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Osterrieth Range
Osterrieth Range (-64.66667°N, -63.25°W) is a mountain range extending in a NE-SW direction along the southeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache, and named by him for Mme. Ernest Osterrieth, a patron of the expedition.

Ostliche Petermann Range
Ostliche Petermann Range (-71.43333°N, 12.73333°W) is an one of the Petermann Ranges, trending in a north-south direction for 15 nautical miles (28 km) from Per Spur to Gornyy Inzhenery Kocks, in the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39, and so named by them for its eastern location in the Petermann Ranges.

Ostryy Point
Ostryy Point (-69.91667°N, 12°W) is a projecting point of the ice shelf that fringes the coast of Queen Maud Land. The feature forms the west side of the entrance to Leningradskiy Bay. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1959 and named Mys Ostryy (angular point).

Osuga Glacier
Osuga Glacier (-72.56667°N, 166.91667°W) is a tributary glacier flowing northeast to Trafalgar Glacier just east of Mount Burton, 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 David T. Osuga, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1966-67.

Otago Glacier
Otago Glacier (-82.53333°N, 161.16667°W) is a glacier about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long draining the northeast side of Mount Markham and entering Nimrod Glacier just east of Svaton Peaks. Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for Otago University, New Zealand.

Otago Spur
Otago Spur (-84.75°N, -114.16667°W) is a small spur projecting northward from the Buckeye Table, west of Discovery Ridge, Ohio Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1958-59. The spur was studied by a New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geological party, 1983-84, and named after Otago University, the alma mater of Jonathan Aitchison, a member of the field party.

Mount Otis
Mount Otis (-75.08333°N, -136.21667°W) is a small rocky summit along the north side of Kirkpatrick Glacier. The feature is 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southwest of Mount Sinha at the southeast margin of Erickson Bluffs in McDonald Heights, 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 Jack Otis, member of the biological party that made population studies of seals, whales, and birds in the pack ice of the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas using USCGC Southwind and its two helicopters, 1971-72.

Otlet Glacier
Otlet Glacier (-65.8°N, -64.63333°W) is a glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, flowing along the south side of Fontaine Heights to the west coast of Graham Land. Roughly charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. More accurately 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) for Paul Otlet (1868-1944), Belgian documentalist, co-founder of the Institut International de Bibliographie at Brussels, 1895, and of the Universal Decimal Classification. He was a pioneer of the rational organization of polar information by an international classification scheme.

Otome Point
Otome Point (-68.13333°N, 42.6°W) is a point 2 nautical miles (3.7 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. The name "Otomenohana" or "Otome-no-hana" (girl's nose) was applied by JARE Headquarters in 1973.

Ottehallet Slope
Ottehallet Slope (-72.2°N, -0.21667°W) is an ice slope between Straumsvola Mountain and Brekkerista Ridge in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Ottehallet (the early-morning slope).

Otter Highlands
Otter Highlands (-80.63333°N, -30°W) is a group of peaks and ridges extending NW-SE for 17 nautical miles (31 km) from Mount Lowe to Wyeth Heights, located west of Blaiklock Glacier and forming the west end of the Shackleton Range. Surveyed by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1972 after the de Havilland Otter aircraft which supported the CTAE.

Otter Plain
Otter Plain (-71.5°N, 7.5°W) is an ice plain between Sigurd Knolls on the north and the Muhlig-Hofmann and Drygalski Mountains on the south, in Queen Maud Land. Plotted from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named after the Otter aircraft used by the expedition.

Otter Rock
Otter Rock (-63.63333°N, -59.2°W) is a high distinctive rock lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Notter Point, Trinity Peninsula. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the Otter aircraft used by British Antarctic Survey (BAS).

Otway Massif
Otway Massif (-85.45°N, 172°W) is a prominent, mainly ice-free massif, about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and 7 nautical miles (13 km) wide, standing at the northwest end of the Grosvenor Mountains at the confluence of Mill Glacier and Mill Stream Glacier. Surveyed and named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for P.M. Otway, who had wintered over at Scott Base and was a member of this party and the Northern Party during the summer of 1960-61.

Ouellette Island
Ouellette Island (-64.78333°N, -64.41667°W) is an island 0.5 mile west of Howard Island in southern Joubin Islands. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Gerald L. Ouellette, Chief Engineer in the Hero in her first voyage to Antarctica and Palmer Station in 1968. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Outback Nunataks
Outback Nunataks (-72.5°N, 160.5°W) is a series of bare rock nunataks and mountains which are distributed over an area about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long by 20 nautical miles (37 km) wide. The group lies south of Emlen Peaks of the Usarp Mountains and west of Monument Nunataks and upper Rennick Glacier, adjacent to the featureless interior plateau. Discovered by the U.S. Victoria Land Traverse party, 1959-60, and mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-64. So named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for their remote position at the posterior side of the large mountain belt that extends from the Ross Sea to the interior ice plateau.

Outcast Islands
Outcast Islands (-64.81667°N, -64.13333°W) is a two small islands, nearly 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) apart, and a number of surrounding rocks lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Bonaparte Point, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following a survey in 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The name arose because of their isolated position some distance from the other islands in the vicinity of Arthur Harbor. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Outer Island
Outer Island (-60.71667°N, -45.58333°W) is an island fringed by submerged rocks, lying 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) east of Berntsen Point on the east side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, and so named because of its position close outside the entrance to Borge Bay. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Outer Lee Island
Outer Lee Island (-54.03333°N, -37.23333°W) is a small island 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north-northwest of Bellingshausen Point, lying in the outer part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. This island was charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, who included it as one of two islands which he called the Lee Islands. These islands were recharted in 1929-30 by DI personnel, who renamed this northeastern of the two, Outer Lee Island. The southwestern island is now known as Inner Lee Island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Outer Moraine Reef
Outer Moraine Reef (-54.1°N, -37.13333°W) is a reef extending from Alert Point to Steep Point in Possession Bay, South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.

Outlaw Rock
Outlaw Rock (-67.88333°N, -68.88333°W) is an isolated rock, awash at low tide, lying west of the Dion Islands off the south end of Adelaide Island. First charted by the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1963. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because of its isolation.

Outlook Peak
Outlook Peak (-85.98333°N, -150.83333°W) is a low peak that rises steeply 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Zanuck in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. So named by members of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1969-70, who obtained a good view of the next stage of their route from here.

Outpost Nunataks
Outpost Nunataks (-75.83333°N, 158.2°W) is a three aligned nunataks standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Brimstone Peak in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, and presumably named by the party because of the position of the nunataks near the edge of the polar plateau.

Outrider Nunatak
Outrider Nunatak (-69.46667°N, 156.38333°W) is a prominent nunatak (1,250 m) in the north-central portion of the Arkhangel'skiy Nunataks. The feature was photographed from aircraft of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump on January 4, 1947. The summit of the nunatak was intersected by members of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Topo West Traverse, 1962-63. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, presumably because of its forward position in the group.

Ovbratten Peak
Ovbratten Peak (-72.78333°N, -3.73333°W) is a steep, pyramidal rock peak about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Hogfonna Mountain, in the Borg Massif of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Ovbratten.

Ove Peak
Ove Peak (-72.18333°N, -3.45°W) is the northernmost peak in the group at the west side of Wilson Saddle, near the southwest end of Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named for Ove Wilson, medical officer with NBSAE.

Overflow Glacier
Overflow Glacier (-77.78333°N, 163.18333°W) is a steep tributary glacier spilling into Ferrar Glacier from the south, just east of Briggs Hill, in Victoria Land. Given this descriptive name by the Western Journey Party, led by Taylor, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.

Mount Overlook
Mount Overlook (-71.46667°N, 163.43333°W) is a mostly snow-covered mountain rising to about 2,010 m and overlooking the middle portion of Sledgers Glacier from the north, in the Bowers Mountains. The feature was so named by M.G. Laird, leader of a New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geological party to the area, 1981-82, because the party obtained an excellent view from the summit.

Mount Overlord
Mount Overlord (-73.16667°N, 164.6°W) is a very large mountain (3,395 m) which is an extinct volcano, situated at the northwest limit of Deception Plateau and just east of the head of Aviator Glacier, in Victoria Land. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, because it "overlords" lesser peaks in the area.

Overton Peak
Overton Peak (-69.68333°N, -71.96667°W) is a peak in the Desko Mountains, rising to about 550 m at the southeast end of Rothschild Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Commander Robert H. Overton, USCG, Executive Officer, USCGC Westwind, U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1971.

Overturn Glacier
Overturn Glacier (-79.9°N, 157.25°W) is a short tributary glacier of the Hatherton Glacier 3.6 nautical miles (7 km) west of Junction Spur in Darwin Mountains. The glacier is steep without crevasses. Named by the members of a New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) field group who had a dramatic overturn with their toboggan while driving down the glacier.

Oviedo Cove
Oviedo Cove (-64.21667°N, -56.58333°W) is a cove at the northeast end of Seymour Island, southeast of Cape Wiman. The cove was named "Caleta Oviedo" in 1979 after an Argentine sailor who died in the Antarctic. Applied by the names commission, Argentine Ministry of Defense.

Ovrevollen Bluff
Ovrevollen Bluff (-72.18333°N, 3.75°W) is a rock and ice bluff just south of Festninga Mountain in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Ovrevollen (the upper wall).

Owen Hills
Owen Hills (-83.73333°N, 169.83333°W) is an area of rugged ice-covered hills on the west side of Beardmore Glacier, between Socks and Evans Glaciers, in the Queen Alexandra Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for George Owen, Special Assistant for Antarctica in the Dept. of State, 1959-62.

Owen Island
Owen Island (-61.93333°N, -58.43333°W) is an island lying between Round Point and Pottinger Point close off the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Owen Peak
Owen Peak (-71.88333°N, -63.13333°W) is a peak standing inland from Hilton Inlet, eastern Palmer Land, on the south side of Gruening Glacier. Discovered from the air during a flight of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947-48) on November 21, 1947, and named "Mount Russell Owen" after the New York Times correspondent with the first Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. The name was later shortened and changed to its present form by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN).

Owen Ridge
Owen Ridge (-79.83333°N, -84.83333°W) is a very high and rugged mountain ridge, 22 nautical miles (41 km) long, which forms the southwesternmost element of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It extends south-southeast from Mount Strybing (3,200 m) and includes Mount Southwick and Lishness Peak. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1957-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1974) for Thomas B. Owen, Assistant Director of National and International Programs, National Science Foundation.

Owen Shoals
Owen Shoals (-53.96667°N, -38.11667°W) is an area of shoals 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of the northwest extremity of Bird Island, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after HMS Owen, which surveyed the feature in 1960-61.

Mount Owen
Mount Owen (-74.41667°N, -62.5°W) is a mountain, 1,105 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Kelsey Cliff at the south side of Johnston Glacier, on the east coast of Palmer Land. This mountain was photographed from the air in December 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), and in 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne, who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted it from the ground. Named by Ronne for Arthur Owen, trail man with the RARE.

Owlshead Peak
Owlshead Peak (-66.31667°N, -65.81667°W) is a peak 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Cape Bellue on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1956-57. The name is descriptive of the feature when seen from Crystal Sound and Darbel Bay.

Owston Islands
Owston Islands (-66.38333°N, -66.1°W) is a group of small islands lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Darbel Islands in Crystal Sound. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958-59). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for P.G. Owston, British crystallographer who has interpreted x-ray diffraction work on ice in terms of structure and movement of molecules. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Oyako Islands
Oyako Islands (-68.46667°N, 41.4°W) is a two small islands, one very tiny, lying immediately north of Cape Akarui on the coast of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, and named Oyako-shima (parent and child islands). == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Oyayubi Island
Oyayubi Island (-69.23333°N, 39.66667°W) is a narrow rock island 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long. It lies close off Langhovde Hills, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Mount Choto, in eastern Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62. The name "Oyayubi-jima" (thumb island) was given by JARE Headquarters in 1972 in association with Oyayubi Point (thumb point), the southern point of this island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Oyayubi Point
Oyayubi Point (-69.25°N, 39.65°W) is a rocky point marking the southern end of Oyayubi Island which lies close off Langhovde Hills, Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62. The name "Oyayubi-misaki" (thumb point) was given by JARE Headquarters in 1972 in association with Cape Nakayubi, which lies immediately northward.

Mount Oydeholmen
Mount Oydeholmen (-67.4°N, 55.68333°W) is a mostly ice-covered mountain standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Rayner Peak, southward of Edward VIII Bay in Enderby Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Oydeholmen (the desolate islet).

Oygarden Group
Oygarden Group (-66.96667°N, 57.41667°W) is a group of rocky, irregular islands which extends about 11 nautical miles (20 km) in an east-west direction, lying in the south part of the entrance to Edward VlII Bay. First sighted in February 1936 by DI personnel on the William Scoresby, and considered by them to be part of the mainland. They were charted as islands by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition in January-February 1937, and named Oygarden, a descriptive term for a protective chain of islands lying along and off the coast.

Ozhidaniya Cove
Ozhidaniya Cove (-70.73333°N, 11.65°W) is a cove 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) east of Tyuleniy Point on the north side of Schirmacher Hills, Queen Maud Land. Nadezhdy Island lies across the mouth of the cove. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961 and named Zaliv Ozhidaniya (anticipation cove).