Yoder Glacier (75°7′S114°24′W) is a glacier with abrupt valley walls, 3 miles (4.8 km) long, which is a western tributary to Kohler Glacier. Located just southwest of Morrison Bluff in the central part of Kohler Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by Un…
Yochelson Ridge (79°36′S84°25′W) is a rugged, partly snow-covered ridge, about 4 miles (6 km) long, extending north-northwest from Eley Peak, Soholt Peaks, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey…
Yingling Nunatak (66°30′S110°37′E) is a rocky nunatak just southward of the Windmill Islands, lying 0.8 miles (1.3 km) southeast of Goldenberg Ridge in the east part of Browning Peninsula. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation H…
Yermak Point (70°6′S160°41′E) is a coastal point in the west part of Rennick Bay, 25 miles (40 km) west-northwest of Znamenskiy Island.
Yeliseyev Rocks (72°5′S14°30′E) is a group of rocks forming the south part of Linnormen Hills in the Payer Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from surveys and air photo…
Yee Nunataks (74°22′S72°30′W) is a group of scattered nunataks, about 24 miles (38 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide, centered 35 miles (60 km) northeast of Lyon Nunataks in Palmer Land. The nunataks rise 1,300-1,700 m in elevation and in the four…
Yeats Glacier (85°1′S175°0′W) is a tributary glacier about 8 miles (13 km) long, flowing west from the north side of Mount Finley to enter Shackleton Glacier just north of Lockhart Ridge, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by F. Alton Wade, leader …
Yavorov Peak (Yavorov Vrah \'ya-vo-rov 'vr&h\) is an ice-covered peak of elevation 640 m in the Delchev Ridge of the Tangra Mountains on eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Sopot Ice Piedmont to th…
Yatrus Promontory (Bulgarian: полуостров Ятрус, ‘Poluostrov Yatrus’ \po-lu-'os-trov 'ya-trus\) is the predominantly ice-free promontory projecting 8 km in east direction from Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land into Prince Gustav Channel south of Eyrie B…
Yates Spur (68°41′S64°57′W) is a prominent rock spur on the south side of Mobiloil Inlet, Bowman Coast, at the west side of the terminus of Earnshaw Glacier. The spur was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth, 1935, United States Antarctic…
Yates Glacier (70°49′S62°12′W) is a glacier 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Matheson Glacier, discharging into the west side of Lehrke Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. It was named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after J.
Yasen Point (Bulgarian: нос Ясен, ‘Nos Yasen’ \'nos 'ya-sen\) is the sharp, rocky point on the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, forming the west side of the entrance to Mateev Cove.
Yarlovo Nunatak (Bulgarian: Ярловски нунатак, ‘Yarlovski nunatak’ \'yar-lov-ski 'nu-na-tak\) is the rocky hill rising to 744 m in the north foothills of Giovannini (Lobell) Ridge on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Yantra Cove (Zaliv Yantra \'za-liv 'yan-tra\) is a 560 m wide cove in the south coast of the Burgas Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica east of St. Evtimiy Crag, southeast of Asen Peak and south-southeast of Delc…
Yankov Gap (Yankova Sedlovina \'yan-ko-va se-dlo-vi-'na\) is an ice-covered saddle linking Melnik Ridge and Bowles Ridge in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The gap is at an elevation of 575 m and extends 1 km in …
Yancey Glacier (80°14′S158°30′E) is a precipitous glacier in Britannia Range, flowing east from the vicinity of Mount McClintock and then southeastward to enter Byrd Glacier just west of Sennet Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Name…
Yana Point (Bulgarian: нос Яна, ‘Nos Yana’ \'nos 'ya-na\) is the point forming the west side of the entrance to Bruix Cove in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point separates the glacier termini of Huron Glaci…
The rocks observed on the Yalours and surrounding areas are predominantly igneous intrusives that have cooled deep under ground. The main rock type is grey to black gabbro composed of small crystals of grey-white feldspar and black pyroxene. The roc…
Yale Tarn (77°34′S163°9′E) is a mountain laike (tarn} located 0.8 miles (1.3 km) northeast of Mount Falconer in Tarn Valley, Victoria Land.
Yakoruda Glacier (Lednik Yakoruda \'led-nik ya-ko-'ru-da\) is a glacier on the west slopes of Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated west of Teteven Glacier and northwest of Murgash Glacier.
Yaglou Point (66°23′S67°12′W) is the northern point of Belding Island, Biscoe Islands. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Comm…
Xenia Hill is the rocky hill rising to 96 m in the northeast extremity of Half Moon Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting McFarlane Strait to the north and east, and Menguante Cove to the south-southeast.
Xanadu Hills (78°11′S163°32′E) are a ridge of hills lying between Ward Valley and the Alph River in Victoria Land, a region of Antarctica.
Wubbold Glacier is a steeply inclined glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing south from the Havre Mountains, situated in the northern portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The glacier flows into Lazarev Bay, north of Mount Holt. The glac…
Wrigley Gulf is an embayment about 115 miles wide along the coastline of Antarctica, lying seaward of the Getz Ice Shelf.
Wright Lower Glacier (77°25′S163°0′E) is a stagnant glacier occupying the mouth of Wright Valley and coalescing at its east side with Wilson Piedmont Glacier, in Victoria Land. Formerly called Wright Glacier, but that name was amended by the Victor…
Wood Bay is a large bay which is bounded by Cape Johnson and Aviator Glacier Tongue on the north, and Cape Washington on the south, along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy (RN),…
Withem Island is an island lying off the northwest side of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Windvane Hill is a small hill just northeast of the extremity of Cape Evans on Ross Island.
Window Island is a small ice-free island off the north coast of Ray Promontory in the northwest of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island has a surface area of 23 hectares (57 acres) and rises to 72 …
Wilson Island (66°27′S110°34′E) is a mainly ice-free island lying between Browning Peninsula and Bosner Island in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Name…
The Williams Rocks are a group of islands, being essentially rocks located 9 miles (14 km) north of Flat Islands and Holme Bay, off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land. The Williams Rocks were mapped by Robert G. Dovers of the ANARE in 1954. The Willia…
Williams Reef is a reef which extends southward for about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) from Cape Fie, Bouvetøya. The reef was charted in 1898 by a German expedition in the Valdivia under Karl Chun.
Williams Ice Stream () is an ice stream about fifteen miles (24 km) long flowing into Venable Ice Shelf just east of Fletcher Peninsula. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Richard S.
William Scoresby Archipelago is a group of islands which extends northward from the coast just east of William Scoresby Bay, Antarctica. The more important islands in the group are Bertha, Islay, Couling and Sheehan Islands. Most of the islands in t…
Willan Saddle (Sedlovina Willan \se-dlo-vi-'na 'wi-l&n\) is a flat, crescent-shaped and ice-covered saddle extending 1 km in the northeast-southwest direction between Burdick South Peak and Willan Nunatak in eastern Livingston Island in the South Sh…