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Yaglou Point
Yaglou Point (-66.38333°N, -67.2°W) is the northern point of Belding Island, Biscoe Islands. 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 Constantin P. Yaglou, American physiologist who has specialized in the reactions of the human body to cold environments.

Mount Yakovlev
Mount Yakovlev (-71.98333°N, 16.63333°W) is a somewhat isolated mountain about 11 nautical miles (20 km) north of Sarkofagen Mountain in the Russkiye Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norsk Polarinstitutt from air photos taken by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in 1958-59. Also observed in 1959 by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition and named for noted Soviet paleontologist N.N. Yakovlev.

Yale Tarn
Yale Tarn (-77.56667°N, 163.15°W) is a tarn 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) northeast of Mount Falconer in Tarn Valley, Victoria Land. This feature is the most easter of four tarns in the valley named after American universities by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1965-66.

Yalour Islands
Yalour Islands (-65.23333°N, -64.16667°W) is a group of islands and rocks 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) in extent in the south part of the Wilhelm Archipelago. The group lies 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Cape Tuxen, Graham Land. Discovered and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under J.B. Charcot. Named for Lieutenant Jorge Yalour, Argentine Navy, an officer of the Argentine corvette Uruguay which came to the rescue of the shipwrecked Swedish Antarctic Expedition in November 1903. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Yalour Sound
Yalour Sound (-63.56667°N, -56.65°W) is a passage 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide and 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, usually ice bound, linking Fridtjof Sound and Antarctic Sound between Jonassen Island and Andersson Island, off Trinity Peninsula. Named by Argentina for Lieutenant Jorge Yalour, who accompanied the Uruguay relief expedition of 1903.

Yamagata Ridge
Yamagata Ridge (-79.08333°N, 157.03333°W) is a narrow linear nunatak, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and rising to 1690 m, located 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of Seay Peak in the N-central part of Finger Ridges, Cook Mountains. Named after Noboru Yamagata, Institute of Public Health, Japan, geochemist with Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) in four field seasons in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1963-64 to 1968-69.

Yamato Glacier
Yamato Glacier (-71.41667°N, 35.58333°W) is a glacier about 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, flowing west between Mount Fukushima and Mount Eyskens in the Queen Fabiola Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Guido Derom, October 7, 1960, and named after an old name of the peninsula of Honshu. Yamato is the symbol of the political unity and the national consciousness of the Japanese people. In November-December 1960, a Japanese field party reached this area and carried out geodetic and other scientific work.

Yancey Glacier
Yancey Glacier (-80.23333°N, 158.5°W) is a precipitous glacier in Britannia Range, flowing east from the vicinity of Mount McClintock and then southeastward to enter Byrd Glacier just west of Sennet Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with nearby Byrd Glacier for the USS Yancey, cargo ship (Central Group of Task Force 68) of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, led by Admiral Byrd.

Yankee Harbor
Yankee Harbor (-62.53333°N, -59.78333°W) is a small harbor entered between Glacier Bluff and Spit Point, indenting the southwest side of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Yankee Harbor was known to both American sealers and the British as early as 1820, and this name is now established in international usage. Port Foster, the crater harbor of Deception Island, has at times also been referred to as Yankee Harbor.

Yanovskiy Rocks
Yanovskiy Rocks (-71.93333°N, 11.66667°W) is a two isolated rock outcrops lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of Mount Khmyznikov near the southeast end of the Humboldt Mountains, Queen Maud Land. First mapped from air photos and surveys by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after Soviet hydrographer S.S. Yanovskiy.

Mount Yarbrough
Mount Yarbrough (-84.4°N, -66°W) is a ridge-like mountain, 865 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Nance Ridge in the Thomas 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 Leonard S. Yarbrough, industrial engineer at Plateau Station, 1965-66.

Yates Glacier
Yates Glacier (-70.81667°N, -62.2°W) is a glacier 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Matheson Glacier, discharging into the west side of Lehrke Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after J. Yates, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) surveyor who worked in the general vicinity of this feature.

Yates Spur
Yates Spur (-68.68333°N, -64.95°W) is a prominent rock spur on the south side of Mobiloil Inlet, Bowman Coast, at the west side of the terminus of Earnshaw Glacier. The spur was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth, 1935, United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1940, and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947, and was surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1958. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 after D. Kent Yates, Applied Research Laboratories, University of Texas, a member of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) satellite surveying team at Palmer Station, winter party 1973.

Yeates Bluff
Yeates Bluff (-83.38333°N, 169.16667°W) is a steep, mainly ice-covered bluff surmounted by a 1,190 m peak at its north end, standing between Lennox-King and Beaver Glaciers, 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Mount Nickerson in Queen Alexandra Range. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1959-60) for Peter A. Yeates, for two seasons radio operator at Scott Base.

Yeats Glacier
Yeats Glacier (-85.01667°N, -175°W) is a tributary glacier about 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing west from the north side of Mount Finley to enter Shackleton Glacier just north of Lockhart Ridge, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by F. Alton Wade, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expeditions (1962-63 and 1964-65), for Vestal L. Yeats, a member of the Texas Technological College faculty and of both expeditions.

Yee Nunataks
Yee Nunataks (-74.36667°N, -72.5°W) is a group of scattered nunataks, about 24 nautical miles (44 km) long and 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide, centered 35 nautical miles (60 km) northeast of Lyon Nunataks in Ellsworth Land. The nunataks rise 1,300-1,700 m in elevation and in the four quadrants include Staack Nunatak, Olander Nunatak, Metzgar Nunatak and Triassic Nunatak. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961-68, and U.S. Landsat imagery, 1973-74. Named in 1994 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Virginia Yee-Wray, cartographer and air brush specialist in the Shaded Relief and Special Maps Unit, Branch of Special Maps, USGS, who for many years prepared USGS shaded relief maps of Antarctica.

Cape Yelcho
Cape Yelcho (-61.05°N, -55.36667°W) is the northwest extremity of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. Named by the U.K. Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71, after the Chilean steam tug Yelcho which rescued members of Shackleton's party from nearby Point Wild, August 1916.

Yeliseyev Rocks
Yeliseyev Rocks (-72.08333°N, 14.5°W) is a group of rocks forming the south part of Linnormen Hills in the Payer Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after Soviet geologist N.A. Yeliseyev.

Yellowstone Crags
Yellowstone Crags (-57.75°N, -26.45°W) is a crags which are locally eroded into striking pinnacles, situated 0. 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of Sombre Point, Saunders Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. The name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 refers to the yellow color of the tuff rocks and their craggy topography.

Yermak Point
Yermak Point (-70.1°N, 160.68333°W) is a coastal point in the west part of Rennick Bay, 25 nautical miles (46 km) west-northwest of Znamenskiy Island. Named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958) after the Soviet icebreaker Yermak.

Mount Yesenin
Mount Yesenin (-72.05°N, 14.43333°W) is a mountain, 2,520 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Yeliseyev Rocks in the Payer Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after Russian poet S.A. Yesenin (1895-1925).

Cape Yevgenov
Cape Yevgenov (-69°N, 156.6°W) is an ice-covered cape midway along the northeast side of Krylov Peninsula, forming the west entrance to Lauritzen Bay. Photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47), Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1957-58), and ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1959). Named by Soviet Antarctic Expedition after Russian hydrographer Nikolay I. Yevgenov (1888-1964).

Yingling Nunatak
Yingling Nunatak (-66.5°N, 110.61667°W) is a rocky nunatak just southward of the Windmill Islands, lying 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) southeast of Goldenberg Ridge in the east part of Browning Peninsula. 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 David L. Yingling, meteorologist and member of the Wilkes Station party of 1960.

Yochelson Ridge
Yochelson Ridge (-79.6°N, -84.41667°W) is a rugged, partly snow-covered ridge, nearly 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, extending north-northwest from Eley Peak, Soholt Peaks, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Ellis L. Yochelson, USGS geologist at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC; paleontologist with the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Ellsworth Mountains Expedition, 1979-80.

Yoder Glacier
Yoder Glacier (-75.11667°N, -114.4°W) is a glacier with abrupt valley walls, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, which is a western tributary to Kohler Glacier. Located just southwest of Morrison Bluff in the central part of Kohler Range, 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 Robert D. Yoder, U.S. Dept. of State, Chairman of the Interagency Committee on Antarctica, 1970-73.

Yoke Island
Yoke Island (-63.96667°N, -61.93333°W) is an island lying west of the north end of Liege Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05. The name given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 is descriptive of the shape of the island in both plan and elevation. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Yoshida Bluff
Yoshida Bluff (-79.33333°N, 158.2°W) is a flat-topped bluff which rises to 2000 m at the north side of the head of Carlyon Glacier in Cook Mountains. The bluff is midway between Mill Mountain and Kanak Peak and is ice covered except for rock cliffs at the south and west sides. Named after Yoshio Yoshida of the National Institute of Polar Research, Japan, geochemist with Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) in four field seasons in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1963-64 to 1973-74.

Yotsume Rocks
Yotsume Rocks (-69.73333°N, 38.11667°W) is a four distinct rock exposures on the ice-covered north side of Djupvikneset Peninsula, along the southwest shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Surveyed by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957-62, and named Yotsume-iwa (the rock with four eyes).

Young Glacier
Young Glacier (-78.06667°N, -84.81667°W) is a glacier which flows east for 8 nautical miles (15 km) and terminates at the north end of Barnes Ridge on the east side of 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 First Lieutenant Dale L. Young, United States Air Force (USAF), who participated in establishing the South Pole Station in the 1956-57 season.

Young Head
Young Head (-81.48333°N, 161.4°W) is a prominent rock headland, 350 m, marking the north side of the entrance to Beaumont Bay on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for CWO Victor Young, U.S. Navy, member of the Mobile Construction Battalion party at Little America V, winter 1956.

Young Hill
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Young Island
Young Island (-66.41667°N, 162.4°W) is an island, 19 nautical miles (35 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, which is the northernmost of the Balleny Islands. It is ice covered and rises gently to 1,340 meters. Discovered in February 1839 by John Balleny, captain of the schooner Eliza Scott. He named it for G.F. Young, one of the merchants who united with Charles Enderby in sending out the expedition. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Young Peak
Young Peak (-69.75°N, 74.51667°W) is a low peak near the Antarctic coast, standing just south of Holder Peak and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen. First plotted from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and with Holder Peak called "Tvillingfjell" (twin mountain) by Norwegian cartographers. This peak was named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for W. Young, officer in charge at Davis Station, 1963, who led an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party that surveyed this area.

Young Peaks
Young Peaks (-81.23333°N, 158.7°W) is a group of peaks along a ridge running west-east, starting 5 km east of Mount Coley, Churchill Mountains. The feature is 5 km long with summits rising above 1200 m. Flanked by Lee Glacier at north and Jorda Glacier at south. Named in honor of Pamela Young who was the first female event member in New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP).

Young Point
Young Point (-63.6°N, -58.91667°W) is a rocky point 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Cape Roquemaurel at the east side of Bone Bay, on the west coast of Trinity Peninsula. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Dr. Adam Young, surgeon on the brig Williams which made explorations in the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait in 1820.

Mount Young
Mount Young (-84.45°N, 179.8°W) is a small peak, 770 m, at the north end of a spur on the east side of Ramsey Glacier, just south of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump on the flights of February 16, 1947, and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Henry Richard Young of New Zealand, who was a mechanic on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30 and 1933-35.

Mount Youngman
Mount Youngman (-77.25°N, -154.35°W) is a snow-covered coastal mountain (620 m) 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Scott Nunataks in the Alexandra Mountains. It stands at the head of Cumbie Glacier and overlooks Swinburne Ice Shelf and Sulzberger Bay which are just northward. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1964-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Samuel A. Youngman, U.S. Navy, medical officer on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze 1969 and 1970.

Yseult Island
Yseult Island (-66.73333°N, 140.93333°W) is a small rocky island 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) east of Tristan Island and 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) north of the east point on Cape Jules. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Barre, 1951-52, and so named because of its twin relationship with Tristan Island. Yseult is the French spelling of Isolde, legendary heroine incorporated into Arthurian legend and later popularized by Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Ystekleppane Rocks
Ystekleppane Rocks (-69.98333°N, 38.78333°W) is a group of bare rocks protruding through the ice on the east shore of Havsbotn, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Strandnebba at the extreme southeast side of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Ystekleppane (the outermost lumps).

Ytrehovdeholmen Island
Ytrehovdeholmen Island (-69.21667°N, 39.46667°W) is the largest of four islands in a cluster. It lies 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Langhovde Hills in the east part of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Ytrehovdeholmen (the outer knoll island) because of its position among the islands adjacent to Langhovde Hills. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Ytstenut Peak
Ytstenut Peak (-72.5°N, -2.83333°W) is the northeasternmost peak in the Borg Massif, in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Ytstenut (outermost peak).

Yule Bay
Yule Bay (-70.73333°N, 166.66667°W) is a bay indenting the coast of northern Victoria Land between Cape Hooker and Cape Dayman. An inner (western) portion of the bay is circumscribed by Bates Point and Ackroyd Point. Discovered by Captain James Clark Ross, 1841, who named it for Henry B. Yule, Second Master on the Erebus.

Yule Peak
Yule Peak (-68.51667°N, -65.61667°W) is a small but conspicuous triangular rock peak (750 m) at west end of Bermel Peninsula, Bowman Coast. The peak was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 21 and 23, 1935, and was mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in December 1958 and so named because Christmas Day 1958 was celebrated by the FIDS sledging party close to this peak.