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Fitton Rock
Fitton Rock (-67.76667°N, -68.56667°W) is a flat-topped rock lying southeast of Cape Alexandra, off the south end of Adelaide Island. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 for Gordon F. Fitton, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) general assistant at Adelaide Station, 1961-62, and member of the first party to winter on Adelaide Island.

FitzGerald Bluffs
FitzGerald Bluffs (-74.05°N, -77.33333°W) is a prominent north-facing bluffs, 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, located 30 nautical miles (60 km) south of Snow Nunataks in Ellsworth Land. Discovered by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947-48) under Finn Ronne, who named the bluffs after Gerald FitzGerald, Chief Topographic Engineer, United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1947-57.

Fitzgerald Glacier
Fitzgerald Glacier (-73.55°N, 166.25°W) is a prominent valley glacier draining to Lady Newnes Bay from the ice cascades on the south and west slopes of Mount Murchison, in Victoria Land. At the mouth it coalesces with the Icebreaker Glacier before debouching on Lady Newnes Bay. Explored by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59, and named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for E.B. Fitzgerald, deputy leader of the expedition.

Fitzgerald Hill
Fitzgerald Hill (-77.26667°N, 166.41667°W) is a hill, 230 m, standing west of Mount Bird between Fitzgerald Stream and Shell Glacier on Ross Island. Mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59, and named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for E.B. Fitzgerald, deputy leader of the expedition.

Fitzgerald Nunataks
Fitzgerald Nunataks (-66.25°N, 52.81667°W) is a three isolated nunataks 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Mount Codrington, at the northwest end of the Napier Mountains in Enderby Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Veslenutane (the little peaks). Photographed from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956 and renamed by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Brigadier L. Fitzgerald, Director of Survey in the Australian Army, 1942-60.

Fitzgerald Stream
Fitzgerald Stream (-77.26667°N, 166.35°W) is a stream between Fitzgerald Hill and Inclusion Hill on the lower ice-free west slopes of Mount Bird, Ross Island, flowing to McMurdo Sound across McDonald Beach. Explored by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59, and named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for E.B. Fitzgerald, deputy leader of the expedition.

Fitzmaurice Point
Fitzmaurice Point (-66.26667°N, -63.71667°W) is a point on the northwest side of Cabinet Inlet, Foyn Coast, between Attlee Glacier and Bevin Glacier. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) and surveyed from the ground by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in December 1947. Named in 1985 by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Sir Gerald G. Fitzmaurice (1901-82), Legal Advisor, Foreign Office, 1953-60 (Second Legal Advisor, 1945-53), who served Cabinet Ministers commemorated in this area; Chairman, UK-APC, 1952-60.

Fitzpatrick Rock
Fitzpatrick Rock (-66.26667°N, 110.5°W) is a low icecapped rock lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northwest of Kilby Island at the mouth of Newcomb Bay, in the Windmill Islands. First charted in February 1957 by a party from the USS Glacier. The name was suggested by Lieutenant Robert C. Newcomb, U.S. Navy, navigator of the Glacier, for Boatswain's Mate 2d Class John Fitzpatrick, U.S. Navy, member of the survey party.

Fitzroy Island
Fitzroy Island (-68.18333°N, -66.96667°W) is an island 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) east of the south tip of Stonington Island, lying in Neny Bay at the foot of Northeast Glacier, by which it is partially covered, off the west coast of Graham Land. The island was presumably first sighted in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), and was roughly charted by them and by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. It was surveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who named it for the RMS Fitzroy, FIDS ship which visited this area in 1947. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Fitzroy Point
Fitzroy Point (-63.18333°N, -55.11667°W) is a low point at the east side of Fliess Bay forming the northeast extremity of Joinville Island. Discovered on December 30, 1842 by a British expedition under Ross, who named it Cape Fitzroy for Captain (later Vice Admiral) Robert Fitzroy, Royal Navy (1805-65), English hydrographer and meteorologist.

Fitzsimmons Nunataks
Fitzsimmons Nunataks (-72.13333°N, 161.7°W) is a group of small nunataks about 27 nautical miles (50 km) east-northeast of Welcome Mountain of the Outback Nunataks and 8 nautical miles (15 km) southeast of Helliwell Hills. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John M. Fitzsimmons, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1965-66.

Mount Fitzsimmons
Mount Fitzsimmons (-77.9°N, -154.91667°W) is a peak standing between Mounts Jackling and Shideler in the north group of the Rockefeller Mountains on Edward VII Peninsula. Discovered on January 27, 1929, by members of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on an exploratory flight to this area. Named for Roy G. Fitzsimmons, physicist in charge of the Rockefeller Mountains seismic station for the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) during November-December 1940.

Fivemile Rock
Fivemile Rock (-63.48333°N, -57.05°W) is a small nunatak, 375 m, rising just northwest of Mineral Hill on Tabarin Peninsula. Mapped in 1946 and again in 1956 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named because the feature is located 5 miles from their station at Hope Bay on the route from there to Duse Bay.

Fizkin Island
Fizkin Island (-65.51667°N, -65.51667°W) is an island lying 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southeast of Pickwick Island, Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 after Horatio Fizkin, Esquire, a character in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Fjellimellom Valley
Fjellimellom Valley (-72.08333°N, 2.48333°W) is an ice-filled valley between Jutulsessen Mountain and Nupskammen Ridge in the Gjelsvik Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52), and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Fjellimellom (between the mountains).

Fjomet Nunatak
Fjomet Nunatak (-73.41667°N, -2.91667°W) is an isolated nunatak about 8 nautical miles (15 km) east-southeast of Mount Hallgren, along the Kirwan Escarpment of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Fjomet.

Fladerer Bay
Fladerer Bay (-73.25°N, -80.33333°W) is a bay about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide between Wirth and Rydberg Peninsulas, Ellsworth Land. 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 Captain George Fladerer, commander of USNS Eltanin on Antarctic cruises.

Flag Point
Flag Point (-64.81667°N, -63.51667°W) is a point which lies 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) east-southeast of Damoy Point and forms the north side of the entrance to Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot. Named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1944. When the FIDS base at Port Lockroy was established in 1944, a metal Union Jack was erected on this point.

Flagon Point
Flagon Point (-72.23333°N, -60.68333°W) is a point surmounted by two peaks, 295 and 395 m, marking the south side of the entrance to Schott Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS). It was charted in 1947 by a joint party consisting of members of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) and Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). So named by the FIDS because the two peaks are suggestive of a flagon tilted on its side when viewed from north or south.

Flagpole Point
Flagpole Point (-68.18333°N, -67.01667°W) is a point 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) northwest of Fishtrap Cove, forming the south part of the west extremity of Stonington Island, close off the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, whose East Base was located on this island. Resurveyed in 1946-47 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named by them because of the flag pole which was erected by the USAS on a rocky knoll close northeast of this point.

Flagship Mountain
Flagship Mountain (-76.71667°N, 161.5°W) is a prominent, conical rock peak, 1,720 m, surmounting the south part of the large rock mass between Northwind and Atka Glaciers in the Convoy Range, Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58) after the USS Glacier, flagship of the American convoy into McMurdo Sound in the 1956-57 season, and closely associated with the area in other years.

Flagstaff Glacier
Flagstaff Glacier (-62.08333°N, -58.43333°W) is a very small glacier lying immediately north of Flagstaff Hill on Keller Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name arose locally in about 1958 and derives from association with Flagstaff Hill.

Flagstaff Hill
Flagstaff Hill (-62.08333°N, -58.41667°W) is a hill 265 m, lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) north of Plaza Point on Keller Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name has been used at the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) station at Admiralty Bay since about 1952, and arose because there was an iron flagstaff on the summit of the hill.

Flagstaff Point
Flagstaff Point (-77.55°N, 166.18333°W) is a point forming the south end of the Cape Royds headland on the west side of Ross Island. Charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition under Shackleton, 1907-09, which established its winter headquarters and erected a flag near the point.

Flagstone Bench
Flagstone Bench (-70.85°N, 68.2°W) is a large rock bench which is littered with flaggy slabs of sandstone, bordering the southeast sides of Radok Lake and Beaver Lake in the Prince Charles Mountains. Visited by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) survey parties in 1957 and 1958. The descriptive name was applied by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA).

Flanagan Glacier
Flanagan Glacier (-79.48333°N, -82.7°W) is a glacier in the Pioneer Heights, Heritage Range, draining east from Thompson Escarpment between Gross and Nimbus Hills to the confluent ice at the lower end of Union Glacier. 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 Lieutenant Walter B. Flanagan, assistant maintenance officer with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station in Deep Freeze 1963 and 1964.

Flandres Bay
Flandres Bay (-65.03333°N, -63.33333°W) is a large bay lying between Capes Renard and Willems, along the west coast of Graham Land. Explored in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, who named it, probably after the historical area of that name, now constituting part of France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Flank Island
Flank Island (-65.11667°N, -64.35°W) is the southernmost of the Myriad Islands, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east-northeast of Snag Rocks in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys in 1956-57 and from the helicopter of HMS Protector in March 1958. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because of its position. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cape Flannery
Cape Flannery (-59.45°N, -27.35°W) is a cape which forms the west end of Thule Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Charted in 1930 by DI personnel on the member of the Discovery Committee.

Mount Flanuten
Mount Flanuten (-71.78333°N, 11.28333°W) is a mountain (2,725 m) extending as a massif between Livdebotnen Cirque and Vindegghallet Glacier, in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and photographed by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named Flanuten (the flat summit).

Flarjuven Bluff
Flarjuven Bluff (-72.03333°N, -3.4°W) is a flat-topped, largely ice-free bluff about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Storkletten Peak, on the Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Flarjuven.

Flarjuvnutane Peaks
Flarjuvnutane Peaks (-72.01667°N, -3.53333°W) is a group of small rock peaks about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Flarjuven Bluff, on the Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Flarjuvnutane.

Flask Glacier
Flask Glacier (-65.78333°N, -62.41667°W) is a gently-sloping glacier 25 nautical miles (46 km) long, flowing east from Bruce Plateau to enter Scar Inlet between Daggoo and Spouter Peaks in Graham Land. The lower reaches of this glacier were surveyed and photographed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947. The entire glacier was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1955-56, and mapped by the FIDS in 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the third mate on the Whale.

Flat Island
Flat Island (-53.03333°N, 72.6°W) is an island 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) long, lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) north of McDonald Island, in the McDonald Islands. The feature appears to have been first shown on an 1874 chart by the British expedition under Nares in the Challenger. It was surveyed and given this descriptive name by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1948. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Flat Island
Flat Island (-71.4°N, 169.3°W) is a high (480 m), flat-topped island, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, lying at the terminus of Shipley Glacier off the north coast of Victoria Land. Its northeast tip, Cape Barrow, marks the west side of the entrance to Robertson Bay. First charted and given this descriptive name by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Flat Islands
Flat Islands (-67.6°N, 62.81667°W) is a small chain of islands which extends 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) in a NE-SW direction, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Welch Island in the east part of Holme Bay. The islands were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and the name Flatoyholmane (the flat island islets) was applied to the group at the south end of the chain. Following surveys by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions), Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) recommended in 1958 that the descriptive name Flat Islands be applied for the entire group. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Flat Spur
Flat Spur (-77.6°N, 161.5°W) is a rock spur that descends northeast from Brunhilde Peak between the north and south branches of Sykes Glacier, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land. The descriptive name was applied by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC).

Flat Top (Coats Land)
Flat Top (-80.45°N, -28.26667°W) is a distinctive table mountain, 1,330 m, with steep rocky cliffs, 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Lister Heights in the west part of the Shackleton Range. First seen and given this descriptive name during the early reconnaissance flights of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58. Visited and mapped by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1957.

Flat Top (Ross Dependency)
Flat Top (-84.7°N, 171.83333°W) is a prominent ice-covered mountain, over 4000 m, with a broad, flat summit area, standing just east of the head of Osicki Glacier. It is the highest point in the Commonwealth Range. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) as being descriptive.

Flat Top Peninsula
Flat Top Peninsula (-62.21667°N, -59.03333°W) is a small, flat-topped peninsula 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the southwest extremity of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. The peninsula was named on a chart based upon a survey by DI personnel of the Discovery II during 1935.

Flatcap Point
Flatcap Point (-64.11667°N, -58.11667°W) is the most northerly of two relatively low flat-topped rock cliffs on the east side of the northern arm of Rohss Bay, James Ross Island. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). The descriptive name was given by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC).

Flatiron Valley
Flatiron Valley (-70.9°N, -68.48333°W) is a north-south valley including a lake, located in the south part of Ganymede Heights, marginal to Jupiter Glacier, Alexander Island. The name derives from field work in 1978-79 by the Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, with British Antarctic Survey (BAS) support. Named from the triangular slope facets between prominent gullies on the west side of the valley.

The Flatiron
The Flatiron (-77.01667°N, 162.38333°W) is a rocky, triangular-shaped headland which overlooks the southwest part of Granite Harbor, in Victoria Land. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910-13, who so named it because of its distinctive shape.

Flatnes Ice Tongue
Flatnes Ice Tongue (-69.26667°N, 76.73333°W) is an ice tongue forming the west limit of Hovde Cove in the southeast part of Prydz Bay. The tongue is nourished by local drainage from Ingrid Christensen Coast and extends for 3 nautical miles (6 km) into the bay. Plotted by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and named Flatnes (flat point). The generic ice tongue has been approved for this feature on the basis of John H. Roscoe's 1952 study of features in the area as identified in air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47).

Flattunga
Flattunga (-68.85°N, 40°W) is a small ice tongue protruding into the sea between Tottsuki Point and Tensoku Rock, at the western end of Prince Olav Coast in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Flattunga (the flat tongue).

Flatvaer Islands
Flatvaer Islands (-69.01667°N, 39.55°W) is a group of small islands, of which Ongul Island is the largest, lying at the east side of the entrance of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Flatvaer (flat islands). == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Fleece Glacier
Fleece Glacier (-65.9°N, -63.16667°W) is a tributary glacier that enters Leppard Glacier on its north side about 1. 5 nautical miles (9 km) east of Moider Peak, on the east side of Graham Land. The toponym is one in a group applied in the vicinity by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) that reflects a whaling theme, Fleece being the cook aboard the Pequod in Herman Melville's Moby Dick.

Fleet Point
Fleet Point (-67.61667°N, -65.4°W) is a rocky point 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Tent Nunatak on the east coast of Graham Land. The point has a rocky spine ranging from 260 m to 870 m in height. The point appears in the aerial photographs of several American expeditions: United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41; Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48; U.S. Navy photos, 1968. Mapped by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) 1963-64. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Michael Fleet, General Assistant with the BAS Larsen Ice Shelf party, 1963-64.

Flein Island
Flein Island (-69.75°N, 39.08333°W) is a small island lying 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) north of Berr Point in the southeast part of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Norwegian cartographers working from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, mapped this feature as two islands, applying the name Fleinoya (the bare island) to the larger. The Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, determined that only one island exists in this position and retained the name given earlier for the larger island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Fleming Glacier
Fleming Glacier (-69.41667°N, -66.66667°W) is a broad glacier 25 nautical miles (46 km) long on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, flowing west-northwest and terminating in Forster Ice Piedmont to the east of Wordie Ice Shelf. The glacier was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37, and was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on September 29, 1940. This hitherto unnamed feature was named by the US-SCAN in 1947 for Rev. W.L.S. Fleming, Dean of Trinity Hall, Cambridge University; also, chaplain, chief scientist, and geologist of the BGLE.

Fleming Head
Fleming Head (-75.16667°N, 162.63333°W) is a prominent rock headland on the coast of Victoria Land, marking the south side of the terminus of Larsen Glacier where it enters Ross Sea. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John P. Fleming, Senior Chief Construction Electrician, U.S. Navy, a member of the McMurdo Station winter party, 1962 and 1966.

Fleming Peaks
Fleming Peaks (-77.25°N, -144.5°W) is a small group of peaks 6 nautical miles (11 km) east-southeast of Bailey Ridge, on the north side of Boyd Glacier in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered and mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Bernard Fleming, an assistant to the scientific staff on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933-35).

Fleming Point
Fleming Point (-64.33333°N, -62.58333°W) is a point 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) northeast of Humann Point on the west side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928.

Fleming Summit
Fleming Summit (-84.33333°N, 166.3°W) is a peak rising to over 4,200 m, 1.5 km west of Mount Kirkpatrick, Queen Alexandra Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1995 after Thomas H. Fleming, geologist, Ohio State University, who conducted field research in this area, 1985-86 and 1990-91.

Mount Fleming
Mount Fleming (-77.55°N, 160.1°W) is a mountain, over 2,200 m, standing at the southwest side of Airdevronsix Icefalls and Wright Upper Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58) for Dr. C.A. Fleming, Senior Paleontologist of the New Zealand Geological Survey, and Chairman of the Royal Society's Antarctic Research Committee.

Flensing Icefall
Flensing Icefall (-70.91667°N, 163.73333°W) is a large icefall at the east side of the Bowers Mountains, situated south of Platypus Ridge at the junction of Graveson and Rastorguev Glaciers with the Lillie Glacier. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, because the icefall's longitudinal system of parallel crevassing resembles the carcass of a whale when being flensed.

Flensing Islands
Flensing Islands (-60.7°N, -45.68333°W) is a group of small islands lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Foca Point on the west side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The islands were named "Flenserne" on a chart of 1912-13 by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorlle. The name Flensing Islands, suggested by the earlier Norwegian name, was used by DI personnel on the the process of stripping skin and blubber from whales. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Flesa Rock
Flesa Rock (-72.48333°N, -2.41667°W) is an isolated rock lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of the northeast end of the Borg Massif, in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Flesa (the low-lying islet).

Fletcher Bluff
Fletcher Bluff (-67.6°N, -68.7°W) is a rock-faced, snow-backed bluff (about 800 m) located 3 nautical miles (6 km) west-northwest of the summit of Mount Liotard on the east margin of Fuchs Ice Piedmont, Adelaide Island. Named in 1983 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after David D.W. Fletcher, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) general assistant, Halley Station, 1972-73; Station Commander, Signy, 1973-74, and Rothera, 1976-81.

Fletcher Ice Rise
Fletcher Ice Rise (-78.33333°N, -81°W) is a large ice rise, 100 nautical miles (180 km) long and 40 nautical miles (70 km) wide, at the southwest side of Ronne Ice Shelf. The feature is completely ice covered and rises between Rutford Ice Stream and Carlson Inlet. The ice rise was observed, photographed and roughly sketched by Lieutenant Ronald F. Carlson, U.S. Navy, in the course of a C-130 aircraft flight of December 14-15, 1961 from McMurdo Sound to this vicinity and return. Mapped in detail by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joseph O. Fletcher, director of the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 1971-74.

Fletcher Island
Fletcher Island (-66.88333°N, 143.08333°W) is a rocky island, 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) in diameter, which is the largest of the Fletcher Islands. It lies in the east part of Commonwealth Bay, 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-southwest of Cape Gray. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Frank D. Fletcher, First Officer on the expedition ship Aurora. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Fletcher Islands
Fletcher Islands (-66.88333°N, 143.08333°W) is a small group of islands lying 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-southwest of Cape Gray in the east part of Commonwealth Bay. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who gave the name Fletcher to the large island of the group. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) recommends that the name Fletcher also be applied for the group in keeping with the interpretation shown on G.D. Blodgett's 1955 map compiled from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Fletcher Nunataks
Fletcher Nunataks (-74.9°N, -72.78333°W) is a two nunataks lying 2.2 nautical miles (4.1 km) southwest of Barker Nunatak in the Grossman Nunataks, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1965-68 and Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after James B. Fletcher, USGS cartographic technician who, with Kenneth Barker (Barker Nunatak, q.v.), formed the USGS satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party 1977.

Fletcher Peninsula
Fletcher Peninsula (-72.75°N, -88.83333°W) is a broad ice-covered peninsula which extends into the Bellingshausen Sea between the Abbot and the Venable Ice Shelves. 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 Fred C. Fletcher of Boston, a contributor to the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41.

Cape Fletcher
Cape Fletcher (-67.68333°N, 65.58333°W) is a minor projection of the ice-covered coastline south of Martin Reef, midway between Strahan Glacier and Scullin Monolith. Discovered by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31, under Mawson, and named by him for H.O. Fletcher, asst. biologist with the expedition.

Flett Buttress
Flett Buttress (-64.11667°N, -57.81667°W) is a rock crag rising to 905 m northwest of Mount Haddington, James Ross Island. It provides the highest exposure of volcanic rock on the island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1987 after William R. Flett, geologist on Operation Tabarin at Deception Island (Base Leader), 1943-44, and Hope Bay, 1944-45.

Flett Crags
Flett Crags (-80.65°N, -23.58333°W) is a rock crags on the north slope of Read Mountains, 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Mount Wegener, in the Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1967. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Sir John Smith Flett (1869-1947), British geologist who worked on Scottish geology and volcanoes; Director, Geological Survey and Museum of Practical Geology (later British Geological Survey), 1920-35.

Mount Flett
Mount Flett (-68.15°N, 49.2°W) is a mountain between Mount Marriner and Mount Underwood in the central Nye Mountains. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for A. Flett, radio officer at Wilkes Station, 1959.

Fletta Bay
Fletta Bay (-69.75°N, 37.2°W) is a bay indenting the southwest shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay immediately west of Botnneset Peninsula. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Fletta (the braid).

Fleurus Island
Fleurus Island (-64.56667°N, -62.21667°W) is an island lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of Delaite Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1956 after the British ship Fleurus, which visited the area in 1928. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Fliess Bay
Fliess Bay (-63.2°N, -55.16667°W) is a bay lying immediately west of Fitzroy Point along the north coast of Joinville Island. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named "Caleta Almirante Fliess" after Admiral Felipe Fliess (1878-1952) who, as a lieutenant, was commander of the Argentine navy group detached for duty with the crew of the ship Uruguay in 1903, on the occasion of the rescue expedition to the members of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) led by Dr. Otto Nordenskjold.

Flight Deck Neve
Flight Deck Neve (-76.78333°N, 161.5°W) is an elevated and unusually flat glacier neve, about 5 nautical miles (9 km) by 3 nautical miles (6 km), between Flagship Mountain and Mount Razorback in the Convoy Range, Victoria Land. The feature is the primary source of ice to the east-flowing Benson Glacier at Scuppers Icefalls. One of a group of nautical names in Convoy Range applied by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1994.

Flinders Peak
Flinders Peak (-69.35°N, -66.66667°W) is a conspicuous triangular peak (960 m) on the west end of Bristly Peaks. The peak overlooks Forster Ice Piedmont near the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) (February 1937) and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (December 1947). Surveyed from the ground by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in December 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), English navigator who discovered the cause of deviation in magnetic compasses, and pointed the way to a solution, 1805-14.

Flint Glacier
Flint Glacier (-67.33333°N, -65.41667°W) is a glacier which flows south into Whirlwind Inlet between Demorest Glacier and Cape Northrop, on the east coast of Graham Land. Discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins on his flight of December 20, 1928, and photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940. Charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named it for Richard F. Flint, glaciologist and professor of geology at Yale University.

Flint Hill
Flint Hill (-77.51667°N, 163.03333°W) is the central summit on Flint Ridge, rising to 995 m east of Sagittate Hill in Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997), the hill is the precise site of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) survey tablet stamped "Flint ET 1971-72."

Flint Ridge
Flint Ridge (-77.51667°N, 163.03333°W) is a north-south trending ridge with a summit elevation of 995 m, located immediately north of Commonwealth Glacier in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lawrence A. Flint, manager of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Berg Field Center at McMurdo Station in 1972. A standard United States Geological Survey (USGS) survey tablet stamped "Flint ET 1971-72" was fixed in a rock slab atop this ridge by the USGS Electronic Traverse, 1971-72.

Mount Flint
Mount Flint (-75.73333°N, -129.1°W) is a prominent rounded and mainly snow-covered mountain, 2,695 m, standing 10 nautical miles (18 km) northwest of Mount Petras in the McCuddin Mountains of Marie Byrd Land. The feature was observed from aircraft of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in Flight G, December 15, 1940, and was briefly referred to as "Mount Gray." It was mapped in detail by United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert B. Flint, Jr., United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) scientist on high latitude geophysical and geomagnetic phenomena. Flint wintered over at Byrd Station, 1964, Plateau Station where he was scientific leader, 1966, and Vostok Station where he was U.S. Exchange Scientist, 1974.

Flogeken Glacier
Flogeken Glacier (-72.06667°N, 4.41667°W) is a deeply entrenched glacier, flowing northwest between Mount Grytoyr and Langfloget Cliff, in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Flogeken (the rock wall spoke).

Flogstallen
Flogstallen (-72.6°N, -2.98333°W) is a flat, icecapped mountain with steep rock sides just northeast of Jokulskarvet Ridge, in the Borg Massif of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Flogstallen (the rock wall stable).

Flood Range
Flood Range (-76.05°N, -134.5°W) is a range of large snow-covered mountains extending in an east-west direction for about 60 nautical miles (110 km) and forming a right angle with the south end of the Ames Range in Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1934 from a great distance. Reconnaissance flights by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) explored the range. The principle mountain was named "Mount Hal Flood" by Byrd for his uncle, the Hon. Henry D. Flood, U.S. Senator from Virginia. The name was subsequently transferred by US-SCAN from the mountain to the entire range.

Mount Flora
Mount Flora (-63.41667°N, -57.01667°W) is a mountain, 520 m, containing a well-defined cirque which faces northeast, standing 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southeast of the head of Hope Bay, at the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901-04, and named by J. Gunnar Andersson, second-in-command of the expedition who discovered flora fossils of the Jurassic period in certain strata of this mountain.

Florence Island
Florence Island (-66.63333°N, 140.08333°W) is a small rocky island lying 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) south of Derby Island near the north extremity of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition in 1951 and named after Florence, Italy. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Florence Nunatak
Florence Nunatak (-62.21667°N, -58.61667°W) is a conspicuous nunatak, 280 m, nearly 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the head of Potter Cove in the southwest part of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for the sealing vessel which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1876-77 during the revival of United States southern fur sealing. Some of the crew of the Florence wintered at Potter Cove during 1877; only one survived.

Florence Rock
Florence Rock (-60.78333°N, -44.6°W) is a rock 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) long with a smaller rock off its northeast end, lying 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) southwest of Cape Anderson, off the south coast of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted and named by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-04, led by W.S. Bruce.

Flory Cirque
Flory Cirque (-77.65°N, 160.86667°W) is a cirque between West Groin and East Groin, two rock spurs on the north side of Taylor Glacier in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert F. Flory, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist at McMurdo Station for three seasons, 1968-71.

Flotsam Moraines
Flotsam Moraines (-76.85°N, 161.66667°W) is the moraines trailing northeastward from Mount Morrison, trapped in the ice eddies between Midship Glacier and ice from local mountainside glaciers, in Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. So named by a 1989-90 New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) field party from association with Jetsam Moraine and because all supraglacial moraines are "floating" on the glacier ice, and drift in a manner similar to marine flotsam and jetsam.

Flounder Island
Flounder Island (-66.01667°N, -65.4°W) is the largest of the Fish Islands at the north side of Holtedahl Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 because it lies in the Fish Islands. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Flower
Mount Flower (-70.2°N, -67.88333°W) is a mountain with two summits, the highest 1,465 m, standing 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) inland from Carse Point and George VI Sound, on the west coast of Palmer Land. This mountain lies partially within the margin of area first photographed from the air on November 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth, and its north extremity was mapped from these photographs by W.L.G. Joerg. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954 for Geoffrey C. Flower, instructor in survey at the Royal Geographical Society, 1933-40, who helped with the organization and working out of the surveys made by the BGLE, 1934-37.

Flowers Hills
Flowers Hills (-78.4°N, -84.16667°W) is a group of hills, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long and with peaks of 1,240 and 1,390 m, lying south of the terminus of Dater Glacier and extending along the east edge of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Edwin C. Flowers, meteorologist at the South Pole Station in 1957.

Floymannen Nunatak
Floymannen Nunatak (-73.15°N, -2.23333°W) is a nunatak just north of the west end of Neumayer Cliffs in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Floymannen (the wing man).

Fluke Ridge
Fluke Ridge (-65.75°N, -62.46667°W) is a narrow rock ridge rising to about 300 m on the north side of Flask Glacier near the terminus, on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1987. One of several names in the area from Melville's Moby Dick which reflect a whaling theme.

Fluted Peak
Fluted Peak (-85.61667°N, -176.66667°W) is a fluted snow peak rising at the southeast extremity of Roberts Massif. The only snow peak on the massif, it is visible for many miles to the south as a distinctive landmark. Surveyed and named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) because of its appearance.

Fluted Rock
Fluted Rock (-67.56667°N, 46.35°W) is a column-like rock standing on the northeast side of Spooner Bay in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. The ANARE (Thala Dan) visited the rock in February, 1961 and so named it because of its fluted appearance when viewed from the sea.

Flutter Island
Flutter Island (-68.55°N, 77.96667°W) is an irregular-shaped island, almost cut in two, lying in Prydz Bay between Trigwell Island and Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. First mapped from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) as two islands. Remapped as a single island by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1957-58) and named for Maxwell J. Flutter, officer in charge at Davis Station in 1958. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cape Flying Fish
Cape Flying Fish (-72.05°N, -102.33333°W) is an ice-covered cape which forms the west extremity of Thurston Island. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd and members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in a flight from the Bear, February 1940. Named by US-SCAN for the United States Exploring Expedition ship Flying Fish, commanded by Lieutenant William M. Walker, U.S. Navy, which reached a point within 125 nautical miles (230 km) of this cape; the ship's position on the morning of March 23, 1839 was 7000S, 10016W.

Flynn Glacier
Flynn Glacier (-81.51667°N, 159.35°W) is a glacier about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, draining eastward from Mount Nares in the Churchill Mountains and entering Starshot Glacier south of Kelly Plateau. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander William F. Flynn (CEC), U.S. Navy, commanding officer Mobile Construction Battalion, Special Detachment Bravo, at McMurdo Sound, winter 1957.

Flyspot Rocks
Flyspot Rocks (-68.58333°N, -68.31667°W) is a rocks rising 35 m above sea level, lying 14 nautical miles (26 km) northwest of Terra Firma Islands in Marguerite Bay. The rocks are ice covered on the south sides but mainly ice free on their north sides. Probably first sighted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot who, from a position slightly northwestward, charted a "doubtful" island in essentially this position. The group was roughly sketched from the air by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) on a flight, February 1, 1937. They were visited and surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The name arose at an earlier date because of their indistinct appearance as represented on the BGLE map.

Foale Nunatak
Foale Nunatak (-70.26667°N, 65.33333°W) is a nunatak lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) east-northeast of Moore Pyramid on the north side of Scylla Glacier, 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 K.A. Foale, radio operator at Davis Station in 1963.

Foca Cove
Foca Cove (-60.7°N, -45.65°W) is a cove just south of Foca Point on the west side of Signy Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with Foca Point.

Foca Point
Foca Point (-60.7°N, -45.66667°W) is a rocky point forming the south side of the entrance to Express Cove on the west side of Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the whale catcher Foca, belonging to the Compania Argentina de Pesca, which visited the South Orkney Islands in December 1926.

Fog Bay
Fog Bay (-77.66667°N, 168.16667°W) is a small bay immediately west-northwest of Terror Point in Windless Bight, on the south side of Ross Island. So named by the Winter Journey Party, led by Wilson of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, in July 1911 because of the thick white fog they encountered in this locality.

Fogg Highland
Fogg Highland (-72.75°N, -60.83333°W) is an ice-covered upland, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long and 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, on the Black Coast, Palmer Land, terminating on the northeast in Cape Herdman and bounded on the north by Violante Inlet and on the south by Clowes Glacier. The feature was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940, the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in 1947, and the U.S. Navy, 1965-67; surveyed by the joint RARE-FIDS sledge party in November 1947. Named in 1981 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Gordon E. Fogg, Professor of Marine Biology, University College of North Wales, 1971-85, who conducted research in the Antarctic Peninsula area in conjunction with British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in 1966, 1974, and 1979; Chairman, BAS Scientific Advisory Committee, 1970-86.

Foggy Pass
Foggy Pass (-71.98333°N, 164.83333°W) is a pass running NE-SW between the Leitch Massif on the north and West Quartzite Range and East Quartzite Range on the south, in the Concord Mountains. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1983 on a proposal from geologist M.G. Laird. So named from the weather conditions encountered in the area.

Foggydog Glacier
Foggydog Glacier (-79.78333°N, 158.66667°W) is a glacier between Blank Peaks and Mount Rich in the Brown Hills. Mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1962-63) and so named because in plan the glacier is shaped like the head and neck of a dog, with a moraine suggesting a collar and a glacial lake in the position of the ears. Fog accumulated regularly over the glacier.

Fogle Peak
Fogle Peak (-77.95°N, 162.56667°W) is a distinctive pointed peak, 2,475 m, standing at the head of Kamb Glacier in Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Benson Fogle, Program Manager for Upper Atmospheric Research, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 1976-85.

Fohn Bastion
Fohn Bastion (-69.51667°N, -68.6°W) is a landmark mountain rising to 915 m about 8 nautical miles (15 km) southeast of Cape Jeremy, on the Rymill Coast, Palmer Land. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 in association with other wind names in this area. Fohn (foehn) is the descending warm wind common in the European Alps.

Fokker Rocks
Fokker Rocks (-78.06667°N, -155.16667°W) is a rock outcrops just south of Mount Schlossbach in the Rockefeller Mountains of Edward VII Peninsula. The name, applied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), recalls the fact that a Fokker airplane of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30, was damaged beyond repair by strong winds while it was on the ground on the south side of nearby Washington Ridge. The plane was visited by Charles Morrison of United States Geological Survey (USGS) on December 31, 1966.

Fokknuten Nunatak
Fokknuten Nunatak (-71.93333°N, 23.25°W) is a small nunatak standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Perlebandet Nunataks 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 Fokknuten (the spray peak).

Fold Island
Fold Island (-67.28333°N, 59.38333°W) is an offshore island, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, which with smaller islands close southward separate Stefansson Bay to the west from William Scoresby Bay to the east. This feature was seen by DI personnel on the William Scoresby in February 1936, who mapped it as part of the mainland. It was determined to be an island and named Foldoya by Norwegian cartographers who charted this area from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen expedition in January-February 1937. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Foley Glacier
Foley Glacier (-71.96667°N, -101.16667°W) is a glacier about 4 nautical miles (7 km) long flowing north from the western end of Thurston Island just east of Cape Peterson. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Kevin M. Foley, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Reston, Virginia, computer specialist, team member of the Glaciological and Coastal-Change Maps of Antarctica Project.

Foley Promontory
Foley Promontory (-68.95°N, 69.4°W) is an ice-covered promontory about 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Landon Promontory on the west side of the Amery Ice Shelf. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1956. First visited by an ANARE party led by D.R. Carstens in November 1962. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for N.E. Foley, weather observer at Mawson Station in 1962, a member of the field party.

Folger Rock
Folger Rock (-62.26667°N, -59.25°W) is a rock lying 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) north of Harmony Point, Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 for Tristan Folger, Master of the American sealing vessel William and Nancy from Nantucket, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21, operating from nearby Harmony Cove.

Cape Folger
Cape Folger (-66.13333°N, 110.73333°W) is an ice-covered cape forming the east side of the entrance to Vincennes Bay on Budd Coast. The position of Cape Folger correlates closely with the west end of Wilkes' "Budd's High Land," as charted as a coastal landfall by the United States Exploring Expedition in 1840. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Edward C. Folger, Jr., U.S. Navy, commander of the icebreaker astronomical control stations in the Windmill Islands, close southwest in Vincennes Bay.

Folk Ridge
Folk Ridge (-73.15°N, 161.81667°W) is a ridge just southeast of Moore Ridge and parallel to it in the Caudal Hills, 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 John E. Folk, biolab technician at McMurdo Station, 1965-66.

Foltz Nunatak
Foltz Nunatak (-74.13333°N, -76.33333°W) is a nunatak rising to about 800 m, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Schwartz Peak in Ellsworth Land. The feature is part of a nunatak group discovered and photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth in November 1935. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961-68, and from Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1987 after Gary F. Foltz, USGS cartographic technician, a member of USGS satellite surveying teams at the South Pole Station during two winter periods, 1978 and 1984.

Fomalhaut Nunatak
Fomalhaut Nunatak (-70.96667°N, -66.66667°W) is an isolated, flat-topped nunatak near the head of Ryder Glacier, 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) east of Mount Alpheratz of the Pegasus Mountains, in Palmer Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the star Fomalhaut in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

Mount Fonda
Mount Fonda (-76.98333°N, -145.25°W) is a mountain (695 m) in the northwest part of the Swanson Mountains, 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Greegor Peak, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) under R. Admiral R.E. Byrd. Named for Howard B. Fonda who contributed medical supplies to the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions of 1928-30 and 1933-35.

Fontaine Bluff
Fontaine Bluff (-79.58333°N, 159.7°W) is a bluff 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Cape Murray on the south side of Carlyon Glacier. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander R.K. Fontaine, U.S. Navy, commander of USS Hissem on ocean station duty in support of aircraft flights between Christchurch and McMurdo Sound, 1963-64.

Fontaine Heights
Fontaine Heights (-65.8°N, -64.46667°W) is a line of heights that extend from Mount Dewey to Cape Garcia on the south side of Bigo Bay, west coast of Graham Land. Mapped from air photos and Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) surveys, 1955-57. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Henri La Fontaine (1854-1943), Belgian documentalist, co-founder of Institut International de Bibliographie at Bruxelles, 1895, and of Office Central des Associations Internationales at Bruxelles, 1907; initiator of the Universal Decimal Classification.

Foolsmate Glacier
Foolsmate Glacier (-74.01667°N, 161.91667°W) is a small, heavily crevassed tributary glacier flowing northeast to enter Priestley Glacier, 11 nautical miles (20 km) west of Shafer Peak, in Victoria Land. The name was applied by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63.

Football Mountain
Football Mountain (-72.51667°N, 169.7°W) is a mountain, 830 m, with a prominent and peculiar rock scar called The Football on its north side, on the ridge between Edisto Inlet and Tucker Glacier. It was occupied as a survey station, and marked by a large rock cairn, by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, who named it for The Football.

Football Saddle
Football Saddle (-72.51667°N, 169.76667°W) is a broad pass at 700 m, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east-southeast of Football Mountain on the ridge between Edisto Inlet and Tucker Glacier. The pass is an all-snow route that can be crossed by sledge, but there are two other saddles close east and west of Football Mountain that are no higher and are more easily crossed on foot, though more difficult by sledge because they are steeper and have stretches of bare rock. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, because of its proximity to The Football.

The Football
The Football (-72.5°N, 169.7°W) is a prominent bare rock scar of football shape on the north side of Football Mountain, on the ridge separating Edisto Inlet and Tucker Glacier. The scar is surrounded by an unbroken snow slope and is said to be always visible, though occasionally lightly covered by snow for short periods, and is consequently a landmark for pilots and men at Hallett station. Given this descriptive name by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58.

Foote Islands
Foote Islands (-66.2°N, -66.2°W) is a small group of snow-capped islands and several rocks, lying 12 nautical miles (22 km) southeast of Cape Leblond, Lavoisier Island, in Crystal Sound. Mapped from air photos obtained by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947-48) and surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958-59). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Brian L.H. Foote, FIDS radio mechanic at Arthur Harbor (1957) and surveyor at Detaille Island (1958), who made surveys of the Crystal Sound area. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Footscrew Nunatak
Footscrew Nunatak (-77.9°N, 160.95°W) is a nunatak (1,865 m) to the southwest of Windy Gully, standing 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km) southeast of Altar Mountain, Quartermain Mountains, in Victoria Land. One of a group of names in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB); footscrew being a leveling screw of a tripod as used with surveying instruments.

Fopay Peak
Fopay Peak (-83.05°N, 161.78333°W) is a peak 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Mount Macbain, on the south side of Cornwall Glacier, Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles F. Fopay, Weather Central Meteorologist at Little America V, 1958.

Forbes Glacier
Forbes Glacier (-67.8°N, -66.73333°W) is a glacier which flows west into the northeast corner of Square Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. It is 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide in its central part, and narrows to 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) at its mouth. The lower reaches of the glacier were first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. The survey was completed in 1946-48 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who named the glacier for James D. Forbes (1809-68), Scottish physicist who was noted for his pioneer works on glaciology.

Forbes Point
Forbes Point (-64.88333°N, -62.55°W) is a point forming the east side of the entrance to Lester Cove, Andvord Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. The name Forbes Hill was given by Scottish geologist David Ferguson in 1913-14 to a corner or spur of the plateau escarpment which is not a definable feature. From it, however, a ridge runs down to a prominent point useful for reference purposes, to which the name Forbes has been applied.

Forbes Ridge
Forbes Ridge (-80.15°N, 157.5°W) is a ridge about 7 nautical miles (13 km) long in the Britannia Range, extending north from Mount McClintock along the east side of Hinton Glacier. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert B. Forbes of the University of Alaska, who made geological studies in the McMurdo Sound area with U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1955-56, and during the summer season, 1962-63.

Forbidden Plateau
Forbidden Plateau (-64.78333°N, -62.08333°W) is the long, narrow plateau extending southwestward from Charlotte Bay to Flandres Bay in Graham Land. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because all attempts to reach the plateau failed until it was finally traversed by FIDS members in 1957.

Forbidden Rocks
Forbidden Rocks (-73.6°N, -94.2°W) is a linear rock outcrops, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, located on the west edge of Christoffersen Heights and between Haskell and Walk Glaciers, in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. So named by the party because the rocks were inaccessible from their northwest approach because of crevasse fields.

Forbidden Valley
Forbidden Valley (-85.98333°N, -154°W) is a valley to the south of Citadel Peak in Hays Mountains. The valley drains east-northeast from Mount Crockett to Scott Glacier and is partly covered by glacier and moraine. It was visited in December 1987 by a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP)-Arizona State University geological party led by Edmund Stump. The mouth of the valley is blocked by a moraine which denies easy access, hence the name.

Ford Ice Piedmont
Ford Ice Piedmont (-82.16667°N, -50°W) is the large ice piedmont lying northward of Dufek Massif and Forrestal Range between the lower ends of Foundation Ice Stream and Support Force Glacier, in the Pensacola Mountains, q.v. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Arthur B. Ford of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Menlo Park, CA, geologist and co-leader (with Peter F. Bermel) of the USGS party in the Thiel Mountains, 1960-61 (leader 1961-62); field work at Lassiter Coast, 1970-71; leader of geological parties to the Pensacola Mountains in 1965-66, 1973-74, 1976-77, and 1978-79.

Ford Island
Ford Island (-66.4°N, 110.51667°W) is a rocky island, 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km) long, between O'Connor and Cloyd Islands in the south part of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Homer D. Ford, photographic officer with the eastern task group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and assistant photographic officer with the U.S. Navy Operation Windmill parties which obtained air and ground photos of this area in January 1948. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Ford Massif
Ford Massif (-85.08333°N, -91°W) is a broad, snow-topped massif 15 nautical miles (28 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, forming the major topographic landmark of northern Thiel Mountains. The massif rises to 2,810 m, is essentially flat, and terminates in steep rock cliffs in all but the southern side. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for geologist Arthur B. Ford of United States Geological Survey (USGS), co-leader of the 1960-61 USGS Thiel Mountains survey party and leader of the 1961-62 geologic party to these mountains. Ford led geological parties working in the Pensacola Mountains in several austral seasons, 1962-63 to 1978-79.

Ford Nunataks
Ford Nunataks (-85.58333°N, -131.5°W) is a cluster of nunataks and low peaks rising above a network of ice-drowned ridges about 9 nautical miles (17 km) in extent, lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of Murtaugh Peak in the Wisconsin Range, Horlick Mountains. 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 Franklin E. Ford, construction mechanic with the winter parties at Byrd Station in 1961 and South Pole Station in 1965.

Ford Peak
Ford Peak (-75.71667°N, 160.45°W) is a rock peak, 1,830 m, standing 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) west of Mount Billing in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by the Southern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, for M.R.J. Ford, asst. surveyor with that party, who had wintered over at Scott Base in 1962.

Ford Range Camp
Ford Range Camp (-77.26667°N, -142.45°W) is a

Ford Ranges
Ford Ranges (-77°N, -144°W) is the mountain groups and ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on December 5, 1929, and named by Byrd for Edsel Ford of the Ford Motor Co., who helped finance the expedition.

Ford Rock
Ford Rock (-77.76667°N, 166.88333°W) is a prominent rock 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Cone Hill on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island. Cone Hill and this rock were designated "Cone Hill I" and "Cone Hill II," respectively, by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910-13. Cone Hill has been approved for Scott's "Cone Hill I," but a new name suggested by A.J. Heine has been substituted for this prominent rock. M.R.J. Ford, New Zealand surveyor, established a survey beacon network for the McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, 1962-63. A survey beacon was established earlier on this rock by a U.S. Hydrographic Office survey team, 1955-56.

Ford Spur
Ford Spur (-84.85°N, 173.83333°W) is a prominent spur which marks the southwest extremity of Haynes Table, and the confluence of Keltie Glacier and Brandau Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for C. Reginald Ford, Stores Officer for Scott's Discovery expedition (1901-04).

Mount Ford
Mount Ford (-70.95°N, 162.86667°W) is a prominent mountain (2,580 m) located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Miller Peak and 4 nautical miles (7 km) west-southwest of Mount Ashworth in Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains. Explored by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, and named for M.R.J. Ford who wintered at Scott Base and was deputy leader-surveyor of the northern party.

Mount Forde
Mount Forde (-76.88333°N, 162.08333°W) is a mountain over 1,200 m, standing at the head of Hunt Glacier, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Mount Marston, in Victoria Land. Mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) and named for Petty Officer Robert Forde, Royal Navy, a member of the expedition's Western Geological Party.

Mount Fordell
Mount Fordell (-80.31667°N, -82.15°W) is a mountain, 1,670 m, marking the south end of the Marble Hills in the Heritage Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant William D. Fordell, U.S. Navy, co-pilot of LC-47 aircraft, who perished in a plane crash on the Ross Ice Shelf, February 2, 1966.

Mount Forecast
Mount Forecast (-70.66667°N, 64.3°W) is a large mountain comprising several peaks, standing just northeast of Mount Brown-Cooper and 12.5 nautical miles (23 km) southwest of Mount Pollard in the Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) surveys and air photos, 1956-65. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for M.J. Forecast, weather observer at Wilkes Station, 1965.

Forecastle Summit
Forecastle Summit (-76.76667°N, 161.13333°W) is the highest mountain summit (2,040 m) in the north part of Staten Island Heights, with a rounded top that gives a commanding view of Fry Glacier and Benson Glacier, in Convoy Range, Victoria Land. One of the nautical names in Convoy Range. So named by a New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) field party in the 1989-90 season.

Forefinger Point
Forefinger Point (-67.61667°N, 48.06667°W) is a prominent rock point between McKinnon Island and Rayner Glacier on the coast of Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. So named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) because in plan it resembles a pointing left hand.

Forel Glacier
Forel Glacier (-67.48333°N, -66.5°W) is a glacier 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) wide and 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, flowing southwest into Blind Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Its lower reaches were surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and the glacier named by them for Francois A. Forel, noted Swiss glacier physicist and author, and first President of the International Commission of Glaciers in 1894.

Foreland Island
Foreland Island (-61.95°N, -57.65°W) is an island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east-southeast of Taylor Point, off the east side of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This island was known to sealers as early as 1821 and takes its name from North Foreland, the prominent cape 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) to the northwest. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Foreman Glacier
Foreman Glacier (-69.3°N, -71.36667°W) is a glacier flowing south-southeast from Havre Mountains into Palestrina Glacier, north Alexander Island. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1975-76. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1980 after David Alexander Foreman, BAS aircraft mechanic, Adelaide, 1973-76.

Foreman Peak
Foreman Peak (-85.75°N, -138.4°W) is a peak, 2,050 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Dzema Peak on the north side of Watson Escarpment. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Donald L. Foreman, mechanic with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 who wintered at Little America V in 1958 and McMurdo Station in 1960.

Forge Islands
Forge Islands (-65.23333°N, -64.28333°W) is a group of small islands lying northeast of The Barchans and 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northwest of Grotto Island, in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted and named Horseshoe Islands by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. The name was changed by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 to avoid confusion with Horseshoe Island in Marguerite Bay. This new name arises from association with the old name and with nearby Anvil Rock. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Forgotten Hills
Forgotten Hills (-72.98333°N, 164°W) is a small group of hills 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Intention Nunataks, at the west side of the head of Astronaut Glacier. Named by the Southern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1966-67, because none of the three parties that had visited the area had time to examine these hills.

Forlidas Pond
Forlidas Pond (-82.45°N, -51.35°W) is a round frozen pond, 100 m in diameter, lying in a morainal valley east of the north end of Forlidas Ridge, Dufek Massif. The only pond in the northern Pensacola Mountains, it is of much interest to biologists. The pond was discovered and briefly investigated in December 1957 by a US-IGY party from Ellsworth Station. The name is in association with Forlidas Ridge and was suggested by Arthur B. Ford of United States Geological Survey (USGS) following geological work in the area, 1978-79.

Forlidas Ridge
Forlidas Ridge (-82.48333°N, -51.26667°W) is a rock ridge that forms the west side of Davis Valley in the 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) after Charles W. Forlidas, radioman, Ellsworth Station winter party, 1957.

Forman Glacier
Forman Glacier (-84.65°N, -177.16667°W) is a tributary glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, flowing east to enter Shackleton Glacier between Mount Franke and Mount Cole, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after John H. Forman, Construction Mechanic, U.S. Navy, a member of the McMurdo Station winter party, 1959.

Forrest Pass
Forrest Pass (-75.88333°N, -132.56667°W) is a broad ice-filled pass between Mount Bursey, in the Flood Range, and the southern elevations of the Ames Range 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 Robert B. Forrest, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciologist with the Byrd Station Traverse of 1962-63.

Forrestal Range
Forrestal Range (-83°N, -49.5°W) is a largely snow-covered mountain range, about 65 nautical miles (120 km) long, standing east of Dufek Massif and the Neptune Range in the Pensacola Mountains. Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 on a transcontinental patrol plane flight of U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to the vicinity of the Weddell Sea and return. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after the USS Forrestal, first supercarrier of the U.S. Navy. The entire Pensacola Mountains were mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1967 and 1968 from U.S. Navy tricamera aerial photographs taken in 1964.

Forrester Island
Forrester Island (-74.15°N, -132.21667°W) is an ice-capped island 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) long that lies 13 nautical miles (24 km) north-northeast of Shepard Island, off the Getz Ice Shelf of Marie Byrd Land. The island was discovered and charted from the USS Glacier on February 5, 1962. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Commander John J. Forrester, U.S. Navy, Executive Officer aboard Glacier at the time of discovery. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Forstefjell
Forstefjell (-71.83333°N, -5.71667°W) is an isolated nunatak about 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Forstefjellsrabben, in the northwest part of Giaever Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Forstefjell (first mountain).

Forstefjellsrabben
Forstefjellsrabben (-71.91667°N, -5.81667°W) is an isolated nunatak about 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of Forstefjell, in the northwest part of Giaever Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52), and named Forstefjellsrabben (the first mountain hill) in association with Forstefjell.

Forster Cliffs
Forster Cliffs (-64.01667°N, -57.55°W) is a cliffs located east-northeast of Stark Point, running east-west for 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) and rising to 550 m in northern James Ross Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1987 after Reinhard Forster (1935-87), West German geologist from the University of Munich, who was a member of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) field party to the area, 1985-86.

Forster Ice Piedmont
Forster Ice Piedmont (-69.36667°N, -67°W) is an ice piedmont lying landward of Wordie Ice Shelf along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is formed by the confluence of Airy, Seller, Fleming and Prospect Glaciers and is about 25 nautical miles (46 km) long from north to south and 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide. First surveyed from the ground by British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) in 1936-37, and again in more detail by P. Forster and P. Gibbs of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Peter D. Forster of FIDS, surveyor at Stonington Island in 1958 and at Horseshoe Island in 1960.

Forsters Passage
Forsters Passage (-59.25°N, -26.83333°W) is a body of water between Bristol Island and Southern Thule in the South Sandwich Islands. In 1775, a British expedition under Cook gave the name Forster's Bay, after John R. Forster, naturalist with the expedition to what appeared to be a bay in essentially this position. The "bay" was determined to be a strait by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen in 1820.

Forsythe Bluff
Forsythe Bluff (-71.26667°N, 159.83333°W) is a bluff rising to more than 2,500 m along the west edge of Daniels Range, in the Usarp Mountains. The bluff is 11 nautical miles (20 km) north of Big Brother Bluff 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 Warren L. Forsythe, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68.

Fort Point
Fort Point (-62.56667°N, -59.56667°W) is a rocky point, 85 m high, forming the southeast extremity of Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. The highest rock at the seaward end of the point was named Castle Rock by DI personnel following their survey in 1935. The name Fort Rock, considered equally descriptive of the feature, was recommended by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954 to avoid confusion with Castle Rock lying close westward of Snow Island, only 60 nautical miles (110 km) away. Air photos now show that the feature is not an isolated sea feature but is connected to Greenwich Island.

Fort William
Fort William (-62.38333°N, -59.71667°W) is a flat-topped headland (100 m) forming the western end of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands. Robert Fildes described Fort William in 1820-22 as being the eastern side of the entrance (to English Strait). His subsequent report (1829) described Fort William in detail, but erroneously placed it on the western side of the entrance (on Greenwich Island), a position which was adopted for a period following a survey by DI personnel in 1934-35. The United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) has re-interpreted all known versions of Fildes' sailing directions in conjunction with photographs and has concluded that the feature named Fort William by Fildes is the one here described; the Greenwich Island feature for which the name Fort William was erroneously applied is now named Canto Point.

Fortenberry Glacier
Fortenberry Glacier (-70.8°N, 166.95°W) is a glacier on the north side of Tapsell Foreland in Victoria Land. It flows north into Yule Bay 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Ackroyd Point. 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 Lieutenant Ralph M. Fortenberry, U.S. Navy, Medical Officer at McMurdo Station, 1960.

Fortin Rock
Fortin Rock (-62.46667°N, -60.73333°W) is a conspicuous rock or sea stack lying off Black Point, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears in a 1953 volume of Argentine sailing directions for Antarctica and Argentine charts. In Spanish, fortin means small fort. This feature has sometimes been misidentified on charts as Scarborough Castle.

Fortress Hill
Fortress Hill (-63.93333°N, -57.51667°W) is a hill, 120 m, which stands 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Terrapin Hill in northern James Ross Island, close south of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1946 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who gave this descriptive name.

Fortress Rocks
Fortress Rocks (-77.85°N, 166.68333°W) is a cluster of low rock summits 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) north of the summit of Observation Hill on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island. A descriptive name given by members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, under Scott.

The Fortress
The Fortress (-77.3°N, 160.91667°W) is a platform of Beacon Sandstone dissected to form four promontories bordered by cliffs over 300 m high. Situated on the shoulder to the northeast of Webb Glacier, they form part of the divide between the Webb and Victoria Upper Glaciers. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1959-60, for its fortress-like appearance.

Fortuna Bay
Fortuna Bay (-54.11667°N, -36.8°W) is a bay 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide, entered between Cape Best and Robertson Point on the north coast of South Georgia. Named after the whaling expedition under C.A. Larsen which participated in establishing the first permanent whaling base at Grytviken, South Georgia, in 1904-05.

Fortuna Glacier
Fortuna Glacier (-54.1°N, -36.85°W) is a glacier flowing in a northeast direction to its terminus just west of Cape Best, with an eastern distribiitary almost reaching the west side of Fortuna Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. Named in about 1912, presumably for the whale catcher Fortuna.

Fortuna Peak
Fortuna Peak (-54.11667°N, -36.78333°W) is a peak, 385 m, standing at the east side of Fortuna Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart, and is probably in association with Fortuna Bay.

Fortuna Rocks
Fortuna Rocks (-54.1°N, -36.78333°W) is a small group of rocks extending across the east side of the entrance to Fortuna Bay along the north coast of South Georgia. These rocks were indicated on a chart by the German Antarctic Expedition under Filchner, who examined Fortuna Bay in 1911-12. The name Fortuna Rocks was in use prior to 1920 and derives from nearby Fortuna Bay.

Fosdick Mountains
Fosdick Mountains (-76.53333°N, -144.75°W) is an east-west trending mountain range with marked serrate outlines, standing along the south side of Balchen Glacier at the head of Block Bay, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1929, and named by Byrd for Raymond B. Fosdick, President of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Fossil Bight
Fossil Bight (-64.3°N, -56.86667°W) is a shallow recession in the north coast of Seymour Island, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north-northeast of Cape Lamas. The feature was called "Fossil Bay" or "Bahia Fosiles" by United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) and Argentine researchers because of fossils found here in 1982. The generic term bight is considered appropriate to this feature.

Fossil Bluff
Fossil Bluff (-71.33333°N, -68.28333°W) is a prominent rock bluff on the east coast of Alexander Island marking the north side of the mouth of Uranus Glacier where it enters George VI Sound. Probably first seen by Lincoln Ellsworth, who flew directly over it and photographed segments of the coast in this vicinity on November 23, 1935. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) and so named by them because fossils were found in the rock strata there. Resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS).

Fossil Wood Point
Fossil Wood Point (-70.83333°N, 68.03333°W) is a point of land between Bainmedart Cove and Radok Lake in the east part of Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. The area was visited several times in Jan.-Feb. 1969 by A. Medvecky, geologist with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Prince Charles Mountains survey party. So named because deposits of fossil wood were found on the point.

Foster Bluff
Foster Bluff (-66.41667°N, 110.61667°W) is a conspicuous rock bluff surmounting the shore in the southwest part of Herring Island, in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Danny L. Foster, meteorologist and member of the Wilkes Station party of 1962.

Foster Crater
Foster Crater (-78.4°N, 162.96667°W) is a named in association with Foster Glacier.

Foster Glacier
Foster Glacier (-78.4°N, 162.83333°W) is a glacier in the Royal Society Range, 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Mount Kempe, flowing southeast into the Koettlitz Glacier. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 for Maj. James Foster, United States Marine Corps (USMC), assistant air operations officer for U.S. Navy Task Force 43 in Antarctica, 1960.

Foster Island
Foster Island (-66.06667°N, 100.26667°W) is a rocky island 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) long, lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) west-northwest of Currituck Island at the northwest end of the Highjump Archipelago. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for H.C. Foster, motion picture photographer on U.S. Navy Operation Highjump photographic flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 east longitude. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Foster Nunatak
Foster Nunatak (-71.1°N, 71.66667°W) is a horseshoe shaped rock outcrop in the south part of the Manning Nunataks, on the east side of the Amery Ice Shelf. The Manning Nunataks were photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1957). They were visited by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1965 and ANARE in 1969. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for A.L. Foster, electronics engineer at Mawson Station in 1970, a member of an ANARE glaciological traverse party on the Amery Ice Shelf in January 1970.

Foster Peninsula
Foster Peninsula (-71.3°N, -61.16667°W) is a high ice-covered peninsula between Palmer Inlet and Lamplugh Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Theodore D. Foster, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) oceanographer on the International Weddell Sea Expedition, 1969. He was party leader on Weddell Sea investigations, 1972-73 and 1974-75.

Foster Plateau
Foster Plateau (-64.71667°N, -61.41667°W) is a plateau, about 80 square mi in area, lying between Drygalski and Hektoria Glaciers in northern Graham Land. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1956-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Richard A. Foster, FIDS leader of the Danco Island station in 1956 and 1957.

Cape Foster
Cape Foster (-64.45°N, -57.98333°W) is a cape lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Carlsson Bay on the south side of James Ross Island. Discovered by a British expedition 1839-43, under Ross, who named it for Captain Henry Foster, Royal Navy, leader of a British expedition in the Chanticleer, 1828-31. The cape was mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901-04.

Mount Foster
Mount Foster (-63°N, -62.55°W) is a triple peak, 2,105 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Mount Pisgah and forming the summit of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands. Captain Henry Foster, Royal Navy, who visited the island in the but this name has gradually been superseded by the present name honoring Captain Foster.

Port Foster
Port Foster (-62.95°N, -60.65°W) is a basin-like harbor (a drowned breached crater), 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, lying within Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands. The harbor was known to sealers as early as 1820, and in its early history was called Port Williams, after Captain William Smith's brig, the Williams, or Yankee Harbor, because of the number of American sealers who harbored there. A few years later it was named Port Foster after Captain Henry Foster of the Chanticleer, who made pendulum and magnetic observations in this harbor in 1829. The latter name has become established by usage.

Fothergill Point
Fothergill Point (-64.58333°N, -60.2°W) is a low rocky coastal point 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Cape Worsley, on the east side of Graham Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Ian L. Fothergill, leader and meteorological assistant at the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) station at Hope Bay, 1959-63.

Foul Point
Foul Point (-60.53333°N, -45.48333°W) is the north point of the island, with off-lying rocks, lying at the east side of the entrance to Ommanney Bay on the north side of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered in December 1821 in the course of the joint cruise by Captain George Powell, British sealer, and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, American sealer. The name first appears on Powell's chart, published in 1822.

Foundation Ice Stream
Foundation Ice Stream (-83.25°N, -60°W) is a major ice stream in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northward for 150 miles along the west side of the Patuxent and Neptune Ranges to enter Ronne Ice Shelf westward of Dufek Massif. 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 the National Science Foundation, which has played a leading role in support of the U.S. Antarctic Research Program during this period.

Founders Escarpment
Founders Escarpment (-79.25°N, -86.25°W) is a prominent escarpment located west of Founders Peaks in the Heritage Range, extending from Minnesota Glacier to Splettstoesser Glacier. Named after the nearby Founders Peaks by the University of Minnesota Geological Party, 1963-64.

Founders Peaks
Founders Peaks (-79.16667°N, -86.25°W) is a cluster of sharp peaks and ridges located just east of Founders Escarpment and between Minnesota and Gowan Glaciers, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Founders Peaks were mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. The name was applied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) is association with the name Heritage Range.

Fountain Glacier
Fountain Glacier (-77.68333°N, 161.63333°W) is a glacier between Nylen Glacier and Catspaw Glacier in the Asgard Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys; it flows south into Pearse Valley. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Andrew G. Fountain, Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland, OR; United States Antarctic Program (USAP) investigator in glacier mass balance studies of McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1993-2003.

Four Ladies Bank
Four Ladies Bank (-67.5°N, 77.5°W) is a name of bank reaffirmed 7/64 (ACUF 30).

Four Ramps
Four Ramps (-84.7°N, 177.58333°W) is a group of four small rock spurs, roughly parallel and projecting through the snow surface, forming the northeast part of Sullivan Ridge on the west side of Ramsey Glacier. Discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) and given this descriptive name by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN).

Fourcade Glacier
Fourcade Glacier (-62.21667°N, -58.66667°W) is a glacier at the head of Potter Cove, Maxwell Bay, King George Island. Named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after Nestor H. Fourcade of Instituto Antartico Argentino, who made detailed geological investigations of Potter Cove and Fildes Peninsula in several seasons, 1957-58 to 1960-61.

Mount Fourcade
Mount Fourcade (-64.6°N, -62.5°W) is a mountain standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Cape Anna 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 H.G. Fourcade, South African surveyor who designed the stereogoniometer and gave it practical application for plotting photogrammetric surveys in about 1900.