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Zakharoff Ridge
Zakharoff Ridge (-72.91667°N, 75.11667°W) is a ridge with several peaks, mostly snow covered, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast 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 O. Zakharoff, radio officer at Mawson Station, 1960.

Zaneveld Glacier
Zaneveld Glacier (-85.43333°N, -176.41667°W) is a broad tributary glacier, flowing from the polar plateau northwest between Roberts Massif and Cumulus Hills to enter the upper part of Shackleton Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Jacques S. Zaneveld, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Station, 1963-64 and 1964-65, who participated in the cruise of the USS Glacier, January-March 1965.

Zanuck East Peak
Zanuck East Peak (-85.95°N, -150.88333°W) is the easternmost of the three high peaks that rise from Mount Zanuck massif in the Queen Maud Mountains. The peak was discovered and mapped by the geological party of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35, led by Quin Blackburn. The name was applied in association with Mount Zanuck by members of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) who climbed the peak in the 1969-70 season.

Mount Zanuck
Mount Zanuck (-85.96667°N, -151.16667°W) is a mountain about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long surmounted by three sharp peaks in an east-west line, the highest of which rises to 2,525 meters. The feature stands at the south side of Albanus Glacier at the point where the latter joins Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight to the South Pole in November 1929. The mountain was visited in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn. Named by Byrd for Darryl F. Zanuck, official of Twentieth Century-Fox Pictures, who assisted the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35, in assembling motion-picture records, and later supplied the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, with motion-picture projectors.

Zapadnoye Lake
Zapadnoye Lake (-70.73333°N, 11.46667°W) is a lake about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long situated near the western end of the Schirmacher Hills, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961 and named Ozero Zapadnoye (western lake).

Zapato Point
Zapato Point (-64.6°N, -61.96667°W) is a point 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Canon Point on the west coast of Graham Land. First seen by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, which sailed between the point and Brooklyn Island, on February 7, 1898. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1954.

Zavadovskiy Island
Zavadovskiy Island (-66.71667°N, 86.4°W) is an ice-covered island in the West Ice Shelf. It rises to 200 m and is located 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Mikhaylov Island. Discovered by the Soviet expedition of 1956 which named it for Ivan Zavadovskiy, second in command of the sloop Vostok in the Bellingshausen expedition 1819-21. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Zavis Peak
Zavis Peak (-79.38333°N, -86.13333°W) is a sharp peak, 2,195 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Navigator Peak at the south end of Founders Escarpment in the Heritage Range. Named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party, 1963-64, for Alfred Zavis, United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic engineer with the party in these mountains.

Zavodovski Island
Zavodovski Island (-56.33333°N, -27.58333°W) is a circular island 3 nautical miles (6 km) in diameter which marks the north end of the South Sandwich Islands. An active volcanic cone of 490 m surmounts the island. Discovered in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen and named by him for Ivan Zavadovskiy, second in command on the sloop Vostok. The spelling "Zavodovski" has been retained because of long usage and results from an earlier system of transliteration of the Russian name. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Zdarsky
Mount Zdarsky (-66.08333°N, -64.96667°W) is a mountain rising at the east side of Simler Snowfield, between Barilari and Holtedahl Bays on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted and named "Mont Garcia" by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10, presumably in association with his nearby "Cap Garcia." Charcot later transferred "Cap Garcia" (now Cape Garcia) to the north entrance of Barilari Bay, leaving the mountain name on the south side. To avoid confusion with Cape Garcia on the other side of Barilari Bay, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) altered the name of this mountain in 1959 to Mount Zdarsky. Named for Mathias Zdarsky, Austrian pioneer exponent of ski-mountaineering, inventor of the first dependable ski binding, and author of one of the earliest skiing manuals.

Zebra Peak
Zebra Peak (-69.68333°N, 64.93333°W) is a peak 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northeast of Summers Peak in the Stinear Nunataks, Mac. Robertson Land. The feature was visited by D.J. Grainger, geologist with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Prince Charles Mountains survey party in February 1970. So named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) because of the irregular bands and lenses of light and dark colored rocks which have the appearance of zebra stripes.

Zebra Ridge
Zebra Ridge (-70.03333°N, -69.23333°W) is a prominent rock ridge, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, situated 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of the mouth of Tumble Glacier where it rises 760 m above the coastal ice piedmont of east Alexander Island. First seen from a distance by Lincoln Ellsworth, who photographed the Douglas Range from the air on November 23, 1935. First surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and so named because of the striped appearance of the rock strata.

Zed Islands
Zed Islands (-62.43333°N, -60.16667°W) is a small group of islands, the westernmost rising to 290 m, lying 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) north of Williams Point, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears to have been applied by DI personnel on the Discovery II who charted the islands in 1935. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Zeigler
Mount Zeigler (-77.21667°N, -143.05°W) is a mountain (1,120 m) 3 nautical miles (6 km) north-northeast of Mount Swartley in the Allegheny Mountains, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) and by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Luther L. Zeigler, U.S. Navy, pilot on LC-130F Hercules aircraft flights during Operation Deep Freeze 1968.

Zelee Glacier
Zelee Glacier (-66.86667°N, 141.16667°W) is a glacier about 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide and 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, flowing north-northwest from the continental ice along the west side of Lacroix Nunatak and terminating in a prominent tongue at the west side of Port Martin. Probably first sighted in 1840 by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, although no glaciers were noted on d'Urville's chart of this coast. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Liotard, 1949-51, and named for the Zelee, corvette which accompanied d'Urville's flagship, the Astrolabe.

Zelee Glacier Tongue
Zelee Glacier Tongue (-66.78333°N, 141.16667°W) is a glacier tongue about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide and 7 nautical miles (13 km) long which extends seaward from Zelee Glacier. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named for the French corvette Zelee.

Zelee Rocks
Zelee Rocks (-62.95°N, -57.25°W) is a group of rocks, some of which are above water and others near the surface, lying in Bransfield Strait 17 nautical miles (31 km) north of Prime Head, the north tip of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the French expedition, 1837-40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him after the expedition ship Zelee.

Zelee Subglacial Trench
Zelee Subglacial Trench (-68°N, 144°W) is a subglacial trench on George V Coast, running NNE-SSW and coinciding with the trough cut by Mertz Glacier. The feature was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF)-Technical University of Denmark (TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and named after the ship Zelee (Lieutenant Charles Jacquinot) of the French expedition, 1837-40 (Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville).

Zeller Glacier
Zeller Glacier (-80.91667°N, 156.5°W) is a glacier about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing west-northwest to enter the south side of Byrd Glacier just north of Mount Fries. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Edward J. Zeller, geologist at McMurdo Station, 1959-60 and 1960-61 seasons.

Zenith Glacier
Zenith Glacier (-71.86667°N, 163.75°W) is a glacier which lies 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Johnstone Glacier and drains south from the south end of Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) to northern Victoria Land, 1967-68, because the glacier is an important geological outcrop area with an impressive view from the top (the head of the glacier) of much of the Bowers Mountains.

Zenker Ridge
Zenker Ridge (-54.3°N, -36.5°W) is a low moraine ridge extending northeast from Osmic Hill to Discovery Point in Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. This moraine was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. Named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following their sketch survey in 1951. The name is one of a group in the vicinity of Discovery Point derived from the chemical fixatives used there in biological work by the FIDS.

Zephyr Glacier
Zephyr Glacier (-69.46667°N, -68.6°W) is a glacier, about 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing westward from the southwest side of Mount Edgell into George VI Sound to the south of Cape Jeremy. The feature was surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948, and British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1971-72; photographed from the air by U.S. Navy, 1966. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after zephyr, the west wind. One of several features in this area named after winds.

Mount Zeppelin
Mount Zeppelin (-64.45°N, -61.51667°W) is a mountain, 1,265 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Eckener Point on the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), German aeronautical engineer who perfected the large-scale rigid airship, 1894-1917.

Zero Point
Zero Point (-54.11667°N, -37.15°W) is a point at the north side of Assistance Bay in Possession Bay, South Georgia. The name appears on a chart in the 1932 DI surveys at South Georgia, 1926-30.

Zetland Glacier
Zetland Glacier (-78.01667°N, 163.81667°W) is a name taken from an old spelling for the Shetland Islands in Scotland.

Zeus Ridge
Zeus Ridge (-64.58333°N, -63.56667°W) is a heavily crevassed, steep-sided, ice-covered ridge, the main part rising over 1,675 m, extending northwest from Mount Francais between the Achaean and Trojan Ranges in central Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Zeus, the supreme Olympian deity.

Zhelannaya Mountain
Zhelannaya Mountain (-72.06667°N, 18.46667°W) is a relatively isolated mountain about 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of Mount Karpinskiy in the Russkiye Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition of 1959 and named Gora Zhelannaya (desired mountain).

Zhil'naya Mountain
Zhil'naya Mountain (-71.66667°N, 12.63333°W) is the central mountain, 2,560 m, of the Svarthausane Crags, in Sudliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named Gora Zhil'naya (branching mountain).

Ziegler Point
Ziegler Point (-79.35°N, -83°W) is a high rock point, or spur, on the southeast side of Gross Hills in the Heritage Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for equipment operator Ernest L. Ziegler, U.S. Navy, a participant in Deep Freeze 1966 at McMurdo Station.

Zigzag Bluff
Zigzag Bluff (-85.3°N, -163.5°W) is a rock bluff at the foot of Herbert Range, overlooking Ross Ice Shelf about 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of the terminus of Axel Heiberg Glacier. Probably first seen by Roald Amundsen in 1911, the bluff was roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. So named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1961-62, because of the peculiar folding of the marble on the bluff.

Zigzag Island
Zigzag Island (-63.6°N, -59.86667°W) is a small island close off the south coast of Tower Island, Palmer Archipelago. The name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) is descriptive of the island in plan; it is deeply indented, with steep cliff faces. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Zigzag Pass
Zigzag Pass (-54.2°N, -36.98333°W) is a pass through the west portion of Wilckens Peaks in South Georgia, leading from Kohl Plateau to the head of Esmark Glacier. Descriptively named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1982 from the zigzag folding of the rocks in the pass.

Zilch Cliffs
Zilch Cliffs (-74.96667°N, -134.91667°W) is a series of steep cliffs that mark the east extremity of McDonald Heights near the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The cliffs were photographed from aircraft of United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, and were mapped in detail from U.S. Navy air photos and United States Geological Survey (USGS) surveys, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander C.H. Zilch, U.S. Navy, Officer-in-Charge of the meteorological support unit during Operation Deep Freeze 1966.

Zilva Peaks
Zilva Peaks (-66.75°N, -65.38333°W) is a two conspicuous peaks between the two arms of Drummond Glacier in Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for S.S. Zilva of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London, one of the principal investigators in the work which led to the production of synthetic vitamin C. He helped in the calculation of the sledging rations of many British polar expeditions between World War I and II.

Zimmerman Island
Zimmerman Island (-66.43333°N, 110.45°W) is a mainly ice-free island 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) southeast of Werlein 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 John R. Zimmerman, meteorologist and member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Zimmermann
Mount Zimmermann (-71.33333°N, 13.33333°W) is a peak (2,325 m) standing 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) north of Ritscher Peak in the Gruber Mountains, central Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for the vice-president of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Society).

Zinberg Glacier
Zinberg Glacier (-72.35°N, -96.06667°W) is a glacier in east Thurston Island; it flows east-northeast into Morgan Inlet between Tierney Peninsula and the promontory ending in Ryan Point. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Cpl. E. Zinberg, U.S. Army photographer in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946-47.

Mount Zinkovich
Mount Zinkovich (-81.13333°N, 158.35°W) is a pointed mountain, 2,280 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Mount Frost at the north side of the head of Silk Glacier in the Churchill Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Colonel Michael Zinkovich, United States Air Force (USAF), commanding officer of the 1710th Aerial Port Squadron, which furnished airlift support between New Zealand and Antarctica, and from McMurdo Sound inland to Byrd, Eights, and South Pole Stations during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1962.

Mount Zirzow
Mount Zirzow (-83.13333°N, -49.1°W) is a mountain, 1,615 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Mount Mann on the east edge of Lexington Table, in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Charles F. Zirzow, U.S. Navy, Asst. Chief of Staff to the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1966-67.

Zittel Cliffs
Zittel Cliffs (-80.66667°N, -25.98333°W) is a cliffs rising to about 1,400 m in the northwest part of Du Toit Nunataks, Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. The feature was surveyed by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1957, photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and further surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839-1904), German paleontologist who specialized in the study of fossil sponges.

Znamenskiy Island
Znamenskiy Island (-70.23333°N, 161.85°W) is a high, nearly round, ice-covered island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) long, lying in Rennick Bay just north of the terminus of Rennick Glacier. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958 and named for Soviet hydrographer K.I. Znamenskiy (1903-41). == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Zohn Nunataks
Zohn Nunataks (-74.96667°N, -72.81667°W) is a three nunataks, the largest being Cheeks Nunatak, rising to 1,310 m in the southwest part of Grossman Nunataks, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961-68, and Landsat imagery, 1973-74. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Harry L. Zohn, Jr., USGS topographic engineer, a member of the USGS-BAS geological party to the Orville Coast, 1977-78.

Zoller Glacier
Zoller Glacier (-77.88333°N, 162.3°W) is a glacier in the Cathedral Rocks between Emmanuel and Darkowski Glaciers, flowing north into the Ferrar Glacier of Victoria Land. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910-13. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for Lieutenant John E. Zoller, U.S. Navy, chaplain with the winter party of 1957 at Little America V.

Zonda Glacier
Zonda Glacier (-69.55°N, -68.5°W) is a glacier about 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing west-southwest between Fohn Bastion and Zonda Towers into George VI Sound. The glacier was included in surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948, and British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1971-72, and was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1966. The name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 continues the theme of wind names in the area. Zonda is the Argentine name for the warm dry wind descending the east slopes of the Andes.

Zonda Towers
Zonda Towers (-69.56667°N, -68.3°W) is an east-west trending rock ridge, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, between Zonda Glacier and Eureka Glacier on the Rymill Coast, Palmer Land. The eastern section of the ridge rises to 825 m and is notable for four rock towers. The feature was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1966, and was surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1971-72. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 in association with Zonda Glacier.

Zotikov Glacier
Zotikov Glacier (-85.03333°N, -169.25°W) is a tributary glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing northeast from Mount Fisher in the Prince Olav Mountains and entering Liv Glacier just east of Hardiman Peak. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Igor A. Zotikov, Soviet exchange scientist to the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) at McMurdo Station in 1965.

Zub Lake
Zub Lake (-70.75°N, 11.73333°W) is a lake about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east-southeast of Tsentral'naya Hill in the Schirmacher Hills, Queen Maud Land. The feature was mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961 and named Ozero Zub (tooth lake), presumably for its shape when viewed in plan.

Zubchatyy Ice Shelf
Zubchatyy Ice Shelf (-67.21667°N, 49.08333°W) is a small ice shelf which borders the south side of Sakellari Peninsula in Enderby Land. Plotted by Russian cartographers from air photos taken by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1961-62. The Russian name means "toothed" and refers to the serrated nature of the ice front when viewed in plan.

Zubov Bay
Zubov Bay (-65.7°N, -65.86667°W) is a bay 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) wide, indenting 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 for Nikolay N. Zubov, Soviet oceanographer and author of numerous works on sea ice in the Arctic.

Mount Zuckerhut
Mount Zuckerhut (-71.41667°N, 13.45°W) is a peak (2,525 m) standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Ritscher Peak in the Gruber Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and given the descriptive name Zuckerhut (sugarloaf) by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39, under Ritscher.

Zuhn Bluff
Zuhn Bluff (-72.28333°N, -98.03333°W) is a steep north-facing bluff standing about 5 nautical miles (9 km) east-southeast of Mount Bramhall in the Walker Mountains of Thurston Island. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Arthur A. Zuhn, physicist with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1933-35.

Zukriegel Island
Zukriegel Island (-65.9°N, -65.8°W) is an island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying between Rabot Island and Hennessy Islands, 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 for Josef Zukriegel, Czechoslovakian geographer who specialized in sea ice studies. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Zumberge Coast
Zumberge Coast (-78°N, -74°W) is that portion of the east coast of Ellsworth Land between Cape Zumberge and the south entrance point to Hercules Inlet. Overlooking the west part of Ronne Ice Shelf, this coast was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1961-66 and Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1986 after James H. Zumberge (1923-92), American geologist and glaciologist who directed research on Ross Ice Shelf, 1957-64; Chairman, Committee on Polar Research (later Polar Research Board) of NAS, 1972-76; President, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1982-86; President, University of Southern California, 1980-91.

Cape Zumberge
Cape Zumberge (-76.23333°N, -69.66667°W) is a steep rock cape on the west side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, marking the southwest end of the Orville Coast of Ellsworth Land. The name "Zumberge Nunatak" was given by the US-IGY party from Ellsworth Station, 1957-58, to a rock feature reported to lie 30 nautical miles (60 km) north of the westernmost traverse station occupied by the party. The cape described, though somewhat farther north, is apparently the only rock feature lying in that direction. Named for James H. Zumberge, American glaciologist who has made studies of the Ross Ice Shelf.

Zuncich Hill
Zuncich Hill (-75.83333°N, -142.85°W) is a broad, ice-covered hill (1,075 m) rising between the heads of Siemiatkowski Glacier and El-Sayed Glacier in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Joseph L. Zuncich, U.S. Navy Reserve, navigator in LC-130F Hercules aircraft on Operation Deep Freeze 1968.

Zuniga Glacier
Zuniga Glacier (-74.56667°N, -111.85°W) is a glacier flowing west-northwest into Dotson Ice Shelf between Jeffrey Head and Mount Bodziony on the west side of Bear Peninsula, Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1947 and U.S. Navy in 1966. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Mike Zuniga, Chief Aviation Storekeeper, U.S. Navy, who made seven Deep Freeze deployments between 1960 and 1978.

Zurn Peak
Zurn Peak (-75.73333°N, -115.66667°W) is a rocky peak (1,515 m) rising from the north edge of Toney Mountain, about 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Richmond Peak, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-71. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Walter A. Zurn, Station Scientific Leader at South Pole Station, 1972.

Lake Zvezda
Lake Zvezda (-68.53333°N, 78.45°W) is a large, irregular-shaped lake 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southeast of Lake Cowan in the east part of Vestfold Hills. The lake was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) and was mapped from air photos taken by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956) and ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1957-58). Named Zvezda (star) by the Soviet expedition. Not to be confused with Braunsteffer Lake, which is 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southwest of Lake Cowan.

Zwiesel Mountain
Zwiesel Mountain (-71.71667°N, 12.13333°W) is a large complex mountain which is highly dissected, rising to 2,970 m and forming the north portion of Pieck Range in the Petermann Ranges of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and given the descriptive name "Zwiesel-Berg" (forked mountain) by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39, under Ritscher.

Zykov Glacier
Zykov Glacier (-70.61667°N, 164.76667°W) is a valley glacier about 25 nautical miles (46 km) long in the Anare Mountains, flowing northwest and reaching the coast between Cape Williams and Cooper Bluffs. Photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958 and named for student navigator Ye. Zykov, who died in Antarctica, February 3, 1957.

Zykov Island
Zykov Island (-66.53333°N, 93.01667°W) is a small island lying between Fulmar Island and Buromskiy Island in the Haswell Islands. Discovered and first mapped by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, 1911-14. Remapped by the Soviet expedition of 1956, which named it for Ye. Zykov, a student navigator who lost his life in the Antarctic in 1957. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands