Dogs Leg Fjord is an inlet 6 nautical miles (11 km) long in an east-west direction and 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) wide, lying south of German Peninsula, directly east of Ridge Island and opening on Bourgeois Fjord, along the Fallières Coast on the we…
Djupvikneset Peninsula is a high, ice-covered peninsula between Djupvika and Havsbotn along the southwest shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay.
Dismal Mountains is a group of nunataks about 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Rayner Peak in Antarctica. They were photographed from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956, and surveyed by G.A. Knuckey during a dog…
Diplock Glacier (64°3′S58°50′W) is a narrow straight glacier, 10 miles (16 km) long, flowing eastward from Detroit Plateau, on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, into Prince Gustav Channel 5 miles (8 km) south of Alectoria Island.
Diomedea Island (62°12′S58°57′W) is a small island lying in Ardley Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The Soviet Antarctic Expedition called the feature "Ostrov Al'batros" or "Albatross Island" in 1968, but t…
Dimov Gate (Dimova Porta \'di-mo-va 'por-ta\) is a 300 m wide ice-covered pass in Antarctica, located in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and bounded by Rayna Knyaginya Peak in Bowles Ridge to the southeast and by …
Dimitrov Cove (Bulgarian: Димитров залив, ‘Dimitrov Zaliv’ \di-mi-'trov 'za-liv\) is the 6.8 km wide cove indenting for 4.8 km the northwest coast of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, which is entered between Pripek Poi…
Dickson Pillar is a pillar rock lying close south of Possession Island in the Possession Islands. The rock was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1958–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on A…
Dibble Peak (77°29′S169°3′E) is a peak 2.3 nautical miles (4.3 km) southwest of Post Office Hill in the Kyle Hills of Ross Island. The peak rises to about 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) and marks the highest and southwestern-most point of Warren Ridge. At…
Dibble Iceberg Tongue (65°30′S135°0′E) is an iceberg tongue at the seaward end of Dibble Glacier Tongue. The names Dibble Glacier and Dibble Glacier Tongue were applied by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1955, concurrent with…
Dibble Glacier Tongue (65°50′S135°0′E) is a large glacier tongue extending seaward from Dibble Glacier. It was delineated from air photos taken by U.S.
Dibble Bluff (78°7′S167°13′E) is a conspicuous rock bluff, 1 nautical mile (2 km) south of Marshall Cirque on the west side of White Island, Ross Archipelago. The bluff rises abruptly from McMurdo Ice Shelf to over 400 metres (1,300 ft). It was nam…
Devils Glacier (86°23′S165°0′W) is a heavily crevassed glacier at the edge of the polar plateau, about 20 miles (30 km) long and 8 miles (13 km) wide, draining the southern part of the Mohn Basin and flowing northeast to enter the upper part of Amu…
Derwael Ice Rise is 40 km long, 35 km wide and about 400 m tall ice rise in ice shelf off Princess Ragnhild Coast, Antarctica. Situated 70 km east of Breid Bay in northern part of Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, directly in front of Western Ragnhild Glacier…
Denison Island (66°18′S110°27′E) is an Antarctic island lying 1⁄4 mile (0.4 km) west of Beall Island in the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. It was named …
Dendtler Island is an ice-covered island, 14 nautical miles (26 km) long, lying in the eastern part of the Abbot Ice Shelf between Farwell Island and Fletcher Peninsula in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys…
Demay Point is a headland which forms the west side of the entrance to Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This point was known to sealers as early as 1822. It was named almost 100 years later by the French Antarctic Ex…
Delyan Point (Bulgarian: нос Делян, ‘Nos Delyan’ \'nos de-'lyan\) is a point on the northwest coast of Smith Island, South Shetland Islands forming the northeast side of the entrance to Vedena Cove. Situated 4 km west-southwest of Cape Smith, 10.66&…
Delusion Point is a point on the south side of the entrance to Spillane Fjord and the northeast side of the entrance to Sexaginta Prista Bay, which marks the east end of Arkovna Ridge that forms the south wall of Crane Glacier, on the east coast of …
Delta Glacier is a glacier descending steeply from the Worcester Range between Northcliffe Peak and Delta Bluff to enter the west side of Skelton Glacier.
Delchev Peak (Bulgarian: Делчев връх Delchev Vrah \'del-chev 'vr&h\) is the summit of Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island and rises to approximately 940 m. The peak surmounts Iskar Glacier to the west, Sopot Ice Piedmont to the north,…
Defant Glacier is a glacier 2 nautical miles (4 km) wide at its mouth, which flows east-southeast to the west side of Violante Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the United St…
Decker Glacier (77°28′S162°48′E) is a steep, narrow glacier that drains the northeast slopes of Mount Newall in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate William D…
Deception Glacier (78°33′S158°33′E) is a glacier between the Warren Range and the Boomerang Range, flowing south into upper Mulock Glacier.
Debutante Island (69°34′S75°30′E) is a narrow island which is the southernmost of the Sostrene Islands. The island is ice covered except for a small rock outcrop and barely protrudes above the general level of the Publications Ice Shelf. It was map…
Debenham Glacier (77°11′S162°38′E) is a glacier flowing into the northern part of Wilson Piedmont Glacier on the coast of Victoria Land.
Debelyanov Point (Bulgarian: Дебелянов нос, ‘Debelyanov Nos’ \de-be-'lya-nov 'nos\) is a point forming the northwest side of the entrance to Mitchell Cove in Robert Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated 2.8 km northwest of Negra Point and 3.81…
The Dean Nunataks (74°31′S98°48′W) are a pair of nunataks lying about 6 miles (10 km) east-northeast of Mount Moses in the Hudson Mountains. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–…
DeAngelo Glacier is a tributary glacier which drains the slopes of Mount Robinson in the Admiralty Mountains. It flows southeast to enter Moubray Glacier southward of Mount Ruegg. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and…
The De Mas Rocks, also known as Demas Rocks (63°35′S058°03′W) is a group of rocks off the northwest coast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica in the approach to Huon Bay, 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Cape Ducorps. Discovered in March 1838 by Captain …
The Davis Peninsula is an elongated ice-covered peninsula, 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, between Reid Glacier and Northcliffe Glacier.
Davis Bay is a bay about 12 miles (19 km) wide at the entrance between Cape Cesney and Lewis Island in Antarctica.
David Island (66°25′S98°46′E) is an ice-covered island, 10 miles (16 km) long and 6 miles (10 km) wide, marked by rock exposures along its north and east sides, lying off Davis Peninsula in the Shackleton Ice Shelf. It was discovered in November 19…
Darzalas Peak (Bulgarian: връх Дарзалас, ‘Vrah Darzalas’ \'vr&h dar-'za-las\) is the rocky, mostly ice-free peak rising to 1300 m in the south foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.
The Daniels Range is a principal mountain range of the Usarp Mountains, about 80 km (50 mi) long and 16 km (10 mi) wide, bounded to the north by Harlin Glacier and to the south by Gressitt Glacier. The range was mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. …
The Dalton Iceberg Tongue (66°15′S121°30′E) is a large iceberg tongue that extends seaward from the eastern part of Moscow University Ice Shelf. The feature was partly delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47). It w…