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  • Hayes Peak (Thiel Mountains)

    Hayes Peak is an isolated, low rock peak, 2,060 metres (6,760 ft) high, rising above the ice surface just south of Bermel Escarpment, in the Thiel Mountains of Antarctica. The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur B. Ford, co-leaders of the U…

  • Harrow Peaks

    The Harrow Peaks are a group of rugged peaks in the eastern part of the Random Hills, bounded on the north by Clausnitzer Glacier and on the east by Tinker Glacier, overlooking the northwestern extremity of Wood Bay on the coast of Victoria Land, An…

  • Harmanli Cove

    Harmanli Cove (Bulgarian: залив Харманли, ‘Zaliv Harmanli’ \'za-liv 'har-man-li\) is a 1.1 km wide cove indenting for 1.1 km the east coast of Tower Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, north of Breste Cove.

  • Hannah Ridge

    Hannah Ridge is a narrow, arc-shaped rock ridge, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, extending westward from Washington Escarpment just north of Brown Ridge, in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States G…

  • Haggerty Hill

    Haggerty Hill (77°57′S164°12′E) is a mostly ice-free peak, 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) high, standing 0.5 miles (0.8 km) southeast of Salmon Hill and immediately north of the snout of Salmon Glacier, on the Scott Coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It …

  • Hadley Point

    Hadley Point (73°55′S113°58′W) is the northeast point of Murray Foreland, Martin Peninsula, on the Bakutis Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The point lies 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Cape Herlacher. It was mapped by the United States Geologica…

  • Hackapike Bay

    Hackapike Bay is an anchorage 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Ryswyck Point, entered west of False Island along the northeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

  • Haban Spur

    Haban Spur (73°18′S163°0′E) is a bold rock spur 3 miles (5 km) north of Scarab Peak, extending northeast from the east central part of Tobin Mesa in the Mesa Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The feature was geologically studied by an Ohio State …

  • Gregory Point

    Gregory Point is a rocky point on the northwest coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 700 m into Drake Passage. Situated 12.85 km west-southwest of Cape Smith, 3.9 km northwest of Mount Pisgah and 2 km north-nort…

  • Grazzini Bay

    Grazzini Bay is an ice-filled coastal embayment, 2 nautical miles (4 km), between Gentile Point and Fisher Point on the east side of the Darley Hills, in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica. The bay opens to the Ross Ice Shelf. It was named by the…

  • Gootee Nunatak

    Gootee Nunatak is a small but distinctive nunatak, about 250 metres (820 ft) high, which is the only rock outcrop at the west end of Couzens Bay, Shackleton Coast, Antarctica.

  • Glaciar Rocoso Cove

    Glaciar Rocoso Cove is a small open cove, part of False Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is 920 m wide and indenting for 180 m the southeast coast of Hurd Peninsula east-northeast of Binn Peak and south-southwest …

  • Gilbert Bluff

    Gilbert Bluff (74°58′S136°37′W) is a rock bluff with abrupt cliff faces on the north and east sides, located on the south side of Garfield Glacier and near the north margin of Erickson Bluffs in the McDonald Heights area of coastal Marie Byrd Land.

  • Gaussiran Glacier

    Gaussiran Glacier is a glacier in the eastern part of the Britannia Range, Antarctica. It drains north from the saddle with Merrick Glacier to a juncture with Darwin Glacier between the Cranfield Icefalls and the Nebraska Peaks. It was named by the …

  • Gargoyle Bastion

    Gargoyle Bastion is a rocky headland rising to 60 m on the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the south side of the entrance to Hydra Cove and the northeast side of the entranc…

  • Friedmann Valley

    Friedmann Valley is one of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, located west of Rector Ridge at the head of Beacon Valley, in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named in 1992 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after E. Imre F…

  • Førstefjell

    Førstefjell is an isolated nunatak about 5 nautical miles (10 km) north of Førstefjellsrabben, in the northwest part of Giaever Ridge in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.

  • Forbidden Valley

    Forbidden Valley is a valley to the south of Citadel Peak in the Hays Mountains of Antarctica. The valley drains east-northeast from Mount Crockett to Scott Glacier and is partly covered by glacier and moraine. It was visited in December 1987 by a U…

  • Forbes Point

    Forbes Point is a point forming the east side of the entrance to Lester Cove, Andvord Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. The name "Forbes Hill" was given by Scottish geologist David Ferguson in 1913–14 to a corner or spur of the plat…

  • Flensing Icefall

    Flensing Icefall is a large icefall at the east side of the Bowers Mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, situated south of Platypus Ridge at the junction of Graveson Glacier and Rastorguev Glacier with Lillie Glacier. The icefall was so named by t…

  • First Facet

    First Facet is a steep ice-free bluff rising just eastward of Second Facet, forming a part of the north wall of Debenham Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica.

  • Final Island

    Final Island is the westernmost of the Myriad Islands, lying 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the Snag Rocks in the Wilhelm Archipelago.

  • Felsite Island

    Felsite Island is a rock island 1 nautical mile (2 km) long and 300 metres (1,000 ft) high, lying at the head of Edisto Inlet within the northward stream of Edisto Glacier.

  • Eyer Peak

    Eyer Peak (Bulgarian: връх Айер, ‘Vrah Eyer’ \'vr&h a-'yer\) is the peak rising to 3,358 metres (11,017 ft) in Probuda Ridge, north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is separated from the north-northeastern part of Probud…

  • Exodus Glacier

    Exodus Glacier is a steep, smooth glacier 1 nautical mile (2 km) northeast of Mount Ellis, flowing from the northern edge of Midnight Plateau to the southwest side of Island Arena, in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica.

  • Evans Heights

    The Evans Heights are small rock heights on the west side of the mouth of Woodberry Glacier, in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–62, and…

  • Esteverena Point

    Esteverena Point is the rocky point projecting 700 m into Boyd Strait to form the west extremity of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Erven Nunataks

    The Erven Nunataks are a small nunatak group 7.5 nautical miles (14 km) northeast of Putzke Peak in the McCuddin Mountains of Marie Byrd Land. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, an…

  • Erickson Glacier

    Erickson Glacier is a glacier, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, flowing north from the Queen Maud Mountains, between Mount Young and O'Leary Peak, to join Ramsey Glacier at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Ant…

  • Engel Peaks

    The Engel Peaks (69°32′S63°8′W) are a group of three peaks, the highest at 1,460 metres (4,790 ft), extending in a northwest–southeast direction for 4 miles (6.4 km), standing 15 miles (24 km) west of Cape Rymill on the east side of Palmer Land. Th…