Cape Hoadley
Mouth
Cape Hoadley
66°28′S 99°56′E / 66.467°S 99.933°E. Prominent rock coastal outcrop forming the west portal of the valley occupied by Scott Glacier. Discovered by the Western Base Party of the AAE under Mawson in November 1912, and named by him for C.A. Hoadley, geologist with the Western Base Party. Not: Cape Hoadky.
Edisto Ice Tongue
66°10′S 100°40′E / 66.167°S 100.667°E An ice tongue along the northwest margin of Bunger Hills where it occupies the southwestern portion of Edisto Channel, in the Highjump Archipelago. The ice tongue is a seaward extension of the flow of Apfel Glacier as well as part of the main flow of Scott Glacier. Mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by US-ACAN in association with Edisto Channel.
Chugunov Island
65°54′S 99°29′E / 65.900°S 99.483°E. Small ice-covered island, lying at the seaward extremity of Shackleton Ice Shelf, between the projections of Denman and Scott Glaciers. Mapped from aerial photos taken by USN OpHjp, 1946-47. Rephotographed by the Soviet expedition of 1956 and later named for N.A. Chugunov, aerologist who lost his life in the Antarctic in 1958.
References
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 657.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 336.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 211.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 136.
Sources
- Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2023-12-03 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names.