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Mount Naab
Mount Naab (-76.6°N, 160.93333°W) is a mountain, 1,710 m, which surmounts the east part of Eastwind Ridge in the Convoy Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for Captain Joseph Naab, Jr., USCG, commanding officer of the icebreaker Eastwind during 1961 and 1962.

Nabboya
Nabboya (-69.26667°N, 39.58333°W) is a high, small, bare rock island lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Hamnenabben Head in the east part of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Nabboya (the peg island).

Nachtigal Peak
Nachtigal Peak (-54.48333°N, -36.23333°W) is a rocky peak on a spur projecting northward from the southeast extremity of the Allardyce Range, South Georgia. It rises to 1,160 m at the west side of the head of Cook Glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Nordenskjold Peak. The name "Kleine Pic" (Little Peak) was given to this feature by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882-83. The SGS, 1951-52, reported that "Kleine Pic" is not particularly descriptive or distinctive for the peak described, and that name has been rejected. The name Nachtigal Peak, recommended by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954, derives from nearby Nachtigal Glacier, which was named by the German group of 1882-83.

Nadeau Bluff
Nadeau Bluff (-84.06667°N, 175.15°W) is a mainly ice-covered bluff just southwest of Giovinco Ice Piedmont, protruding into Canyon Glacier from that glacier's east side. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for F.A. Nadeau, Jr., a member of the support party at McMurdo Station, 1963.

Nadezhdy Island
Nadezhdy Island (-70.73333°N, 11.66667°W) is a bare rock island nearly 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying just off the north-central side of Schirmacher Hills, Queen Maud Land. First photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961 and named Ostrov Nadezhdy (hope island). == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Nadir Bluff
Nadir Bluff (-77.96667°N, 160.45°W) is a bluff (2,355 m) which forms a shoulderlike projection from the east side of Mount Feather in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. One of a group of names in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB); nadir being opposite of zenith and the direction of gravity as defined by a plumb line.

Naess Glacier
Naess Glacier (-70.36667°N, -67.91667°W) is a small glacier, which is separated from Chapman Glacier to the north by a rocky ridge, flowing from the west coast of Palmer Land into George VI Sound. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954 for Erling D. Naess, Mgr. of the Vestfold Whaling Co., who was of great assistance to the BGLE, 1934-37.

Naga-iwa Rock
Naga-iwa Rock (-68.45°N, 41.51667°W) is a conspicuous rock on the shore protruding into the sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Cape Akarui, in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, and named Naga-iwa (long rock).

Nagagutsu Point
Nagagutsu Point (-69.68333°N, 38.35°W) is an ice-covered point which forms the southeast extremity of Padda Island in Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Remapped by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, and named Nagagutsu-misaki (boot point).

Mount Nagata
Mount Nagata (-71.35°N, 162.78333°W) is a mostly snow-covered mountain rising to 2,140 m, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Mount Gow in the Bowers Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1984 after Takesi Nagata (1913-91), pioneer in the study of paleomagnetism; Director, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan.

Nakai Snowfield
Nakai Snowfield (-77.48333°N, 161.51667°W) is a snowfield at about 1600 m elevation that occupies the col between Mount Hercules and Mount Jason in Olympus Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Nobuyuki Nakai, Department of Earth Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; a participant in the McMurdo Dry Valleys Drilling Project, 1973-76.

Nakano-seto Strait
Nakano-seto Strait (-69.01667°N, 39.55°W) is a very narrow strait between Ongul Island and East Ongul Island in the east part of Lutzow-Holm Bay. The strait was first noted in 1957 by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) who named it Nakano-seto (central strait).

Nakaya Islands
Nakaya Islands (-66.45°N, -66.23333°W) is a small group of islands in Crystal Sound, 10 nautical miles (18 km) northeast of Cape Rey, Graham Land. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958-59). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Ukichiro Nakaya (1900-62), a Japanese physicist who has specialized in investigations of the structure and properties of single ice crystals and snowflakes. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cape Nakayubi
Cape Nakayubi (-69.23333°N, 39.65°W) is a rocky point marking the south extremity of a U-shaped peninsula which extends seaward in finger-like fashion from the west side of Langhovde Hills, Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62. The name "Nakayubi-misaki" (middle finger point) was given by JARE Headquarters in 1972 in association with Cape Koyubi, which lies 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northwestward.

Nalegga Ridge
Nalegga Ridge (-72.65°N, -4.05°W) is a narrow rock ridge marking the north end of Seilkopf Peaks in the Borg Massif, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Nalegga (the needle ridge).

Nameless Glacier
Nameless Glacier (-71.63333°N, 170.3°W) is a glacier that descends westward from Adare Peninsula and discharges into Protection Cove, Robertson Bay, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Newnes Glacier. It was charted and named by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. This was the only one of the Robertson Bay glaciers that was left unnamed by C.E. Borchgrevink, who headed the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900.

Nameless Point
Nameless Point (-53.98333°N, -37.68333°W) is a point at the northwest side of the entrance to Right Whale Bay, near the west end of the north coast of South Georgia. Charted and probably named by DI personnel in the period 1926-30.

Nance Ridge
Nance Ridge (-84.38333°N, -65.6°W) is a rock ridge 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Yarbrough in the Thomas Hills in northern Patuxent 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 Vernon L. Nance, radioman at Palmer Station, winter 1966.

Nancy Rock
Nancy Rock (-62.21667°N, -59.1°W) is a rock lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Flat Top Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 after the American sealing vessel Nancy (Captain Benjamin Upton) from Salem, MA, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-22.

Nansen Ice Sheet
Nansen Ice Sheet (-74.88333°N, 163.16667°W) is an ice shelf, about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, nourished by the Priestley and Reeves Glaciers and abutting the north side of Drygalski Ice Tongue, along the coast of Victoria Land. This feature was explored by the South Magnetic Polar Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, and by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. Frank Debenham, geologist with the latter expedition, applied the name "Nansen Sheet" as the feature is adjacent to Mount Nansen, the dominating summit in the area.

Nansen Island
Nansen Island (-64.58333°N, -62.1°W) is the largest of the islands lying in Wilhelmina Bay off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99, and named for Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, noted Arctic explorer. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Nansen Reef
Nansen Reef (-54.3°N, -36.15°W) is a submerged rocky ridge with a depth of about 2 m over it, situated 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) east-southeast of Cape George, off the north coast of South Georgia. Named after the S.S. Fridtjof Nansen, which struck this reef and sank, November 10, 1906.

Mount Nansen
Mount Nansen (-74.55°N, 162.6°W) is a prominent mountain, 2,740 m, surmounting the steep eastern escarpment of the Eisenhower Range, 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of Mount Baxter, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, and named for Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer from whom Captain Scott obtained much practical information for his expedition.

Nantucket Inlet
Nantucket Inlet (-74.58333°N, -61.75°W) is an ice-filled inlet 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, which recedes 13 nautical miles (24 km) in a northwest direction between the Smith and Bowman Peninsulas, along the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in a flight from East Base on December 30, 1940, and named for Nantucket Island, MA, home of early New England whalers of the first half of the 19th century.

Napier Ice Rise
Napier Ice Rise (-69.23333°N, -67.78333°W) is an ice rise in the southwest portion of Wordie Ice Shelf, western Antarctic Peninsula, 12 nautical miles (22 km) northwest of Mount Balfour. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in November 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after John Napier (1550-1617), Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms and published his first tables in 1614.

Napier Mountains
Napier Mountains (-66.5°N, 53.66667°W) is a group of more-or-less separated peaks, the highest 2,300 m, extending 40 nautical miles (70 km) in a NW-SE direction and centering about 40 nautical miles (70 km) south of Cape Batterbee in Enderby Land. Discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named them for the Hon. John Mellis Napier, a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia.

Napier Peak
Napier Peak (-62.66667°N, -60.33333°W) is a peak rising to 340 m on the west side of Huntress Glacier, near the head of False Bay, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named in 1990 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Captain William Napier, Master of the schooner Venus, from New York, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21 (Venus Bay, q.v.).

Napier Rock
Napier Rock (-62.16667°N, -58.43333°W) is a rock lying 1.75 nautical miles (3.2 km) east-southeast of Point Thomas in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Ronald G. Napier (1925-1956) of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), general assistant and handyman at the Signy Island station in 1955, and then leader at Admiralty Bay until he was drowned on March 24, 1956.

Narabi Rocks
Narabi Rocks (-68.4°N, 41.78333°W) is a three aligned rocks extending nearly 3 nautical miles (6 km) along the coast, between Temmondai Rock and Kozo Rock, in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, and named Narabi-iwa (row rocks).

Mount Nares
Mount Nares (-81.45°N, 158.16667°W) is a massive mountain, over 3,000 m, standing just south of Mount Albert Markham and overlooking the head of Flynn Glacier, in the Churchill Mountains. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) led by Scott, who named it for Sir George S. Nares, captain of the an Arctic expedition in 1875-76, and a member of the Ship Committee for Scott's expedition.

Narrow Neck
Narrow Neck (-73.1°N, 169.05°W) is a narrow, but elevated isthmus or neck of land between Langevad Glacier and Mandible Cirque in the south part of Daniell Peninsula, Victoria Land. The feature serves to join Tousled Peak and the Mount Lubbock vicinity to the main mass of Daniell Peninsula. The descriptive name was applied by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1966.

The Narrows
The Narrows (-67.6°N, -67.2°W) is a narrow channel between Pourquoi Pas Island and Blaiklock Island, connecting Bigourdan and Bourgeois Fjords off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered and given this descriptive name by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill.

Narval Bay
Narval Bay (-54.03333°N, -37.68333°W) is a bay 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) wide in the north side of Ice Fjord, South Georgia. The name North Bay was given to this feature by the Scottish geologist David Ferguson during his visit to South Georgia in 1911-12. Since the same name is well established for an arm of Prince Olav Harbor 20 nautical miles (37 km) away, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) recommended in 1957 that a new name be substituted for this feature. Narval Bay is named after the catcher Narval, built in 1929, which was owned by the Compania Argentina de Pesca in 1934.

Nascent Glacier
Nascent Glacier (-73.36667°N, 167.61667°W) is a short, fairly smooth glacier in the east extremity of Mountaineer Range, draining southeast to the coast of Victoria Land between Gauntlet Ridge and Index Point. So named in 1966 by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC), presumably as descriptive of the emerging or youthful development of the feature.

Nash Glacier
Nash Glacier (-71.25°N, 168.16667°W) is a glacier, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, draining the north slopes of Dunedin range in the Admiralty Mountains. The terminus of this glacier merges with that of Wallis Glacier and Dennistoun Glacier before reaching the sea east of Cape Scott. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Arthur R. Nash, U.S. Navy, helicopter pilot with Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968.

Nash Hills
Nash Hills (-81.88333°N, -89.38333°W) is a short range of isolated ice-covered hills about 25 nautical miles (46 km) northwest of Martin Hills. The feature was positioned by the U.S. Ellsworth-Byrd Traverse Party on December 10, 1958. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Archie R. Nash, U.S. Navy, Officer-in-Charge at Byrd Station in 1962.

Nash Peak
Nash Peak (-77.25°N, 166.75°W) is a prominent peak 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km) north of the Mount Bird summit in northwest Ross Island. The feature rises to over 1600 m. Named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) (2000) after Sir Walter Nash, who was deeply involved in promoting New Zealand's role in Antarctica and who signed the Antarctic Treaty for New Zealand as Prime Minister.

Nash Range
Nash Range (-81.91667°N, 162°W) is a mainly ice-covered coastal range, 40 nautical miles (70 km) long, bordering the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Dickey and Nimrod Glaciers. Named by the Ross Sea Committee for Walter Nash who, as Leader of the Opposition and later as Prime Minister of New Zealand, gave strong support to New Zealand participation in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

Nash Ridge
Nash Ridge (-74.28333°N, 163°W) is a high, massive ridge of eastern Eisenhower Range, about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, projecting between the flow of the O'Kane and Priestley Glaciers, in 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 Harold A. Nash, biologist at McMurdo Station in the 1965-66 and 1966-67 seasons.

Mount Nash
Mount Nash (-74.23333°N, -62.33333°W) is a mountain, 1,295 m, standing 13 nautical miles (24 km) west-northwest of the head of Keller lnlet and 12 nautical miles (22 km) north-northeast of Mount Owen, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Ronne, who named it for H.R. Nash, of Pittsburgh, PA, a contributor to the expedition.

Nashornet Mountain
Nashornet Mountain (-72.36667°N, -2°W) is a mountain 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Viddalskollen Hill, on the south side of Viddalen Valley in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Nashornet (the rhinoceros).

Nashornkalvane Rocks
Nashornkalvane Rocks (-72.31667°N, -1.93333°W) is a group of rocks 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Nashornet Mountain, at the south side of the mouth of Viddalen Valley in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Nashornkalvane (the rhinoceros' calves).

Natal Ridge
Natal Ridge (-71.83333°N, -68.3°W) is a prominent snow-free terraced ridge forming part of the north boundary of the Two Step Cliffs massif on Alexander Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1993 in recognition of the geomorphological and biological surveys conducted by scientists from the University of Natal in the Mars Glacier party.

Natani Nunatak
Natani Nunatak (-84.76667°N, -66.53333°W) is a nunatak 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north-northeast of the extremity of Snake Ridge in the Patuxent 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 Kirmach Natani, biologist at South Pole Station, winter 1967.

Nathan Hills
Nathan Hills (-73.41667°N, 164.4°W) is a series of hills in the east part of the Arrowhead Range of the Southern Cross Mountains, in Victoria Land. Named by the southern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1966-67, for Simon Nathan, senior geologist with this party.

Nattriss Head
Nattriss Head (-54.85°N, -35.93333°W) is a small but prominent rock headland marking the south side of the entrance to Drygalski Fjord on the southeast coast of South Georgia. Charted by German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12, under Filchner. It was named Nattriss Point for E.A. Nattriss, shipping officer to the Discovery Committee, following survey by DI personnel in 1927. The name Nattriss Head is approved for this feature because the term head is more descriptive than point, and because acceptance of this form will avoid confusion with Nattriss Point (also named for E.A. Nattriss) on Saunders Island in the South Sandwich Islands.

Nattriss Point
Nattriss Point (-57.8°N, -26.36667°W) is a rocky point forming the east end of Saunders Island in the South Sandwich Islands. First charted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen. Recharted in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and named by them for E.A. Nattriss, shipping officer to the Discovery Committee.

Nausea Knob
Nausea Knob (-77.51667°N, 167.15°W) is a prominent outcropping of jumbled rocks, 3633 m, formed as a lava flow on the northwest upper slope of the active cone of Mount Erebus, Ross Island. The feature is near a camp site used mainly in the 1970s by teams working at the summit of the volcano. So named because many working at the camp suffered from nausea due to high elevation mountain sickness.

Nautilus Head
Nautilus Head (-67.63333°N, -67.11667°W) is a prominent headland rising to 975 m near the northeast extremity of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who named it after the submarine Nautilus in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. Other features on Pourquoi Pas Island are named for characters in this book.

Navajo Butte
Navajo Butte (-77.96667°N, 162.05°W) is a sandstone butte which displays large-scale cross bedding, rising from the south-central part of Table Mountain, Royal Society Range, in Victoria Land. Named by Alan Sherwood, NZGS party leader in the area, 1987-88, after the famous Navajo sandstone of Utah.

Navarrette Peak
Navarrette Peak (-75.91667°N, -128.75°W) is a rock peak marking the southwest extremity of the Mount Petras massif, in the McCuddin Mountains of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-69. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Claude Navarrette, U.S. Navy, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff to the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze 1972. He also served on the staff during 1969 and 1970.

Navigator Nunatak
Navigator Nunatak (-73.25°N, 164.21667°W) is a large nunatak in the middle of the head of Aviator Glacier in Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, because it is a good landmark for navigation and the name is also in association with Aviator, Pilot, and Co-pilot Glaciers, nearby.

Navigator Peak
Navigator Peak (-79.38333°N, -85.8°W) is a sharp and prominent peak, 1,910 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Zavis Peak in the north part of the White Escarpment, Heritage Range. So named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains, 1963-64, because the peak served as a landmark to navigators and pilots returning to camp from flights in the southern part of the Heritage Range.

Navy Point
Navy Point (-64.5°N, -62.46667°W) is the northeast entrance point to Chiriguano Bay in southeast Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago. The feature was charted in 1954 by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition and, in 1978, named "Punta Marina" (Navy Point) in honor of the Argentine Navy. A complete translation of the name has been approved to avoid a duplication of Marina Point in the Argentine Islands.

The Naze
The Naze (-63.95°N, -57.53333°W) is a peninsula in north James Ross Island, marking the southeast entrance to Herbert Sound and extending about 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast from Terrapin Hill toward the south-central shore of Vega Island. Discovered and named "Nasudden" by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. The recommended form is the English version used by Nordenskjold.

Neall Massif
Neall Massif (-72.06667°N, 164.46667°W) is a mountain massif rising between the Salamander and West Quartzite Ranges. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for V.E. Neall, leader and geologist of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1967-68.

Neb Bluff
Neb Bluff (-67°N, -66.58333°W) is a conspicuous rock bluff 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Orford Cliff, Graham Land, overlooking the east side of Lallemand Fjord. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1956 and so named because of its snout-like appearance.

Nebles Point
Nebles Point (-62.18333°N, -58.86667°W) is a point forming the west side of the entrance to Collins Harbor in the southwest part of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. On his chart of 1825, James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, applied the name Nebles Harbour to Collins Harbor, or possibly to an anchorage close north of Ardley Island; the detail of this part of his map cannot be interpreted with certainty. Nebles Point was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 in order to preserve Weddell's naming in the area. The point lies between the two possible positions of his name.

Nebraska Peaks
Nebraska Peaks (-80.06667°N, 159.5°W) is a scattered group of peaks and nunataks which lie east of Gaussiran Glacier and Merrick Glacier in the east part of Britannia Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, which was the location of the Ross Ice Shelf Project Management Office, 1972-77. Several features in the group have been named after RISP personnel.

Neck or Nothing Passage
Neck or Nothing Passage (-62.48333°N, -60.35°W) is a narrow passage leading from Blythe Bay between the south end of Desolation Island and a small group of islands 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) southward, in the South Shetland Islands. The name was applied prior to 1930, probably by whalers who frequented Blythe Bay and who at times ran their vessels to sea via this passage to escape severe easterly gales.

Mount Neder
Mount Neder (-71.03333°N, 167.66667°W) is a mountain with a small, pointed summit (1,010 m) that surmounts the northwest part of Quam Heights in the Anare Mountains, 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 Irving R. Neder, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist in the Ohio Range and Wisconsin Range area, 1965-66, and McMurdo Sound area, 1966-67.

Needle Island
Needle Island (-53.03333°N, 72.58333°W) is a pinnacle rock lying 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) west of the north end of McDonald Island in the McDonald Islands. Surveyed and given this descriptive name by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1948. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Needle Peak
Needle Peak (-62.73333°N, -60.18333°W) is a sharply-pointed black peak, 370 m, standing at the west side of Brunow Bay on the south coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The feature was named Barnards Peak on James Weddell's chart published in 1825, but the name Needle Peak given by DI personnel following a 1935 survey has succeeded it in usage. The name Barnard Point has been approved for the nearby point at the southeast side of False Bay.

Neff Nunatak
Neff Nunatak (-74.96667°N, -72.13333°W) is a nunatak rising to about 1,500 m, located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of Schmutzler Nunatak in the southeast end of the Grossman Nunataks, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1965-68. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1988 after Richard J. Neff, USGS cartographer, a member of the winter party at Australia's Casey Station, 1975.

Negro Hill
Negro Hill (-62.65°N, -61°W) is a hill rising to about 100 m near the eastern end of South Beaches, Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island. The descriptive name "Morro Negro" (black hill) was applied by an Argentine Antarctic Expedition in about 1958.

Neighbour Peak
Neighbour Peak (-54.51667°N, -36.1°W) is a peak rising 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Pirner Peak at Royal Bay, South Georgia. The British Combined Services Expedition, 1964-65, identified this feature as "Nachbar" (meaning neighbor), the name used by the German expedition under Schrader, 1882-83. The United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) recommended in 1971 that "Nachbar" be used in the English form Neighbour and the descriptive term peak be added to it.

Neill Peak
Neill Peak (-67.83333°N, 66.61667°W) is a mountain, 460 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Scullin Monolith in Mac. Robertson Land. Discovered on February 13, 1931 by British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who presumably applied the name.

Neilson Peak
Neilson Peak (-70.95°N, -62.21667°W) is a peak in the central part of Parmelee Massif at the head of Lehrke lnlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for David R. Neilson, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at Palmer Station, 1975.

Neith Nunatak
Neith Nunatak (-83.28333°N, -55.91667°W) is a nunatak 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Baker Ridge in northern 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 Willard Neith, photographer with the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, 1957-58.

Neko Harbor
Neko Harbor (-64.83333°N, -62.55°W) is a small bay indenting the east shore of Andvord Bay 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Beneden Head, along the west coast of Graham Land. First seen and roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named after Messrs. Chr. Salvesen's floating factory Neko, which operated in the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula area for many seasons between 1911-12 and 1923-24, and which often used this bay. The name was published by the Scottish geologist David Ferguson in 1921, following his visit to this area in 1913.

Nella Island
Nella Island (-70.61667°N, 166.06667°W) is the northern of two small, rocky islands lying just off the northwest edge of Davis Ice Piedmont, off the north coast of Victoria Land. Named by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) after M.V. Nella Dan, one of two expedition ships used by ANARE in 1962 to explore this area. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Nella Rock
Nella Rock (-67.51667°N, 62.85°W) is a reef sounding 2 fathoms, 3 ft, situated 2.5 cables from and bearing 81 from the eastern extremity of the largest of the Sawert Rocks, at the entrance to Holme Bay. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA). The rock was struck by the Nella Dan on March 4, 1969, on passage from Mawson Station to Melbourne.

Nelly Island
Nelly Island (-66.23333°N, 110.18333°W) is the largest and easternmost of the Frazier Islands, lying in Vincennes Bay. The Frazier Islands were delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in February 1947. Nelly Island was visited on January 21, 1956 by a party of the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) who established an astronomical control station there. So named by ANARE because there are several Giant Petrel, or Nelly, rookeries on the island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Nelson Channel
Nelson Channel (-57.05°N, -26.71667°W) is a navigable channel between Candlemas and Vindication Islands, in the South Sandwich Islands. First roughly charted by Captain James Cook, discoverer of these islands in 1775. Recharted in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, who gave the name Nelson Strait for Lieutenant A.L. Nelson, Royal Navy Reserve, chief officer and navigator of the ship. The name has been amended to avoid duplication with Nelson Strait in the South Shetland Islands.

Nelson Cliff
Nelson Cliff (-71.23333°N, 168.7°W) is a prominent rock cliff at the west side of Simpson Glacier on the north coast of Victoria Land. First charted by the Northern Party, led by Victor Campbell, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. Named for Edward W. Nelson, biologist of the expedition.

Nelson Island
Nelson Island (-62.3°N, -59.05°W) is an island 12 nautical miles (22 km) long and 7 nautical miles (13 km) wide, lying southwest of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name dates back to at least 1821 and is now established in international usage. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Nelson Nunatak
Nelson Nunatak (-72.93333°N, 167.9°W) is a mainly ice-covered nunatak in the middle of Hand 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 Thomas R. Nelson, U.S. Navy, construction mechanic at McMurdo Station, 1967.

Nelson Peak
Nelson Peak (-83.66667°N, -55.05°W) is a peak, 1,605 m, standing at the eastern end of Drury Ridge and Brown Ridge where the two ridges abut Washington Escarpment, 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 Willis H. Nelson, geologist with the Neptune Range field party, 1963-64.

Nelson Rock
Nelson Rock (-67.38333°N, 62.75°W) is a solitary, dark rock, partly ice-covered, 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Williams Rocks, off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by R.G. Dovers of ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1954. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R. Nelson, weather observer at Mawson Station in 1962, who assisted with the triangulation of this rock and the erection of a beacon.

Nelson Strait
Nelson Strait (-62.33333°N, -59.3°W) is a strait lying between Nelson and Robert Islands, in the South Shetland Islands. Probably first charted in 1821 by Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer, American sealer, who named it Harmony Strait. Renamed King George's Strait on Captain George Powell's chart of 1822, and Parrys Straits by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, on his chart of 1825. It has since become known as Nelson Strait, probably taking its name from Nelson Island, which it adjoins on the east.

Mount Nelson
Mount Nelson (-85.78333°N, -153.8°W) is a mountain, 1,930 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Pulitzer, near the west side of Scott Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. First mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Randy L. Nelson, who made satellite geodesy studies at McMurdo Station, winter party 1965.

Nemesis Glacier
Nemesis Glacier (-70.53333°N, 67.5°W) is a large glacier which flows northeast through the center of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered in January 1957 by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) southern party under W.G. Bewsher, and named after Homer's Nemesis because considerable difficulty was experienced in traversing the region due to the glacier.

Mount Nemesis
Mount Nemesis (-68.2°N, -66.9°W) is a mountain, 790 m, which lies 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the seaward extremity of Roman Four Promontory and close north of Neny Fjord, on the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. The name is believed to have been given by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41.

Nemo Cove
Nemo Cove (-67.71667°N, -67.3°W) is a cove midway along the east side of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named after Captain Nemo, designer and captain of the Nautilus in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Other features on the island are named after characters in this book.

Nemo Glacier
Nemo Glacier (-67.71667°N, -67.36667°W) is a glacier flowing east into Nemo Cove, Porquoi Pas Island, in northeast Marguerite Bay. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), 1979, in association with Nemo Cove.

Nemo Peak (Antarctica)
Nemo Peak (-64.76667°N, -63.26667°W) is a conspicuous peak, 865 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Nipple Peak in the north part of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache. The name appears on a chart based on a 1927 survey by DI personnel in the Discovery, but may reflect an earlier naming.

Neny Bay
Neny Bay (-68.2°N, -66.96667°W) is a small indentation in the west coast of Graham Land which is bounded on the west by Neny Island, and on the northwest and southeast respectively by Stonington Island and Roman Four Promontory. The bay was first charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. The name, derived from Neny Island, was suggested by members of East Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, who referred to it as Neny Island Bay.

Neny Fjord
Neny Fjord (-68.26667°N, -66.83333°W) is a bay 10 nautical miles (18 km) long in an east-west direction and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, between Red Rock Ridge and Roman Four Promontory on the west coast of Graham Land. This coast was first explored in 1909 by Dr. Jean B. Charcot who, it appears, gave this name to a feature somewhat north of the bay described. The British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) made a detailed survey of this area in 1936-37, and in correlating their work with that of Charcot applied the name Neny Fjord to the bay between Red Rock Ridge and Roman Four Promontory. The name has become established in this latter position through international acceptance and use.

Neny Glacier
Neny Glacier (-68.25°N, -66.41667°W) is a glacier flowing northwest into the north part of Neny Fjord on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula. This feature together with Gibbs Glacier, which flows southeast, occupy a transverse depression between Neny Fjord and Mercator Ice Piedmont on the east side of Antarctic Peninsula. The name Neny Glacier, derived from association with Neny Fjord, was first used by the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939-41, whose members used the glacier as a sledging route.

Neny Island
Neny Island (-68.2°N, -67.05°W) is an island 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long which rises to 675 m, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Roman Four Promontory and directly north of the mouth of Neny Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37, and named after nearby Neny Fjord. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Neny Matterhorn
Neny Matterhorn (-68.33333°N, -66.85°W) is a sharp, pyramid-shaped peak over 1,125 m, standing in the northwest part of the Blackwall Mountains on the south side of Neny Fjord, Graham Land. First roughly surveyed in 1936-37 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, and resurveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The name was apparently first used by members of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Ronne, and the FIDS, and derives from its location near Neny Fjord, and its resemblance to the Swiss Matterhorn.

Nepal Peak
Nepal Peak (-79.71667°N, 159.58333°W) is a peak, 1203 m, at the north end of Goorkha Craters, Cook Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Goorkha Craters (Gurkha), a name applied by R.F. Scott, 1901-04. The present day Kingdom of Nepal is the homeland of the Gurkhas.

Neptune Glacier
Neptune Glacier (-71.73333°N, -68.28333°W) is a glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, flowing east into George VI Sound to the south of Triton Point. First seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935, and roughly mapped from photos obtained on that flight by W.L.G. Joerg. The mouth of the glacier was positioned in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the planet Neptune following a Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) survey in 1949. The head of the glacier was mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960.

Neptune Nunataks
Neptune Nunataks (-76.61667°N, -145.3°W) is a small group of nunataks between the Chester and Fosdick Mountains, in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and 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 Gary D. Neptune, geologist with the Marie Byrd Land Survey II, 1967-68 season.

Neptune Range
Neptune Range (-83.5°N, -56°W) is a mountain range, 70 nautical miles (130 km) long, lying west-southwest of Forrestal Range in the central part of the Pensacola Mountains. The range is comprised of Washington Escarpment with its associated ridges, valleys and peaks, the Iroquois Plateau, and the Schmidt and Williams Hills. It was discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 on a U.S. Navy transcontinental plane flight from McMurdo Sound to Weddell Sea and return. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after the Navy P2V-2N "Neptune" aircraft with which this flight was made. The entire Pensacola Mountains were mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1967 and 1968 from ground surveys and U.S. Navy tricamera aerial photographs taken in 1964.

Neptunes Bellows
Neptunes Bellows (-63°N, -60.56667°W) is a channel on the southeast side of Deception Island forming the entrance to Port Foster, in the South Shetland Islands. The name was appended by American sealers prior to 1822 because of the strong gusts experienced in this narrow channel.

Neptunes Window
Neptunes Window (-62.98333°N, -60.55°W) is a narrow gap between two rock pillars, situated close east of Whalers Bay on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. So named by Lieutenant Commander D.N. Penfold, Royal Navy, following his survey of Deception Island in 1948-49, because weather and ice conditions in the approach to Neptunes Bellows could conveniently be observed from this gap.

Nereson Glacier
Nereson Glacier (-73.93333°N, -124.4°W) is a glacier about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long draining the north side of Siple Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Nadine A. Nereson, University of Washington, glaciologist whose research in West Antarctica during the 1990s focused on the history of ice flow, and the past and present stability of the ice sheet.

Nergaard Peak
Nergaard Peak (-72°N, 9.45°W) is a peak (2,475 m) located 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Niels peak in the Gagarin Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos and surveys by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named for Niels Nergaard, scientific assistant with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

Mount Nero
Mount Nero (-71.2°N, 159.83333°W) is a mountain (2,520 m) surmounting the west wall of Daniels Range 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Forsythe Bluff, in the Usarp Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Leonard L. Nero, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68.

Mount Nervo
Mount Nervo (-83.23333°N, -58°W) is a mountain, 1,070 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Mount Coulter in the Schmidt Hills portion of 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 George W. Nervo, radioman at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.

Nesebur Gap
Nesebur Gap (-62.63333°N, -60.2°W) is the 1,300 m wide gap in Eastern Livingston Island bounded to the west by Pliska Ridge and to the east by the northern slope of Mount Friesland. Elevation 550 m. Part of the divide between the glacial catchments of Perunika Glacier to the north and Huntress Glacier to the south. Nesebar is the name of a town on the Black Sea coast.

Nesholmen Island
Nesholmen Island (-69.73333°N, 38.2°W) is a small island lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) off Djupvikneset Peninsula in southern Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Nesholmen (the ness island) because of its proximity to Djupvikneset Peninsula. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Neshyba Peak
Neshyba Peak (-71.23333°N, -62.75°W) is a small, sharp peak, mostly snow covered, surmounting the north part of a complex ridge 16 nautical miles (30 km) east-northeast of Mount Jackson, in east Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Stephen Neshyba, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) oceanographer who studied the laminar structure of the bottom water in the Antarctic Peninsula area, 1972-73.

Mount Nesos
Mount Nesos (-78.2°N, 167.1°W) is the remnants of a volcanic core, over 400 m high, projecting through the ice near the southwest end of White Island, in the Ross Archipelago. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1958-59) from the Greek word nesos (nisos), meaning island, and referring to the fact that although isolated by the ice sheet the hill is a part of White Island.

Nesoya
Nesoya (-69°N, 39.58333°W) is an island, 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, lying close off the north point of East Ongul Island in the east side of the entrance of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Nesoya (the point island).

Mount Nespelen
Mount Nespelen (-76.78333°N, 161.8°W) is a massive mountain, the highest in the coastal ranges between the Mackay and Fry Glaciers, lying on the north side of Benson Glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Mount Davidson. Named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party (1956-57) of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition after the McMurdo Sound that season.

Mount Ness
Mount Ness (-71.33333°N, -66.86667°W) is a northernmost of the Batterbee Mountains, 1,890 m, standing 9 nautical miles (17 km) northeast of the summit of Mount Bagshawe and 14 nautical miles (26 km) inland from George VI Sound on the west coast of Palmer Land. The mountain was first seen and photographed from the air on November 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth, and was mapped from these photographs by W.L.G. Joerg. It was surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954 for Mrs. Patrick Ness, who contributed toward the cost of the BGLE, 1934-37.

Nestling Rock
Nestling Rock (-71.38333°N, 170.4°W) is a rock lying in the sea just east of the north portion of Adare Peninsula, along the coast of Victoria Land. The descriptive name applied by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) suggests the location of this relatively small feature beside towering Downshire Cliffs.

Mount Nestor
Mount Nestor (-64.41667°N, -63.46667°W) is a mountain, 1,250 m, the northernmost of the Achaean Range in Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Its west side rises steeply from Marr Ice Piedmont; its east side is a jumble of crevasses and jagged rock pinnacles. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Nestor, oldest of the Achaean chieftains fighting at Troy in Homer's Iliad.

Neuburg Peak
Neuburg Peak (-82.61667°N, -52.9°W) is a jagged rock peak, 1,840 m, rising 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east of Walker Peak in the southwest part of Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Hugo A.C. Neuburg, glaciologist at Ellsworth Station, a member of the first party to visit Dufek Massif, in December 1957.

Neumann Peak
Neumann Peak (-67.06667°N, -67.56667°W) is a peak on the north end of Hansen Island, in Hanusse Bay in Graham Land. Mapped from air photos taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956-57. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Franz E. Neumann (1798-1895), German physicist who made an important contribution to understanding of the thermal conductivity of ice.

Neumayer Channel
Neumayer Channel (-64.78333°N, -63.5°W) is a channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) long in a NE-SW direction and about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) wide, separating Anvers Island from Wiencke Island and Doumer Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The southwest entrance to this channel was seen by Dallmann, leader of the German expedition 1873-74, who named it Roosen Channel. The Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache, sailed through the channel and named it for Georg von Neumayer. The second name has been approved because of more general usage.

Neumayer Cliffs
Neumayer Cliffs (-73.11667°N, -1.75°W) is a series of abrupt rock cliffs forming the northeast end of Kirwan Escarpment in Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for German geophysicist Georg von Neumayer. Surveyed by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1949-52.

Cape Neumayer
Cape Neumayer (-63.7°N, -60.56667°W) is a cape forming the northeast end of Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted and named by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901-04, for Georg B. von Neumayer (1826-1909), distinguished German geophysicist. In recent years the name Cape Wollaston has been applied to this cape, but the feature so named by Henry Foster has now been identified as the northwest cape of Trinity Island.

Mount Neumayer
Mount Neumayer (-75.26667°N, 162.28333°W) is a mountain (720 m) surmounting D'Urville Wall on the north side of the terminus of David Glacier, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, under Scott, who named this feature for Georg von Neumayer, German geophysicist, who was active in organizing Antarctic exploration.

Mount Neuner
Mount Neuner (-75.3°N, -72.68333°W) is a mountain 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Mount Chandler, in the Behrendt Mountains, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles S. Neuner, station engineer at Camp Sky-Hi, summer 1961-62.

Neupokoyev Bight
Neupokoyev Bight (-70.08333°N, 4.75°W) is a bight 30 nautical miles (60 km) wide, indenting the ice shelf that fringes the coast of Queen Maud Land about 20 nautical miles (37 km) northeast of Tsiolkovskiy Island. The feature was photographed from the air by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in 1958-59 and roughly mapped from these photos. It was also mapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961 and named for K.K. Neupokoyev, Soviet hydrographer, who worked in northern polar areas in the 1920s.

Neve Nunatak
Neve Nunatak (-78.28333°N, 160.9°W) is an isolated nunatak just north of Halfway Nunatak, between the Upper Staircase and the east side of Skelton Neve. Surveyed in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58) and named for its association with Skelton Neve.

Nevskiye Nunataks
Nevskiye Nunataks (-71.66667°N, 8.08333°W) is a group of scattered nunataks comprising the Sorensen Nunataks and Hemmestad Nunataks in the Drygalski Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norsk Polarinstitutt from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60. Also mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961; the name is an adjective derived from Neva, a river in the Soviet Union.

New Bedford Inlet
New Bedford Inlet (-73.36667°N, -61.25°W) is a large pouch-shaped, ice-filled embayment between Cape Kidson and Cape Brooks, along the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), and named after New Bedford, MA, the center of the New England whaling industry in the middle of the 19th century.

New Glacier
New Glacier (-77.03333°N, 162.4°W) is a small glacier flowing east-northeast from the low ice-covered plateau at the south side of Mackay Glacier, terminating at the southwest extremity of Granite Harbor, immediately north of Mount England, in Victoria Land. Charted and named by G. Taylor, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, because he walked around a bluff and saw a glacier where none was expected, in the corner of Granite Harbor.

New Harbor
New Harbor (-77.6°N, 163.85°W) is a bay about 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide between Cape Bernacchi and Butter Point along the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and so named because this new harbor was found while the Discovery was seeking the farthest possible southern anchorage along the coast of Victoria Land.

New Mountain
New Mountain (-77.86667°N, 161.11667°W) is a mountain, 2,260 m, standing between Arena Valley and Windy Gully, on the south side of Taylor Glacier in Victoria Land. Charted and named by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04.

New Plymouth
New Plymouth (-62.61667°N, -61.2°W) is a small bay bordered by an extensive line of beaches, lying south of Start Point and between Rugged Island and the west end of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This name, used by early sealers, dates back to at least 1822 and is now established in international usage.

New Rock (South Shetland Islands)
New Rock (-63.01667°N, -60.73333°W) is a rock, 105 m high, lying 0.75 nautical miles (1.4 km) off the southwest coast of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name of the rock derives from its relatively recent charting in about 1929.

New Schwabenland
New Schwabenland (-72.5°N, 0.5°W) is an area name for the mountainous upland of Queen Maud Land extending from the Kraul Mountains to Vorposten Peak. This area, more than 500 miles in extent, was first explored from aircraft by the German Antarctic Expedition of 1938-39 led by Captain Alfred Ritscher. They named it after the expedition ship The maps published by this expedition were of an uneven quality, features in the eastern portion of the area being plotted with greater reliability. It has not been possible for Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) to identify some features plotted and named by the expedition. The western part of the area was surveyed by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1949-52. The entire area was mapped from air photos and survey undertaken by Norwegian Antarctic Expeditions in the years 1956-60.

New Year Nunatak
New Year Nunatak (-71.03333°N, 71.2°W) is a nunatak in the central part of the Manning Nunataks in the southeast part of Amery Ice Shelf. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1957. So named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) because the nunatak was visited by a geological party of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition on New Year's Day of 1966.

New Year Pass
New Year Pass (-83.46667°N, 160.66667°W) is a low snow pass between the Moore Mountains and Mount Weeks in Queen Elizabeth Range. This pass was used on New Year's Day, 1958, by a New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58) to get from Marsh Glacier to January Col, Prince Andrew Plateau, overlooking Bowden Neve.

New Year Peak
New Year Peak (-72.23333°N, 166.05°W) is the major peak (about 2,600 m) on the northwest side of Toboggan Gap in the Millen Range, Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. The name was suggested by Bradley Field, geologist, NZGS, whose field party camped below the peak during the New Year period, 1981-82.

Mount New Zealand
Mount New Zealand (-74.18333°N, 162.5°W) is a large mountain, 2,890 m, standing immediately northwest of Nash Ridge on the south side of Priestley Glacier, in the Eisenhower Range, Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, which named this mountain in recognition of the generous assistance given the expedition by the Government and people of New Zealand.

Newall Glacier
Newall Glacier (-77.5°N, 162.83333°W) is a glacier in the east part of the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, flowing east between Mount Newall and Mount Weyant into the Wilson Piedmont Glacier. Mapped by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58, who named it after nearby Mount Newall.

Mount Newall
Mount Newall (-77.5°N, 162.7°W) is a peak, 1,920 m, the northeast extremity of Asgard Range, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and named for one of the men who helped raise funds to send a relief ship for the expedition.

Newark Bay
Newark Bay (-54.35°N, -36.91667°W) is a bay 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, entered at the southeast end of Fanning Ridge, along the south coast of South Georgia. The presence of this bay seems to have been first noted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen, who roughly charted a small inlet in this approximate position. The name dates back to about 1927 and has become established for the feature.

Newburgh Point
Newburgh Point (-66.1°N, -66.76667°W) is the northwest point of Lavoisier Island, Biscoe Islands. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1958-59). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Louis H. Newburgh (1883-1956), American physiologist who specialized in the physiology of heat regulation and clothing for cold environments.

Newcomb Bay
Newcomb Bay (-66.26667°N, 110.55°W) is a sheltered bay about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) in extent, between Clark Peninsula and Bailey Peninsula in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from U.S. Navy Operation Highjump aerial photographs taken in February 1947. In February 1957 Willis L. Tressler, oceanographer, led a party from the USS suggested by Tressler for Lieutenant Robert C. Newcomb, U.S. Navy, navigator of the Glacier and member of the survey party.

Newcomer Glacier
Newcomer Glacier (-77.78333°N, -85.45°W) is a glacier 20 nautical miles (37 km) long transecting the north part of the Sentinel Range, flowing southeast from the vicinity of Allen Peak and then east to where it leaves the range north of Bracken Peak. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Loyd E. Newcomer of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, pilot on photographic flights over the range on December 14-15, 1959.

Newell Point
Newell Point (-62.33333°N, -59.53333°W) is a point on the north side of Robert Island, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east of the north end of the island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II.

Newman Island
Newman Island (-75.65°N, -145.5°W) is an ice-covered island 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, lying in the Nickerson Ice Shelf on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander J.F. Newman, U.S. Navy, ships officer on the staff of the Commander, Task Force 43, during Deep Freeze 1966. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Newman Shoal
Newman Shoal (-68.58333°N, 77.9°W) is a shoal at the southwest side of Davis Anchorage, just off the Vestfold Hills. The shoal has depths of 1 fathom or less and lies 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) southeast of Hobby Rocks. Charted during an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (Thala Dan) hydrographic survey in 1961. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for A.J. Newman, senior diesel mechanic at Mawson Station in 1961, who assisted with the survey around Davis Station.

Mount Newman
Mount Newman (-69.18333°N, -71.43333°W) is a mountain rising to about 1,150 m in northeast Havre Mountains, north Alexander Island. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1975-76. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1980 after John Newman, BAS Diesel mechanic, Adelaide, 1968-69; Stonington Island, 1969-70 and 1972-74; who was instrumental in modifying BAS motor sledges, first used successfully as replacements for dog teams on this survey.

Newnes Glacier
Newnes Glacier (-71.68333°N, 170.23333°W) is a glacier dropping sharply from the Adare Saddle to empty into Protection Cove at the head of Robertson Bay, Victoria Land. Charted by British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Sir George Newnes, sponsor of the expedition.

Newport Point
Newport Point (-77.53333°N, 166.16667°W) is the south entrance point to Horseshoe Bay in west Ross Island. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) after Terry Newport, a carpenter in the NZ Antarctic Programme, who perished in a helicopter crash near this point in October 1992.

Newton Island
Newton Island (-66.76667°N, 141.45°W) is a rocky island 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northwest of Laplace Island and 1.2 nautical miles (2.2 km) north-northwest of Cape Mousse. Charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Sir Isaac Newton, English philosopher and mathematician. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Newton
Mount Newton (-74.01667°N, 65.5°W) is a large humped mountain with a boulder strewn surface and conical peak near the center, standing between flow of Collins and Mellor Glaciers in the Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) from air photos taken in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Dr. G. Newton, medical officer at Mawson Station, 1960.

Neyt Point
Neyt Point (-63.96667°N, -61.8°W) is a point which lies 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of Moureaux Point, the north extremity of Liege Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache, and named by him for General Neyt, a supporter of the expedition.

Niban Rock
Niban Rock (-68.23333°N, 42.46667°W) is a rock which protrudes into the sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) southwest of Cape Hinode, on the coast of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, and named Niban-iwa (number two rock).

Nibelungen Valley
Nibelungen Valley (-77.61667°N, 161.33333°W) is an ice free valley just west of Plane Table and Panorama Peak in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Nibelungen is one in a group of mythological names in the range given by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC).

The Niblets
The Niblets (-66°N, -65.66667°W) is a group of rocks between Harp Island and Beer Island, lying 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Prospect Point, off the west coast of Graham Land. Charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill. The name suggests the small size of features in the group.

Nicholas Range
Nicholas Range (-66.66667°N, 55.46667°W) is a line of rocky peaks extending in a north-south direction, standing close east of Aker Peaks and 23 nautical miles (43 km) southwest of Magnet Bay. Discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for Mr. G.R. Nicholas of Melbourne, a patron of the expedition. The individual peaks were plotted by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37.

Mount Nicholas
Mount Nicholas (-69.36667°N, -69.83333°W) is a mountain, 1,465 m, standing 5.5 nautical miles (10 km) south-southwest of Cape Brown and forming the north limit of Douglas Range on the east side of Alexander Island. First seen and roughly charted from a distance in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, who named it "Ile Nicolas II" after Nicholas II, then reigning tsar of Russia. The French Antarctic Expedition maps showed it as an island, or possible headland, separated by a channel from Alexander Island. The coast in this vicinity was photographed from the air in 1937 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), but Charcot's name which was altered to "Cape Nicholas," was applied in error to the seaward bulge of Mount Calais, about 13 nautical miles (24 km) to the north-northwest Surveys in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) identified the feature originally named "Ile Nicolas II" by Charcot as the mountain described.

Nicholl Head
Nicholl Head (-67.78333°N, -67.1°W) is a bold west extremity of the ridge separating Dogs Leg Fjord and Square Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for Timothy M. Nicholl, FIDS base leader at the Argentine Islands in 1948 and 1949.

Nichols Ridge
Nichols Ridge (-77.46667°N, 162.73333°W) is a rock ridge between Denton Glacier and Decker Glacier in east Asgard Range, Victoria Land. The feature descends from heights north of Mount Newall to the snout of Wright Lower Glacier at the east end of Wright Valley. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Robert L. Nichols (Nichols Snowfield), one of the first American scientists to do geologic research in Wright Valley. In 1958, he found pecten deposits near the middle of the valley that greatly heightened research to determine the origin of the deposits and the glacial history of Wright Valley. This ridge is in proximity to Meserve, Hart, Goodspeed, and Denton Glaciers, named after four young geologists who worked in this area under Nichols in the 1958-59 field season.

Nichols Rock
Nichols Rock (-75.38333°N, -139.21667°W) is a rock on the west side of Kinsey Ridge, which lies in the middle of Strauss Glacier 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 Clayton W. Nichols, geophysicist at Byrd Station, 1969-70.

Nichols Snowfield
Nichols Snowfield (-69.41667°N, -71.08333°W) is a snowfield, 22 nautical miles (41 km) long and 8 nautical miles (15 km) wide, bounded by the Rouen Mountains and Elgar Uplands to the east and Lassus Mountains to the west, in the north part of Alexander Island. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) in 1937. 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. Named by the RARE for Dr. Robert L. Nichols, head of the Department of Geology, Tufts University, and senior scientist of the Ronne expedition.

Mount Nichols
Mount Nichols (-85.45°N, -146.08333°W) is a mountain, 670 m, in the central part of the Harold Byrd Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William L. Nichols, construction mechanic with the Byrd Station winter party in 1957.

Nicholson Island
Nicholson Island (-66.28333°N, 110.53333°W) is the westernmost of the Bailey Rocks, lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) northeast of Budnick Hill in Newcomb Bay, Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R.T. Nicholson, senior carpenter, who took a leading part in the construction of nearby Casey Station in 1966. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Nicholson Peninsula
Nicholson Peninsula (-80.71667°N, 160.5°W) is a broad ice-covered peninsula about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, between Couzens Bay and Matterson Inlet on the west side of Ross Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain M.W. Nicholson, U.S. Navy, chief of staff to the U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer during Operation Deepfreeze 1964.

Nicholson Rock
Nicholson Rock (-75.83333°N, -114.93333°W) is a rock 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east of Cox Bluff on the mainly snow-covered Spitz Ridge in eastern Toney Mountain massif, 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 Charles E. Nicholson, CE2, U.S. Navy, Construction Electrician at South Pole Station, 1974.

Nickell Peak
Nickell Peak (-77.31667°N, 161.46667°W) is an ice free peak standing at the west side of Victoria Upper Lake, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of Sponsors Peak, in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Gregory W. Nickell, manager of the Eklund Biological Center, and of the Thiel Earth Sciences Laboratory at McMurdo Station. He died accidentally on May 15, 1974, when a truck he was driving left the road between McMurdo Station and Scott Base.

Mount Nickens
Mount Nickens (-73.93333°N, -100.33333°W) is a snow-covered mesa-type mountain with a steep northern rock face, marking the northwest extremity of the Hudson Mountains. It stands just east of the base of Canisteo Peninsula and overlooks Cosgrove Ice Shelf. Mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Herbert P. Nickens, map compilation specialist who contributed significantly to the construction of United States Geological Survey (USGS) sketch maps of Antarctica.

Nickerson Ice Shelf
Nickerson Ice Shelf (-75.75°N, -145°W) is an ice shelf about 35 nautical miles (60 km) wide, lying north of Siemiatkowski Glacier and the west part of Ruppert Coast, Marie Byrd Land. First observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-30). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander H.J. Nickerson, U.S. Navy, administrative officer on the staff of the Commander, Task Force 43, during Deep Freeze 1966.

Mount Nickerson
Mount Nickerson (-83.45°N, 168.8°W) is a broad mountain, 1,480 m, standing between Lennox-King and Beaver Glaciers, 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Yeates Bluff in Queen Alexandra Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander N.E. Nickerson, U.S. Navy, commanding officer of USS Edisto during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1965.

Nicol Crags
Nicol Crags (-80.73333°N, -24.08333°W) is a rock crags rising to about 1,300 m to the south of Arkell Cirque in the Read Mountains, 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 William Nicol (about 1768-1851), Scottish natural philosopher who devised the Nicol prism and the preparation of thin rock sections, thus contributing to the techniques of microscopy.

Nicolas Rocks
Nicolas Rocks (-60.56667°N, -46.1°W) is a group of rocks at the northwest side of the Larsen Islands, lying 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) off the west end of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer in December 1821. Named "Cape Nicolas" by Powell after the feast day of Saint Nicholas, December 6, the approximate day of discovery. Powell's spelling "Nicolas" has been retained because of long usage, but the term rocks is considered more descriptive of the feature.

Niels Peak
Niels Peak (-71.95°N, 9.38333°W) is a peak, 2,525 m, rising 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Nergaard Peak in the Gagarin Mountains of the Orvin Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos and surveys by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60, and named for Niels Nergaard, scientific assistant with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

Nielsen Fjord
Nielsen Fjord (-70.7°N, 165.83333°W) is a fjord 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide between Cape North and Gregory Bluffs on the north coast of Victoria Land. Named by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) for Captain Hans Nielsen, master of the M.V. Thala Dan used in exploring this coast, 1962.

Nielsen Glacier
Nielsen Glacier (-71.51667°N, 169.68333°W) is a glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, discharging into the west side of Robertson Bay just west of Calf Point, northern Victoria Land. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Professor Yngvar Nielsen of Christiania University, Norway.

Niepce Glacier
Niepce Glacier (-65.11667°N, -63.36667°W) is a glacier which joins with Daguerre Glacier and flows into Lauzanne Cove, Flandres Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1954. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Joseph N. Niepce (1765-1833), French physicist, the first man to produce a permanent photographic record, 1816-29, who, with J.L.M. Daguerre, invented the daguerreotype process of photography perfected in 1839.

Nigg Rock
Nigg Rock (-60.71667°N, -44.85°W) is an insular rock, 155 m high, lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northwest of Route Point, the northwest tip of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. First seen and roughly charted by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer on the occasion of their joint cruise in 1821. Recharted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William S. Bruce, who named it for the birthplace of his wife in Scotland.

Niggli Nunataks
Niggli Nunataks (-80.63333°N, -23.33333°W) is a group of nunataks 6 nautical miles (11 km) north-northeast of Mount Wegener, rising to 1,470 m near the east end of the Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Paul Niggli (1888-1953), Swiss geologist who introduced the cataloguing of magma types by molecular or Niggli values; Professor of Geology, University of Zurich.

Nikolayev Range
Nikolayev Range (-71.9°N, 6.03333°W) is a range standing between Austreskorve Glacier and Lunde Glacier in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norsk Polarinstitutt from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60. Also mapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961 and named for Andriyan G. Nikolayev, Soviet astronaut.

Mount Nikolayev
Mount Nikolayev (-71.73333°N, 12.43333°W) is the central peak, 2,850 m, of Aurdalsegga Ridge in Sudliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61 and named after Soviet petrographer V.A. Nikolayev.

Niles Island
Niles Island (-66.43333°N, 110.4°W) is a rocky island, 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) long, lying close off the south end of Holl 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 G.W. Niles, a member of the U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and U.S. Navy Operation Windmill photographic units which photographed the area in February 1947 and January 1948, respectively. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Nils Jorgen Peaks
Nils Jorgen Peaks (-71.86667°N, -2.6°W) is a group of small peaks about 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Mount Schumacher on the Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59). Named for Nils Jorgen Schumacher, senior meteorologist with the NBSAE.

Nils Larsen Glacier
Nils Larsen Glacier (-68.73333°N, -90.65°W) is a glacier descending to the west coast of Peter I Island close northward of Norvegia Bay. In February 1929 the crew of the Norvegia carried out a series of investigations of this island, landing on February 2. Named for Nils Larsen, captain of the Norvegia.

Mount Nils Larsen
Mount Nils Larsen (-72.23333°N, 23.1°W) is a mountain, 2,190 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Mount Wideroe in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named for Captain Nils Larsen, leader of the Norwegian expedition 1928-29.

Nils Plain
Nils Plain (-72.11667°N, 0.45°W) is an ice plain of about 25 nautical miles (46 km) extent, lying northward of Mount Roer in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59). Named for Nils Roer, surveyor of the NBSAE.

Mount Nils
Mount Nils (-68.06667°N, 48.01667°W) is a prominent, ice-covered mountain standing close west of Rayner Glacier and 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Christensen, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956 and 1957. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Captain Nils Larsen, master of the Norwegian exploration ship January 1930.

Nilse Hullet
Nilse Hullet (-54.16667°N, -37.58333°W) is a cove indenting the south coast of South Georgia, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southwest of Cheapman Bay and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east-northeast of Samuel Islands. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. The name is well established in local use.

Nilsen Bay
Nilsen Bay (-67.6°N, 64.56667°W) is a small bay just west of Strahan Glacier, and 18 nautical miles (33 km) east-southeast of Cape Daly. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it after the master of the Norwegian whaler Sir James Clark Ross which transported coal to Antarctic waters for the Discovery. On the map published in the Cape Daly and the Strahan Glacier is called Nielsen Bay. Recent examination of Mawson's notes shows that the bay was placed too far west and the name misspelled.

Nilsen Island
Nilsen Island (-54.65°N, -36.41667°W) is a small island lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of the north part of Novosilski Bay, off the south coast of South Georgia. The island has appeared on charts since the 1930s. It was recharted by SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Nochart Nilsen, gunner of the Compania Argentina de Pesca, Grytviken, 1939-40 and 1946-48, and of the South Georgia Whaling Company, Leith Harbor, for several years beginning in 1949. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Nilsen Peak
Nilsen Peak (-84.53333°N, -175.41667°W) is a prominent peak (780 m) at the north end of Waldron Spurs, marking the east side of the mouth of Shackleton Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for W.B. Nilsen, Master of the USNS Chattahoochee during Operation Deep Freeze 1965.

Nilsen Plateau
Nilsen Plateau (-86.33333°N, -158°W) is a rugged, ice-covered plateau which, including Fram Mesa, is about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and 1 to 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide, rising to 3,940 m between the upper reaches of the Amundsen and Scott Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in November 1911 by the Norwegian expedition under Roald Amundsen, and named by him for Captain Thorvald Nilsen, commander of the ship Fram.

Mount Nilsen
Mount Nilsen (-78.05°N, -155°W) is a peak 4 nautical miles (7 km) west-southwest of Mount Paterson in the Rockefeller Mountains, on Edward VII Peninsula. Discovered in 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, and named by Byrd for Captain Nilsen of the Norwegian whaler C.A. Larsen, which towed the City of New York through the pack ice.

Nilsson Rocks
Nilsson Rocks (-71.75°N, 67.7°W) is a group of fairly low rock outcrops which enclose a meltwater lake, situated 9 nautical miles (17 km) south of Fisher Massif in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for C.S. Nilsson, physicist at Mawson Station in 1957.

Nimbus Hills
Nimbus Hills (-79.58333°N, -82.83333°W) is a rugged line of hills and peaks about 14 nautical miles (26 km) long, forming the southeast part of Pioneer Heights in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration weather satellite, Nimbus, which took photographs of Antarctica (including the Ellsworth Mountains) from approximately 500 nautical miles (900 km) above earth on September 13, 1964.

Nimitz Glacier
Nimitz Glacier (-78.91667°N, -85.16667°W) is a glacier about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, draining the area about 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of the Vinson Massif and flowing southeast between the Sentinel Range and Bastien Range to enter Minnesota Glacier, in the central Ellsworth Mountains. Discovered by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 on photographic flights of December 14-15, 1959, and mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from these photos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy, who as Chief of Naval Operations at the time of Operation Highjump, 1947-48, made possible that unprecedentedly large and complex Antarctic expedition.

Nimrod Glacier
Nimrod Glacier (-82.35°N, 163°W) is a major glacier, about 85 nautical miles (160 km) long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spilling into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Capes Wilson and Lyttelton. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. The name, given by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), is in association with Shackleton Inlet and is for the Nimrod, the ship of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) under Shackleton.

Nimrod Passage
Nimrod Passage (-64.98333°N, -63.96667°W) is a marine passage leading to the northern end of Lemaire Channel between Wauwermans Islands and Dannebrog Islands in Wilhelm Archipelago. Surveyed by the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in March-April 1964, and safely navigated by RRS John Biscoe at this time. Named after the motor survey boat Nimrod which was used to take most of the soundings.

Mount Nimrod
Mount Nimrod (-85.41667°N, 165.75°W) is a mountain, 2,835 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) south-southeast of Mount Saunders in the Dominion Range. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named after the expedition ship Nimrod.

Nims Peak
Nims Peak (-72.56667°N, 160.96667°W) is a sharp rock peak about 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Weihaupt in the Outback Nunataks. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for David J. Nims, ionospheric physicist at McMurdo Station, 1968.

Ninnis Glacier
Ninnis Glacier (-68.36667°N, 147°W) is a large, heavily hummocked and crevassed glacier descending steeply from the high interior to the sea in a broad valley, on George V Coast. Discovered by Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Lieutenant B.E.S. Ninnis, who lost his life on the far east sledge journey of the expedition, December 14, 1912.

Ninnis Glacier Tongue
Ninnis Glacier Tongue (-68.08333°N, 147.75°W) is a broad glacier tongue which forms the seaward extension of Ninnis Glacier. It was recorded (1962) as projecting seaward about 30 miles. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson and named after Ninnis Glacier.

Nipe Glacier
Nipe Glacier (-71.86667°N, 25.25°W) is a broad glacier between Austkampane Hills and Menipa Peak in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named Nipebreen (the mountain peak glacier).