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  • Ballester Point

    Ballester Point (Bulgarian: нос Балестер, ‘Nos Ballester’ \'nos ba-'les-ter\) is a point forming the south side of the entrance to Johnsons Dock and the northeast side of the entrance to Española Cove in Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the Sout…

  • Balkan Snowfield

    Balkan Snowfield (Plato Balkan \'pla-to bal-'kan\) is an ice-covered plateau of elevation ranging from 150 to 280 m in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, situated south of lower Perunika Glacier, northwest of Huntre…

  • Bailey Ice Stream

    Bailey Ice Stream (79°0′S30°0′W) is an ice stream on the northern margin of the Theron Mountains, flowing west-southwest to the Filchner Ice Shelf.

  • Aztec Mountain

    Aztec Mountain is a small pyramidal mountain over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) high, just southwest of Maya Mountain and west of Beacon Valley in Victoria Land.

  • Azimuth Hill

    Azimuth Hill (63°45′S58°16′W) is a low rocky outcrop, 85 metres (280 ft) high, which extends to Prince Gustav Channel just south of the mouth of Russell East Glacier, Trinity Peninsula.

  • Aytos Point

    Aytos Point (Nos Aytos \'nos 'ay-tos\) is a point on the coast of Bransfield Strait, Livingston Island, Antarctica formed by an offshoot of Christoff Cliff.

  • Avren Rocks

    Avren Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Аврен, ‘Skali Avren’ ska-'li a-'vren) are three adjacent rocks situated in the interior of Micalvi Cove in the south extremity of Robert Island, South Shetland Islands. The group extends 260 m (280 yd) in north-south di…

  • Avitohol Point

    Avitohol Point (Nos Avitohol \'nos a-vi-to-'hol\) is a point on the north coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica projecting 1.15 km into Hero Bay to form the west side of the entrance to Skravena Cove and the southeast side of the entrance to Prisoe…

  • Aviator Nunatak

    Aviator Nunatak (85°11′S168°58′W) is the northernmost of three large nunataks in the upper Liv Glacier, standing 4 miles (6 km) east of Mount Wells, Antarctica.

  • Aviator Glacier

    Aviator Glacier is major valley glacier in Antarctica that is over 60 miles (96 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide, descending generally southward from the plateau of Victoria Land along the west side of Mountaineer Range, and entering Lady Newnes Bay…

  • Avalanche Rocks

    Avalanche Rocks (66°31′S98°2′E) is a vertical rock outcrop rising to 185 metres (600 ft), midway between Delay Point and Jones Rocks on the west side of Melba Peninsula, Antarctica.

  • Avalanche Ridge

    Avalanche Ridge (73°30′S94°22′W) is a linear rock ridge, 1 mile (1.6 km) long, extending north from Pillsbury Tower and separating Basecamp Valley from Austin Valley, in Antarctica's Jones Mountains.

  • Austreskorve Glacier

    Austreskorve Glacier (71°50′S5°40′E) is a broad glacier in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains which drains north from a position just east of the head of Vestreskorve Glacier and passes along the east side of Breplogen Mountain.

  • Austranten Rock

    Austranten Rock (71°24′S14°2′E) is an isolated rock outcrop lying 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Todt Ridge, at the eastern extremity of the Gruber Mountains and the Wohlthat Mountains, in Queen Maud Land of Antarctica.

  • Austral Island

    Austral Island (66°30′S110°39′E) is a small Antarctic island in the extreme southern lobe of Penney Bay, in the Windmill Islands. The island appears in air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946–47), but was not charted on subsequent maps.

  • Austin Valley

    Austin Valley is a small ice-filled valley at the east side of Avalanche Ridge, in the Jones Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the University of Minnesota Jones Mountains Party, 1960–61, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names…

  • Auster rookery

    Auster Rookery is an Emperor penguin rookery on sea-ice, sheltered by grounded icebergs, 3 nautical miles (5 km) east of Auster Islands, and about 51 km ENE of Mawson Station in Antarctica.

  • Aurora Subglacial Basin

    Aurora Subglacial Basin is a large subglacial basin of Wilkes Land to the west of Dome Charlie and trending northwest toward the coast in the vicinity of Shackleton Ice Shelf.

  • Aurora Peak

    Aurora Peak (67°23′S144°12′E) is a peak 535 metres (1,755 ft) high along the west side of the Mertz Glacier, 4 miles (6 km) south of Mount Murchison.

  • Auger Hill

    Auger Hill (78°0′S164°16′E) is a hill in Antarctica. Its peak rises to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) between Handley Hill and Coral Hill in the Keble Hills of the Scott Coast.

  • Augen Bluffs

    Augen Bluffs (83°30′S157°40′E) is a group of rock bluffs between Orr Peak and Isocline Hill along the west side of Marsh Glacier, in the Miller Range of Antarctica.

  • Atka Iceport

    Atka Iceport, also known as Atka Bay, is an iceport about 10 miles (16 km) long and wide, marking a more-or-less permanent indentation in the front of the Ekstrom Ice Shelf on the coast of Queen Maud Land.

  • Atka Glacier

    Atka Glacier (76°41′S161°33′E) is the glacier immediately east of Flagship Mountain, draining north into Fry Glacier in Victoria Land.

  • Athos Range

    Athos Range (70°13′S64°50′E) is the northernmost range in the Prince Charles Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica.

  • Athene Glacier

    Athene Glacier (68°56′S64°0′W) is a glacier, 10 miles (16 km) long, flowing east and merging with the terminus of Casey Glacier where it discharges into Casey Inlet, on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

  • Astrolabe Glacier

    Astrolabe Glacier is a glacier 4 miles (6 km) wide and 10 miles (16 km) long, flowing north-northeast from the continental ice and terminating at the coast in a prominent tongue at the east side of Geologie Archipelago. It was first sighted in 1840 …

  • Astor Island

    Astor Island (62°38′22.8″S61°10′15.4″W) is an island lying between Rugged Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Assender Glacier

    Assender Glacier is a glacier flowing west into Spooner Bay in Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Aus…

  • Asparuh Peak

    Asparuh Peak (Asparuhov Vrah \as-pa-'ru-hov 'vr&h\) is a peak situated on Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak rises to 760m in Bowles Ridge and is linked to the Melnik Ridge by the 575m high Yankov Gap.

  • Ash Point

    Ash Point is a rounded low ice-free point forming the southeast side of the entrance to Discovery Bay in the northeast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with an adjacent ice-free area of 201 hectares (500 acres). Letelier…

  • Arrowsmith Peninsula

    Arrowsmith Peninsula (67°15′S67°15′W) is a cape about 40 miles (64 km) long on the west coast of Graham Land, west of Forel Glacier, Sharp Glacier and Lallemand Fjord, and northwest of Bourgeois Fjord, with Hanusse Bay lying to the northwest. It wa…

  • Arriens Glacier

    Arriens Glacier (73°27′48″S68°24′1″E) is a small Antarctic glacier, south of Casey Point in the Mawson Escarpment, flowing west to reach Lambert Glacier. It was plotted from ANARE aerial photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973, and named by the Au…

  • Armira Glacier

    Armira Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Армира, ‘Lednik Armira’ \'led-nik ar-'mi-ra\) is a 3 km long glacier on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range southeast of Slaveykov Peak and east of Neo…