Humphries Heights

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Location of Kiev Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula. Ant-pen-map-Kiev.PNG
Location of Kiev Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.

The Humphries Heights ( 65°3′S63°52′W / 65.050°S 63.867°W / -65.050; -63.867 Coordinates: 65°3′S63°52′W / 65.050°S 63.867°W / -65.050; -63.867 ) are a series of elevations extending southwest from False Cape Renard to Deloncle Bay, on the northwest coast of Kiev Peninsula, Graham Land, Antarctica. They were charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99, and were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Colonel G.J. Humphries, then Deputy Director, and future Director of Overseas Surveys. [1]

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False Cape Renard headland

False Cape Renard is a rocky cape 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) southwest of Cape Renard, on the northwest coast of Kiev 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.

Deloncle Bay bay

Deloncle Bay is a bay, 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) long, indenting the northwest coast of Kiev Peninsula in Graham Land between Loubat Point and Glandaz Point, and opening on Lemaire Channel opposite Booth Island. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99. Recharted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, it was named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for François Deloncle, a French diplomat.

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