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  • Ropotamo Glacier

    Ropotamo Glacier (Bulgarian: Lednik Ropotamo \'led-nik ro-po-'ta-mo\) is a glacier extending 900 m in northeast-southwest direction and 600 m in northwest-southeast direction on the Burgas Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, …

  • Rongé Island

    Rongé Island or Curville Island or De Rongé Island or Isla Curville or Rouge Island is a high, rugged island 8 km (5 mi) long, the largest island of the group which forms the west side of Errera Channel, off the west coast of Graham Land. Rongé Isla…

  • Rongel Reef

    Rongel Reef (Bulgarian: Rif Rongel 'rif ron-'zhel), is a moraine reef in the Emona Anchorage in the eastern parts of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Rockefeller Mountains

    The Rockefeller Mountains (78°0′S155°0′W) are a group of low-lying, scattered granite peaks and ridges, almost entirely snow-covered, standing 30 miles (48 km) south-southwest of the Alexandra Mountains on the Edward VII Peninsula of Antarctica.

  • Robinson Group

    Robinson Group (67°27′S63°27′E) is a group of small islands extending 10 miles (16 km) in an east-west direction, lying close northwest of Cape Daly. The group was observed by British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) u…

  • Robert Glacier

    Robert Glacier is the eastern of two glaciers entering the southern part of Edward VIII Bay. It was seen by Robert Dovers and G. Schwartz in 1954 while carrying out a sledge journey and survey of Edward VIII Bay.

  • Riksa Islands

    Riksa Islands (Bulgarian: острови Рикса, ‘Ostrovi Riksa’ \'os-trovi 'ri-ksa\) are three adjacent ice-free islands in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The islands are situated 250 m (270&#…

  • Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf

    Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 250 miles (400 km) long on the coast of Queen Maud Land, extending from Cape Norvegia in the north to Lyddan Island and Stancomb-Wills Glacier in the south. Parts of the ice shelf were sighted by William…

  • Rhesus Glacier

    Rhesus Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Резос, ‘Lednik Rezos’ \'led-nik 're-zos\) is a 7 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier draining the east slopes of the Trojan Range on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica southeast of Paris Peak. Situated …

  • Renier Point

    Renier Point (62°36′34″S59°48′21″W) is a narrow point forming the east extremity of both Burgas Peninsula and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Remington Glacier

    Remington Glacier is a steep glacier about 7 nautical miles (13 km) long in Doyran Heights in the Sentinel Range of Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.

  • Reedy Glacier

    The Reedy Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, over 160 km (100 mi) long and from 10 to 19 km (6 to 12 mi) wide, descending from the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Michigan Plateau and Wisconsin Range, and marking the limits of…

  • Red Rock Ridge

    Red Rock Ridge or Morro Roca Roja or Promontorio Roca Roja is a conspicuous reddish-colored ridge or promontory which rises to 690 m and projects from the west coast of Graham Land between Neny Fjord and Rymill Bay. Red Rock Ridge is located at (68°…

  • Recovery Glacier

    The Recovery Glacier (81°10′S28°00′W) is a glacier flowing west along the southern side of the Shackleton Range in Antarctica. First seen from the air and examined from the ground by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1957, it was so na…

  • Rebrovo Point

    Rebrovo Point (Bulgarian: нос Реброво, ‘Nos Rebrovo’ \'nos re-'bro-vo\) is a point on the southwest coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 200 m into Boyd Strait. Situated 2.8 km southeast of Monroe Point and 2.8&#…

  • Razlog Cove

    Razlog Cove (Razlozhki Zaliv \raz-'lozh-ki 'za-liv\) is a 2.1 km wide cove indenting for 1.7 km the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Rayna Knyaginya Peak

    Rayna Knyaginya Peak (Vrah Rayna Knyaginya \'vr&h 'ray-na knya-'gi-nya\) is a peak of elevation 680 m in western Bowles Ridge, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Ravda Peak

    Ravda Peak (Vrah Ravda \'vr&h 'rav-da\) is a rocky peak of elevation 664 m in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated on the side ridge projecting northwards from Levski Peak into Huron G…

  • Raduil Point

    Raduil Point (Bulgarian: нос Радуил, ‘Nos Raduil’ \'nos ra-du-'il\) is a point forming the northwest extremity of Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait off Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica.

  • Radnevo Peak

    Radnevo Peak (Vrah Radnevo \'vr&h 'rad-ne-vo\) is a peak of elevation 481 m forming the southwest extremity of Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Kaliakra Glacier to the south…

  • Radko Knoll

    Radko Knoll (Bulgarian: Радкова Могила, ‘Radkova Mogila’ \'rad-ko-va mo-'gi-la\) is a rocky hill rising to 102 m on the north coast of Smyadovo Cove in the northwest of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Radibosh Point

    Radibosh Point (Bulgarian: нос Радибош, ‘Nos Radibosh’ \'nos 'ra-di-bosh\) is the point on the west side of the entrance to Charcot Bay forming the northeast extremity of Whittle Peninsula in the west end of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarct…

  • Radev Point

    Radev Point (Bulgarian: Радев нос, ‘Radev Nos’ \'ra-dev 'nos\) is a point in the southeast extremity of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Rabisha Rocks

    Rabisha Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Рабиша, ‘Skali Rabisha’ ska-'li ra-'bi-sha) is a group of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 1.5 km (0.93 mi) northeast of Voluyak Rocks, 1.3 km (0.81 mi) …

  • Quinton Point

    Quinton Point (64°19′S63°41′W) is a point at the north side of the entrance to Perrier Bay, forming the northwest extremity of Goten Peninsula on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.

  • Quintana Island

    Quintana Island is a small isolated island, lying 10 km (6 mi) northeast of Betbeder Islands in the southwest part of the Wilhelm Archipelago. It was first charted as a group of islands by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, and named by Charc…

  • Quaternary Icefall

    Quaternary Icefall (77°18′S166°30′E) is a western lobe of the Mount Bird icecap, descending steeply into Wohlschlag Bay 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Cinder Hill on Ross Island.

  • Quartermain Mountains

    Quartermain Mountains (77°51′S160°45′E) is a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about 32 kilometers (20 miles) long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, located south of Taylor Glacier and bounded by Finge…

  • Quartermain Glacier

    Quartermain Glacier (67°1′S65°9′W) is a well-defined, highly crevassed glacier on the north side of Fricker Glacier, from which it is separated in its upper reaches by Mount Kennett. It flows from the plateau into Mill Inlet on the east coast of Gr…

  • Pyramid Peak (Antarctica)

    Pyramid Peak (72°16′S165°35′E) is a peak in the southeast part of Destination Nunataks, Victoria Land, rising to 2,565 m. It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Sphinx Peak.

  • Pudding Butte

    Pudding Butte (75°52′S159°59′E) is a butte in Antarctica, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Beta Peak, in the Prince Albert Mountains, Oates Land, close to the boundary with Victoria Land.

  • Psi Islands

    Psi Islands (64°18′S63°1′W) is a group of small islands which lie close to the west side of Lambda Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago.

  • Príncipe de Asturias Peak

    Príncipe de Asturias Peak (Bulgarian: връх Принсипе де Астуриас, ‘Vrah Príncipe de Asturias’ \'vr&h 'prin-si-pe de as-'tu-ri-as\) is the peak rising to 4680 m in Vinson Massif, Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, and surmounting Brans…