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Weddell Arm
Weddell Arm (-68.53333°N, 78.11667°W) is the southernmost and westernmost arm of Langnes Fjord in the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Visited in 1955 and 1957 by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) parties and so named because they found large numbers of Weddell seals in the area.

Weddell Islands
Weddell Islands (-60.65°N, -44.85°W) is a group of small islands and rocks lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Saddle Island and 4 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of the west end of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Probably seen on the occasion of a joint cruise by Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer and Captain George Powell in December 1821. The name first appears on James Weddell's chart resulting from his exploration of the South Orkney Islands in 1823. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Weddell Plain
Weddell Plain (-65°N, -20°W) is an undersea plain named in association with the Weddell Sea. Name approved 6/87 (ACUF 225).

Weddell Point
Weddell Point (-54.05°N, -37.81667°W) is a low, tussock-covered point forming the east side of the entrance to Schlieper Bay, on the south coast and near the west end of South Georgia. The name Cape Weddell was given by David Ferguson, Scottish geologist, during his visit to South Georgia in 1911-12. Named after James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, who visited South Georgia in 1823. Point is considered a more suitable descriptive term for this feature than cape.

Weddell Sea
Weddell Sea (-72°N, -45°W) is a great ice-filled sea which indents the continent between the Antarctic Peninsula and Cape Norvegia, Queen Maud Land. The sea was discovered in 1823 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, who named it George IV Sea. The present name, honoring the discoverer, was proposed by Dr. Karl Fricker in 1900, and it has been universally accepted.

Mount Wedel-Jarlsberg
Mount Wedel-Jarlsberg (-85.65°N, -165.13333°W) is an ice-covered mountain between Cooper and Bowman Glaciers, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Mount Ruth Gade in the Quarles Range. Discovered in December 1911 by Roald Amundsen, and named by him for Alice Wedel-Jarlsberg, wife of a Norwegian diplomat.

Wedemeyer Rocks
Wedemeyer Rocks (-76.1°N, -135.93333°W) is a group of rocks that outcrop near the base of the southern slope of Mount Berlin in the Flood Range, 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 Charles H. Wedemeyer, CM1, U.S. Navy construction mechanic with the 1956 Army-Navy Trail Party that traversed eastward from Little America V to establish Byrd Station.

Wedge Face
Wedge Face (-84.2°N, 171.5°W) is a descriptive name for the prominent wedge-shaped rock spur that projects from Mount Patrick into the eastern part of Beardmore Glacier. This feature was almost surely observed by Shackleton's Southern Journey Party on its ascent of the Beardmore Glacier in December 1908. It was named by the South Pole Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, under Robert Scott.

Wedge Ridge
Wedge Ridge (-80.63333°N, -29.2°W) is a conspicuous rock ridge, 1,145 m, near the head of Blaiklock Glacier and immediately west of Pointer Nunatak in the west part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE. The name given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) is descriptive of the shape of the feature.

Wednesday Island
Wednesday Island (-64.93333°N, -63.75°W) is an island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, at the east end of Wauwermans Islands in the north part of Wilhelm Archipelago. The Wauwermans Islands were discovered by the German expedition under Dallmann, 1873-74, and were later roughly mapped by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99, and the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05. Wednesday Island was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill, and so named because it was first sighted on a Wednesday. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Weeder Rock
Weeder Rock (-70.38333°N, 162.03333°W) is a small isolated coastal rock located 6 nautical miles (11 km) north-northwest of Mount Belolikov. It rises above the smooth, ice-covered peninsula between the mouths of Rennick and Gannutz Glaciers. 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 Courtland C. Weeder, U.S. Navy, storekeeper with the South Pole Station winter party, 1965.

Weeks Stack
Weeks Stack (-62.23333°N, -59.05°W) is a sea stack lying off the north tip of Nelson Island in the northern approach to Fildes Strait, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 for Captain Weeks, Master of the British sealing vessel Horatio from London, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21.

Mount Weeks
Mount Weeks (-83.55°N, 160.9°W) is a tabular mountain 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Cranfield Peak, on the western edge of Prince Andrew Plateau, Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for Lieutenant James W. Weeks, U.S. Navy, pilot of the reconnaissance and supply flights in the area.

Mount Weems
Mount Weems (-77.45°N, -86.16667°W) is a prominent mountain, 2,210 m, located 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Mount Ulmer near the north end of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains. Discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth on his trans-Antarctic flight of November 23, 1935. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain P.V.H. Weems, U.S. Navy (Ret.), inventor and developer of air navigation instrumentation and techniques and consultant to Ellsworth on air navigation problems of this flight.

Weertman Island
Weertman Island (-66.96667°N, -67.73333°W) is the largest and southernmost of the Bennett Islands, lying in Hanusse Bay. Mapped from air photos taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947-48) and Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956-57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Johannes Weertman, American metallurgist who proposed a theory of slip of glaciers on their beds and has made important contributions to the theory of glacier flow. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Wegener Canyon
Wegener Canyon (-70.75°N, -14°W) is an undersea canyon named for Alfred Wegener. Name proposed by Hans Werner Schenke, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 7/89 (ACUF 233).

Wegener Range
Wegener Range (-72.7°N, -62.38333°W) is a mountain range with peaks rising to 1,800 m, trending WNW-ESE for about 45 nautical miles (80 km) between Maury Glacier and Fenton Glacier in southeast Palmer Land. The range was first photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1940; rephotographed by the U.S. Navy, 1966-69, and mapped from these photographs by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Professor Alfred L. Wegener.

Mount Wegener
Mount Wegener (-80.73333°N, -23.51667°W) is a mountain rising to 1,385 m in central Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. The feature was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with the names of geologists grouped in this area after Alfred L. Wegener (1880-1930), German astronomer, meteorologist, and Arctic explorer; a pioneer of the theory of continental drift; Professor of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Graz, Austria, 1924-30; Leader of German expeditions to Greenland in 1929 and 1930, losing life on the ice cap in November of that year.

Wegert Bluff
Wegert Bluff (-69.7°N, 159.33333°W) is a bluff, the northeast extremity of a truncated ridge that overlooks the east margin of Noll Glacier in the Wilson 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 Lieutenant Commander Sidney J. Wegert, U.S. Navy, pilot in LC-130F Hercules aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968.

Wegger Peak
Wegger Peak (-62.1°N, -58.51667°W) is a peak, 305 m, at the west side of the entrance to Mackellar Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name "Le Poing" (The Fist) was given to an elevation hereabout by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot in 1908-10. Although Charcot's map shows a single summit, there are four in the vicinity and a question arose over which was named. In 1958 it was suggested by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) members that the name referred to all four; together they resemble the knuckles of a clenched fist when viewed from the Chabrier Rock area. However, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) considered the collective name to be unsuitable and it was rejected. New names were recommended by the UK-APC in 1960 for the feature here described and nearby Admiralen Peak. Wegger Peak is named for Ole Wegger (1859-1936), director for 47 years of Framnaes Mekaniske Vaeksted, Norway, shipbuilders who fitted the Admiralen with a slipway for whaling.

Weidner Ridge
Weidner Ridge (-78.46667°N, 163.43333°W) is a named after George A. Weidner, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Wisconsin; along with Charles Stearns, developed the use of automatic weather stations in Antarctica for ten seasons, 1982-92.

Mount Weihaupt
Mount Weihaupt (-72.61667°N, 161.05°W) is a large, bare mountain (2,285 m) which stands 10 nautical miles (18 km) east of Mount Bower and is the dominant feature in the east part of the Outback Nunataks. First mapped by the U.S. Victoria Land Traverse party, 1959-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John G. Weihaupt, seismologist with this party.

Weikman Nunataks
Weikman Nunataks (-76.5°N, -143.98333°W) is a two nunataks on the divide separating the upper reaches of Balchen Glacier and Crevasse Valley Glacier, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. The nunataks lie 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Mount Perkins. First mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Edward R. Weikman Jr., CMH2, U.S. Navy, Construction Mechanic at Byrd Station, 1967.

Mount Weininger
Mount Weininger (-84.78333°N, -65.5°W) is a large, mainly ice-free mountain, 1,970 m, standing at the north extremity of Mackin Table, to which it is joined by a short ridge, in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard B. Weininger, scientific leader at South Pole Station, winter 1967.

Weir Glacier
Weir Glacier (-66.06667°N, -64.7°W) is a glacier 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, the western of two glaciers flowing north into the south part of Barilari Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. First sighted and roughly charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot. It was surveyed in 1935-36 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill and later named for William D. Weir, 1st Viscount Weir of Eastwood, and his son, the Hon. James K. Weir, who contributed toward the cost of the BGLE, 1934-37.

Mount Weir
Mount Weir (-84.98333°N, 177.16667°W) is a steep section of the polar plateau escarpment with almost all of the rock exposed facing northeast, standing just south of the base of Fulgham Ridge at the head of Ramsey Glacier. Discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump on Flight 8A of February 16, 1947, and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Maj. Robert R. Weir, United States Marine Corps (USMC), pilot of this flight.

Weiss Amphitheater
Weiss Amphitheater (-77.06667°N, -126.1°W) is an amphitheater-like caldera, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide and breached at the southern side, occupying the south-central part of Mount Sidley, in the Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Bernard D. Weiss, Meteorologist-in-Charge at Byrd Station, 1959.

Welch Island
Welch Island (-67.56667°N, 62.93333°W) is an island, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long with a prominent pinnacle rock of 130 m, lying north of Rouse Islands and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the shore in the east side of Holme Bay. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for B.F. Welch, second engineer on the Discovery. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Welch Mountains
Welch Mountains (-70.95°N, -63.5°W) is a group of mountains that dominate the area, the highest peak rising to 3,015 m, located 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Mount Jackson on the east margin of the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land. These mountains were probably seen from the air by Ellsworth in 1935 and their north extremities were sketched in 1936 by a British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) sledge party under Rymill. In 1940 they were photographed from the air and charted from the ground by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), and in the expedition reports and charts were assumed to be Ellsworth's Eternity Range. The mountains were mapped in detail by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for R. Admiral David F. Welch, Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1969-71.

Welch Peak
Welch Peak (-85.65°N, -149.25°W) is a peak, 1,010 m, standing at the north side of the Tapley Mountains, 9 nautical miles (17 km) northwest of Mount Gould. 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 Walton D. Welch, electronics technician with the Byrd Station winter party in 1957.

Welch Rocks
Welch Rocks (-67.55°N, 62.9°W) is a two rocks 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) north of Welch Island in the east part of Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Plotted from photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1958 and 1959. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) after Welch Island.

Welchness
Welchness (-63.48333°N, -56.23333°W) is a gravel spit which forms the west extremity of Dundee Island in the Joinville Island group. Roughly charted by the Dundee whaling expedition (1892-93) and named after Captain George Welch (d.1891), a leading Dundee whaler and Manger, from about 1860 onward, of the Jay Whale Fishing Company, which for many years owned the Dundee whaling expedition ship Active.

Welcome Islands
Welcome Islands (-53.96667°N, -37.48333°W) is a group of rocky islands lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) west-northwest of Cape Buller, off the north coast of South Georgia. These islands were discovered by Captain James Cook in 1775. The name dates back to at least 1912 and is now well established. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Welcome Mountain
Welcome Mountain (-72.23333°N, 160.2°W) is a very prominent mountain that is surmounted by three peaks, the highest 2,505 m, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Mount Southard in the Outback Nunataks. Discovered and named by the U.S. Victoria Land Traverse party, 1959-60. So named because it was the first mountain visited by the traverse party after crossing the interior plateau and not seeing any mountains or landmark features for nearly three months.

Welcome Nunatak
Welcome Nunatak (-79.1°N, -85.9°W) is a relatively small but truly distinctive cone-shaped nunatak standing in near isolation to the north of Reuther Nunataks in the Founders Peaks, Heritage Range. Named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party, 1963-64. For the members of the party using motor toboggans, the nunatak was a welcome sight as it meant they were almost to base camp, located at Camp Hills.

Welcome Pass
Welcome Pass (-82.58333°N, -52.75°W) is a snow pass between Cairn Ridge and Czamanske Ridge, providing access to Tranquillity Valley in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. Named from association with Tranquillity Valley; also because during the 1976-77 season, Arthur B. Ford and Willis H. Nelson, of United States Geological Survey (USGS), on discovery of a Soviet Antarctic Expedition helicopter cache left here the previous summer, left a note of welcome to the Dufek Massif for the Soviet Antarctic Expedition party leader, Garrik Grikurov.

Weldon Glacier
Weldon Glacier (-76.55°N, -29.33333°W) is a glacier entering the southeast part of Weddell Sea about 30 nautical miles (60 km) west-southwest of Hayes Glacier. The glacier was discovered in the course of a U.S. Navy LC-130 reconnaissance flight over the coast of Coats Land, November 5, 1967, and was plotted by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from photographs obtained at that time. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Don W. Weldon, U.S. Navy, photographer on that flight.

Cape Well-met
Cape Well-met (-63.78333°N, -57.31667°W) is a dark, conspicuous headland near the center of the north side of Vega Island, close south of Trinity Peninsula. Cape Well-met was discovered and named by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, and commemorates the long delayed union at this point of a relief party under Dr. J. Gunnar Andersson and the winter party under Dr. Otto Nordenskjold after twenty months of enforced separation.

Weller Island
Weller Island (-65.45°N, -65.4°W) is an island lying east of Snodgrass Island, Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 after Samuel Weller, Mr. Pickwick's servant in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Weller
Mount Weller (-67.28333°N, 50.66667°W) is a mountain, 1,080 m, standing west of Auster Glacier and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Reference Peak in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for G.E. Weller, meteorologist at Mawson Station in 1961.

Mount Weller (Victoria Land)
Mount Weller (-77.85°N, 160.48333°W) is a peak (2,420 m) rising above the west side of Beacon Valley, 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Pyramid Mountain, in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. The name appears to be first used on a 1961 New Zealand Lands and Survey Department map compiled from New Zealand field surveys, 1957-60, and U.S. Navy aerial photographs of that period. Presumably named after William J. Weller, Royal Navy, a seaman of the ship In November 1903, Weller and Thomas Kennar (Kennar Valley, q.v.) accompanied Hartley T. Ferrar in the first geological reconnaissance of Quartermain Mountains.

Wellman Cliffs
Wellman Cliffs (-82.45°N, 156.16667°W) is a prominent cliffs about 12 nautical miles (22 km) long on the east side of Boucot Plateau in the Geologists Range. Seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) and named for H.W. Wellman, geologist, who devised a simple method of map-making from air photos, used by the expedition.

Wellman Glacier
Wellman Glacier (-64.48333°N, -61.43333°W) is a glacier flowing into the northeast part of Recess Cove, 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 Walter Wellman (1858-1934), American Arctic explorer who attempted unsuccessfully to reach the North Pole in a semi-rigid airship in 1907 and 1909.

Wellman Valley
Wellman Valley (-79.91667°N, 156.66667°W) is a mainly ice-free valley lying just east of Midnight Plateau and north of Mount Ash in the Darwin Mountains. Explored by Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1962-63, and named for H.W. Wellman, geologist of the Victoria University of Wellington, a participant in three Antarctic expeditions.

Wells Glacier
Wells Glacier (-73.53333°N, -61.18333°W) is a glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of Cape Brooks, flowing north into New Bedford Inlet in Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James T. Wells, storekeeper with the South Pole Station winter party in 1967.

Wells Ridge
Wells Ridge (-76.96667°N, -144.75°W) is a rocky ridge 4 nautical miles (7 km) long between the Swanson Mountains and Mount Gilmour in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered on aerial flights made from the West Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and named for Loran Wells, photographer and observer with the USAS geology party which visited this ridge in 1940.

Wells Saddle
Wells Saddle (-76.05°N, -135.58333°W) is a broad snow-filled saddle between Mount Berlin and Mount Moulton in the Flood Range of Marie Byrd Land. The saddle was photographed from aircraft of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in December 1940. It was 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 James H. Wells, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) team that studied ice sheet dynamics in the area northeast of Byrd Station, 1971-72.

Mount Wells
Mount Wells (-85.16667°N, -169.8°W) is a massive ice-covered mountain in the Prince Olav Mountains, standing at the west side of Liv Glacier, about 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of June Nunatak. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Harry Wells, Executive Secretary of the Committee on Polar Research, National Academy of Sciences, 1962-66.

Mount Wendland
Mount Wendland (-84.7°N, -175.3°W) is a peak (1,650 m) near the head of Massam Glacier, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Kenney, in the Prince Olav Mountains. The feature was geologically mapped on November 18, 1970, by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Ohio State University Party of 1970-71. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Vaughn P. Wendland, geologist and field assistant with the Ohio State party.

Wennersgaard Point
Wennersgaard Point (-63.85°N, -59.9°W) is a point forming the east side of the entrance to Lanchester Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in Nov.-Dec. 1902 and named after Ole C. Wennersgaard, a seaman of the expedition who died while wintering on Paulet Island in 1903.

Wensleydale Beacon
Wensleydale Beacon (-62.95°N, -60.7°W) is a hill, 110 m, situated just north of Primero de Mayo Bay, on the west side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The hill was charted by a British expedition 1828-31, under Foster. Named by Lieutenant Commander D.N. Penfold, Royal Navy, following his survey of the island in 1948-49, after Wensleydale in Yorkshire, England.

Werenskiold Bastion
Werenskiold Bastion (-67.43333°N, -65.53333°W) is a bold rock headland that rises very steeply to over 1,000 m and forms the coastline between Demorest Glacier and Matthes Glacier on the east coast of Graham Land. The feature was observed and photographed by several American expeditions: United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41; Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) 1947-48; U.S. Navy photos, 1968. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1947-48. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Werner Werenskiold (1883-1961), Norwegian geographer who worked on the theory of glacier flow.

Werlein Island
Werlein Island (-66.41667°N, 110.43333°W) is a rocky island 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) long, lying 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) southeast of Holl Island in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in February 1947. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ens. Richard O. Werlein, U.S. Navy, assistant hydrographic officer with U.S. Navy Operation Windmill which established astronomical control stations in the area in January 1948. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Werner Mountains
Werner Mountains (-73.56667°N, -62.33333°W) is a group of mountains located just west-southwest of New Bedford Inlet and between the Meinardus and Bryan Glaciers, in Palmer Land. The mountains were first seen and photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. 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 Abraham Gottlob Werner (1750-1819), German geologist and mineralogist.

Werner Peak
Werner Peak (-68.71667°N, -65.23333°W) is the highest (1,550 m) and most conspicuous peak on the southeast side of Mercator Ice Piedmont. The peak rises just east of the north end of Norwood Scarp. A steep rock ridge on its north side is easily recognizable from any point on the ice piedmont. Photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on September 28, 1940. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Johannes Werner (1468-1528), German astronomer and mathematician who probably first (1514) suggested the method of lunar distances for determining longitude.

Wesele Cove
Wesele Cove (-62.16667°N, -58.15°W) is a cove between Boy Point and Low Head on the south coast of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Named in 1980 by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after Wesele (The Wedding), a play by Polish dramatist Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869-1907).

Wessbecher Glacier
Wessbecher Glacier (-78.88333°N, -84.3°W) is a glacier about 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, draining south between Wilson and Marze Peaks at the south end of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Howard O. Wessbecher, a member of the winter party at McMurdo Sound, 1956, who was representative (assisting in logistical preparations) for the establishing of the South Pole Station.

West Aisle Ridge
West Aisle Ridge (-78.33333°N, 163.2°W) is a named from the position of the ridge in a group of three ridges in relation to The Stage.

West Antarctica
West Antarctica (-79°N, -100°W) is an one of the two major regions of Antarctica, lying on the Pacific Ocean side of the Transantarctic Mountains and comprising Marie Byrd Land, Ellsworth Land, and Antarctic Peninsula. All of West Antarctica lies within the Western Hemisphere. The name has been in existence more than 90 years (Balch, 1902; Nordenskjold, 1905), but its greatest use followed the International Geophysical Year (1957-58) and explorations disclosing that the Transantarctic Mountains provide a useful regional separation of West Antarctica and East Antarctica. The name was approved by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1962.

West Arm
West Arm (-67.6°N, 62.86667°W) is a rock mass forming the western limit of Horseshoe Harbor in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Roughly mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Rephotographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. First visited by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party on February 5, 1954. Named by ANARE.

West Bay
West Bay (-53.03333°N, 73.35°W) is a small bay on the west coast of Heard Island, indenting the south side of the base of Laurens Peninsula 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) west of Atlas Cove. The name, which is descriptive of the position of the bay, may have been applied by American sealers at Heard Island in the period following their initiation of sealing there in 1855. It appears on a chart by the British Challenger expedition which visited the island in 1874 and utilized many names then in use.

West Bay
West Bay (-69.35°N, -68.43333°W) is a bay between Brindle Cliffs and Mount Guernsey in Marguerite Bay, Fallieres Coast. Surveyed by British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1936, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50, and photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1966. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 for Captain W.E. West, USCG, Commanding Officer, USCGC Glacier, U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze, 1973 and 1974.

West Beacon
West Beacon (-77.81667°N, 160.8°W) is the prominent western peak, rising to 2,345 m in Beacon Hieghts, in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. The name "Beacon Height West" was first used by the Discovery expedition (1901-04). The name was shortened by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59.

West Budd Island
West Budd Island (-67.58333°N, 62.83333°W) is the western of two larger islands at the north end of the Flat Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. They named the northern islands Flatoynalane (the flat island needles). This western island was named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Dr. G.M. Budd, medical officer at nearby Mawson Station in 1959. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

West Cape
West Cape (-53.03333°N, 73.28333°W) is a cape that marks the south extremity of Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island, and the western entrance point to West Bay. The feature appears to have been roughly charted on an 1860 sketch map compiled by Captain H.C. Chester, American sealer operating in the area during this period. It was surveyed in 1948 by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) and so named because of its position at the entrance to West Bay.

West Dailey Island
West Dailey Island (-77.88333°N, 164.9°W) is the largest and westernmost of the Dailey Islands, located 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Cape Chocolate in McMurdo Sound. Though visited by Scott's Discovery expedition, 1901-04, which named the island group, this western island appears to have been named by Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

West Groin
West Groin (-77.65°N, 160.8°W) is a prominent rock spur between Mudrey Cirque and Flory Cirque on the south side of Asgard Range in Victoria Land. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, led by Captain Robert F. Scott. The name is descriptive of position; East Groin marks the east side of Flory Cirque.

West Ice Shelf
West Ice Shelf (-66.66667°N, 85°W) is a prominent ice shelf extending about 180 nautical miles (330 km) in an east-west direction along the coast between Barrier Bay and Posadowsky Bay. Discovered and named by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1901-03, under Dr. Erich von Drygalski. The toponym describes the direction in which the German expedition first viewed the ice shelf. Their limited westward view became a prolonged one; on February 22 1902, the ship feature. It remained there imprisoned by the pack until February 8, 1903.

West Melchior Islands
West Melchior Islands (-64.31667°N, -63°W) is a group of small ice-covered islands and rocks which lie west of The Sound in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The islands east of The Sound are called East Melchior Islands. The name was probably given by DI personnel who roughly surveyed these islands in 1927. The islands were surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

West Point
West Point (-54.2°N, -36.58333°W) is a point at the west side of the entrance to Jason Harbor in Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1929 British Admiralty chart.

West Prongs
West Prongs (-83.9°N, -57.56667°W) is a three distinctive rock spurs that form the west end of the ridge just north of Elliott Ridge in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Clyde E. West, cook at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.

West Quartzite Range
West Quartzite Range (-72°N, 164.75°W) is a range, the western of two parallel quartzite ranges, situated at the east side of Houliston Glacier in the Concord Mountains. Named by the Northern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, after the distinctive geological formation of the feature.

West Reef
West Reef (-61.08333°N, -55.6°W) is a reef 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Cape Lindsey, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. The name is descriptive of location with reference to Elephant Island. An old sealer name dating back to at least 1822.

West Skerry
West Skerry (-54.25°N, -36.33333°W) is a small group of islands and rocks forming the west part of Skrap Skerries, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Barff Point off the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears on a chart based upon a survey of this area by DI personnel in the period 1926-30, but it may reflect an earlier naming by whalers.

West Stack
West Stack (-67.05°N, 58.05°W) is a coastal rock outcrop which rises to 120 m on the west side of Hoseason Glacier, 14 nautical miles (26 km) southeast of Edward VIII Bay. Discovered in February 1936 by DI personnel on the William Scoresby, and probably so named by them because of its distinctive appearance and association with nearby East Stack.

Mount West
Mount West (-77.41667°N, -145.5°W) is a somewhat isolated mountain 9 nautical miles (17 km) southeast of Mount Woodward, surmounting the ice-covered ridge between Hammond and Swope Glaciers, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. The name was applied by Paul Siple, commander of the West Base of the USAS, for James E. West, the first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America. Siple's first visit to Antarctica was as a member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-30), having been selected as an Eagle Scout for that venture.

Cape Westbrook
Cape Westbrook (-71.83333°N, -75.43333°W) is a snow-covered cape forming the southwest extremity of Alexander Island. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from aerial photographs taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947, U.S. Navy, 1967-68, and from U.S. Landsat imagery taken 1972-73. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Darrel E. Westbrook, Jr., U.S. Navy, Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, from June 1978 to June 1980.

Western Crater
Western Crater (-77.53333°N, 167.11667°W) is a small circular crater at 3561 m on the western slope of the summit of Mount Erebus, Ross Island. So named for its location.

Westhaven Nunatak
Westhaven Nunatak (-79.85°N, 154.23333°W) is a prominent nunatak, 2,240 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Turnstile Ridge in the northwest part of Britannia Range. It is the westernmost rock outcrop in this part of the range. The Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition set up a survey station on its summit in December 1957. The name was suggested by Squadron-Leader J.R. Claydon, RNZAF, who first saw the feature from the air.

Westliche Petermann Range
Westliche Petermann Range (-71.58333°N, 12.16667°W) is an one of the Petermann Ranges, extending north-south for 16 nautical miles (30 km) from Mount Hansen to Aurdalen Valley, in the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39, and so named by them for its western position in the northern part of the Petermann Ranges.

Mount Westminster
Mount Westminster (-84.98333°N, 169.36667°W) is a mountain, 3,370 m, on the east side of Beardmore Glacier, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Mount Kinsey in the Supporters Range. Discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09). Named for the Duke of Westminster, a financial supporter of the expedition.

Mount Weston
Mount Weston (-80.46667°N, -29.16667°W) is the highest peak (1,210 m) of Haskard Highlands, in the west part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named after Flight Sgt. Peter D. Weston, RAF, aircraft mechanic with the RAF contingent of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1956-58.

Wetmore Glacier
Wetmore Glacier (-74.63333°N, -63.58333°W) is a glacier about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long, flowing southeast between the Rare Range and Latady Mountains into the north part of Gardner Inlet. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Ronne, who named this feature for Alexander Wetmore, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who assisted Ronne in laying out the scientific research program of the expedition.

Wetmore Peak
Wetmore Peak (-71.46667°N, 167.58333°W) is a peak (2,120 m) in the north part of Lyttelton Range, 6 nautical miles (11 km) east-northeast of Mount Bierle, in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Cliff Wetmore, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at Hallett Station, 1963-64.

Mount Wever
Mount Wever (-72.16667°N, -62.75°W) is a mountain which is a northern outlier of Du Toit Mountains, rising to about 1,700 m south of Beaumont Glacier and 13 nautical miles (24 km) southwest of Dietz Bluff, on the Black Coast, Palmer Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1988 from a proposal by P.D. Rowley of United States Geological Survey (USGS). Named after Hein E. Wever, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist, member of a joint BAS-USGS field party to the Black Coast, 1986-87.

Mount Wexler
Mount Wexler (-84.5°N, 175.01667°W) is a prominent ice-free mountain, 4,025 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Mount Waterman in the Hughes Range. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957-58. Named by Crary for Harry Wexler, Chief Scientist for U.S. Antarctic IGY programs, 1957-58.

Mount Weyant
Mount Weyant (-77.55°N, 162.7°W) is a prominent ice-free summit, 1,930 m, between Loftus and Newall Glaciers in Victoria Land. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for William S. Weyant, meteorologist in charge with the winter party at Little America V in 1958.

Weyerhaeuser Glacier
Weyerhaeuser Glacier (-68.75°N, -65.53333°W) is a large glacier flowing north into Mercator Ice Piedmont close west of Mobiloil Inlet, on the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. This glacier lies in the area first explored from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1928 and Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935, but it was first clearly delineated in aerial photographs taken by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940. The glacier was resighted in 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne. He named it for F.K. Weyerhaeuser of the Weyerhaeuser Lumber Co. who contributed lumber and insulating material to the expedition.

Whakawhiti Saddle
Whakawhiti Saddle (-82.56667°N, 164.08333°W) is a low, broad snow saddle between Oliver Glacier and the lower portion of Robb Glacier, close east of Taylor Hills. Traversed by the southern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1959-60) and so named because Whakawhiti is a Maori word meaning "crossing over."

Whale Bay
Whale Bay (-60.73333°N, -45.18333°W) is a small bay between the southeast end of Coronation Island and the northwest side of Matthews Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The name Hvalbugten (Whale Bay) appears on a chart based upon a running survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13 by Norwegian whaler Captain Petter Sorlle.

Whale Bay Furrows
Whale Bay Furrows (-78°N, -169°W) is a shallow furrows on the central Ross continental shelf named in association with the Bay of the Whales. Name approved 4/80 (ACUF 201).

Whale Skerries
Whale Skerries (-60.7°N, -45.1°W) is a small group of islands and rocks in Lewthwaite Strait in the South Orkney Islands, lying close west of Cape Disappointment, Powell Island. First charted and named "Hvalskjaer" by Petter Sorlle in 1912-13. The name was later corrected to the plural form, "Hvalskjaerene" (Whale Skerries), by Sorlle. The English form of the name was recommended by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954.

Whale Valley
Whale Valley (-54.5°N, -36.08333°W) is a small valley leading northwest from Moltke Harbor, South Georgia. The name derives from "Whaler Thal" (whaler valley), given by the German expedition 1882-83, under Schrader.

Whaleback Rocks
Whaleback Rocks (-63.65°N, -59.06667°W) is a group of low rocks lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Blake Island in Bone Bay, off the north coast of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by members of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who gave this descriptive name.

Whaler Channel
Whaler Channel (-54.16667°N, -36.7°W) is a northernmost of three small channels leading into Husvik Harbor in Stromness Bay, South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart.

Whalers Bay
Whalers Bay (-62.98333°N, -60.56667°W) is a small bay entered between Fildes Point and Penfold Point at the east side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The bay was so named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, because of its use at that time by whalers.

Whalers Bluff
Whalers Bluff (-60.71667°N, -45.65°W) is a bluff rising sharply to 210 m east of Port Jebsen, Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The name "Consulens Hat," of unknown origin, was applied to the highest point of the bluff on a 1913 chart by Norwegian whaling captain M. Thoralf Moe. The bluff was named in 1990 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) and calls to mind the earlier activity of whalers in this area.

Whalers Passage
Whalers Passage (-53.98333°N, -37.48333°W) is a narrow channel lying between the Welcome Islands and Sky Rock, off the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.

Bay of Whales
Bay of Whales (-78.5°N, -164.33333°W) is an iceport indenting the front of Ross Ice Shelf just northward of Roosevelt Island. A natural ice harbor which generally forms here, it served as the base site for Amundsen's successful dash to the South Pole, 1911, the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions of 1928-30 and 1933-35, and for the West Base of U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939-41. The configuration of the iceport is continuously changing. A survey by the Byrd expedition in 1934 determined that the feature lay at the junction of two separate ice systems, the movements of which are influenced by the presence of Roosevelt Island. Commander Glen Jacobsen, U.S. Navy, who visited in the Atka in January 1955, found that calving of the ice shelf rendered the iceport temporarily unusable. The feature was so named by Ernest Shackleton in the Nimrod, January 24, 1908, because of the large number of whales seen in it.

Wharton Creek
Wharton Creek (-77.65°N, 162.75°W) is a meltwater stream, 1,000 m long, flowing northeast along the south edge of Suess Glacier to the southwest corner of Lake Chad in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1996 after Robert A. Wharton, Jr., biologist, Desert Research Institute (Reno, NV), principal investigator in the first Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in McMurdo Dry Valleys, who had conducted pioneering research with microbial mats in Lake Hoare from 1978.

Mount Wharton
Mount Wharton (-81.05°N, 157.81667°W) is a mountain over 2,800 m, standing 5.5 nautical miles (10 km) west of Turk Peak in the Churchill Mountains. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and named for Sir William Wharton, Hydrographer to the Royal Navy, 1884-1904.

Mount Wheat
Mount Wheat (-64.83333°N, -63.38333°W) is a prominent mountain (1,100 m) forming the highest point in Wall Range, rising immediately north of Thunder Glacier in the center of Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago. Probably first observed by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition which circumnavigated Wiencke Island in 1898. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Commander Luther William Wheat, U.S. Navy, helicopter commander with Squadron VXE-6, Operation Deepfreeze, 1975-78; Aviation Projects Manager, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 1978; member, U.S. Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, 1979-88.

Wheatstone Glacier
Wheatstone Glacier (-64.73333°N, -62.51667°W) is a glacier on the west coast of Graham Land. It enters Errera Channel east of Danco Island. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-75), English scientist and inventor who designed the first mirror stereoscope in 1832.

Cape Wheatstone
Cape Wheatstone (-72.61667°N, 170.21667°W) is a bold rock cape that forms the south end of Hallett Peninsula and marks the north entrance to Tucker Inlet, Victoria Land. Discovered in January 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross who named it for Sir Charles Wheatstone, English physicist and inventor.

Wheeler Bay
Wheeler Bay (-66.3°N, 56.1°W) is a bay 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, indenting the coast 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Magnet Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. They named this bay Brorvika (brother bay) and the rocks at its entrance Brodrene (the brothers). The area was remapped in 1956-57 by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) which renamed the bay and the rocks for G.T. Wheeler, weather observer at Mawson Station in 1957. The name Wheeler has been accepted for this bay; the name Brodrene Rocks has been approved for the associated rocks.

Wheeler Glacier
Wheeler Glacier (-54.6°N, -36.36667°W) is a glacier draining the north flank of Mount Fraser, flowing west-northwest for 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) to the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for J.F.G. Wheeler, British zoologist and member of the scientific staff of the Discovery Investigations Marine Station, Grytviken, South Georgia, 1925-27 and 1929-30.

Wheeler Valley
Wheeler Valley (-77.2°N, 161.73333°W) is the ice-free hanging valley on the southwest side of Miller Glacier, immediately east of Mount Mahony in Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1959-60) for R.H. Wheeler, the party's deputy leader and surveyor.

Cape Wheeler
Cape Wheeler (-73.96667°N, -61.08333°W) is an abrupt rock scarp rising to 460 meters. It forms the north side of the entrance to Wright Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. The cape was photographed from the air in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) and in 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne. Named by Ronne for John N. Wheeler, president of the North American Newspaper Alliance and a contributor to the expedition.

Whelan Nunatak
Whelan Nunatak (-70.15°N, 64.28333°W) is an isolated nunatak standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Mount Starlight in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) from air photos taken in 1965. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R.F. Whelan, radio officer at Davis Station, 1964.

Whetter Nunatak
Whetter Nunatak (-66.96667°N, 143.01667°W) is a small rock outcrop on the coastal ice slopes near the sea, situated 8 nautical miles (15 km) east-northeast of Cape Denison on the east shore of Commonwealth Bay. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Dr. Leslie H. Whetter, a surgeon with the expedition.

Whewell Glacier
Whewell Glacier (-72.06667°N, 169.78333°W) is a narrow, steep glacier that drains the east slopes of Mount Whewell and merges with the lower part of Honeycomb Glacier, in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Mount Whewell.

Mount Whewell
Mount Whewell (-72.05°N, 169.58333°W) is a massive mountain (2,945 m) between the mouths of Ironside and Honeycomb Glaciers in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by Sir James Clark Ross, January 15, 1841, for the Reverend Dr. William Whewell, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Whichaway Nunataks
Whichaway Nunataks (-81.55°N, -28.5°W) is a group of rocky nunataks extending for 7 nautical miles (13 km) and marking the south side of the mouth of Recovery Glacier. First seen from the air and visited in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and so named because it was uncertain which route from the nunataks would lead furthest inland.

Whillans Ice Stream
Whillans Ice Stream (-83.66667°N, -145°W) is an ice stream flowing west to Gould Coast between Mercer Ice Stream and Kamb Ice Stream. One of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf, it is identified as "Ice Stream B" in reports by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF)-Technical University of Denmark (TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program (1967-79) and United States Antarctic Program (USAP) from 1984. The name was changed by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 2001 to honor Ian M. Whillans (1944-2001) glaciologist, Byrd Polar Research Center and Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio State University, whose work in Antarctica spanned the years from 1967 until his death. Whillans was a major figure in the study of West Antarctic ice streams, particularly this one, and he had a central role in recognizing from the earliest years that these ice streams hold the key to determining the stability of the West Antarctic ice sheet.

Mount Whillans
Mount Whillans (-84.45°N, -64.25°W) is a mountain, 870 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Mount Stroschein in Anderson Hills in northern Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ian M. Whillans, glaciologist at Palmer Station, winter 1967.

Whiplash Glacier
Whiplash Glacier (-72.26667°N, 167.7°W) is a tributary glacier flowing northwestward from Cartographers Range into the lower part of Pearl Harbor Glacier where the direction becomes east, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, because of its characteristic shape.

Whirlwind Glaciers
Whirlwind Glaciers (-67.4°N, -65.53333°W) is a four prominent converging glaciers which flow into the west side of Whirlwind Inlet on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins on his flight of December 20, 1928, the glaciers were so named because their relative position was suggestive of the radial cylinders of his Wright Whirlwind engine. The Whirlwind Glaciers, comprising Flint, Demorest, Matthes, and Chamberlin Glaciers, were photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940; charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948.

Whirlwind Inlet
Whirlwind Inlet (-67.5°N, -65.41667°W) is an ice-filled inlet that recedes inland for 7 nautical miles (13 km) and is 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide at its entrance between Cape Northrop and Tent Nunatak, along the east coast of Graham Land. Sir Hubert Wilkins discovered the inlet on his flight of December 20, 1928. Wilkins reported four large glaciers flowing into the inlet, which he named Whirlwind Glaciers because their relative position was suggestive of the radial cylinders of his Wright Whirlwind engine. The inlet was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940 and charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947.

Whisky Bay
Whisky Bay (-63.88333°N, -58.15°W) is a bay between Rink Point and Stoneley Point on the northwest side of James Ross Island. The bay was almost surely discovered by Otto Nordenskjold of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1903, who roughly mapped this area and showed small bays in this position. It was surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1945 and 1952, and later called "Caleta Santa Eduvigis" on an unpublished Argentine Antarctic Expedition map, about 1959. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1983 in association with nearby Brandy Bay.

Whisnant Nunatak
Whisnant Nunatak (-69.98333°N, 73.08333°W) is a small coastal nunatak protruding above the terminus of Rogers Glacier between McKaskle Hills and Maris Nunatak, at the east side of Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from U.S. Navy Operation Highjump aerial photographs taken in March 1947. Named by Roscoe for J.R. Whisnant, Operation Highjump air crewman on photographic flights over this and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 East longitude.

Whistle Cove
Whistle Cove (-54.15°N, -36.81667°W) is a cove lying at the head of Fortuna Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.

Whistle Pass
Whistle Pass (-69.78333°N, -70.41667°W) is a snow pass at about 1,050 m at the head of Sullivan Glacier in north Alexander Island. The pass trends NE-SW and provides access to and from the upper part of Hampton Glacier. So named by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1977, because the pass falls away steeply to the southwest between high cliffs, so that the descent by sledge is fast and exhilarating as suggested by the name.

Whistler Nunatak
Whistler Nunatak (-74.83333°N, -71.68333°W) is a nunatak lying west of Mount Mende in the Sky-Hi Nunataks, Ellsworth Land. Named in 1987 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in reference to the whistler effect caused by amplitude change of radio signals in the upper atmosphere and in association with names of upper atmosphere researchers grouped in the area.

Whistling Bay
Whistling Bay (-67.5°N, -67.61667°W) is an open bay, 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and indenting 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km), between Longridge Head and Cape Saenz along the west coast of Graham Land. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and so named by them because of the curious and unidentified whistling sounds heard there at the time of the survey.

Whit Rock
Whit Rock (-66.05°N, -65.93333°W) is a rock lying between the Trump and Saffery Islands off the west coast of Graham Land. First shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for its small size, "whit" meaning the smallest part or particle.

Whitcomb Ridge
Whitcomb Ridge (-73.11667°N, 166°W) is a high, ice-covered ridge along the south side of the head of Gair Glacier, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Mount Supernal in the Mountaineer Range of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Jean P. Whitcomb, radio scientist at McMurdo Station, 1965-66 and 1966-67.

Mount Whitcombe
Mount Whitcombe (-76.76667°N, 162.2°W) is a large mountain, 1,425 m, standing just north of Mount Perseverance and west of Mount Arrowsmith at the west side of Evans Piedmont Glacier in Victoria Land. Mapped in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58. Named by them for its similarity to the Canterbury, New Zealand, mountain of that name, and in association with Mount Arrowsmith.

The White Company
The White Company (-61.1°N, -55.15°W) is a group of snow-covered mountains located north of Endurance Glacier and west of Pardo Ridge in Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. A descriptive name given by the U.K. Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island, 1970-71.

White Escarpment
White Escarpment (-79.48333°N, -85.61667°W) is an escarpment in the west part of the Heritage Range, extending for 15 nautical miles (28 km) between the heads of the Splettstoesser and Dobbratz Glaciers. Named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains, 1963-64, for Chief Warrant Officer Ronald B. White, pilot with the 62nd Transportation Detachment, who assisted the party.

White Glacier
White Glacier (-75.75°N, -140.83333°W) is a broad westward flowing tributary glacier which joins the Land Glacier on the north side of Mount McCoy in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for General Thomas D. White, United States Air Force (USAF), Chief of Staff and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957-61, who participated in the planning and organizational stages of Operation Deep Freeze in an administrative capacity and in matters relating to aircraft. Application of the name was proposed by Admiral Richard E. Byrd.

White Island
White Island (-66.73333°N, 48.58333°W) is an ice-covered island 13 nautical miles (24 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, lying 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Sakellari Peninsula, Enderby Land. Discovered and called Hvit Oya (White Island) by Riiser-Larsen in January 1930. Its existence was considered doubtful for a number of years but was confirmed by the Soviet expedition in the Lena in March 1957, and by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) led by D.F. Styles in the Thala Dan in February 1960. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

White Island
White Island (-78.13333°N, 167.4°W) is an island in the Ross Archipelago, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, protruding through the Ross Ice Shelf immediately east of Black Island. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and so named by them because of the mantle of snow which covers it. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

White Islands
White Islands (-77.28333°N, -153.16667°W) is a group of ice-covered islands extending north-south for about 10 miles. They lie at the east margin of Swinburne Ice Shelf and near the terminus of Butler Glacier in the south part of Sulzberger Bay. This feature is rudely delineated on the map of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30, as "low ice cliffs" that rise above the level of the ice shelf. The islands were mapped in detail by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. The name was applied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) at the suggestion of Admiral R.E. Byrd. Named for Dr. Paul Dudley White, internationally renowned specialist on heart diseases, who was a consultant on medical matters in regard to U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, led by Byrd. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

White Massif
White Massif (-70.53333°N, 67.21667°W) is a rock massif about 3 nautical miles (6 km) east-northeast of Thomson Massif in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1956 and 1960. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R.F. White, senior technician (electronics) at Mawson Station in 1963 who died there on October 18, 1963.

White Nunataks
White Nunataks (-84.76667°N, -66.08333°W) is a three nunataks standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of the northwest tip of Mackin Table in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Noah D. White, radioman at South Pole Station, winter 1967.

White Spur
White Spur (-71.31667°N, 160.26667°W) is a spur forming part of the south wall of Allegro Valley as it juts eastward from the central portion of the Daniels Range, Usarp Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Russell F. White, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at South Pole Station, 1967-68.

White Strait
White Strait (-78.21667°N, 166.8°W) is the small ice-filled strait between Black and White Islands, in the Ross Archipelago. First mapped by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1958-59) for M. White, a member of the party.

White Valley
White Valley (-76.65°N, -117.95°W) is a broad ice-covered valley that indents the northern part of Crary Mountains between Trabucco Cliff and Lie Cliff, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photos, 1959-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Franklin E. White, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in four summer seasons, 1966-71.

Mount White (Antarctica)
Mount White (-85.15°N, 170.3°W) is a massive mountain, 3,470 m, standing 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) north-northwest of Mount Henry Lucy and forming the highest elevation in the Supporters Range. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for the Secretary of the expedition.

Whitecloud Glacier
Whitecloud Glacier (-63.91667°N, -59.53333°W) is a glacier which flows northward to discharge into Charcot Bay just west of Almond Point, Trinity Peninsula. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960. The name is descriptive of cloud conditions that prevailed at the time of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) survey of the area in 1948.

Whited Inlet
Whited Inlet (-69.83333°N, 160.13333°W) is an ice-filled inlet along the coast between Northrup Head and Anderson Peninsula. 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 Master Chief Quartermaster Robert J. Whited, U.S. Navy, Leading Chief for the staff and a member of Operations Division responsible for maintaining and updating charts for Task Force 43 during Operation Deep Freeze 1968 and 1969.

Whitehall Glacier
Whitehall Glacier (-72.71667°N, 169.41667°W) is a large glacier flowing north into Tucker Inlet between Daniell Peninsula and the southeast part of the Victory Mountains, in Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, partly because of the literal meaning and partly with reference to the proximity of the glacier to the Admiralty Mountains, the Admiralty office in London being situated in Whitehall.

Whiteside Hill
Whiteside Hill (-65.13333°N, -61.63333°W) is an ice-covered hill, 330 m, at the south side of the mouth of Evans Glacier on the east coast of Graham Land. This area was observed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins on December 20, 1928. The feature was first charted as a point during 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). In 1955, FIDS reported that the point is not marked by any rock exposures and merges so gradually with the ice of Evans Glacier that the hill is the feature to which the name should be applied. The descriptive name was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC).

Mount Whiteside
Mount Whiteside (-67.31667°N, 59.48333°W) is a low, conical peak, 190 m, surmounting the east extremity of Fold Island. Discovered and named by DI personnel on the William Scoresby in February 1936.

Whitewhale Bastion
Whitewhale Bastion (-65.61667°N, -62.5°W) is a prominent L-shaped mass that arises to nearly 1,200 m and dominates Starbuck Glacier, 10 nautical miles (18 km) from its terminus on the east side of Graham Land. Its east face consists of walls of white granite, hence the name, one of several in the vicinity applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with Herman Melville's whaling novel, Moby Dick.

Whiting Peak
Whiting Peak (-80.03333°N, 159.48333°W) is a peak (c.1300 m) located 5.5 nautical miles (10 km) east of the north part of Gaylord Ridge in Nebraska Peaks. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after L. Whiting, a member os the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geophysical field party, Ross Ice Shelf Project, 1973-74 and 1974-75 field seasons.

Whiting Rocks
Whiting Rocks (-65.25°N, -64.33333°W) is a three rocks lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of The Barchans, Argentine Islands, off the coast of Graham Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Colin S. Whiting, survey assistant of the Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Endurance working in the area in February 1969.

Mount Whiting
Mount Whiting (-71.66667°N, -62.61667°W) is a pyramidal mountain, largely ice free and steep cliffed on the south side, standing at the southwest side of Rankin Glacier near the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for topographic engineer Ronald F. Whiting, a member of the USGS geological and mapping party to the Lassiter Coast area, 1970-71.

Whitmer Peninsula
Whitmer Peninsula (-75.83333°N, 162.75°W) is a broad ice-capped peninsula, about 7 nautical miles (13 km) long and wide, between Cheetham Ice Tongue and Harbord Glacier Tongue on the coast of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) R.D. Whitmer, U.S. Navy, who wintered over at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, in 1956. He returned to Antarctica with U.S. Naval Construction Battalion units during Deep Freeze 1966 and 1967.

Whitmill Nunatak
Whitmill Nunatak (-74.88333°N, -73.15°W) is an one of the Grossman Nunataks, lying in the west part of the group 5 nautical miles (9 km) south-southwest of Smith Nunataks, in Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961-68. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1987 after Leland D. Whitmill, USGS cartographer, a member of the field party on Darwin Glacier and Byrd Glacier, 1978-79.

Whitmore Mountains
Whitmore Mountains (-82.58333°N, -104.5°W) is an isolated group of mountains in West Antarctica, consisting of three mountains and a cluster of nunataks extending over 15 miles. The group was visited and surveyed on January 2, 1959, by William H. Chapman, cartographer with the Horlick Mountains Traverse Party (1958-59). Named by Chapman for George D. Whitmore, Chief Topographic Engineer, United States Geological Survey (USGS), who was a member of the Working Group on Cartography of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.

Whitney Glacier
Whitney Glacier (-85.65°N, -160°W) is a tributary glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, draining northeast from Mount Ellsworth to enter Amundsen Glacier just south of Robinson Bluff, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered and mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Raymond L. Whitney, meteorologist, South Pole Station winter party, 1961.

Whitney Island
Whitney Island (-69.66667°N, -68.51667°W) is the easternmost and second largest of the Rhyolite Islands, lying close offshore the Rymill Coast in George VI Sound. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 after Farrell W. Whitney, U.S. Navy, Senior Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate with Squadron VXE-6, Operation Deep Freeze, 1958-71, at McMurdo Station and Christchurch, New Zealand. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Whitney Peak
Whitney Peak (-76.43333°N, -126.05°W) is a conspicuous peak (3,005 m) rising 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Hampton, from which it is separated by a distinctive ice-covered saddle, in the northernmost part of the Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1958-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Herbert Whitney, U.S. Navy Reserve, commander of the Navy's Mobile Construction Battalion responsible for the building of Antarctic stations for use during the International Geophysical Year. Whitney wintered over at Little America V in 1956.

Whitney Point
Whitney Point (-66.25°N, 110.51667°W) is a rocky point at the north side of the entrance to Powell Cove on Clark Peninsula. Mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and at first thought to be a small island. It was included in a ground survey by Carl R. Eklund in 1957. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for photographer's mate I.A. Whitney, U.S. Navy, who participated in Operation Highjump.

Cape Whitson
Cape Whitson (-60.76667°N, -44.53333°W) is a cape at the south end of the peninsula separating Methuen and Aitken Coves, 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 T.B. (later Sir Thomas) Whitson, treasurer of the expedition.

Whitten Peak
Whitten Peak (-63.41667°N, -57.06667°W) is a pyramidal peak, 445 m, forming the northeast end of Blade Ridge at the west side of the head of Hope Bay, on the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. Named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) for R. Whitten, first mate of the ship Eagle, which participated in FIDS operations in 1944-45.

Whittle Glacier
Whittle Glacier (-66.36667°N, 114.21667°W) is a short channel glacier flowing northeast to Colvocoresses Bay and terminating in a small glacier tongue 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of Williamson Glacier. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Dr. J.S. Whittle, Assistant Surgeon on the sloop Vincennes of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.

Whittle Glacier Tongue
Whittle Glacier Tongue (-66.33333°N, 114.4°W) is a small glacier tongue extending seaward from Whittle Glacier into Colvocoresses Bay. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Whittle Glacier.

Whittle Peninsula
Whittle Peninsula (-63.81667°N, -59.8°W) is a peninsula, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, terminating in Cape Kater and forming the west limit of Charcot Bay on Davis Coast, Graham Land. Surveyed by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in December 1902. Named in 1977 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Sir Frank Whittle, Air Commodore, RAF, British pioneer of gas turbines for jet propulsion of aircraft from 1937.

Whitworth Ridge
Whitworth Ridge (-70.4°N, 66.13333°W) is a rock ridge about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Leckie in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R. Whitworth, geophysicist at Wilkes Station in 1963.

Whymper Spur
Whymper Spur (-80.41667°N, -21.48333°W) is a rock spur rising to about 1,250 m eastward of Blanchard Hill in Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after English mountaineer and artist Edward Whymper (1840-1911), who made the first ascent of the Matterhorn, Switzerland, July 14, 1865; designer of the prototype of the Whymper tent, 1861-62.

Point Widdows
Point Widdows (-67.7°N, 45.41667°W) is a point at the west side of the entrance to Freeth Bay on the coast of Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for E.I. Widdows, meteorologist at Mawson Station in 1959.

Widdowson Glacier
Widdowson Glacier (-66.71667°N, -65.76667°W) is a glacier flowing into Darbel Bay between Drummond and McCance Glaciers, on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Elsie M. Widdowson of the Dept. of Experimental Medicine, Cambridge, joint author of The Chemical Composition of Foods, a fundamental work containing all the quantitative data required for calculating expedition ration requirements other than vitamins.

Wideopen Islands
Wideopen Islands (-63°N, -55.81667°W) is a group of islands and rocks lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Boreal Point, JoinviIle Island. Roughly surveyed from a distance by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953-54. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 because of their exposed, isolated position on the south side of Bransfield Strait. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Widich Nunatak
Widich Nunatak (-85.33333°N, -121.41667°W) is a nunatak 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) east of Spencer Nunatak, lying between Wisconsin Range and Long Hills in the Horlick Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for George Widich, traverse engineer, Byrd Station winter party, 1960.

Widmark Ice Piedmont
Widmark Ice Piedmont (-66.28333°N, -65.5°W) is an ice piedmont between Holtedahl and Darbel Bays on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Erik J. Widmark (1850-1909), Swedish ophthalmologist, pioneer of researches upon the etiology and treatment of snow blindness.

Widowmaker Pass
Widowmaker Pass (-74.91667°N, 162.33333°W) is a heavily crevassed and therefore dangerous pass leading from Larsen Glacier to Reeves Glacier, between Mount Janetschek and Mount Gerlache in Victoria Land. Given this expressive name by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63.

Wiencke Island
Wiencke Island (-64.83333°N, -63.41667°W) is an island 16 nautical miles (30 km) long and from 2 to 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, which is the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island and the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache and named for Auguste-Karl Wiencke, a seaman who lost his life on the expedition. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Wiener Peaks
Wiener Peaks (-76.81667°N, -144.5°W) is a group of nunataks 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Mount Passel in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered on aerial flights over this area by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and named for Murray A. Wiener, auroral observer at West Base during this expedition.

Wiens Peak
Wiens Peak (-83.98333°N, -56.31667°W) is a peak at the east end of Elliott Ridge in southern 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 Rudolph H. Wiens, aurora scientist at Ellsworth Station, winter 1962.

Wiesnet Ice Stream
Wiesnet Ice Stream (-73.4°N, -86.86667°W) is an ice Stream about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long flowing into Venable Ice Shelf west of Allison Peninsula. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Donald R. Wiesnet, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, pioneer, from the 1970s to the 1980s, in the use of remotely sensed data for mapping Antarctica and first to conceive of the use of polar orbiting satellite data to completely map the continent.

Wiest Bluff
Wiest Bluff (-85.36667°N, -176.36667°W) is a prominent bluff, 2,160 m, standing just north of the confluence of Shackleton and Zaneveld Glaciers and marking the west extremity of the Cumulus Hills. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William G. Wiest, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric scientist at the South Pole Station, 1964.

Wigg Islands
Wigg Islands (-67.53333°N, 62.56667°W) is a group of six small islands, 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of the Flat Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Mesteinene (the middle stones). Renamed by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Dr. D.R. Wigg, medical officer at Mawson Station in 1962. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Wiggans Hills
Wiggans Hills (-80.18333°N, -27.05°W) is an exposed rock hills, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, rising to about 700 m on the west side of the terminus of Gordon Glacier and forming the northernmost feature of La Grange Nunataks, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 for Thomas H. Wiggans, BAS general assistant at Halley Station, 1968-70, who worked in the area during two seasons.

Wiggins Glacier
Wiggins Glacier (-65.23333°N, -64.05°W) is a glacier 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing from Bruce Plateau to the west coast of Graham Land just south of Blanchard Ridge. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot, and named "Glacier du Milieu" (Middle Glacier). Feeling that a more distinctive name was needed, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 renamed the glacier for W.D.C. Wiggins, then Deputy Director of Overseas Surveys.

Wignall Nunataks
Wignall Nunataks (-70.16667°N, 64.38333°W) is a two snow-covered nunataks standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Mount Starlight in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) surveys and air photos, 1955-65. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R. Wignall, weather observer at Davis Station, 1964.

Wignall Peak
Wignall Peak (-70.4°N, 66.4°W) is a small peak just west of Mount McCarthy in the eastern part of the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1956 and 1960. Named for R. Wignall, weather observer at Davis Station in 1964.

Mount Wilbanks
Mount Wilbanks (-75°N, -112.88333°W) is a mound-shaped mountain that is partly ice covered but has a prominent bare rock east face, forming the east extremity of the Kohler Range in Marie Byrd Land. First roughly mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from air photos obtained by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John R. Wilbanks, geologist with the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Marie Byrd Land Survey party, 1966-67.

Mount Wilbur
Mount Wilbur (-86.96667°N, -152.61667°W) is a mountain standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Mount Weaver at the head of Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for the Hon. Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, 1925-29.

Mount Wilbye
Mount Wilbye (-69.5°N, -71.53333°W) is the higheat peak (about 2,050 m) of Lassus Mountains in the north part of Alexander Island. 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 United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after John Wilbye (1574-1638), English madrigal composer.

Wilckens Gully
Wilckens Gully (-64.36667°N, -56.95°W) is a water-cut ravine eroded into clay-rich rocks on east side of Spath Peninsula, Snow Hill Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1995 after Professor Otto Wilckens (1876-1943), eminent German paleontologist and author of an important paper documenting the results of the SwedAD, 1901-04.

Wilckens Peaks
Wilckens Peaks (-54.2°N, -36.95°W) is a numerous peaks, the highest 1,375 m, in the form of an arc which extends from the north side of Keilhau Glacier to the north side of Neumayer Glacier in South Georgia. The peaks were roughly located in 1928-29 by Ludwig Kohl-Larsen who gave the name "Wilckenskette" after Otto Wilckens of Bonn University. An English form of the name has been accepted.

Mount Wilcox
Mount Wilcox (-67.95°N, -66.93333°W) is a mountain with a sharp, rocky, triangular peak surmounting the southeast corner of Square Bay, 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Camp Point on the west coast of Graham Land. The mountain was apparently first seen and roughly charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot. It was surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill and was photographed from the air in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS). The name, proposed by Colonel Lawrence Martin, is for Phineas Wilcox, mate on the Hero, in which Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer explored the Antarctic mainland south of Deception Island in 1820.

Wild Icefalls
Wild Icefalls (-84.91667°N, 162.41667°W) is the extensive icefalls at the head of Beardmore Glacier, between Mount Wild and Mount Buckley. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) in association with nearby Mount Wild.

Wild Spur
Wild Spur (-64.7°N, -62.53333°W) is a spur extending from Pulfrich Peak to the west side of Arctowski Peninsula, on the west coast of Graham Land. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Heinrich Wild (1833-1902), Swiss instrument designer responsible for the autograph, first used about 1924 for stereosurvey from ground stations and later adapted for air survey.

Cape Wild
Cape Wild (-68.38333°N, 149.11667°W) is a prominent rock cape on the eastern end of the Organ Pipe Cliffs. This may be the cape viewed from the ship superior mirage, by the United States Exploring Expedition under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, January 19, 1840. Wilkes applied the name "Point Emmons" for Lieutenant George F. Emmons of the Vincennes. The cape was accurately positioned by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Frank Wild, a member of the expedition and leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition Western Base Party.

Mount Wild
Mount Wild (-64.2°N, -58.88333°W) is a sharply defined rock ridge with several summits, the highest 945 m, standing at the north side of the mouth of Sjogren Glacier on the east coast of Trinity Peninsula. First charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1945 and named for Frank Wild.

Mount Wild
Mount Wild (-84.8°N, 162.66667°W) is a peak 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) west of Mount Augusta at the southwest extremity of the Queen Alexandra Range. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) and named for Frank Wild, a member of the Southern Polar Party of that expedition.

Point Wild
Point Wild (-61.1°N, -54.86667°W) is a point 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Cape Valentine on the north coast of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. Named Cape Wild by the Shackleton Endurance expedition 1914-16, but Point Wild is recommended for this feature because of its small size and to avoid confusion with Cape Wild on George V Coast. Named for Frank Wild, leader of the party from Shackleton's shipwrecked expedition which camped on the point for four months until rescued in August 1916.

Wilds Nunatak
Wilds Nunatak (-73.01667°N, 160.21667°W) is a lone nunatak located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the south end of Frontier Mountain in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ronald F. Wilds, aviation machinist's mate with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station, 1966.

Wildwind Glacier
Wildwind Glacier (-76.86667°N, 161.16667°W) is a substantial mountain glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, which flows southward into Alatna Valley, draining both the Staten Island Heights and Mount Razorback areas, in the Convoy Range, Victoria Land. So named by a 1989-90 New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) field party because strong and persistent winds in this vicinity have cut major flutings through the ice-cliffed terminus of the glacier.

Wilhelm Archipelago
Wilhelm Archipelago (-65.13333°N, -64.33333°W) is the myriad of islands, the largest of which are Booth and Hovgaard Islands, extending from Bismarck Strait southwest to Lumus Rock, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by a German expedition under Dallmann, 1873-74. He named them for Wilhelm I, then Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia.

Mount Wilhelm Christophersen
Mount Wilhelm Christophersen (-85.55°N, -167.33333°W) is a mound-shaped, ice-covered knob which rises from the edge of the polar plateau 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Engelstad and overlooks the south side of the head of Axel Heiberg Glacier. Discovered in 1911 by Roald Amundsen and named by him for Wilhelm Christophersen, Norwegian diplomat and Minister at Buenos Aires at that time.

Wilhelm Glacier
Wilhelm Glacier (-72.76667°N, 166.61667°W) is a glacier 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Olson Glacier, draining the north part of the west slopes of Malta Plateau and flowing west into Seafarer Glacier in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert C. Wilhelm, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciological party at Roosevelt Island in 1967-68.

Wilhelm II Coast
Wilhelm II Coast (-67°N, 90°W) is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between Cape Penck, in 8743E, and Cape Filchner, in 9154E. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition (1901-03), under the leadership of Erich von Drygalski, and named for Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Wilhelmina Bay
Wilhelmina Bay (-64.63333°N, -62.16667°W) is a bay 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide between Reclus Peninsula and Cape Anna along the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache, and named for Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, 1890-1948.