Zavadovskiy Island
Zavadovskiy Island (66°43′S86°24′E) is an ice-covered island in the West Ice Shelf near Antarctica. It rises to 200 m and is located 12 miles east of Mikhaylov Island.
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Yseult Island (66°44′S140°56′E) is a small rocky island 1.1 km (0.7 mi) east of Tristan Island and 0.6 km (0.4 mi) north of the east point on Cape Jules. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Anta…
Young Nunataks
Young Nunataks (66°44′S54°8′E) is a group of nunataks in the Napier Mountains standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Mount Elkins, Antarctica. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-…
Yamato Glacier
The Yamato Glacier (71°25′S35°35′E) is a glacier about 6 miles (10 km) wide, flowing west between Mount Fukushima and Mount Eyskens in the Queen Fabiola Mountains of Antarctica.
Yablanitsa Glacier
Yablanitsa Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Ябланица, ‘Lednik Yablanitsa’ \'led-nik 'ya-bla-ni-tsa\) is a 1.8 km long glacier on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated north-northeast of Chuprene Glacier, southwest of Vetri…
Windmill Islands
The Windmill Islands are an Antarctic group of rocky islands and rocks about 11.1 kilometres (6 nmi) wide, paralleling the coast of Wilkes Land for 31.5 kilometres (17 nmi) immediately north of Vanderford Glacier along the east side of Vincennes Bay…
White Island (Ross Archipelago)
White Island is an island in the Ross Archipelago of Antarctica. It is 24 km (15 mi) long, protruding through the Ross Ice Shelf immediately east of Black Island. It was discovered by the Discovery Expedition (1901–04) and so named by them because o…
Ward Valley
Ward Valley (78°12′S163°42′E) is an ice-free valley that lies between Porter Hills and Xanadu Hills and east of the snout of Ward Glacier in the Denton Hills, Scott Coast, Antarctica.
Walton Mountains
Walton Mountains is an isolated chain of three predominantly snow-covered mountain masses, rising to about 1,450 m at Mount McArthur, extending south from Schubert Inlet for 25 miles (40 km) in central Alexander Island, Antarctica. The mountains wer…
Walker Mountains
Walker Mountains (72°13′S99°2′W) is a range of peaks and nunataks which are fairly well separated but trend east-west to form the axis, or spine, of Thurston Island. They were discovered by Rear Admiral Byrd and members of the US Antarctic Service …
Walgreen Coast
The Walgreen Coast (75°30′S107°0′W) is a portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Herlacher and Cape Waite, or between Bakutis Coast in the west, and Eights Coast. It is the easternmost part of Marie Byrd Land. It stretches from 114°12'W to …
Viper telescope
The Viper telescope is mainly used to view cosmic background radiation. The telescope is currently helping scientists prove or disprove the Big Crunch theory. The telescope is also one of the most powerful of its kind.
Vinson Plateau
Vinson Plateau (Bulgarian: плато Винсън [ˈplato ˈvinsən]) is the summit plateau of Vinson Massif, Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It extends for 9 km between Goodge Col and Hammer Col linking it to the north-central part of Sentin…
Vincennes Bay
Vincennes Bay is a large V-shaped bay, 105 km (65 mi) wide at its entrance between Cape Nutt and Cape Folger in Antarctica, marked by several large, steep glaciers near its head, lying along Knox and Budd Coasts. Photographed from the air by USN OpH…
Vesleskarvet
Vesleskarvet is a nunatak in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Its western side consists of a series of cliffs, approximately 250 m high, while the eastern side slopes more gradually down to the icefields.
Vergilov Rocks
Vergilov Rocks (Vergilov Kamak ver-'gi-lov 'ka-m&k) are a group of rocks off Bulgarian Beach on Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, consisting of one main rock and two adjacent smaller ones submergi…
Vakarel Saddle
Vakarel Saddle (Bulgarian: Вакарелска седловина, ‘Vakarelska Sedlovina’ \va-ka-'rel-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is a crescent-shaped ice-covered saddle of elevation 1800 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica bounded by A…
Usarp Mountains
The Usarp Mountains is a major Antarctic mountain range, lying westward of the Rennick Glacier and trending N-S for about 190 kilometres (118 mi). The feature is bounded to the north by Pryor Glacier and the Wilson Hills.
Tula Mountains
The Tula Mountains are a group of extensive mountains lying immediately eastward of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were discovered on January 14, 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) unde…
Trojan Range
The Trojan Range (64°32′S63°23′W) is a mountain range rising to 2,760 metres (9,055 ft), extending northward from Mount Francais along the east side of Iliad Glacier, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory.
Tristan Island (Antarctica)
Tristan Island (66°44′S140°54′E) is a small rocky island 1.1 km (0.7 mi) west of Yseult Island and 0.3 km (0.2 mi) north of the west point on Cape Jules. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Anta…
Treklyano Island
Treklyano Island (Bulgarian: остров Трекляно, ‘Ostrov Treklyano’ \'os-trov 'tre-klya-no\) is an island off the northeast coast of Robert Island, South Shetland Islands Extending 330 by 250 m (360 by 270 yd), with a low rocky formation projecting 300…
Trakiya Heights
Trakiya Heights (Bulgarian: Тракийски възвишения, ‘Trakiyski Vazvisheniya’ \tra-'kiy-ski v&z-vi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1336 m (Irakli Peak) on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by Russell West Glacier to the north, Srem…
Tower Island
Tower Island is an Antarctic island 8 km (5 mi) long and 305 m (1,001 ft) high, lying 32 km (20 mi) north-east of Trinity Island and marking the north-east extent of Palmer Archipelago.
Torgersen Island
Torgersen Island is a small rocky island lying just east of Litchfield Island in the entrance to Arthur Harbour, off the south-west coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.
Thomas Valley
Thomas Valley is a valley at the east side of McClelland Ridge in the east part of Olympus Range, Victoria Land.
Terter Peak
Terter Peak (Vrah Terter \'vr&h 'ter-ter\) is an ice-covered peak rising to 570 m in Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica surmounting Wulfila Glacier to the southwest, Solis Glacier to the northwest and Zheravn…
Tent Island
Tent Island is one of the Dellbridge Islands in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
Telefon Bay
Telefon Bay is a small bay on the north-west coast of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It is surmounted by Telefon Ridge.
Syrstad Rock
Syrstad Rock (75°58′S133°2′W) is a rock outcrop below and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Koerner Bluff on the northwest slopes of Mount Bursey, in the Flood Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S.
…Sverdrup Mountains
The Sverdrup Mountains (Norwegian: Sverdrupfjella) are a group of mountains about 50 miles (80 km) long, standing just west of the Gjelsvik Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica.
Sulzberger Bay
Sulzberger Bay (77°0′S152°0′W) is a bay between Fisher Island and Vollmer Island, along the coast of King Edward VII Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on December 5, 1929, and named by Byrd for Arthur H.
Stepping Stones (islands)
The Stepping Stones are three prominent rocks lying 0.8 km (0.5 mi) north of Limitrophe Island, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island. The Stepping Stones are located at (64°47′S64°00′W). The Stepping Stones form one of a series of small boat re…
Start Hill
Start Hill is a rocky hill rising to 265 m, the summit of Dospey Heights on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Stambolov Crag
Stambolov Crag (Vrah Stambolov \'vr&h stam-bo-'lov\) rises to 820m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with steep snow free western slopes.
Spert Island
Spert Island (63°51′S60°57′W) is an island lying off the west extremity of Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago.