Bentley Crag ( 67°17′S66°53′W / 67.283°S 66.883°W Coordinates: 67°17′S66°53′W / 67.283°S 66.883°W ) is a rock crag rising to about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) north of Seue Peaks on Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. It was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from surveys and from air photos, 1956–59, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Wilson A. Bentley, American meteorologist and specialist in microphotography of snow and ice crystals; joint author with W.J. Humphreys of Snow Crystals.
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The Seue Peaks are peaks located on the Antarctic Peninsula, standing between Bentley Crag and Mount Rendu on Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. They were mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from surveys and air photos from 1956 to 1959, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Christian Martini de Seue, a Norwegian surveyor and glaciologist who made pioneer measurements of glacial flow in Norway around 1870.
Arrowsmith Peninsula is a cape about 40 miles (64 km) long on the west coast of Graham Land, west of Forel Glacier, Sharp Glacier and Lallemand Fjord, and northwest of Bourgeois Fjord, with Hanusse Bay lying to the northwest. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955-58 and named for Edwin P. Arrowsmith, Governor of the Falkland Islands.
Martin Glacier is a glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide and 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, which flows west and then northwest from the south side of Mount Lupa to the southeast corner of Rymill Bay where it joins Bertrand Ice Piedmont, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under John Riddoch Rymill, and was resurveyed in 1948–1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. The glacier was named for James H. Martin, a member of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929–1931) under Sir Douglas Mawson, and first mate of the Penola during the BGLE.
Alberts Glacier is a heavily crevassed glacier in Antarctica. It is about 8 miles (13 km) long, and flows east from Avery Plateau, Graham Land, until entering Mill Inlet between Balch Glacier and Southard Promontory. The glacier was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1968. It was delineated from these photographs by Directorate of Overseas Surveys, 1980, and positioned from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947–57. In association with the names of Antarctic historians around the area, it was named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Fred G. Alberts, an American toponymist, and secretary of the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names 1949–80.
Bartholin Peak is a conspicuous peak near the north end of the Boyle Mountains in Graham Land. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958 for Erasmus Bartholin, of Copenhagen, whose De Figura Nivis Dissertatio, 1661, includes the earliest known scientific description of snow crystals.
Urfjell Cliffs is a line of rock cliff and spurs trending southwest for 10 nautical miles (18 km) from Urfjelldokka Valley, forming a part of the Kirwan Escarpment in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949–52) and additional air photos (1958–59). They gave the Urfjell.
Crame Col is a col at about 175 metres (570 ft) near the northern tip of James Ross Island, trending northeast–southwest between the Bibby Point massif and the Lachman Crags. Following geological work by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1981–83, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after James A. Crame, a BAS geologist from 1976, who worked in the area, 1981–82.
Crouse Spur is a partly snow and rock spur descending from the east side of the Forrestal Range, 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of the Kester Peaks, in the Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Carl L. Crouse, a construction man with the Ellsworth Station winter party, 1957.
Dallmann Seamount is a seamount named for polar explorer Eduard Dallmann, who surveyed the area west of Graham Land up to 66°S. The name was proposed by Dr. Rick Hagen of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, and was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1997. Minimal depth is 2100m.
Jaques Nunatak is a small nunatak lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) south-southwest of Mount Kennedy in the Gustav Bull Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. It was mapped from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions air photos taken in 1936 and 1959, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for G.A. Jaques, a weather observer at Mawson Station in 1967.
The DesRoches Nunataks are two nunataks standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of the Postel Nunatak in the southwestern Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Joseph DesRoches, a meteorologist at South Pole Station, winter 1967.
Tutton Point is the southwestern point of Liard Island in Hanusse Bay, Graham Land. This point is a landing place, the start of a route into the interior of the island. Mapped from air photos taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947–48) and Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Alfred E.H. Tutton (1864–1938), British mineralogist, author of The Natural History of Ice and Snow Illustrated from the Alps.
Postel Nunatak is a nunatak, 1,450 m, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) southwest of Snake Ridge along the ice escarpment that trends southwest from the ridge, in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Philip A. Postel, meteorologist at South Pole Station, winter 1967.
Gommen Valley is an ice-filled valley between Tunga Spur and Kuven Hill, near the southwest end of the Kirwan Escarpment in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–52) and from additional air photos (1958–59), and named Gommen.
Mount Hinks is a rock peak, 595 metres (1,950 ft) high, rising 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) south of Mount Marsden in the Gustav Bull Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. On February 13, 1931, the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929–31) under Douglas Mawson made a landing on nearby Scullin Monolith. They named this peak after Arthur R. Hinks, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, 1915–45.
Humphreys Ice Rise is an ice rise in the Muller Ice Shelf in the southwestern part of Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1956–57, and surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1956–59. In association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, the feature was named "Humphreys Hill" by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after William J. Humphreys, an American meteorologist and specialist on the effects of ice in the atmosphere. Humphreys was joint author with W.A. Bentley of Snow Crystals, New York, 1931. It was renamed as Humphreys Ice Rise to reflect the true nature of the feature.
Hutto Peak is a sharp peak, 1,620 metres (5,300 ft) high, standing just below the Founders Escarpment on the ridge separating the upper portions of Gowan Glacier and Splettstoesser Glacier, in the Heritage Range of mountains in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1961–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Chief Yoeman Grey H. Hutto of the U.S. Navy who was a participant in Operation Deep Freeze in two austral seasons in Antarctica in the period 1964–66.
The Mayer Crags form a rugged V-shaped massif in Antarctica. The feature is 10 nautical miles (19 km) long, surmounted by several sharp peaks, and located at the west side of the mouth of Liv Glacier, where the latter enters the Ross Ice Shelf. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Robert V. Mayer, U.S. Navy, a pilot of Hercules aircraft in four Antarctic seasons, and plane commander for a mid-winter evacuation flight on June 26, 1964.
The Høgsenga Crags are high rock crags which form the northern extremity of Breplogen Mountain in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. They were mapped from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named Høgsenga.
Kom Glacier is the 10 km long and 8 km wide glacier on the west side of Hemimont Plateau, Fallières Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated south of Forbes Glacier and north of Swithinbank Glacier, drains westwards between Mercury Ridge and Zhefarovich Crag, and flows into Square Bay next north of Swithinbank Glacier.
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