Archibald Point
Archibald Point (63°12′S56°40′W) is an exposed rocky headland on the southwest side of Bransfield Island in Antarctic Sound. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (1963) for George K.
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Archar Peninsula (Poluostrov Archar \po-lu-'os-trov ar-'char\) located in the North-Western extremity of Greenwich Island, Antarctica. The three km long peninsula is bounded by Razlog Cove to the North and McFarlane Strait to the South. Its western …
Arapya Glacier
Arapya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Арапя, ‘Lednik Arapya’ \'led-nik a-ra-'pya\) is the 11.4 km long and 5 km wide glacier on the east side of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated south of Young Glacier.
Arai Terraces
The Arai Terraces are a series of crevassed terraces and icefalls close southward of Fazekas Hills, near the head of Lowery Glacier.
Aprilov Point
Aprilov Point (Aprilov Nos \a-'pri-lov 'nos\) is a point on the north coast of Greenwich Island, Antarctica situated 6.9 km east of Duff Point, 2.1 km east-southeast of Kabile Island, 2.2 km east-northeast of Crutch Peaks, 1.8 km south of Ongley Isl…
Anvil Rock
Anvil Rock is a rock between Grotto Island and the southeast end of the Forge Islands in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. It was charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Riddoch Rymill.
Anu Whakatoro Glacier
Anu Whakatoro Glacier (77°17′25″S161°42′0″E) is an Antarctic glacier 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) long, between Tūkeri Peak and Spain Peak on the headwall of Ringer Valley in the Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land.
Antonov Peak
Antonov Peak (Bulgarian: Антонов връх, ‘Antonov Vrah’ \an-'to-nov 'vr&h\) is the peak rising to over 1300 m in the northwest part of Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 4.45 km east of Mount Schuyler, 4.25 km southeas…
Anderson Peninsula
Anderson Peninsula (69°48′S160°13′E) is a low ice-covered peninsula, 7 miles (11 km) long, terminating in Belousov Point. It lies between Gillett Ice Shelf and Suvorov Glacier on the coastal margin of the Wilson Hills of Antarctica. It was mapped b…
Anderson Nunataks
Anderson Nunataks, also known as Shimizu Nunatak, is a group of nunataks forming the northeast end of the Sweeney Mountains, Antarctica. They were discovered and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, and mapp…
Anchorage Island, Antarctica
Anchorage Island is an island about 1 km long and 0.5 km wide, approximately 2 km north-west of Davis Station. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37).
Ami Boué Peak
Ami Boué Peak (Bulgarian: връх Ами Буе, ‘Vrah Ami Boué’ \'vr&h a-'mi bu-'e\) is the peak rising to 1101 m in the north extremity of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula.
Amadok Point
Amadok Point (Nos Amadok \'nos a-ma-'dok\) is a point on the south coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica which projects 400 m into the Bransfield Strait. The point was named after the Thracian King Amadokos, 415-384 BC.
Alyabiev Glacier
Alyabiev Glacier (71°42′S72°40′W) is a glacier in Antarctica, flowing south from Gluck Peak into Boccherini Inlet and lies about 3 miles (5 km) West of Arensky Glacier on Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. It was named by the USSR Academy of Sc…
Altsek Nunatak
Altsek Nunatak (Nunatak Altsek \'nu-na-tak al-'tsek\) is a 170-metre-high (560 ft) rocky hill projecting from the Murgash Glacier on Greenwich Island, Antarctica.
Altimir Glacier
Altimir Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Алтимир, ‘Lednik Altimir’ \'led-nik al-ti-'mir\) is a 4.8-kilometre (3.0 mi) long and 5.5-kilometre (3.4 mi) wide glacier draining the north slopes of the Osterrieth Range on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago…
Altarduken Glacier
Altarduken Glacier is a small glacier just east of The Altar at the head of Grautskala Cirque, in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
Allison Peninsula
Allison Peninsula (73°10′S85°50′W) is a narrow ice-covered peninsula that extends into the Bellingshausen Sea from Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It forms the east margin of the Venable Ice Shelf. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey f…
Allison Bay
Allison Bay (67°30′S61°17′E), also known as Isvika, is a small bay immediately west of the Utstikkar Glacier, and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the Lachal Bluffs and Ufs Island, on the Mawson Coast of Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica. It was…
Alley Spur
The Alley Spur (82°32′S51°47′W) is a rock spur on the north side of the Dufek Massif, just south of Sapp Rocks, in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 19…
Allen Peak
Allen Peak (77°34′S86°51′W) is a 1,880-metre (6,170 ft) peak in Antarctica, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of Mount Wyatt Earp and forming the northern extremity of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range. It was discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth…
Allen Knoll
Allen Knoll (63°40′S58°35′W) is a steep-sided snow dome rising from a flat snowfield 2 nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the head of Russell West Glacier, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica.
Allegro Valley
Allegro Valley (71°18′S160°10′E) is a steep-sided, glacier-filled valley indenting the east side of Daniels Range just north of White Spur, in the Usarp Mountains, Antarctica. The northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedi…
All Black Peak
All Black Peak (71°48′S163°57′E) is the main peak in the Crown Hills at the southeast end of the Lanterman Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, rising to 2,025 metres (6,644 ft) on the east side of the head of Johnstone Glacier in the Bowers Mountai…
Alice Glacier
Alice Glacier (83°58′S170°0′E) is a 13-nautical-mile (24 km) long tributary glacier in East Antarctica. It flows east from the Queen Alexandra Range to enter Beardmore Glacier at Sirohi Point.
Alice Creek
Alice Creek (64°50′S63°29′W) is a cove forming the southernmost portion of Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.
Algie Glacier
Algie Glacier (82°8′S162°5′E) is a 25-nautical-mile (50 km) long glacier which flows southeast into Nimrod Glacier just west of the Nash Range of Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Ross Sea Committee for R.M.
Algal Lake
Algal Lake (77°38′S166°25′E) is a small, roughly circular meltwater lake about midway between Skua Lake and Island Lake on Cape Evans, Ross Island, Antarctica. It was named by United States Antarctic Research Program biologists David T. Mason, Char…
Alfatar Peninsula
Alfatar Peninsula (Bulgarian: полуостров Алфатар, ‘Poluostrov Alfatar’ \po-lu-'os-trov al-fa-'tar\) is a peninsula extending 4 km in northeast-southwest direction and 2.8 km wide, forming the northwest extremity of Robert Island, South Shetland Isla…
Alexander Peak
Alexander Peak (77°28′S146°48′W) is a peak in the north end of the Haines Mountains, in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Probably first seen on aerial flights from Little America base by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–30), it was …
Alexander Nunataks
The Alexander Nunataks (66°30′S110°39′E) are two coastal nunataks at the southern limit of the Windmill Islands, standing on the shore of Penney Bay 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) east of the base of the Browning Peninsula. They were first mapped from…
Alexander Cone
Alexander Cone (81°27′S156°5′E) is a 1,978-metre (6,490 ft) cone-shaped feature in the All-Blacks Nunataks, west of the Churchill Mountains in Antarctica.
Aleko Point
Aleko Point (Nos Aleko \'nos a-'le-ko\), also Aleko Rock, is a rocky point midway along the northeast Antarctic coast of Emona Anchorage in the east of Livingston Island, projecting 150m to the west of southwest.
Aldridge Peak
Aldridge Peak (72°27′S167°24′E) is a 2,290-metre (7,510 ft) peak on the ridge between Hearfield Glacier and Trafalgar Glacier in the Victory Mountains, situated on the Borchgrevink Coast, named for Anglo-Norwegian explorer Carsten Borchgrevink (186…
Alderdice Peak
Alderdice Peak (68°12′S49°35′E) is a peak 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Mount Underwood in the eastern part of the Nye Mountains. It was plotted from air photos taken by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1959, and was…
Alcyone Cone
Alcyone Cone (72°42′S165°33′E) is an extinct volcanic cone near the center of The Pleiades, at the west side of the head of Mariner Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Named by a Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition field party …