Acuña Island, is a small island which lies 0.2 miles (0.3 km) south of Point Rae, off the south coast of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William Speirs Bruce, who named i…
Achilles Heel (64°30′S63°38′W) is a snow-covered hill, 915 metres (3,000 ft) high, in the center of the col between Mount Helen and Mount Achilles in the Achaean Range of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago.
Achernar Island (66°58′S57°12′E), also known as Utöy, is an island 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) long, lying 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) west of Shaula Island in the Øygarden Group. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christe…
Academy Glacier (84°15′S061°00′W) is a major Antarctic glacier in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northwestward between the Patuxent and Neptune ranges to enter Foundation Ice Stream.
Abrit Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Абрит, ‘Nunatak Abrit’ \'nu-na-tak a-'brit\) is the rocky hill rising to over 400 m east of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Ablation Valley, also known as Ablation Bay, is a mainly ice-free valley on the east coast of Alexander Island, 3 km (1.9 mi) long, which is entered immediately south of Ablation Point, opens on George VI Sound and lies immediately north of Ganymede…
Ablation Point, also known as Punta Ablación, is the eastern extremity of a hook-shaped rock ridge marking the north side of the entrance to Ablation Valley, on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was first photographed from the air o…
Abbott Peak (77°26′S167°0′E), also known as Abbotts, Dimitri or Demetri's Peak, is a pyramidal peak on Ross Island, on the north side of Mount Erebus, between it and Mount Bird. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott,…
Aagaard Islands (65°51′S53°40′E), also known as Bjarne Aagaard Islands or Ostrova B'yarne-Ogor, are a group of small islands lying to the west of Proclamation Island and Cape Batterbee, near the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean.
Webb Glacier is a glacier just north of Mount Bastion and Gibson Spur, flowing south-east into the head of Barwick Valley in Victoria Land. It was named by the Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions (VUWAE) (1958–59) for P.N. Webb who, with B.C…
Smith Inlet is an ice-filled inlet receding 28 kilometres (15 nmi) in a westerly direction between Cape Boggs and Cape Collier, along the east coast of Palmer Land. The inlet was discovered and charted in 1940 by the U.S. Antarctic Service, but it w…
Seal Point is a point which extends north from the southeast shore of Hope Bay between Eagle Cove and Hut Cove, at the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by a party under J.
Mount Rhamnus (68°11'S 66°50'W) is a mountain in Antarctica. It is 865 meters tall and lies 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Nemesis on the north side of Neny Fjord, Graham Land. Seen from the west, it appears as a mainly snow-covered py…
Mount Wood (74°49'S 158°24'E) is an isolated nunatak lying northward of David Glacier and 21 km (13 mi) northeast of Mount Kring in Victoria Land. Named by D.B. McC. Rainey of the Cartographic Branch of the New Zealand Dept. of Lands and Survey. Nam…
Mount Hunt is a dome-shaped mountain about 520 metres (1,700 ft) high, surmounting the promontory which terminates in Cape De la Motte, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named …
Mount Aeolus (77°29′S 161°16′E) is a prominent peak, over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) high, between Mount Boreas and Mount Hercules in the Olympus Range of Victoria Land.
The Monument Rocks are a group of rocks lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Cape Sterneck in the entrance to Curtiss Bay, northern Graham Land, Antarctica.
Hooker Glacier (78°4'S 163°6'E) is a glacier on the east side of the Royal Society Range, draining northeast into Blue Glacier from the slopes of Mount Hooker.
Holtet Nunatak (74°50'S 73°56'W) is a nunatak rising to about 1,300 metres (4,300 ft), 2 nautical miles (4 km) northeast of Grossenbacher Nunatak in the Lyon Nunataks of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey f…
Drygalski Glacier (64°43'S 60°44'W) is a broad glacier, 20 miles (32 km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide at its head, which flows from Herbert Plateau southeast between Ruth Ridge and Kyustendil Ridge, and enters Solari Bay immediately north of Senti…
Clarke Glacier is an 8 mile long glacier that drains from Coulter Heights to Hull Bay.
Clarke Glacier is a 5 mile long glacier, which drains east to the coast of Victoria Land, immediately north of Lewandowski Point.
Cape Darnley is the ice-covered cape forming the northern extremity of Bjerkø Peninsula at the west side of MacKenzie Bay. On December 26, 1929, Sir Douglas Mawson, from the masthead of the RSS Discovery while at 66°57'S 71°57'E, saw land miraged up…
Rudmose Brown Peak (66°22'S 51°4'E) is a peak 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of the coast and 8 nautical miles (15 km) southwest of Mount Hurley. It was discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (…
The Brown Peaks (85°35'S 158°5'W) are a series of low peaks surmounting a ridge 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, standing 7 miles (11 km) east of Robinson Bluff at the east side of Amundsen Glacier. First roughly mapped from ground surveys and from air…
Alexander Hill (77°17′S 166°25′E) is a 220-metre (720 ft) hill with a prominent seaward cliff face, lying south of Harrison Stream and Cinder Hill on the lower ice-free west slopes of Mount Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica. It was mapped by the New Zea…
Zykov Island (66°32′S93°1′E) is a small island lying between Fulmar Island and Buromskiy Island in the Haswell Islands. Discovered and first mapped by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, 1911-14. Remapped by the Soviet expedition of…
Zykov Glacier (70°37′S164°46′E) is a valley glacier about 25 miles (40 km) long in the Anare Mountains, flowing northwest and reaching the coast between Cape Williams and Cooper Bluffs. Photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958, it wa…
Zwiesel Mountain (German: Zwieselberg) is a large complex mountain which is highly dissected, rising to 2,970 m and forming the north portion of Pieck Range in the Petermann Ranges of Queen Maud Land. It was discovered and given the descriptive name…
Zverino Island (Bulgarian: остров Зверино, ‘Ostrov Zverino’ \'os-trov zve-ri-'no\) is the largest and westernmost island in the Meade group lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Zurn Peak (75°44′S115°40′W) is a rocky peak (1,515 m) rising from the north edge of Toney Mountain, about 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Richmond Peak, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S.
Zuniga Glacier (74°34′S111°51′W) is a glacier flowing west-northwest into Dotson Ice Shelf between Jeffrey Head and Mount Bodziony on the west side of Bear Peninsula, Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS)…
Zukriegel Island (65°54′S65°48′W) is an island 1.6 km (1 mile) long, lying between Rabot Island and Hennessy Islands, in the Biscoe Islands.
Zubchatyy Ice Shelf (67°13′S49°5′E) is a small ice shelf which borders the south side of Sakellari Peninsula in Enderby Land.
Zoller Glacier (77°53′S162°18′E) is a glacier in the Cathedral Rocks between Emmanuel and Darkowski Glaciers, flowing north into the Ferrar Glacier of Victoria Land. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910–13. Named by the Adv…
Zograf Peak (Vrah Zograf \'vr&h zo-'graf\) rises to 1,011 metres at the northeastern extremity of the Friesland Ridge in the Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak is heavily glaciated and crevassed, …