Iliad Glacier
Iliad Glacier (64°27′S63°27′W) is a glacier flowing northeast from the central highlands of Anvers Island between the Achaean Range and the Trojan Range into Lapeyrere Bay, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
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Ilarion Ridge is a partly ice-free ridge of elevation 240 m situated in Breznik Heights on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Extending along the south coast of Hardy Cove, 2 km southwest of Parchevich Ridge, 1.9 km east-northeast of Lyutitsa Nunatak, 2.…
Igloo Spur
Igloo Spur (77°33′S169°16′E) is a small, isolated spur 160 metres (520 ft) high at the culmination of the general ridge extending southeast from Bomb Peak, at the east end of Ross Island, Antarctica. It was mapped and so named by the New Zealand Ge…
Iglika Passage
Iglika Passage (Bulgarian: проток Иглика, ‘Protok Iglika’ \'pro-tok i-'gli-ka\) is the passage between the Zed island group and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 1.53 km wide between Lesidren Island and Williams Point on V…
Ickes Mountains
The Ickes Mountains (75°29′S139°45′W) are a series of coastal mountains that extend west from Strauss Glacier for 15 miles (24 km) in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The mountains were discovered from aircraft of the U.S. Antarctic Service on December…
Ichime Glacier
Ichime Glacier (68°23′S42°8′E) is a glacier flowing to the sea just west of Kasumi Rock in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
Icenhower Ridge
Icenhower Ridge (80°13′S158°25′E) is a broad, mainly ice-covered ridge that rises to over 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) between Yancey Glacier and Sennet Glacier in the Britannia Range, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Name…
Icefall Nunatak (Victoria Land)
Icefall Nunatak (72°28′S166°8′E) is a nunatak 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Mount Watt in the Barker Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The nunatak was visited in 1981–82 by Bradley Field, a geologist with the New Zealand Geological Survey, who suggest…
Icebreaker Glacier
Icebreaker Glacier (73°37′S166°10′E) is a large valley glacier 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Mount Monteagle that flows southeast from the Mountaineer Range to Lady Newnes Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Below Hermes Point its flow coalesces with t…
Iceberg Point
Iceberg Point is a prominent point 8 miles (13 km) west-southwest of Ryswyck Point, on the east side of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
Ian Peak
Ian Peak is a peak in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica, 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Mount Stirling where the feature overlooks the heads of Leap Year Glacier and Champness Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedi…
Håhellerskarvet
Håhellerskarvet (Norwegian, meaning "shark cave mountain", (71°57′S6°8′E) is a broad, partially ice-covered mountain, 2,910 metres (9,550 ft) high, between Austreskorve Glacier and Lunde Glacier in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land, E…
Hutton Mountains
The Hutton Mountains are a group of mountains in southeastern Palmer Land, Antarctica, bounded on the southwest by Johnston Glacier, on the northwest by Squires Glacier, on the north by Swann Glacier, and on the east by Keller Inlet. The mountains w…
Hut Cove
Hut Cove is a small cove in the eastern part of Hope Bay between Seal Point and Grunden Rock, at the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by a party under J.
Hurd Ice Cap
Hurd Ice Cap is the ice cap covering the central area of southern Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It extends 4.5 km in northeast-southwest direction and 3.7 km in northwest-southeast direction, and drains…
Hummer Point
Hummer Point is the eastern point of the ice-covered Gurnon Peninsula, an eastern arm of Bear Peninsula, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial pho…
Huma Nunatak
Huma Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Хума, ‘Nunatak Huma’ \'nu-na-tak 'hu-ma\) is the rocky hill rising to 580 m in the west part of Zavera Snowfield, in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Huitfeldt Point
Huitfeldt Point is a point southeast of Vorweg Point on the southwest side of Barilari Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill, 1934–37, and was named by the UK Antarc…
Huhla Col
Huhla Col (Bulgarian: седловина Хухла, ‘Sedlovina Huhla’ \se-dlo-vi-'na 'huh-la\) is the ice-covered col of elevation over 900 m on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, which is linking Snegotin Ridge to the north to the west part of Louis-…
Hrabar Nunatak
Hrabar Nunatak (Nunatak Hrabar \'nu-na-tak 'hra-b&r\) is a 160m rocky peak on the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and overlooking Yakoruda Glacier to the south.
Howchin Lake
Howchin Lake is a lake, one of several in the Alph River system, located 1.1 nautical miles (2 km) southeast of the snout of Howchin Glacier in the Denton Hills, Scott Coast, Antarctica.
Howard Bay (Antarctica)
Howard Bay (67°28′S61°4′E) is a 2-mile (3 km) wide body of water in Antarctica, lying between Byrd Head to the west and Ufs Island and the Lachal Bluffs to the east. It was discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic…
Hoseason Glacier
Hoseason Glacier is a 12 mi long glacier, flowing north into the sea between West Stack and East Stack, 15 mi east of Edward VIII Bay, East Antarctica.
Horlick Ice Stream
Horlick Ice Stream (85°17′S132°00′W) is a large ice stream on the featureless ice surface to the north of the main mass of the Horlick Mountains of Antarctica, draining west-southwestward, parallel to these mountains, to enter the lower portion of …
Hopkins Glacier
Hopkins Glacier is a glacier situated south of Erskine Glacier and flowing westwards into the head of Tlachene Cove in Darbel Bay on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1955–57, and mapped fro…
Homerun Range
The Homerun Range (71°40′S166°35′E) is a northwest-trending mountain range, 45 km (28 mi) long and 3 to 11 km (2 to 7 mi) wide, located east of Everett Range at the heads of the Ebbe and Tucker glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Hollingsworth Glacier
Hollingsworth Glacier is a broad glacier of low gradient, draining the vicinity east of the Ricker Hills and flowing northeast to enter David Glacier just east of the Trio Nunataks, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Ge…
Hollin Island
Hollin Island (66°19′S110°24′E) is an Antarctic island about 1 mile (1.6 km) long, lying north of Midgley Island, in the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump in 1946 and 1947. It was named by the US-…
Holl Island
Holl Island (66°25′S110°25′E) is a rocky, triangular-shaped Antarctic island, 1.7 mi (2.7 km) long, marking the southwest end of the Windmill Islands. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump, 1946–1947, and USN Operation Wind…
Holder Peak
Holder Peak (69°44′30″S74°31′13″E) is the higher (northern) peak on a rock outcrop on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen.
Høgsaetet Mountain
Høgsaetet Mountain (72°35′S3°23′W) is a 2,717-metre (8,914 ft) tall mountain just northeast of Raudberget in the Borg Massif of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
Høgfonna Mountain
Høgfonna Mountain (72°45′S3°33′W) is a high, flat, snow-topped mountain with sheer rock sides, standing 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Hogskavlen Mountain in the Borg Massif, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
Hochstetter Peak
Hochstetter Peak (Bulgarian: връх Хохщетер, ‘Vrah Hochstetter’ \'vr&h 'hoh-shte-ter\) is the partly ice-free bluff rising to over 1000 m in the southeast foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Hobbs Glacier (Victoria Land)
Hobbs Glacier is an eastward flowing glacier, about 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, lying 2 nautical miles (4 km) south of Blue Glacier on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was first explored by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 190…
Hobbs Glacier (James Ross Island)
Hobbs Glacier is a glacier situated in a steep, rock-walled cirque at the northwest side of Hamilton Point, and flowing southeast into the southern part of Markham Bay on the east coast of James Ross Island, Antarctica. It was first seen and surveye…
Hitar Petar Nunatak
Hitar Petar Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Хитър Петър , ‘Nunatak Hitar Petar’ \'nu-na-tak 'hi-t&r 'pe-t&r\) is the rocky hill rising to 462 m on the coast of Prince Gustav Channel, facing Alectoria Island and next south of the terminus of Aitkenhead G…