Vund Point
Vund Point (Bulgarian: нос Вунд, ‘Nos Vund’ \'nos 'vund\) is the point forming the east extremity of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
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Vinci Bank is a named for Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), world-renowned scientist and artist. Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Villard Point
Villard Point is a point projecting 500 m into Barclay Bay from Robbery Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the east side of the entrance to Baba Tonka Cove and the west side of the ent…
Villagra Point
Villagra Point is the point on the northwest coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the south side of the entrance to Bourchier Cove.
Vigil Spur
Vigil Spur is a spur which borders Ebbe Glacier and forms the southwest extremity of Mount Bolt in the Anare Mountains.
Vidal Rock
Vidal Rock is a rock 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) west of Ferrer Point in southern Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands.
Vesthjelmen Peak
Vesthjelmen Peak (71°42′S26°18′E) is a peak, 1,810 m, standing 8 miles (13 km) west of Austhamaren Peak in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and i…
Vestbanen Moraine
Vestbanen Moraine is a medial moraine in Humboldt Graben, originating near Zwiesel Mountain and trending north in string-like fashion for 13 miles (21 km) along the west flank of the Petermann Ranges, Wohlthat Mountains. First plotted from air photo…
Vestal Ridge
Vestal Ridge is a steep rock ridge in southeast Beacon Valley, rising to 2,240 m and forming the divide between Mullins Valley and Farnell Valley, in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names…
Varvara Cove
Varvara Cove (Bulgarian: залив Варвара, ‘Zaliv Varvara’ \'za-liv var-'va-ra\) is the 3.3 km wide cove indenting for 1.9 km the southwest coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Usnea Plug
Usnea Plug is a volcanic plug, 30 m from base to summit, rising to 117 m in the interior of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Urvich Wall
Urvich Wall (Bulgarian: Урвичка стена, ‘Urvichka Stena’ \'ur-vich-ka ste-'na\) is the narrow ice-free and crescent-shaped ridge rising to 121 m on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and bounded by Nedelya Point to the north …
Ungane Islands
The Ungane Islands (69°16′S39°29′E) are an archipelago of three small islands lying 4 miles (6 km) west-northwest of Hamnenabben Head in the east part of Lutzow-Holm Bay.
Umeboshi Rock
Umeboshi Rock (68°3′S43°7′E) is a rock exposure 4 miles (6 km) east-northeast of Akebono Rock on the coast of Queen Maud Land.
Ullmann Spur
Ullmann Spur (62°4′S58°22′W) is a mountainous ridge, 275 m, situated centrally at the head of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Ufs Island
Ufs Island (67°28′S61°8′E) is a rocky island 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, lying in the east part of Howard Bay, Antarctica, just north of the Lachal Bluffs, and about 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Allison Bay.
Turret Peak (Antarctica)
Turret Peak (72°16′S166°6′E) is a prominent rock peak, 2,790 m, standing 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Crosscut Peak in Millen Range. The peak is topped with a 10 m vertical spire, or tower, which is an excellent landmark.
Turret Cone
Turret Cone is a small summit (c.455 m) that is locally conspicuous, located 3.8 nautical miles (7 km) east of Cape Royds and 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Cape Barne on Ross Island.
Tumba Ice Cap
Tumba Ice Cap (Bulgarian: ледник Тумба, ‘Lednik Tumba’ \'led-nik 'tum-ba\) is the ice cap covering the western half of Chavdar Peninsula on the west side of Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.
Tuati Peak
Tuati Peak is a peak, 2,595 m, which rises above the north wall of Mitchell Glacier at the glacier head, in Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named in 1993 by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) after Tuati, the Maori name of a sailor known as Joh…
Tryavna Peak
Tryavna Peak (Vrah Tryavna, Bulgarian pronunciation: [vɾəh ˈtɾʲavnə]) is a peak rising to 300 m in the Delchev Ridge of the Tangra Mountains of eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Sopot Ice Piedmon…
True Glacier
True Glacier is a glacier on the west side of Bear Peninsula, flowing southwest into Dotson Ice Shelf south of Hunt Bluff, on the Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs tak…
Tripp Ice Tongue
Tripp Ice Tongue (76°34′S162°45′E) is an ice tongue that occupies the north half of Tripp Bay on the coast of Victoria Land. The feature is nurtured by several glaciers (Fry Glacier, Hedblom Glacier, as well as ice from Oates Piedmont Glacier). It …
Trioen Nunataks
Trioen Nunataks (72°25′S3°59′W) is an isolated group of three nunataks about 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Borg Mountain in Queen Maud Land.
Trio Nunataks
Trio Nunataks (75°30′S159°42′E) is a three large nunataks standing at the south side of David Glacier, just west of the terminus of Hollingsworth Glacier, in Victoria Land.
Treves Butte
Treves Butte is a prominent, partly ice-covered butte (2,100 m) immediately northwest of Discovery Ridge in the Ohio Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Samuel B.
Traub Glacier
Traub Glacier is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 2.5 km in northwest-southeast direction and 4 km in southwest-northeast direction and draining the east slopes of Dryanovo Heights to flow eastwards i…
Traffic Circle (Antarctica)
Traffic Circle is a glacier-filled expanse 500 m high, situated south of Mount Ptolemy and medially on Antarctic Peninsula between Marguerite Bay and Mobiloil Inlet. Hub Nunatak rises from the center of the Traffic Circle. From this position, five g…
Towle Point
Towle Point is a point 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Post Office Hill that marks the northeast extremity of Ross Island. In association with the names of expeditionary ships grouped on this island, named after USNS Private John R.
Toqui Hill
Toqui Hill is the 82 m summit of the small (2.6 km by 1.6 km) ice-free promontory forming the north extremity of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and ending up in Cape Shirreff.
…Tindeklypa
Tindeklypa is a double summit separated by a deep ravine. The feature is located 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Istind Peak, on the east side of Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39).
Thuronyi Bluff
Thuronyi Bluff (66°48′S64°45′W) is a prominent escarpment on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, which faces the Larsen Ice Shelf and the Weddell Sea and lies immediately south of the Antarctic Circle. It is located above Mill Inlet in Briti…
Thompson Point
Thompson Point is a point of land which descends northeastward from Kavrayskiy Hills into the west part of the terminus of Rennick Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960-62. Name…
Thomas Nunatak
Thomas Nunatak is the northern of two nunataks which stand close together about 17 nautical miles (31 km) west of the Camp Hills, in the Ellsworth Mountains.
Thil Island
Thil Island is a small rocky island lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Jennings Promontory in the eastern part of the Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Name…
The Triplets (Robert Island)
The Triplets is an ice-free three-pointed hill rising to 160 m at the southwest extremity of Alfatar Peninsula, Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting Coppermine Cove to the northwest, Mitchell Cove to the southeast,…