Shelf. It is largely a high ice plateau, but includes the majestic Ellsworth Mountains and a number of scattered mountain groups as the Hudson, Jones, Behrendt, Merrick, Sweeney and Scaife Mountains. This land lies near the center of the area traversed by American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth on an airplane flight during November-December 1935. It was named for him by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1962) to commemorate that historic transcontinental flight from Dundee Island to the Ross Ice Shelf.

Ellsworth Mountains
Ellsworth Mountains (-78.75°N, -85°W) is a major group of mountains, 200 nautical miles (370 km) long and 30 nautical miles (60 km) wide, which trend NNW-SSE and rise from the relatively featureless snow plain that borders the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf. They are bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage Range. The former is by far the higher and more spectacular with Vinson Massif (5,140 m) constituting the highest point on the continent. The mountains were discovered on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth in the course of a trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island to the Ross Ice Shelf. He gave the descriptive name Sentinel Range. The mountains were mapped in detail by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1958-66. When it became evident that the mountains comprise two distinct ranges, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) restricted the application of Sentinel Range to the high northern one and gave the name Heritage Range to the southern one; the Committee recommended the name of the discoverer for this entire group of mountains.

Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands
Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands (-80.5°N, -94°W) is a line of subglacial highlands in West Antarctica that extend west-southwest from central Ellsworth Mountains to the vicinity of Mount Moore and Mount Woollard. The existence of the feature was first indicated from seismic soundings by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party, 1957-58, led by Charles R. Bentley. It was delineated in detail by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF)-Technical University of Denmark (TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and named in association with the Ellsworth Mountains.

Cape Ellsworth
Cape Ellsworth (-66.28333°N, 162.3°W) is a sheer rock bluff (290 m) forming the north end of Young Island in the Balleny Islands. Named by personnel of the Ellsworth. The vessel, after picking up Ellsworth at Little America on the Ross Ice Shelf made a running survey around the northern end of the Balleny Islands on the way back to Australia.

Mount Ellsworth
Mount Ellsworth (-85.75°N, -161°W) is the highest peak, 2,925 m, on the elongated massif between Steagall and Amundsen Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the South Pole flight of November 28-29, 1929, and named by him for Lincoln Ellsworth, American Antarctic explorer.

Ellyard Nunatak
Ellyard Nunatak (-70.31667°N, 64.9°W) is a nunatak on the north side of Scylla Glacier, about 7 nautical miles (13 km) south-southeast of Mount Bechervaise, in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos of 1965. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for D.G. Ellyard, physicist at Mawson Station in 1966.

Elmers Nunatak
Elmers Nunatak (-83.96667°N, -55.41667°W) is a prominent nunatak 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Mount Hawkes in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Elmer H. Smith, aerographer with the wintering parties at Ellsworth Station in 1958 and McMurdo Station in 1961.

Else Nunataks
Else Nunataks (-67.35°N, 55.66667°W) is a group of low, partially snow-covered nunataks 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Mount Oydeholmen, on the south, side of Wilma Glacier, Enderby Land. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) surveys and air photos, 1954-66. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for H. Else, pilot with ANARE (Nella Dan), 1965.

Else Platform
Else Platform (-70.36667°N, 66.8°W) is an elevated, flat-topped mass of rock at the north end of Jetty Peninsula, Mac. Robertson Land. The feature was the site of a survey station occupied by M.N. Rubeli, surveyor with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1969. Named after H. Else, helicopter pilot with the survey.

Elsehul
Elsehul (-54.01667°N, -37.98333°W) is a bay 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) wide, entered close west of Cape Pride along the north coast of South Georgia. The name dates back to the period 1905-12 and was probably applied by Norwegian sealers and whalers working in the area.

Elsner Ridge
Elsner Ridge (-71.78333°N, 167.35°W) is a narrow, southwest-trending ridge, or spur, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, located 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of the south end of Homerun Range in the Admiralty Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy, aerial photographs, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert W. Elsner, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68, 1968-69 and 1969-70.

Eltanin Bay
Eltanin Bay (-73.66667°N, -82°W) is a bay about 35 nautical miles (60 km) wide in southern Bellingshausen Sea. It indents the coast of Ellsworth Land west of Wirth Peninsula. 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 the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) oceanographic research ship South Pacific Ocean.

Elton Hill
Elton Hill (-68.83333°N, -66.58333°W) is a prominent rocky hill (1,000 m) which marks the southeast limit of Meridian Glacier at its junction with Clarke Glacier in southern Graham Land. First seen from the air and photographed by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), November 1947. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), December 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after John Elton, English inventor of the artificial horizon and its application to quadrants and sextants, in 1732.

Elvers Peak
Elvers Peak (-79.86667°N, -83.55°W) is a peak, 1,615 m, at the southeast end of Edson Hills in the Heritage Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Douglas J. Elvers, seismologist on the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverse II, in 1965-66.

Ely Nunatak
Ely Nunatak (-72.13333°N, 66.5°W) is a small, dark-colored nunatak 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Mount Izabelle in the Prince Charles Mountains. The position of the nunatak was fixed by intersection from geodetic survey stations in 1971. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J. Ely, Technical Officer (survey) with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1971.

Embassy Islands
Embassy Islands (-67.88333°N, -68.75°W) is a two small islands, the westernmost of the Dion Islands, lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Adelaide Island. The Dion Islands were first sighted and roughly charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot. This feature was surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named Embassy Rock by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because of its detached position in association with Emperor Island. In 1963 the British Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit found there were two islands, not one as previously supposed. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Embree Glacier
Embree Glacier (-77.98333°N, -85.16667°W) is a glacier 20 nautical miles (37 km) long in the north-central part of the Sentinel Range, flowing north-northeast from the slopes of Mount Anderson and Mount Bentley and then east to its terminus opposite Mount Tegge on the east side of the range. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Maj. Henry Embree, United States Air Force (USAF), who participated in the establishment of the South Pole Station in 1956.

Emeline Island
Emeline Island (-62.4°N, -59.8°W) is an one of the Aitcho Islands, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Cecilia Island in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 after the American sealing vessel Emeline (Captain Jeremiah Holmes) from Stonington, CT, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21 and operated from nearby Clothier Harbor. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Emerald Cove
Emerald Cove (-61.58333°N, -57.76667°W) is a cove 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, lying between North Foreland and Brimstone Peak on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Shireff's Cove (sic) was given by William Smith in 1819, after Captain William H. Shirreff, Royal Navy, to whom he reported his discovery of the South Shetland Islands. In 1820, Smith's description of his landing on North Foreland was confused with his description of features on northern Livingston Island, and the name was applied to a feature on that island, where it has been officially accepted. Emerald Cove was applied by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 and is for the brig Emerald (Captain John G. Scott) from Boston, MA, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21 in company with the Esther. These two vessels rescued the crew of the Venus from Esther Harbor in March 1821.

Emerald Fracture Zone
Emerald Fracture Zone (-62°N, 170°W) is an undersea fracture zone running the distance from the southwest corner of the Campbell Plateau to the northern tip of Iselin Bank. Name proposed by Dr. Steven C. Cande, Scripps Institution of Oceanography for the vessel Emerald, which traversed this region in 1821. Name approved 6/97 (ACUF 270).

Emerald Icefalls
Emerald Icefalls (-62.15°N, -58.56667°W) is an icefalls along the north side of Ezcurra Inlet, Admiralty Bay, King George Island. So named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, from the color of the serac.

Emerald Lake
Emerald Lake (-60.71667°N, -45.65°W) is a small lake in western Signy Island, about 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) southeast of Jebsen Point. The name, applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), describes the unique (for Signy Island) color of the water.

Emerald Nunatak
Emerald Nunatak (-69.65°N, -69.98333°W) is a nunatak (1,250 m) on the west side of Douglas Range near the head of Hampton Glacier, northeast Alexander Island. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following surveys by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1973-77, because of the greenish rock of which the feature is composed.

Emerging Island
Emerging Island (-73.38333°N, 168.03333°W) is an ice-covered island 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Index Point, Victoria Land, in the north part of Lady Newnes Bay. The feature appears to be barely emerging above the ice at the terminus of Mariner Glacier. Named in 1966 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC). == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Emerson
Mount Emerson (-71.58333°N, 168.73333°W) is a mountain (2,190 m) 5 nautical miles (9 km) east-southeast of Brewer Peak in the south part of DuBridge Range, Admiraity 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 George L. Emerson, SW1, U.S. Navy, Steelworker at McMurdo Station, 1967.

Mount Emily
Mount Emily (-85.83333°N, 174.33333°W) is a rock peak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Mount Cecily, in the Grosvenor Mountains. Shown by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) as being part of the Dominion Range, but it is separated from that range by the flow of the Mill Glacier. Named by Shackleton for his wife, Lady Emily Dorman Shackleton.

Mount Emison
Mount Emison (-74.2°N, 163.73333°W) is a prominent mountain, 2,050 m, rising on the west side of Campbell Glacier, just north of the mouth of Bates Glacier, in the Deep Freeze Range, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after William B. Emison, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1964-65 and 1965-66 seasons.

Emlen Peaks
Emlen Peaks (-71.9°N, 160.58333°W) is a group of scattered peaks and nunataks, 16 nautical miles (30 km) long and 7 nautical miles (13 km) wide, lying 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Daniels Range in the south end of the Usarp 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) after John T. Emlen, biologist, University of Wisconsin, program leader who made penguin navigational studies on the Ross Ice Shelf, the interior of Victoria Land, and elsewhere in Antarctica, 1962-63.

Emm Rock
Emm Rock (-62.26667°N, -58.7°W) is a conspicuous rock 30 m high, lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) off the south coast of King George Island at the east side of the entrance to Potter Cove, in the South Shetland Islands. This rock, presumably known to early sealers in the area, was sketched by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, and charted by DI personnel on the Discovey II in 1935. The name derives from the shape of the rock, which resembles the letter M.

Emma Island
Emma Island (-64.6°N, -62.33333°W) is an island 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, with bare jagged peaks projecting through an icecap, lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Nansen Island in the southwest half of the entrance to Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache, and named after his mother, Emma de Gerlache de Gomery. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands