Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Antarctica/R3

Before creating a new Wikipedia-article based on the information below, please read WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Antarctica. Suggestions for improvement of these automatically generated texts can be done at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Antarctica

Roca Islands
Roca Islands (-65.18333°N, -64.45°W) is a group of small islands between Cruls Islands and Anagram Islands on the south side of French Passage in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Julio A. Roca, President of Argentina, 1880-86 and 1898-1904. The name was incorrectly applied to the Anagram Islands by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, but was reidentified with this group after further mapping by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1958. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cape Roca
Cape Roca (-60.75°N, -44.81667°W) is a cape, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Cape Davidson at the west end of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, who named it for Julio A. Roca, President of Argentina, 1880-86 and 1898-1904.

Rocca Islands
Rocca Islands (-67.78333°N, -68.76667°W) is a group of small islands and rocks 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Avian Island, off the south end of Adelaide Island. Discovered in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by Charcot for Monsieur Rocca, an acquaintance in Punta Arenas. Remapped by the British Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1963. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Roche Peak
Roche Peak (-54°N, -38.03333°W) is a conspicuous peak, 365 m, the highest feature on Bird Island, South Georgia, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of the west tip of the island. The name La Roche Strait, for the nearby strait between Bird Island and South Georgia, was used for many years but has now been replaced in usage by Bird Sound. Roche Peak, given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960, preserves this early name in the area. It appears likely that Antonio de la Roche, an English merchant, was the discoverer of South Georgia in 1675.

Rochray Glacier
Rochray Glacier (-72.18333°N, -101.16667°W) is a glacier about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, located just east of Hendersin Knob on Thurston Island and flowing south to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. First delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Samuel Rochray, U.S. Navy, helicopter pilot on USS Glacier in February 1960, who made several flights in which new parts of Thurston Island were discovered.

Rock Haven
Rock Haven (-60.73333°N, -45.58333°W) is a small cove on the east coast of Signy Island, between Pageant Point and Gourlay Point on Gourlay Peninsula. The cove provides a sheltered anchorage for small boats. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the prominent rock at the entrance.

Rock Pile Peaks
Rock Pile Peaks (-68.41667°N, -65.15°W) is a cluster of peaks rising to 1,110 m between Wilson Pass and Rock Pile Point on Bermel Peninsula, Bowman Coast, Graham Land. The peaks were photographed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins, 1928, and Lincoln Ellsworth, 1935, and were roughly mapped from the photographs by W.L.G. Joerg, 1937; further photographed from the air by United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1940; surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1947. The name Rock Pile Peaks was suggested by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1952. It derives from Rock Pile Point, a name applied descriptively to Bermel Peninsula by USAS, 1939-41, but subsequently reapplied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) to the east point of the peninsula.

Rock Pile Point
Rock Pile Point (-68.41667°N, -64.96667°W) is the east point of Bermel Peninsula on the Bowman Coast, Graham Land. This feature was photographed from the air and roughly positioned by United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, which applied the descriptive name Rock Pile Point to the peninsula; the name was subsequently reapplied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) to the east point as described.

Rockefeller Mountains
Rockefeller Mountains (-78°N, -155°W) is a group of low-lying, scattered granite peaks and ridges, almost entirely snow covered, standing 30 nautical miles (60 km) south-southwest of the Alexandra Mountains on Edward VII Peninsula. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on January 27, 1929, and named by Byrd for John D. Rockefeller, Jr., a patron of the expedition.

Rockefeller Plateau
Rockefeller Plateau (-80°N, -135°W) is that portion of the interior ice plateau of Marie Byrd Land lying eastward of Shirase and Siple Coasts and southward of the Ford, Flood and Executive Committee Ranges, centering near the coordinates given above. Much of its extensive, ice-covered surface is from 1,000 to 1,500 m above sea level. Discovered by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, in 1934, and named for John D. Rockefeller, Jr., patron of the Byrd expeditions.

Rockfall Cliff
Rockfall Cliff (-73.43333°N, -93.56667°W) is a conspicuous rock cliff which marks the northwest face of Mount Loweth, in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61, and so named by them because the continual falling of rocks made examination of the area hazardous.

Mount Rockmore
Mount Rockmore (-80.03333°N, 158.15°W) is a mound-shaped mountain (1730 m) standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Mount Aldrich in Britannia Range. Named after Mark Rockmore, geographer, U.S. Defense Mapping Agency/Topographic-Hydrographic Center, 1979-96; after reorganization, National Imagery and Mapping Agency from 1996; Secretary of Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), 1984-93; Member of US-ACAN from 1994.

Rockney Ridge
Rockney Ridge (-75.03333°N, -133.75°W) is a rock ridge on the northeast side of Mount Goorhigian in the Demas Range, 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 Vaughn D. Rockney, meteorologist at Byrd Station, 1968-69.

Rockpepper Bay
Rockpepper Bay (-63.13333°N, -55.73333°W) is a bay 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) wide at its entrance, lying east of Boreal Point along the north coast of Joinville Island. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953-54. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because of the very many small islands and rocks in the bay.

Rocky Bay
Rocky Bay (-54.48333°N, -36.66667°W) is a small bay, with numerous rocks lying in the bay and at its entrance, situated immediately north of Ducloz Head along the south coast of South Georgia. The presence of this bay seems to have been first noted in 1819 by Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen who roughly charted a small inlet in this approximate position. The name was in use prior to 1930 and was probably applied by sealers and whalers working in the area.

Rocky Cove
Rocky Cove (-62.2°N, -58.93333°W) is a cove between Lapidary Point and Suffield Point, Maxwell Bay, King George Island. Following surveys by Soviet Antarctic Expedition from 1968, the feature was called "Bukhta Kamenistaya" (rocky bay). The name has been approved in the translated form recommended by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1978.

Rocky Point
Rocky Point (-77.5°N, 166.23333°W) is a point between Horseshoe Bay and Maumee Bight on the west side of Ross Island, Victoria Land. A descriptive name given by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, led by Ernest Shackleton.

Roderick Valley
Roderick Valley (-83.5°N, -57.5°W) is a large ice-filled valley trending in a north-south direction and separating Schmidt and Williams Hills from the main mass of Neptune Range, 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 Captain David W. Roderick, United States Air Force (USAF), pilot and second in command of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, 1957-58.

Mount Rodger
Mount Rodger (-79.7°N, -83.56667°W) is a sharp peak, 1,410 m, at the northwest end of Collier Hills in the Heritage Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Rodger A. Brown, meteorologist at Little America V Station in 1958.

Rodgers Point
Rodgers Point (-77.76667°N, 166.78333°W) is a point 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northeast of Knob Point on the west side of Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) (2000) after Thelma A. Rodgers, scientific officer, who was the first woman to winter-over at Scott Base, 1979.

Rodman Cove
Rodman Cove (-61.11667°N, -55.46667°W) is a cove south of Cape Lindsey on the west coast of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. Named for Benjamin Rodman of New Bedford, MA, owner of whaling ships operating from that port in the 1820s and 1830s. The name was suggested by American geographer Lawrence Martin and has appeared in descriptions and charts of Elephant Island since about 1943.

Rodman Passage
Rodman Passage (-65.86667°N, -66°W) is a passage between the south end of Renaud Island and Rabot Island, in the Biscoe Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Hugh Rodman of the U.S. Hydrographic Office, author in 1890 of Reports of Ice and Ice Movements in the North Atlantic, a pioneer work on the subject.

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

Roe Glacier
Roe Glacier (-85.6°N, -151.43333°W) is a tributary glacier, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing northwest through the Tapley Mountains to enter Scott Glacier just south of Mount Durham. 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 Derrell M. Roe, a member of summer parties at McMurdo Station in 1963-64 and 1964-65 and station engineer with the McMurdo winter party in 1966.

Roe Island
Roe Island (-64°N, -60.83333°W) is an island lying in the entrance of Curtiss Bay, about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Cape Andreas, Graham Land. Mapped from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys (1955-57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe, English pioneer aircraft designer and aviator since 1908; founder of A.V. Roe and Co., Ltd. (later Saunders-Roe Ltd.). == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Roe
Mount Roe (-85.13333°N, -169.6°W) is a flattish, largely ice-covered mountain overlooking the west side of Liv Glacier. It stands 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Mount Wells at the southeast end of Prince Olav Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Donald W. Roe, Jr., of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, a member of the 1961 winter party at McMurdo Station and squadron safety officer in the 1962-63 season.

Mount Roer
Mount Roer (-72.3°N, 0.35°W) is an isolated mountain, 2,085 m, standing 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Fuglefjellet in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59). Named for Nils Roer, surveyor with the NBSAE.

Rogers Glacier
Rogers Glacier (-69.98333°N, 73.06667°W) is a broad glacier entering the eastern side of Amery Ice Shelf close northward of McKaskle Hills. 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 Commander William J. Rogers, Jr., U.S. Navy, plane commander of one of the three air crews during Operation Highjump which took air photos of the coastal areas between 14 and 164 East longitude.

Rogers Head
Rogers Head (-53°N, 73.4°W) is a conspicuous headland marking the north extremity of the peninsula between Atlas Cove and Corinthian Bay on the north coast of Heard Island. Named for the Rogers family of New London, CT, including Captain Erasmus Darwin Rogers, who in 1855 made the first landing on Heard Island in the ship Corinthian, Captain James H. Rogers, master of the brig Zoe, and Henry Rogers, first mate of the Zoe, who in 1856 was leader of the first party to winter on the island. The name appears on an early manuscript map compiled by American sealers.

Rogers Peak
Rogers Peak (-79.35°N, -84.23333°W) is a peak, 1,520 m, standing at the east side of the terminus of Rennell Glacier, in the Heritage Range. Named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains, 1963-64, for M. Alan Rogers, geologist to the Hart Hills and Whitmore Mountains areas, 1964-65.

Rogers Peaks
Rogers Peaks (-72.25°N, 24.51667°W) is a small group of peaks standing just southwest of Dufek Mountain in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named for Lieutenant Commander William J. Rogers, Jr. U.S. Navy, plane commander of one of the three aerial crews of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump which flew photographic flights in this and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 East longitude.

Rogers Spur
Rogers Spur (-74.5°N, -111.4°W) is a rocky, wedge-shaped spur located at the head of Brush Glacier on Bear Peninsula, Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. First mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after James C. Rogers, electrical engineer at the Byrd (very low frequency) Sub-station, 1966.

Mount Rogers
Mount Rogers (-80.55°N, -29.43333°W) is a mountain, 995 m, on the east side of Blaiklock Glacier between Williams Ridge and Wedge Ridge in the west part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Allan F. Rogers, medical officer and physiologist with the transpolar party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1956-58.

Roget Rocks
Roget Rocks (-64.33333°N, -61.16667°W) is a small group of rocks 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Spring Point in Hughes Bay, Graham Land. Surveyed by K.V. Blaiklock of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from the member of the committee which planned the expedition of the of English Words and Phrases Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and Assist in Literary Composition.

Cape Roget
Cape Roget (-71.98333°N, 170.61667°W) is a steep rock cape at the south tip of Adare Peninsula, marking the north side of the entrance to Moubray Bay along the east coast of Victoria Land. Discovered by Captain James Ross, 1841, who named it for Peter Mark Roget, noted English lexicographer who was Secretary of the Royal Society. The cape is the site of an Emperor penguin rookery.

Rogged Bay
Rogged Bay (-54.86667°N, -36.11667°W) is a small bay lying immediately north of Cape Disappointment, the south tip of South Georgia. The name Rogged Bay, which was probably used by early sealers, was recorded by Arnaldo Faustini on a 1906 map and applied to a wider but less distinctive embayment in this vicinity. Following its survey in 1951-52, the SGS reported that the small bay immediately north of Cape Disappointment required a name. The existing name Rogged Bay was recommended, as limited to this small bay, by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954.

Rogstad Glacier
Rogstad Glacier (-72.35°N, 1.31667°W) is a glacier flowing northwest along the north side of Isingen Mountain, in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59). Named for Egil Rogstad, chief radio operator with the NBSAE.

Rohnke Crests
Rohnke Crests (-77.58333°N, 168.68333°W) is a two rock ridges (about 1400 m) that are parallel and rise above the general ice mantle on the southeast slopes of Mount Terror, Ross Island. This feature is east of the head of Eastwind Glacier and 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Conical Hill. Names in association with Eastwind Glacier after Captain (later R.Adm.) Oscar C. Rohnke, USCG, who commanded USCGC Eastwind in Ross Sea during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze I, 1955-56.

Rohss Bay
Rohss Bay (-64.2°N, -58.26667°W) is a bay 11 nautical miles (20 km) wide, between Capes Broms and Obelisk on the southwest side of James Ross Island. Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold, and named by him for August and Wilhelm Rohss, patrons of the expedition.

Rojas Peak
Rojas Peak (-64.81667°N, -62.91667°W) is a peak rising to about 675 m in the center of Lemaire Island, Danco Coast, Graham Land. Named "Cerro Rojas" by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1950-51, after Sargento Angel Gustavo Rojas, who disappeared in a blizzard while returning from hydrographic work at Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island, September 1, 1949.

Rokhlin Nunataks
Rokhlin Nunataks (-72.2°N, 14.46667°W) is a four nunataks standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Linnormen Hills at the south extremity of the Payer Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and first plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after M.I. Rokhlin, a wintering over geologist who died in 1958.

Roland Bay
Roland Bay (-65.06667°N, -64.05°W) is a cove, the south shore of which is Herveou Point, indenting the west end of the peninsula that forms the west extremity of Booth Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for F. Roland, a seaman on the ship Francais.

Mount Roland
Mount Roland (-86.48333°N, -145.7°W) is a mountain, 2,210 m, directly north of Mount Mooney on the north flank of Robison Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Charles J. Roland, aircraft navigator with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 on Operation Deep Freeze 1966 and 1967.

Rolf Rock
Rolf Rock (-54.36667°N, -36.2°W) is a small isolated rock in Hound Bay, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south-southeast of Tijuca Point, off the north coast of South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), following mapping by the SGS, 1951-52, after the Rolf, one of the vessels of the Compania Argentina de Pesca which participated in establishing the first permanent whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia, in 1904.

Rollet Island
Rollet Island (-65.03333°N, -64.05°W) is a small island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the northwest part of Booth Island in the Dannebrog Islands. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under J.B. Charcot, who named it "Ile Rollet de l'Isle" for Monsieur Rollet de l'Isle, French hydrographic surveyor. A shortened form of the original name has been adopted. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Roman Four Promontory
Roman Four Promontory (-68.21667°N, -66.93333°W) is a rocky promontory rising to 830 m, marking the north side of the entrance to Neny Fjord on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill. The name was given by members of East Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, whose base was located on nearby Stonington Island, and derives from snow-filled clefts along the face of the promontory giving the appearance of a Roman numeral IV.

Romanes Beach
Romanes Beach (-77.28333°N, 166.36667°W) is a beach on the north shore of Wohlschlag Bay just south of Harrison Bluff, on the west side of Ross Island. Mapped by a party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59, landed there by the USS Arneb. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for W. Romanes, mountaineer assistant with the expedition.

Romeo Island
Romeo Island (-62.38333°N, -59.91667°W) is an island lying 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Table Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 after the British sealing vessel Romeo, probably from London, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1821-22, and moored in nearby Clothier Harbor in March 1822. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Romero Rock
Romero Rock (-63.31667°N, -57.95°W) is a rock lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) west of Saavedra Rock in the Duroch Islands, Trinity Peninsula. The Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1947-48, under the command of Navy Captain Ernesto Gonzalez Navarrete, made a survey of this area and gave the name "Islote Astronomo Romero" after Astronomer of the Chilean Army Guillermo Romero Gonzalez who was a member of the expedition and did astronomical work in the Antarctic. Around 1951 the name "Islote Romero" began to be used to avoid the compound name. The present name, Romero Rock, has been in use since 1962.

Romerof Head
Romerof Head (-54.05°N, -37.86667°W) is a prominent headland with steep rock cliffs, forming the west side of the entrance to Schlieper Bay, on the south coast and near the west end of South Georgia. The name, which probably was given by early whalers, dates back to at least 1912.

Romlingane Peaks
Romlingane Peaks (-72.18333°N, 1.13333°W) is a chain of peaks extending from the west side of Vendeholten Mountain, in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Romlingane (the fugitives).

Romlingsletta Flat
Romlingsletta Flat (-72.26667°N, 1.11667°W) is an ice-covered, flattish area of about 40 square miles, lying northward of the foot of Isingen Mountain, in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Romlingsletta (the fugitive's plain).

Mount Romnaes
Mount Romnaes (-71.51667°N, 24°W) is a prominent isolated mountain rising to 1,500 m, standing 22 nautical miles (41 km) northwest of Brattnipane Peaks and the main group of the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named for Nils Romnaes, aerial photographer with this expedition.

Romulus Glacier
Romulus Glacier (-68.38333°N, -66.91667°W) is a glacier, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, which flows from the north slopes of Mount Lupa westward to Rymill Bay between the Blackwall Mountains and Black Thumb, on the west coast of Graham Land. First 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 Remus Glacier, whose head lies near the head of this glacier.

Ronald Hill (South Shetland Islands)
Ronald Hill (-62.98333°N, -60.58333°W) is a rocky ice-free hill, 105 m, standing north of Kroner Lake in Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted, photographed and named by Olaf Holtedahl of the Norwegian expedition 1927-28, after the floating factory S.S. Ronald, which belonged to the Hektor Whaling Co. and was anchored at Deception Island in 1911-12 and many later seasons.

Ronald Ridge
Ronald Ridge (-79.61667°N, -83.33333°W) is a narrow ridge, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Donald Ridge, which it resembles, in the Pioneer Heights, Heritage Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ronald C. Taylor, meteorologist at Little America V Station in 1957.

Ronald Rock
Ronald Rock (-83.33333°N, -49.41667°W) is a prominent rock, 1,145 m, along the cliff next north of Skidmore Cliff, located east of Saratoga Table in the 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 Ronald D. Brown, aviation structural mechanic at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957.

Mount Ronca
Mount Ronca (-82.63333°N, 155.25°W) is a mountain over 2,200 m, surmounting the south end of Quest Cliffs in the Geologists Range. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Luciano B. Ronca, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist at McMurdo Station, 1960-61.

Ronde Island
Ronde Island (-66.78333°N, 141.25°W) is a small rocky island close to the northeast side of Zelee Glacier Tongue, 2.6 nautical miles (4.8 km) west-northwest of Rescape Islands. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949-51 and so named by them because of its round shape. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Ronge Island
Ronge Island (-64.71667°N, -62.68333°W) is a high, rugged island 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, the largest island of the group which forms the west side of Errera Channel, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache, who named it for Madame de Ronge, a contributor to the expedition. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rongel Reef
Rongel Reef (-62.61667°N, -60.4°W) is the narrow crescent-shaped moraine reef off the northwest coast of Emona Anchorage in Eastern Livingstone Island. Extending over 600 m in NE-SW direction. Partly exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide but for the islet rising to near 3 m at its northeast extremity. Its midpoint is located 2,850 m north-northwest of Herperides Point, 3,120 m west of Aleko Rock and 3,350 m northeast by east of Ereby Point. A 710 m wide cove is indenting for 250 m the coast behind Rongel Reef, the northeast side of its entrance formed by a nameless ice-free tipped cape located 75 m north-northeast of the northeast extremity of Rongel Reef, 3,140 m north-northwest of Herperides Point and 2,920 m west of Aleko Rock. The southwest extremity of Rongel Reef is located 300 m southeast of the nameless point forming the northwest side of the entrance to Emona Anchorage and located 3,180 m northwest by north of Hesperides Point and 3,040 m northeast by east of Ereby Point. Emerged during a recent glacier retreat. Named for the Brazilian Navy ship Ary Rongel, in recognition of her logistic support for the Bulgarian Antarctic campaigns.

Ronne Entrance
Ronne Entrance (-72.5°N, -74°W) is a broad southwest entrance of George VI Sound where it opens on Bellingshausen Sea at the southwest side of Alexander Island. Discovered on a sledge journey through the sound in December 1940 by Finn Ronne and Carl Eklund of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, and named Ronne Bay. Since 1940, the head of the bay has receded eastward into George VI Sound, altering the relationships on which the name was based. The name was therefore changed to Ronne Entrance, in keeping with the physical characteristics of the feature. Named after the Ronne family, of which the father, Martin Ronne, was a member of the Norwegian expedition under Amundsen, 1910-12, and the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30; the son, Finn Ronne (d.1980), was a member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35, and the USAS, 1939-41. Finn Ronne also served as leader of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and as military and scientific leader at Ellsworth Station during the IGY, 1957.

Ronne Ice Shelf
Ronne Ice Shelf (-78.5°N, -61°W) is the larger and western of the two major ice shelves at the head of Weddell Sea. It is bounded on the west by the base of Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, and on the east by Berkner Island. Commander Finn Ronne, U.S. Navy Reserve, leader of Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947-48), discovered and photographed a strip along the entire northern portion of this ice shelf in two aircraft flights in November and December 1947. He named it "Lassiter Shelf Ice" and gave the name "Edith Ronne Land" to the land presumed to lie south of it. In 1957-58, the US-IGY party at Ellsworth Station, under now Captain Ronne, determined that the ice shelf was larger than previously charted, that it extends southward to preempt most of "Edith Ronne Land." Inasmuch as Captain James Lassiter's name has been assigned to a coast of Palmer Land, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) has approved the name Ronne Ice Shelf for this large ice shelf. The recommendation is on the basis of first sighting and exploration of the ice shelf by Ronne and parties under his leadership. Named for Edith Ronne, wife of Captain Ronne, who made important contributions to the planning, organization, and operation of RARE and who served as observer at the Stonington Island base while RARE members were in the field. (Filchner Ice Shelf lies between Berkner Island and Coats Land.)

Mount Ronne
Mount Ronne (-77.56667°N, -146.16667°W) is a prominent, flattish mountain which projects from the middle of the east side of the Haines Mountains, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. The mountain was probably first observed on aerial flights by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-30). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Martin Ronne who was sailmaker, ski instructor, dog-driver and ice pilot with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-30), and who had been a shipboard member of the Fram on Amundsen's expedition (1910-12).

Rontgen Peak
Rontgen Peak (-64.03333°N, -62.28333°W) is a peak 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of Cape Cockburn in the northeast part of Pasteur Peninsula, Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Wilhelm K. von Rontgen (1845-1923), German physicist who discovered X-rays in 1895.

Rookery Bay
Rookery Bay (-54.26667°N, -36.33333°W) is a small bay lying between Lucas and Rookery Points on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart.

Rookery Islands
Rookery Islands (-67.61667°N, 62.51667°W) is a group of small islands and rocks in the southwest part of Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and called Innerskjera (the inner skerries). The islands were visited in 1954 and 1955 by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) and so renamed by them because an Adelie penguin rookery occupies the largest island in the group. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rookery Point
Rookery Point (-54.25°N, -36.31667°W) is a point forming the east side of the entrance to Rookery Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart.

Roos Glacier
Roos Glacier (-75.28333°N, -110.95°W) is a steep glacier that drains the northwest slopes of Mount Murphy on Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after S. Edward Roos, oceanographer with the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions of 1928-30 and 1933-35.

Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Island (-79.41667°N, -162°W) is an ice-covered island, about 80 nautical miles (150 km) long in a NW-SE direction and 40 nautical miles (70 km) wide, lying in the east part of the Ross Ice Shelf. The north extremity of the island is 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of the Bay of Whales. Its main topographic expression is a central ridge about 550 m above sea level. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1934, and named by R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd for Franklin D. Roosevelt, then President of the United States. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rootes Point
Rootes Point (-60.68333°N, -45.6°W) is the north entrance point to Starfish Cove on the east side of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1990 after David M. Rootes, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) marine assistant at Signy Station, 1977-79; Base Commander, summers 1981-84.

Roots Heights
Roots Heights (-72.61667°N, 0.45°W) is an ice-free heights between Reece Valley and Skarsdalen Valley in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59). Named for Ernest F. Roots, chief geologist with the NBSAE.

Mount Roots
Mount Roots (-54.46667°N, -36.4°W) is a mainly snow-covered mountain in the Allardyce Range, South Georgia, standing near the head of Nordenskjold Glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) east-southeast of Mount Paget. Its western peak rises to 2,280 m; its eastern peak to 2,160 m. The mountain is a prominent feature and presumably was known to whalers and sealers in South Georgia at an early date. It was roughly surveyed in the period 1925-30 by DI personnel, and resurveyed by the SGS, 1951-52. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for James W. Roots, a member of the SGS, 1951-52.

Mount Ropar
Mount Ropar (-83.96667°N, 160.48333°W) is a mountain, 2,420 m, at the east extremity of Canopy Cliffs in Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Nicholas J. Ropar, Jr., Weather Central meteorologist at Little America V, 1958.

Ropebrake Pass
Ropebrake Pass (-84.75°N, -173.41667°W) is a steep, narrow snow pass between the south end of Gabbro Hills and Mount Llano, permitting passage between the Barrett and Gough Glaciers. So named by the Southern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1963-64) because of the large number of rope brakes used in its crossing.

Roper Point
Roper Point (-76.31667°N, -112.9°W) is a largely ice-covered point, but with some rock exposures, at the west extremity of Mount Takahe, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Nathaniel A. Roper, aurora researcher at Byrd Station in 1963.

Mount Roper
Mount Roper (-78.11667°N, 162.75°W) is a prominent peak rising to 3,660 m, located 3.2 km south of Mount Hooker in Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1994 after Cas Roper (d. 1994), a scientist with the NZ Antarctic Programme who oversaw Scott Base laboratory programs for over 20 years.

Cape Roquemaurel
Cape Roquemaurel (-63.55°N, -58.93333°W) is a prominent rocky headland at the east side of the entrance to Bone Bay, on the north side of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by a French expedition, 1837-40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for Lieutenant Louis de Roquemaurel, second-in-command of the expedition ship Astrolabe.

Mount Rorqual
Mount Rorqual (-65.65°N, -62.33333°W) is a peak between Starbuck and Stubb Glaciers, 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of Mount Queequeg, on the east side of Graham Land. The feature is rocky and precipitous, rises to 1,110 m and is separated from Cachalot Peak by a narrow ridge. The name is one of a group in the area applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) that reflects a whaling theme, the Rorquals being a species of baleen whales.

Rosa Rock
Rosa Rock (-63.3°N, -57.9°W) is a small rock lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) west of Agurto Rock in the Duroch Islands, Trinity Peninsula. Named by the second Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1948, for Rosa Gonzalez de Claro, daughter of the President of Chile, Gabriel Gonzalez Videla.

Cape Rosa
Cape Rosa (-54.18333°N, -37.41667°W) is a cape marking the south side of the entrance to King Haakon Bay on the south coast of South Georgia. The name first appears about 1920 on charts of South Georgia and has since become established by usage.

Rosamel Island
Rosamel Island (-63.56667°N, -56.28333°W) is a circular island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) in diameter with precipitous cliffs of volcanic rock rising to a snow-covered peak 435 m high, lying west of Dundee Island in the south entrance to Antarctic Sound. Discovered by the French expedition, 1837-40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for V. Admiral Claude de Rosamel, French Minister of Marine under whose orders the expedition sailed. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rosanova Glacier
Rosanova Glacier (-73.25°N, -97.91667°W) is a glacier about 8 nautical miles (15 km) long flowing north from King Peninsula into the Abbot Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Christine E. Rosanova, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Flagstaff, AZ; specialist in the use of satellite imagery for geological and glaciological studies from the early 1990s to 2002; a pioneer in the use of imagery for glacier velocity measurements.

Roscoe Glacier
Roscoe Glacier (-66.5°N, 95.33333°W) is a channel glacier, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long and 3 to 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, debouching from a small valley onto the west portion of Shackleton Ice Shelf, midway between Cape Moyes and Junction Corner. Charted as a valley depression during a southern reconnaissance in March 1912 by F. Wild and other members of the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John H. Roscoe, geographer, author of Antarctic Bibliography (Washington, 1951), and scientific advisor to the director of United States Antarctic Programs. Roscoe served as photogrammetrist with the central task group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and with U.S. Navy Operation Windmill, 1947-48, and assisted the latter group in establishing astronomical control stations along Wilhelm II, Queen Mary, Knox and Budd Coasts.

Roscoe Promontory
Roscoe Promontory (-66.86667°N, -64.45°W) is a massive ice-capped promontory between Aagaard Glacier and Mitterling Glacier on the north side of Mill Inlet, Foyn Coast, Graham Land. The feature was photographed by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) and surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1987 after John H. Roscoe, photogrammetrist on U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and Operation Windmill, 1947-48; author of Antarctic Bibliography, U.S. Naval Photographic Interpretation Center, Department of the Navy, 1951, and Antarctica, Regional Photo Interpretation Series, Department of the Air Force, 1953. The promontory is in proximity to several features named after Antarctic bibliographers.

Roscolyn Tor
Roscolyn Tor (-76.7°N, 159.83333°W) is a high sandstone feature about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southwest of Warren Peak in the Allan Hills of Victoria Land. Reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) Allan Hills Expedition (1964) who gave the name after a similar feature in Anglesey, Wales.

Rose Peak
Rose Peak (-62.03333°N, -58.2°W) is a peak, 655 m, lying nearly 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Rea Peak and 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Ternyck Needle 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 the Enderby Brothers' cutter Rose, tender to the schooner 1833 or January 1834 the Rose was crushed in the pack ice in 6017S, 5326W; her crew was rescued by the Hopeful.

Rose Point
Rose Point (-74.75°N, -136.75°W) is a rocky point 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Cape Burks on the coast 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 Stephen D. Rose, First Officer of the Bear of Oakland on the first voyage to Bay of Whales (1933); Master of the Jacob Ruppert on its second voyage to Bay of Whales (1935), during the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35.

Rose Rock
Rose Rock (-71.28333°N, 170.21667°W) is the southern of two rocks called The Sisters, off the north extremity of Cape Adare. The Sisters were named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900. Rose Rock was named by Campbell, leader of the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, at the suggestion of Levick, after a favorite comic song which concerned two sisters named Rose and Gertrude.

Mount Rose
Mount Rose (-66.66667°N, 140.01667°W) is a rocky hill, 22 m, standing south of Mount Cervin on the east side of Petrel Island in the Geologie Archipelago. Charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for a summit in the Alps between Italy and Switzerland.

Rosen Peak
Rosen Peak (-79.31667°N, -83.35°W) is a peak rising to 1220 m in the south part of Gross Hills, Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Lawrence C. Rosen, geologist on a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) 1979-80 Ellsworth Mountains expedition.

Rosenau Head
Rosenau Head (-70.46667°N, 162.76667°W) is a steep, ice-covered coastal headland located on the east side of Barber Glacier in the Bowers Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Darrell D. Rosenau, U.S. Navy, electronics technician at the South Pole Station, 1965.

Rosenberg Glacier
Rosenberg Glacier (-75.73333°N, -132.55°W) is a steep, heavily-crevassed glacier draining the west slopes of the Ames Range between Mount Kosciusko and Mount Boennighausen, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Theodore J. Rosenberg, ionospheric physicist at Siple Station, 1970-71.

Rosenthal Islands
Rosenthal Islands (-64.6°N, -64.3°W) is a group of islands fringing the west coast of Anvers Island, 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Cape Monaco, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the German expedition 1873-74, under Dallmann, and named by him for Albert Rosenthal, Director of the Society for Polar Navigation, who, with the society, sponsored the expedition. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rosenthal Seamount
Rosenthal Seamount (-68.63333°N, -97.08333°W) is a seamount in the Weddell Sea named for Alfred Rosenthal (1828-1882), German captain and ship owner involved in polar research. Rosenthal financed Dallmann's voyage. Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6/97 (ACUF 271).

Mount Rosenthal
Mount Rosenthal (-80.05°N, -83.25°W) is a prominent mountain, 1,840 m, at the north end of Liberty Hills, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Ronald Rosenthal, U.S. Navy, navigator on LC-47 aircraft, who perished in a crash on the Ross Ice Shelf, February 2, 1966.

Mount Rosenwald
Mount Rosenwald (-85.06667°N, -179.1°W) is a spectacular mountain (3,450 m) which forms a distinctive landmark between the heads of Gallup and Baldwin Glaciers in the Queen Maud Mountains. The mountain is entirely snow covered on the southwest side but has nearly vertical exposed-rock cliffs on the northeast side. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on the South Pole Flight of November 1929. Named by Byrd for Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, a contributor to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928-30 and 1933-35.

Rosita Harbor
Rosita Harbor (-54.01667°N, -37.45°W) is a small bay lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Camp Bay in the west side of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. The names Rosita Harbor and Allardyce Harbor were given for this bay in the period 1905-12, and both have since appeared on maps for this feature. Following a survey of South Georgia in 1951-52, the SGS reported that the feature is known locally as Rosita Harbor, and this name is approved on that basis. The name Allardyce is rejected as applied to this feature; the main mountain range at South Georgia is already named for William L. Allardyce. Rosita Harbor is named after the Co., which started operating with the company in 1905, and which anchored in this bay.

Ross Archipelago
Ross Archipelago (-77.5°N, 167°W) is a convenient name for that group of islands which, together with the ice shelf between them, forms the eastern and southern boundaries of McMurdo Sound. The most northerly is Beaufort Island, then comes Ross Island, the Dellbridge Islands, and Black and White Islands. Debenham's classic report, The Physiography of the Ross Archipelago, 1923, described "Brown Island" (now Brown Peninsula) as a part of the group.

Ross Bank
Ross Bank (-76.75°N, -176°W) is a bank named in association with Ross Island. Name approved 6/88 (ACUF 228).

Ross Canyon
Ross Canyon (-75°N, -163°W) is an undersea canyon named in association with Ross Sea. Name approved 6/88 (ACUF 228).

Ross Glacier
Ross Glacier (-54.55°N, -36.1°W) is a glacier 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, flowing east from the juncture of Allardyce and Salvesen Ranges to Little Moltke Harbor, Royal Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. First mapped by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882-83, and named for Sir James Clark Ross.

Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf (-81.5°N, -175°W) is a vast ice shelf, almost entirely afloat, occupying the entire southern part of the Ross Sea embayment and ending seaward in a cliffed ice front about 400 miles long and ranging from 15 to 50 meters high. Discovered on January 28, 1841, by Captain James Clark Ross, for whom it is named. Ross mapped the ice front eastward to 160W.

Ross Island
Ross Island (-77.5°N, 168°W) is an island lying on the east side of McMurdo Sound and extending 43 nautical miles (80 km) from Cape Bird on the north to Cape Armitage on the south, and a like distance from Cape Royds on the west to Cape Crozier on the east. This island is entirely volcanic, Mount Erebus, 3,795 m, near the center, being an active volcano; and Mount Terror, 3,230 m, about 20 nautical miles (37 km) eastward, being an extinct volcano. Mount Bird rises to 1,765 m just south of Cape Bird. This area was discovered by Sir James Clark Ross in 1841, but he thought it formed part of the mainland of Victoria Land. Determined to be an island and named by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) for Sir James Clark Ross. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Ross Pass
Ross Pass (-54.53333°N, -36.25°W) is a narrow but well-defined pass between the southeast end of the Allardyce Range and the northwest end of the Salvesen Range in South Georgia. The pass is 610 m high and provides a sledging route between Ross Glacier and Brogger Glacier. It was first mapped in 1882-83 by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations who referred to it as "Gletscher-Joch" (meaning glacier yoke). The name Ross Pass, which derives from association with nearby Ross Glacier, was given by the SGS following their survey of 1951-52.

Ross Peaks
Ross Peaks (-60.71667°N, -44.53333°W) is a series of elevations rising to about 450 m and trending NW-SE between Ferguslie Peninsula and Fitchie Bay in Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1987 after Alastair Ross, taxidermist on the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-04, led by W.S. Bruce.

Ross Point
Ross Point (-62.35°N, -59.13333°W) is a point on the southwest side of Nelson Island, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Harmony Cove, in the South Shetland Islands. The point was charted by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1935.

Ross Sea
Ross Sea (-75°N, -175°W) is a large embayment of the Pacific Ocean, extending deeply into Antarctica between Cape Adare on the west and Cape Colbeck on the east. The sea is named for Captain James Clark Ross who discovered it in 1841.

Cape Ross
Cape Ross (-76.73333°N, 163.01667°W) is a granite headland 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Cape Archer on the coast of Victoria Land. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) which named this feature for Sir James Clark Ross, the discoverer of the Ross Sea and Victoria Land.

Rossa Point
Rossa Point (-65.95°N, -65.23333°W) is a point 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Ferin Head on the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Anders Rossa, a Jokkmokk Lapp who, with Pava Tuorda, accompanied A.E. Nordenskjold to Greenland in 1883 and first demonstrated the possibilities of skis for polar travel.

Mount Rossel
Mount Rossel (-72.6°N, 31.03333°W) is a mountain, 2,250 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Mount Perov in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Mlle. Marie-Therese Rossel, a patron of the expedition.

Rosselin Glacier
Rosselin Glacier (-69.26667°N, -70.88333°W) is a glacier flowing southwest from Rouen Mountains into Palestrina Glacier, north Alexander Island. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1975-76. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1980 after F. Rosselin, Chief Engineer, FAE, 1908-10, in association with other FAE names in this area.

Rosser Ridge
Rosser Ridge (-82.76667°N, -53.58333°W) is a rock ridge, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, marking the north limit of the Cordiner Peaks, 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 Earl W. Rosser, topographic engineer in the Pensacola Mountains, 1965-66.

Rossini Point
Rossini Point (-72.46667°N, -73.15°W) is a snow-covered point on the south coast of Alexander Island, marking the southeast side of the entrance to the embayment occupied by Bach Ice Shelf. First seen and roughly mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Remapped in greater detail from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868), Italian composer.

Mount Rossman
Mount Rossman (-79.78333°N, -82.8°W) is a prominent wedge-shaped, ice-free mountain, 1,450 m, located at the north end of the Enterprise Hills between Union and Henderson Glaciers, in the Heritage Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Rossman W. Smith, ionospheric physicist at Eights Station in 1965.

Rostand Island
Rostand Island (-66.66667°N, 140.01667°W) is a rocky island 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) long, 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) southeast of Petrel Island in the Geologie Archipelago. Charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Jean Rostand, noted French biologist. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rotch Dome
Rotch Dome (-62.63333°N, -60.88333°W) is an undulating snow dome lying immediately east of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for William Rotch (1734-1828), and his brother, Francis Rotch, American whaling merchants of Nantucket and New Bedford, pioneers of the southern whale fishery, whose vessels also inaugurated the Canton fur trade for sealers.

Mount Roth
Mount Roth (-84.58333°N, -172.36667°W) is a rock peak (870 m) located 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Mount Justman in the northeast corner of Gabbro Hills, near the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered and photographed by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-30) and named for Benjamin Roth, mechanic and U.S. Army representative on that expedition.

Rothera Point
Rothera Point (-67.56667°N, -68.13333°W) is a point at the east side of the entrance to Ryder Bay, on the southeast coast of Adelaide Island. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for John M. Rothera, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) surveyor at the Horseshoe Island station in 1957 and at Detaille Island in 1958.

Rothschild Island
Rothschild Island (-69.6°N, -72.55°W) is an island 24 nautical miles (44 km) long, mainly ice covered but surmounted by prominent peaks of Desko Mountains, 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of the north part of Alexander Island in the north entrance to Wilkins Sound. Sighted from a distance by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, and named by Charcot, after Edouard-Alphonse, Baron de Rothschild (1868-1949), head of the French branch of the Rothschild family and president of the Rothschild Brothers bank. In subsequent exploration by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, the feature was believed to be a mountain connected to Alexander Island, but its insularity was reaffirmed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, who photographed and roughly mapped the island from the air. Mapped in detail from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960, and from U.S. satellite imagery taken in 1974. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Rotoiti
Mount Rotoiti (-82.8°N, 162.23333°W) is a peak, 2,900 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Mount Pukaki in the Frigate Range. Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for the New Zealand frigate, Rotoiti.

Mount Rotolante
Mount Rotolante (-83.6°N, 168.41667°W) is a mountain, 2,460 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of Mount Fox in Queen Alexandra Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ralph A. Rotolante, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at McMurdo Station, 1962.

Rotunda
Rotunda (-78.01667°N, 161.56667°W) is a named after a distinctive butte that forms this summit.

Rotunda Glacier
Rotunda Glacier (-78°N, 161.63333°W) is a tributary glacier flowing north between Ugolini Peak and La Count Mountain into upper Ferrar Glacier, Victoria Land. The name Rotunda Glacier was used for this feature in the report "Tephra in Glacier Ice" by J.R. Keys, P.W. Anderton, and P.R. Kyle following the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons. Named in association with the 2,410 m butte of the same name on the west side of the glacier.

Rotz Glacier
Rotz Glacier (-69.28333°N, -65.71667°W) is a tributary glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide. It flows west from Wakefield Highland, central Antarctic Peninsula, into Airy Glacier at a point due south of Mount Timosthenes. Photographed by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) on November 27, 1947 (Trimetrogon air photography). Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in December 1958 and November 1960. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Jean Rotz, 16th century French chartmaker and writer on the principles of navigation, who designed an elaborate magnetic compass and became hydrographer to King Henry VIII in 1542.

Rouch Point
Rouch Point (-65.16667°N, -64.18333°W) is a point forming the northwest end of Petermann Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, and named by Charcot for Jules Rouch, sub-lieutenant of the meteorology, atmospheric electricity and oceanography on the expedition.

Rouen Mountains
Rouen Mountains (-69.16667°N, -70.88333°W) is a prominent mountain range, about 2,800 m, extending 35 nautical miles (60 km) NW-SE from Mount Bayonne to Care Heights and Mount Cupola, in north Alexander Island. First mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under J.B. Charcot and named by him after the French city of Rouen. Charcot indicated a break in these mountains south of Mount Paris, but air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, as interpreted by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) indicate that the mountains are continuous southeast to Mount Cupola; partly surveyed by FIDS in 1948; further delineated from U.S. satellite imagery of January 1974 and February 1975.

Mount Rouge
Mount Rouge (-65.61667°N, -63.7°W) is a prominent mountain between Funk and Cadman Glaciers at the head of Beascochea Bay, on the west side of Graham Land. Discovered and named Massif Rouge (red mountain) by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, led by Charcot.

Rougier Hill
Rougier Hill (-85.16667°N, -174.5°W) is an ice-free hill just east of LaPrade Valley in the north part of the Cumulus Hills, overlooking the south side of McGregor Glacier. Named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition (1964-65) for Michael Rougier, staff photographer with Life Magazine who was seriously injured while climbing this hill with the expedition.

Roullin Point
Roullin Point (-65.11667°N, -64.01667°W) is a point marking the south tip of Booth Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Probably first seen by the German expedition under Dallmann, 1873-74. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05 under Charcot, and named by him for Captain Roullin, French Navy.

Round Hill
Round Hill (-53.06667°N, 73.63333°W) is an ice-free, rounded hill (380 m) rising southward of Fairchild Beach and between Compton Glacier and Brown Glacier, on the northeast side of Heard Island. The feature is roughly mapped on the 1874 chart by the Challenger expedition. It was surveyed and given this descriptive name by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1948.

Round Island
Round Island (-65.9°N, -65.55°W) is an island 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Hummock Island and 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of Ferin Head, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Round Mountain
Round Mountain (-77.68333°N, 161.1°W) is a mountain, 2,410 m, overlooking the north side of Taylor Glacier at the east side of the Inland Forts, in Victoria Land. So named by Scott of the Discovery expedition (1901-04) because of its outline.

Round Point
Round Point (-61.93333°N, -58.46667°W) is a point 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of False Round Point on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The descriptive name dates back to at least 1822 and is established in international usage.

Roundel Dome
Roundel Dome (-65.63333°N, -63.25°W) is a mainly snow-covered dome, with a small circular rock exposure at the summit, rising to 1,770 m on the east side of Bruce Plateau, between the heads of Crane and Flask Glaciers. The feature is a useful landmark along a proven east-west route from Larsen Ice Shelf across Bruce Plateau, Graham Land. The name, applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), is descriptive of the circular area of dark colored rock surrounded by the smooth snow-covered lower slopes of the dome, resembling the type of aircraft marking known as a roundel.

Rouse Islands
Rouse Islands (-67.58333°N, 62.95°W) is a small group of islands in the east part of Holme Bay, fringing the coast of Mac. Robertson Land close south of Welch Island. Discovered on February 13, 1931, by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named them for E.J. Rouse of Sydney, who assisted the expedition with photographic equipment. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cape Rouse
Cape Rouse (-67.75°N, 67.15°W) is an ice-covered cape 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Murray Monolith on the coast of Mac. Robertson Land. Discovered on February 12, 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, and named for Edgar J. Rouse of Sydney, who assisted the expedition with photographic equipment.

Route Point
Route Point (-60.73333°N, -44.81667°W) is a rocky point marking the northwest extremity of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered and named by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer during their joint cruise in December 1821.

Roux Island
Roux Island (-66.9°N, -66.95°W) is an island 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) north of Arrowsmith Peninsula at the west side of the entrance to Lallemand Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10, who named it for Jules Charles-Roux. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cape Roux
Cape Roux (-64.01667°N, -62.46667°W) is a cape marking the northwest extremity of Pasteur Peninsula, northern Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Emile Roux, noted French physician and bacteriologist, then Director of the Pasteur Institute, Paris.

Rover Anchorage
Rover Anchorage (-54.45°N, 3.35°W) is an open anchorage along the southwest coast of Bouvetoya, approximately midway between Norvegia Point and Lars Island. The anchorage was used in December 1927 by the Norvegia, the vessel of the Norwegian expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt. They named it "Roverhullet," a name suggesting a place where only pirates would feel at home!

Row Island
Row Island (-66.51667°N, 162.63333°W) is a small island, less than 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) in diameter, which lies just off the southeast end of Young Island in the Balleny Islands. John Balleny assigned the name in 1839 to an island which he reported to be 10 nautical miles (18 km) north of Young Island, naming it for J. Row, one of the merchants who united with Charles Enderby in sending out the expedition. Since the island reported by Balleny could not be found by other explorers in the vicinity, the name was assigned to this island discovered by the British ship Discovery II in 1936. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rowe Bluff
Rowe Bluff (-68.01667°N, -65.55°W) is a bluff rising to 1,200 m on the north side of Trail Inlet, Bowman Coast, 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Williamson Bluff. The bluff was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth, November 21, 1935, and was mapped from these photographs by W.L.G. Joerg. It appears in subsequent American photographs from United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1940, and was surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1946-48. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 for Lieutenant Commander Gary L. Rowe, USCG, Engineer Officer on USCGC Burton Island, U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze, 1975.

Rowe Nunataks
Rowe Nunataks (-78.25°N, 166.11667°W) is a cluster of nunataks 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Cape Beck in the southwest part of Black Island, Ross Archipelago. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after C.A. Rowe, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, who investigated volcanic activity and seismicity at nearby Mount Erebus, 1984-85 and 1985-86.

Rowe Point
Rowe Point (-62.58333°N, -60.9°W) is a point lying in Barclay Bay, 8 nautical miles (15 km) south-southwest of Cape Shirreff on the north coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 for Captain Rowe, Master of the British sealing vessel Grace from Plymouth, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1821-22.

Rowell Peak
Rowell Peak (-71.55°N, 163.31667°W) is the highest peak (1,725 m) on Reilly Ridge in the Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1983 after A.J. Rowell, geologist, a member of R.A. Cooper's New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geological party to the area, 1981-82.

Rowett Island
Rowett Island (-61.28333°N, -55.21667°W) is a rocky island 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, lying immediately off Cape Lookout, Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The island was known to both American and British sealers as early as 1822. It was named by members of a British expedition under Shackleton, 1921-22, for John Q. Rowett, chief patron of the expedition. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rowland Glacier
Rowland Glacier (-82.76667°N, 163.16667°W) is a glacier on the north side of the Frigate Range, flowing east into Lowery Glacier. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert W. Rowland, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciologist at South Pole Station, 1962-63 and 1963-64.

Rowles Glacier
Rowles Glacier (-71.28333°N, 167.65°W) is a tributary glacier over 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, flowing northwest along the east side of Dunedin Range, Admiralty Mountains, to enter Dennistoun Glacier. 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 D.S. Rowles of the New Zealand Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research, a member of the Hallett Station party, 1964.

Rowley Corridor
Rowley Corridor (-71.41667°N, -67.25°W) is a north-south pass in the Batterbee Mountains that extends from Ryder Glacier to Conchie Glacier and separates Mount Ness and Mount Bagshawe from the peaks along the western edge of Palmer Land and George VI Sound. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for David N. Rowley, senior pilot with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1969-74.

Rowley Massif
Rowley Massif (-71.58333°N, -61.91667°W) is a prominent mountain massif between the Haley and Cline Glaciers. It surmounts the north side of the head of Odom Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after geologist Peter D. Rowley of the USGS, a member of the USGS geologic and mapping party to the Lassiter Coast, 1970-71, and leader of the USGS party to the area, 1972-73.

Mount Roy
Mount Roy (-72.51667°N, 166.25°W) is a mountain rising to 2,850 m on the south side of Benighted Pass, Barker Range, 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) after Robert R. Roy, cook at Hallett Station in 1957.

Royal Bay
Royal Bay (-54.53333°N, -36°W) is a bay, 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and indenting 5 nautical miles (9 km), entered between Capes Charlotte and Harcourt along the north coast of South Georgia. Discovered and named by a British expedition under Cook in 1775. Surveyed by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations under Schrader which was based on the north shore of the bay in 1882-83.

Royal Society Range
Royal Society Range (-78.16667°N, 162.66667°W) is a majestic range of mountains rising to 4,025 m along the west shore of McMurdo Sound between the Koettlitz, Skelton and Ferrar Glaciers. The range was probably first seen by Ross in 1841. It was explored by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) under Scott, who named the range after the Royal Society and applied names of its members to many of its peaks. The Royal Society provided financial support to Discovery expedition and its members had assisted on the committee which organized the expedition.

Mount Royalist
Mount Royalist (-71.78333°N, 168.5°W) is a prominent mountain (3,640 m) standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Mount Adam in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, for its impressive appearance and also for the New Zealand cruiser HMNZS Royalist. Several adjacent peaks are named for New Zealand ships.

Cape Royds
Cape Royds (-77.55°N, 166.15°W) is a dark rock cape forming the west extremity of Ross Island, facing on McMurdo Sound. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and named for Lieutenant Charles W.R. Royds, Royal Navy, who acted as meteorologist for the expedition. Royds rose to become an Admiral and was later Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, London. This cape was the site of the expedition camp of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09.

Roysane Rocks
Roysane Rocks (-72.31667°N, 23.28333°W) is a group of rocks 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Nils Larsen in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named Roysane (the pile of stones).

Rozier Glacier
Rozier Glacier (-64.75°N, -62.21667°W) is a glacier flowing into Wilhelmina Bay north of Sophie Cliff, 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 Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1756-1785), French technician who made the first human balloon ascent and (with the Marquis d'Arlande) the first balloon voyage, in 1783.

Rozo Point
Rozo Point (-65.05°N, -64.05°W) is a point marking the northwest end of Cholet Island, which lies close north of the northwest part of Booth Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for M. Rozo, the cook on the ship Francais.

Rubble Glacier
Rubble Glacier (-71.33333°N, -68.3°W) is an ice filled valley surrounded by Giza Peak and the ridge connecting it to Baily Ridge to the north and Elephant Ridge to the S. Rubble Glacier is referred to as Man Pack Glacier in scientific reports of the early 1960s, but now descriptively referred to as Rubble Glacier or sometimes as Louis Glacier.

Rubeli Bluff
Rubeli Bluff (-70.43333°N, 72.45°W) is a bluff on the north end of the Reinbolt Hills, at the east margin of Amery Ice Shelf. A survey station was established on the feature during the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) tellurometer traverse from Larsemann Hills in 1968. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for M.N. Rubeli, surveyor at Mawson Station, who was in charge of the traverse.

Rubey Glacier
Rubey Glacier (-75.18333°N, -137.11667°W) is a broad, heavily crevassed glacier flowing north to coalesce with the west side of Hull Glacier eastward of Mount Giles, near the coast 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 Captain Ervin B. Rubey, U.S. Navy, Commander of Antarctic Support Activities at McMurdo Station, summer 1969-70.

Rubin Peak
Rubin Peak (-82.16667°N, 161.15°W) is a prominent rock summit rising to over 1100 m in the central part of Carnegie Range, Churchill Mountains. The peak is 11 nautical miles (20 km) north of Russell Bluff. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Vera Rubin, observational astronomer, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1965-2002; with Carnegie Institution co-worker Kent Ford, Rubin confirmed that most of the universe consists of dark matter, 1978.

Mount Rubin de la Borbolla
Mount Rubin de la Borbolla (-75.03333°N, -135.05°W) is an ice-covered mountain (1,090 m) in the southeast extremity of McDonald Heights, overlooking Johnson Glacier from the west in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for George S. Rubin de la Borbolla, meteorologist at Plateau Station, 1968.

Mount Rubin
Mount Rubin (-73.41667°N, 65.66667°W) is a large, gently domed mountain, with a long tail of moraine trending east, standing 16 nautical miles (30 km) west-northwest of Cumpston Massif in the Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed from the air by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions), 1956-58. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for American meteorologist Morton J. Rubin, U.S. Exchange Scientist to the Soviet Mirnyy Station during 1958; member of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, 1973-74.

Rubner Peak
Rubner Peak (-66.73333°N, -65.85°W) is the highest point on the sharp ridge separating McCance and Widdowson Glaciers, just south of Darbel Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1956-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Max Rubner (1854-1932), German physiologist who made outstanding researches on human calorie requirements and the calorie value of foods.

Ruby Peak
Ruby Peak (-54.2°N, -36.66667°W) is a peak rising on the east side of Olsen Valley to the southwest of Jason Peak, South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart.

Rucker Ridge
Rucker Ridge (-78.2°N, 162.83333°W) is a high spur descending east from pointed Mount Rucker in Royal Society Range and forming the divide between Radian and Walcott Glaciers. Named after Mount Rucker by the New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1960-61.

Rucker Spur
Rucker Spur (-77.51667°N, -146.5°W) is a rock spur between Alexander Peak and Mount Ronne, on the east side of the Haines Mountains in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joseph T. Rucker, photographer with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-30).

Mount Rucker
Mount Rucker (-78.18333°N, 162.53333°W) is a mountain, 3,815 m, immediately south of Johns Hopkins Ridge in the Royal Society Range of Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) which named it for Sir Arthur Rucker, Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society.

Rudder Point
Rudder Point (-56.66667°N, -28.13333°W) is the high, rocky southeast point of Leskov Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name, applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971, refers to the resemblance of the feature to a large ruder in contradistinction to Bowsprit Point at the other end of the island.

Rude Spur
Rude Spur (-77.45°N, 160.81667°W) is a rock spur 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Mount Circe that descends from the plateau of Victoria Land toward Balham Lake and Balham Valley. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) oceanographer Jeffrey D. Rude who drowned in McMurdo Sound, October 12, 1975, when the tracked vehicle he was driving broke through bay ice and sank in the vicinity of Erebus Glacier Tongue and Turtle Rock.

Rudmose Brown Peak
Rudmose Brown Peak (-66.36667°N, 51.06667°W) is a peak 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of the coast and 8 nautical miles (15 km) southwest of Mount Hurley. Discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31, under Mawson, who named this feature for Dr. R.N. Rudmose Brown, naturalist of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-04, member of the Scott Polar Research Committee, 1939-41, and author of numerous books and articles on Antarctica.

Rudmose Rocks
Rudmose Rocks (-60.7°N, -44.58333°W) is a group of rocks 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) north-northwest of Cape Geddes, off the north coast of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, who named them for R.N. Rudmose Brown, naturalist of the expedition.

Rudolph Glacier
Rudolph Glacier (-64.9°N, -62.43333°W) is a glacier flowing into Andvord Bay south of Moser Glacier, 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 Paul Rudolph, German mathematical optician who designed the first anastigmatic camera lens, introduced by Zeiss in 1889, and the "Tessar" lens, introduced by Zeiss in 1902.

Rudolph Glacier
Rudolph Glacier (-72.53333°N, 167.88333°W) is a large tributary glacier flowing north between Hackerman Ridge and McElroy Ridge to Trafalgar Glacier, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. 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 Emanuel D. Rudolph, American botanist (1927-92), United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) project leader for lichenology studies at Hallett Station in three summer seasons, 1961-64; Director, Ohio State University's Institute of Polar Studies (now Byrd Polar Research Center), 1969-73; Chairman of the Botany Department, Ohio State University, 1978-87.

Rudolphy Point
Rudolphy Point (-64.88333°N, -63.11667°W) is the southwest point of Bryde Island, Danco Coast, Graham Land. Named "Punta Rudolphy" by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1950-51, after Captain Raul Rudolphy of the Chilean Navy, commander of the expedition transport ship Angamos.

Ruecroft Glacier
Ruecroft Glacier (-78.21667°N, 161.66667°W) is a named after George Ruecroft, United States Geological Survey (USGS) cartographic technician in Special Maps Branch, about 1960-84, a specialist in Antarctic mapping.

Mount Ruegg
Mount Ruegg (-71.85°N, 170.18333°W) is the culminating peak (1,870 m) on the divide between DeAngelo Glacier and Moubray Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Captain H. Ruegg, nautical advisor to the Marine Department of New Zealand, a visitor to the Ross Sea area in 1956.

Ruen Icefall
Ruen Icefall (-62.68333°N, -60.26667°W) is the icefall descending toward False Bay from the circus overlooked by the southernmost three out of the five summits of Friesland Ridge in Eastern Livingston Island. Midpoint located 5,100 m south of Willan Nunatak and 4,100 m southeast of Napier Peak. Ruen is the name of a summit on Osogovo Mountain in southwestern Bulgaria.

Rugate Ridge
Rugate Ridge (-65.01667°N, -61.93333°W) is a high, east-trending ridge between Green and Evans Glaciers on the east side of Graham Land. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because many small ridges and spurs make up the feature ("rugate" means "ridgy").

Rugg Peak
Rugg Peak (-66.31667°N, -65.38333°W) is a peak at the east side of Widmark Ice Piedmont southward of Crookes Peak, on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Andrew Rugg-Gunn, English ophthalmic surgeon, who in 1934 brought together the relevant data on radiation and protective glasses to improve the design of snow goggles.

Rugged Island
Rugged Island (-62.63333°N, -61.25°W) is an island 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide, lying west of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This island was known to both American and British sealers as early as 1820, and the name has been well established in international usage for over 100 years. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Rugged Rocks
Rugged Rocks (-62.61667°N, -59.8°W) is a small group of rocks at the west side of the south entrance to McFarlane Strait, lying just north of Renier Point, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. These rocks were known to early sealers in the area and appear on Powell's map of 1822. They were recharted in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and given this descriptive name.

Mount Ruhnke
Mount Ruhnke (-72.08333°N, 3.63333°W) is a peak (2,535 m) in the northwest part of Festninga Mountain in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. The name "Ruhnke-Berg" was applied in the general area by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39, for Herbert Ruhnke, radio operator on the flying boat Passat used by this expedition. The correlation of the name with this feature may be arbitrary but is recommended for the sake of international uniformity and historical continuity.

Mount Ruker
Mount Ruker (-73.66667°N, 64.5°W) is a large, dark mountain just southwest of Mount Rubin in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R.A. Ruker, geologist at Mawson Station, 1960.

Mount Rukhin
Mount Rukhin (-71.58333°N, 15.11667°W) is a small mountain, 1,740 m, standing 9 nautical miles (17 km) southwest of Ekho Mountain in the Lomonosov Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped from air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after L.B. Rukhin, professor at Leningrad State University, who died in 1959.

Rullman Peak
Rullman Peak (-79.21667°N, -84.53333°W) is a peak, 1,910 m, located just south of Grimes Glacier in the Anderson Massif, Heritage Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Chief Equipment Operator Gerald D. Rullman, U.S. Navy, direct supervisor of the crew that first pierced the Ross Ice Shelf at 160 ft during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1966. The drilling was accomplished near the Dailey Islands.

Rum Cove
Rum Cove (-64.1°N, -58.41667°W) is a cove indenting the northwest coast of James Ross Island between Tumbledown Cliffs and Cape Obelisk. Named in 1983 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with the names of other alcoholic spirits on this coast.

Rum Pond
Rum Pond (-76.9°N, 161.11667°W) is the larger and eastern of two closely spaced frozen ponds in the floor of Alatna Valley, Convoy Range, in Victoria Land. The name is one of a group in Convoy Range reflecting a nautical theme. Named after this traditional naval beverage by a 1989-90 New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) field party.

Rumbler Rock
Rumbler Rock (-64.78333°N, -64.21667°W) is a rock lying 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) west of Bonaparte Point, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1956-57. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because with the prevailing heavy southwest swell, the noise of seas breaking over the rock may be heard well clear of the danger.

Rumbolds Point
Rumbolds Point (-54.86667°N, -36°W) is a point which marks the east side of the entrance to Doubtful Bay at the southeast end of South Georgia. The name appears on a chart based upon surveys of this area in 1930 by DI personnel, but may reflect an earlier naming.

Rumdoodle Peak
Rumdoodle Peak (-67.76667°N, 62.83333°W) is a prominent peak 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southwest of Painted Peak in the North Masson Range, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. The name is associated with "Rumdoodle Air Strip," which the peak overlooks. Rumdoodle was the name of a fictional mountain in a novel Ascent of Rumdoodle by W.E. Bowman, and since 1960 has been used locally by Mawson Station personnel for the air strip.

Mount Rummage
Mount Rummage (-80.48333°N, 156.2°W) is a conical, bare rock mountain, 1,510 m, at the west side of Ramseier Glacier. It is the westernmost mountain along the north wall of Byrd Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Chief Laurence A. Rummage, QMCM, U.S. Navy, who took part in Christchurch transport and schedule operations for U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1965.

Rumpa Island
Rumpa Island (-69.13333°N, 39.43333°W) is an island in the east part of Lutzow-Holm Bay, 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Langhovde-kita Point. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Rumpa (the rump). == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Runaway Hills
Runaway Hills (-73.31667°N, 163.55°W) is a cluster of hills forming the northwest extremity of Arrowhead Range in the Southern Cross Mountains, Victoria Land. So named by the southern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1966-67, because both of their motor toboggans went out of control here, when going down hill.

Runaway Island
Runaway Island (-68.2°N, -67.11667°W) is a rocky island 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) west of the west tip of Neny Island and 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) northwest of Surf Rock, lying in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land. The island was roughly charted in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), and was surveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). So named by FIDS because a runaway dog team left this island and returned to base. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Runciman Rock
Runciman Rock (-65.25°N, -64.28333°W) is a rock marked by breakers, lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) east of Black Island at the southeast approach to Black Island Channel in the Argentine Islands. Charted in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, who named it for Philip Runciman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Whites Southhampton Yachtbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, where the ship Penola was refitted before sailing south in 1934.

Runcorn Glacier
Runcorn Glacier (-72.05°N, -62.7°W) is a glacier to the west of Hess Mountains, flowing southeast to join Beaumont Glacier near the head of Hilton Inlet, Black Coast, Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1966-69. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1972-73. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1978 after Stanley K. Runcorn, English geophysicist, Professor of Physics, University of Newcastle, from 1963.

Rund Bay
Rund Bay (-67.03333°N, 57.25°W) is a small bay indenting the south shore of Edward VIII Bay immediately east of Kvarsnes Foreland. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, who named it Rundvika (round bay).