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Wilhoite Nunataks
Wilhoite Nunataks (-81.65°N, 154.91667°W) is a group of dark rock nunataks near the polar plateau, about 12 nautical miles (22 km) southwest of All-Blacks Nunataks. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after the USS ocean station in support of aircraft flights between New Zealand and Antarctica in U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1961.

Wilkes Subglacial Basin
Wilkes Subglacial Basin (-75°N, 145°W) is a large subglacial basin situated generally southward of George V Coast and westward of Prince Albert Mountains in East Antarctica. The feature was roughly delineated by U.S. seismic parties, 1958-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1961) for the proximity of the western portion of this feature to Wilkes Land, and for the explorations along George V Coast by the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, USN.

Wilkins Coast
Wilkins Coast (-69.66667°N, -63°W) is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Agassiz and Cape Boggs. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Sir Hubert Wilkins, who in a pioneer Antarctic exploratory flight on December 20, 1928, flew southward from Deception Island and crossed the Antarctic Peninsula to its east side. He continued southward to Stefansson Strait and Hearst Island which lie midway along Wilkins Coast.

Wilkins Ice Shelf
Wilkins Ice Shelf (-70.25°N, -73°W) is a rectangular ice shelf about 80 miles long and 60 miles wide. The feature occupies the central part of Wilkins Sound, from which it takes its name. The name was proposed by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971.

Wilkins Mountains
Wilkins Mountains (-75.53333°N, -66.5°W) is a group of low mountains of about 20 nautical miles (37 km) extent, located 25 nautical miles (46 km) southeast of the Sweeney Mountains in eastern Ellsworth Land. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Ronne, who named these mountains for Sir Hubert Wilkins.

Wilkins Nunatak
Wilkins Nunatak (-75.65°N, -139.91667°W) is the northeasternmost of three nunataks. It lies 6 nautical miles (11 km) southwest of Ickes Mountains in coastal 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 Melvin L. Wilkins, QM3, U.S. Navy, Quartermaster aboard USS Glacier in exploration of this coast, 1961-62.

Wilkins Sound
Wilkins Sound (-70.25°N, -73°W) is a sound that is largely occupied by the Wilkins Ice Shelf;, located between the concave western coastline of Alexander Island and the shores of Charcot Island and Latady Island farther to the west. Its northern portion was first seen and roughly mapped in 1910 by the French Antarctic Expedition under J.B. Charcot and was observed from the air in 1929 by Sir Hubert Wilkins. The configuration of the sound was determined in 1940 on exploratory flights by United States Antarctic Service (USAS). Named by the USAS for Sir Hubert Wilkins, who in 1929 first proved "Charcot Land" to be an island and thereby indirectly discovered this feature. The existence of Latady Island at the southwest side of the sound was determined in 1960 by D.J.H. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) by examination of air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48.

Cape Wilkins
Cape Wilkins (-67.25°N, 59.3°W) is a rocky cape at the north tip of Fold Island, forming the east side of the entrance to Stefansson Bay. Discovered on February 18, 1931, by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson. Mapped in February 1936 by DI personnel on the William Scoresby. It was remapped in greater detail from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Mawson named this feature Cape Hearst in gratitude for the purchase of the news rights of BANZARE by the Hearst Press. Later he agreed to change the name to Cape Wilkins, the name used by subsequent expeditions.

Wilkinson Glacier
Wilkinson Glacier (-66.83333°N, -66.33333°W) is a glacier on the south side of Protector Heights, flowing westward into Lallemand Fjord to the south of Holdfast Point, Graham Land. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956-57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Captain John V. Wilkinson, Royal Navy, captain of HMS Protector in these waters, 1955-56 and 1956-57.

Wilkinson Peaks
Wilkinson Peaks (-66.61667°N, 54.25°W) is a group of peaks in the Napier Mountains standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Mount Griffiths. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and called Langnabbane (the long peaks). Visited in 1961 by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) sledge party and renamed by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for B.G. Wilkinson, assistant diesel mechanic at Mawson Station in 1961.

Wilkniss Mountains
Wilkniss Mountains (-78.01667°N, 161.11667°W) is a prominent group of conical peaks and mountains, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long running north-south, located 9 nautical miles (17 km) east-southeast of Mount Feather, Quartermain Mountains, in Victoria Land. The mountains are 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide in the north portion where Mount Blackwelder (2,340 m) and Pivot Peak (2,450 m) rise above ice-free valleys. Except for an outlying southwest peak, the south portion narrows to a series of mainly ice-covered smaller peaks. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1992 after Peter E. Wilkniss, chemist, who from 1975 has served in various positions at the National Science Foundation, including Deputy Assistant Director of the Directorate for Scientific, Technological, and International Affairs; Director, Division of Polar Programs, 1984-93; senior science associate to the Assistant Director for Geosciences, from 1993.

Will Point
Will Point (-54.55°N, -36.01667°W) is a point at the head of Royal Bay, lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Cape Charlotte on the north coast of South Georgia. First mapped by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882-83. Resurveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Dr. H. Will, botanist with the German expedition which wintered at Royal Bay in 1882-83.

Willan Nunatak
Willan Nunatak (-62.65°N, -60.28333°W) is a nunatak rising to about 400 m on the west side of Huntress Glacier, 2.1 nautical miles (3.9 km) east-northeast of Johnsons Dock, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Robert C.R. Willan, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist in charge of the work on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island, from 1985.

Cape Willems
Cape Willems (-64.95°N, -63.26667°W) is a cape forming the north side of the entrance to Flandres Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, and named by Gerlache for Pierre Willems.

Willett Cove
Willett Cove (-72.31667°N, 170.23333°W) is a small cove on the south side of Seabee Hook, a recurved spit formed 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Cape Hallett at the entrance to Edisto Inlet, Victoria Land. Surveyed in January 1956 by members of U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze I from the icebreaker Edisto. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James H. Willett of the Navy Hydrographic Office, who directed the establishment of astronomical control stations on Ross Island and Seabee Hook in 1955-56.

Willett Range
Willett Range (-77.3°N, 160.41667°W) is the range extending north from Mistake Peak and running for 20 nautical miles (37 km) as a high shelf along the edge of the continental ice to the Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land. The range is breached by several glaciers flowing east from the plateau. Named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58) for R.W. Willett, Director of the New Zealand Geological Survey, who gave valuable assistance throughout the expedition and in the compilation stages after its return.

Willey Glacier
Willey Glacier (-70.41667°N, -67.83333°W) is a heavily-crevassed glacier north of Creswick Peaks in Palmer Land, flowing west from Creswick Gap into George VI Sound. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Laurence E. Willey, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist at Fossil Bluff and Stonington Island stations, 1966-69 and 1973.

Willey Point
Willey Point (-84.61667°N, 165.75°W) is a conspicuous rock point along the west side of Beardmore Glacier, marking the south side of the mouth of Berwick Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Francis J. Willey III, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at Hallett Station, 1963.

William Glacier
William Glacier (-64.71667°N, -63.45°W) is a glacier flowing south from the interior highlands of Anvers Island to the head of Borgen Bay on the southeast coast of the island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Gerlache, and charted by them simply as a "grand glacier." The name William Glacier first appears on a chart based upon a 1927 survey by DI personnel on the Discovery.

William Scoresby Archipelago
William Scoresby Archipelago (-67.33333°N, 59.75°W) is a group of islands which extends northward from the coast just east of William Scoresby Bay. The more important islands in the group are Bertha, Islay, Couling and Sheehan Islands. Most of the islands in this archipelago were discovered in February 1936 by DI personnel on the William Scoresby. They named the group after their ship.

William Scoresby Bay
William Scoresby Bay (-67.4°N, 59.56667°W) is a coastal embayment at the west side of William Scoresby Archipelago, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) wide, with shores marked by steep rock headlands and snow-free hills rising to 210 meters. The practical limits of the bay are extended 4 nautical miles (7 km) northward from the coast by island groups located along its east and west margin. Discovered in February 1936 by DI personnel on the William Scoresby, for which the bay was named.

Mount William
Mount William (-64.78333°N, -63.68333°W) is a prominent snow-covered mountain, 1,600 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) north-northeast of Cape Lancaster, the south extremity of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered on February 21, 1832, by John Biscoe who believed it to be part of the mainland of Antarctic Peninsula. Named by Biscoe for William IV, then King of England.

Williams Bluff
Williams Bluff (-70.71667°N, 160.2°W) is a rock and ice bluff 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Keim Peak in the Usarp Mountains. The east-facing bluff rises between the Pitzman and Lovejoy Glaciers. 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 Harry N. Williams of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, aerial photographer on flights over Victoria Land and other Antarctic areas in three summer seasons, 1960-63.

Williams Cliff
Williams Cliff (-77.58333°N, 166.78333°W) is a prominent rock cliff that stands out from the ice-covered southwest slopes of Mount Erebus, situated 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Cape Barne on Ross Island. This rock cliff was mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910-13, and identified simply as "Bold Cliff" on maps resulting from that expedition. It was named Williams Cliff by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 to commemorate Richard T. Williams, who lost his life when his tractor broke through the ice at McMurdo Sound in January 1956.

Williams Cove
Williams Cove (-54.83333°N, -36°W) is a small cove in the north side of Larsen Harbor at the southeast end of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1929 British Admiralty chart.

Williams Glacier
Williams Glacier (-78.1°N, 162.3°W) is a glacier about 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) long which flows from Sladen Summit to enter Emmanuel Glacier, in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1994 after Richard S. Williams, Jr., United States Geological Survey (USGS) research geologist, an authority in aerial and satellite investigations of geomorphic processes and the fluctuations of glaciers on a global basis, particularly in Iceland and Antarctica; co-editor (with Jane G. Ferrigno) of Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World.

Williams Haven
Williams Haven (-60.68333°N, -45.63333°W) is a cove 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) southwest of North Point, Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. There is a large sea cave in the cliff on the north side of the cove. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1990 after David D. Wynn-Williams, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) microbiologist from 1974, including two winters and six summer seasons on Signy Island.

Williams Hills
Williams Hills (-83.7°N, -58.91667°W) is a compact group of hills, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, located south of Childs Glacier and west of Roderick Valley 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 Paul L. Williams, USGS geologist with the Neptune Range field party, 1963-64.

Williams Ice Stream
Williams Ice Stream (-73.25°N, -88.45°W) is an ice Stream about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long flowing into Venable Ice Shelf just east of Fletcher Peninsula. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Richard S. Williams, Jr., senior research geologist, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole, Massachusetts, authority in aerial and satellite investigations of geomorphic processes and the fluctuations of glaciers on a global basis, particularly in Iceland and Antarctica; project leader of the team that is compiling 25 Glaciological and Coastal-Change Maps of Antarctica, and that compiled the 1:5,000,000-scale Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer maps of Antarctica.

Williams Island
Williams Island (-71.9°N, -101.18333°W) is an ice-covered island about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying midway between Cape Petersen and Dyer Point and about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the north coast of Thurston Island. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Frederick W. Williams, aviation machinist's mate with U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, who lost his life in a seaplane crash at Thurston Island on December 30, 1946. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Williams Nunatak
Williams Nunatak (-66.43333°N, 110.71667°W) is a small coastal nunatak just east of the Windmill Islands, standing at the south side of the terminus of Peterson Glacier where it faces on Penney Bay. 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 Calvin E. Williams, member of one of the two U.S. Navy Operation Windmill photographic units which obtained ground and aerial photographic coverage of this area in January 1948.

Williams Peak
Williams Peak (-77.96667°N, 163.95°W) is a prominent peak over 1,400 m in a nodal position between the drainage of the Hobbs, Salmon and Garwood Glaciers, in Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1960-61) for Dr. J. Williams, Vice-Chancellor of the University.

Williams Point
Williams Point (-62.46667°N, -60.15°W) is a point forming the northeast tip of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The discovery of the South Shetland Islands was first reported in 1819 by William Smith, Master of the brig published in 1820, he states that Smith gave the name Williams to a point of land in this vicinity. In recent years Williams Point has been established in international usage for the point described.

Williams Pond
Williams Pond (-77.53333°N, 160.96667°W) is a pond 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) north of the east end of Hoffman Ledge in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after M.W. (Max) Williams of Hamilton, New Zealand, a driller and supervisor with the New Zealand drilling team during the Murdo Dry Valleys Drilling Project, 1973-76.

Williams Reef
Williams Reef (-54.46667°N, 3.46667°W) is a reef which extends southward for about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) from Cape Fie, Bouvetoya. The reef was charted in 1898 by a German expedition in the Valdivia under Karl Chun. It was recharted in December 1927 by a Norwegian expedition in the latter for Captain John Williams, American sealer who visited Bouvetoya in the schooner Golden West in 1878, making a landing on the island.

Williams Ridge
Williams Ridge (-80.5°N, -29.33333°W) is a conspicuous rock ridge, 1,060 m, extending east-west between Blaiklock and Stratton Glaciers, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Honnywill Peak in the west part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Sgt. Ellis Williams, RAF, radio operator with the advance party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1955-56 and with the RAF contingent of the expedition in 1956-58.

Williams Rocks
Williams Rocks (-67.43333°N, 62.76667°W) is a group of rocks 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of Flat Islands and Holme Bay, off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by R.G. Dovers of ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1954. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J. Williams, assistant diesel mechanic at Mawson Station in 1962, who assisted in a triangulation of the rocks and the erection of a beacon.

Cape Williams
Cape Williams (-70.5°N, 164.15°W) is an ice-covered cape at the east side of the terminus of Lillie Glacier. Discovered in February 1911 when the Terra Nova of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, explored the area westward of Cape North. Named for William Williams, Chief Engine-room Artificer on the Terra Nova.

Mount Williams
Mount Williams (-66.8°N, 50.85°W) is a peak between Mount Riiser-Larsen and Mount Soucek in the northwest part of the Tula Mountains, in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J. Williams, assistant diesel mechanic at Wilkes Station in 1959.

Point Williams
Point Williams (-67.81667°N, 67.56667°W) is a point on the coast of Mac. Robertson Land at the east side of Shallow Bay. Discovered by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson on February 12, 1931, and named for A.J. Williams, wireless officer on the Discovery.

Williamson Bluff
Williamson Bluff (-68.08333°N, -65.7°W) is a flat-topped bluff more than 1,000 m high near the head of Trail Inlet on the east coast of Graham Land. The upper part of the bluff is snow topped, but the sides are steep and rocky. The bluff extends from the east side of Bills Gulch, 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Mount Shelby. First photographed from aircraft by personnel of United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on a flight of September 28, 1940. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the Rev. William Williamson (1804-75), British mathematician and lawyer who made one of the earliest measurements of the surface flow of a glacier, in Switzerland, 1844.

Williamson Glacier
Williamson Glacier (-66.66667°N, 114.1°W) is a glacier draining northeastward from Law Dome into Colvocoresses Bay. Delineated by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after John G. Williamson, crew member on the sloop Vincennes of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.

Williamson Glacier Tongue
Williamson Glacier Tongue (-66.48333°N, 114.4°W) is the prominent seaward extension of the Williamson Glacier into Colvocoresses Bay. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Williamson Glacier.

Williamson Head
Williamson Head (-69.18333°N, 158°W) is a prominent cape 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-northwest of Drake Head on the coast of Antarctica. Discovered from the Terra Nova in February 1911 during Scott's last expedition. Named for Petty Officer Thomas S. Williamson, Royal Navy, a member of the expedition.

Williamson Peninsula
Williamson Peninsula (-72.45°N, -99.3°W) is an ice-covered peninsula midway along the south side of Thurston Island. It extends southwest into Abbot Ice Shelf between Schwartz Cove and O'Dowd Cove. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Commander H. E. Williamson, Medical Officer of the seaplane tender Pine Island in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47.

Williamson Ridge
Williamson Ridge (-75.78333°N, -116.75°W) is a low snow-covered ridge, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and 2 to 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, that forms a western extension of Toney Mountain in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-71. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Paul R. Williamson, ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in two austral summers, 1967-68 and 1969-70.

Williamson Rock
Williamson Rock (-77.45°N, 169.25°W) is a rock lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Cape Crozier, close off the north coast of Ross Island. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, under Scott. Named for Thomas S. Williamson, who as able seaman and petty officer accompanied Scott's expeditions of 1901-04 and 1910-13.

Mount Willing
Mount Willing (-71.85°N, 66.91667°W) is a mountain, elongated in an east-west direction, standing 17 nautical miles (31 km) southwest of Fisher Massif in the Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered in November 1956 during a photographic flight by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Dr. Richard L. Willing, medical officer at Mawson Station in 1957.

Willis Glacier
Willis Glacier (-77.26667°N, 162.08333°W) is a valley glacier in the St. Johns Range of Victoria Land, flowing northeast from Schist Peak along the west side of Mount Harker to Debenham Glacier. Charted by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1959-60, and named by them for I.A.G. Willis, geophysicist with the expedition.

Willis Islands
Willis Islands (-54°N, -38.18333°W) is a group of islands and rocks lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia. Discovered in 1775 by Captain James Cook and named for the crew member who first sighted them. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Willis
Mount Willis (-79.36667°N, 159.45°W) is a mountain 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Mount Chalmers in the southern part of the Conway Range. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Willis, U.S. Navy, commander of USS Wilhoite on ocean station duty in support of aircraft flights between Christchurch and McMurdo Sound during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1961.

Williwaw Rocks
Williwaw Rocks (-63.33333°N, -55.01667°W) is a two small rocks lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Moody Point, the east extremity of Joinville Island. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953. The name arose because williwaws appear to be characteristic in the vicinity of Moody Point and the nearby Danger Islands.

Willows Nunatak
Willows Nunatak (-74.48333°N, 165.28333°W) is a nunatak standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) inland from the south shore of Wood Bay on the coast of Victoria Land, rising above the col between Cape Washington and Mount Melbourne. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for A.O. Dennis Willows, biologist at McMurdo Station, summer 1965-66.

Wilson Bluff
Wilson Bluff (-74.33333°N, 66.78333°W) is a large, rather flat-topped rock outcrop at the south end of Lambert Glacier, 16 nautical miles (30 km) west-northwest of Mount Borland. This feature is 5 sq. mi in area and has a tail of moraine extending northeast for several miles. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956 and visited by an airborne field party led by G.A. Knuckey in October 1958. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Flight Lieutenant H.O. Wilson, RAAF, pilot at Mawson Station in 1958.

Wilson Canyon
Wilson Canyon (-70.58333°N, 176.25°W) is an undersea canyon named in association with the Wilson Hills. Name approved 6/88 (ACUF 228).

Wilson Glacier
Wilson Glacier (-66.76667°N, 56.41667°W) is a glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, flowing northeast into Edward VIII Ice Shelf just south of Seaton Glacier. Photographed from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Flight Lieutenant H.O. Wilson, RAAF pilot at Mawson Station, 1959, who was killed in an aircraft accident shortly after his return to Australia.

Wilson Harbor
Wilson Harbor (-54.11667°N, -37.7°W) is a bay 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) wide and 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, between Kade Point and Cape Demidov along the south coast of South Georgia. This coast was roughly charted by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen in 1819. Wilson Harbor was named about 1912, probably for J. Innes Wilson, who sketched some of the inland portions of the island at about that time.

Wilson Hill
Wilson Hill (-78.16667°N, 163.7°W) is a named after Terry J. Wilson, a geologist with the Byrd Polar Research Center geological party in Victoria Land, 1989-90; Royal Society Range, 1991-92.

Wilson Hills
Wilson Hills (-69.66667°N, 158.5°W) is a group of scattered hills, nunataks and ridges that extend NW-SE for about 70 nautical miles (130 km) between Matusevich Glacier and Pryor Glacier. Discovered by Lieutenant H.L.L. Pennell, Royal Navy, on the Terra Nova in February 1911 during Scott's last expedition. Named after Dr. Edward A. Wilson, zoologist with the expedition, who perished with Scott on the return journey from the South Pole.

Wilson Island
Wilson Island (-66.45°N, 110.56667°W) is a mainly ice-free island lying between Browning Peninsula and Bosner Island in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for W. Stanley Wilson, biologist and member of the Wilkes Station party of 1961. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Wilson Mountains
Wilson Mountains (-72.25°N, -61.83333°W) is a group of mountains including Hjort Massif, rising to about 1,600 m to the west of Merz Peninsula, Black Coast, Palmer Land. The feature is bounded to the west by Du Toit Mountains, to north by Beaumont Glacier and Hilton Inlet, and to south by Defant Glacier. First photographed from the air by United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1940. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966-69. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after John Tuzo Wilson (1908-93), Canadian geophysicist who visited Antarctica on U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze, 1958; Professor of Geophysics, University of Toronto, 1946-74; Director-General, Ontario Science Centre, 1974-85.

Wilson Nunataks
Wilson Nunataks (-80.01667°N, -80.63333°W) is an irregular string of nunataks about 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, lying between the Douglas Peaks and the head of Hercules Inlet in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains, 1963-64, for Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth Wilson, pilot with the 62nd Transportation Detachment which assisted the party.

Wilson Pass
Wilson Pass (-68.43333°N, -65.25°W) is a glacier pass at about 400 m, running NW-SE between Bowditch Crests and Rock Pile Peaks on Bermel Peninsula, Bowman Coast. The pass leads from Solberg Inlet to Mobiloil Inlet. The feature was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth, 1935, the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48. Named after Alison Wilson, of the Center for Polar Archives, National Archives, Washington, DC, who has been associated with Antarctic research from 1957; member, U.S. Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, 1974-94; Chair, 1986-93.

Wilson Peak
Wilson Peak (-78.86667°N, -84.8°W) is a peak (2,400 m) near the south end of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, rising at the east side of Nimitz Glacier, 15 nautical miles (28 km) south-southeast of Mount Craddock. 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 J.H. Wilson, radioman on Navy R4D reconnaissance flights in the area during January 1958.

Wilson Piedmont Glacier
Wilson Piedmont Glacier (-77.25°N, 163.16667°W) is a large piedmont glacier extending from Granite Harbor to Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04. The British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, named the feature for Dr. Edward A. Wilson, surgeon and artist with Scott's first expedition and chief of the scientific staff with the second. Wilson lost his life on the way back from the South Pole with Scott.

Wilson Portal
Wilson Portal (-84.46667°N, -178.9°W) is a coastal mountain rising over 1,000 m, which is snow covered except for its north steep rock face. Spurs descend northeast from the feature. It stands 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southeast of O'Leary Peak and overlooks the west side of the mouth (or portal) of Kosko Glacier where the latter enters Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered and photographed by United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and surveyed by A.P. Crary (1957-58). Named by Crary for Charles R. Wilson, chief aurora scientist at Little America V (1958) and glaciologist of the U.S. Victoria Land Traverse Party (1958-59).

Wilson Ridge
Wilson Ridge (-72.8°N, 75.08333°W) is a prominent razorback ridge 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains. Mapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) from air photos, 1956-60. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R.R. Wilson, topographic draftsman, Division of National Mapping, Australian Dept. of National Development, who has contributed substantially to the compilation of Antarctic maps.

Wilson Rock
Wilson Rock (-59.05°N, -26.65°W) is a rock, 150 m high, lying 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km) west of Bristol Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Discovered by Captain James Cook in 1775, but more accurately charted by Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen in 1819-20. Recharted in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and named for Sir Samuel H. Wilson, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the British Colonies.

Wilson Saddle
Wilson Saddle (-72.21667°N, -3.25°W) is a snow saddle between Kjolrabbane Hills and Aurho Peak in the southwest part of Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named for Ove Wilson, medical officer with NBSAE.

Wilson Stream
Wilson Stream (-77.28333°N, 166.43333°W) is a meltwater stream which flows from the ice-free lower west slopes of Mount Bird, to the south of Alexander Hill, and over steep sea cliffs into Wohlschlag Bay, Ross Island. Mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59, and named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for J. Wilson, mountaineer assistant with the expedition.

Cape Wilson
Cape Wilson (-54.03333°N, -37.16667°W) is a cape at the east side of the entrance to the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia. The Bay of Isles was charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy. The cape was named by Murphy for Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, 1913-21.

Cape Wilson
Cape Wilson (-82.23333°N, 163.78333°W) is a bold, rocky, snow-covered cape, forming the southeast end of the Nash Range and marking the northern entrance point to Shackleton Inlet on the western edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by Captain Robert F. Scott, Royal Navy, in December 1902, on his attempted trip to the South Pole. He was accompanied on this trip by Lieutenant (later Sir) Ernest H. Shackleton, Royal Navy Reserve, and Dr. Edward A. Wilson, for whom the cape was named.

Lake Wilson
Lake Wilson (-79.81667°N, 159.55°W) is an ice-covered lake along the west margin of Ross Ice Shelf, lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of the summit of Diamond Hill just north of the terminus of Darwin Glacier. Charted by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1962-63, and named for Professor A.T. Wilson of the Victoria University of Wellington, investigator of lakes in the ice-free valleys west of McMurdo Sound.

Mount Wilson
Mount Wilson (-68.45°N, -65.55°W) is a mountain rising to about 1,300 m in the west part of Bermel Peninsula, Bowman Coast. This mountain appears indistinctly in a photograph taken by Sir Hubert Wilkins on his flight of December 20, 1928. The feature was rephotographed in 1935 by Lincoln Ellwsorth, in 1940 by United States Antarctic Service (USAS), and in 1947 by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948. Named by Ronne after Maj. General R.C. Wilson, chief of staff to Lieutenant General Curtis LeMay, head of the Office of Research and Development of the then Army Air Force, which furnished equipment for RARE.

Wilton Bay
Wilton Bay (-60.76667°N, -44.75°W) is a bay lying between Cape Davidson and Cape Hartree on the southwest side of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, who named it for D.W. Wilton, zoologist of the expedition.

Wiltshire Rocks
Wiltshire Rocks (-67.5°N, 63.11667°W) is a group of rocks in the sea about 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east-northeast of Smith Rocks, off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land. First mapped from air photographs by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Spjotoyskjera. Renamed (1971) by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for A.C.W. Wiltshire, cook at Mawson Station in 1963.

Cape Wiman
Cape Wiman (-64.21667°N, -56.63333°W) is a low, rocky cape marking the north extremity of Seymour Island, James Ross Island group. Probably first seen by Sir James Ross in January 1843, but the cape was not adequately surveyed until 1902-03 when the Swedish expedition under Nordenskjold wintered in the area. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after C. Wiman, who worked on the Seymour Island fossils collected by the Swedish expedition.

Wimple Dome
Wimple Dome (-63.63333°N, -58.85°W) is an ice-covered hill, 725 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Hanson Hill and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Bone Bay on the north side of Trinity Peninsula. The name was applied by members of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following their survey in 1948 and is descriptive of the shape of the feature, a wimple being a type of headdress worn by nuns.

Mount Windle
Mount Windle (-77.9°N, 162.3°W) is an ice-covered peak rising to 1,970 m on the south side of Ferrar Glacier. It surmounts the most western massif of Cathedral Rocks in the north part of Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Chaplains Tableland after Lieutenant D.L. Windle, U.S. Navy, chaplain with the 1963 winter party at McMurdo Station.

Windless Bight
Windless Bight (-77.7°N, 167.66667°W) is the prominent bight indenting the south side of Ross Island eastward of Hut Point Peninsula. Named by the Winter Journey Party, led by Wilson, of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13), which encountered no wind in this area.

Windmill Islands
Windmill Islands (-66.33333°N, 110.46667°W) is a group of rocky islands and rocks about 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, paralleling the coast for 17 nautical miles (31 km) immediately north of Vanderford Glacier along the east side of Vincennes Bay. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. So named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) because personnel of Operation Windmill, 1947-48, landed on Holl Island at the southwest end of the group to establish ground control for U.S. Navy Operation Highjump photographs. The term Operation Windmill is a popular expression which developed after the expedition disbanded and refers to the extensive use of helicopters made by this group. The official title of this expedition was Second Antarctic Development Project, U.S. Navy Task Force 39, 1947-48. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Window Buttress
Window Buttress (-67.7°N, -68.75°W) is a cliff rising to about 800 m near the southeast end of Fuchs Ice Piedmont, Adelaide Island, 3 nautical miles (6 km) west-northwest of the summit of Mount Ditte. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), 1982, from the window-like structure near the top of the cliff, which is visible only from the southwest.

Window Island
Window Island (-62.56667°N, -61.11667°W) is an island lying at the west side of the entrance to Barclay Bay, off the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted and named by Captain George Powell in 1820-22. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Bay of Winds
Bay of Winds (-66.5°N, 97.58333°W) is a coastal embayment between Cape Dovers and Avalanche Rocks. Discovered by Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14, under Mawson, who so named it because of the almost constant outflow of cold dense air from the plateau into the bay.

Windscoop Bluff
Windscoop Bluff (-78.53333°N, 164.46667°W) is a rock bluff east-northeast of Birthday Bluffs on the south side of Mason Spur, Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The bluff rises to about 1000 m and is marked at the base by a large windscoop. The name was suggested by geologist Anne C. Wright, Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, who examined the bluff in 1983-84.

Windscoop Nunataks
Windscoop Nunataks (-64.41667°N, -59.11667°W) is a cluster of four gable-shaped nunataks rising to about 400 m between Porphyry Bluff and Tower Peak on Nordenskjold Coast, Graham Land. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geological work, 1978-79, from the windscoops associated with each nunatak.

Windvane Hill
Windvane Hill (-77.63333°N, 166.4°W) is a small hill just northeast of the extremity of Cape Evans on Ross Island. So named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) because an anemometer station was established on this site.

Windwhistle Peak
Windwhistle Peak (-76.7°N, 159.76667°W) is a square sandstone peak south of Punchbowl Cirque in the Allan Hills, Victoria Land. Reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) Allan Hills Expedition (1964) which so named the peak because of the peculiar behavior of the wind in its vicinity.

Windy Cove
Windy Cove (-54.06667°N, -36.96667°W) is a small bay entered 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) southeast of Antarctic Point on the north coast of South Georgia. The bay was named Whatahope Bay, probably by DI personnel who charted this coast in 1929, but is known locally as Windy Cove. It is probable that this latter name, originally given by DI personnel in 1929 to the next bay to the northwest (now Tornquist Bay, q.v.), was erroneously transferred to this feature. Since Whatahope Bay is unknown locally, the name Windy Cove as applied to this feature is approved.

Windy Gap
Windy Gap (-63.56667°N, -58.15°W) is a pass 975 m high, located at the northeast end of Louis Philippe Plateau. It marks the meeting place of three valleys of Trinity Peninsula, namely Broad Valley leading eastward toward Duse Bay, a valley leading northward to Lafond Bay, and another southward to Prince Gustav Channel. Discovered by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and so named because of the very bad weather experienced in the pass during a survey journey in April 1946.

Windy Gully
Windy Gully (-77.86667°N, 161.2°W) is an ice-filled gully between New Mountain and Terra Cotta Mountain, on the south side of Taylor Glacier in Victoria Land. Named by the Western Journey Party, led by Taylor, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. All parties in this area have commented on the incidence of high winds here.

Windy Peak
Windy Peak (-79.21667°N, -86.06667°W) is a prominent peak, 1,910 m, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the south end of Reuther Nunataks in the Founders Peaks, Heritage Range. So named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party, 1963-64, because high velocity winds were present here whenever the peak was visited.

Windy Valley
Windy Valley (-68.61667°N, -66.83333°W) is a glacier-filled valley opening onto the north part of Mikkelsen Bay on the west coast of Graham Land and providing access via its head to the plateau, Lammers Glacier and the Traffic Circle area. So named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37, because of the strong winds which descend from the high plateau and blow out of this valley with great force.

Winkle Island
Winkle Island (-65.51667°N, -65.65°W) is an island lying between Tula Point and Pickwick 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 Nathaniel Winkle, a member of the Pickwick Club in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Winship Point
Winship Point (-62.25°N, -58.73333°W) is a point at the west side of the entrance to Potter Cove, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Jonathan Winship, master of the ship Islands in 1820-21, operating from Potter Cove.

Winslow Rock
Winslow Rock (-66.28333°N, -66.73333°W) is a rock close off the east side of Lavoisier Island, Biscoe Islands. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958-59). There is a small penguin rookery on this rock, which provides the only known landing place on the east side of Lavoisier Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Charles E.A. Winslow, American physiologist who has specialized in the reactions of the human body to cold environments.

Winston Lagoon
Winston Lagoon (-53.15°N, 73.65°W) is a lagoon indenting the southeast coast of Heard Island about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Cape Lockyer. The feature is roughly portrayed on an American sealer chart of the 1860 period. It was sighted from the air by Lieutenant Malcolm Smith, RAAF, pilot of the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) seaplane that made the first reconnaissance flight over the island in 1948. Lieutenant Smith proposed that it be named Lake Winston after his wife. In view of his death in an aircraft accident shortly afterward, this proposal was adopted by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) with only a change of generic term.

Winter Island (Antarctica)
Winter Island (-65.25°N, -64.26667°W) is an island 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) north of Skua Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Winter Island was named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, which made this island the site of its winter base during 1935. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Winter Quarters Bay
Winter Quarters Bay (-77.85°N, 166.61667°W) is a small bay immediately east of Hut Point, at the south end of Ross Island. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, and so named because the expedition ship Discovery was moored in the bay and "frozen-in" during the winter seasons of 1902 and 1903.

Wirdnam Glacier
Wirdnam Glacier (-78.41667°N, 162.03333°W) is a glacier which drains the west slopes of the Royal Society Range between Mounts Moxley and Lisicky and flows west into Skelton Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and air photos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Squadron Leader K.A.C. Wirdnam, RAF pilot stationed at McMurdo Station in 1960 as an observer, who also flew missions for U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6.

Wirth Peninsula
Wirth Peninsula (-73.45°N, -80.66667°W) is a broad ice-covered peninsula, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, between Eltanin and Fladerer Bays, Ellsworth Land. 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 Captain Laurence Wirth, commander of USNS Eltanin on Antarctic cruises, September 1966-November 1967.

Wisconsin Islands
Wisconsin Islands (-63.28333°N, -57.85°W) is a group of a dozen or more small rocky islands which lie 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Largo Island in the northeast part of the Duroch Islands. Named after the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. The name was applied by Martin Halpern, leader of the University of Wisconsin field party which geologically mapped these islands, 1961-62. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Wisconsin Plateau
Wisconsin Plateau (-85.8°N, -125.4°W) is a large ice-capped plateau with general elevations above 2,800 m, comprising most of the upland surface area of the Wisconsin Range, Horlick Mountains. To the east and southeast, the plateau descends gradually and with only minor ice escarpments to merge with the interior ice plateau; to the north and west, the plateau displays abrupt escarpments and cliffs of over 1,000 meters. 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 the Wisconsin Range.

Wisconsin Range
Wisconsin Range (-85.75°N, -125°W) is a major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interior ice plateau. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, which has sent numerous researchers to Antarctica.

Wisdom Hills
Wisdom Hills (-71.55°N, 163.55°W) is a cluster of summits which rise to 2,000 m and form the northwest segment of Molar Massif in the Bowers Mountains. Named in 1983 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC), on a proposal from geologist M.G. Laird, in association with the name Molar Massif.

Wise Bay
Wise Bay (-83.03333°N, 167.58333°W) is an ice-filled inlet at the terminus of Ekblad Glacier, opening on to the Ross Ice Shelf just west of Driscoll Point. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1959-60) for K.C. Wise, who was a member of the expedition and wintered over in 1959.

Wise Peak
Wise Peak (-78.58333°N, 158.3°W) is a small peak (1,580 m) marking the south end of Warren Range in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Keith A.J. Wise, biologist working out of the McMurdo Station for five seasons, 1960-61 to 1964-65.

Mount Wise
Mount Wise (-78.13333°N, 165.38333°W) is a bare rock summit, the highest point (815 m) on Brown Peninsula. Named by A.J. Heine of the McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, 1962-63, for K.C. Wise, a New Zealander who explored the peninsula while a member of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59.

Mount Wishart
Mount Wishart (-70.31667°N, 65.25°W) is a snow-covered mountain 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Mount Kirkby, on the north side of Scylla Glacier in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos. Named for E.R. Wishart, technical officer (glaciology) at Mawson Station in 1963.

Wishbone Ridge
Wishbone Ridge (-84.93333°N, -166.93333°W) is a Y-shaped ridge trending northeast from the main ridge of the Duncan Mountains. The feature is 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Morris Peak and is unique among the series of ridges in the Duncan Mountains in that it bifurcates, giving an aerial view similar in shape to a "wishbone." The descriptive name was suggested by Edmund Stump of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Ohio State University field party who, with C.E. Corbatoo and P.V. Colbert, geologically mapped the ridge on December 21, 1974.

Mount Wisting
Mount Wisting (-86.45°N, -165.43333°W) is a rock peak (2,580 m), the northwesternmost summit of the massif at the head of Amundsen Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. In November 1911, a number of mountain peaks in this general vicinity were observed and rudely positioned by the South Pole Party under Roald Amundsen. Amundsen named one of them for Oscar Wisting, a member of the party. The peak described was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-64. For the sake of historical continuity and to commemorate the Norwegian exploration in this area, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) has selected this feature to be designated Mount Wisting. Other peaks in the massif have been named for members of Amundsen's South Pole Party.

Witalis Peak
Witalis Peak (-85.55°N, -160.3°W) is a rock peak, 760 m, in the northeast part of Collins Ridge, at the confluence of Bowman and Amundsen Glaciers 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 Ronald E. Witalis, meteorologist, South Pole Station winter party, 1961.

Witches Cauldron
Witches Cauldron (-69.93333°N, -69.81667°W) is an ice-filled basin on the west side of the Douglas Range, immediately west of Mount Egbert in the north part of Alexander Island. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) in 1937. More accurately mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the feature's kettle-like shape.

Withem Island
Withem Island (-62.23333°N, -59.15°W) is an island lying off the northwest side of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 after Nicholas Withem Master of the American sealing vessel Governor Brooks from Salem, MA, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21. Originally proposed and approved as "Withen Island," the name was amended in 1990 to agree with the correct spelling of the personal name. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Withrow Glacier
Withrow Glacier (-77.4°N, -156.41667°W) is a glacier on Edward VII Peninsula, flowing northwest into Bartlett Inlet just east of Cape Colbeck. Mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander W.H. Withrow, U.S. Navy, of the staff of the Commander, Naval Support Force, Antarctica, who was officer in charge of Detachment One at Christchurch, New Zealand, 1965-66.

Witt Bluff
Witt Bluff (-71.26667°N, -68.45°W) is a rock bluff on the southwest side of Eros Glacier in eastern Alexander Island. The bluff is situated at the east end of a spur projecting from Planet Heights. Mapped by Directorate of Overseas Surveys from satellite imagery supplied by U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration in cooperation with U.S. Geological Survey. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) from association with Eros Glacier after Carl G. Witt (1866-1946), the German astronomer who discovered Eros in 1898.

Witte Nunataks
Witte Nunataks (-75.48333°N, -69.36667°W) is an isolated nunataks about midway between the Sweeney Mountains and Hauberg Mountains in Ellsworth 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 Paul F. Witte, construction mechanic with the Eights Station winter party in 1964.

Witte Peaks
Witte Peaks (-71.53333°N, -2.06667°W) is a line of about four nunataks trending SW-NE, rising 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Stein Nunataks on the north part of Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Dietrich Witte, motor mechanic on the expedition. Surveyed by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1949-52.

Wittmann Island
Wittmann Island (-65.73333°N, -65.81667°W) is an island lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west-southwest of Nusser Island, off the east side of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 after Walter I. Wittmann, American oceanographer who has specialized in sea ice studies. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Wodzicki
Mount Wodzicki (-71.35°N, 163.16667°W) is the highest peak (2,380 m) on the ridge between Mount Jamroga and Helix Pass in the central portion of the Bowers Mountains. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) after Jontek Wodzicki, New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geologist who climbed and studied the geology of this peak in the 1974-75 season.

Wohlschlag Bay
Wohlschlag Bay (-77.36667°N, 166.41667°W) is a large bay indenting the west side of Ross Island between Harrison Bluff and Cape Royds. Charted by the Discovery expedition under Scott, 1901-04. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for Donald E. Wohlschlag, professor of biology at Stanford University, who outfitted the biology laboratories on the USNS Eltanin and at McMurdo Station, where he worked five summer seasons from 1958-64.

Wohlthat Mountains
Wohlthat Mountains (-71.58333°N, 12.33333°W) is a large group of associated mountain features consisting of the Humboldt Mountains, Petermann Ranges, and the Gruber Mountains, located immediately east of the Orvin Mountains in central Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Councilor of State Helmuth C.H. Wohlthat, who as economist and fiscal officer dealt with the organization of the expedition.

Mount Woinarski
Mount Woinarski (-71.23333°N, 66.5°W) is a triple-peaked mountain about 18 nautical miles (33 km) southwest of Taylor Platform in the 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 B.C.Z. Woinarski, officer in charge at Mawson Station in 1965.

Wolak Peak
Wolak Peak (-77.65°N, 161.13333°W) is a peak in the Inland Forts, located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of St. Pauls Mountain in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard J. Wolak, administrative assistant at McMurdo Station in the 1972-73 and 1973-74 seasons; he was station manager at South Pole Station in 1975.

Wold Nunatak
Wold Nunatak (-74.78333°N, -98.63333°W) is a nunatak standing 10 nautical miles (18 km) east of Mount Manthe in the southeast part of the Hudson Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard J. Wold, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist at Byrd Station, 1960-61 season.

Wollan Island
Wollan Island (-66.41667°N, -66.63333°W) is a dome-shaped, ice-capped island with conspicuous rock exposures on its northwest side, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Davidson Island in Crystal Sound. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958-59). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Ernest O. Wollan, American physicist who used neutron diffraction to study the structure of ice. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Cape Wollaston
Cape Wollaston (-63.66667°N, -60.78333°W) is a cape forming the northwest extremity of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago. The name was originally applied to the north tip of the island by the British expedition in the of Cape Wollaston has been restricted to the east extremity (now Cape Neumayer), but the cape here described has been determined to be the feature indicated by Foster. Named for William H. Wollaston, commissioner of the Royal Society on the Board of Longitude, 1818-28, which loaned astronomical instruments to Foster's former ship, the Conway, for astronomical and pendulum observations (an objective of the Chanticleer voyage).

Wollesen Islands
Wollesen Islands (-67.51667°N, 62.68333°W) is a group of small islands in the entrance to Holme Bay, about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Azimuth Islands. First mapped from air photographs by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Remapped from air photos by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions). Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for C. Wollesen Petersen, radio officer on the Thala Dan and Nella Dan on nine ANARE relief voyages. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Wolseley Buttress
Wolseley Buttress (-64.2°N, -59.78333°W) is a high buttress on the southern edge of Detroit Plateau, Graham Land, forming the west side of Albone Glacier. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co. which, in 1908-10, designed the experimental motor sledge used by Captain Scott's 1910-13 expedition.

Wombat Island
Wombat Island (-67.58333°N, 47.95°W) is a small island just off the east end of McKinnon Island, off the coast of Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) after the wombat, a native animal of Australia. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Womochel Peaks
Womochel Peaks (-72.66667°N, 161.06667°W) is a low rock peaks about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Mount Weihaupt in the Outback Nunataks. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Daniel R. Womochel, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68.

Wong Peak
Wong Peak (-77.25°N, 166.83333°W) is a peak 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km) northeast of the summit of Mount Bird in northwest Ross Island. The feature rises to over 1600 m. Named by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) (2000) after Frank Wong.

Wonsey Rock
Wonsey Rock (-66.21667°N, 110.6°W) is a small rock north of Cameron Island in the Swain Islands. This region was photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1956), and the Soviet expedition (1956). It was included in a 1957 survey of the islands north of Wilkes Station by C.R. Eklund. He named the rock for construction mechanic Duane J. Wonsey, U.S. Navy, of the Wilkes Station party, 1957.

Wood Bay
Wood Bay (-74.21667°N, 165.5°W) is a large bay which is bounded by Cape Johnson and Aviator Glacier Tongue on the north and Cape Washington on the south, along the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, and named by him for Lieutenant James F.L. Wood of the ship Erebus.

Wood Glacier
Wood Glacier (-72.48333°N, 166.7°W) is a tributary glacier flowing southeast and entering Trafalgar Glacier just east of Mount McDonald in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. It shares a common saddle with Lensen Glacier which flows northward. Named by the southern party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, for B.L. Wood, geologist member of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, which also worked in this general area.

Wood Island
Wood Island (-62.48333°N, -60.31667°W) is an island lying southeast of Desolation Island in the South Shetland Islands. First charted in 1820-21 by Robert Fildes. Fildes gave the name Wood Harbour or Port Wood to the nearby harbor of Desolation Island in December 1820. Later in that season, however, Fildes changed the name of the harbor to Blythe Bay, which has since become established. Wood Island was applied by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 and derives from Fildes' original naming. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Wood Point
Wood Point (-54.18333°N, -36.6°W) is a point at the head of Jason Harbor, Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. The feature was charted and named by DI personnel in 1929.

Wood Point
Wood Point (-77.41667°N, 168.95°W) is a point on the north coast of Ross Island, 10 nautical miles (18 km) east-southeast of Cape Tennyson. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for Robert C. Wood, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist who carried on investigations at nearby Cape Crozier in the summer seasons 1961-62, 1962-63, and 1963-64.

Wood Ridge
Wood Ridge (-74°N, 163.75°W) is a flat-topped, ice-covered ridge, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, extending in a north-south direction between Campbell and Styx Glaciers in the Southern Cross Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Vernon P. Wood, U.S. Navy yeoman, a member of the McMurdo Station winter parties of 1963 and 1967.

Cape Wood
Cape Wood (-71.4°N, 169.3°W) is a point marking the east extremity of Flat Island at the western entrance to Robertson Bay, Victoria Land. Discovered in January 1841 by Captain James Ross, Royal Navy, and named by him for Charles Wood, Esq., First Secretary to the Admiralty.

Mount Wood
Mount Wood (-74.81667°N, 158.4°W) is an isolated nunatak lying northward of David Glacier and 13 nautical miles (24 km) northeast of Mount Kring in Victoria Land. Named by D.B. McC. Rainey of the Cartographic Branch of the New Zealand Dept. of Lands and Survey. Named after the foster parents of Staff Sgt. Arthur L. Kring, United States Marine Corps (USMC), navigator with the U.S. Navy VX-6 Squadron which provided logistic support for the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1962-63).

Mount Wood
Mount Wood (-74.85°N, -64.11667°W) is a mountain, 1,230 m, standing west of Gardner Inlet and 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Mount Austin on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) 1947-48, under Ronne, who named this mountain for E.A. Wood, ship's engineer with the expedition.

Woodall Peak
Woodall Peak (-84.28333°N, 178.63333°W) is a small rock peak, 720 m, close to the south edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, about midway between the mouths of Good and Ramsey Glaciers. Discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on Flight C of February 29-March 1, 1940, and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Vance Woodall, Seaman, U.S. Navy, who lost his life in an unloading accident on U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47.

Woodberry Glacier
Woodberry Glacier (-75.1°N, 161.63333°W) is a small tributary glacier flowing south between Evans Heights and Mount Fearon to the north side of David Glacier, in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Barry D. Woodberry, ionospheric physicist with the South Pole Station winter party, 1966.

Woodberry Nunataks
Woodberry Nunataks (-67.78333°N, 62.18333°W) is a group of small nunataks 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Lucas Nunatak in the Casey Range, Framnes Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Visited by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party in 1962 and named for B.D. Woodberry, ionosphere physicist at Mawson Station, a member of the field party.

Woodbury Glacier
Woodbury Glacier (-64.78333°N, -62.33333°W) is a glacier just west of Montgolfier Glacier, flowing into Piccard Cove, Wilhelmina Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Walter B. Woodbury (1834-1885), English pioneer of photomechanical printing in 1865 and of serial film cameras for use in balloons and kites in 1877.

Wooden Peak
Wooden Peak (-66.13333°N, -65.58333°W) is a peak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Black 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 Frederick E. Wooden, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) surveyor at Danco Island in 1956 and at Prospect Point in 1957. Wooden was also attached to the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit which worked in the area in 1957-58.

Woodfield Channel
Woodfield Channel (-67.81667°N, -68.73333°W) is a deep water channel between the Dion Islands and Henkes and Rocca Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 for Thomas Woodfield, First Officer of RRS Hydrographic Survey Unit in the survey of this area in 1963.

Woodgate Crest
Woodgate Crest (-81.48333°N, 155.98333°W) is a crest rising to 2040 m, in the All-Blacks Nunataks, west of the Churchill Mountains. Named in honor of Paul Woodgate, Antarctica New Zealand employee from 1981 - present, currently Movements Controller. Paul plays a key role for all travelers to the ice with New Zealand's program, handling cargo and passenger movements.

Woodgyer Peak
Woodgyer Peak (-81.21667°N, 156.33333°W) is a peak above 2000 m in the Wallabies Nunataks, west of the Churchill Mountains. Named in honor of N. G. Woodgyer, a member of the 1962 Cape Hallett winter-over team, working as a technician on the geomagnetic project.

Mount Woods
Mount Woods (-84.66667°N, -64.5°W) is a bare, ridge-like mountain, 1,170 m, standing 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) northeast of O'Connell Nunatak in Anderson Hills in central 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 Clifford R. Woods, Jr., hospital corpsman at Palmer Station, winter 1967.

Mount Woodward
Mount Woodward (-54.1°N, -36.9°W) is a mountain, 770 m, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of the mouth of Antarctic Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Roswall Woodward, of New Haven, CT, who in 1790 commanded one of the first two American sealing vessels to visit South Georgia. Nearby Antarctic Bay was at one time known as Woodward Harbor, but this name did not survive.

Mount Woodward
Mount Woodward (-77.3°N, -145.78333°W) is a mountain with broad twin summits standing between Hammond Glacier and Boyd Glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-northwest of Mount Douglass in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-30) and named for Donald Woodward, a patron of the expedition.

Woolam Peak
Woolam Peak (-76.68333°N, -125.81667°W) is a small peak on the southern part of the crater rim of Mount Cumming 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 Alvis E. Woolam, ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station, 1959.

Mount Woollard
Mount Woollard (-80.55°N, -96.71667°W) is an isolated mountain (2,675 m) with only Mount Moore nearby 8 nautical miles (15 km) to the north. It stands nearly 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party (1957-58), and named for George P. Woollard, member of the Technical Panel on Seismology and Gravity, U.S. National Committee for the IGY, trainer of numerous Antarctic geophysicists.

Mount Woolnough
Mount Woolnough (-76.93333°N, 161.31667°W) is a mountain over 1,400 m, standing on the north side of Mackay Glacier, about midway between Mount Morrison and Mount Gran in Victoria Land. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, and named for Walter G. Woolnough, British geologist who assisted in writing the scientific reports of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09.

Woolpack Island
Woolpack Island (-65.61667°N, -65°W) is a narrow island 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Vieugue Island at the west side of Grandidier Channel, 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

Woozle Hill
Woozle Hill (-65.25°N, -64.25°W) is a hill near the center of Galindez Island, in the Argentine Islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago. First 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 after an imaginary animal in A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh which leaves tracks in the snow, in reality made by the tracker who is unaware that he is walking in circles. The hill was extensively used for ice observations and, as it can be approached from any direction, encircling tracks were often seen from the summit.

Worcester Range
Worcester Range (-78.83333°N, 161°W) is a high coastal range, about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long, standing between the Skelton and Mulock Glaciers on the west side of Ross Ice Shelf. Probably named after the training ship in the Thames, in which many officers of early British Antarctic expeditions trained. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04. The name seems to have been first applied on the charts of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09.

Worcester Summit
Worcester Summit (-82.6°N, -52.36667°W) is the crest of a ridge rising to about 2,030 m at the east end of Jaeger Table, Dufek Massif, in the Pensacola Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1979 after Robin D. Worcester who, with David W. Bennett, comprised the first of the annual United States Geological Survey (USGS) satellite surveying teams at the South Pole Station, winter party 1973.

Wordie Ice Shelf
Wordie Ice Shelf (-69.25°N, -67.75°W) is a confluent glacier projecting as an ice shelf into the southeast part of Marguerite Bay between Cape Berteaux and Mount Edgell, along the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37, who named this feature for James M. Wordie, Honorary Secretary (later President) of the Royal Geographical Society, member of the Discovery Committee, and chairman of the Scott Polar Research Institute. He also had been geologist and Chief of the Scientific Staff of the British expedition, 1914-16, under Shackleton.

Wordie Nunatak
Wordie Nunatak (-66.26667°N, 51.51667°W) is a rock outcrop 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Biscoe and 4 nautical miles (7 km) east-northeast of Mount Hurley. Discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31, under Mawson, and named for James M. Wordie.

Wordie Point
Wordie Point (-56.73333°N, -27.25°W) is the southwest point of Visokoi Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Charted in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and named for James M. Wordie.

Workman Rocks
Workman Rocks (-66.38333°N, -65.7°W) is a group of rocks in the northeast part of Darbel Bay just westward of Panther Cliff, off 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 Everley J. Workman, American physicist who has investigated the electrical properties of ice.

Mount Works
Mount Works (-71.25°N, 164.83333°W) is a mountain, 1,780 m, rising just west of Horne Glacier and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Pilon Peak in the Everett Range, Concord Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant W.W. Works, U.S. Navy, pilot of P2V aircraft on photographic missions in Victoria Land and other parts of Antarctica in 1961-62 and 1962-63.

Worley Point
Worley Point (-74.4°N, -132.78333°W) is a rock point, the site of an Adelie penguin rookery, forming the northwest corner of Shepard Island. Like Grant Island, 5 nautical miles (9 km) eastward, Shepard Island is surrounded by the Getz Ice Shelf except on the north side. The point was charted from the USS Name applied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Richard J. Worley, U.S. Navy, Medical Officer at South Pole Station, 1969.

Wormald Ice Piedmont
Wormald Ice Piedmont (-67.48333°N, -68.08333°W) is an ice piedmont covering the east part of Wright Peninsula, Adelaide Island, between Rothera Point and Sighing Peak. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1961-62, and by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) from 1976. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after Steven Wormald, BAS meteorological observer, Adelaide Station, 1969-70; general assistant, Stonington Island, 1970-71; Field Operations Manager, 1973-77.

Worner Gap
Worner Gap (-62.63333°N, -60.2°W) is a saddle at the divide between the catchment area of Perunika Glacier and Huron Glacier, 2,000 m northeast of Pliska Ridge, Livingston Island. Named in 1995 by BulAPC in commemoration of the late Bulgarian Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, Manfred Worner, whose outstanding contribution to the political dialogue and cooperation was specifically important for the present Bulgarian Antarctic activities.

Worsley Icefalls
Worsley Icefalls (-82.95°N, 155°W) is an icefalls near the head of Nimrod Glacier. Seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) and presumbably named for Frank Worsley, member of the British Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-16, and Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-22.

Cape Worsley
Cape Worsley (-64.65°N, -60.4°W) is a dome-shaped cape 225 m high with snow-free cliffs on the south and east sides, lying 10 nautical miles (18 km) east of the south end of Detroit Plateau on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947 and named for Commander Frank A. Worsley, British polar explorer and member of Sir Ernest Shackleton's expeditions of 1914-16 and 1921-22.

Mount Worsley
Mount Worsley (-54.18333°N, -37.15°W) is a mountain, 1,105 m, on the west side of Briggs Glacier in South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Frank A. Worsley (1872-1943), Master of the 1914-16. Worsley accompanied Shackleton in the James Caird from Elephant Island to King Haakon Bay, South Georgia, and made the overland crossing with him to Stromness whaling station.

Worswick Hill
Worswick Hill (-60.56667°N, -45.73333°W) is a rounded summit, 575 m, at the west end of Brisbane Heights on Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The peak appears on some early charts of the South Orkney Islands but is not accurately located. It was roughly surveyed by DI personnel in 1933 and resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948-49. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Robert F. Worswick of the FIDS, meteorologist at Signy Island in 1950 and 1951, who reached this hill during a sledge journey in 1950.

Worth Reef
Worth Reef (-67.8°N, -68.93333°W) is an arc of rocks forming the northernmost part of the Henkes Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Acting Corporal David A. Worth, RM, of the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit which first charted this reef in 1963.

Worthley Peak
Worthley Peak (-82.71667°N, 164.76667°W) is a peak, 840 m, at the north end of Benson Ridge overlooking lower Robb 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 Elmer G. Worthley, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) bryologist at McMurdo Sound, 1958-59.

Wotkyns Glacier
Wotkyns Glacier (-86.06667°N, -131.41667°W) is a glacier flowing north from Michigan Plateau along the west side of Caloplaca Hills to enter the Reedy Glacier. 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 Grosenvar S. Wotkyns, hospital corpsman at Byrd Station in 1962.

Mount Wrather
Mount Wrather (-85.38333°N, -87.23333°W) is a rock peak (2,095 m) 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) south-southeast of Mount Walcott along the east margin of the Thiel Mountains. The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur Ford, co-leaders of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Thiel Mountains party that surveyed the mountains in 1960-61. Named for William E. Wrather, sixth director of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1943-56.

Wrenn Peak
Wrenn Peak (-77.46667°N, 161.98333°W) is a peak rising to 1750 m on the ridge at the head of Sandy Glacier and Enyo Glacier in Olympus Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after John H. Wrenn, Department of Geology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, a participant in the McMurdo Dry Valleys Drilling Project, 1973-74.

Wright Bay
Wright Bay (-66.56667°N, 93.61667°W) is a small bay formed between the west side of Helen Glacier Tongue and the mainland. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Charles S. Wright of Scott's Terra Nova expedition (1910-13).

Wright Hill
Wright Hill (-79.7°N, 158.76667°W) is a large flat-topped hill at the east side of Bowling Green Plateau in the Cook Mountains. Mapped by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58). Named after D. Wright, a member of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the South Pole.

Wright Ice Piedmont
Wright Ice Piedmont (-63.96667°N, -60.33333°W) is an ice piedmont extending westward from Lanchester Bay along 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 1960 for Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) and his brother Orville Wright (1871-1948), American aeronautical engineers who made the first controlled flights in a powered heavier-than-air machine on December 17, 1903.

Wright Inlet
Wright Inlet (-73.95°N, -61.43333°W) is an ice-filled inlet receding westward between Capes Little and Wheeler along the east coast of Palmer Land. The inlet 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 K. Wright, Director of the American Geographical Society, which lent its auspices to Ronne's expedition.

Wright Island
Wright Island (-74.03333°N, -116.83333°W) is an ice-covered island 35 nautical miles (60 km) long, lying at the north edge of Getz Ice Shelf about midway between Carney Island and Martin Peninsula, on the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Admiral Jerauld Wright, U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, in over-all command of U.S. Navy Deep Freeze operations during the IGY, 1957-58. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Wright Lower Glacier
Wright Lower Glacier (-77.41667°N, 163°W) is a stagnant glacier occupying the mouth of Wright Valley and coalescing at its east side with Wilson Piedmont Glacier, in Victoria Land. Formerly called Wright Glacier, but that name was amended by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958-59) to distinguish this glacier from Wright Upper Glacier at the head of Wright Valley. Originally named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) for Charles (later Sir Charles) S. Wright, physicist with the expedition.

Wright Pass
Wright Pass (-74.75°N, -110.58333°W) is a snow pass to the west of Jones Bluffs, running north-south for 3 nautical miles (6 km) between the terminus of Holt Glacier and the vicinity of Mayo Peak, Bear Peninsula on the Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 after Petty Officer William L. Wright, U.S. Navy, who completed six Operation Deepfreeze deployments up to 1977. As Leading Petty Officer (Transportation Operations), he conducted cargo traverses across the ice of McMurdo Sound to the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Wright Peak
Wright Peak (-73.66667°N, -94.53333°W) is a small rock Peak (1510 m) located 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of Sutley Peak in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61, which named it for Herbert E. Wright, Jr., glacial geologist, University of Minnesota, who was advisor to the party and visited Antarctica in the 1961-62 season.

Wright Peninsula
Wright Peninsula (-67.46667°N, -68.16667°W) is a peninsula lying between Ryder and Stonehouse Bays on the east coast of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1964 for Alan F. Wright, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) surveyor at nearby Adelaide station, 1960-63.

Wright Point
Wright Point (-66.4°N, 110.5°W) is the northernmost point of Ford Island in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commissaryman Robert D. Wright, U.S. Navy, a member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958.

Wright Spires
Wright Spires (-69.5°N, -68.51667°W) is a three distinctive spires (aiguilles) rising to about 750 m at the east side of Chinook Pass on the Rymill Coast, Palmer Land. The feature was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1966, and was surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1970-73. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Graham K. Wright, BAS general assistant, Halley Station, 1969-71, and Stonington Island, 1972-73, (Station Leader) 1974-75.

Wright Upper Glacier
Wright Upper Glacier (-77.53333°N, 160.58333°W) is an ice apron at the upper west end of Wright Valley formed by a glacier flowing east from the inland ice plateau. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958-59) for C.S. Wright, a member of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13), after whom the "Wright Glacier" (now Wright Lower Glacier) was named.

Wright Valley
Wright Valley (-77.51667°N, 161.83333°W) is a large east-west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for Wright Upper Glacier at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958-59) for Sir Charles Wright, for whom the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) named the glacier at the mouth of this valley.

Mount Wright
Mount Wright (-71.55°N, 169.16667°W) is a peak over 1,800 m in the north part of the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. It rises between Shipley Glacier and Crume Glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) southwest of Birthday Point. The feature was named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, after Charles (later Sir Charles) S. Wright (1887-1975), physicist with the expedition.

Wrigley Bluffs
Wrigley Bluffs (-84.56667°N, -63.75°W) is a rock bluffs 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Mount Cross 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 Richard J. Wrigley, equipment operator at Palmer Station, winter 1966.

Wrigley Gulf
Wrigley Gulf (-74°N, -129°W) is an embayment about 115 nautical miles (210 km) wide along the coastline of Antarctica, lying seaward of the Getz Ice Shelf. Nearly a right angle in plan, its limits are described by Grant, Dean, and Siple Islands, which are partially or wholly embedded in the ice shelf. Discovered in December 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS). Named for Philip Wrigley, Chicago manufacturer who helped support the expedition.

Wu Nunatak
Wu Nunatak (-72.48333°N, 161.13333°W) is a nunatak about 8 nautical miles (15 km) north-northeast of Mount Weihaupt in the Outback Nunataks. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Tien H. Wu, glaciologist at McMurdo Station, 1966-67.

Wubbold Glacier
Wubbold Glacier (-69.33333°N, -71.58333°W) is a steeply inclined glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing south from Havre Mountains, Alexander Island, into Lazarev Bay, north of Mount Holt. The glacier was photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in 1947 and was mapped from the photographs by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander J.H. Wubbold, USCG, Commanding Officer, USCGC Northwind, U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1977.

Wujek Ridge
Wujek Ridge (-82.46667°N, -50.91667°W) is a rock ridge trending north-south and marking the east extent of Davis Valley in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1979 after CWO Stanley J. Wujek, USA, helicopter pilot of the Army Aviation Detachment which supported the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Pensacola Mountains survey, 1965-66.

Wunneburger Rock
Wunneburger Rock (-74.7°N, -113.16667°W) is an isolated rock outcrop in Maunee Ice Piedmont, lower Kohler Glacier, on the Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Henry E. Wunneburger, U.S. Navy, cook with the Byrd Station winter party, 1966.