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  • Kichenside Glacier

    Kichenside Glacier (67°46′S47°36′E) is a glacier, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long and 3 to 5 nautical miles (6 to 9 km) wide, flowing northeast into the southern part of the Hannan Ice Shelf on the coast of Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was charted f…

  • Kazichene Cove

    Kazichene Cove (Bulgarian: залив Казичене, ‘Zaliv Kazichene’ \'za-liv ka-'zi-che-ne\) is a 2.2 km wide cove on the southeast side of Osmar Strait indenting for 1.3 km the northwest coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Karm Island (Antarctica)

    Karm Island is an island off the coast of Antarctica. It is located 1.6 km (1 mi) south-east of Shaula Island. It is 2.4 km (1.5 mi) long. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and ca…

  • Karlovo Peak

    Karlovo Peak (Vrah Karlovo \'vr&h 'kar-lo-vo\) is a 300 m peak in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains on eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Jetty Peninsula

    Jetty Peninsula is an elongated, steep-sided, almost flat-topped peninsula that extends northward from just east of Beaver Lake for about 30 miles into the Amery Ice Shelf.

  • Jennings Reef

    Jennings Reef is a reef, mostly submerged, extending between Avian Island and the Rocca Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Leading Seaman Ronald A.J.

  • Jarl Nunataks

    The Jarl Nunataks are a small group of nunataks 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Risen Peak which mark the northeastern extremity of the Gjelsvik Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.

  • Jambelí Cove

    Jambelí Cove is the 620 m wide cove indenting for 140 m the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and entered between Spark Point and Orión Point.

  • Jagar Islands

    The Jagar Islands (66°35′S57°20′E) are a group of small islands lying immediately off Cape Boothby, Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named "…

  • Jacoby Glacier

    Jacoby Glacier (75°48′S132°6′W) is a steep glacier draining the eastern slopes of the Ames Range between Mount Boennighausen and Mount Andrus, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S…

  • Jacobs Peak

    Jacobs Peak (80°4′S157°46′E) is a peak, 2,040 metres (6,700 ft) high, surmounting the northern end of the ridge which stands on the west side of Ragotzkie Glacier, in the Britannia Range, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarc…

  • Ives Bank

    Ives Bank is a marine bank with a least depth of 11 metres (6 fathoms) in the southern approaches to Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island, Antarctica, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the Mikkelsen Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after…

  • Italia Valley

    Italia Valley (62°10′S58°31′W) is a small valley lying east-northeast of Hervé Cove, Ezcurra Inlet, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The feature was named "Conca Italia" (Italian hollow) and used as the site of its base hut by t…

  • Istindhalsen Saddle

    Istindhalsen Saddle is an ice saddle between Istind Peak and the Grunehogna Peaks in the Ahlmann Ridge of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Ex…

  • Isca Valley

    Isca Valley (80°1′S155°32′E) is a narrow ice-free valley lying next west of Ituna Valley and 2 miles (3 km) east-northeast of Haven Mountain in the Britannia Range, Antarctica. It was named in association with "Britannia" by a University of Waikato…

  • Inspiration Rocks

    The Inspiration Rocks (73°26′S94°5′W) are a group of rock outcrops at the northern edge of the Cache Heights, in the Jones Mountains of Antarctica.

  • Ineson Glacier

    Ineson Glacier (64°4′S58°22′W) is a glacier flowing northwest into Gin Cove, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Following geological work by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1981–83, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Jonat…

  • Indrehovdeholmen

    Indrehovdeholmen (69°11′S39°33′E) is an island lying 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Langhovde-kita Point in the eastern part of Lützow-Holm Bay, Antarctica.

  • Inclusion Hill

    Inclusion Hill (77°15′S166°26′E) is a prominent steeply conical hill, 335 metres (1,100 ft) high, between McDonald Beach and the Mount Bird icecap on Ross Island, Antarctica. It is a trachyte plug, in parts containing numerous inclusions of basalt.…

  • Incisor Ridge

    Incisor Ridge (71°40′S163°41′E) is a ridge, 9 miles (14 km) long, forming the southwestern segment of Molar Massif in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was named in association with Molar Massif by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committ…

  • Inca Point

    Inca Point (62°18′S59°12′W) is a point on the northwest side of Harmony Cove, Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. An isolated stack off the point bears a striking resemblance to an Inca head. The name "Punta Inca" seems first to appear on…

  • Ihtiman Hook

    Ihtiman Hook (Bulgarian: Ихтиманска коса, ‘Ihtimanska Kosa’ \ih-ti-'man-ska ko-'sa\) is a gravel barrier spit extending 700 m westward from the north coast of Burgas Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Igloo Hill

    Igloo Hill (64°33′S61°47′W) is a completely ice-covered hill, 280 metres (920 ft) high, in the central part of Reclus Peninsula on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

  • Ifo Island

    Ifo Island (66°38′S139°44′E) is a low rocky island 0.3 km (0.2 mi) southeast of Hélène Island at the western end of the Géologie Archipelago, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was charted and…

  • Ibarra Peak

    Ibarra Peak (77°58′S162°58′E) is the summit at the extremity of the ridge which extends eastwards from the Royal Society Range between Mitchell Glacier and Lister Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named in 1992 by the Advisory Committee…

  • Hydra Cove

    Hydra Cove is a small cove indenting for 200 m the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and entered north of Gargoyle Bastion.

  • Hordern Gap

    Hordern Gap is a gap, 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, between Mount Coates and Mount Hordern in the David Range of the Framnes Mountains of Antarctica.

  • Holden Nunataks

    The Holden Nunataks are a group of about four nunataks rising to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) near the head of Mosby Glacier, to the south of the Journal Peaks in south-central Palmer Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Sur…

  • Hoehn Peak

    Hoehn Peak is a peak rising to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) at the head of Matterhorn Glacier; the peak marks the southern end of Morelli Ridge in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (1…

  • Hjort Massif

    Hjort Massif is a salient mountain rising to about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) at the northeast end of the Wilson Mountains, on the south side of Hilton Inlet, on the Bowman Coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the Unite…

  • Henry Bluff

    Henry Bluff is a point forming the southwest side of the entrance to Argentina Cove and the north side of the entrance to Las Palmas Cove in Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point is dominated by a pro…

  • Heilman Glacier

    Heilman Glacier is a glacier in the northern part of the Queen Elizabeth Range in Antarctica, flowing northwest from Mount Sandved into Nimrod Glacier. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photo…