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Harris Hill
Harris Hill (-77.8°N, 163.28333°W) is a bare rock hill, 900 m, which is a southwest outlier of Stratton Hills, standing at the head of Overflow Glacier and overlooking Ferrar Glacier just northward, in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1992 after William M. Harris, cartographer, United States Geological Survey (USGS), from 1971; field team leader of the USGS Royal Society Range Survey, 1983-84 season; at the South Pole the team repositioned the marker at the Geographic South Pole, completed the site survey plan for the new South Pole Station, and site surveys for the Clean Air Facility; working from USCGC Polar Sea at the end of the season, obtained new position for Siple Island.

Harris Ledge
Harris Ledge (-77.46667°N, 161.43333°W) is a flat, ice-free ridge to the north of Mount Hercules in Olympus Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Henry Harris, Illinois State Geological Survey, who made hydrogeological studies with Keros Cartwright (Cartwright Valley) in Victoria Valley, Wright Valley, and Taylor Valley during the Dry Valley Drilling Project; 1973-74, 1974-75, and 1975-76 seasons.

Harris Peak
Harris Peak (-64.6°N, -61.78333°W) is a peak, 1,005 m, surmounting the base of Reclus Peninsula on the west coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Leslie Harris, FIDS carpenter and general assistant at the Danco Island station in 1956, who participated in the reconnaissance journeys from that station and from the nearby Portal Point hut.

Harris Peak
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Harris Peninsula
Harris Peninsula (-71.51667°N, -74.1°W) is a broad snow-covered peninsula surmounted by Mount Lee, between Verdi Inlet and Brahms Inlet on the north side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Michael J. Harris, U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer, Squadron VXE-6, from May 1982 to May 1983.

Harris Point
Harris Point (-81.58333°N, 161.53333°W) is a rocky coastal point along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, located 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Young Head at the south side of Beaumont Bay. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Herman D. Harris, a chief hospital corpsman with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6. Harris built a sick bay at South Pole Station during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1961.

Harris Rock
Harris Rock (-62.95°N, -56.35°W) is the largest and southernmost of a group of three rocks lying north of Montrol Rock and D'Urville Island, in the Joinville Island group. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1960. Named after Capitan de Navio Santiago Harris, Argentine Navy.

Harris Valley
Harris Valley (-76.63333°N, 159.86667°W) is a valley just east of Coxcomb Peak in the Allan Hills of Victoria Land. Reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) Allan Hills Expedition (1964), who gave the name after Professor T.M. Harris who has made outstanding contributions to Mezozoic paleobotany.

Harrison Bluff
Harrison Bluff (-77.28333°N, 166.38333°W) is a pale-colored trachyte headland forming the seaward termination of Trachyte Hill and marking the southern end of McDonald Beach on the western side of Mount Bird, Ross Island. Many skuas nest on the bluff. A survey station marked by a rock cairn was placed on the top of the northwest corner of the bluff by E.B. Fitzgerald of the Cape Bird Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for J. Harrison, mountaineer-assistant with the expedition.

Harrison Glacier
Harrison Glacier (-66.23333°N, 131.25°W) is a channel glacier flowing to the Clarie Coast about 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Cape Carr. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for George W. Harrison, Passed Midshipman on the tender Flying Fish of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Wilkes.

Harrison Ice Ridge
Harrison Ice Ridge (-79.5°N, -146°W) is an ice ridge between Echelmeyer Ice Stream and MacAyeal Ice Stream on the Shirase Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after William D. Harrison, Geophysics Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; United States Antarctic Program (USAP) investigator of ice flow dynamics in the margin of nearby Whillans Ice Stream, 1992-93 and 1993-94, and at Siple Dome, 2001-02.

Harrison Nunatak
Harrison Nunatak (-72.53333°N, -96.03333°W) is a snow-covered nunatak, with rock exposure to the southeast, located 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Savage Glacier in the extreme southeast part of Thurston Island. Discovered on helicopter flights from the USS Bellinghausen Sea Expedition in February 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Henry T. Harrison, Jr., U.S. Weather Bureau meteorologist with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1928-30.

Harrison Passage
Harrison Passage (-65.88333°N, -65.18333°W) is a passage between Larrouy and Tadpole Islands to the west, and Llanquihue Islands and the west coast of Graham Land to the east. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. 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 1959 for John Harrison (1693-1776), English horologist who first definitely solved the problem of determining longitude at sea.

Harrison Peak
Harrison Peak (-72.4°N, 166.65°W) is a peak (2,830 m) along the north side of Wood Glacier, about 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Mount McDonald, 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 William R. Harrison, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68.

Harrison Point
Harrison Point (-54.16667°N, -36.6°W) is a point marked by a string of off-lying rocks, lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Busen Point on the south side of Stromness Bay, South Georgia. Charted in 1927 by DI personnel and named Matthews Point for L. Harrison Matthews, British zoologist and member of the staff of the Discovery Investigations, 1924-35, who worked at South Georgia in 1924-27. In 1954, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) recommended that this name be altered to Harrison Point to avoid duplication with Matthews Point (also named for L. Harrison Matthews), a better known feature in Undine Harbor, South Georgia. This change allows Harrison Matthews' name to be retained for this feature, while the confusing duplication of names is avoided.

Harrison Stream
Harrison Stream (-77.28333°N, 166.4°W) is a small stream flowing west between Trachyte and Cinder Hills to the north end of Romanes Beach on Ross Island. Mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for J. Harrison, mountaineer-assistant with the expedition.

Mount Harrison
Mount Harrison (-70.38333°N, 159.76667°W) is a large mountain (1,955 m) which dominates the ridge separating the Robilliard and Svendsen Glaciers, in the Usarp Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Louis J. Harrison, USA, helicopter mechanic in the field in support of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) surveys Topo North-South (1961-62) and Topo East-West (1962-63), the latter including the survey of this mountain.

Harriss Ridge
Harriss Ridge (-70.13333°N, 65.13333°W) is an east-west ridge with two small outliers off its west end, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Dovers in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1965. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for B. Harriss, helicopter pilot with the Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1969.

Harrisson Ice Rises
Harrisson Ice Rises (-66.45°N, 96.65°W) is a local swelling of the ice surface 12 nautical miles (22 km) west-southwest of Henderson Island, where the Shackleton Ice Shelf overrides an underlying obstruction. Discovered by the Eastern Sledge Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named the feature for Charles T. Harrisson, biologist with the expedition.

Cape Harrisson
Cape Harrisson (-66.71667°N, 99.05°W) is a point just northward of Possession Rocks at the junction of the Northcliffe and Denman Glaciers. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named the feature for Charles T. Harrisson, biologist and artist at the expedition's Western Base. The spelling Harrisson (not Harrison) is approved in this toponym, and also in Harrisson Ice Rises, on the basis of the honoree's signature on several of his paintings included in Mawson's The Home of the Blizzard.

Harrop Island
Harrop Island (-67.26667°N, 46.86667°W) is a small island lying close to the coast and 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Felton Head, 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 J.R. Harrop, weather observer at Wilkes Station in 1960. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Harrow Peaks
Harrow Peaks (-74.06667°N, 164.75°W) is a group of rugged peaks in the east part of Random Hills, bounded on the north by Clausnitzer Glacier and on the east by Tinker Glacier, overlooking the northwest extremity of Wood Bay on the coast of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Geoffrey N. Harrow, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1965-66 season.

Harry Island
Harry Island (-64.13333°N, -61.98333°W) is an icecapped island dominated by a truncated pyramidal peak, lying at the southeast entrance to the channel between Brabant Island and Liege Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the BeigAE under Gerlache, 1897-99, and named for a supporter of the expedition. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Harry
Mount Harry (-74.23333°N, -76.53333°W) is a mountain 14 nautical miles (26 km) southeast of FitzGerald Bluffs, Ellsworth Land. It is westernmost in a chain of small summits lying southeastward of the bluffs. The feature lies within a group of nunataks photographed by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Jack L. Harry, USGS Topographic Engineer, a member of the Marie Byrd Land Survey Party, 1967-68.

Hart Glacier
Hart Glacier (-77.5°N, 162.38333°W) is a small hanging glacier on the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land, between the Meserve and Goodspeed Glaciers. Named by U.S. geologist Robert Nichols for Roger Hart, geological assistant to Nichols at nearby Marble Point in the 1959-60 field season.

Hart Hills
Hart Hills (-83.71667°N, -89.08333°W) is a line of low, mainly snow-covered hills, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, trending east-west. The hills are isolated, lying 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Pagano Nunatak and 77 nautical miles (140 km) north of Ford Massif of the Thiel Mountains. Observed by Edward Thiel and Campbell Craddock in the course of an airlifted geophysical traverse along the 88th meridian West, December 13, 1959. The name was proposed by them for Pembroke Hart, National Academy of Sciences staff, member of the technical panel on seismology and gravity on the U.S. National Committee for the IGY.

Hart Rock
Hart Rock (-60.68333°N, -44.36667°W) is a rock, 10 m high, lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northwest of Herdman Rocks and 3 nautical miles (6 km) north-northeast of the east extremity of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. First charted in 1838 by a French expedition under d'Urville. Named in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, for T. John Hart, member of the zoological staff of the Discovery Committee.

Mount Hart
Mount Hart (-72.08333°N, 169.08333°W) is a mountain over 3,000 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Mount Chider in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Vemon D. Hart, officer in charge of the U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 winter party at McMurdo Station, 1968.

Harter Nunatak
Harter Nunatak (-81.23333°N, -84.9°W) is a small, relatively isolated nunatak lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Mount Tidd at the northeast side of Pirrit Hills. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1958-61. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Gene L. Harter, meteorologist at Little America V in 1957.

Mount Hartigan
Mount Hartigan (-76.86667°N, -126°W) is a broad, mostly snow-covered mountain with several individually named peaks which rise up to 2,800 meters. It is situated immediately north of Mount Sidley in the Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service expedition on a flight, December 15, 1940, and named for R. Admiral Charles C. Hartigan, U.S. Navy, Navy Department member of the Antarctic Service Executive Committee.

Mount Hartkopf
Mount Hartkopf (-75.98333°N, -140.75°W) is a mountain, 1,110 m, rising along the east side of the upper reaches of Land Glacier, 11 nautical miles (20 km) southeast of Mount McCoy, 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 Kenneth W. Hartkopt United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station, 1963.

Cape Hartree
Cape Hartree (-60.8°N, -44.73333°W) is a cape which forms the southwest tip of Mossman Peninsula on the south coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered on the occasion of the joint cruise in December 1821 by Captain George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop Dove, and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer in the sloop James Monroe. The name appears on Powell's map published in 1822.

Hartshorne Island
Hartshorne Island (-64.78333°N, -64.38333°W) is an island between Dakers Island and Howard Island in eastern Joubin Islands. Named by U S-ACAN for Sidney G. Hartshorne, Master of R.V. Hero on her first Antarctic voyage to Palmer Station in 1968. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Harvard Tarn
Harvard Tarn (-77.56667°N, 163.13333°W) is a tarn 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) southwest of Yale Tarn in central Tarn Valley, Victoria Land. The feature is one of four tarns in the valley named after American universities by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1965-66.

Harvey Cirque
Harvey Cirque (-79.9°N, 155.86667°W) is a cirque containing a small glacier between Scheuermann Spur and Corell Cirque in the south part of the Darwin Mountains. The cirque occurs along the extensive Prebble Icefalls which contributes some ice to the head of the cirque; there is limited flow from the cirque to Hatherton Glacier. Named after geologist Ralph P. Harvey of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, engaged in the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Antarctic Search for Meteorites in the Transantarctic Mountains for many austral summers, 1992-2001, ultimately as ANSMET principal investigator.

Harvey Heights
Harvey Heights (-64.23333°N, -62.4°W) is a series of elevations close north of Mount Parry and west of the head of Malpighi Glacier in central Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. 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 William Harvey (1578-1657), English physician who first demonstrated the circulation of the blood.

Harvey Islands
Harvey Islands (-67.71667°N, 45.55°W) is a two islands in the west part of Freeth Bay, 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. Harvey, radio officer at Wilkes Station in 1959. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Harvey Nunataks
Harvey Nunataks (-66.96667°N, 52°W) is a four nunataks standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Mount Ryder, in the east part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1936 and 1957. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for D.J. Harvey, electronics engineer at Mawson Station in 1961.

Harvey Peak
Harvey Peak (-79.21667°N, 157.01667°W) is an ice-free peak, 2,120 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the Finger Ridges in the Cook Mountains. 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 Paul Harvey, a member of the U.S. Army aviation support unit for Topo North and Topo South (1961-62) which conducted the tellurometer surveys.

Harvey Ridge
Harvey Ridge (-70.98333°N, 65.3°W) is a ridge, elongated in a north-south direction, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Husky Massif in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for S.T. Harvey, senior technician (electronics) at Wilkes Station in 1965.

Harvey Shoals
Harvey Shoals (-68.18333°N, -67.15°W) is a three shoal patches with least depths of 3 fathoms, located between Miller and Northstar Islands in Marguerite Bay. Charted by the Hydrographic Survey Unit from RRS John Biscoe in 1966. Named for Petty Officer Brian E. Harvey, surveying recorder who carried out all the sounding for this survey.

Harvey Summit
Harvey Summit (-78.31667°N, 162.31667°W) is a named after John W. Harvey, National Solar Observatory; has conducted research, along with Thomas L. Duvall, Jr. (q.v. Mount Duvall) and Martin Pomerantz, in helioseismology at the South Pole since 1980.

Mount Harvey
Mount Harvey (-66.91667°N, 50.8°W) is a snow-free peak east of Amundsen Bay, standing in the Tula Mountains, about 6 nautical miles (11 km) east-northeast of Mount Gleadell. Sighted in 1955 by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party led by P.W. Crohn. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for William Harvey, carpenter at Mawson Station in 1954.

Harwell Glacier
Harwell Glacier (-84.95°N, -171.48333°W) is a steep-walled tributary glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, descending the north slopes of the Prince Olav Mountains just east of Mount Smithson to enter the upper part of Gough Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Thomas W. Harwell, CEC, U.S. Navy, who participated in Naval Support Activity during Operation Deep Freeze 1964.

Mount Harwood
Mount Harwood (-70.73333°N, 165.81667°W) is a peak (1,040 m) which surmounts Gregory Bluffs on the north coast of Victoria Land. Named by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) for T.R. Harwood, second-in-charge of the ANARE cruise (Thala Dan), 1962, which explored this area.

Haselton Icefall
Haselton Icefall (-77.35°N, 160.76667°W) is an icefall descending from the Willett Range between Gibson Spur and Apocalypse Peaks toward Webb Lake in Barwick Valley, in Victoria Land. Named by Parker E. Calkin for fellow United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist George M. Haselton, who assisted Calkin in the field in this area in the 1961-62 season.

Hash Island
Hash Island (-54.81667°N, -35.98333°W) is an island lying in the entrance to Larsen Harbor, on the southeast coast of South Georgia. Roughly surveyed by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12, under Filchner. Probably named by DI personnel who resurveyed the feature in 1927. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Haskard Highlands
Haskard Highlands (-80.5°N, -29.25°W) is a range of peaks and ridges between Blaiklock Glacier and Stratton Glacier in northwest Shackleton Range, rising to 1,210 m at Mount Weston and including features between Mount Provender and Pointer Nunatak. The feature was first mapped in 1957 by the CTAE. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Sir Cosmo D.P.T. Haskard, Governor of the Falkland Islands, 1964-70.

Haskell Glacier
Haskell Glacier (-73.56667°N, -94.21667°W) is a small glacier descending from Christoffersen Heights and draining west between Prism Ridge and Forbidden Rocks, in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Hugh B. Haskell, U.S. Navy, co-pilot on a pioneer flight of November 25, 1961 from Byrd Station to establish Sky-High Camp (later Eights Station) at 7514S, 7706W.

Haskell Ridge
Haskell Ridge (-79.73333°N, 156.16667°W) is a rocky ridge 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Colosseum Ridge in the Darwin Mountains. Mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1962-63) and named after T.R. Haskell, a member of the expedition.

Mount Haskell
Mount Haskell (-66.75°N, -64.26667°W) is a buttress-type mountain, 1,480 m, standing at the southwest side of Cabinet Inlet between Mounts Denuce and Holmes, on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named it for Daniel C. Haskell, American bibliographer of the New York Public Library and author of the bibliography, The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-42, and its Publications, 1844-1874.

Haskill Nunatak
Haskill Nunatak (-83.4°N, -51.75°W) is an elongate nunatak, 1,710 m, standing 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) west of Dyrdal Peak in southern Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert E. Haskill, radioman at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957.

Haslam Heights
Haslam Heights (-67.41667°N, -67.5°W) is a line of peaks trending NNE-SSW, rising to about 1,000 m to the west of Vallot Glacier and Nye Glacier in Arrowsmith Peninsula, Graham Land. Probably first seen by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10; roughly mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948. Named in 1985 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Rear Admiral Sir David W. Haslam, Royal Navy, Hydrographer of the Navy, 1975-85.

Mount Haslop
Mount Haslop (-80.6°N, -30.26667°W) is a mountain, 760 m, which stands 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Mount Lowe at the west extremity of Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Flight Lieutenant Gordon M. Haslop, RNZAF (1922-1961), New Zealand second pilot of the RAF contingent of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1956-58.

Haslum Crag
Haslum Crag (-64.36667°N, -56.98333°W) is a prominent rock crag close to the north coast of Snow Hill Island, James Ross Island group. It stands 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Station Nunatak. First seen by members of Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold, who gave the descriptive name "Basaltspitze." Concerned that the name could be mistaken for descriptive information, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) changed it to Haslum Crag, honoring H.J. Haslum, second mate on the Antarctic, the ship of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04. The crag was surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1952.

Mount Hassage
Mount Hassage (-75.85°N, -72.48333°W) is a prominent isolated mountain (1,120 m) located 12 nautical miles (22 km) southwest of Mount Horne in eastern Ellsworth Land. The feature was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne, and marks the southwest extremity and turnabout point of the RARE plane flight of November 21, 1947. Named by Ronne for Charles Hassage, ship's chief engineer on the expedition.

Mount Hassel
Mount Hassel (-86.46667°N, -164.46667°W) is a rock peak (2,390 m), the northeasternmost summit of the massif at the head of Amundsen Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. In November 1911, a number of mountain peaks in this general vicinity were observed and rudely positioned by the South Pole Party under Roald Amundsen. Amundsen named one of them for Sverre Hassel, a member of the party. The peak described was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-64. For the sake of historical continuity and to commemorate the Norwegian exploration in this area, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) has selected this feature to be designated Mount Hassel. Other peaks in the massif have been named for members of Amundsen's South Pole Party.

Mount Hastings
Mount Hastings (-85.56667°N, -154.16667°W) is a low mountain 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Rigby in the Karo Hills, at the west side of Scott Glacier. First sighted by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James V. Hastings who carried out geomagnetic studies at McMurdo Station, summer 1964-65.

Haswell Island
Haswell Island (-66.51667°N, 93°W) is the largest of the Haswell Islands, lying off the coast of Antarctica, about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north of Mabus Point. Discovered by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14, under Mawson, and named by him for Professor William A. Haswell, zoologist at Sydney University and member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition Advisory Committee. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Haswell Islands
Haswell Islands (-66.53333°N, 93°W) is a group of rocky coastal islands lying off Mabus Point and extending about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) seaward. Charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson (1911-14), who applied the name Rookery Islands because of a large emperor penguin rookery on Haswell Island, the largest and seaward island in the group. Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) proposed in 1955 that the name Haswell be extended to the entire group. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Hatch Islands
Hatch Islands (-66.88333°N, 109.26667°W) is a small group of rocky islands lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Ivanoff Head at the head of Vincennes Bay. The islands mark the division between Knox Coast and Budd Coast. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ernest B. Hatch, tractor driver with U.S. Navy Operation Windmill (1947-48), who assisted in transporting shore parties that established astronomical control stations from Wilhelm II Coast to Budd Coast. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Hatch Outcrop
Hatch Outcrop (-72.56667°N, -93.33333°W) is an outcropping of rocks close northward of Peeler Bluff in the western part of McNamara Island. The island lies within the northern part of Abbot Ice Shelf Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Ross Hatch, U.S. Navy, who assisted in obtaining position data at this outcrop, February 7, 1961.

Hatch Plain
Hatch Plain (-80.73333°N, -25.6°W) is a small debris-covered area (elevation about 1,350 m) on the east margin of Du Toit Nunataks, Read Mountains, in the Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and 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) in 1971 after Frederick H. Hatch (1864-1932), British consulting geologist; author of standard textbooks on igneous and sedimentary petrology.

Hatcher Bluffs
Hatcher Bluffs (-86.33333°N, -125.6°W) is a line of bluffs facing northwest, located 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of Metavolcanic Mountain, at the east side of Reedy Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Julius O. Hatcher, construction mechanic at Byrd Station in 1962.

Hatcher Island
Hatcher Island (-77.88333°N, 165.06667°W) is an one of the Dailey Islands in McMurdo Sound; this one lies on the east side of Juergens Island, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of West Dailey Island. Named after John H. Hatcher, III of ASA, who initiated a comprehensive waste management program for the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) in 1992; he continued through 1999 as manager of the program. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Hatherton Glacier
Hatherton Glacier (-79.91667°N, 157.58333°W) is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau generally eastward along the south side of the Darwin Mountains and entering Darwin Glacier at Junction Spur. Mapped by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58). Named for Trevor Hatherton, Scientific Officer in Charge of Antarctic Activities, Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington, New Zealand.

Hatten Peak
Hatten Peak (-72.56667°N, -4.16667°W) is an isolated rock peak 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of Veten Mountain, rising above the ice at the northwest side of 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 named Hatten (the hat).

Cape Hattersley-Smith
Cape Hattersley-Smith (-71.85°N, -61.06667°W) is a cape marked by a triangular rock peak at the southeast end of Condor Peninsula, 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Cape Knowles, on the Black Coast, Palmer Land. The cape was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on December 30, 1940. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS)-RARE party from Stonington Island in November 1947 and was rephotographed by the U.S. Navy in 1966. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1984 after Geoffrey Francis Hattersley-Smith, with British Antarctic Survey (BAS) from 1973 (Secretary, United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), 1975-91); FIDS Base Leader and glaciologist, Admiralty Bay, 1948-49; with Defense Research Board, Canada, 1951-73 (field research in the Arctic); author of The History of Place-names in the Falkland Islands Dependencies (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands), Cambridge, 1980, and The History of Place-names in the British Antarctic Territory, Cambridge, 1991.

Hauberg Mountains
Hauberg Mountains (-75.86667°N, -69.25°W) is a group of mountains of about 35 nautical miles (60 km) extent, located 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Cape Zumberge and 30 nautical miles (60 km) south of Sweeney Mountains in eastern Ellsworth Land. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, led by Ronne, and named by him for John Hauberg, of Rock Island, IL, a contributor to the expedition.

Hauge Reef
Hauge Reef (-54.46667°N, -36.95°W) is a chain of islands and rocks extending in an east-northeast direction from the east extremity of Annenkov Island to a point about 3 nautical miles (6 km) west-southwest of Cape Darnley, South Georgia. First charted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen. Surveyed by the SGS, 1951-52, and named for Captain Ole Hauge, of the sealer was of great assistance to the SGS, 1951-52.

Hauge Strait
Hauge Strait (-54.46667°N, -36.88333°W) is a strait 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide between Cape Darnley and the northeast end of Hauge Reef, off the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for its association with Hauge Reef.

Hauken Rock
Hauken Rock (-62.01667°N, -57.55°W) is a rock lying nearly 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Ornen Rocks and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Cape Melville, the east extremity of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 from association with Ornen Rocks. Hauken and the floating factory ship Admiralen to the South Shetland Islands in January-February 1906.

Haulaway Point
Haulaway Point (-68.18333°N, -67°W) is a small rocky point midway along the northeast side of Stonington Island, close off the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Resurveyed in 1946-47 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named the point because it is one of the best places for hauling stores ashore.

Haunn Bluff
Haunn Bluff (-66.38333°N, 110.55°W) is a steep rock bluff which surmounts the east part of the south shore of Odbert 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 Marvin G. Haunn, meteorologist and member of the Wilkes Station party of 1962.

Haupt Nunatak
Haupt Nunatak (-66.58333°N, 110.68333°W) is a small nunatak 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of Alexander Nunatak, at the east side of the lower reaches of Vanderford Glacier. 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 Ens. Richard W. Haupt, U.S. Navy, assistant hydrographic officer with U.S. Navy Operation Windmill 1947-48, who assisted the shore parties which established astronomical control stations from Wilhelm II Coast to Budd Coast.

Hauron Peak
Hauron Peak (-64.93333°N, -62.98333°W) is a peak, 1,350 m, rising 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Banck on the west coast of Graham Land. The peak appears on an Argentine government chart of 1952. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Louis-Arthur D. du Hauron (1837-1920), French pioneer of cinematography, the first man to lay down the fundamental principles of color photography, in 1869.

Haven Hill
Haven Hill (-82.88333°N, 162.6°W) is a hill 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Mount Tedrow, on the south side of Kent Glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Stoner B. Haven, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Sound, 1960.

Haven Mountain
Haven Mountain (-80.03333°N, 155.2°W) is a prominent mountain, 2,470 m, with a level razor-back snow ridge at its highest (eastern) part, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Three Nunataks in the northwest part of Britannia Range. So named by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58), who sheltered for five days in the largely snow-free area below the north side of the summit ridge.

Mount Havener
Mount Havener (-78.45°N, -84.61667°W) is a mountain rising to 2,800 m directly at the head of Guerrero 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 Melvin C. Havener, mechanic at the South Pole Station in 1957.

Haver Peak
Haver Peak (-75.15°N, -114.58333°W) is a small peak 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Morrison Bluff in the Kohler Range of Marie Byrd Land. First photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant D.J. Haver, U.S. Navy, Asst. Officer in Charge, Supply Dept., during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1965 and 1966.

Haverly Peak
Haverly Peak (-65.1°N, -63.55°W) is a peak rising to 960 m, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of the head of Azure Cove, Flandres Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. In association with the names of cartographers grouped near this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1986 after William R. Haverly, of the Cartographic Section, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, from 1970, (Head from 1986), with responsibility for preparing UK-APC maps.

Havfruen Peak
Havfruen Peak (-59.03333°N, -26.53333°W) is a peak in the east part of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This peak (365 m) is conspicuous from both north and south. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after the Norwegian barque Sandwich Islands on December 1, 1911.

Havilland Point
Havilland Point (-63.91667°N, -60.23333°W) is a point 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Cape Page on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, English pioneer aircraft designer.

Havola Escarpment
Havola Escarpment (-84.75°N, -98.66667°W) is an isolated, snow-covered escarpment about 30 nautical miles (60 km) northwest of Thiel Mountains. The escarpment is arc shaped, 30 nautical miles (60 km) long, and faces south. It was observed and mapped by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Horlick Mountains Traverse party, 1958-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Maj. Antero Havola, USA, leader of the 700 nautical mile tractor traverse from Byrd Station to South Pole Station, December 8, 1960 to January 11, 1961. On December 25, 1960, the Havola party passed a few miles northward of this escarpment.

Havre Mountains
Havre Mountains (-69.13333°N, -71.66667°W) is a mountains forming the northwest extremity of Alexander Island, extending 20 nautical miles (37 km) in an east-west direction between Cape Vostok and Russian Gap. First seen in 1821 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen and resighted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99. They were roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, who named them for Le Havre, French port from which the Pourquol Pas? sailed in 1908. The mountains were mapped in detail from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960.

Havsbotn
Havsbotn (-69.83333°N, 38.75°W) is a bay comprising the narrow southernmost, or "bottom," portion of Lutzow-Holm Bay, marking its head. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Havsbotn (sea bottom).

Havstein Island
Havstein Island (-67.11667°N, 58.75°W) is a rocky island, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, situated 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north of Law Promontory and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Broka Island. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Havstein (sea stone), probably because of its rocky nature and its seaward position. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Hawea
Mount Hawea (-82.83333°N, 161.86667°W) is a peak, 3,080 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Mount Markham in the Frigate Range. Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for the New Zealand frigate, Hawea.

Hawker Island
Hawker Island (-68.63333°N, 77.85°W) is an irregular-shaped island about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying between Mule Island and Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, in the east part of Prydz Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Remapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1957-58) and named after A.C. Hawker, radio supervisor at Davis Station in 1957. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Hawkes Heights
Hawkes Heights (-73.53333°N, 169.7°W) is the heights (an ice-filled crater rising to 2,000 m) that dominate the south part of Coulman Island and mark the island's summit, in the Ross Sea. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59, for Captain William M. Hawkes, U.S. Navy, who took a leading part in early air operations from Williams Field near McMurdo Station, including long range photo reconnaissance and supply flights, and the first air landing at the South Pole. He was commander of one of the two planes which made the historic first flight from Christchurch to McMurdo Sound on December 17, 1955. His air photos proved of great value to two NZGSAE parties to this part of Victoria Land.

Mount Hawkes
Mount Hawkes (-83.91667°N, -56.08333°W) is the highest mountain (1,975 m) along the Washington Escarpment, standing at the east side of Jones Valley in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 in the course of the trans-Antarctic nonstop plane flight by personnel of U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to the Weddell Sea and return. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander William M. Hawkes, U.S. Navy, co-pilot of the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft making this flight.

Hawkins Cirque
Hawkins Cirque (-77.5°N, 160.56667°W) is a cirque about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) wide, in part occupied by a glacier, near the center of the south cliffs of Prentice Plateau, Olympus Range. The cirque opens south to Wright Upper Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Jack D. Hawkins, lead PHI helicopter pilot with United States Antarctic Program (USAP) in eight consecutive field seasons from 1996-97.

Hawkins Glacier
Hawkins Glacier (-66.56667°N, 107.51667°W) is a channel glacier flowing to the Antarctic coast 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Snyder Rocks. Mapped (1955) by G.D. Blodgett from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1947). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Samuel N. Hawkins, sailmaker on the sloop Vincennes of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.

Hawkins Peak
Hawkins Peak (-75.4°N, -110.48333°W) is a small summit peak on a mostly ice covered and rounded mass located 7 nautical miles (13 km) southeast of Mount Murphy, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Maj. Billy R. Hawkins, a member of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment in Antarctica, 1966-67.

Haworth Mesa
Haworth Mesa (-85.9°N, -128.3°W) is an ice-capped mesa with steep rock walls whose summit area is 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide and rises to 3,610 m, standing between Sisco Mesa and Mount McNaughton where it forms part of the divide between Norfolk and Olentangy Glaciers in western Wisconsin Range. 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 Leland J. Haworth, Director of the National Science Foundation and a member of the Antarctic Policy Group.

Hawthorne Bluff
Hawthorne Bluff (-77.48333°N, 160.35°W) is a rock bluff at the south end of McAllister Hills in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Ann Parks Hawthorne, photographer, Washington, D.C., who photodocumented the U.S. Antarctic Program in several field seasons, 1984-2003.

Mount Hawthorne
Mount Hawthorne (-72.23333°N, -98.48333°W) is a prominent mountain in the Walker Mountains, rising directly south of the base of Noville Peninsula on Thurston Island. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd and members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in a flight from the Bear on February 27, 1940. Named by Byrd for Roger Hawthorne, field representative for the USAS, 1939-41.

Hay Peak
Hay Peak (-54.06667°N, -37.16667°W) is a peak rising to 660 m at the head of Prince Olav Harbor in Cook Bay, South Georgia. Charted and descriptively named "The Snow Pap" by DI in 1929, but subsequently deleted. Renamed Hay Peak by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1990 after Arthur E. Hay of Somerset, England, who was Technical Engineer with the Southern Whaling and Sealing Company at its whaling station at Prince Olav Harbor, 1924-35.

Mount Hay
Mount Hay (-71.1°N, 65.65°W) is a mountain about 11 nautical miles (20 km) southeast of Husky Dome in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1960. Named for Dr. M. Hay, medical officer and officer in charge at Davis Station in 1961.

Hayden Peak, Antarctica
Hayden Peak (74-41S 111-41W) is the southernmost of the rock summits in Gerrish Peaks, Bear 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 Dennis J. Hayden, U.S. Navy, radioman - Naval Support Force Antarctica, Operation Deep Freeze in four summer season at McMurdo Station, 1975-78.

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Antarctica ID:	6508 Feature Name:	Hayden Peak Class:	Summit Latitude:	744100S Longitude:	1114100W Description:	The southernmost of the rock summits in Gerrish Peaks, Bear Peninsula, on Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) aerial photographs, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Dennis J. Hayden, USN, radioman in four summer seasons at McMurdo Station, 1975-78. Date Last Modified:	06-AUG-21

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Haydn Inlet
Haydn Inlet (-70.21667°N, -70.75°W) is an ice-filled inlet indenting the west coast of Alexander Island between Mozart and Handel Ice Piedmonts. It is 27 nautical miles (50 km) long and 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide at the mouth, narrowing toward the head. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Resighted from the air and photographed by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and remapped from these photos by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1808), Austrian composer.

Hayes Glacier
Hayes Glacier (-76.26667°N, -27.9°W) is a glacier entering the southeast part of Weddell Sea about 17 nautical miles (31 km) west-southwest of Dawson-Lambton Glacier. The glacier was discovered in the course of a U.S. Navy LC-130 plane flight over Caird Coast, November 5, 1967, and was plotted by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from photographs obtained at that time. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Winston R. Hayes, U.S. Navy Reserve, pilot on that flight.

Hayes Head
Hayes Head (-74.01667°N, 165.28333°W) is a prominent headland, 850 m, overlooking the north extremity of Wood Bay, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Kay Island on the coast of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Miles O. Hayes, geologist at McMurdo Station, 1965-66 season.

Hayes Peak
Hayes Peak (-67.46667°N, 60.76667°W) is a conical peak, 340 m, rising through the ice slopes 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Cape Bruce and Oom Bay. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for Rev. James Gordon Hayes.

Hayes Peak (Thiel Mountains)
Hayes Peak (-85.33333°N, -89.3°W) is an isolated, low rock peak (2,060 m) rising above the ice surface just south of Bermel Escarpment, in the Thiel Mountains. The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur Ford, co-leaders of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Thiel Mountains party which surveyed these mountains in 1960-61. Named for Philip T. Hayes, USGS geologist in the McMurdo Sound dry valley area, 1958-59.

Mount Hayes
Mount Hayes (-66.83333°N, -64.16667°W) is a plateau-type mountain, 1,140 m, situated at the base of Cole Peninsula on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named it for Rev. James Gordon Hayes, Antarctic historian and author of Antarctica: A Treatise on the Southern Continent and The Conquest of the South Pole.

Hayman Nunataks
Hayman Nunataks (-85.66667°N, 179.5°W) is a small group of isolated nunataks at the east end of the Grosvenor Mountains, 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Larkman Nunatak. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Noel R. Hayman, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) aurora scientist at Hallett Station, 1962.

Mount Hayne
Mount Hayne (-70.26667°N, 65.03333°W) is a mountain 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest 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 J.R. Hayne, photographic officer with the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, a member of the Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1969.

Haynes Glacier
Haynes Glacier (-75.41667°N, -109.5°W) is a broad glacier flowing to Walgreen Coast, to the east of Mount Murphy, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Maj. John W. Haynes, United States Marine Corps (USMC), aircraft pilot on Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968, who made a photographic flight over this glacier on January 1, 1967.

Haynes Table
Haynes Table (-84.81667°N, 174.58333°W) is a high, snow-covered mesa, some 8 nautical miles (15 km) across and rising to 3,390 m, located south of Mount Odishaw in the Hughes Range, between the heads of Keltie Glacier and Brandau Glacier. Discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 on the flight of January 12-13, 1956. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for B.C. Haynes, meteorologist of the U.S. Weather Bureau on U.S. Navy Operation Highjump 1946-47.

Hayrick Island
Hayrick Island (-68.7°N, -67.53333°W) is a small prominent rock mass, more than 150 m high, between Lodge Rock and Twig Rock in the Terra Firma Islands, off the west coast of Graham Land. The Terra Firma Islands were first visited and surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. This island was surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and so named by them because, when seen from the east, its high mass has an appearance suggesting a hayrick. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Hays Glacier
Hays Glacier (-67.66667°N, 46.3°W) is a glacier flowing north into the head of Spooner Bay, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956. Named for J. Hays, United States observer with the ANARE (Thala Dan, 1961) which made a landing nearby.

Hays Mountains
Hays Mountains (-86°N, -155°W) is a large group of mountains and peaks of the Queen Maud Mountains, surmounting the divide between the lower portions of Amundsen and Scott Glaciers and extending from the vicinity of Mount Thorne on the northwest to Mount Dietz on the southeast. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the South Pole flight of November 28-29, 1929, and mapped in part by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological parties to this area in 1929 and 1934. Named by Byrd for Will Hays, former head of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors.

Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain (-77.05°N, 162.68333°W) is a mountain over 1,000 m with a rounded summit suggestive of a mound or haystack, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Mount England in the northeast part of the Gonville and Caius Range, in Victoria Land. Charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910-13.

Hayter Peak
Hayter Peak (-53.01667°N, 73.33333°W) is a peak, 565 m, standing 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) west of Mount Olsen along the backbone of Laurens Peninsula, at the northwest end of Heard Island. The peak was surveyed in 1948 by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions), and named by them for Alfred J. Hayter, warrant officer on the expedition ship HMAS Labuan.

Mount Hayter
Mount Hayter (-82.03333°N, 157.43333°W) is a peak, 2,690 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of Laird Plateau on the west side of Olson Neve. Seen by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1964-65) and named for Adrian Hayter, leader at Scott Base in 1965.

Mount Hayton
Mount Hayton (-72.05°N, 165.2°W) is a peak, 2,240 m, in the south portion of East Quartzite Range. Named by the NZFMCAE, 1962-63, for J.S. Hayton, field assistant in the party. The peak was climbed on December 18, 1962.

Mount Hayward
Mount Hayward (-78.11667°N, 167.35°W) is a hill 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Mount Heine on White Island, in the Ross Archipelago. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1958-59) for V. Hayward, a Canadian member of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17), who lost his life in a blizzard on May 8, 1916 when the sea ice in McMurdo Sound went out.

Hazard Rock
Hazard Rock (-64.98333°N, -63.73333°W) is a small isolated rock, 1 m high, lying on the east side of Butler Passage, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northeast of Cape Renard, off the west coast of Graham Land. Named by Lieutenant Commander F.W. Hunt, Royal Navy, following his survey in 1952. This feature is a hazard to navigation in the low visibility which is frequent in this vicinity.

Mount Hazlett
Mount Hazlett (-72.1°N, 167.58333°W) is a mountain (2,080 m) at the south side of the mouth of Montecchi Glacier where the latter enters Tucker 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 Paul C. Hazlett, member of the U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 winter party at McMurdo Station, 1968.

Head Island
Head Island (-64.51667°N, -62.91667°W) is a small island that lies 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) south of Andrews Point and close to the northeast side of Anvers Island. The feature is situated at the southeast side of Hackapike Bay and is not to be confused with Pear Island and False Island which are just northeastward. Charted from the Penola by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) (1934-37) under John Rymill. The name is presumed to be descriptive and dates back to about 1952. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Head Peak
Head Peak (-72.16667°N, 166.18333°W) is a peak 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) east of Le Couteur Peak, situated on a projecting ridge of Millen Range in the neve area of Pearl Harbor Glacier. So named by the Southern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, due to its likeness to a head and to its position at the head of Pearl Harbor Glacier.

Headland Peak
Headland Peak (-54.26667°N, -36.71667°W) is a peak rising to 875 m on the north side of Geikie Glacier, at the head of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Robert K. Headland, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) biological assistant, Grytviken, 1977-80 and 1981-82; Curator, Scott Polar Research Institute, from 1987.

Headwall Pond
Headwall Pond (-77.55°N, 160.76667°W) is a very small ice-covered pond in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. The pond lies along a rock headwall close northeast of Craig Pond. The descriptive name was suggested by the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) field party that sampled the pond in 2003-04.

Heald Island
Heald Island (-78.25°N, 163.81667°W) is an island, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and 555 m high, which projects through the ice of the Koettlitz Glacier just east of Walcott Bay, in Victoria Land. Discovered and named by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) for Seaman William L. Heald, a member of the expedition who saved the life of Ferrar when the latter was suffering from scurvy in 1902. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Heale Peak
Heale Peak (-81.58333°N, 160.06667°W) is a rock peak (1,340 m) at the east side of Starshot Glacier, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Adams Peak in the Surveyors Range. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960-61) for Theophilus Heale of New Zealand, an early exponent of the use of triangulation in survey (1868), and later Inspector of Survey for New Zealand.

Healy Trough
Healy Trough (-77.55°N, 160.86667°W) is a primary elongate trough in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, extending diagonally SW-NE across the east part of the feature. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Terry R. Healy, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, who, with John Shaw, published observations on the formation of the Labyrinth following a visit in the 1975-76 season.

Cape Healy
Cape Healy (-71.36667°N, -60.96667°W) is a prominent, square-shaped rock cape forming the north side of the entrance to Lamplugh Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) who explored this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named for Joseph D. Healy, member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35, and dog driver at the USAS East Base, 1939-41.

Heap Glacier
Heap Glacier (-79.05°N, 159.33333°W) is a glacier 10 nautical miles (18 km) long flowing northeastward to Mulock Glacier, to the east of Henry Mesa. 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 John A. Heap, a member of the University of Michigan-Ross Ice Shelf Studies party, 1962-63.

Heap Island
Heap Island (-65.83333°N, -65.71667°W) is an island off the southeast coast of Renaud Island, Biscoe Islands, Graham Coast, between Jurva Point and Bates Island. In association with the names of sea-ice specialists grouped in this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1985 after John A. Heap, sea-ice specialist with Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1955-62, who worked in the Antarctic with FIDS, 1955-56, with Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-57, and with United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP), 1962-63; Head, Polar Regions Section, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and member of the UK-APC from 1976. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Heaphy Spur
Heaphy Spur (-77.23333°N, 161.25°W) is a prominent, curved, rock spur, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, which descends from the southern side of Clare Range and divides the head of Victoria Upper Glacier, in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1947-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1974) after William Heaphy, a New Zealand citizen who, over the past 10 years, participated in the U.S. Antarctic Research Program.

Heaps Rock
Heaps Rock (-76°N, -132.76667°W) is a rock exposure above Bursey Icefalls and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west-northwest of Hutt Peak on the Mount Bursey massif, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Kenneth L. Heaps, meteorologist at South Pole Station, 1970.

Heard Island
Heard Island (-53.1°N, 73.5°W) is an island, 23 nautical miles (43 km) long and 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, lying southeastward of Iles Kerguelen in the Indian Ocean. Although it has numerous areas of exposed rock, the feature is surmounted by an ice-covered volcanic dome (Big Ben) rising to 2,745 meters. The island was discovered on November 25, 1853 by Captain John J. Heard of the merchant ship Oriental of New London, CT. It was named for Captain Heard by American sealers who began sealing operations at the island soon after word of its discovery. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Hearfield Glacier
Hearfield Glacier (-72.43333°N, 167.7°W) is a tributary glacier which flows east-southeast along the south side of Cartographers Range and enters Trafalgar Glacier just east of Aldridge Peak, in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, for B. Hearfield, a leading New Zealand alpinist and a member of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, which also worked in the Tucker Glacier area.

Hearst Island
Hearst Island (-69.41667°N, -62.16667°W) is an ice-covered, dome-shaped island lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Cape Rymill, off the east coast of Palmer Land. The island is 36 nautical miles (70 km) long, in a north-south direction, 7 nautical miles (13 km) wide, and rises to 365 m First sighted on a flight on December 20, 1928 by Sir Hubert Wilkins. Thinking it was part of the mainland of Antarctica, he named it Hearst Land for William Randolph Hearst, who helped finance the expedition. It was resighted and its insularity ascertained in 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) who explored this coast by land and from the air. They named it Wilkins Island. Examination of aerial photographs have shown, however, that this large island is what Wilkins considered Hearst Land. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Heart Lake
Heart Lake (-77.56667°N, 166.23333°W) is an one of the several small lakes on Cape Barne, Ross Island, located 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) northwest of Terrace Lake. The name is descriptive of the outline of the lake and was given by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, under Shackleton.

Heathcock Peak
Heathcock Peak (-86.11667°N, -130.66667°W) is a peak, 2,310 m, located in the east part of Caloplaca Hills and overlooking the west edge of Reedy Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joe D. Heathcock, builder at Byrd Station in 1962.

Heave-ho Slope
Heave-ho Slope (-72.53333°N, 170.16667°W) is a slope falling 450 m from Quarterdeck Ridge to a saddle at the southwest end of Hallett Peninsula. The slope must be traversed by parties moving overland from Hallett station to Tucker Glacier, after the bay ice in Edisto Inlet has broken out. The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, met deep soft new snow in this area and sledges had to be man-hauled up the slope in relays, hence the name.

Hecate Rock
Hecate Rock (-54.03333°N, -37.2°W) is a submerged rock with a least depth of 4.2 m, lying off the entrance to Beckmann Fjord, Bay of Isles, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1984 after HMS Hecate, which came very close to grounding on the rock during a hydrographic survey of the Bay of Isles in January-February, 1983.

Heckmann Island
Heckmann Island (-67.33333°N, 61.05°W) is the largest island in the east part of the Thorfinn Islands, lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Byrd Head, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Remapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) and named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for B. Heckmann, chief officer on the Nella Dan in 1965. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Hector
Mount Hector (-64.6°N, -63.41667°W) is a snow-covered mountain, 2,225 m, between Mount Francais and Mount Priam in the south part of the Trojan Range, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Hector, son of Priam and Commander in Chief of the Trojan and allied armies against the Achaeans in Homer's Iliad.

Hedblom Glacier
Hedblom Glacier (-76.56667°N, 162.4°W) is a glacier between Mount Creak and Tito Peak that flows east from Endeavour Massif to Tripp Ice Tongue, Victoria Land. Named after Captain E.E. Hedblom, U.S. Navy, Medical Officer of Task Force 43 in the Ross Sea area, Operation Deep Freeze I, 1955-56.

Mount Hedden
Mount Hedden (-72.08333°N, 1.41667°W) is a nunatak (1,515 m) lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Brattskarvet Mountain in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land. The "Hedden-Berg" after Karl Hedden, a sailor with the expedition, was applied in the area by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39) under Alfred Ritscher. The correlation of the name with this nunatak may be arbitrary but is recommended for the sake of international uniformity and historical continuity.

Hedgehog Island
Hedgehog Island (-72.2°N, 170°W) is a small, bare granite island, or stack, in Moubray Bay, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Heim Point. It was first visited in 1957 by a small party from Hallett station. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, because of its shape. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Hedgpeth Heights
Hedgpeth Heights (-71.11667°N, 167.5°W) is a mainly snow-covered heights, 14 nautical miles (26 km) long and with peaks rising to 1,300 m, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Quam Heights in the Anare Mountains of Victoria Land. 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 Joel W. Hedgpeth, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68, and Palmer Station, 1968-69.

Hedin Nunatak
Hedin Nunatak (-75.31667°N, -111.3°W) is a conspicuous nunatak with a flat top capped with ice and steep bare rock walls, standing 9 nautical miles (17 km) west-northwest of the summit of Mount Murphy, om Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. First roughly mapped from air photos taken in January 1947 by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Alan E. Hedin, aurora researcher at Byrd Station in 1962.

Hedley Glacier
Hedley Glacier (-77.81667°N, 162.11667°W) is a small glacier from Mount Coates in the Kukri Hills, Victoria Land, flowing south into Ferrar Glacier. Named by the Western Journey Party of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, probably for Charles Hedley, of the Australian Museum, whose studies and reports on the Mollusca contributed to Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, and to British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, led by Shackleton.

Heed Rock
Heed Rock (-64.98333°N, -63.78333°W) is a very small rock, awash at high water and virtually hidden from sight, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Brown Island in the Wauwermans Islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950, but not named. Surveyed by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1956-57, and so named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) as a caution to mariners.

Mount Heekin
Mount Heekin (-85.05°N, -177.26667°W) is a large, ice-free mountain overlooking the north side of the mouth of Baldwin Glacier where the latter enters Shackleton Glacier. Discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) on the flights of February 16, 1947, and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Robert P. Heekin, U.S. Navy, navigator of Flight 8.

Mount Heer
Mount Heer (-73.3°N, -62.96667°W) is a mountain on the south side of Haines Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Mount Barkow, in Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ray R. Heer, Jr., Program Director (Atmospheric Physics), Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation.

Heezen Glacier
Heezen Glacier (-72.75°N, -61.3°W) is a glacier flowing northeast from the east portion of Wegener Range and entering Violante Inlet east of Mount Reynolds, on the Black Coast, Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1966-69. In association with the names of oceanographers grouped in this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after Bruce C. Heezen (1924-77), American marine geologist and oceanographer; Professor of Geology, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, 1964-77.

Heftye Island
Heftye Island (-71.98333°N, 171.1°W) is a small island which is the southernmost of the Possession Islands, lying east of the south end of Adare Peninsula. Named by a Norwegian expedition of 1894-95, led by Bull and Kristensen, for Messrs. Thos, Joh. Heftye and Son of Christiania (now Oslo), shareholders in the expedition ship Antarctic. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Heg
Mount Heg (-72.95°N, 166.75°W) is a massive ice-covered mountain forming the south end of a promontory on the west side of Malta Plateau in Victoria Land. It is bounded on the west, south, and east sides by the Seafarer, Mariner and Potts Glaciers. The mountain first appears on a 1960 New Zealand map compiled from U.S. Navy aerial photographs. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1972 for James E. Heg, Chief of the Polar Planning and Coordination Staff in the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation.

Hei Glacier
Hei Glacier (-72.48333°N, 0.58333°W) is a glacier flowing northwest between Hamrane Heights and Robin 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 Heibreen (the upland glacier).

Heidemann Bay
Heidemann Bay (-68.58333°N, 77.96667°W) is a bay, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, indenting the seaward end of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, just south of Davis Station. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. First visited by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party from the Kista Dan on January 11, 1957. Named for Frank Heidemann, second mate of the Kista Dan in 1957.

Heidemann Glacier
Heidemann Glacier (-82.55°N, 162.83333°W) is a glacier, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, originating close northwest of Mount Damm in the Queen Elizabeth Range and flowing east into Lowery Glacier. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard P. Heidemann, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1962-63.

Heikampen Peak
Heikampen Peak (-72.46667°N, 0.68333°W) is a peak at the southeast end of Robin 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 Heikampen (the upland mountain top).

Heilman Glacier
Heilman Glacier (-82.61667°N, 160.76667°W) is a glacier in the north part of Queen Elizabeth Range, flowing northwest from Mount Sandved into Nimrod Glacier. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William L. Heilman, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1961-62.

Heim Glacier
Heim Glacier (-67.46667°N, -66.91667°W) is a glacier 8 nautical miles (15 km) long in the southeast part of Arrowsmith Peninsula, which flows south to merge with the ice in Jones Channel, on the west coast of Graham Land. With Antevs Glacier, to the north, it forms a transverse depression extending to the southwest part of Lallemand Fjord. First sighted from the air 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 Albert Heim, Swiss glaciologist and author in 1885 of Handbuch der Gletscherkunde.

Heimdall Glacier
Heimdall Glacier (-77.58333°N, 161.83333°W) is a small glacier just east of Siegfried Peak and Siegmund Peak on the south side of Wright Valley in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. The name, given by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC), is one in a group derived from Norse mythology, Heimdall being the warden of Asgard.

Heimefront Range
Heimefront Range (-74.58333°N, -11°W) is a range of mountains in three groups trending NE-SW for 65 nautical miles (120 km), situated 50 nautical miles (90 km) west-southwest of Kirwan Escarpment in Queen Maud Land. The range was observed and photographed by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition in the course of air reconnaissane from Maudheim in January 1952. The name "Heimefrontfjella" (homefront range) was applied by the placename authority in the Norwegian government. This range may include the rudely mapped mountains identified as "Kottas Berge" on the map of the German Antarctic Expedition of 1938-39.

Mount Heine
Mount Heine (-78.08333°N, 167.45°W) is a hill, 760 m, in the north part of White Island, in the Ross Archipelago. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1958-59) for A.J. Heine, leader of their party who visited White Island. Heine, who climbed this hill, spent four summers and one winter in Antarctica, mostly in the McMurdo Sound area.

Heinous Peak
Heinous Peak (-85.98333°N, -154.91667°W) is a prominent peak rising to about 3,300 m, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north-northeast of Mount Crockett and 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Mount Vaughan in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. The peak was climbed on November 28, 1987, by four members of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP)-Arizona State University geological party led by Edmund Stump. So named because the ascent was a 20-hour ordeal in technical ice climbing on very steep terrain.

Heintz Peak
Heintz Peak (-70.93333°N, -63.7°W) is the summit at the north end of the west ridge of the Welch Mountains, about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Mount Acton, in Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Harvey L. Heintz, U.S. Navy, Commander of LC-130 aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze, 1969 and 1970.

Heirtzler Fracture Zone
Heirtzler Fracture Zone (-63.5°N, 162.5°W) is an undersea fracture zone named for Dr. James R. Heirtzler, a geophysicist who was a pioneer in geomagnetics studies. Name proposed by Drs. Cande, Haxby and Raymond, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory [now Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]. Name approved 3/93 (ACUF 256).

Heirtzler Ice Piedmont
Heirtzler Ice Piedmont (-72.56667°N, -61.41667°W) is a relatively low, triangular-shaped, ice-covered area of about 7 nautical miles (13 km) extent, located at the west side of Violante Inlet and north of Maury Glacier, on Black Coast, Palmer Land. The feature was first seen and photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on December 30, 1940, and was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966-69. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after James R. Heirtzler, American physicist; Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, 1960-64 (Senior Research Scientist, 1964-67); Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1969-86; Geophysicist and Head, Geophysics Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, from 1986.

Heiser Ridge
Heiser Ridge (-83.83333°N, -57.15°W) is a narrow rock ridge, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, midway between West Prongs and Hudson 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 James R. Heiser, topographic engineer with the Neptune Range field party, summer 1963-64.

Mount Heiser
Mount Heiser (-82.66667°N, 162.93333°W) is a mountain just north of Dorrer Glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Paul W. Heiser, Jr., United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) aurora scientist Scott Base, 1959.

Heito Glacier
Heito Glacier (-69.26667°N, 39.8°W) is a small glacier draining westward along the south side of Mount Heito in the southern part of Langhovde Hills, Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62. Named Heito-hyoga (flat-top glacier) for its proximity to Mount Heito by JARE Headquarters in 1973.

Mount Heito
Mount Heito (-69.26667°N, 39.81667°W) is a flat-topped mountain (495 m) on the southeast end of Langhovde Hills, Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos taken by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62. The name Heito-zan (flat-top mountain) was approved by JARE Headquarters in 1972.

Heke Peak
Heke Peak (-77.96667°N, 162.88333°W) is a peak (2,175 m) on the ridge that forms the south wall of Mitchell Glacier near the glacier head, in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named in 1993 by the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) after Randal Heke, foreman of the construction unit which built the New Zealand Scott Station in 1957. He remained in a supervisory role for the management of the buildings for many years until his retirement.

Heksegryta Peaks
Heksegryta Peaks (-73.51667°N, -3.8°W) is a group of peaks rising between Belgen Valley and Tverregg Glacier, in 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 additional air photos (1958-59), and named Hekesegryta (the witch's cauldron).

Hektor Icefall
Hektor Icefall (-62°N, -57.8°W) is an icefall extending in an arc about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long at the head of Sherratt Bay, on the south coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for the Hektor Whaling Company which operated the land station at Deception Island from 1912 to 1931, and worked chiefly in the waters of the South Shetland Islands.

Hektoria Glacier
Hektoria Glacier (-65.05°N, -61.51667°W) is a glacier flowing south from the area around Mount Johnson into Larsen Ice Shelf just west of Shiver Point, on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The name "Hektoria Fiords" was given by Sir Hubert Wilkins during his flight of December 20, 1928, after the S.S. Following survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947, the feature could not be identified; however, during further survey by FIDS in 1955, Wilkins' "long ice-filled fiords" were found to be this glacier and two short unnamed ones.

Held Glacier
Held Glacier (-84.78333°N, -177°W) is a tributary glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing east from Anderson Heights to enter Shackleton Glacier just south of Epidote Peak, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant George B. Held, CEC, U.S. Navy, Public Works Officer at McMurdo Station during 1964.

Helen Glacier
Helen Glacier (-66.66667°N, 93.91667°W) is a glacier marked by a series of heavy, broken, crevassed icefalls, terminating in the sea in Helen Glacier Tongue. Discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, who named it for Lady Helen, wife of Sir Lucas Tooth of Sydney, a patron of the expedition.

Helen Glacier Tongue
Helen Glacier Tongue (-66.55°N, 94°W) is a glacier tongue which extends seaward from Helen Glacier on the coast of Antarctica. Discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson. Named after Helen Glacier.

Mount Helen
Mount Helen (-64.53333°N, -63.63333°W) is a mountain, 1,370 m, which rises 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Mount Achilles in the Achaean Range of central Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It is snow covered except for a steep rock scarp on its east side. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Helen, wife of Menelaus, whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War in Homer's Iliad.

Helene Island
Helene Island (-66.61667°N, 139.73333°W) is a small rocky island 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) northwest of Ifo Island marking the west end of Geologie Archipelago. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949-51, and named by them for one of the French expedition's dogs. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Helfert Nunatak
Helfert Nunatak (-77.88333°N, -87.41667°W) is a prominent rock nunatak standing 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Mount Sharp of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Discovered and visited by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse party, 1957-58, under C.R. Bentley. Named for Norbert F. Helfert, meteorologist at Byrd Station in 1957.

Helfferich Glacier
Helfferich Glacier (-70.58333°N, 160.2°W) is a glacier about 8 nautical miles (15 km) long which drains the east slopes of Pomerantz Tableland southward of Armstrong Platform, in the Usarp Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Merritt R. Helfferich, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) worker in the field of ionospheric physics at South Pole Station, 1967-68.

Helios Ridge
Helios Ridge (-77.43333°N, 162.48333°W) is a broad rock ridge, 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) long, that extends in an east-northeast direction from Mount Helios, Olympus Range, to the vicinity of Lake Brownworth in Wright Valley, Victoria Land. The ridge rises between the east snout of Clark Glacier and Wright Valley, causing meltwater streams to flow east around it to reach Onyx River. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) in association with Mount Helios and other features in this area that are named from Greek mythology.

Mount Helios
Mount Helios (-77.45°N, 162.31667°W) is a peak 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) northeast of Mount Theseus, rising to 1,650 m in the east part of Olympus Range, Victoria Land. In association with the names grouped in this area from Greek mythology, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Helios, the sun god.

Helix Pass
Helix Pass (-71.3°N, 163.3°W) is a small north-south pass 4 nautical miles (7 km) east-northeast of Mount Jamroga in the central Bowers Mountains. The pass lies between unnamed peaks and permits passage from the area at the head of Carryer Glacier to areas in the southern part of Bowers Mountains. So named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1967-68, because ascent of the pass required an all night trip with much zigzagging and climbing; thus named after the genus of land snail, Helix.

Hell Gates
Hell Gates (-62.66667°N, -61.18333°W) is a narrow boat passage between the rocks off Devils Point, the southwest end of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name dates back to about 1821 and was applied by early sealers in the area because many lives and ships were lost here.

Helland-Hansen Shoulder
Helland-Hansen Shoulder (-85.43333°N, -168.16667°W) is a mainly ice-covered ridge which extends southward from the west portion of Mount Fridtjof Nansen and overlooks the northern side of the head of Axel Heiberg Glacier. Discovered in 1911 by Roald Armundsen and named by him for Professor B. Helland-Hansen, of the University of Oslo, Norway.

Helle Slope
Helle Slope (-71.41667°N, 5.25°W) is a large ice piedmont along the coast of Queen Maud Land, lying east of Jutulstraumen Glacier and north of the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59). Named for Sigurd Helle, leader of the 1957 Norwegian expedition to Queen Maud Land.

Hellerman Rocks
Hellerman Rocks (-64.8°N, -64.01667°W) is a group of seven small islets and rocks connected by a shoal, located 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) east of Hermit Island, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Lance W. Hellerman, U.S. Navy Reserve, Officer-in-Charge of Palmer Station in 1969.

Helliwell Hills
Helliwell Hills (-71.83333°N, 161.41667°W) is a group of rocky hills and low mountains about 18 nautical miles (33 km) long and 9 nautical miles (17 km) wide. The hills lie south of Gressitt Glacier and midway between Emlen Peaks and the Morozumi Range. 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 Robert A. Helliwell of Stanford University, Program Director for the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) study of very low frequency (VLF) radio noise phenomena.

Hells Gate
Hells Gate (-74.85°N, 163.8°W) is a narrows located near the east edge of the Nansen Ice Sheet, lying just north of Evans Cove between Inexpressible Island and the Northern Foothills, Victoria Land. First explored and mapped by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, who gave the feature this expressive name.

Hells Gate Moraine
Hells Gate Moraine (-74.86667°N, 163.8°W) is the glacial moraine at Hells Gate, at the head of Evans Cove on the coast of Victoria Land. The moraine extends southward to Hells Gate from nearby Vegetation Island and Cape Confusion. Mapped and named by the Northern Party of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, in association with Hells Gate.

Helm Glacier
Helm Glacier (-83.11667°N, 162.5°W) is a glacier IS mi long, flowing north to enter Lowery Glacier just west of Fazekas Hills, in the Queen Elizabeth Range. Named for Arthur S. Helm, former Secretary of the Ross Sea Committee, by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62).

Helm Peak
Helm Peak (-69.48333°N, -67.83333°W) is a peak of 930 m, the highest elevation in the Relay Hills, on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula. The area was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1966, and was surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1970-73. Named in 1977 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with other wind names in the area. The helm wind is an east gale in the lee of the northern Pennines of England.

Helm Point
Helm Point (-72.18333°N, 170°W) is a point which marks the southeast tip of Honeycomb Ridge on the west side of Moubray Bay. It consists of brown granodiorite and supports a relatively luxuriant vegetation of lichens and mosses, along with nests of snow petrels and Wilson's petrel. Two Japanese whale-chasers, apparently familiar with the site, dropped anchor there for two nights early in February 1958. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, for Arthur S. Helm, Secretary, Ross Sea Committee, who gave much assistance to the expedition. Helm was Secretary of the New Zealand Antarctic Place Names Committee, 1957-64.

Helman Glacier
Helman Glacier (-72.2°N, 168.46667°W) is a small tributary glacier in the Admiralty Mountains, flowing southward between Mount Gleaton and Taylor Peak into Tucker Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Terry N. Helman, U.S. Navy, radioman at McMurdo Station, 1967.

Helmert Bank
Helmert Bank (-75°N, -29.33333°W) is a bank in the Weddell Sea named for Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843-1917), geodesist. Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6/97 (ACUF 271).

Helmet Peak
Helmet Peak (-62.65°N, -60.01667°W) is a peak, 1,040 m, rising just southward of the mouth of Huron Glacier in the eastern part of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by DI personnel during the period 1926-32.

Helms Bluff
Helms Bluff (-78.48333°N, 164.41667°W) is a prominent north-facing bluff 10 nautical miles (18 km) east of Mount Morning in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 for Lieutenant Commander Louis L. Helms, U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the Squadron VX-6 wintering-over detachment at McMurdo Station, 1961.