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Haag Nunataks
Haag Nunataks (-77°N, -78.3°W) is a three low elevations aligned nearly north-south The dominant central nunatak and the southern elevation have definite rock exposures; the minor northern elevation may be entirely snow covered. The feature was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947-48), led by Finn Ronne, who named it "Mount Haag" for Joseph Haag, head of Todd Shipyards, New York, which worked on the expedition ship, Aerial photographs obtained by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in 1966 show the feature to be a group of nunataks, not a mountain, and the name is amended accordingly by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN).

Haas Glacier
Haas Glacier (-85.75°N, -164.91667°W) is a steep tributary glacier draining northward from Rawson Plateau to enter the south side of Bowman Glacier, in the Queen Maud 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 Charles G. Haas, meteorologist, South Pole Station winter party, 1960.

Haban Spur
Haban Spur (-73.3°N, 163°W) is a bold rock spur 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Scarab Peak, extending northeast from the east central part of Tobin Mesa in the Mesa Range, Victoria Land. The feature was geologically studied by an Ohio State University field party during the 1982-83 season. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Marta A. Haban, a geologist in the party.

Habermehl Peak
Habermehl Peak (-71.81667°N, 6.91667°W) is a peak (2,945 m) 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Gessner Peak in the northeast part of the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for the director of the German Weather Service. Remapped from air photos taken by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59.

Hachinosu Peak
Hachinosu Peak (-69.01667°N, 39.58333°W) is a small hill, 45 m high, standing 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) east of Nishino-ura Cove and marking the highest point on East Ongul Island. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957, and named Hachinosu-yama (beehive peak).

Hackapike Bay
Hackapike Bay (-64.51667°N, -62.91667°W) is an anchorage 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Ryswyck Point, entered west of False Island along the northeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill.

Hackerman Ridge
Hackerman Ridge (-72.65°N, 167.76667°W) is a large mountainous ridge trending north-south between the Gruendler and Rudolph Glaciers, in the Victory Mountains, of Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Norman Hackerman, member of National Science Board, 1968-78; Chairman since 1974. He visited Antarctica in 1975 and 1977 as part of his official duties in support of the U.S. scientific program in Antarctica.

Mount Haddington
Mount Haddington (-64.21667°N, -57.63333°W) is a mountain, 1,630 m, surmounting the central part of James Ross Island. Discovered by a British expedition under Ross, December 31, 1842, and named by him for the Earl of Haddington, then First Lord of the Admiralty.

Haddon Bay
Haddon Bay (-63.3°N, -55.73333°W) is a bay lying immediately east of Mount Alexander along the south coast of Joinville Island. Discovered in January 1893 by Thomas Robertson, master of the ship Active, one of the Dundee whalers. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1956 for Professor Alfred C. Haddon (1855-1940), who helped Dr. W.S. Bruce with his preparations for scientific work with the Dundee whaling expedition.

Hades Terrace
Hades Terrace (-73.68333°N, 163.5°W) is a steep, mainly ice-covered bluff along the east side of Campbell Glacier, situated just west of Vulcan Hills in the Southern Cross Mountains of Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1965-66, presumably from Greek mythology.

Hadley Peak
Hadley Peak (-85.01667°N, -90.66667°W) is a peak (2,660 m) surmounting the escarpment at the north edge of Ford Massif 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 which surveyed these mountains in 1960-61. Named for Jarvis B. Hadley of USCS, then Chief of the Branch of Regional Geology in the Eastern U.S. and administrator of USGS geology programs in Antarctica.

Hadley Point
Hadley Point (-73.91667°N, -113.96667°W) is the northeast point of Murray Foreland, Martin Peninsula, on Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. The point lies 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Cape Herlacher. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Richard C. Hadley, U.S. Navy, who wintered at McMurdo Station in 1959 and other years through 1977; in charge of supply functions at McMurdo during last deployment.

Hadley Upland
Hadley Upland (-68.48333°N, -66.4°W) is a triangular shaped remnant plateau with an undulating surface (1,500-1,900 m) in southern Graham Land. It is bounded by Windy Valley and the Martin, Gibbs and Lammers Glaciers. The existence of this upland was known to the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, F. Ronne and C.R. Eklund having travelled along Lammers and Gibbs Glaciers in January 1941. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948-50 and 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after John Hadley (1682-1744), English mathematician who, at the same time as Thomas Godfey, independently invented the quadrant (the forerunner of the sextant), in 1730-31.

Mount Hadrich
Mount Hadrich (-71.95°N, 6.2°W) is a peak (2,885 m) which rises from the eastern part of H?hellerskarvet in the M|hlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. The name "Hadrich-Berg," after the procurator of the former German Lufthansa Corporation, was applied in this area by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39) under Alfred Ritscher. The correlation of the name with this peak may be arbitrary but is recommended for the sake of international uniformity and historical continuity.

Haefeli Glacier
Haefeli Glacier (-67.3°N, -66.38333°W) is a glacier, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide and 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, situated at the northwest side of Finsterwalder Glacier and flowing south-southwest toward the head of Lallemand Fjord on the west coast of Graham Land. With Finsterwalder and Klebelsberg Glaciers, its mouth merges with Sharp Glacier where the latter enters the fjord. First surveyed in 1946-47 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named by them for Robert Haefeli, Swiss glaciologist.

Haffner Glacier
Haffner Glacier (-71.46667°N, 169.4°W) is a small glacier discharging into Berg Bay along the north coast of Victoria Land. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Colonel Haffner, Director of the Government Survey of Norway.

Haffner Pass
Haffner Pass (-69.78333°N, -71.36667°W) is a pass running NE-SW and rising to about 500 m between Gilbert Glacier and Mozart Ice Piedmont, north Alexander Island. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1975-77. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1980 after Mozart's Haffner symphony (1782) in association with the name of the ice piedmont.

Hag Pike
Hag Pike (-68.95°N, -66.98333°W) is a conspicuous rock column (710 m) on the north side of Wordie Ice Shelf near the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Together with the mountain to the north, it forms the west side of the mouth of Harlot Glacier. Photographed from the air by British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1937, and by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50, and 1958. The name by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) is descriptive, "hag" being the stump of a tree which remains after felling.

Hageman Peak
Hageman Peak (-71.71667°N, -70.8°W) is a peak rising to about 940 m at the northwest end of Staccato Peaks, Alexander Island. The peak was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Roger H. Hageman, U.S. Navy, LC-130 aircraft commander, U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1969.

Mount Hager
Mount Hager (-70.88333°N, 162.8°W) is a mountain (2,420 m) located 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Mount Cantello in Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Clarence L. Hager, geophysicist at the South Pole Station, 1967-68.

Hagerty Peak
Hagerty Peak (-75.28333°N, -68.18333°W) is a peak in the southeast extremity of the Sweeney Mountains in Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Cornelius J. Hagerty, photographer with the McMurdo Station winter party in 1960.

Hagey Ridge
Hagey Ridge (-74.95°N, -134.93333°W) is a high snow-covered ridge, between Bjornert Cliffs and Johnson Glacier, forming the east end of McDonald Heights on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The ridge was first photographed from aircraft of the U.S. Antarctic Service in December 1940. It was 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 Lieutenant Donald W. Hagey, U.S. Navy, Officer-in-Charge at Byrd Station in 1969.

Haggerty Hill
Haggerty Hill (-77.95°N, 164.2°W) is a mostly ice-free peak, 1,100 m, standing 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southeast of Salmon Hill and immediately north of the snout of Salmon Glacier, on the Scott Coast, Victoria Land. Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Patrick R. Haggerty of Holmes and Narver, Inc., who managed logistics and construction activities at McMurdo Station, South Pole Station, Siple Station and various field camps during the 1970's and 1990's. He introduced female construction workers to the U.S. Antarctic Program for the first time during the 1978-79 season, and implemented computer based construction scheduling in the 1990's.

Haggits Pillar
Haggits Pillar (-67.4°N, -179.91667°W) is a column of rock (65 m) in the South Pacific Ocean, lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) west of Scott Island and some 315 nautical miles (600 km) north-northeast of Cape Adare, Victoria Land. Discovered in December 1902 by Captain William R. Colbeck, Royal Navy Reserve, commander of the Morning, relief ship to the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, under Scott. The name was used on official charts of the Discovery expedition drawn by Lieutenant George F.A. Mulock.

Hahellerbotnen Cirque
Hahellerbotnen Cirque (-71.9°N, 6.08333°W) is a large cirque on the east side of Hahelleregga Ridge in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956 60) and named Hahellerbotnen (the shark cave cirque).

Hahelleregga Ridge
Hahelleregga Ridge (-71.86667°N, 5.96667°W) is an irregular rock ridge just north of Hahellerskalvet in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Hahelleregga (the shark cave ridge).

Hahelleren Cove
Hahelleren Cove (-71.91667°N, 6.06667°W) is a cove indenting the north side of Hahellerskarvet in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Hahelleren (the shark cave).

Hahellerskarvet
Hahellerskarvet (-71.95°N, 6.13333°W) is a broad, partially ice-covered mountain, 2,910 m, between Austreskorve and Lunde Glaciers in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Hahellerskarvet (the shark cave mountain).

Hahn Island
Hahn Island (-78.25°N, 164.96667°W) is an island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Mount Discovery, on the east side of Koettlitz Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 for Commander James Hahn, U.S. Navy, public information officer on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, for several years preceding 1963. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Hahn
Mount Hahn (-69.28333°N, -70.15°W) is a mountain (about 1,100 m) between Walter Glacier and Hampton Glacier at the head of Schokalsky Bay, Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Gerald L. Hahn, U.S. Navy, LC-130 aircraft pilot, U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1975 and 1976.

Haigh Nunatak
Haigh Nunatak (-71.25°N, 71.21667°W) is a low peak 12 nautical miles (22 km) northeast of Pickering Nunatak on the east side of the mouth of Lambert Glacier. Photographed from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1957. Visited by a geological party of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in January 1966. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J. Haigh, geophysicist at Mawson Station in 1965, who accompanied the Soviet Antarctic Expedition party.

Haigh Point
Haigh Point (-64.91667°N, -63.1°W) is a point west of Mount Banck, Danco Coast, forming the north entrance point of Thomas Cove. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with the cove after Dorothy Haigh, Head, Cartographic Section, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1948-70, with responsibility for preparing UK-APC maps.

Hailstorm Island
Hailstorm Island (-66.21667°N, 110.61667°W) is a rocky island, 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) long, between Cameron Island and the east end of Burnett Island in the central part of Swain Islands. First roughly mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and included in a 1957 survey of Swain Islands by Wilkes Station personnel under C.R. Eklund. Named by Eklund for Radioman Kenneth J. Hailstorm, U.S. Navy, a Naval support force member of the 1957 wintering party at Wilkes Station during the IGY. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Haines Glacier
Haines Glacier (-73.35°N, -62.55°W) is a glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, flowing in a southeast direction and joining Meinardus Glacier immediately east of Mount Barkow, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS). During 1947 the glacier was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted it from the ground. Named by the FIDS for William C. Haines, American meteorologist and member of the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions of 1928-30 and 1933-35, and joint author of the meteorological reports of these two expeditions.

Haines Mountains
Haines Mountains (-77.56667°N, -146.33333°W) is a range of ice-capped mountains trending NW-SE for about 25 nautical miles (46 km) and forming the southwest wall of Hammond Glacier, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1934, and named for William C. Haines, meteorologist of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-30 and 1933-35).

Hakollen Island
Hakollen Island (-67°N, 57.25°W) is an island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, rising to 100 m, lying in the southwest part of the Oygarden Group. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and called Hakollen (the shark knoll). == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Hakon Col
Hakon Col (-71.9°N, 8.86667°W) is a col at the south side of Saether Crags in the Kurze Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named for Hakon Saether, medical officer with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-57).

Hakurei Seamount
Hakurei Seamount (-62.86667°N, 140.81667°W) is a seamount located off Wilkes Land; named after the R/V "Hakurei-maru" which conducted a detailed survey of the area. Name approved 7/99 (ACUF 279).

Hale Glacier
Hale Glacier (-72.21667°N, -100.55°W) is a glacier about 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, located just east of Mount Simpson on Thurston Island and flowing southwest to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Bill J. Hale, U.S. Navy, helicopter pilot aboard USS Burton Island who made exploratory flights to Thurston Island in February 1960.

Hale Valley
Hale Valley (-79.86667°N, 156.66667°W) is the N-most of three largely ice-free valleys that trend east from midnight Plateau in the Darwin Mountains. This valley is immediately south of Kennett Ridge. Named after Mason E. Hale (d.), lichenologist, National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian), Washington, DC, who worked about six austral summers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys beginning c.1980.

Mount Hale
Mount Hale (-78.06667°N, -86.31667°W) is a mountain (3,595 m) standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northwest of Mount Davis in the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse party, 1957-58, under C.R. Bentley, and named for Daniel P. Hale, auroral physicist at Byrd Station and member of the traverse party.

Hales Peak
Hales Peak (-64.13333°N, -62.15°W) is a peak rising from the northeast shoulder of Mount Cabeza in the northeast part of Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago. Mapped from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys, Ltd., 1956-57. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Stephen Hales (1677-1761), English curate of Teddington, who first estimated blood pressure, and made important advances in hygiene.

Haley Glacier
Haley Glacier (-71.55°N, -61.83333°W) is a glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, draining southeast along the north side of Rowley Massif into Odom 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 Philip H. Haley, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at Palmer Station, 1973.

Half Black Peak
Half Black Peak (-71.78333°N, 163.66667°W) is a peak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Edixon, rising to over 2,000 m in the southeast part of Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains. Descriptively named in 1983 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) on the proposal of M.G. Laird, because of the proximity of All Black Peak and from the color of this peak, half black rock and half snow.

Half Century Nunatak
Half Century Nunatak (-85.36667°N, -178.83333°W) is a prominent nunatak, displaying a high east-facing rock escarpment, located 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Dismal Buttress at the west side of upper Shackleton Glacier. Named by the Southern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) which, near this nunatak, celebrated the 50th anniversary of Amundsen reaching the South Pole.

Half Dome Nunatak
Half Dome Nunatak (-82.45°N, 159.23333°W) is a nunatak lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Cobham Range, at the mouth of Lucy Glacier. So named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) because it is rounded on one side and cut into sheer cliffs on the other side.

Half Moon Beach
Half Moon Beach (-62.48333°N, -60.78333°W) is a small beach lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of Scarborough Castle on the north coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This descriptive name was recorded by Robert Fildes, who had sealers working here in 1820-21 and 1821-22.

Half Moon Crater
Half Moon Crater (-77.8°N, 166.75°W) is a crater 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southwest of Castle Rock on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island. Descriptively named for its shape by Frank Debenham of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, who made a plane table survey of the peninsula in 1912.

Half Moon Island
Half Moon Island (-62.6°N, -59.91667°W) is a crescent-shaped island 1.25 nautical miles (2.3 km) long, lying in the entrance to Moon Bay on the east side of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This island was known to sealers in the area as early as 1821. The name, which suggests its shape, appears on a chart based upon a 1935 survey by DI personnel on the Discovery II. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Half-ration Neve
Half-ration Neve (-73.01667°N, 163.5°W) is a large neve at the head of Aviator Glacier in Victoria Land. It is largely enclosed on the west side by the Mesa Range. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, because its resupply was delayed several days by blizzards and the party was limited to reduced rations.

Halfmoon Bluff
Halfmoon Bluff (-85.21667°N, -175.63333°W) is a rock bluff overlooking the east side of Shackleton Glacier, rising immediately north of the mouth of Brunner Glacier, in the Cumulus Hills. So named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition (1964-65) because its sheer cliffs and crescent shaped top give it the appearance of a half moon.

Halfthree Point
Halfthree Point (-62.23333°N, -58.95°W) is a point forming the southeast end of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1935.

Halfway Island
Halfway Island (-64.75°N, -64.2°W) is an island lying 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of Litchfield Island, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1956-57. The name arose because the island lies halfway between Arthur Harbor and Cape Monaco, a route frequently traveled by boat by members of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) at the Arthur Harbor station. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Halfway Nunatak
Halfway Nunatak (-78.38333°N, 161.1°W) is an isolated nunatak on the west side of The Landing, and almost in the center of the upper Skelton Glacier. Surveyed and descriptively named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

Halisen Glacier
Halisen Glacier (-72.03333°N, 8.85°W) is a cirque glacier between Halisrimen Peak and Halisstonga Peak in the Kurze Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Halisen (the slippery ice).

Halishalsen Saddle
Halishalsen Saddle (-72.11667°N, 9.06667°W) is an ice saddle between the Kurze Mountains and the interior ice plateau close southward, in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Halishalsen (the slippery ice neck).

Halisrimen Peak
Halisrimen Peak (-72.01667°N, 8.86667°W) is a peak, 2,655 m, rising 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Halisstonga Peak in the Kurze Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Halisrimen (the slippery ice frost).

Halisstonga Peak
Halisstonga Peak (-72.03333°N, 8.95°W) is a peak, 2,780 m, marking the south end of the Kurze Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Halisstonga.

Hall Bluff
Hall Bluff (-77.55°N, 161.38333°W) is a prominent rock bluff (750 m) that forms the east end of Dais and marks the valley entrances to North Fork and South Fork in Wright Valley, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Brenda Hall, Research Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Maine from 1990; field party geologist in six United States Antarctic Program (USAP) supported field seasons, 1990-91 to 1995-96, including work in Wright Valley in proximity of this bluff.

Hall Cliff
Hall Cliff (-71.98333°N, -68.61667°W) is a sandstone cliff 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, located along the south side of Saturn Glacier and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Citadel Bastion in eastern Alexander Island. The feature was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and from survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) from association with Saturn Glacier after Asaph Hall (1829-1907), the American astronomer who contributed toward the discovery of Saturn and also discovered the satellites of the planet Mars.

Hall Island
Hall Island (-54°N, -38.13333°W) is a small, steep-sided, tussock-covered island between Verdant Islands and Proud Island in the Willis Islands, South Georgia. Charted by DI personnel on the Discovery in the period 1926-30. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Commander Geoffrey P.D. Hall, Royal Navy, Commanding Officer of HMS Owen which surveyed the area in 1960-61. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Hall Nunatak
Hall Nunatak (-78.98333°N, -87.4°W) is a small nunatak about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeastward of Thomas Nunatak, situated along the ice escarpment at the head of Minnesota Glacier, in the Ellsworth Mountains. Named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains (1963-64) for George S. Hall, helicopter crew chief with the USA 62nd Transportion Corps Detachment, who assisted the party.

Hall Nunataks
Hall Nunataks (-70.8°N, 66.75°W) is a group of four nunataks about 6 nautical miles (11 km) east-southeast of Mount Bunt in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1960. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R.G. Hall, assistant diesel mechanic at Wilkes Station in 1964.

Hall Peak
Hall Peak (-79.48333°N, -83.75°W) is a peak, 2,170 m, in the Heritage Range, surmounting the dividing ridge at the upper reaches of Rennell Glacier, Schmidt Glacier and Larson Valley. Named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains, 1963-64, for Walter D.M. (Mike) Hall, geologist with the party.

Hall Peninsula
Hall Peninsula (-62.76667°N, -61.23333°W) is a small peninsula 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of President Head on the east side of Snow Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Basil Halls Island was applied to Snow Island by James Weddell in 1820-23, for Captain Basil Hall, Royal Navy (1788-1844). Hall Peninsula was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 in order to preserve Weddell's name on the island.

Hall Ridge
Hall Ridge (-70.7°N, -63.2°W) is a low, snow-covered ridge 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of the Eland Mountains in Palmer Land. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Phillip L. Hall, U.S. Army, Assistant Civil Engineering Officer on the staff of the Commander, Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze, 1969 and 1970.

Hall Rock
Hall Rock (-76.85°N, 159.33333°W) is a large rock located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Carapace Nunatak at the edge of the polar plateau of Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for geologist Bradford A. Hall who, with Harold W. Borns, did research on the so-called Mawson Tillite in this vicinity, 1968-69.

Mount Hall
Mount Hall (-84.91667°N, -170.36667°W) is a rock peak (2,430 m) standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southwest of Mount Daniel, surmounting the snow-covered, tabular mountain block which forms the south end of Lillie Range, in the foothills of the Prince Olav Mountains. Discovered and photographed by the U.S. Ross Ice Shelf Traverse Party (1957-38) under A.P. Crary, and named by him for Lieutenant Commander Ray E. Hall, U.S. Navy, pilot of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 during Deep Freeze Operations.

Mount Hall
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Hallam Peak
Hallam Peak (-77.65°N, 163.38333°W) is a distinctive rock peak in the Kukri Hills, Victoria Land. The peak rises to 900 m between the heads of Von Guerard Glacier and Aiken Glacier and provides an unobstructed view of the Lake Fryxell locality of Taylor Valley. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Dr. Cheryl A. Hallam, geographer, United States Geological Survey (USGS), who specializes in geographic information systems; worked four summer seasons in Antarctica, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1999-00.

Halle Flat
Halle Flat (-76.66667°N, 159.83333°W) is a relatively flat area just southward of Coxcomb Peak in the Allan Hills, Victoria Land. Reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) Allan Hills Expedition, 1964. They gave the name after Thore G. Halle whose pioneering work (1913) on Antarctic fossil plants forms part of the scientific reports on Otto Nordenskjold's Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04.

Haller Rocks
Haller Rocks (-64.06667°N, -62.1°W) is a small group of rocks in the east part of Bouquet Bay, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of the southwest end of Liege 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 Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777), Swiss physiologist who made important contributions to medical knowledge (e.g., mechanism of heartbeat, action of bile).

Hallet Valley
Hallet Valley (-77.53333°N, 160.28333°W) is a valley between Meddley Ridge and Vortex Col in west Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Bernard Hallet, Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; United States Antarctic Program (USAP) investigator of land surface stability in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1995-2002.

Hallett Peninsula
Hallett Peninsula (-72.5°N, 170.16667°W) is a triangular, dome-shaped peninsula, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, with 1,500 m cliffs on its E. seaboard side and 300 m on its west side. The peninsula extends from Cape Hallett to Cape Wheatstone and is joined to the mainland by a narrow ridge between Tucker Glacier and Edisto Inlet. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, because Hallett station on Seabee Hook was established at the north end of the peninsula.

Hallett Ridge
Hallett Ridge (-71.25°N, 176.83333°W) is an undersea ridge name proposed by Dr. Steven C. Cande, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Named in association with Cape Hallett and Hallett Peninsula. Name approved 9/97 (ACUF 272).

Cape Hallett
Cape Hallett (-72.31667°N, 170.26667°W) is a bold rock cape forming the north tip of Hallett Peninsula, on the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross who named it for Thomas R. Hallett, purser on one of the expedition ships, the Erebus.

Mount Hallgren
Mount Hallgren (-73.38333°N, -3.36667°W) is a mountain, largely ice-covered, with a steep, rocky northern face, situated 27 nautical miles (50 km) southwest of Neumayer Cliffs in the Kirwan Escarpment, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and additional air photos (1958-59), and named for Stig E. Hallgren, photographer with NBSAE.

Halpern Point
Halpern Point (-63.3°N, -57.83333°W) is a point on the northern coast of Trinity Peninsula directly south of the eastern part of the Duroch Islands. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Martin Halpern of the Geophysical and Polar Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, leader of the field party which geologically mapped this area, 1961-62.

Halsknappane Hills
Halsknappane Hills (-72.06667°N, 6.01667°W) is a group of low rock hills just west of Skorvehalsen Saddle in the east part of 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 Halsknappane (the neck buttons).

Halverson Peak
Halverson Peak (-71.78333°N, 164.73333°W) is a peak (1,710 m) which marks the east side of the terminus of Rawle Glacier, in the King Range of the Concord 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 Jack E. Halverson, U.S. Navy, chief electronics technician and member of the McMurdo Station party, 1967.

Halvfarryggen Ridge
Halvfarryggen Ridge (-71.16667°N, -6.66667°W) is a broad snow-covered ridge separating the Ekstrom and Jelbart Ice Shelves, on the coast of Queen Maud Land. First mapped by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1949-52. They referred to the feature as "Isrygg" (ice ridge), but it was subsequently named Halvfarryggen (the half way ridge) by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60.

Hamarglovene Crevasses
Hamarglovene Crevasses (-71.93333°N, 5.08333°W) is a crevasse field in lower Vestreskorve Glacier just east of Hamaroya Mountain, in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Hamarglovene (the hammer clefts).

Hamaroya Mountain
Hamaroya Mountain (-71.93333°N, 4.95°W) is an isolated ice-free mountain in the middle of the mouth of Vestreskorve Glacier in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Hamaroya (the hammer island).

Hamarskaftet Nunataks
Hamarskaftet Nunataks (-71.83333°N, 4.96667°W) is a row of nunataks about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Swarthamaren Mountain in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Hamarskaftet (the hammer handle).

Hamarskorvene Bluff
Hamarskorvene Bluff (-72.01667°N, 5.23333°W) is a rock and ice bluff just east of Kvithamaren 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 Hamarskorvene.

Hamartind Peak
Hamartind Peak (-72.55°N, 0.65°W) is a peak at the east extremity of Hamrane Heights in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Hamartind (the crag peak).

Hamberg Lakes
Hamberg Lakes (-54.31667°N, -36.51667°W) is a two adjoining lakes lying near the north outlet of Hamberg Glacier, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Moraine Fjord, Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. First surveyed by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. The name derives from nearby Hamberg Glacier, and was given by A. Szielasko who explored this vicinity in 1906.

Hamblin Glacier
Hamblin Glacier (-66.4°N, -65.11667°W) is a glacier flowing to the southeast side of Widmark Ice Piedmont, in Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Theodore Hamblin (1890 1952), English optician who in the 1930s helped in the evolution of the first satisfactory snow goggle design.

Hamburg Bay
Hamburg Bay (-64.5°N, -63.95°W) is a bay indenting the northwest coast of Anvers Island immediately south of Bonnier Point, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered but incompletely defined by a German expedition 1873-74, under Dallmann, who named it for Hamburg, Germany, home port of the expedition. The bay was more accurately mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot.

Hamer Hill
Hamer Hill (-64.53333°N, -59.58333°W) is a hill (505 m) on the eastern edge of the central mountain mass of Sobral Peninsula, Nordenskjold Coast, Graham Land. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Richard D. Hamer, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist, Rothera Station, 1978-79 and 1980-81, who worked in the area.

Hamilton Bay
Hamilton Bay (-54.8°N, -35.9°W) is a small bay at the mouth of Salomon Glacier, indenting the southeast coast of South Georgia 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) northeast of the mouth of Drygalski Fjord. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for James E. Hamilton (1893-1957), Colonial Naturalist to the Falkland Islands, who was seconded for service with the Discovery Investigations, 1925-28.

Hamilton Bluff
Hamilton Bluff (-69.73333°N, 73.93333°W) is a rock bluff on the coast of Antarctica, about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Palmer Point and 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Visited by I.R. McLeod, geologist with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Prince Charles Mountains survey party, 1969. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R. Hamilton, helicopter pilot with ANARE (Nella Dan) in 1968.

Hamilton Cliff
Hamilton Cliff (-85.01667°N, -90.3°W) is an imposing rock cliff that rises more than 600 m and forms the northeast extremity of Ford Massif, 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 which surveyed these mountains in 1960-61. Named for Warren B. Hamilton, USGS representative in charge of geologic studies in the McMurdo Sound dry valley area, 1958-59.

Hamilton Glacier
Hamilton Glacier (-82.66667°N, 160.25°W) is a glacier about 12 nautical miles (22 km) long flowing from the northwest slopes of Markham Plateau in the Queen Elizabeth Range into Nimrod Glacier. Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960-61) for W.M. Hamilton, Sec. of the New Zealand Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Hamilton Glacier (Edward VII Peninsula)
Hamilton Glacier (-77.55°N, -157.41667°W) is a glacier about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long draining northwest from Edward VII Peninsula south of Cape Colbeck. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Gordon S. Hamilton, faculty, University of Maine, theoretical and field researcher of ice motion in the West Antarctic ice stream area from the 1980s to the present.

Hamilton Ice Piedmont
Hamilton Ice Piedmont (-74.5°N, -110.3°W) is an ice piedmont, 8 nautical miles (15 km) wide, to the east of Wyatt Hill, Bear Peninsula, on the Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-66. Named in 1977 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Robert Hamilton, meteorologist, University of California, Davis; United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Station Scientific Leader at South Pole Station, winter party 1975.

Hamilton Point
Hamilton Point (-64.36667°N, -57.3°W) is a flat-topped point marking the south side of the entrance to Markham Bay on the southeast side of James Ross Island. Discovered by a British expedition under Ross, 1839-43, who named it Cape Hamilton after Captain W.A.B. Hamilton, Royal Navy, then private secretary to the Earl of Haddington, and later Second Secretary to the Admiralty. First surveyed by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901-04, and resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953. Point is considered a more suitable descriptive term for the feature than cape.

Mount Hamilton
Mount Hamilton (-80.66667°N, 158.28333°W) is a mountain, 1,990 m, standing at the east edge of Kent Plateau, 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Mount Tuatara, in the Churchill Mountains. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and named for Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, who served on Arctic voyages (1850-54) and was a member of the Ship Committee for this expedition.

Mount Hamilton
Mount Hamilton (-85.73333°N, -151.88333°W) is a mountain 1,410 m, which marks the west end of the Tapley Mountains, standing at the east side of the lower reaches of Scott Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. First observed by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould in December 1929. Visited in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for Guy.C. Hamilton, general manager of the McClatchy Newspapers, of Sacramento, CA, who was a contributor to the expedition.

Hamm Peak
Hamm Peak (-69.71667°N, 74.13333°W) is a small rock peak just back from the coast, standing close south of Strover Peak and 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-northwest of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for G.F. Hamm, officer in charge at Mawson Station in 1968, who established a survey station on the feature.

Hammer Hill
Hammer Hill (-61.06667°N, -55.35°W) is the most northerly hill on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, situated just south of Cape Yelcho. So named by the U.K. joint Services Expedition, 1970-71, as being descriptive of the appearance of the feature.

Hammer Point
Hammer Point (-62.33333°N, -59.65°W) is a point 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southwest of Catharina Point, northwest Robert Island, South Shetland Islands. Descriptively named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following aerial photography of Robert Island by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956, and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) field work, 1975-76.

Cape Hammersly
Cape Hammersly (-66.46667°N, 115.05°W) is an ice-covered cape midway between Williamson and Totten Glaciers on Budd Coast. Delineated by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for George W. Hammersly, Midshipman on the sloop Wilkes.

Hammerstad Reef
Hammerstad Reef (-54.21667°N, -37.41667°W) is a reef 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south of Cape Rosa, lying in the north part of the entrance to Queen Maud Bay off the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Thorleif Hammerstad, a sealer of the Compania Argentina de Pesca, Grytviken, for several years beginning in 1946.

Hammond Glacier
Hammond Glacier (-77.41667°N, -146°W) is a glacier on the northeast side of the Haines Mountains, flowing northwest for about 40 nautical miles (70 km) to Sulzberger Ice Shelf in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered in 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, and named by Byrd for John Hays Hammond, American mining engineer and philanthropist.

Hamna Bay
Hamna Bay (-69.26667°N, 39.68333°W) is a sheltered bay that indents the west side of Langhovde Hills on the east side of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Hamna (the harbor).

Hamna Icefall
Hamna Icefall (-69.28333°N, 39.71667°W) is an icefall which descends to the south end of Hamna Bay immediately east of Hamnenabben Head, on the coast of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62. The name was adopted by JARE Headquarters in 1963 in association with Hamna Bay.

Hamnenabben Head
Hamnenabben Head (-69.28333°N, 39.68333°W) is a bare rock headland which forms the south shore of Hamna Bay along the east side of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Hamnenabben (the harbor crag) in association with Hamna Bay.

Hamner Nunatak
Hamner Nunatak (-78.55°N, 157.93333°W) is a nunatak lying west of the Warren Range, 5 nautical miles (9 km) west-northwest of Wise Peak. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for Karl C. Hamner, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1960-61.

Mount Hampson
Mount Hampson (-66.8°N, 51.18333°W) is a mountain 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Mount Rhodes, in the north part of the Tula Mountains 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 R.V. Hampson, a member of the crew of the Discovery during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31.

Hampton Bluffs
Hampton Bluffs (-64.41667°N, -59.3°W) is a group of three rock bluffs on the east side 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) for Ian F.G. Hampton, FIDS physiologist at Hope Bay in 1959 and 1960.

Hampton Glacier
Hampton Glacier (-69.33333°N, -70.08333°W) is a glacier in the northeast part of Alexander Island, 25 nautical miles (46 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, which flows north-northeast along the west wall of Douglas Range to Schokalsky Bay. First photographed from the air during a flight up this glacier in 1937 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE). The mouth of the glacier was surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and later named for Wilfred E. Hampton of the BGLE, 1934-37, who piloted the airplane that made the above mentioned flight in 1937.

Hampton Ridge
Hampton Ridge (-83.86667°N, 167.03333°W) is a ridge about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long in Queen Alexandra Range, running north from Pagoda Peak between Montgomerie and Mackellar Glaciers. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Maj. William C. Hampton, commanding officer of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment which supported the Texas Tech-Shackleton Glacier Expedition, 1964-65.

Mount Hampton
Mount Hampton (-76.48333°N, -125.8°W) is an impressive mountain (3,325 m) with a circular ice-filled crater occupying much of the summit area. It is the northernmost of the extinct volcanoes which comprise the Executive Committee Range in Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on a flight, December 15, 1940, and named for Ruth Hampton, Dept. of the Interior member of the USAS Executive Committee. Mapped in detail by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60.

Hamrane Heights
Hamrane Heights (-72.53333°N, 0.6°W) is an ice-free heights between Skarsdalen Valley and Hei Glacier in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Hamrane (the crags).

Mount Hancox
Mount Hancox (-72.63333°N, 166.98333°W) is a prominent mountain (3,245 m) about 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Mount Burton, rising above the north margin of Malta Plateau in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by the Mariner Glacier geology party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1966-67, for G.T. Hancox, senior geologist with the party in this area.

Hand Glacier
Hand Glacier (-72.96667°N, 168.08333°W) is a deeply entrenched valley glacier that drains the east slopes of Malta Plateau and flows east along the south side of Clapp Ridge into the Borchgrevink Glacier, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Cadet H. Hand, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68.

Handel Ice Piedmont
Handel Ice Piedmont (-70.33333°N, -71°W) is a large ice piedmont lying north and west of Colbert Mountains, between Haydn and Schubert Inlets on the W-central coast of Alexander Island. Apparently first seen from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940 but not separately mapped. First mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for George Frederick Handel (1685-1759), German composer.

The Handle
The Handle (-78°N, 161.98333°W) is an elongated massif 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southwest of Table Mountain in the northwest part of Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. The feature was descriptively named by Alan Sherwood, NZGS field party leader in the area, 1987-88. Its size and position in relation to an associated ridge suggest a handle to a sickle.

Handler Ridge
Handler Ridge (-72.5°N, 167°W) is a prominent ridge about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long which serves as a divide between Croll Glacier and the upper portion of Trafalgar Glacier, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1969 for Dr. Philip Handler, then Chairman, National Science Board and President of the National Academy of Sciences.

Handley Hill
Handley Hill (-78.01667°N, 164.21667°W) is a named after W.R.C. Handley, Ph.D. supervisor to Laurence Greenfield, who proposed the name.

Handsley Valley
Handsley Valley (-77.91667°N, 161.6°W) is a small ice-free valley between Knobhead and Mount Handsley in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1993 in association with Mount Handsley.

Mount Handsley
Mount Handsley (-77.93333°N, 161.55°W) is a subsidiary rock peak on the Knobhead massif in Victoria Land. It rises 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south-southeast of Knobhead and overlooks the upper part of Ferrar Glacier from the northwest. Named in 1969 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) after Jesse Handsley, member of the Discovery crew of Captain Robert Scott's expedition, who accompanied Scott, Evans, Feather, Skelton and Lashly on the major sledging journey up the Ferrar and Taylor Glaciers in 1903.

Hanessian Foreland
Hanessian Foreland (-74.7°N, -135.25°W) is a relatively low, snow-covered foreland or peninsula, over 20 nautical miles (37 km) long and 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. It extends seaward between Siniff Bay and the western end of Getz Ice Shelf Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after John Hanessian, Jr. (1925-74), of George Washington University, Washington DC, noted authority on political science and international affairs. At the time of his death he was on leave to the National Science Foundation. From 1954-58, he served on the National Academy of Sciences staff and made substantial contribution to the Committee on Polar Research in the planning and carrying out of the US-IGY program.

Hanka Island
Hanka Island (-64.85°N, -62.81667°W) is a small island lying near the head of Leith Cove, Paradise Harbor, off the west coast of Graham Land. The name was applied by Scottish geologist David Ferguson, who visited this area in the whaler Hanka in 1913-14. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Hannah Island
Hannah Island (-76.65°N, -148.8°W) is an ice-covered island in Marshall Archipelago, lying between Hutchinson Island and Guest Peninsula within Sulzberger Ice Shelf. 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 J.P. Hannah, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in 1968. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Hannah Peak
Hannah Peak (-82.6°N, -53.16667°W) is a sharp peak at the southwest end of Dufek Massif 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north-northeast of Walker Peak, in the 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 James L. Hannah, construction electrician, who wintered-over at Ellsworth Station in 1957 and McMurdo Station in 1961.

Hannah Point
Hannah Point (-62.65°N, -60.61667°W) is a point forming the east side of the entrance to Walker Bay on the south coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 after the sealer Hannah of Liverpool, which visited the South Shetland Islands and was wrecked there on December 25, 1820.

Hannah Ridge
Hannah Ridge (-83.6°N, -55.16667°W) is a narrow, arc-shaped rock ridge, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, extending westward from Washington Escarpment just north of Brown Ridge, 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 Edward L. Hannah, aviation structural mechanic at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.

Hannam Islands
Hannam Islands (-66.91667°N, 142.96667°W) is a three small islands lying in the eastern part of Commonwealth Bay, midway between Cape Denison and Cape Gray. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named them for Walter H. Hannam, wireless telegrapher with the expedition. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Hannan Ice Shelf
Hannan Ice Shelf (-67.6°N, 47.58333°W) is an ice shelf 18 nautical miles (33 km) wide on the coast of Enderby Land. The ice shelf is nourished by Molle and Kichenside Glaciers and borders McKinnon Island on all but its north side. Photographed from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. First visited in October 1957 by an ANARE party led by B.H. Stinear. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for F.T. Hannan, meteorologist at Mawson Station in 1957.

Hannon Hill
Hannon Hill (-77.83333°N, 163.63333°W) is a bare rock hill (1,110 m) on the west side of the terminus of Amos Glacier, at the juncture with Blue Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Timothy J. Hannon, cartographer, United States Geological Survey (USGS); leader of the two man USGS team working jointly out of Vanda Station with a New Zealand team in the 1988-89 season to establish new geodetic controls and observe old stations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys; relocated the position of the Geographic South Pole.

Hans-Martin Nunatak
Hans-Martin Nunatak (-71.61667°N, 8.93333°W) is an isolated nunatak about 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Henriksen Nunataks in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named for Hans-Martin Henriksen, meteorological assistant with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-58).

Hansen Glacier
Hansen Glacier (-78.35°N, -84.55°W) is a tributary glacier 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing northeast from Mount Tuck to join Dater Glacier, in 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 Herbert L. Hansen, meteorologist at South Pole Station in 1957.

Hansen Inlet
Hansen Inlet (-75.25°N, -63.66667°W) is an ice-filled inlet between Capes Schlossbach and Cox, along the east coast and near the base of Antarctic Peninsula. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for B. Lyle Hansen who, with Herbert T. Ueda, was in charge of the deep-core drilling program at Byrd Station for several seasons, 1966-69.

Hansen Island
Hansen Island (-67.1°N, -67.61667°W) is an island 6 nautical miles (11 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, lying immediately north of The Gullet at the head of Hanusse Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, who used the provisional name North Island for this feature. The island was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and was renamed in 1954 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Leganger H. Hansen, manager at Messrs. Chr. Salvesen's whaling station at Leith Harbor, South Georgia, 1916-37, who gave great assistance to the BGLE, 1934-37. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Hansen Mountains
Hansen Mountains (-68.26667°N, 58.78333°W) is a large group of nunataks lying 55 nautical miles (100 km) south of Stefansson Bay and extending 25 nautical miles (46 km) in a NW-SE direction. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Named for H.E. Hansen, Norwegian cartographer who compiled the maps for this and other Norwegian Antarctic expeditions.

Hansen Nunatak
Hansen Nunatak (-74.8°N, 162.33333°W) is a prominent beehive-shaped nunatak, 965 m, near the terminus of Reeves Glacier, rising above the middle of the glacier about 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Larsen and 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Teall Nunatak, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, the area was more fully explored by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, which named this feature.

Hansen Point
Hansen Point (-54.13333°N, -36.68333°W) is a point lying between Factory and Harbour Points on the west side of Leith Harbor, Stromness Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears on a chart showing the results of surveys by DI personnel in 1927 and 1929, and is probably for Leganger Hansen, manager of the whaling station at Leith Harbor at that time.

Hansen Rocks
Hansen Rocks (-67.5°N, 62.9°W) is a group of five small islands lying just north of Holme Bay and the coast of Mac. Robertson Land, about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Sawert Rocks. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photographs. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Captain B.T. Hansen, master of the Nella Dan for ANARE relief voyages in 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1972.

Hansen Spur
Hansen Spur (-86.21667°N, -159.55°W) is a spur, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, descending from the northwest side of Nilsen Plateau of the Queen Maud Mountains and terminating at the edge of Amundsen Glacier just east of Olsen Crags. 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 Ludvig Hansen, a member of the sea party aboard the Fram on Amundsen's Norwegian expedition of 1910-12. This naming preserves the spirit of Amundsen's 1911 commemoration of "Mount L. Hansen," a name applied for an unidentified mountain in the general area.

Cape Hansen
Cape Hansen (-60.66667°N, -45.58333°W) is a cape which separates Marshall and Iceberg Bays on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The name appears on a chart based upon a running survey of the islands in 1912-13 by Petter Sorlle, Norwegian whaling captain.

Mount Hansen
Mount Hansen (-71.46667°N, 12.15°W) is a mountain, 1,895 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Kare Bench and just northwest of Daykovaya Peak at the north extremity of Westliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named for Kare Hansen, a meteorologist with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59.

Hansenbreen
Hansenbreen (-72.1°N, 22.75°W) is a glacier 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, flowing north along the west side of Mount Nils Larsen in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Roughly mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and remapped by them in greater detail in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named for H.E. Hansen, Norwegian cartographer who compiled these and other maps for Norwegian Antarctic expeditions.

Hanson Hill
Hanson Hill (-63.58333°N, -58.81667°W) is a snow-covered hill (900 m) with two lower summits, one to the north and one to the south, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Cape Roquemaurel on Trinity Peninsula. This hill was roughly charted but left unnamed by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville in March 1838. In 1948, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) gave the name "Thanaron Hill" to the feature. Their action followed a 1946 search by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) which failed to identify a coastal point in the vicinity to which d'Urville had given the name "Cap Thanaron." The latter feature (now Thanaron Point) was subsequently identified. In 1963, the UK-APC renamed the hill described after Thomas A. Hanson, FIDS surveyor at Hope Bay, 1957-59.

Hanson Peak
Hanson Peak (-71.35°N, 170.3°W) is a small peak (1,255 m) 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Cape Adare in the north part of Adare Peninsula. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) after Nikolai Hanson, member of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who was the first man known to have died on the Antarctic mainland (at Cape Adare, October 14, 1899). Hanson's grave surmounts nearby Cape Adare.

Hanson Ridge
Hanson Ridge (-77.28333°N, 163.31667°W) is a prominent ice-free ridge situated 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Spike Cape, near the center of Wilson Piedmont Glacier in Victoria Land. The feature was "Black Ridge" on maps of the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910-13, but that name is already in use in Victoria Land. In order to avoid identical names it was renamed in 1964 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Kirby J. Hanson, meteorologist at the South Pole Station, 1958.

Hanson Spur
Hanson Spur (-84.36667°N, 164.73333°W) is a flat-topped ridge, 2 km long, trending northwest from Mount Falla, Queen Alexandra Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1995 after Richard E. Hanson, geologist, Ohio State University, who conducted field research in this area, 1990-91.

Mount Hanson
Mount Hanson (-85.46667°N, -147.43333°W) is a mountain rising to 800 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of Supporting Party Mountain in the Harold Byrd Mountains. Discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould, and named by R. Admiral Byrd for Malcolm P. Hanson, chief radio engineer of the expedition, and a pioneer in the development of radio communication apparatus for polar regions.

Mount Hanssen
Mount Hanssen (-85.98333°N, -164.46667°W) is an ice-covered mountain distinguished by a sharp peak, 3,280 m, standing at the southernmost point of Rawson Plateau in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by Captain Roald Amundsen while enroute to the South Pole in November 1911, and named by him for Helmer Hanssen, deputy leader of the South Pole Party.

Hanusse Bay
Hanusse Bay (-66.95°N, -67.5°W) is a broad bay, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long in a general north-south direction, lying between the northern portions of Adelaide Island and Arrowsmith Peninsula. Discovered and first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by him for the Dir. of the Hydrographic Service of the French Navy.

Happy Valley
Happy Valley (-75.36667°N, -72.66667°W) is an ice-filled valley, 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide and over 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, lying within the horseshoe-shaped confines of the Behrendt Mountains, in Ellsworth Land. The name originated as a field name of the University of Wisconsin Traverse Party, 1965-66, which surveyed this area.

Harald Bay
Harald Bay (-69.2°N, 157.75°W) is a bay about 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide indenting the coast between Archer Point and Williamson Head. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1947. Sketched and photographed by Phillip Law, leader of ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (Magga Dan) on February 20, 1959. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Captain Harald Moller Pederson, master of the Magga Dan during the expedition.

Harbord Glacier
Harbord Glacier (-75.91667°N, 162.4°W) is a glacier flowing along the south side of Mount George Murray. It enters the Ross Sea south of Whitmer Peninsula where it forms Harbord Glacier Tongue. The name derives from the glacier tongue, which was named by Ernest Shackleton for A.E. Harbord, second officer of the Nimrod during the last year of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09.

Harbord Glacier Tongue
Harbord Glacier Tongue (-75.91667°N, 162.83333°W) is a glacier tongue forming the seaward extension of Harbord Glacier on the coast of Victoria Land. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition under Shackleton, 1907-09, at which time it extended about 5 nautical miles (9 km) into the Ross Sea. Named by Shackleton for A.E. Harbord, second officer of the Nimrod for the last year of the expedition.

Harbour Glacier
Harbour Glacier (-64.81667°N, -63.43333°W) is a through glacier 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) wide, lying on the northwest side of Wiencke Island and extending in a northeast direction from Port Lockroy to the cove 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Noble Peak, in the Palmer Archipelago. Probably first seen by the BeigAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache. Charted in 1944 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it because of its proximity to the harbor of Port Lockroy.

Harbour Point
Harbour Point (-54.15°N, -36.68333°W) is a point separating Leith and Stromness Harbors, in Stromness Bay, South Georgia. This descriptive name was in use as early as 1920 and was probably applied by whalers operating from Stromness Bay.

Harcourt Island
Harcourt Island (-54.48333°N, -35.96667°W) is a small island at the north side of the entrance to Royal Bay, South Georgia. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Cape Harcourt, the easternmost point of this island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cape Harcourt
Cape Harcourt (-54.48333°N, -35.96667°W) is the east extremity of Harcourt Island on the north coast of South Georgia, forming the north side of the entrance to Royal Bay. The name dates back to at least 1920 and is now well established.

Mount Harcourt
Mount Harcourt (-83.81667°N, 172.41667°W) is a mountain, 1,535 m, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) east of Mount Kyffin at the north end of Commonwealth Range. Discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09.

Hard Head
Hard Head (-54.05°N, -37.96667°W) is a high tussock-topped headland 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) south of Matthews Point on the west side of the approach to Undine Harbor, South Georgia. Surveyed by personnel on HMS Owen in 1960-61 and given this descriptive name by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC).

Hardiman Peak
Hardiman Peak (-85.01667°N, -169.38333°W) is a peak, 1,210 m, forming the east extremity of the ridge along the north side of Zotikov Glacier, in the Prince Olav Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Terrance L. Hardiman, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geomagnetist/seismologist at South Pole Station, 1965.

Mount Harding
Mount Harding (-72.88333°N, 75.03333°W) is the largest mountain in the Grove Mountains, located in the south-central part of the group and about 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Gale Escarpment. Mapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) from air photos, 1956-60. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for N.E. Harding, topographic draftsman with the Division of National Mapping, Dept. of National Development, who has contributed substantially to the production of Antarctic maps.

Hardy Cove
Hardy Cove (-62.53333°N, -59.58333°W) is a cove on the east side of Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Hardy, for Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy (1769-1839), was originally given by British sealer Robert Fildes in 1820-22 to what is now Sartorius Point. Hardy Cove was applied by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 to preserve Fildes' name on Greenwich Island.

Hardy Point
Hardy Point (-59.41667°N, -27.06667°W) is a western point of Bellingshausen Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Charted in 1930 by DI personnel on the the zoological staff of the Discovery Committee, 1924-28, and professor of zoology at University College of Hull.

Hardy Rocks
Hardy Rocks (-66.26667°N, -67.28333°W) is an insular rocks lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of DuBois Island, Biscoe Islands. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956-57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for James D. Hardy, American physiologist who has studied the reactions of the human body to cold environments.

Mount Hardy
Mount Hardy (-66.81667°N, 50.71667°W) is a mountain standing close east of Mount Oldfield in the northwest part of the Tula Mountains, 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 K. Hardy, weather observer at Wilkes Station in 1959.

Hare Peak
Hare Peak (-84.98333°N, 174.28333°W) is an ice-free peak, 2,970 m, at the north end of the ridge forming the east side of Leigh Hunt Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for C.H. Hare, a member of the Discovery expedition (1901-04).

Hargrave Hill
Hargrave Hill (-64.01667°N, -60.18333°W) is a hill at the south side of Wright Ice Piedmont, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the mouth of Henson Glacier, in Graham Land. Mapped from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys (1955-57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Lawrence Hargrave (1850-1915), Australian inventor of the box-kite and other fixed wing flying machines, pioneer of rotary aero engines (1884-1909).

Hargreaves Glacier
Hargreaves Glacier (-69.76667°N, 74.33333°W) is a glacier 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen on Ingrid Christensen Coast. It drains into the central part of the head of Sandefjord Ice Bay. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Roscoe for R.B. Hargreaves, aerial photographer on Operation Highjump flights in the area.

Hargreavesbreen
Hargreavesbreen (-72.18333°N, 23.21667°W) is a short, steep glacier flowing northwest between Mount Nils Larsen and Mount Wideroe in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named for R.B. Hargreaves, aerial photographer on U.S. Navy Operation Highjump photographic flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 East.

Hariot Glacier
Hariot Glacier (-69°N, -66.33333°W) is a glacier flowing northwest along the south side of Morgan Upland before turning west into the north portion of Wordie Ice Shelf, along the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Roughly surveyed by British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1936-37. The upper reaches were photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947. Surveyed from the ground by members of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who travelled along it in December 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Thomas Hariot (1560-1621), English mathematician who pioneered new methods of navigation under the patronage of Sir Walter Raleigh.

Harker Glacier
Harker Glacier (-54.36667°N, -36.53333°W) is a glacier which flows east-northeast to the southwest end of Moraine Fjord, in Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. The feature was mapped and named De Geer Glacier by the AwedAE, 1901-04. It was remapped in 1912 by David Ferguson and named after Alfred Harker (Mount Harker, q.v.).

Harker Point
Harker Point (-59.06667°N, -26.51667°W) is a point which forms the south end of Bristol Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Charted in 1930 by DI personnel on the on the staff of the Discovery Committee.

Mount Harker
Mount Harker (-77.3°N, 162.08333°W) is a peak at the east side of Willis Glacier in Saint Johns Range, in Victoria Land. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910-13, and named for Dr. Alfred Harker, noted British petrologist.

Mount Harkness
Mount Harkness (-86.06667°N, -150.6°W) is a mountain, 1,900 m, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south of Organ Pipe Peaks and forming part of the east wall of Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named at that time by R. Admiral Byrd for Bruce Harkness, friend of Richard S. Russell, Jr., a member of that party.

Harlin Glacier
Harlin Glacier (-70.88333°N, 160.83333°W) is a broad sweeping glacier that descends from the polar plateau in the vicinity of Mount Nero on the northwest side of Daniels Range. It flows northeast between Sample Nunataks and the north end of Daniels Range and then eastward to join the lower part of Rennick Glacier. Lovejoy Glacier merges with the north side of this feature east of Sample Nunataks but eventually loses its individual characteristics. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ben W. Harlin, meteoroloist-in-charge at Little America V, 1957, and Scientific Leader at South Pole Station, 1961.

Mount Harmer
Mount Harmer (-59.43333°N, -27.15°W) is an ice-covered peak, 1,115 m, in the north-central portion of Cook Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. Charted in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, who named it for Sir Sidney F. Harmer, Vice-Chairman of the Discovery Committee.

Harmon Bay
Harmon Bay (-74.25°N, -110.86667°W) is an embayment at the north end of Bear Peninsula, about 7 nautical miles (13 km) wide, defined by the northeast shore of Moore Dome, the terminus of Park Glacier and the northwest end of Gurnon Peninsula, on Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Commander Robert H. Harmon, USCG, Executive Officer, USCGC Burton Island, U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1969.

Harmony Cove
Harmony Cove (-62.31667°N, -59.2°W) is a cove entered between Harmony Point and The Toe on the west side of Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by American sealers in about 1820 after the sealing vessel sealing vessels headquartered at Harmony Cove during the 1820-21 season.

Harmony Point
Harmony Point (-62.31667°N, -59.25°W) is a point which lies close west of Harmony Cove and forms the west extremity of Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. Named from association with Harmony Cove.

Mount Harmsworth
Mount Harmsworth (-78.68333°N, 160.93333°W) is a prominent ice-covered peak, 2,765 m, at the northwest side of the head of Delta Glacier in the Worcester Range. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and named for Sir Alfred Harmsworth, later Viscount Northcliffe, a generous contributor to the expedition.

Harnasie Hill
Harnasie Hill (-62.18333°N, -58.26667°W) is a steep-sided hill rising to 250 m between Vaureal Peak and Martins Head in the south portion of Krakow Peninsula, King George Island. Named "Wierch Harnasie" (Harnasie Hill) by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after the Harnasie opera by Karol Szymanowski.

Harnish Creek
Harnish Creek (-77.61667°N, 163.21667°W) is a meltwater stream, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, which flows north from the unnamed glacier east of Crescent Glacier into the east part of Lake Fryxell, Taylor Valley, in Victoria Land. The name was suggested by hydrologist Diane McKnight, leader of a United States Geological Survey (USGS) team that made extensive studies of the hydrology and geochemistry of streams and ponds in the Lake Fryxell basin, 1987-94. Named after USGS hydrologist Richard A. Harnish, a member of the field team in the 1988-89 and 1990-91 seasons; during latter season assisted in establishing stream gaging stations on streams flowing into Lake Fryxell.

Harold Byrd Mountains
Harold Byrd Mountains (-85.43333°N, -146.5°W) is a group of exposed mountains and nunataks which extend in an east-west direction between the lower part of Leverett Glacier and the head of the Ross Ice Shelf Discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould, and named by R. Admiral Byrd for D. Harold Byrd, a cousin and a contributor towards the purchase of furs for the expedition.

Harp Glacier
Harp Glacier (-77.53333°N, 163.23333°W) is a tributary glacier flowing south from the glacial col west of Harp Hill into Commonwealth Glacier, Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) in association with Harp Hill.

Harp Hill
Harp Hill (-77.51667°N, 163.31667°W) is a detached hill (750 m) that is triangular in plan, the northwest and southeast sides of which are defined by ridgelike rock exposures, located at the north side of MacDonald Hills in Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named descriptively by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) from its distinctive appearance.

Harp Island
Harp Island (-66°N, -65.66667°W) is a small island between Beer and Upper Islands, lying 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Prospect Point, off the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37, and so named because of its distinctive shape. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Harper Glacier
Harper Glacier (-73.86667°N, 163.08333°W) is a small tributary glacier which descends northeast between Mount Gibbs and Mount Adamson of the Deep Freeze Range to enter Campbell 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 Wayne M. Harper, satellite geodesist at McMurdo Station, 1964-65.

Harper Peak
Harper Peak (-54.11667°N, -36.75°W) is a peak, 785 m, standing east of Fortuna Peak and Fortuna Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.

Harper Point
Harper Point (-57.75°N, -26.48333°W) is a point forming the north end of Saunders Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Charted in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery Committee.

Harper Ridge
Harper Ridge (-79.15°N, 156.95°W) is a nearly ice-free ridge, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long and rising to over 1800 m. It extends north from the central part of Finger Ridges, Cook Mountains, toward Yamagata Ridge. Named after Doyal A. Harper of the University of Chicago, Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, WI, director of the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica at South Pole Station for several years from 1991.

Mount Harper
Mount Harper (-84.05°N, -57.05°W) is a peak, 1,405 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Mount Kaschak 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 Ronald B. Harper, electronics technician at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.

Harpon Bay
Harpon Bay (-54.26667°N, -36.61667°W) is a bay 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide, lying just east of Mercer Bay in the south part of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. First mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the cargo vessel Compania Argentina de Pesca, Grytviken, since 1922.

Harpun Rocks
Harpun Rocks (-64.31667°N, -62.98333°W) is a submerged rocks lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) southeast of Bills Point, Delta Island, in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The name appears on a chart based upon a 1927 survey by DI personnel, but may reflect an earlier naming by whalers. Harpun is a Norwegian word meaning harpoon.

Harrigan Hill
Harrigan Hill (-66.31667°N, 110.48333°W) is a rocky hill in the northwest part of Mitchell Peninsula, just east of Pidgeon Island of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Edward C. Harrigan, meteorologist at Wilkes Station in 1961.

Mount Harrington
Mount Harrington (-72.75°N, 168.95°W) is an one of the highest peaks in the east end of the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, rising to 2,610 m on the west side of Whitehall Glacier and 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Mount Northampton. Named in 1960 by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) after geologist Hilary J. Harrington, who led the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) in exploring this region, 1957-58, and also led NZGSAE in the McMurdo Sound region, 1958-59; United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) investigator (with Russell J. Korsch) in the McMurdo Sound region, 1968-69.

Mount Harrington
Mount Harrington (-85.56667°N, -164°W) is a mountain, 2,550 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Mount Ruth Gade in the Quarles Range, Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30, and by the 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 R. Harrington, meteorologist with the South Pole Station winter party, 1962.