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R4D Nunatak
R4D Nunatak (-72.73333°N, 162.35°W) is a nunatak lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Burkett Nunatak, at the southeast end of Monument Nunataks. Named by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, after the R4D "Dakota" aircraft used by the U.S. Navy to transport the Northern Party to this area, and to resupply and return the party to Scott Base.

Rabben Ridge
Rabben Ridge (-71.86667°N, 2.81667°W) is a small, isolated ridge about 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Stabben Mountain in the north part of the Gjelsvik 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) and named Rabben (the small elongated elevation).

Mount Rabben
Mount Rabben (-66.45°N, 54.11667°W) is a mountain, 1,540 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Griffiths in the Napier Mountains, Enderby Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Rabben (the small elongated elevation).

Rabot Glacier
Rabot Glacier (-83.18333°N, 160.16667°W) is a glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range, flowing west from Mount Rabot between Mount Counts and Bartrum Plateau to enter Marsh Glacier. Named in association with Mount Rabot by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1961-62.

Rabot Island
Rabot Island (-65.9°N, -65.98333°W) is an island 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot, who named it for Charles Rabot. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rabot Point
Rabot Point (-64.28333°N, -57.33333°W) is a high rocky point on the east side of James Ross Island. It lies in Markham Bay and separates the mouths of Gourdon and Hobbs Glaciers. The name "Rabot Gletscher" after the French glaciologist, Charles Rabot, was originally given by Otto Nordenskjold, leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, to a small glacier close west of The Watchtower on the south side of the island. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) surveyed the south part of the island in 1953 and found that the glacier is very insignificant and does not require a name. In order to preserve the name Rabot in the vicinity, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) has applied it to the point described.

Mount Rabot
Mount Rabot (-83.18333°N, 161.28333°W) is a mountain, 3,335 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Lecointe in Queen Elizabeth Range. Discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09). Charles Rabot was editor of La Geographie, bulletin of the Societe Geographique, Paris, and was an outstanding glaciologist of that period.

Rachel Glacier
Rachel Glacier (-65.61667°N, -62.16667°W) is a glacier on the east coast of Graham Land, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, flowing east along the north side of Mount Baleen to join Larsen Ice Shelf. The name, applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), is taken from Herman Melville's Moby Dick, the Rachel being a ship from Nantucket which met the Pequod and brought news of a lost whaleboat.

Racine Nunatak
Racine Nunatak (-85.46667°N, -136.3°W) is a nunatak, 960 m, located 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of the lower part of Reedy Glacier and 7 nautical miles (13 km) east-southeast of Berry Peaks. 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 Edward J. Racine, a member of the crew of the icebreaker Eastwind in Operation Deep Freeze 1967.

Racovitza Islands
Racovitza Islands (-64.51667°N, -62.08333°W) is a group of three islands lying just north of Nansen Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from the Racovitza, zoologist and botanist of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition which explored this area in 1897-99. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Radford Island
Radford Island (-76.9°N, -146.6°W) is an ice-covered island surmounted by several peaks, lying 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Saunders Mountain in the east part of Sulzberger Ice Shelf. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on the Eastern Flight of December 5, 1929. This feature was mapped as a part of the mainland by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and named "Radford Mountains." It was determined to be an island by the U.S. Geological Survey from air photos taken by the U.S. Navy, 1962-65. Named by Byrd for V. Admiral Arthur W. Radford, U.S. Navy, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air) during the exploration by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) and later Admiral and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Radian Glacier
Radian Glacier (-78.21667°N, 163°W) is a glacier on the east side of the Royal Society Range, descending from a high cirque just southeast of Mount Rucker and flowing east toward Walcott Glacier. In the measurements made of this glacier by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1960-61), one of the survey angles, by chance, was exactly one radian, and the glacier came to be referred to by this term.

Radian Ridge
Radian Ridge (-78.23333°N, 162.66667°W) is a named in association with Radian Glacier.

Radigan Point
Radigan Point (-71.38333°N, -74.26667°W) is a snow-covered point between Verdi Inlet and Brahms Inlet, marking the north extremity of Harris Peninsula, Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Matthew J. Radigan, U.S. Navy Reserve, Commanding Officer, U.S. Navy Squadron VXE-6, from May 1983 to May 1984.

Radio Hill
Radio Hill (-66.55°N, 93°W) is a hill rising to 50 m, standing 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) southwest of Mabus Point on the coast of Antarctica. Discovered and first mapped by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, 1911-14. Remapped and named by the Soviet expedition of 1956.

Mount Radlinski
Mount Radlinski (-82.51667°N, -103.56667°W) is a rounded, smooth, ice-covered mountain (2,750 m) rising 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Seelig in the northeast part of the Whitmore Mountains. Surveyed on January 2, 1959 by William H. Chapman, a member of the Horlick Mountains Traverse (1958-59). Named by Chapman after William A. Radlinski, United States Geological Survey (USGS) photogrammetrist, 1949-79; Associate Director of USGS, 1969-79; president, American Society of Photogrammetry, 1968; president, International Federation of Surveyors, 1973-75.

Radok Lake
Radok Lake (-70.86667°N, 68°W) is a meltwater lake about 4 nautical miles (7 km) long and marked by a slender glacier tongue feeding into it from the west, lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Beaver Lake and 15 nautical miles (28 km) southeast of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) from air photos taken by the RAAF Antarctic Flight in 1956. Named for Uwe Radok, lecturer in meteorology at the University of Melbourne, who greatly assisted ANARE's glaciological program.

Mount Radspinner
Mount Radspinner (-71.48333°N, 164.55°W) is a conspicuous ridge-like mountain, 1,785 m, located just east of Mount Freed and Copperstain Ridge in the east part of Bowers Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Frank H. Radspinner, Jr., USA, commanding officer of the helicopter detachment that supported the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Topo East-West party that surveyed this area in 1962-63.

Point Rae
Point Rae (-60.76667°N, -44.61667°W) is a point marking the northeast side of the entrance to Scotia Bay on the south coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, who named it for John Rae, Scottish Arctic explorer and member of the Sir John Richardson expedition 1854, who learned the fate of the Sir John Franklin Arctic expedition 1847.

Raggatt Mountains
Raggatt Mountains (-67.7°N, 49°W) is a group of peaks westward from the Scott Mountains, lying east of Rayner Glacier and north of Thyer Glacier. Delineated by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) from air photos taken by RAAF Antarctic Flight of 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Dr. H.G. Raggatt, Secretary of the Australian Dept. of National Development.

Ragged Peaks
Ragged Peaks (-66.98333°N, 51°W) is a prominent group of peaks on the eastern side of Amundsen Bay in a line running almost north-south The peaks, extending 8 nautical miles (15 km), contain several spires and the ridge connecting the peaks is much serrated. There are five peaks over 915 meters. Sighted in October 1956 by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Amundsen Bay party led by P.W. Crohn. The descriptive name was given by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA).

Ragle Glacier
Ragle Glacier (-76.46667°N, -145.53333°W) is a small glacier that drains the west end of the Fosdick Mountains, between Mounts Ferranto and Avers, and flows northwest to Block Bay, in Marie Byrd Land. The glacier was photographed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41), led by Admiral Byrd, and was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named for Dr. B. Harrison Ragle, Admiral Byrd's personal physician in the late 1930s, who made financial contributions toward purchase of first aid equipment and medical supplies for USAS (1939-41) and was a consultant on medical matters for that expedition.

Ragotzkie Glacier
Ragotzkie Glacier (-80.03333°N, 157.75°W) is a glacier in the Britannia Range, about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing northward along the west side of Mount Aldrich and coalescing with other north-flowing glaciers which enter the Hatherton Glacier to the southwest of Junction Spur. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert A. Ragotzkie, project director for United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) studies of lakes in the ice-free valleys. He made personal studies in Victoria Land in the 1962-63 season.

Ragotzkie Icefall
Ragotzkie Icefall (-80.05°N, 158°W) is an icefall 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) wide in the E-central part of Ragotzkie Glacier, Britannia Range. The icefall is a significant distributary of Ragotzkie ice to Alley Glacier, which occupies the valley to the east. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Ragotzkie Glacier.

Rahi Peak
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Rahir Point
Rahir Point (-65.06667°N, -63.23333°W) is a point marking the northeast end of a small peninsula which extends into Flandres Bay just north of Thomson Cove, on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99, and named "Cap Rahir," probably for Maurice Rahir, Belgian geographer and member of the Belgian Royal Geographical Society.

Rainbow Ridge
Rainbow Ridge (-78.1°N, 165.4°W) is a small ridge which forms a distinct western rim to the large crater-like depression high in the central part of Brown Peninsula, in Victoria Land. Given this geologically descriptive name by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC), it arose from investigations by the New Zealand Geological Survey and the Victoria University Expedition in 1964-65. The top of the ridge has been planed off by subsequent glaciation and the resultant surface exposes two basalt "pipes" (Nubian Formation) within the trachyte. These have altered the trachyte at their margins to various shades of brown, hence the name of the ridge.

Mount Rainbow
Mount Rainbow (-80.9°N, 156.91667°W) is a peak, 2,050 m, along the south side of Byrd Glacier, surmounting the broad ridge between Zeller and Sefton Glaciers. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960-61) as the peak consists of multi-colored beds of sandstone with probable dolerite sitting on pink-green limestone.

Rainey Glacier
Rainey Glacier (-73.66667°N, 163.1°W) is a tributary glacier on the north side of Archambault Ridge, descending from the Deep Freeze Range into Campbell Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, for Denys Rainey, cartographer, who assisted this and other New Zealand Antarctic expeditions with their mapping problems.

Rakebosten Ridge
Rakebosten Ridge (-71.93333°N, 7.2°W) is a high rock ridge with lateral western spurs, forming the south part of Trollslottet Mountain in the Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Rakebosten (the shave bristles).

Rakekniven Peak
Rakekniven Peak (-71.9°N, 7.28333°W) is a peak, 2,365 m, at the north end of Trollslottet Mountain in the Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Rakekniven (the razor).

Rakuda Glacier
Rakuda Glacier (-68.05°N, 43.9°W) is a glacier flowing to the coast just east of Rakuda Rock in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, who gave the name.

Rakuda Rock
Rakuda Rock (-68.03333°N, 43.81667°W) is a projecting coastal rock at the west side of Rakuda Glacier in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, who gave the name.

Rakusa Point
Rakusa Point (-62.16667°N, -58.46667°W) is a point 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southeast of Point Thomas, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition in 1977 after Stanislaw Rakusa-Suszczewski, who established Poland's Arctowski Station near this point, February 26, 1977.

Rallier Channel
Rallier Channel (-65.06667°N, -64.05°W) is a narrow channel lying between Rallier Island and the west end of Booth Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered and named by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05, in association with Rallier Island.

Rallier Island
Rallier Island (-65.06667°N, -64.05°W) is a small island with a small islet off its north side, lying 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) west of the northwest extremity of Booth Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05, and named by him for Raymond Rallier du Baty, merchant marine cadet who signed on as seaman on the ship Francais. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Ralph
Mount Ralph (-76.96667°N, -144.53333°W) is a mountain between Mount Gilmour and Mount McCormick in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered and mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41). Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ralph W. Smith, airplane pilot with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933-35).

Ram Bow Bluff
Ram Bow Bluff (-80.8°N, -26.7°W) is a prominent rock bluff on the east side of Stephenson Bastion in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range. First visited by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1957 and given this descriptive name because of the feature's resemblance to the ram bow of an old battleship.

Ram Head
Ram Head (-54.01667°N, -37.45°W) is a headland between Rosita Harbor and Camp Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.

Ramage Point
Ramage Point (-73.65°N, -120.33333°W) is an ice-covered point lying just west of Beakley Glacier on the north side of Carney Island, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for R. Admiral L.P. Ramage, U.S. Navy, Asst. Chief of Naval Operations, Ships Operations and Readiness, in the post 1957-58 IGY period.

Rambler Harbor
Rambler Harbor (-66.46667°N, -66.45°W) is a small harbor in the north side of Rambler Island, Bragg Islands, in Crystal Sound. First mapped and named by Commander W.M. Carey, Royal Navy, of the Discovery II (1930-31). The location of the harbor was in doubt for several years, but in 1958 was reidentified and surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS).

Rambler Island
Rambler Island (-66.46667°N, -66.45°W) is the largest of the Bragg Islands, lying in Crystal Sound about 7.5 nautical miles (14 km) north of Cape Rey, Graham Land. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958-59). The name derives from association with Rambler Harbor which lies on the north side of the island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rambo Nunataks
Rambo Nunataks (-83.95°N, -66.33333°W) is a loose chain of nunataks which lie northwest of Patuxent Range and extend along the west side of the Foundation Ice Stream for 17 nautical miles (31 km) in the Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William L. Rambo, geophysicist in the Pensacola Mountains, 1965-66.

Rameau Inlet
Rameau Inlet (-71.76667°N, -75.21667°W) is a partly ice-filled inlet in southwest Alexander Island, indenting the north side of Beethoven Peninsula between Pesce Peninsula and Cape Westbrook, the southwest extremity of the island. Delineated from U.S. Landsat imagery of January 29, 1973, by DOS. In association with names of composers in the area, named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), French composer.

Mount Ramenskiy
Mount Ramenskiy (-71.76667°N, 12.55°W) is a mountain, 2,560 m, forming the south end of Isdalsegga 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 botanist L.G. Ramenskiy (1884-1953).

Ramirez Island
Ramirez Island (-69.15°N, -68.46667°W) is the northernmost of the three Bugge Islands, lying off Wordie Ice Shelf in south Marguerite Bay. The island was named "Isla Eleuterio Ramirez" by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1947, possibly after a member of the expedition. A concise form of the original name has been approved. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Ramp Rocks
Ramp Rocks (-53.98333°N, -38.3°W) is a three barren rocks, the largest being 23 m high, lying 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of Johannesen Point, Main Island, at the west extremity of South Georgia. The name "Laavebrua," a descriptive Norwegian term meaning literally "threshing floor bridge" or "barn bridge," was used for the largest rock by whalers and sealers at South Georgia. In Norwegian barns used for storing hay, there is a ramp up which the wagons are driven before tipping. "Laavebrua," which is not strictly translatable, is this ramp. The United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) recommended in 1954 that "Ramp Rock" be approved for the large rock, but in 1976 altered the name to Ramp Rocks to include the three rocks. The name Lavebrua Island is already approved for an island near Deception Island.

The Ramp
The Ramp (-77.63333°N, 166.43333°W) is a steep rocky slope 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) inland from Cape Evans, Ross Island. The slope is 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long and rises to 50 m. Descriptively named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.

Rampart Ridge
Rampart Ridge (-78.16667°N, 161.91667°W) is a prominent broken ridge on the west side of the Royal Society Range, standing north of Rutgers Glacier and extending from The Spire to Bishop Peak. Surveyed and given this descriptive name in February 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

Rampart Terrace
Rampart Terrace (-78.18333°N, 162.01667°W) is a named in association with Rampart Glacier.

Ramsay Wedge
Ramsay Wedge (-80.43333°N, -25.71667°W) is a narrow rock spur, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, with talus slopes rising to about 1,200 m, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Mount Absalom in the southwest portion of the Herbert 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 glacial geologists grouped in this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Sir Andrew C. Ramsay (1814-91), Scottish geologist who first recognized the glacial origin of rock basins in 1862; Director-General, Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1871-81.

Mount Ramsay
Mount Ramsay (-60.75°N, -44.75°W) is a peak, 475 m, standing at the west side of Uruguay Cove on the north coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, 1902-04, and named for Allan Ramsay, chief engineer of the expedition ship Scotia, who died on August 6, 1903, and was buried at the foot of the peak.

Ramseier Glacier
Ramseier Glacier (-80.5°N, 156.3°W) is a steep cirque-type glacier, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, flowing southwest to enter Byrd Glacier immediately east of Mount Rummage. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Rene O. Ramseier, glaciologist at McMurdo and South Pole Stations, 1960-61 and 1961-62 seasons.

Ramsey Cliff
Ramsey Cliff (-83.46667°N, -54.15°W) is a rock cliff along Torbert Escarpment, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Torbert 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 Robert E. Ramsey, storekeeper at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.

Ramsey Glacier
Ramsey Glacier (-84.4°N, 179.33333°W) is a glacier about 45 nautical miles (80 km) long, originating in the Bush Mountains near the edge of the polar plateau and flowing north to the Ross Ice Shelf eastward of Den Hartog Peak. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on Flight C of February 29-March 1, 1940, and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), on the recommendation of R. Admiral Byrd, for Admiral DeWitt C. Ramsey, U.S. Navy, Vice Chief of Naval Operations during U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47.

Rancho Point
Rancho Point (-62.96667°N, -60.5°W) is a conspicuous rock headland, 170 m, marking the east extremity of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It rises from the sea to become a large rock which, because of its shape, has received the name. The name was proposed by the commander of the Argentine ship Granville in the year 1947 through having observed, by chance, that the feature resembles a hut with a double-pitched roof.

Rand Peak
Rand Peak (-80.1°N, 159.5°W) is a prominent peak (1510 m) in the south part of Nebraska Peaks, Britannia Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after John H. Rand, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), who drilled ice core at site J-9 (82?22'S, 168?40'W) during the Ross Ice Shelf Project, austral summers 1974-75 and 1976-77.

Randall Ridge
Randall Ridge (-71.73333°N, -64.63333°W) is an arc-shaped rock ridge at the north side of the Guthridge Nunataks, in the Gutenko Mountains of central Palmer Land. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Robert H. Randall (1890-1966), Assistant on Cartography with the U.S. Bureau of the Budget in the Executive Office of the President, with responsibility for coordinating the mapping activities of the Government, 1941-60. In 1954 he set up the Technical Advisory Committee on Antarctic Mapping that established a mapping program for Antarctica based on the best technical methods.

Randall Rocks
Randall Rocks (-68.18333°N, -67.28333°W) is a group of rocks situated 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) off the southwest corner of Miller and Island and trending in a NW-SE direction for 1 nautical mile (1.9 km), lying in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for Terence M. Randall, FIDS radio operator at Stonington Island, 1947-49.

Mount Randall
Mount Randall (-72.8°N, 167.66667°W) is a mountain rising to 3,000 m at the south end of Hackerman Ridge in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. The mountain, which forms the summit area in this part of the ridge, is 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Mount Riddolls and 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Burrill, with which this name is associated. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1994 after Richard R. Randall, geographer and cartographer, Executive Secretary, U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 1973-93, whose office included responsibility for geographic nomenclature in Antarctica. Succeeding Meredith F. Burrill (Mount Burrill, q.v.) as Executive Secretary, Randall combined with Burrill to direct a half-century of American geographic names research.

Random Hills
Random Hills (-74.11667°N, 164.41667°W) is a group of rugged hills, bounded on the west by Campbell Glacier and on the east by Tinker Glacier and Wood Bay, centered about 15 nautical miles (28 km) north-northwest of Mount Melbourne, in Victoria Land. Named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1966-67, because of the random orientation of the ridges which comprise the feature.

Ranfurly Point
Ranfurly Point (-84.83333°N, 169.6°W) is a low rocky point marking the convergence of the Beardmore and Keltie Glaciers, at the northern extremity of Supporters Range. Named by D.B. Rainey, Cartographic Branch of the Department of Lands and Survey, New Zealand, for Lord Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand, 1897-1904.

Rankin Glacier
Rankin Glacier (-71.68333°N, -62.25°W) is a glacier about 12 nautical miles (22 km) long on the east side of Palmer Land. It flows southeast and then east along the south side of Schirmacher Massif to join the Cline Glacier just inland from the head of Odom Inlet. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John S. Rankin, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist on the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expeditions, 1968 and 1969.

Rankine Rock
Rankine Rock (-82.4°N, -50.58333°W) is a rock lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Cox Nunatak at the north extremity 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 David F. Rankine, Jr., photographer with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze 1964.

Ranney Nunatak
Ranney Nunatak (-76.88333°N, -143.91667°W) is a nunatak in the southwest extremity of Gutenko Nunataks, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. First mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles R. Ranney, ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station, 1969.

Ranvik
Ranvik (-54.8°N, -36.25°W) is a cove 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Diaz Cove along the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. The name is well established in local use.

Ranvik Bay
Ranvik Bay (-69°N, 77.66667°W) is an open bay 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, lying southward of Rauer Islands in the southeast part of Prydz Bay. Discovered and charted in February 1935 by a Norwegian expedition led by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen in the Thorshavn. Named after the estate of Lars Christensen, sponsor of the expedition, situated at the head of Ranvik, a bay in Norway.

Ranvik Glacier
Ranvik Glacier (-69.16667°N, 77.66667°W) is a broad glacier flowing into the southern part of Ranvik Bay in the southeast part of Prydz Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37), and named Ranvikbreen (Ranvik Glacier) for its association with Ranvik Bay.

Ranvik Island
Ranvik Island (-68.9°N, 77.83333°W) is a rocky island, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, which is the largest island in the southern part of the Rauer Islands. It lies at the northern end of Ranvik Bay, about 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Browns Glacier. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers, as being connected to the mainland, from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). They gave the name "Ranviktangen" (the Ranvik tongue) because of its association with Ranvik Bay. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) has approved John H. Roscoe's 1952 recommendation that the Norwegian name be amended to Ranvik Island. Roscoe's examination of this area in air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) determined that the feature described is actually separated from the mainland. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Ranvika
Ranvika (-68.73333°N, -90.5°W) is a cove indenting the east coast of Peter I Island near the northeast corner of the island. Discovered in 1927 by a Norwegian expedition under Eyvind Tofte in the Odd Island They applied the name, perhaps after the estate of Lars Christensen, sponsor of the expedition, situated at the head of Ranvik, a bay in Norway.

Rare Range
Rare Range (-74.4°N, -64.08333°W) is a rugged mountain range between the Wetmore and Irvine Glaciers, in Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947-48. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (using the initials of the Ronne expedition) in recognition of the contributions made by this expedition to knowledge of Palmer Land and the Antarctic Peninsula area.

Rasmussen Island
Rasmussen Island (-65.25°N, -64.08333°W) is a small island in the north part of Waddington Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. The north entrance to Waddington Bay was named "Cap Rasmussen" by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache, but air photos show no significant point there which can be reidentified without ambiguity. To preserve the original name in the vicinity, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 applied the name Rasmussen to this island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rastorfer Glacier
Rastorfer Glacier (-71.83333°N, 167.1°W) is a glacier draining south from the Admiralty Mountains and entering upper Tucker Glacier just east of Homerun Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James R. Rastorfer, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Station in 1967-68 and Palmer Station in 1968-69.

Rastorguev Glacier
Rastorguev Glacier (-70.95°N, 163.5°W) is a large tributary glacier which drains the east slopes of the Explorers Range between Mounts Ford and Sturm and joins Lillie Glacier via Flensing Icefall. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Vladimir I. Rastorguev, Soviet IGY observer, a Weather Central meteorologist at Little America V in 1957.

Mount Rath
Mount Rath (-74.31667°N, -62.5°W) is a mountain 6 nautical miles (11 km) north-northeast of Mount Owen, in the Hutton Mountains, Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Arthur E. Rath, electronics technician at South Pole Station in 1964.

Rathbone Hills
Rathbone Hills (-71.65°N, -64.8°W) is a line of low hills or nunataks, 14 nautical miles (26 km) long and trending east-west, located 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Guthridge Nunataks in the Gutenko Mountains of central Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Maj. David L. Rathbone, United States Marine Corps (USMC), Commander of LC-130 aircraft in U.S. Navy Squadron VXE-6 during Operation Deep Freeze, 1970 and 1971.

Mount Ratliff
Mount Ratliff (-85.7°N, -137°W) is a mountain, 2,520 m, located north of Watson Escarpment and 8 nautical miles (15 km) north-northeast of Mount Doumani. 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 Charles E. Ratliff, aviation machinist mate with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in several Operation Deep Freeze deployments, 1963-67.

Rauer Islands
Rauer Islands (-68.85°N, 77.83333°W) is a group of rocky coastal islands which lie between Sorsdal Glacier Tongue and Ranvik Bay, in the southeast part of Prydz Bay. Discovered and roughly charted in February 1935 by a Norwegian expedition under Captain Klarius Mikkelsen. He named them Rauer, probably after the island lying in Oslofjorden opposite Tonsberg, Norway. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rautio Nunatak
Rautio Nunatak (-82.61667°N, -53.05°W) is a nunatak rising to about 1,000 m between Neuburg Peak and Hannah Peak near the west end of Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Henry Rautio, photographer, U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, who obtained reconnaissance photographs of the Pensacola Mountains from LC-47 aircraft on January 22, 1964.

Ravel Peak
Ravel Peak (-69.91667°N, -71.28333°W) is a peak, about 1,300 m, surmounting Debussy Heights in the north part of Alexander Island. The peak is markedly pyramid shaped when seen from the east. First mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), French composer.

Ravelin Ridge
Ravelin Ridge (-61.18333°N, -54.08333°W) is a ridge which extends north-south almost the length of Clarence Island, South Shetland Islands. United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) applied the name in 1971 following mapping by the Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71. The feature resembles a fortification, hence the name ravelin.

Ravens Mountains
Ravens Mountains (-80.33333°N, 155.41667°W) is a symmetrical group of mountains on the west side of Hughes Basin in Britannia Range. The mountains are 12 nautical miles (22 km) long and rise to 2130 m in Doll Peak. Named after the 109 Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard which has provided logistical support to the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) for several years beginning in 1988. Ravens is a nickname associated with the Airlift Wing.

Ravin Bay
Ravin Bay (-66.53333°N, 138.45°W) is a small bay between Cape Pepin and the point where Francais Glacier discharges into the sea. Discovered in 1840 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville and named by him for the aspect of the coast, "ravin" being French for ravine.

Ravn Rock
Ravn Rock (-63°N, -60.56667°W) is a submerged rock lying in the center of Neptunes Bellows, the entrance to Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10. Named for the whale catcher Ravn, based at Deception Island at that time.

Rawle Glacier
Rawle Glacier (-71.83333°N, 164.66667°W) is a tributary glacier in the Concord Mountains, flowing northwest between Leitch Massif and King Range into the Black Glacier. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, for Russell Rawle, leader at Scott Base, 1964.

Rawson Mountains
Rawson Mountains (-86.71667°N, -154.66667°W) is a crescent-shaped range of tabular, ice-covered mountains including Fuller Dome, Mount Wyatt and Mount Verlautz, standing southeast of Nilsen Plateau and extending southeast for 18 nautical miles (33 km) to the west side of Scott Glacier. Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for Frederick H. Rawson, American banker and contributor to the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions of 1928-30 and 1933-35.

Rawson Plateau
Rawson Plateau (-85.86667°N, -164.75°W) is an ice-covered plateau, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long and 3,400 m high, rising between the heads of the Bowman, Moffett and Steagall Glaciers in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30, and by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named for Kennett L. Rawson, a contributor to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30, and a member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35.

Ray Nunatak
Ray Nunatak (-83.46667°N, -51.96667°W) is a nunatak, 1,630 m, located just north of Beiszer Nunatak and 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Dyrdal Peak in southern Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James A. Ray, utilities man at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957.

Ray Promontory
Ray Promontory (-62.6°N, -61.15°W) is a promontory 4 nautical miles (7 km) long which forms the northwest termination of Byers Peninsula and Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Start Point marks the northwest extremity of the promontory. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after Captain Nathaniel Ray, Master of the American schooner Harmony, of Nantucket, which carried on sealing operations from Harmony Cove, Nelson Island, 1820-21.

Mount Ray
Mount Ray (-85.11667°N, -170.8°W) is a peak, 3,905 m, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of Mount Fisher in the Prince Olav Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Carleton Ray, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) zoologist at McMurdo Station in the 1963-64, 1964-65, and 1965-66 summer seasons.

Raymond Ice Ridge
Raymond Ice Ridge (-81.58333°N, -135°W) is an ice ridge between Bindschadler Ice Stream and Kamb Ice Stream on Siple Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Siple Dome is at the west end of the ridge. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Charles F. Raymond, Geophysics Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, who studied the glacial history and evolution of the Marie Byrd Land ice stream system, with work on Siple Dome and the adjacent Bindschadler and Kamb Ice Streams in several field seasons, 1994-2002.

Mount Raymond
Mount Raymond (-85.88333°N, 174.71667°W) is a rock peak, 2,820 m, standing on the southernmost ridge of the Grosvenor Mountains, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southeast of Mount Cecily. Discovered by Shackleton of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09), who named this feature for his eldest son. The position agrees with that shown on Shackleton's map, but the peak does not lie in the Dominion Range as he thought, being separated from that range by Mill Glacier.

Rayner Glacier
Rayner Glacier (-67.66667°N, 48.41667°W) is a prominent glacier, 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, flowing north to the coast of Enderby Land just west of Condon Hills. Sighted in October 1956 by Squadron Leader D. Leckie during a flight in an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Beaver aircraft. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J.M. Rayner, Director of the Bureau of Mineral Resources in the Australian Department of National Development.

Rayner Peak
Rayner Peak (-67.4°N, 55.93333°W) is a prominent peak, 1,270 m, standing 35 nautical miles (60 km) southwest of the head of Edward VIII Bay and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Robert Glacier. Discovered in February 1936 by DI personnel on the William Scoresby, and named for George W. Rayner, zoologist on the DI staff and leader of the expedition.

Rayner Point
Rayner Point (-60.65°N, -45.16667°W) is a point marked by a rocky peak forming the north side of the entrance to Gibbon Bay on the east coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1912-13 by Captain Petter Sorlle, a Norwegian whaler. Recharted in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and named for George W. Rayner, member of the zoological staff of the Discovery Committee.

Razlom Point
Razlom Point (-70°N, 12.86667°W) is an ice point at the west edge of Lazarev Ice Shelf, about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Leningradskiy Island, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1959 and named Mys Razlom (breach point) because there is a large old break in the ice shelf nearby.

Razor Point
Razor Point (-54.06667°N, -37.13333°W) is a point lying southwest of Point Abrahamsen on the north side of Prince Olav Harbor, South Georgia. The name appears on a 1938 British Admiralty chart.

Mount Razorback
Mount Razorback (-76.83333°N, 161.3°W) is a craggy mountain rising to about 1,600 m east of Staten Island Heights in the Convoy Ridge, Victoria Land. The descriptive name was applied by the 1957 New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

Mount Razumovskiy
Mount Razumovskiy (-71.48333°N, 12.71667°W) is a high peak, 2,285 m, on the south part of Deildegasten Ridge in Ostliche 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 geologist N.K. Razumovskiy, 1893-1967.

Rea Peak
Rea Peak (-62.01667°N, -58.15°W) is a peak, 590 m, lying nearly 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Rose Peak and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northwest of Mount Hopeful in the central part of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Henry Rea, Master of the Enderby Brothers' schooner the tender Rose to continue John Biscoe's Antarctic researches. The Antarctic voyage was abandoned after the December 1833 or January 1834.

Rea Rocks
Rea Rocks (-77.08333°N, -145.16667°W) is a group of rocks in the middle of Arthur Glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Mount Rea, in the Ford Ranges of 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 construction electrician Peter C. Rea, U.S. Navy, of the Byrd Station, 1967.

Mount Rea
Mount Rea (-77.06667°N, -145.5°W) is a prominent rock mountain with an imposing monolith on its west side called The Billboard, standing between Arthur and Boyd Glaciers in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on the Eastern Flight of December 5, 1929, and named by Byrd for Mr. and Mrs. Rea, of Pittsburgh, PA, contributors to the expedition.

Read Mountains
Read Mountains (-80.7°N, -24.75°W) is a group of rocky summits, the highest 1,830 m, lying east of Glen Glacier in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Professor Herbert H. Read, Chairman of the Scientific Committee and member of the Committee of Management of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58.

Reade Peak
Reade Peak (-65.1°N, -63.48333°W) is a peak, 1,060 m, rising 1 mile south of Sonia Point and Flandres Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Joseph B. Reade (1801-70), English pioneer of photography, who obtained photographs on paper coated with silver nitrate, developed with gallic acid and fixed with hyposulphate of soda, in 1837.

Rebholz Nunatak
Rebholz Nunatak (-74.08333°N, -100.21667°W) is an isolated nunatak just north of the Hudson Mountains, located 8 nautical miles (15 km) north-northwest of Teeters Nunatak. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Maj. Edward Rebholz, operations officer of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment which supported the Ellsworth Land Survey, 1968-69.

Rebuff Glacier
Rebuff Glacier (-73.96667°N, 163.2°W) is a tributary glacier descending from the Deep Freeze Range and entering Campbell Glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of the summit of Mount Mankinen, in Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, because the party was prevented from getting access to it.

Recely Bluff
Recely Bluff (-73.16667°N, -125.76667°W) is a snow and rock bluff on the northeast slope of Mount Siple on Siple Island. The bluff is 7 nautical miles (13 km) northeast of the summit of the mountain. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Frank J. Recely, Jr., United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in 1965.

Recess Cove
Recess Cove (-64.5°N, -61.53333°W) is a cove 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) wide in the east side of Charlotte Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from the this cove forms a recess in the side of Charlotte Bay.

Recess Nunatak
Recess Nunatak (-76.51667°N, -144.28333°W) is a small but conspicuous nunatak 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Mount Perkins, in the Fosdick Mountains of the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41). Later mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). So named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) because the nunatak is recessed in the ice at the base due to windscooping.

Reckling Moraine
Reckling Moraine (-76.25°N, 158.66667°W) is a moraine located 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Reckling Peak, the latter at the head of Mawson Glacier, Victoria Land. The site of the moraine is part of a long, narrow patch of bare ice that extends west from Reckling Peak, from which the moraine is named. The name arose following the collection of meteorites at the moraine by a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) field party in the 1979-80 season.

Reckling Peak
Reckling Peak (-76.26667°N, 159.25°W) is an isolated peak, 2,010 m, which surmounts the central part of a ridge located at the icefalls at the head of Mawson Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for Lieutenant Commander Darold L. Reckling, pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, 1961.

Reclus Peninsula
Reclus Peninsula (-64.55°N, -61.78333°W) is a peninsula 7 nautical miles (13 km) long which borders the west side of Charlotte Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, who named the north extremity "Cap Reclus" for Elisee Reclus (1830-1905), French geographer and author. The United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) extended the name Reclus to the entire peninsula in 1960.

Recluse Nunatak
Recluse Nunatak (-70.3°N, -70.53333°W) is an isolated rock exposure on Handel Ice Piedmont, midway between Haydn Inlet and Colbert Mountains in the W.-central part of Alexander Island. First mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. The name given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) suggests the isolated position of the nunatak.

Recoil Glacier
Recoil Glacier (-73.76667°N, 163.08333°W) is a tributary glacier descending from the Deep Freeze Range, south of Mount Pollock, to the Campbell Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, because the geologist was said to have "recoiled in disgust" on finding little of geological interest there and not what he expected.

Recovery Glacier
Recovery Glacier (-81.16667°N, -28°W) is a glacier, at least 60 nautical miles (110 km) long and 40 nautical miles (70 km) wide at its mouth, flowing west along the south side of the Shackleton Range. First seen from the air and examined from the ground by the CTAF in 1957, and so named because of the recovery of the expedition's vehicles which repeatedly broke into bridged crevasses on this glacier during the early stages of the crossing of Antarctica.

Rector Ridge
Rector Ridge (-77.9°N, 160.55°W) is a bold rock ridge at the head of Beacon Valley, rising to 2,105 m between Friedmann Valley and Mullins Valley in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Commander Jack Rector, U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer, Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6), May 1987 to May 1988.

Red Bay
Red Bay (-68.3°N, -67.18333°W) is a small, open bay lying close south of the west extremity of Red Rock Ridge, along the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. The bay was resurveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named by them for its association with Red Rock Ridge.

Red Buttress Peak
Red Buttress Peak (-76.81667°N, 162.35°W) is a rock peak, 1,060 m, surmounting the bold rock mass between the lower Benson and Hunt Glaciers in Victoria Land. Its east face is an immense cliff of red granite. Mapped and given this descriptive name by the 1957 New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

Red Dike Bluff
Red Dike Bluff (-78.8°N, 162.31667°W) is a prominent bluff immediately south of Trepidation Glacier on the east side of the Skelton Glacier. The bluff is distinguished by a dike consisting of igneous rock against a black background of the intruded sediments. The descriptive name was given in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

Red Island
Red Island (-52.96667°N, 73.3°W) is a conspicuous red lava island, 95 m high, which lies 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) north of Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island, and to which it is tied by a low isthmus. The descriptive name was applied by American sealers at Heard Island in the period following their initiation of sealing there in 1855. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Red Island
Red Island (-63.73333°N, -57.86667°W) is a circular, flat-topped island, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) in diameter and 495 m high, with reddish cliffs of volcanic rock, lying 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Cape Lachman, James Ross Island, in Prince Gustav Channel. Discovered and named by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901-04. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Red Raider Rampart
Red Raider Rampart (-85.15°N, -173.2°W) is a rugged ice and rock wall just east of the juncture of the Gatlin and McGregor Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition (1964-65) for the student body of Texas Technological College, whose athletic representatives are known as the Red Raiders.

Red Ridge
Red Ridge (-77.1°N, 162.13333°W) is a ridge just west of Robson Glacier in the Gonville and Caius Range, in Victoria Land. The descriptive name was given by F. Debenham of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) during his plane table survey in 1912.

Red Rock Peak
Red Rock Peak (-71.96667°N, 166.08333°W) is a peak rising to 2,000 m about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north-northwest of Thomson Peak in the south part of Mirabito Range, Victoria Land. The name is descriptive of the rock at the peak and was given by Bradley Field, geologist, NZGS, a member of a New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geological party to the area, 1980-81.

Red Rock Ridge
Red Rock Ridge (-68.3°N, -67.13333°W) is a conspicuous reddish-colored promontory which rises to 690 m and projects from the west coast of Graham Land between Neny Fjord and Rymill Bay. Surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, who so named it because of its color. Further surveys in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) have identified this ridge as the feature first sighted in 1909 and named "Ile Pavie" or "Cap Pavie" by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, but the name Red Rock Ridge is now too firmly established to alter. The name Pavie Ridge has been assigned to the prominent rocky ridge at 6834S, 6659W.

Red Spur
Red Spur (-85.95°N, -126.73333°W) is a narrow rock spur, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, descending from southern Wisconsin Plateau to Olentangy Glacier 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Tillite Spur. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. The name was proposed by John H. Mercer, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist to this area in 1964-65, because the surface of a flat platform on this spur is weathered bright red.

Redcastle Ridge
Redcastle Ridge (-72.43333°N, 169.95°W) is a castlelike ridge of red and black volcanic rocks between Arneb Glacier and the terminal face of Edisto Glacier at the head of Edisto Inlet. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, because of its coloring and shape.

Redcliff Nunatak
Redcliff Nunatak (-77.03333°N, 162.05°W) is a red granite nunatak, 630 m, rising about 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Mount Suess along the south flank of Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, and so named because of its color.

Reddick Nunatak
Reddick Nunatak (-76.28333°N, -144.01667°W) is a nunatak in the east part of the Phillips Mountains, 8 nautical miles (15 km) east-northeast of Mount Carbone, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by 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 Warren W. Reddick, Jr., construction electrician, U.S. Navy, at Byrd Station in 1967.

Redfearn Island
Redfearn Island (-68.61667°N, 77.88333°W) is a small island lying just west of Warriner Island and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the west end of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. First plotted as two small islands by Norwegian cartographers working from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Replotted as a single island from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos of 1957-58. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for H.T. Redfearn, diesel mechanic at Davis Station, 1961. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Redifer
Mount Redifer (-85.8°N, -160.86667°W) is a mountain, 2,050 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Ellsworth in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Howard D. Redifer, meteorology electronics technician at South Pole Station, 1959.

Redman Pond
Redman Pond (-77.55°N, 160.83333°W) is a frozen freshwater pond in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. The pond is the smaller of the two ponds west of Hoffman Ledge in Healy Trough. It is just northwest of larger Rodriquez Pond. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Regina Redman, U.S. Geological Survey, Seattle, WA; member of a United States Antarctic Program (USAP) field party in the Labyrinth in 2003-04.

Redmond Bluff
Redmond Bluff (-71.13333°N, 167.05°W) is an abrupt east-facing bluff (1,200 m) standing 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east of Mount Dalmeny in the Anare Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James R. Redmond, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68.

Redondo Point
Redondo Point (-65.2°N, -64.1°W) is a small point just west of Blanchard Ridge on the west coast of Graham Land. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) has approved Redondo (round) for this point on the basis of prior naming on an Argentine chart of 1957. The name "Moot Point" is used for this feature on later British maps.

Redpath Peaks
Redpath Peaks (-80.46667°N, -81.3°W) is a cluster of low, snow-covered peaks lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Shattuck and the Independence Hills, at the south extremity of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Bruce B. Redpath, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geophysicist on the South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverse I, 1964-65.

Redshaw Point
Redshaw Point (-64.31667°N, -57.36667°W) is an ice-free point facing Markham Bay, situated between Hobbs Glacier and Ball Glacier, southeast James Ross Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1995 after Susan Margaret Redshaw (b. 1954), British Antarctic Survey (BAS) General Field Assistant at James Ross Island, 1990-91; Rothera Station, 1992-93; from 1994-95, a member of the BAS field party in the Jame Ross Island area.

Reece Pass
Reece Pass (-76.53333°N, -144.53333°W) is a north-south pass just east of Mounts Colombo and Richardson, in the east part of the Fosdick Mountains in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered on aerial flights made from West Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and visited by a biological party in 1940. Named for J.A. Reece, radio operator at West Base.

Reece Valley
Reece Valley (-72.68333°N, 0.36667°W) is an ice-filled valley between Gavlen Ridge and Nupskapa Peak, in the south part of the Sverdrup Mountains 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 Alan Reece, geologist with the NBSAE (1949-52) and earlier with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS).

Mount Reece
Mount Reece (-63.83333°N, -58.53333°W) is a sharp, ice-free peak, 1,085 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Pitt Point. It is the highest point of a ridge forming the south wall of Victory Glacier on the south side of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1945 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for Alan Reece, leader of the FIDS Deception Island base in 1945, and meteorologist and geologist at the Hope Bay base in 1946. Reece, a member of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1949-52, was killed in an airplane accident in the Canadian Arctic in 1960.

Reed Nunataks
Reed Nunataks (-74.81667°N, 161.96667°W) is a cluster of nunataks that form a divide between the upper portions of the Reeves and Larsen Glaciers, 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Hansen Nunatak, in Victoria Lad. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1956-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for David E. Reed, USGS Topographic Engineer at McMurdo Station, 1964-65.

Reed Ridge
Reed Ridge (-85.03333°N, -91.66667°W) is a flat-topped, snow-covered ridge extending northwest for 3 nautical miles (6 km) from the west part of the Ford Massif, Thiel Mountains. The ridge forms the west wall of Compton Valley. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-61. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Dale R. Reed, ionospheric scientist at Ellsworth Station in 1958 and Byrd Station in 1960.

Mount Reed
Mount Reed (-67.03333°N, 51.63333°W) is a mountain standing on the north side of Beaver Glacier, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Mount Sones in the Tula Mountains. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) in 1962 for J.E. Reed, a member of the crew of the Discovery during British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31.

Reedy Glacier
Reedy Glacier (-85.5°N, -134°W) is a major glacier, over 100 nautical miles (180 km) long and from 6 to 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide, descending from the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Michigan Plateau and Wisconsin Range, and marking the limits of the Queen Maud Mountains on the west and the Horlick Mountains on the east. 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 Rear Admiral James R. Reedy, U.S. Navy, Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, from November 1962 until April 1965.

Reef Point
Reef Point (-59.45°N, -27.21667°W) is a point bounded by a small reef forming the west end of Cook Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Charted and named in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II.

Reek Point
Reek Point (-56.26667°N, -27.53333°W) is a low-lying lava feature forming the north point of Zavodovski Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name given by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 refers to the volcanic fumes which arc characteristic of this island.

Mount Rees
Mount Rees (-78.48333°N, 162.48333°W) is a named after Margaret N. Rees, geologist, University of Nevada; conducted field studies in the Transatlantic Mountains, including the Skelton Glacier area of Victoria Land, through several seasons, 1984-90.

Mount Rees
Mount Rees (-76.66667°N, -118.16667°W) is a mountain located 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of Mount Steere in the north end of Crary Mountains, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Manfred H. Rees, aurora scientist at Byrd Station, 1965-66 season.

Reeve Island
Reeve Island (-64.91667°N, -63.96667°W) is an island 1.5 in. long, lying between Knight and Friar Islands in the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 after one of the characters in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Reeves Bluffs
Reeves Bluffs (-79.6°N, 158.66667°W) is a line of east-facing rock bluffs, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, situated 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Cape Murray in the Cook Mountains. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) under Captain Robert F. Scott, who gave the name "Mount Reeves," after Edward A. Reeves, Map Curator to the Royal Geographical Society, to a summit along this bluff. The bluff was mapped in detail by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography (1959-63). Since a prominent mountain does not rise from the bluffs, and because the name Mount Reeves is in use elsewhere in Antarctica, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1965) recommended that the original name be amended and that the entire line of bluffs be designated as Reeves Bluffs.

Reeves Glacier
Reeves Glacier (-74.75°N, 162.25°W) is a broad glacier originating on the interior upland and descending between Eisenhower Range and Mount Larsen to merge with the Nansen Ice Sheet along the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, under Shackleton. The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) reported that the glacier is probably named for William Pember Reeves, former New Zealand Cabinet Minister, and the Agent-General for New Zealand in London, 1896-1909.

Reeves Neve
Reeves Neve (-74.41667°N, 160°W) is an extensive neve lying westward of Eisenhower Range in Victoria Land. Reeves Glacier, which drains southeastward to the coast, has its source in this neve. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in association with Reeves Glacier.

Reeves Peninsula
Reeves Peninsula (-77.4°N, -152.33333°W) is a snow-covered peninsula along the north side of Edward VII Peninsula. It extends between the lower ends of the Dalton and Gerry Glaciers into southern Sulzberger Bay. This area was explored from the air and rudely mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. The peninsula was 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), at the suggestion of Admiral R.E. Byrd, for John M. Reeves (of Reeves Brothers, Inc.) who assisted the Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928-30 and 1933-35 with contributions of sheepskin-lined coats, and by the development and donation of windproof material for cold weather clothing.

Reeves Plateau
Reeves Plateau (-79.58333°N, 158.58333°W) is an inclined ice-covered plateau, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, located north of Bowling Green Plateau and west of Reeves Bluffs in the Cook Mountains. The feature rises to 1700 m in the east near Reeves Bluffs and descends to 1400 m in the W. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Reeves Bluffs.

Mount Reeves
Mount Reeves (-67.11667°N, -67.96667°W) is a mountain, 1,920 m, immediately northeast of Mount Bouvier on the east side of Adelaide Island. First sighted and roughly surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot. Resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named by them for Edward A. Reeves, Map-curator and Instructor in Survey at the Royal Geographical Society, 1900-33.

Reference Islands
Reference Islands (-68.2°N, -67.16667°W) is a rocky islands 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west-northwest of the west tip of Neny Island and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of Millerand Island, lying in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land. First roughly charted in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. The islands were surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947, and so named by them because they served as a convenient reference point for survey work. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Reference Peak
Reference Peak (-67.25°N, 50.48333°W) is a roughly conical peak, 1,030 m, with a steep face to the west near its crest, lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Amundsen Bay between Mounts Weller and Hollingsworth. Viewed from the north it presents a sharp peak with smooth, clear-cut sides. Sighted in October 1956 by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party and so named because the peak was used as a reference point for magnetic observations at Observation Island.

Referring Peak
Referring Peak (-76.93333°N, 161.85°W) is a conspicuous black peak over 1,200 m, standing on the north side of Mackay Glacier about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of the mouth of Cleveland Glacier, in Victoria land. Charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. The name suggests the easy identification of the peak and its use as a landmark.

Refuge Islands
Refuge Islands (-68.35°N, -67.16667°W) is a small group of islands lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) from the ice cliffs at the southwest side of Red Rock Ridge, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37, who used these islands as a depot for sledge journeys south from the southern base in the Debenham Islands. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Regent Reef
Regent Reef (-67.86667°N, -68.63333°W) is an area of submerged and drying rocks forming the northeast limit of the Dion Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island. Charted by the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1963. The name given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) extends those in the neighboring islands associated with an emperor's court.

Mount Regina
Mount Regina (-71.45°N, 165.75°W) is a mountain (2,080 m) standing 10 nautical miles (18 km) west-northwest of Mount LeResche in the south part of Everett Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy photography, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Thomas J. Regina, Photographer's Mate, U.S. Navy, on C-130 aircraft flights in the 1968-69 season. He was a member of the McMurdo Station winter party in 1963.

Regnard Peaks
Regnard Peaks (-65.18333°N, -63.88333°W) is a group of rounded, snow-covered peaks probably over 1,220 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Mount Peary on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10.

Regula Range
Regula Range (-72.08333°N, -3.33333°W) is a range of summits, including Flarjuven Bluff, Aurho Peak, Hornet Peak, and Snohetta Dome, forming the southwest portion of Ahlmann Ridge in western Queen Maud Land. The name "Regula-Kette" after Herbert Regula, chief meteorologist with the expedition, was applied in the area by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39) under Alfred Ritscher. The correlation of the name with this feature may be arbitrary, but it is recommended for the sake of international uniformity and historical continuity.

Mount Regulator
Mount Regulator (-54°N, -37.73333°W) is a mountain, 655 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Right Whale Bay on the north side of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the Regulator. In 1800, Edmund Fanning found a deserted hut in Right Whale Bay, built by the crew of the Regulator which had been wrecked in the vicinity.

Cape Reichelderfer
Cape Reichelderfer (-69.36667°N, -62.71667°W) is a rounded, mainly ice-covered headland 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of DeBusk Scarp, lying at the west side of Stefansson Strait on the east coast of Palmer Land. This cape was seen by Sir Hubert Wilkins who explored this coast on his aerial flight of December 20, 1928. It was charted in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) and erroneously called Cape Rymill at that time. Resighted in 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne who named it for Francis W. Reichelderfer, Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau.

Reichle Mesa
Reichle Mesa (-68.15°N, -65.05°W) is an ice-covered tableland, 3 nautical miles (6 km) in extent and rising to 1,160 m, between Stubbs Pass and Getman Ice Piedmont on Joerg Peninsula, Bowman Coast. The feature was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1940, Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947, and U.S. Navy, 1966, and was surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1946-48. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 after Richard A. Reichle, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist, specialist on Antarctic seals in six austral summers, 1970-77, the last two summers in RV Islands.

Reid Bluff
Reid Bluff (-81.66667°N, 158.3°W) is a bluff rising to 2040 m, at the head of Donnally Glacier, Churchill Mountains. Named in honor of B. E. Reid, a member of the 1959 Cape Hallett winter-over team, working as a biologist on the geomagnetic project.

Reid Glacier
Reid Glacier (-66.5°N, 98.66667°W) is a steep glacier descending between Melba and Davis Peninsulas to the Shackleton Ice Shelf. Discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14, and named for Sir George Reid, Australian High Commissioner in London in 1911.

Reid Glacier
Reid Glacier (-67.48333°N, -67.26667°W) is a glacier, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) wide and 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, which flows south to enter Bigourdan Fjord opposite The Narrows, on the west coast of Graham Land. First roughly charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill. The lower reaches of the glacier were surveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and named by them for Harry F. Reid (1859-1944), professor of geology at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, noted for his studies of glacier flow and stratification in Alaska and the Alps.

Reid Island
Reid Island (-60.68333°N, -45.5°W) is an island at the east side of the entrance to Iceberg Bay, along the south coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. The name "Reidholmen" appears in this location for a small group of islands on a chart drawn by Captain Petter Sorlle in 1912-13. Survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948-49 determined that only a single island exists. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Reid Ridge
Reid Ridge (-76.95°N, 160.38333°W) is a narrow rock ridge at the west side of the mouth of Cambridge Glacier in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for John R. Reid, Jr., glaciologist at Little America V in 1959-60.

Reid Spur
Reid Spur (-84.76667°N, 178.5°W) is a spur, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, in the Queen Maud Mountains, descending north along the east side of Ramsey Glacier from an unnamed prominence 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Bellows. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for CWO James S. Reid, member of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment which participated in exploring this area with the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition, 1964-65.

Mount Reid
Mount Reid (-83.05°N, 166.01667°W) is a prominent, mainly ice-free mountain, 3,315 m, standing just east of the head of Cleaves Glacier in the Holland Range. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for Alfred Reid, manager of the expedition.

Reilly Ridge
Reilly Ridge (-71.53333°N, 163.3°W) is a prominent rock ridge about 7 nautical miles (13 km) long on the northeast side of Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains. The ridge descends from the heights just east of Mount Bernstein and forms a part of the southwest wall of Sledgers Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Joseph L. Reilly, U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the winter support party at McMurdo Station. 1964.

Reilly Rocks
Reilly Rocks (-75.15°N, -114.98333°W) is a cluster of rocks located 5 nautical miles (9 km) north-northwest of Detling Peak in the northwest part of Kohler Range, Marie Byrd Land. The name was applied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in memory of Gerald E. Reilly, Jr., USCG. A machinery technician assigned to USCGC Glacier, he lost his life in an accident aboard the ship while it was in the Ross Sea enroute from McMurdo Station to the Antarctic Peninsula, January 22, 1976.

Mount Reimer
Mount Reimer (-77.8°N, -86.2°W) is a mountain, 2,430 m, in the north portion of the Sentinel Range, standing on the south side of Newcomer Glacier 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Mount Warren. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John D. Reimer of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, aerial photographer on flights over this range on December 14-15, 1959.

Reinbolt Hills
Reinbolt Hills (-70.48333°N, 72.5°W) is a group of rocky hills, low to moderate in height and about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, situated 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Gillock Island at the eastern margin of the Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by him for Lieutenant Fred L. Reinbolt, U.S. Navy, co-pilot on Operation Highjump photographic flights over this area.

Reindeer Valley
Reindeer Valley (-54.3°N, -36.33333°W) is a valley between Godthul, on the north coast of South Georgia, and Sandebugten, in Cumberland East Bay. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and so named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because, in 1909, Norwegian whalers introduced reindeer into this part of the island.

Mount Reinhardt
Mount Reinhardt (-84.2°N, 177.2°W) is a mountain 1,020 m, with a spur descending northeast from it, standing at the northwest portal of Good Glacier where the latter flows into Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on Flight C of February 29-March 1, 1940, and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Charles O. Reinhardt, U.S. Navy, engineer for U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) and for Little America IV.

Reist Rocks
Reist Rocks (-66.51667°N, 107.41667°W) is a small group of rocks on the Antarctic coast, 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Snyder Rocks. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Wilbur H. Reist, tractor driver with U.S. Navy Operation Windmill (1947-48), who assisted in transporting shore parties that established astronomical control stations from Wilhelm II Coast to Budd Coast.

Relay Bay
Relay Bay (-71.5°N, 169.53333°W) is an arm of Robertson Bay, about 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, lying between Islands Point and Penelope Point along the north coast of Victoria Land. First visited on October 4, 1911 by the Northern Party, led by Victor Campbell, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. So named because they found it necessary to relay their sledges owing to the heavy pressure ridges encountered here. The Nielsen, Ommanney, Crume and Reusch Glaciers flowing into the bay contribute to these pressures.

Relay Hills
Relay Hills (-69.48333°N, -68°W) is a group of low, ice-covered hills, mainly conical in shape, between Mount Edgell and Kinnear Mountains in western Antarctic Peninsula. First roughly surveyed from the ground by British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1936-37. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), November 1947. Resurveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), November 1958. The name, applied by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), arose because both the BGLE and the FIDS sledging parties had to relay their loads through this area to the head of Prospect Glacier.

Relict Lake
Relict Lake (-62.95°N, -60.6°W) is a small lake lying southeast of Pendulum Cove on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1957 because when Lieutenant E.N. Kendall made his survey of Deception Island in January-March 1829, Pendulum Cove extended inland to this lake, which has since been cut off from the sea.

Relief Inlet
Relief Inlet (-75.21667°N, 163.75°W) is a narrow inlet at the southwest corner of Terra Nova Bay. The feature is formed along a shear plane caused by differential ice movement near the coast of Victoria Land involving the north edge of Drygalski Ice Tongue and south extremities of the Nansen Ice Sheet. So named by the South Magnetic Polar Party, led by T.W.E. David, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, because, after almost giving up hope of rescue, the Nimrod picked up the party here.

Relief Pass
Relief Pass (-79.81667°N, 158.38333°W) is a pass, about 1,000 m high, situated 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Bastion Hill in the Brown Hills. Explored by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1962-63, and so named by its members because of the relief it provided after ascent to this pass.

Reluctant Island
Reluctant Island (-67.83333°N, -67.08333°W) is a small island off eastern Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955-57. So named because of the feature's apparent reluctance to be recognized as an island; it did not appear on maps of the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) 1934-37 and was mapped as a peninsula by FIDS in 1948-50. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Remenchus Glacier
Remenchus Glacier (-66.03333°N, 101.58333°W) is a channel glacier about 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing northwest from the continental ice and terminating in a small, but prominent tongue close east of the Mariner Islands and 12 nautical miles (22 km) northeast of Bunger Hills. Mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John F. Remenchus, chief aviation pilot, who assisted U.S. Navy Operation Windmill shore party operations and made photographic flights along Wilhelm II, Queen Mary, Knox and Budd Coasts in January-February 1948.

Mount Remington
Mount Remington (-71.76667°N, 161.28333°W) is a mountain (1,775 m) 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Mount Bresnahan in the north part of Helliwell Hills. 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 Benjamin F. Remington, Jr., meteorologist who wintered over at Little America V, 1957, and at South Pole Station, 1959.

Remplingen Peak
Remplingen Peak (-72.08333°N, 4.3°W) is a peak, 2,650 m, at the north end of Langfloget Cliff in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named Remplingen (the calf).

Remus Glacier
Remus Glacier (-68.33333°N, -66.71667°W) is a glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, which flows from the north slopes of Mount Lupa northwestward along the northeast side of the Blackwall Mountains into Providence Cove, Neny Fjord, on the west coast of Graham Land. The lower reaches of the glacier were first roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it for its association with Romulus Glacier, whose head lies near the head of this glacier.

Renard Glacier
Renard Glacier (-64.66667°N, -61.63333°W) is a glacier flowing into the southernmost part of Charlotte Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Charles Renard (1847-1905), who, with A.C. Krebs, constructed and flew the first dirigible airship capable of steady flight under control, in 1884.

Cape Renard
Cape Renard (-65.01667°N, -63.78333°W) is a cape forming the south side of the entrance to Flandres Bay and separating the Danco and Graham Coasts on the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache and named by him for Professor A. Renard, a member of the Belgica Commission and of the Belgian Royal Academy.

Renaud Glacier
Renaud Glacier (-67.71667°N, -65.58333°W) is a heavily crevassed glacier flowing southeast to enter Seligman Inlet between Lewis Glacier and Choyce Point, on the east coast of Graham Land. The glacier was first photographed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Andre Renaud, Swiss glaciologist and chairman of the Swiss Glacier Commission, 1955-74.

Renaud Island
Renaud Island (-65.66667°N, -66°W) is an ice-covered island, 25 nautical miles (46 km) long and from 4 to 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, lying between the Pitt Islands and Rabot Island in the Biscoe Islands. The island was first charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rendezvous Rocks
Rendezvous Rocks (-69.58333°N, -67.63333°W) is an isolated line of south-facing crags (about 945 m), located south of Khamsin Pass and 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Kinnear Mountains on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1970-72, and so named because the feature was used as a rendezvous for two sledge parties traveling from opposite sides of the plateau in 1970.

Mount Rendu
Mount Rendu (-67.43333°N, -67.06667°W) is a mountain between Reid Glacier and Heim Glacier on Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1948-59. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Louis Rendu (1789-1859), French Bishop and scientist, author of Theorie des glaciers de la Savoie, an important book on the mechanism of glacier flow.

Renegar Glacier
Renegar Glacier (-78.36667°N, 163.13333°W) is a steep glacier flowing southeast from Mount Dromedary into Koettlitz Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Garland Renegar, U.S. Navy, R4D aircraft pilot at McMurdo Station, 1960.