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False Cape Renard is a rocky cape 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) southwest of Cape Renard, on the northwest coast of Kyiv Peninsula, Graham Land. It was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99. This feature and Cape Renard together were called "The Needles" by Henryk Arctowski, geologist, oceanographer and meteorologist with the Belgian expedition. Since the two capes are easily confused and need to be distinguished, a collective name is considered unsuitable. The name "False Cape Renard" was applied by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.
Lockhart Ridge is a conspicuous ridge in Antarctica. About 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, it extends west along the south side of Yeats Glacier and terminates at Shackleton Glacier. The ridge was named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition (1964–65) for CWO James J. Lockhart, a pilot with the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment which supported the expedition.
San Carlos Point is the southwest entrance point of Brandy Bay, James Ross Island. A refuge hut called "Refugio San Carlos" was established on this point by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition in 1959. Following geological work in the area by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1981–83, the point was called "Brandy Point" in association with the bay, but later named San Carlos Point.
Cape Roberts is a cape at the south side of the entrance to Granite Harbour on the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered by the South Magnetic Pole Party, led by David, of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) and named for William C. Roberts, assistant zoologist and cook for the expedition.
Lawrence Nunatak is a nunatak, 1,540 metres (5,050 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Snake Ridge along the ice escarpment that trends southwest from the ridge, in the Patuxent Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lawrence E. Brown, a surveyor at Palmer Station during the winter of 1966.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cape Beaufort
- ↑ Geological Survey (U.S.) (1960). Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 52.
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