Willan Nunatak
Willan Nunatak is an ice-free tipped peak rising to 449 m on the glacial divide between Huntress Glacier and Balkan Snowfield on Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
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Wilkniss Mountains (78°1′S161°7′E) is a prominent group of conical mountains, 10 miles (16 km) long running north-south, located 9 miles (14 km) east-southeast of Mount Feather, Quartermain Mountains, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountains are…
Wild Spur
Wild Spur (64°42′S62°32′W) is a spur extending from Pulfrich Peak to the west side of Arctowski Peninsula, on the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctica.
Whitmill Nunatak
Whitmill Nunatak is one of the Grossman Nunataks, lying in the west part of the group 5 nautical miles (9 km) south-southwest of Smith Nunataks, in Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photo…
White Island (Enderby Land)
White Island is a 21-kilometre-long (13 mi) and 8.0-kilometre-wide (5 mi) ice-covered island in Enderby Land, Antarctica. 13-kilometre-wide (8 mi) Styles Strait separates it from Sakellari Peninsula. Discovered and called Hvitøya ("White Island") by…
Whelan Nunatak
Whelan Nunatak is an isolated nunatak standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Mount Starlight in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) from air photos taken in 1965. Nam…
Whale Skerries
Whale Skerries is a small group of islands and rocks in Lewthwaite Strait in the South Orkney Islands, lying close west of Cape Disappointment, Powell Island. First charted and named "Hvalskjaer" by Petter Sorlle in 1912-13. The name was later corre…
Wetmore Glacier
Wetmore Glacier is a glacier about 40 miles (64 km) long, flowing southeast between the Rare Range and Latady Mountains into the north part of Gardner Inlet.
West Quartzite Range
West Quartzite Range (72°0′S164°45′E) is a mountain range, the western of two parallel quartzite ranges, situated at the east side of Houliston Glacier in the Concord Mountains, Antarctica.
West Budd Island
West Budd Island is the western of two larger islands at the north end of the Flat Islands, Holme Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. They named the northern islands Flatøynalane …
Welch Island (Antarctica)
Welch Island is an island, 1 mile (1.6 km) long with a prominent pinnacle rock of 130 m (427 ft), lying north of Rouse Islands and 1 mile (1.6 km) off the shore in the eastern side of Holme Bay.
Wawel Hill (Antarctica)
Wawel Hill is a hill rising to 290 m north of Point Hennequin, on the east side of Admiralty Bay, King George Island.
Watkins Island
Watkins Island is a low lying, ice-covered island 5 miles (8 km) long, lying 3 miles (5 km) SW of Lavoisier Island in the Biscoe Islands. The island was first mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 1903–05 and 1908–10…
Wasp Hill
Wasp Hill is a hill rising to 72 meters in the southwest part of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Sevar Point to the southwest.
Washington Escarpment
Washington Escarpment (83°42′S55°8′W) is the major west-facing escarpment of the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica, extending some 50 miles (80 km) and being the point of origin of a number of west-trending rock ridges. Mapped by Uni…
Warpasgiljo Glacier
Warpasgiljo Glacier (77°05′S145°25′W) is a Valley glacier about 25 mi (40 km) long, flowing West to Sulzberger Ice Shelf between the Swanson Mountains on the North and Mounts Rea and Cooper on the South, in the Edsel Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land.…
Ward Lake
Ward Lake (78°10′S163°35′E) is a small lake, formed at the snout of the Ward Glacier, on the east side of the Royal Society Range in Victoria Land.
Walker Bay (Livingston Island)
Walker Bay (62°38′S60°42′W) is a bay lying between John Beach and Hannah Point along the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Walk Glacier
Walk Glacier (73°38′S94°18′W) is a glacier descending westward from Christoffersen Heights, to the south of Forbidden Rocks, in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by Advisory Committee o…
Wakadori Island
Wakadori Island is the southernmost island in a cluster of three small islands that lie 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northwest of the strait that separates Ongul Island and East Ongul Island.
Wager Glacier
Wager Glacier is a small, heavily crevassed glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It occupies a trench-like valley and flows east into George VI Sound immediately south of Marr Bluff. The glacier was surveyed in 1948 by the Falk…
Vratsa Peak
Vratsa Peak (Vrah Vratsa \'vr&h 'vra-tsa\) is a sharp rocky peak rising to 470 m in Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica surmounting Musala Glacier to the northeast and Targovishte Glacier to the southwest and …
Vrabcha Cove
Vrabcha Cove (Bulgarian: залив Врабча, ‘Zaliv Vrabcha’ \'za-liv 'vrab-cha\) is the 900 m wide cove indenting for 1 km the west coast of Heywood Island off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Voyteh Point
Voyteh Point (Bulgarian: нос Войтех, ‘Nos Voyteh’ \'nos 'voy-teh\) is the point forming the east side of the entrance to Richards Cove on the north coast of Ray Promontory in the northwestern part of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South…
Voyeykov Ice Shelf
Voyeykov Ice Shelf (66°20′S124°38′E), is an ice shelf fringing the coast between Paulding Bay and Cape Goodenough, Antarctica. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SovAE) (1958) and named after Aleksandr I.
Vørterkaka Nunatak
Vørterkaka Nunatak (72°20′S27°29′E) is a rock outcrop 1 miles south of Bleikskoltane Rocks at the southeast extremity of the Sor Rondane Mountains.
Vorposten Peak
Vorposten Peak (71°25′S15°31′E) is an isolated peak (1,670 m) about 25 miles northeast of the Payer Mountains in central Queen Maud Land. This feature was discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Capt.
Voluyak Rocks
Voluyak Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Волуяк, ‘Skali Voluyak’ ska-'li vo-'lu-yak) is a chain of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 400 m (440 yd) north of Pavlikeni Point.
Vokil Point
Vokil Point (Bulgarian: нос Вокил, ‘Nos Vokil’ \'nos vo-'kil\) is a point on the southwest coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 300 m into Boyd Strait and forming the north side of the entrance to Barutin Cove.
Vladaya Saddle
Vladaya Saddle (Vladayska Sedlovina \vla-'day-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is a saddle of elevation 1000 m in the Friesland Ridge of Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Bounded by St. Cyril Peak to the northeast, an…
Vitnesteinen Rock
Vitnesteinen Rock (71°25′S12°36′E) is a large rock outcrop along the west side of Ostliche Petermann Range in the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
Vishegrad Knoll
Vishegrad Knoll (Bulgarian: Вишеградска могила, ‘Vishegradska Mogila’ \'vi-she-grad-ska mo-'gi-la\) is the hill rising to 550 m at the northeast tip of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula.
Vinogradi Peak
Vinogradi Peak (Bulgarian: връх Виногради, ‘Vrah Vinogradi’ \'vr&h vi-no-'gra-di\) is the peak rising to 1043 m in Kondofrey Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula.
Vinje Glacier
Vinje Glacier is a broad glacier about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long flowing northwest between the Filchner Mountains and Fenriskjeften Mountain in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Anta…
Vineh Peak
Vineh Peak (Bulgarian: връх Винех, ‘Vrah Vineh’ \'vr&h vi-'neh\) is a rocky peak rising to 186 m in the east extremity of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Vietor Rock
Vietor Rock is a rock linked by a spit to Nikopol Point on the south coast of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.