Asemus Beach
Asemus Beach (Bulgarian: бряг Асемус, ‘Bryag Asemus’ \'bryag a-'se-mus\) is the beach extending 2.2 km on the northwest side of Mitchell Cove in Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
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Click on them to get its location and coordinatesArnel Bluffs
Arnel Bluffs is a series of rock outcrops in a steeply-falling ice scarp south of the Leckie Range, Antarctica. It was plotted in December 1958 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions dog-sledge party led by G.A. Knuckey, and named …
Angino Buttress
Angino Buttress is a prominent buttress-type mountain near the center of the Skelton Icefalls in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1964 for Ernest E.
Alligator Ridge
Alligator Ridge (78°27′S158°48′E) is a spectacular serrated rock ridge in Antarctica, extending northeast for 2 nautical miles (4 km) from Alligator Peak in the Boomerang Range into Skelton Neve.
Allemand Peak
Allemand Peak (78°24′S158°36′E) is a peak lying 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Moody Peak in the north part of the Boomerang Range of Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1964 for Lawrence J.
Alencar Peak
Alencar Peak (65°24′S63°53′W) is a 1,555-metre (5,100 ft) peak at the head of Lind Glacier, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Cape Perez on the west side of Graham Land in Antarctica.
Ravens Mountains
Ravens Mountains (80°20′S155°25′E) is a symmetrical group of mountains on the west side of Hughes Basin in Britannia Range. The mountains are 12 nautical miles (22 km) long and rise to 2130 m in Doll Peak.
Albert Bank
Albert Bank, also known as Prince Albert I Bank, is a marine bank in the Weddell Sea named for Albert I of Monaco, instrumental in initiating the first GEBCO charts (1903). The name was proposed by Dr.
Ajax Icefall
Ajax Icefall (62°4′S58°23′W) is an icefall between Stenhouse Bluff and Ullmann Spur at the head of Visca Anchorage, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Airdevronsix Icefalls
Airdevronsix Icefalls (77°31′S160°22′E) is a line of icefalls at the head of Wright Upper Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Named by U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze (1956–57) for U.S.
Agurto Rock
Agurto Rock (63°18′S57°54′W), also variously known as Islote Agurto, Isla Elena Cerda de Bulnes or Isla Elena, is a rock lying just northwest of Silvia Rock in the Duroch Islands, Trinity Peninsula.
Aerodromnaya Hill
Aerodromnaya Hill (70°47′S11°38′E) is an isolated rock hill standing 1 mile (2 km) south of the Schirmacher Hills in Queen Maud Land.
Aeolus Ridge
Aeolus Ridge (71°18′S68°34′W) is a ridge trending northeast–southwest and rising to about 1,300 metres (4,265 ft) lying in the upper Uranus Glacier at the southern end of Planet Heights in eastern Alexander Island, Antarctica.
Adit Nunatak
Adit Nunatak (65°54′S62°48′W) is an exposed area of land not covered with ice or snow 3 miles (5 km) west-northwest of Mount Alibi on the north side of Leppard Glacier, in Voden Heights on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land.
Acuña Rocks
The Acuña Rocks (63°18′S57°56′W), also known as Islote Acuña, are a pair of rocks lying 0.4 miles (0.6 km) west of Largo Island in the Duroch Islands, off Cape Legoupil, Trinity Peninsula.
Ackerman Nunatak
Ackerman Nunatak (82°41′S47°45′W) is an isolated nunatak, 655 metres (2,149 ft) high, standing 6.5 miles (10 km) south-southeast of Butler Rocks in northern Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from…
Access Slope
Access Slope is an ice slope between the north end of Lindstrom Ridge and Tether Rock in the Meteorite Hills, Darwin Mountains. The slope is at the west end of the Circle Icefall in Darwin Glacier and appears to be the only route through the icefall.
Stevenson Island (Antarctica)
Stevenson Island is a small island 120 m high, lying at the east side of Colbeck Archipelago, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Cape Simpson. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZA…
Smith Inlet (Victoria Land)
Smith Inlet is a bay, 4 miles (6 km) wide, partially filled with the ice tongue of Barnett Glacier. It is located between Cape Moore and Cape Oakeley along the coast of northern Victoria Land, and was discovered by Captain James C. Ross, 1841, who n…
Rocky Cove
Rocky Cove (62°12'S 58°56'W) is a cove between Lapidary Point and Suffield Point, Maxwell Bay, King George Island. Following surveys by Soviet Antarctic Expedition from 1968, the feature was called "Bukhta Kamenistaya" (rocky bay).
Nesøya (Antarctica)
Nesøya (69°0'S 39°35'E) is an island, 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long, lying close off the north point of East Ongul Island and near Antenna Island in the east side of the entrance of Lutzow-Holm Bay.
Martin Hill (Antarctica)
Martin Hill is a conspicuous ice-free hill at the west side of Whitehall Glacier in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos from 1960–62, and named by…
Jagged Island (Graham Land)
Jagged Island is an island 2 nautical miles (4 km) long, lying 1 nautical mile (2 km) east of Dodman Island and 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Ferin Head, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was probably first sighted in January 1909…
Crescent Glacier (Antarctica)
Crescent Glacier is a small alpine glacier in Antarctica. It is located just east of Howard Glacier in the Kukri Hills, flowing north into Taylor Valley in Victoria Land. The glacier was studied by U.S. geologist Troy L.
Clarke Glacier (Graham Land)
Clarke Glacier is a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long glacier, located on the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctica.
Clark Glacier (Antarctica)
Clark Glacier (77°25'S 162°22'E) is a glacier between Mount Theseus and Mount Allen, occupying a low pass in the eastern part of the Olympus Range in Victoria Land. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59,…
Bibra Valley
Bibra Valley (79°57'S 155°30'E) is an ice-free valley bounded eastward by Danum Platform, lying 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Haven Mountain in the Britannia Range. It was named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato geolog…
Weertman Island
Weertman Island (66°58′S67°44′W) is the largest and southernmost of the Bennett Islands, lying in Hanusse Bay.
Wednesday Island
Wednesday Island is an island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) long, at the east end of Wauwermans Islands in the north part of Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica.
Weddell Sea
The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula. The easternmost point is Cape Norvegia at Princess Martha Coast…
Webster Peaks (Prince Charles Mountains)
Webster Peaks is a group of five peaks 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Kirkby in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos of 1965. Named by Antarctic N…
Webster Peaks
Webster Peaks is a group of four rocky peaks, 1065 m, standing west of Whitecloud Glacier at the head of Charcot Bay on Davis Coast, the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctica. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948, and…
Weber Ridge
Weber Ridge is a bare rock ridge, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, located at the north end of Anderson Hills in northern Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956…
Weber Inlet
Weber Inlet (71°56′S73°28′W) is a broad ice-filled inlet, which indents the south part of the Beethoven Peninsula, lying southwest of Bennett Dome, forming the northwest arm of Bach Ice Shelf in the southwest portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica.
Mount New Zealand
Mount New Zealand is a large mountain, 2,890 m, standing immediately northwest of Nash Ridge on the south side of Priestley Glacier, in the Eisenhower Range, Victoria Land.
List of airports in Antarctica
This is a list of airports in Antarctica, sorted by location.