Dixson Island (Antarctica)
Dixson Island is a high ice-covered island, 19 km (10 nmi) long and 9 km (5 nmi) wide, at the west side of the mouth of Ninnis Glacier.
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Click on them to get its location and coordinatesCape Wilson (Ross Dependency)
Cape Wilson (82°14'S 163°47'E) is a bold, rocky, snow-covered cape, forming the south-east end of the Nash Range and marking the northern entrance point to Shackleton Inlet on the western edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. It was discovered by Captain Robe…
Zvegor Saddle
Zvegor Saddle (Bulgarian: Звегорска седловина, ‘Zvegorska Sedlovina’ \'zve-gor-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is the saddle of elevation 2500 m between Eyer Peak and Mount Press in Probuda Ridge, north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains.
Zuhn Bluff
Zuhn Bluff (72°17′S98°2′W) is a steep north-facing bluff standing about 5 miles (8 km) east-southeast of Mount Bramhall in the Walker Mountains of Thurston Island. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. N…
Zubov Bay
Zubov Bay is a bay 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide, indenting the east side of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959…
Zornitsa Cove
Zornitsa Cove (Bulgarian: залив Зорница, ‘Zaliv Zornitsa’ \'za-liv zor-'ni-tsa\) is the 7 km wide cove indenting for 3.1 km the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered between Rowe Point and Scesa Point on…
Zonda Towers
Zonda Towers (69°34′S68°18′W) is an east-west trending rock ridge, 4 miles (6 km) long, between Zonda Glacier and Eureka Glacier on the Rymill Coast, Palmer Land. The eastern section of the ridge rises to 825 m and is notable for four rock towers. …
Zonda Glacier
Zonda Glacier (69°33′S68°30′W) is a glacier about 8 miles (13 km) long, flowing west-southwest between Fohn Bastion and Zonda Towers into George VI Sound. The glacier was included in surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948, and…
Zlidol Gate
Zlidol Gate (Bulgarian: Злидолска порта, ‘Zlidolska Porta’ \'zli-dol-ska 'por-ta\) is the saddle of elevation over 800 m on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula separating Detroit Plateau to the west from Trakiya Heights to the east.
Zlatolist Hill
Zlatolist Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Златолист, ‘Halm Zlatolist’ \'h&lm zla-to-'list\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 956 m in the north foothills of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Zlatograd Rock
Zlatograd Rock (Zlatogradski Kamak \zla-to-'grad-ski 'ka-m&k\) is a rocky 240 m peak forming the eastern extremity of Bowles Ridge, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak overlooks Struma Glacier to the northwest and H…
Zittel Cliffs
Zittel Cliffs (80°40′S25°59′W) is a set of cliffs rising to about 1,400 m in the northwest part of Du Toit Nunataks, Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. The feature was surveyed by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1957, photographed from …
Zimzelen Glacier
Zimzelen Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Зимзелен, ‘Lednik Zimzelen’ \'led-nik 'zim-ze-leb\) is the 3.7 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier on Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula, Danco Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated east of Krapets Glaci…
Zimmerman Island
Zimmerman Island (66°26′S110°27′E) is a mainly ice-free island 0.4 miles (0.6 km) southeast of Werlein Island in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named…
Zilva Peaks
Zilva Peaks (66°45′S65°23′W) is a pair of conspicuous peaks between the two arms of Drummond Glacier in Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS)…
Ziegler Point
Ziegler Point (79°21′S83°0′W) is a high rock point, or spur, on the southeast side of Gross Hills in the Heritage Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on…
Zhelannaya Mountain
Zhelannaya Mountain (72°4′S18°28′E) is a relatively isolated mountain about 9 miles (14 km) north of Mount Karpinskiy in the Russkiye Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
Zavis Peak
Zavis Peak (79°23′S86°8′W) is a sharp peak, 2,195 metres (7,201 ft), standing 4 miles (6 km) west of Navigator Peak at the south end of Founders Escarpment in the Heritage Range.
Zanoge Hill
Zanoge Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Заноге, ‘Halm Zanoge’ \'h&lm za-'no-ge\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 710 m and forming the northwest extremity of Srednogorie Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Zaldapa Ridge
Zaldapa Ridge (Bulgarian: рид Залдапа, ‘Rid Zaldapa’ \'rid zal-'da-pa\) is the predominantly ice-free ridge extending 4.6 km in east-west direction and 1.7 km wide on Yatrus Promontory in Graham Land, Antarctica, with its twin rocky summits rising t…
Yoglav Crag
Yoglav Crag (Bulgarian: Йоглавски камък, ‘Yoglavski Kamak’ \'yo-glav-ski 'ka-m&k\) is the rocky peak rising to 865 m in the south extremity of Kondofrey Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Yeates Bluff
Yeates Bluff (83°23′S169°10′E) is a steep, mainly ice-covered bluff surmounted by a 1,190 m peak at its north end, standing between Lennox-King and Beaver Glaciers, 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Nickerson in Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica. N…
Yamagata Ridge
Yamagata Ridge (79°5′S157°2′E) is a narrow linear nunatak, 3 miles (4.8 km) long and rising to 1690 m, located 5 miles (8 km) west of Seay Peak in the N-central part of Finger Ridges, Cook Mountains.
Yalour Sound
Yalour Sound (63°34′S56°39′W) is a passage 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and 4 miles (6 km) long, usually ice bound, linking Fridtjof Sound and Antarctic Sound between Jonassen Island and Andersson Island, off Trinity Peninsula.
Yagodina Knoll
Yagodina Knoll (Bulgarian: Ягодинска могила, ‘Yagodinska Mogila’ \'ya-go-din-ska mo-'gi-la\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 530 m at the northeast extremity of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Wright Peak, Antarctica
Wright Peak (73°40′S94°32′W) is a small rock Peak (1,510 m or 4,950 ft) located 0.5 nautical miles (0.6 mi; 0.9 km) south of Sutley Peak in the Jones Mountains. It was mapped by the University of Minnesota Jones Mountains Party of 1960–61 which nam…
Workman Rocks
Workman Rocks is a group of rocks in the northeast part of Darbel Bay just westward of Panther Cliff on the southwest coast of Stresher Peninsula, Graham Land in Antarctica. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedit…
Winslow Rock
Winslow Rock is a rock close off the east side of Lavoisier Island, Biscoe Islands. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958–59). There is a small penguin rookery on this rock, which provides the only known landing pl…
Windy Gully
Windy Gully is an ice-filled gully between New Mountain and Terra Cotta Mountain, on the south side of Taylor Glacier in Victoria Land.
Windwhistle Peak
Windwhistle Peak is a square sandstone peak south of Punchbowl Cirque in the Allan Hills, Oates Land.
Williamson Glacier Tongue
Williamson Glacier Tongue is the prominent seaward extension of the Williamson Glacier into Colvocoresses Bay. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47).
Williams Peak
Williams Peak can refer to the following mountains:
West Beacon
West Beacon is the prominent western peak, rising to 2,345 m in Beacon Heights, in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. The name "Beacon Height West" was first used by the Discovery expedition (1901–04).
Weldon Glacier
Weldon Glacier is a glacier entering the southeast part of Weddell Sea about 30 nautical miles (60 km) west-southwest of Hayes Glacier. The glacier was discovered in the course of a U.S. Navy LC-130 reconnaissance flight over the coast of Coats Land…
Washington Ridge
Washington Ridge (78°6′S154°48′W) is a rock ridge surmounted by three peaks, standing 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Mount Franklin in the south group of the Rockefeller Mountains on Edward VII Peninsula. Discovered on a Byrd Antarctic Expedition …
Wallend Glacier
Wallend Glacier is a deeply entrenched glacier which drains eastward from Forbidden Plateau to join Green Glacier in northern Graham Land.