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  • Eldred Glacier

    Eldred Glacier is a glacier 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) long, flowing to the north coast of King George Island immediately east of Potts Peak, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Andrew J.

  • Ekesteinen Rock

    Ekesteinen Rock is an isolated rock 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Smirnov Peak in the Shcherbakov Range, at the east end of the Orvin Mountains, Queen Maud Land.

  • Edwards Peninsula

    Edwards Peninsula is an ice-covered peninsula about 20 nautical miles (40 km) long, between Murphy Inlet and Koether Inlet on the north side of Thurston Island. It was delineated from aerial photographs made by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in Decemb…

  • Edwards Islands (Canisteo Peninsula)

    The Edwards Islands are a group of about 20 small islands, mostly ice free, lying off the southwest tip of Canisteo Peninsula in the Amundsen Sea. They were plotted from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960, and were named by …

  • Dunn Glacier

    Dunn Glacier (73°36′S165°46′E) is a steep tributary glacier which drains the northwest slopes of Mount Casey and flows north to Icebreaker Glacier, in the Mountaineer Range, Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from s…

  • Dragash Point

    Dragash Point (Bulgarian: нос Драгаш, ‘Nos Dragash’ \'nos 'dra-gash\) is the rocky point forming the south extremity of Dee Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Divotino Point

    Divotino Point (Bulgarian: нос Дивотино, ‘Nos Divotino’ \'nos di-'vo-ti-no\) is a sharp, low ice-free point on the southeast coast of Alfatar Peninsula on Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 200 m into Mitchell Cove.

  • Dickinson Rocks

    The Dickinson Rocks are isolated rock outcrops near the north end of Hershey Ridge, 9 nautical miles (17 km) northwest of Linwood Peak, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. They were mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41) and by t…

  • Deimos Ridge

    Deimos Ridge is a prominent, narrow rocky spur of sandstone and shales, 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Phobos Ridge and Mars Glacier in the southeast corner of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was first seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth o…

  • Deception Plateau

    Deception Plateau (73°15′S164°50′E) is a high, ice-covered plateau, 11 miles (18 km) long and 6 miles (10 km) wide, which is bounded by Aviator Glacier, Pilot Glacier and Mount Overlord, in Victoria Land.

  • DeRemer Nunataks

    The DeRemer Nunataks are a group of nunataks centered about 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Blowaway in the Wilson Hills. The group was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960–63, …

  • Daveri Hill

    Daveri Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Давери, ‘Halm Daveri’ \'h&lm 'da-ve-ri\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 834 m at the northeast extremity of Srednogorie Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

  • Darling Ridge

    Darling Ridge is a snow-covered, flat-topped ridge, 2,350 metres (7,700 ft) high, with precipitous rock sides. The ridge is 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) long and forms a notable landmark at the northwest corner of Buckeye Table in the Ohio Range of the…

  • Curzon Islands

    The Curzon Islands (66°46′S141°35′E) are a small group of rocky islands lying close off Cape Découverte, Adélie Coast. They were probably sighted in January 1840 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, though not identified as …

  • Crutch Peaks

    Crutch Peaks is a dark, rocky ridge extending 900 m in north-south direction and rising to 275 m in the north extremity of Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Crisp Glacier

    Crisp Glacier is a glacier between Killer Ridge and Second Facet, flowing southeast into Debenham Glacier in Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Kelton W. Crisp, U.S.

  • Cowell Island

    Cowell Island is a small island, partly contained by the Flatnes Ice Tongue, on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. It lies 6 kilometres (4 mi) west-south-west of Hovde Island and Amanda Bay. It was first mapped from…

  • Coughran Peak

    Coughran Peak is a peak rising to about 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) at the eastern end of Guardrail Ridge in the Kyle Hills, Ross Island. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2000 after William A.

  • Cornerpost Peak

    Cornerpost Peak is a peak, 2,160 metres (7,100 ft) high, at the southeast end of Leitch Massif in the Concord Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was so named by the northern party of the New Zealand Federated Mountain Cl…

  • Cora Cove

    Cora Cove is the 750 m wide cove in the northwest part of Blythe Bay indenting for 590 m the southeast coast of Desolation Island off Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Conant Valley

    Conant Valley is a valley between Duncan Bluff and Communication Heights in the southern part of the Darwin Mountains; the valley mouth opens to Hatherton Glacier.

  • Clem Nunatak

    Clem Nunatak is an isolated rock nunatak, 1,260 metres (4,130 ft) high, standing at the west side of Skelton Glacier, 7 nautical miles (13 km) southwest of Halfway Nunatak. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1964 for Willis…

  • Clark Spur

    Clark Spur is a narrow, rocky spur about 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, extending from the foothills of the Prince Olav Mountains to the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. The spur forms the eastern side of the mouth of Morris Glacier, about 6 nautical mile…

  • Clark Nunatak

    Clark Nunatak is a rocky peak rising to 147 m at the southwest edge of the ice cap of Rotch Dome in western Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica near the south extremity of Urvich Wall.

  • Cardozo Cove

    Cardozo Cove is the northern of two coves at the head of Ezcurra Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.

  • Cape Walcott

    Cape Walcott is a bold, ice-covered headland rising to 625 m on the north side of the entrance to Bertius Inlet, and forming the seaward extremity of Scripps Heights on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1928 and name…

  • Cape Spieden

    Cape Spieden is a cape along the western shore of Porpoise Bay, about 17 nautical miles (31 km) southeast of Cape Goodenough. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S.

  • Cape Simpson

    Cape Simpson (67°28′S61°8′E) is a high rocky bluff at the north end of Ufs Island, forming the east side of the entrance to Howard Bay. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under …

  • Cape Peremennyy

    Cape Peremennyy (66°12′S105°24′E) is an ice point on the coast of Antarctica 45 miles west-northwest of Merritt Island. It was first mapped in 1955 by G.D. Blodgett from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1947), and then photograph…

  • Cape Christmas

    Cape Christmas is an abrupt rock cape which rises to 320 metres (1,050 ft), marking the north side of the entrance to Wust Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the United States…

  • Cape Canwe

    Cape Canwe (74°43′S163°41′E) is a high rock bluff 3 miles (5 km) north of Vegetation Island, forming the western extremity of the Northern Foothills, Victoria Land.

  • Cangrejo Cove

    Cangrejo Cove (British Crab Cove) (65°4′S63°39′W) is a cove 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long lying immediately west of Azure Cove in Flandres Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land.