Melba Peninsula
Melba Peninsula is a broad, ice-covered peninsula between Reid Glacier and the Bay of Winds, fronting on Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
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Click on them to get its location and coordinatesMeade Nunatak
Meade Nunatak (80°23′S21°58′W) is a nunatak 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Blanchard Hill, rising to 990 metres (3,250 ft) in the Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the U.S.
McLeod Glacier (Wilson Hills)
McLeod Glacier is a glacier that descends from the Wilson Hills of Antarctica, between Stanwix Ridge and Arthurson Ridge, into Davies Bay. It was plotted by Australian cartographers from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and…
McKinzie Islands
The McKinzie Islands are a group of small islands in the northeastern extremity of Cranton Bay, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and were named by the Advisory Commit…
McGrath Nunatak
McGrath Nunatak is a ridge-like nunatak at the west end of the Blånabbane Nunataks, standing 7 nautical miles (13 km) southeast of Van Hulssen Nunatak in Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken…
McConchie Ridge
McConchie Ridge is a rock spur trending southeast from Salient Peak in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named in 1985 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee after John A. McConchie, a field assistant with the Ne…
McClintock Point
McClintock Point (77°33′S163°40′E) is a point at the north side of the entrance to Explorers Cove, New Harbour, McMurdo Sound, on the Scott Coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1997 after …
Matheson Glacier
Matheson Glacier is a glacier 11 nautical miles (20 km) long, lying 2 nautical miles (4 km) south of Ashton Glacier, which it parallels, and flowing in an easterly direction to the west side of Lehrke Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarct…
Massam Glacier
Massam Glacier is a glacier, 11 nautical miles (20 km) long, flowing north between the Waldron Spurs and Longhorn Spurs to enter the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, just east of the mouth of Shackleton Glacier. It was named by the Southern Party of the …
Martin Island (Antarctica)
Martin Island is a small island in the northern part of Edward VIII Bay, Antarctica, just off the south shore of Edward VIII Plateau. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and …
Martin Dome
Martin Dome is an elevated, snow-covered prominence between Argosy Glacier and Argo Glacier in the Miller Range, Antarctica. It was sighted in December 1957 by the New Zealand Southern Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, and was na…
Marshall Cirque
Marshall Cirque (78°5′S167°16′E) is an ice-filled cirque, 1 nautical mile (2 km) wide, located 1 nautical mile southwest of Kienle Cirque on the west side of White Island, in the Ross Archipelago, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee …
Marsh Cirque
Marsh Cirque (77°30′S161°27′E) is a cirque in the southern part of Mount Hercules, Olympus Range, Antarctica. The cirque is 1 nautical mile (2 km) wide and in part occupied by a glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in …
Mansergh Wall
Mansergh Wall is an ice-covered cliff, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, running east–west between Mansergh Snowfield and the head of Errant Glacier in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica. The cliff rises to over 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) and forms part…
Mancho Buttress
Mancho Buttress (Bulgarian: рид Манчо, ‘Rid Mancho’ \'rid 'man-cho\) is the ice-covered buttress rising to 1250 m on the northeast side of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Malysh Mountain
Malysh Mountain is a small mountain, 2,640 metres (8,660 ft) high, standing southwest of Skeidshovden Mountain in the Wohlthat Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
Malin Valley
Malin Valley is an upland valley on the west side of Mount Cerberus in the east of the Olympus Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. The valley opens north to Victoria Valley. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2004 after…
Madzharovo Point
Madzharovo Point (Bulgarian: нос Маджарово, ‘Nos Madzharovo’ \'nos ma-'dzha-ro-vo\) is a point on the southwest coast of Fournier Bay in Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica separating the termini of Thamyris Glacier to the northwest …
M'Kean Point
M'Kean Point on the southeast coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is formed by an offshoot of Kalofer Peak.
Lucas Nunatak
Lucas Nunatak is a nunatak 1 nautical mile (2 km) south of the Woodberry Nunataks in the Casey Range of the Framnes Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, an…
Lucas Island
Lucas Island is a small island lying just west of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica, 2 nautical miles (4 km) northwest of Plog Island. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37) and calle…
Lookout Nunatak
Lookout Nunatak is a nunatak lying 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) southeast of Monte Cassino in the Freyberg Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The nunatak is in the middle of an icefall overlooking Gallipoli Heights to the southwest. It was so nam…
Lokehellene Cliffs
The Lokehellene Cliffs are steep rock cliffs which form the west side of Nupsskarvet Mountain, in the Kurze Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
Lippmann Islands
The Lippmann Islands are a group of small islands 2 nautical miles (4 km) in extent, lying close northwest of Lahille Island off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.
Liebknecht Range
The Liebknecht Range (71°48′S11°22′E) is a mountain range, 10 nautical miles (19 km) long, forming the southwest arm of the Humboldt Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
Ledenika Peak
Ledenika Peak (Bulgarian: връх Леденика, ‘Vrah Ledenika’ \'vr&h le-de-'ni-ka\) is the peak rising to 1020 m in Srednogorie Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 2.68 km southwest of Razvigor Peak, 6 km southeast of Hanson Hill,…
Lay-brother Rock
Lay-brother Rock (60°34′S46°13′W) is a rock 2 nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the Despair Rocks and 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of Route Point, off the west end of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica.
Lawson Aiguilles
The Lawson Aiguilles (67°50′S66°15′E) are a line of sharp peaks in the south part of Mount Rivett, in the Gustav Bull Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. Peaks in this group were included in Australian National Antarctic Research Expediti…
Kvaevefjellet Mountain
Kvaevefjellet Mountain (71°52′S14°27′E) is an elongated mountain, about 6 miles (10 km) long and surmounted by Mount Fučík, which has been eroded by the ice into a series of spurs that enclose small cirques, standing at the north end of the Payer M…
Kurilo Point
Kurilo Point (Bulgarian: нос Курило, ‘Nos Kurilo’ \'nos ku-'ri-lo\) is a sharp ice-free point on the southeast coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 200 m into Bransfield Strait.
Kukuzel Cove
Kukuzel Cove (Bulgarian: залив Кукузел, ‘Zaliv Kukuzel’ \'za-liv ku-ku-'zel\) is the 1.18 km wide cove indenting for 620 m the north coast of Byers Peninsula between Lair Point and Villard Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, An…
Krok Lake
Krok Lake is an irregular-shaped lake about 4 nautical miles (7 km) long in the southeast part of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica. The lake was partially mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936…
Krichim Peak
Krichim Peak (Vrah Krichim \'vr&h 'kri-chim\) is an ice covered peak of elevation 500 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, an island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Saedinenie Snowfield to the northwest an…
Korff Ice Rise
Korff Ice Rise is an ice rise, 80 nautical miles (150 km) long and 20 nautical miles (40 km) wide, lying 50 nautical miles (90 km) east-northeast of Skytrain Ice Rise in the southwestern part of the Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was discovered by …
Komandnaya Nunatak
Komandnaya Nunatak is the eastern and highest of the Rokhlin Nunataks, located in the southern part of the Payer Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
Klakkane Islands
The Klakkane Islands are a group of small islands lying 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) east of Farrington Island in the William Scoresby Archipelago, Antarctica.