The Kirwan Escarpment (Norwegian: Kirwanveggen) is a prominent northwest-facing escarpment which lies south of the Penck Trough in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. The escarpment is featured by moderate-height cliffs and prominent rock spurs intersperse…
Kirkby Shoal is a small shoal area with depths of less than 10 fathoms (18 m) extending about 150 yards (140 m) westwards and south-southwestwards, about 3.4 km (2.1 mi) from the summit of Shirley Island, Windmill Islands, and 0.15 mi (0.24 km) nort…
Kirkby Head is a sheer coastal outcrop on Tange Promontory, Enderby Land, Australian Antarctic Territory. Continental ice reaches almost to the top on its southern side.
Kirkby Glacier is a glacier, 20 miles (30 km) in length.
Kinsey Ridge is a flat-topped, partly ice-covered ridge in the middle of Strauss Glacier, near the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and was nam…
Kinsella Peak is a peak along the south side of Gale Ridge, 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of Mount Cowart, in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy ai…
King Range is a mountain range, 22 km (14 mi) long and 8 km (5 mi) wide, in northwestern Victoria Land, Antarctica. The range is bounded on the west by Rawle Glacier and Leitch Massif, on the northwest by Black Glacier and on the NE and east by the …
King Peninsula (72°12′S100°15′W) is an ice-covered peninsula, 100 nautical miles (200 km) long and 20 nautical miles (40 km) wide, lying south of Thurston Island and forming the south side of Peacock Sound, Antarctica. It projects from the continen…
King Peak (85°21′S88°12′W) is a rock peak, 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) high, surmounting the eastern extremity of the Bermel Escarpment, 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) west-northwest of Mount Powell, in the eastern part of the Thiel Mountains of Antarctica.…
Kilby Island (66°16′S110°31′E) is a rocky Antarctic island, 0.2 mi (0.32 km) long, lying northeast of McMullin Island in the entrance of Newcomb Bay, in the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and O…
Kienle Nunataks (77°28′S168°36′E) are three aligned nunataks to the north of Mount Terror in northeastern Ross Island, Antarctica. The nunataks trend east–west for 1 nautical mile (2 km) and rise to about 1,700 metres (5,600 ft). The central nunata…
Kienle Cirque (78°4′S167°21′E) is an ice-filled cirque, 2 nautical miles (4 km) wide, the largest cirque on the west side of White Island, in the Ross Archipelago, Antarctica.
Kidson Island is an island 0.5 nautical miles (1 km) long, lying 15 nautical miles (28 km) north-northeast of Byrd Head, Antarctica.
The Kidd Islands (66°27′S65°59′W) are a small group of islands within Darbel Bay, lying just south of the Darbel Islands off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. They were photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Ex…
Ketchum Glacier (75°0′S63°45′W) is an eastward flowing glacier at the base of Palmer Land, Antarctica, about 50 nautical miles (90 km) long, descending between the Latady Mountains and the Scaife Mountains into Gardner Inlet. It was discovered by t…
Kerseblept Nunatak (Nunatak Kerseblept \'nu-na-tak ker-se-'blept\) is a rocky hill of elevation 90 m projecting from Yakoruda Glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Kermen Peninsula (Poluostrov Kermen \po-lu-'os-trov 'ker-men\) is a 1.5-km long peninsula forming the south extremity of Robert Island, Antarctica. Bounded by Micalvi Cove to the northwest, and Bransfield Strait to the southeast. Its extremity Edwar…
Kemp Peninsula is an irregular ice-covered peninsula 48 kilometres (26 nmi) long in a north-south direction and 9.3 to 22.2 kilometres (5 to 12 nmi) wide.
Kemp Peak is a prominent peak, 340 m, standing close southeast of Stefansson Bay. Discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Douglas Mawson and named for Dr. Stanley W.
Keltie Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier, 30 nautical miles (56 km) long, draining from Pain Névé southwest around the southern extremity of the Commonwealth Range, and then northwest to enter Beardmore Glacier at Ranfurly Point.
Kazanlak Peak (Vrah Kazanlak \'vr&h ka-zan-'l&k\) is a rocky peak rising to 430 m in Delchev Ridge of Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Bruix Cove to the northwest, Iskar Glacier to the southw…
Kaspichan Point (Nos Kaspichan \'nos 'ka-spi-chan\) is a point on the southeast side of the entrance to Kramolin Cove on the southwest coast of Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Situated next west of Hebrizelm Hill, 1.4 km northwest of Triangle Point, 2…
Kasabova Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Касабова, ‘Lednik Kasabova’ \'led-nik ka-'sa-bo-va\) is the 6 km long and 3.5 km wide glacier on Davis Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Karposh Point (Bulgarian: нос Карпош, ‘Nos Karposh’ \'nos 'kar-posh\) is the ice-free point on the north coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Karnobat Pass (Karnobatski Prohod \kar-no-'bat-ski 'pro-hod\) is a 220 m wide and 720 m high pass in Levski Ridge in Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is bounded by Helmet Peak to the south and Intuiti…
Kardzhali Point (Bulgarian: нос Кърджали, ‘Nos Kardzhali’ \'nos 'k&r-dzha-li\) is the rocky point forming the south side of the entrance to Ograzhden Cove on the northwest coast of Ray Promontory of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Sh…
Kardam Buttress (Kardamov Rid \kar-'da-mov 'rid\) is a sloping buttress projecting 1 km northwards from St. Ivan Rilski Col into Huron Glacier on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and has precipitous and partly ice-free we…
Karavelova Point or Nos Karavelova (/ˈnɒs kɑrəˈvɛlɵvə/ is on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the south side of the entrance to Lister Cove.
Kapellet Canyon is a canyon with steep rock and ice walls indenting the eastern side of Jøkulkyrkja Mountain, in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land.
Kanitz Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Каниц, ‘Nunatak Kanitz’ \'nu-na-tak 'ka-nits\) is the rocky peak rising to over 600 m in the southern foothills of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 8.43 km south of Ami Boué Pea…
Kalofer Peak (Vrah Kalofer \'vr&h ka-'lo-fer\) is a 300 m sharp rocky peak in the Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Kainan Bay is an iceport which indents the front of the Ross Ice Shelf about 37 nautical miles (70 km) northeast of the northwestern end of Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. It was discovered in January 1902 by the British National Antarctic Expedition …
Kabile Island (Ostrov Kabile 'os-trov ka-bi-'le) is an Antarctic island extending 700 m (770 yd) in south-north direction and 450 m (490 yd) wide, situated off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
…Jutulstraumen Glacier is a large glacier in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, about 120 nautical miles (220 km) long, draining northward to the Fimbul Ice Shelf between the Kirwan Escarpment, Borg Massif and Ahlmann Ridge on the west and the Sverdrup Mou…
Jordanoff Bay (Bulgarian: Йорданов залив, ‘Yordanov Zaliv’ \yor-da-'nov 'za-liv\) is the 5 km wide bay indenting for 4.9 km Davis Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula, and entered northeast of Wennersgaard Point and southwest of Tarakchie…
Jones Point (64°39′S62°18′W) is a point within Wilhelmina Bay, lying 2 nautical miles (4 km) west of Pelseneer Island and 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Cape Anna on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the Belgian An…