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  • Aureole Hills

    The Aureole Hills (63°46′S58°54′W) are a pair of smooth, conical, ice-covered hills, the higher reaching to 1,080 metres (3,540 ft), standing close west of the north end of Detroit Plateau, Trinity Peninsula on Antarctica.

  • Aurdalsegga Ridge

    Aurdalsegga Ridge (71°44′S12°23′E) is an irregular ridge 5 miles (8 km) long surmounted by Mount Nikolayev, rising immediately southeast of Aurdalen Valley in the Südliche Petermann Range of the Wohlthat Mountains in Antarctica.

  • Aurdalen Valley

    Aurdalen Valley (71°42′S12°22′E) is a small moraine-covered valley between Grakammen Ridge and Aurdalsegga Ridge, in the Petermann Ranges of the Wohlthat Mountains.

  • Auguste Island

    Auguste Island (64°3′S61°37′W) is a flat-topped island less than 1.6 km (1 mi) long, lying 6 km (4 mi) northeast of Two Hummock Island in Gerlache Strait.

  • Aughenbaugh Peak

    Aughenbaugh Peak is a sharp peak in Antarctica, rising to over 1,800 metres (5,900 ft). It stands 0.7 miles (1.1 km) northeast of Neuburg Peak in southwest Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from …

  • Atwater Hill

    Atwater Hill (66°11′S66°38′W) is a hill in Antarctica, 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Benedict Point on the east side of Lavoisier Island, Biscoe Islands.

  • Attlee Glacier

    Attlee Glacier (66°13′S63°46′W) is a glacier 8 miles (13 km) long, which flows east-southeast from the plateau escarpment on the east side of Graham Land to the head of Cabinet Inlet to the north of Bevin Glacier. During December 1947, the glacier …

  • Atoll Nunataks

    Atoll Nunataks (71°21′S68°47′W) is a group of nunataks on the north side of Uranus Glacier, 3 miles (5 km) west of Mount Ariel, in eastern Alexander Island, Antarctica.

  • Atlantic Club Ridge

    The Atlantic Club Ridge (Vrah Atlanticheski Klub \'vr&h a-tlan-'ti-che-ski 'klub\) is a ridge rising to 161 m on Hurd Peninsula in Eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica. To the west the ridge surmounts the South Bay coast north of Johnsons Dock, to …

  • Atkinson Glacier

    Atkinson Glacier (71°30′S167°25′E) is a glacier between Findlay Range and Lyttelton Range, Admiralty Mountains, flowing northward into Dennistoun Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1983 after William Atkinson, fiel…

  • Atkinson Cliffs

    Atkinson Cliffs (71°18′S168°55′E) are high coastal cliffs, 4 miles (6 km) long, between the lower ends of Fendley Glacier and Pitkevitch Glacier on the north coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. They were mapped in 1911 by the Northern Party of the …

  • Atherton Islands

    The Atherton Islands (62°6′S58°59′W) are two islands lying 2 miles (3 km) west-northwest of Bell Point, King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.

  • Astudillo Glacier

    Astudillo Glacier (64°53′S62°51′W) is a small glacier flowing into Paradise Harbor between Leith Cove and Skontorp Cove on the Danco Coast of Graham Land.

  • Astronaut Glacier

    Astronaut Glacier (73°5′S164°5′E) is a broad glacier, tributary to upper Aviator Glacier, flowing south-west and joining the latter just west of Parasite Cone in Victoria Land.

  • Astrolabe Subglacial Basin

    Astrolabe Subglacial Basin is a subglacial basin to the south of the Adélie Coast and east of Porpoise Subglacial Highlands, trending north-south and containing the thickest ice — about 4,700 metres (15,400 ft) — measured in Antarctica.

  • Astrolabe Needle

    Astrolabe Needle (64°8′S62°36′W) is a conspicuous monolith rising 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level south of Claude Point, Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago.

  • Astro Glacier

    Astro Glacier (82°54′S157°20′E) is a glacier in Antarctica, between the Turner Hills and Tricorn Peak in the Miller Range, flowing northeast into the Marsh Glacier.

  • Astro Cliffs

    The Astro Cliffs (66°40′S62°26′W) are rock cliffs 60 metres (200 ft), situated at the southeast extremity of Churchill Peninsula, 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Cape Alexander on the east coast of Graham Land. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Depende…

  • Astor Rocks

    The Astor Rocks (71°48′S12°44′E) are two small rock outcrops lying 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Ramenskiy in the southeast extremity of the Wohlthat Mountains of Antarctica.

  • Astarte Horn

    Astarte Horn (71°40′S68°52′W) is a pyramidal peak lying about 9.9 miles (16 km) inland from George VI Sound at the south end of the north-south range extending to Mount Umbriel, in eastern Alexander Island.

  • Astapenko Glacier

    Astapenko Glacier (70°40′S163°0′E) is a glacier, 11 miles (18 km) long, draining the north and northeast slopes of Stanwix Peak in the Bowers Mountains and flowing east-northeast to Ob' Bay, situated in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by t…

  • Asman Ridge

    Asman Ridge (77°10′S144°48′W) is a serrate ridge about 10 kilometres (6 mi) long on the south side of Arthur Glacier, just north of Bailey Ridge in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land.

  • Ashworth Glacier

    Ashworth Glacier (85°01′36″S169°15′53″E) is an Antarctic glacier with sharply delineated sides, flowing west from Supporters Range into Mill Glacier, 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Mount Iveagh. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Nam…

  • Asafiev Glacier

    Asafiev Glacier (71°05′S70°45′W) is a glacier that flows north-west into Schubert Inlet from the western side of the Walton Mountains, Alexander Island, Antarctica.

  • Argonaut Glacier

    Argonaut Glacier (73°13′S166°42′E) is a tributary glacier about 10 miles (16 km) long in the Mountaineer Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It flows east to enter Mariner Glacier just north of Engberg Bluff.

  • Argentina Cove

    Argentina Cove is an 1.28 km wide embayment indenting for 330 m the southeast coast of Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is part of South Bay, entered between Polish Bluff and Henry Bluff.

  • Ardery Island

    Ardery Island is a steep, rocky island, about 1 km (0.62 mi) long, lying 1.8 km (1.1 mi) west of Odbert Island in the Windmill Islands of Antarctica.

  • Arda Peak

    Arda Peak (Vrah Arda \'vr&h 'ar-da\) is located in the east of Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak rises to approximately 470 m and is located in the Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, overlooking the lower course of Charity Glacier to the north…

  • Arctowski Peak

    Arctowski Peak (73°44′S61°28′W) is a somewhat isolated ice-covered peak, 1,410 metres (4,630 ft) high, standing 8 miles (13 km) west-southwest of the head of Howkins Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered and photographed from t…

  • Arctowski Nunatak

    Arctowski Nunatak (65°6′S60°0′W) is a nunatak 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Hertha Nunatak in the Seal Nunataks group, off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

  • Arcondo Nunatak

    Arcondo Nunatak (82°8′S41°37′W) is a nunatak, 780 metres (2,560 ft) high, standing 5 miles (8 km) south of Mount Spann in the Panzarini Hills portion of the Argentina Range of the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United State…