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  • Nedelya Point

    Nedelya Point (Bulgarian: нос Неделя, ‘Nos Nedelya’ \'nos ne-'de-lya\) is a sharp ice-free point on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 300 m into Barclay Bay. It is situated 1.8 km southwest of …

  • Natal Ridge

    Natal Ridge is a prominent snow-free terraced ridge forming part of the north boundary of the Two Step Cliffs massif located in the southeast portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica.

  • Nascent Glacier

    Nascent Glacier is a short, fairly smooth glacier in the east extremity of Mountaineer Range, draining southeast to the coast of Victoria Land between Gauntlet Ridge and Index Point.

  • Napier Peak

    Napier Peak is the partly ice-free peak rising to 380 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Nadjakov Glacier

    Nadjakov Glacier (Bulgarian: Наджаков ледник, ‘Nadjakov Lednik’ \na-'dja-kov 'led-nik\) is the 5.5 km long and 2 km wide glacier on Arctowski Peninsula on Danco Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Situated east of Wheatstone Glacier.

  • Muller Ice Shelf

    Muller Ice Shelf, also known as Müller Ice Shelf according to the original German spelling of the family name Müller, (67°15′S66°52′W) was an ice shelf lying southwest of Hooke Point in southwest Lallemand Fjord, Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast.

  • Murray Island (Antarctica)

    Murray Island, also sometimes known as Bluff Island, is an island 6 km long lying at the south-west side of Hughes Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. The feature has been known to sealers operating in the area since the 1820s, altho…

  • Munizaga Peak

    Munizaga Peak is an ice-free peak (2590 m) located 3 nautical miles (6 km) east-southeast of Misery Peak in the Roberts Massif, Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-65. Na…

  • Mulock Glacier

    Mulock Glacier in Antarctica is a heavily crevassed glacier which flows into the Ross Ice Shelf 40 km south of the Skelton Glacier in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica.

  • Muldava Glacier

    Muldava Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Мулдава, ‘Lednik Muldava’ \'led-nik mul-'da-va\) is the 4.4 km long and 3.2 km wide glacier on Magnier Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated west of Luke Glacier and northeast of…

  • Muir Peak

    Muir Peak (79°9′S86°25′W) is a conspicuous rock peak near the middle of Frazier Ridge in the Founders Peaks, Heritage Range. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1961-66. It was name…

  • Mudrey Cirque

    Mudrey Cirque is a cirque between Northwest Mountain and West Groin in the south part of Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Michael G.

  • Mount Zuckerhut

    Mount Zuckerhut (71°25′S13°27′E) is a peak (2,525 m) standing 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Ritscher Peak in the Gruber Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and given the descriptive name Zuckerhut (sugarloaf) by the Third German Antarctic Expe…

  • Mount Zimmermann

    Mount Zimmermann (German: Zimmermannberg, (71°20′S13°20′E) is a peak (2,325 m) standing 3.5 miles (6 km) north of Ritscher Peak in the Gruber Mountains, central Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led b…

  • Mount Zeppelin

    Mount Zeppelin (64°27′S61°31′W) is a mountain, 1,265 m, standing 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Eckener Point on Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula, Danco Coast on the west coast of Graham Land.

  • Mount Zeigler

    Mount Zeigler (77°13′S143°3′W) is a mountain (1,120 m) 3 miles (4.8 km) north-northeast of Mount Swartley in the Allegheny Mountains, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41) and by United States Geological Survey…

  • Mount Zdarsky

    Mount Zdarsky is a mountain rising at the east side of Simler Snowfield on Velingrad Peninsula, between Barilari and Holtedahl Bays on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

  • Mount Yesenin

    Mount Yesenin (72°3′S14°26′E) is a mountain, 2,520 m, standing 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Yeliseyev Rocks in the Payer Mountains of Queen Maud Land.

  • Mount Woollard

    Mount Woollard (80°33′S96°43′W) is a mountain (2,675 m) nearly 240 km (150 mi) west of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, in Antarctica. It was discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party (1957–58), and named for George P. Woollard, a me…

  • Mount Wilson (Antarctica)

    Mount Wilson is a mountain rising in the west part of the Bermel Peninsula on the Bowman Coast of Antarctica. This mountain appears indistinctly in a photograph taken by Sir Hubert Wilkins on his flight of December 20, 1928. The feature was rephotog…

  • Mount William (Antarctica)

    Mount William is a prominent snow-covered mountain, 1,600 m, standing 4 miles (6 km) north-northeast of Cape Lancaster, the south extremity of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered on February 21, 1832, by John Biscoe who belie…

  • Mount Widerøe

    Mount Widerøe (72°08′S23°30′E) is a large mountain rising to 3,180 m between Mount Walnum and Mount Nils Larsen in the Sør Rondane Mountains on the continent of Antarctica.

  • Mount Weller (Victoria Land)

    Mount Weller is a peak (2,420 m) rising above the west side of Beacon Valley, 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Pyramid Mountain, in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. The name appears to be first used on a 1961 New Zealand Lands and Survey De…

  • Mount Weihaupt

    Mount Weihaupt (72°37′S161°3′E) is a large, bare mountain (2,285 m) which stands 10 miles (16 km) east of Mount Bower and is the dominant feature in the east part of the Outback Nunataks. It was first mapped by the U.S. Victoria Land Traverse party…

  • Mount Weaver

    Mount Weaver is a mountain standing 3 km west of Mount Wilbur at the head of the Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud region of the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. Discovered and ascended in December 1934 by members of the Byrd AE geological par…

  • Mount Virdin

    Mount Virdin is a mountain 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Mount Hemmingsen in the Werner Mountains, Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S.

  • Mount Verne

    Mount Verne is a mountain (1,632 m) standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Bongrain Point and dominating the south part of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was first sighted and roughly surveyed in 1909 by the French Ant…

  • Mount Vaughan

    Mount Vaughan is a prominent peak, 3,140 m, standing 4 miles (6 km) south-southwest of Mount Griffith on the ridge at the head of Vaughan Glacier, in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. Named for Norman D. Vaughan, dog driver with the By…

  • Mount Vartdal

    Mount Vartdal is a 1,505 m tall snow-capped peak surmounting and forming part of the plateau escarpment along the east coast of Graham Land. It is situated 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Karpf Point on the north side of Mill Inlet. It was char…

  • Mount Usher

    Mount Usher is a distinctive mountain overlooking the south side of Keltie Glacier about 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of the mouth of Brandau Glacier in Antarctica. Discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09). Identification of …

  • Mount Umbriel

    Mount Umbriel is a peak, rising to about 1,500 m, overlooking the head of Venus Glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica, with the east face of the mountain overlooking the George VI Ice Shelf that occupies George VI Sound.