Aagaard Glacier, also known as Glaciar Alderete, is an 8-mile (13 km) long Antarctic glacier which lies close to the east of Gould Glacier and flows in a southerly direction into Mill Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. It was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition during December 1947; it was named by the FIDS for Bjarne Aagaard, a Norwegian authority on Antarctic whaling and exploration.
Yule Peak is a small but conspicuous triangular rock peak at west end of Bermel Peninsula, Bowman Coast on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The peak was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 21 and 23, 1935, and was mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in December 1958 and so named because Christmas Day 1958 was celebrated by the FIDS sledging party close to this peak.
Armstrong Glacier is a glacier flowing from the south side of Mount Bagshawe westward into George VI Sound. It provides the only known safe route for mechanical vehicles from George VI Sound to the Palmer Land plateau. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Edward B. Armstrong, British Antarctic Survey surveyor at Stonington Island, 1964–65.
Birdwell Point is the northwest point of Dean Island, lying within the Getz Ice Shelf off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Keith W. Birdwell, U.S. Navy, Electronics Technician at Byrd Station, 1969.
Bradford Glacier is a glacier flowing north from Mount Dewey into Comrie Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land. It was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Samuel C. Bradford (1878–1948), English documentalist who was a pioneer advocate of scientific information services.
Nishi-naga-iwa Glacier is a glacier flowing to the sea between Daruma Rock and Cape Akarui in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957–62, and, in association with Higashi-naga-iwa Glacier lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) eastward, named Nishi-naga-iwa-hyoga.
طNye Glacier is a glacier on Arrowsmith Peninsula flowing southwest to Whistling Bay, in Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1948-59. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for John F. Nye, an English physicist who has made theoretical contributions to the study of the flow of glaciers and ice sheets.
Dee Nunatak is a rock nunatak which appears to be within the flow of Garfield Glacier, in the west part of McDonald Heights, Marie Byrd Land. The feature lies 1 nautical mile (2 km) west of Rhodes Icefall. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Thomas H. Dee, U.S. Navy, Medical Officer at Byrd Station, 1970.
Trivial Islands is a group of small islands lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Lacuna Island and 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Vieugue Island, in the Biscoe Islands. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because these islands are small, dull and uninteresting.
Trundle Island is an island lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Jingle Island, Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 after Mr Trundle, a character in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers.
Mount Dolber is a prominent mountain, 865 metres (2,840 ft) high, with a large snow-free summit, located between Mount Rea and Mount Cooper in the Sarnoff Mountains, Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41) and by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65). It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain Sumner R. Dolber, United States Coast Guard, captain of the icebreaker Southwind in the Antarctic Peninsula Ship Group (1967–68) and the Ross Sea Ship Group (1968–69).
Mount Dowling is a small mountain overlooking the south coast of Thurston Island, about 13 nautical miles (24 km) east of Von der Wall Point. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Forrest L. Dowling, a geophysicist at Byrd Station, 1960–61.
Fizkin Island is an island lying 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) southeast of Pickwick Island and 900 m southeast of Arrowsmith Island, Pitt Islands in the Biscoe Islands, Antarctica. The island was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 after Horatio Fizkin, Esquire, a character in Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers.
Mount Monson is at 1,155 metres (3,790 ft) the highest summit in the Mackay Mountains of Antarctica, situated 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) northeast of Vivian Nunatak in the southwest part of the group, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41) and by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65). It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Laurence C. Monson III, U.S. Navy Reserve, co-pilot of LC-130F Hercules aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze 1968.
The Lorn Rocks are a group of rocks lying 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of the north end of Lahille Island, in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. They were mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and were so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee because the rocks are small, forlorn and deserted.
Minot Point is a rock point midway along the west coast of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It lies 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of the summit of Mount Parry. The point was mapped from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after American physician George R. Minot, co-winner of a Nobel Prize for his work on liver therapy in pernicious anemia.
Melville Point is a point marking the east side of the entrance to Siniff Bay on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain Frederick C. Melville, master of the barquentine City of New York in voyages to the Bay of Whales during the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30.
Hektoria Glacier is a glacier flowing south from the area around Mount Johnston between Mount Quandary and Zagreus Ridge into Vaughan Inlet next west of Brenitsa Glacier and east of Green Glacier, on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Tot Island is a small island lying just north of the northeast end of Lahille Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 because the island is very small.
