Ajax Icefall' ( 62°4′S58°23′W / 62.067°S 58.383°W Coordinates: 62°4′S58°23′W / 62.067°S 58.383°W ) is an icefall between Stenhouse Bluff and Ullmann Spur at the head of Visca Anchorage, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot in 1908–10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for HMS Ajax, which assisted in the search for a boat crew from the Discovery II, missing on King George Island in January 1937.
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Ullmann Point is a point marking the southwest end of Ullmann Spur in Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The point was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot. It was named in association with Ullmann Spur some 20 years later.
Ullmann Spur is a mountainous ridge, 275 m, situated centrally at the head of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot.
Ineson Glacier is a glacier flowing northwest into Gin Cove, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Following geological work by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1981–83, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Jonathan R. Ineson, a BAS geologist in the area.
Precious Peaks is a line of about three dark peaks at the northeast side of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Alan Precious of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), meteorological observer at Hope Bay in 1954 and 1955, and leader at the Admiralty Bay station in 1957.
Anna Glacier is a glacier flowing southeast between Rose Peak and Rea Peak, tributary to Polonia Glacier/Polonia Ice Piedmont at the head of King George Bay, King George Island. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition (PAE), 1981, after Anna Tokarska, field assistant of PAE geological party to King George Island, 1979–80, and wife of Antoni K. Tokarski.
Baranowski Glacier is a glacier flowing east into Admiralty Bay, King George Island, northwest of Demay Point. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after Stanisław Baranowski (1935–78), Polish glaciologist who died on King George Island as a result of an accident at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station while a member of the 1977–78 expedition.
Usher Glacier is a glacier nearly 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, flowing northwest into the sea between Stigant Point and Davey Point on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for J. Usher, Master of the Caraquet from Liverpool, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1821-22.
Noble Glacier is a small glacier lying just north of Flagstaff Glacier on the east side of Keller Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Hugh M. Noble of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), glaciologist at Admiralty Bay in 1957, who made detailed studies of the regime of Flagstaff and Stenhouse Glaciers.
Stwosz Icefall is an icefall at the outlet of Krakow Dome at the head of Legru Bay on King George Island, Antarctica. It was named by the 1980 Polish Antarctic Expedition after artist Wit Stwosz (c.1445–1533), who carved the wooden altarpiece in Mariacki Church in Kraków between 1477–87.
Doctors Icefall is an icefall at the head of Goulden Cove, Ezcurra Inlet, Admiralty Bay, King George Island. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after its doctor teams.
Domeyko Glacier is a glacier flowing southeast into Mackellar Inlet, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after Ignacy Domeyko, a Polish born explorer of the Andes and sometime Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, and Rector, of the University of Chile, Santiago.
The Emerald Icefalls are icefalls along the north side of Ezcurra Inlet, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. They were so named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, from the color of the serac.
Moby Dick Icefall is an icefall at the head of Destruction Bay, in the east of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition of 1981 after the famous white whale of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick.
Goetel Glacier is a glacier flowing south between Ullmann Spur and the Precious Peaks into Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after Professor Walery Goetel (1889–1972), a Polish geologist and conservationist.
Lloyd Icefall is a large icefall at the head of Lillie Glacier, draining from the Antarctic polar plateau between the King Range and the Millen Range. It was named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Federated Mountain Clubs Antarctic Expedition (NZFMCAE), 1962–63, for R. Lloyd, a field assistant with the Southern Party of that expedition.
Hektor Icefall is an icefall extending in an arc about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long at the head of Sherratt Bay, on the south coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for the Hektor Whaling Company which operated the land station at Deception Island from 1912 to 1931, and worked chiefly in the waters of the South Shetland Islands.
Stenhouse Glacier is a small glacier flowing into the head of Visca Anchorage immediately west of Stenhouse Bluff, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted but not named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot. The name West Stenhouse Glacier arose locally for this feature in 1958 from association with Stenhouse Bluff, but the shortened form recommended by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 has been adopted.
Sölch Glacier is a glacier on the Pernik Peninsula of the Loubet Coast in Graham Land, flowing west to Salmon Cove just north of Kanchov Peak on the east side of Lallemand Fjord. It was mapped from air photos taken by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1956–57, and named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Johann Sölch (1883–1951), an Austrian glacial geologist and glaciologist.
Rush Glacier is a glacier in Antarctica. Situated in southern Brabant Island, it is 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, draining the northwest slopes of Solvay Mountains and flowing west between Mount Aciar and Mount Sarnegor into the Buragara Cove of Dallmann Bay in the Palmer Archipelago. It was shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. It was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. The glacier was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Benjamin Rush (1745–1813), a noted American physician and philanthropist, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence.