COMPOSITE GAZETTEER
OF ANTARCTICA

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The SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) has been compiled over a period of 20 years (commenced 1992) and consists of 36,860 names that correspond to 18,861 features. The place names information has been submitted by the national names committees from 22 countries and compiled by Roberto Cervellati and Chiara Ramorino from the Italian Antarctic names committee - Comitato per i nomi geografici antartici.

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General Information

The sections and annexes listed below have been taken from the Preface of the hard copy of the CGA and have been updated and adapted for the present web site.

National Authorities for Antarctic Place-Names

Country	Official National Names Authority	Agency / Department	Names web site
Argentina	Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, División Toponimia	Jefe División Toponimia, Servicio de Hidrografía Naval
Australia	Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee	Australian Antarctic Division	http://data.aad.gov.au/
Belgium	National Geographic Institute Belgium
Brazil		Departamento de Geografia - Instituto de Geociências
Bulgaria	Antarctic Place-Names Commission	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria	http://id-team.org/apc/Apcbg-Web-New.htm
Canada	Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC)	Natural Resources Canada	http://geonames.rncan.gc.ca/info/cgndb_e.php
Chile	Chilean National Committee for Antarctic Geographic Names	Foreign Affairs, Defence and Education
China	Chinese Place-names Committee	Wuhan University
Ecuador
Finland
France	Commission de Toponymie des T.A.A.F. Institut Géographique National	Institut Géographique National
GEBCO		General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans	http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/gebco/underseafeatures.html
Germany	Ständiger Ausschuss für Geographische Namen		http://141.74.33.52/stagn/Antarktis/
India
Italy	Comitato per i nomi geografici antartici		http://www.pnra.it/txt/txtcomitato.htm
Japan	Antarctic Place-names Committee of Japan	National Institute of Polar Research	http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110001181219/en
Korea, Republic of	Korean Committee on Geographical Names	Korea Polar Research Institute
New Zealand	New Zealand Geographic Board Ng? Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa	Land Information New Zealand	http://www.linz.govt.nz/core/placenames/index.html
Norway	Name Committee for Norwegian Polar Regions	Norwegian Polar Institute
Poland	Polish Committee of Polar Research	Main Office of Geodesy and Cartography (GUGiK)
Russia	Russian Interministerial Commission on Geographical Names	Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Spain		SCAR National Committee of Spain
Sweden		Royal Institute of Technology
Ukraine
United Kingdom	Antarctic Place-names Committee	Foreign and Commonwealth Office	http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/apc/
United States	U.S. Board On Geographic Names	United States Geological Survey (Secretariat)	http://geonames.usgs.gov/
Uruguay	Instituto Antárctico Uruquayo

Feature Class Descriptions

CLASS NAME	CODE	DESCRIPTION	EXAMPLES
Lands	1	Large continental areas, entirely or partly defined by natural boundaries	Land, Territory
Elevated features - a	2a	Large conspicuous heights	Mount, Mountain, Volcano
Elevated features - b	2b	Moderate to low heights	Hill, Knob, Mound, Moraine, Nunatak
Elevated features - c	2c	Alignments and highland systems	Chain, Group, Massif, Range
Elevated features - d	2d	High summits	Needle, Peak, Ridge, Summit, Top
Elevated features - e	2e	Mountain passes	Col, Crossing, Gap, Pass, Saddle
Elevated features - f	2f	Slopes and walls	Buttress, Cliff, Escarpment, Slope
Elevated features - g	2g	Valleys	Canyon, Gorge, Gully, Valley
Elevated features - h	2h	Plains of variable altitude	Flat, Highland, Plain, Plateau, Table
Coves and harbours	3	Any kind of coastal indentation, usually large and/or deep	Anchorage, Bay, Bight, Dock, Cove, Fjord, Harbour, Inlet
Seas	4	Sub-division of the salt water partially covering the Earth¿s surface	Sea
Islands	5	Islands and any kind of isolated feature (usually small) emerging from the water	Archipelago, Island, Reef, Skerry, Stack
Sea floor	6	Any submarine feature	Bank, Deep, Patch, Shoal, Trench
Sea coasts	7	Any kind of shore between land and sea	Coast, Beach, Strand
Capes and coastal projections	8	Any kind of land feature projecting into the sea	Arm, Cape, Headland, Peninsula, Promontory, Point , Tongue
Sea access	9	Any kind of sea passage between two lands or between a land and an ocean	Entrance, Channel, Narrows, Passage, Sound, Strait
Fluvial features	10	Any kind of fluvial feature	River, Stream, Rapids
Inland water features	11	Any kind of lacustrine feature	Lagoon, Lake, Pond, Pool
Ice features	12	Any kind of ice-made feature, except cracks	Glacier, Iceberg tongue, Ice fall, Névé
Ice cracks	13	Any kind of ice crack	Chasm, Crevasse
Man-made features	14	Any kind of man-made feature, including historic monuments	Camp, Monument, Station, Base, Wharf
Round features	15	Any feature having a circular shape	Amphitheatre, Arena, Basin, Cave, Circle, Hole
Rookeries	16	Nesting and breeding places of a penguin colony	Rookery

Feature Types and Glossary

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Acantilado (-s) Spa Cliff (2f)

Aguja (-s) Spa Needle-shaped peak (2d)

Aiguille Fre Rock, pinnacle, needle-shaped peak (2d)

Aksel (Aksla) Nor Shoulder

Altura (-s) Spa Heights (2b)

Amphitheater Eng In this context a natural circular feature consisting of a level area surrounded in whole or in part by rising slopes (15)

Anchorage Eng *Sea area where the depth of water and nature of the sea-bed are suitable, and the situation not too exposed, for vessels to ride safely at anchor (3)

Anse Fre Cove (3)

Ansha Chi Shoal (6)

Archipel Fre Archipelago (5)

Archipelago Eng *A large group of islands (5)

Archipiélago Spa Archipelago (5)

Arena Eng Properly the central part of an amphitheatre, but a broad valley in the context of this work (15)

Arm Eng A part, usually narrow and elongate, of a feature projecting from the main body, e.g. arm of the sea (8)

Arrecife (-s) Spa Reef (5)

Ås (-en, -ane) Nor Ridge (2d), hill (2b)

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Bach Ger Stream (10)

Bahía Spa Bay (3)

Bai Ger Bay (3)

Baie Fre Bay (3)

Bajo (-s) Spa Patch, shoal, sandbank (6)

Bakke (-n) Nor Hill (2b), slope, (2d), rising ground (2h)

Banco Spa Large sandbank, shoal (6)

Band (-et) Nor Range (2c), pass (2e)

Bandao Chi Peninsula (8)

Bank Eng, Ger *Sea area of positive bottom relief where the water is relatively shallow, but normally sufficient for safe navigation (6)

Banka Rus Bank (6)

Banke (-n) Nor Bank (6)

Barrera (-s) de hielo Spa Ice shelf, ice front (12)

Base Eng The building or groups of buildings established and equipped for temporary or long-term living and for supporting specialised observation and study of scientific phenomena (14)

Basin Eng *A hollow or trough in the surface of the land, synonymous with cirque (15), or an almost landlocked body of water off an inlet or sound (3); the term may be applied also to submarine features (6)

Bassin Ger Basin (3)

Bastion Eng *Upstanding rock feature, commonly with cliffs on at least one side, and usually an outlier of a larger feature (2f), cf. buttress

Bay Eng *Properly a smooth, comparatively gradual indentation of the coastline, the seaward opening of which is usually wider than the penetration into the land, but often applied more loosely (3), cf. bight, firth, fjord, gulf, inlet

Beach (-es) Eng *Ice-free length of shore, gently sloping and free of rock outcrops or material above cobble size; normally lies between high and low water marks (7)

Beacon Eng *Conspicuous hill (2b)

Becken Ger Bowl, basin (3)

Bekk (-en, -ene) Nor Brook, creek (10)

Bench Eng *Similar to terrace but usually applied to a high-level rock feature (2f)

Bereg Rus Coast (7)

Berg (-e) Ger Mount, mountain (2a)

Berg (-et) Nor Mountain, crag(2a), hill, rock(2b)

Bergland Ger Upland (2h)

Bergzug Ger Range (2c)

Bi Chi Cliff (2f), bluff

Bight Eng *Crescent-shaped indentation in the coastline, similar to a bay but either larger or with a gentler curvature (3)

Bingchuan Chi Glacier (12)

Blad (-et) Nor Blade, ridge (2d)

Blade Eng Descriptive term, used for a blade-shaped natural formation (2d)

Blick Ger View, scene, prospect visible from a given point

Block Eng *Similar to massif but usually applied to a smaller feature (2b)

Bluff (-s) Eng *A headland or short stretch of cliff with a broad nearly vertical face, or a similar feature at the margin of a glacier or an ice piedmont (2f)

Botn (-en) Nor Cirque, hollow (15), end of a valley (2g)

Bowl Eng A bowl-shaped natural basin (15) or cirque (12)

Brae (-s) Eng A Scottish term for a hillside, bank or slope overlooking a valley (2f)

Bratte (-a) Nor Brae, steep ground (2f)

Bre (-en, -ane) Nor Glacier (12)

Brekke (-a) Nor Slope, incline (2b)

Brisant (-s) Fre Reef, stack (5)

Brot (-et) Nor Bluff, break, edge(2f)

Bucht Ger Bight (3)

Buhta Rus Bay, cove (3)

Bukt Rus Bight (3)

Bukt (-a) Nor Bay, bight, cove (3)

Burg Ger Castle

Butte Eng A flat-topped isolated hill (2b) similar to, but smaller than, a mesa

Buttress (-es) Eng *Similar to bastion but usually forming part of a larger feature (2f)

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Cabo Spa Cape, point (8)

Cadena Spa Range (of mountains) (2c)

Caleta Spa Cove, small bay, inlet (3)

Camp Eng, Fre A place where tents or buildings are erected, usually for temporary shelter; when applied to a name in this work the site commonly has historical significance (14)

Campo (-s) de hielo Spa Icefield (12)

Cañadón Spa Narrow valley (2g)

Canal Spa Channel, strait (9)

Canyon Eng A deep, relatively narrow gorge of considerable size, bounded by high steep slopes (2g); the term may be applied also to submarine features (6)

Cap Fre Cape, headland, point (8)

Cape Eng *Piece of land facing seaward and projecting beyond the line of the adjacent coast into the sea or into an ice shelf (8), cf. point, promontory

Casquete de hielo Spa Ice cap (12)

Castillo Spa Castle

Castle Eng Descriptive term, a natural feature resembling a castle in shape

Cauldron Eng A deep natural basin suggesting a cauldron in shape; may be ice-filled (15)

Cave Eng A large hollow space underground: a cavern, a cavity (15)

Cerro (-s) Spa Peak (2d); hill (2b)

Chain Eng *Row of hills, mountains or nunataks of lesser extent than a range (2c)

Channel Eng *A comparatively deep and narrow, navigable waterway between an island and the mainland, or between islands, or a navigable route through shoals, cf. strait, although the distinction between the two terms has not always been maintained in application (9)

Chasm (-s) Eng *Synonymous with large crevasse (13)

Chedao Chi Way, road (9) antiquated term

Chenal Fre Channel (9)

Chezhan Chi Station, base (14)

Chi Chi Pool (11)

Circle Eng Descriptive term, used for a circular area of confluent ice in the name Traffic Circle (Gbr) (15)

Cirque Eng *A deep rounded hollow on a mountain side formed by glacial action and usually occupied by a remnant glacier or névé (12)

Cliff (-s) Eng *Relatively high land projecting nearly vertically from the sea, or inland, mountains or nunataks with vertical faces (2f)

Coast Eng *Boundary between land and sea, applied in place-names in the Antarctic Peninsula and Coats Land to lengths of coastline determined partly by the history of their discovery and partly by convenient demarcation points (7), cf. land

Col Eng *Depression in the summit-line of a range of hills or mountains generally forming a pass (2e)

Colina (-s) Spa Hill (2b)

Collado Spa Col (2e)

Cone Eng *Cone-shaped hill or nunatak (2b)

Continent Eng In this work the term indicates the main landmass S of 60¡S (1)

Continente Spa Continent (1)

Cordillera Spa Range of mountains (2c)

Cordón Spa Chain (of hills) (7)

Corner Eng *Turning point of a rock ridge or a point on a bay (2f)

Corridor Eng *Linked mountain passes (2g)

Corrie Eng *See cirque (12)

Costa Spa Coast (7)

Cove Eng *Small coastal indentation, commonly circular or semi-circular in shape and with a restricted entrance, or a small bay (3)

Crag (-s) Eng *Steep, rugged rock, hill, nunatak (2b), or mountain (2a)

Crater Eng A bowl-shaped hollow at the summit or on the side of a volcano; it usually has steep sides and is of considerable size (2a)

Creek Eng *Properly a comparatively narrow, fresh- or salt-water inlet, tidal throughout its length, although the term is sometimes used synonymously with cove (3), or on land a stream (10)

Crest (-s) Eng *Top or summit applied to a hill, mountain or nunatak (2d)

Crevasse field Eng A system of closely spaced crevasses (13)

Crevasses Eng *Synonym for a crevasse field in this work; singular form more common as a feature, referring to a deep, near-vertical fissure in a glacier (13) but not applied in place-names, cf. chasm

Crossing Eng In this work, a low pass across a peninsula (2e)

Cumbre (-s) Spa Summit, pinnacle (2d)

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Dai Jap Heights (2b), terrace (2f)

Daira Jap Icefield (12), heights (2b), terrace (2f), flat (2h)

Dake Jap Mount (2a), nunatak (2b)

Dal (- en) Nor Valley (2g)

Dani Jap Valley (2g)

Dao Chi Island (5)

Dársena Spa Dock (3)

Deep (-s) Eng The deepest part of the sea, usually where a depression in the sea floor has steep sides (6)

Defile Eng *Narrow mountain pass, gorge or ravine (2g)

Dents Fre Tooth-shaped ridge (2d)

Depot Eng A human-made storehouse (14)

Depression Eng A depressed or sunken area on a surface; a hollow, a low place (6)

Desert Eng A barren tract of land; used descriptively for an ice-free area such as "Meyer Desert" (Usa, Nzl) (1)

Détroit Fre Strait (9)

Di Chi Land (1)

Dock Eng *Properly an area of artificial enclosed water, but used in this work for a cove affording shelter and safe anchorage (see "Johnsons Dock") (3)

Dokk (-a) Nor Hollow, small valley (2g), cove (3)

Dolina Rus Valley (2g)

Dom Ger Dome (2d)

Dome Eng *Dome-shaped ice cap or snowfield (12) or dome-shaped snow summit (2d)

Dorsal Spa Ridge (2d)

Dorsale Fre Ridge (2d)

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Ebene Ger Flat, plain (2h)

Edge Eng *Steep or cliffed rock feature (2f)

Egg (-a, -ene) Nor Sharp ridge (2d)

Eid (-et) Nor Isthmus, neck (8)

Eis Ger Properly ice, but applied to "Westeis", Ice shelf (12)

Eisfall (Eisfälle) Ger Ice fall (12)

Eisfrontkerbe Ger Inlet (13)

Eishöcker Ger Ice rumples (12)

Eiskuppel Ger Ice rise (12)

Eispiedmont Ger Ice piedmont (12)

Eisstrom Ger Ice stream (12)

Ensenada Spa Creek, cove, inlet (3)

Entrance Eng *Seaward end of a harbour, channel, strait or sound (9)

Escarpment Eng *Elongated and steep, or cliffed, inland rock feature marking a break in geological structure (2f), cf. scarp

Estero Spa Creek, inlet (3)

Estrecho Spa Strait (9)

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Fall (-s) Eng See icefall (12)

Farallón (-es) Spa Stack, steep rock cliff, headland, bluff (5)

Fels (-en) Ger Rock (2b), reef (5)

Feng Chi Mount (2a), peak (2d)

Fiordo Spa Fjord (3)

Firn, Firnfeld Ger Névé (12)

Firth Eng *Partly land-locked arm of the sea; entrance to a sound (9)

Fjell (-et, -a) Nor Mountain (2a)

Fjord Eng *Long narrow arm of the sea between high cliffs, but the term bay has also been applied to such a feature (3)

Fjord Ger Fjord (3)

Fjord (-en) Nor Fjord (3)

Flak (-et) Nor Not very extensive bank, but applied to "Horteflaket", a névé (6)

Flat (-s) Eng *Extensive level or nearly level area, usually of mud, sand or gravel (2h)

Flog (-et) Nor Wall, steep mountain side, cliff (2f)

Fly (-a, -ene) Nor Highland, mountainous plateau (2h)

Fondeadero Spa Anchorage, bight (3)

Fonn (-a) Nor Névé, snowfield or plateau glacier (12)

Foothills Eng *Relatively low elevations, situated at the base of a mountainous area (2b)

Foreland Eng *See headland (8)

Foss (-en) Nor Waterfall (10)

Fracture zone Eng A linear feature on the deep-sea floor across which there is a change in the age and surface depth of the earthâs crust (6)

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Gang Chi Harbor, harbour, port, mound (3)

Gaodi Chi Upland (2h)

Gaopo Chi Slope (2f), upland (2h)

Gaoyuan Chi Plateau (2h)

Gap Eng *See pass (2e)

Gate (-s) Eng Descriptive term, an opening allowing passage (2e)

Gebirge Ger Mountain (2a)

Gipfel Ger Summit (2d)

Glaciar Spa Glacier (12)

Glacier Eng *Mass of snow and ice moving continuously from higher to lower ground or, if afloat, continuously spreading. In the broad sense, glaciers include ice caps, ice piedmont, ice rises, ice shelves, ice streams and snowfields, but in place-names the term is restricted to features of valleys or cirques (12)

Glacier tongue Eng *An extension of a glacier or ice stream projecting seaward, usually afloat (12)

Gletscher Ger Glacier (12)

Golfo Spa Gulf (3)

Gora (Gory) Rus Mount (2a)

Gorge Eng A valley which is usually deep and narrow, with steep walls; a ravine with rocky walls (2g)

Gou Chi Gully (2g)

Graben Ger Trough (6)

Grat Ger Crest, edge (2d)

Grjada Rus Ridge (2d)

Groin Eng Properly a low broad wall to check beach drift, but descriptively applied to a rock spur in "East Groin" and "West Groin" (Usa) (2f)

Group Eng An assemblage of features, usually standing close together (2c)

Grupo Spa Group (2c)

Gruppe Ger Group (2c)

Gudi Chi Valley (2g)

Gulch Eng *Properly a ravine, but applied to "Bills Gulch" (Usa), a steep and narrow valley glacier (2g)

Gulf Eng *Sea area partially enclosed by land, and usually of larger extent and relatively greater penetration than a bay (3)

Gully Eng *Glacier-worn or water-worn ravine in a hill or a mountain side (2g)

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Hafen Ger Harbor, harbour, port (3)

Hai Chi Sea (4)

Hai'an Chi Beach (7)

Halbinsel Ger Peninsula (8)

Hall (-et) Nor Rise, slope (2f),

Hals (-en) Nor Neck (of land) (8)

Halvøy (-a) Nor Peninsula (8)

Hama Jap Beach (7)

Hamar (-en, Hamrane) Nor Steep or rugged rock, crag, cliff(2f)

Hana Jap Point (8)

Hara Jap Terrace, field (2f)

Harbor, Harbour Eng *Protected stretch of water where vessels may safely anchor or secure to shore, in a cove or bay or between islands (3)

Haug (-en, -ane) Nor Hill, hillock, height(2b), peak (2d)

Haus (-en, -ane) Nor Peak (2d), nunatak (2b), crag (2f)

Haven Eng Properly a harbour but refers to a cove in this work (3)

He Chi River (10)

Head, Headland Eng *Comparatively high, steep-faced land jutting into the sea or into an ice shelf; similar to promontory but applied to a feature of lesser extent, cf. cape, point. An unnamed head is usually described as a headland (8)

Hei (-a) Nor Upland, hill, down (2h)

Heights Eng *Relatively high hills or mountains (2b)

Hette (-a) Nor Mountain (2a)

Highland (-s) Eng *Group of hills or mountains with glaciers or an undulating plateau (2h)

Hill (-s) Eng *Natural elevation usually below 300 m, but the term may be applied to much higher (although relatively low) features in mountainous areas (2b), cf. knoll, mountain

Hjelm (-en) Nor Helmet-shaped peak (2d)

Hø (-a) Nor Summit, rounded mountain top(2d)

Hochfeld, Hochland Ger Highland, upland (2h)

Høgd (-a, -ene) Nor Hill, height (2b)

Höhe (-n) Ger Height (2b)

Hole Eng Properly a hollow place, a cavity, but in this work a circular depression or a harbour(15)

Hole (-a) Nor Cave (15)

Holm Eng Small, low island, especially in a river or near mainland (5)

Holm (-y) Rus Hill (2b)

Holme (-en, -ane) Nor Islet (5)

Hook Eng A point or spit of land which is curved at one end (8)

Horg (-a) Nor Height (2b), mountain (2a)

Horn Eng *Horn-shaped mountain or nunatak (2d)

Horn (Hörner) Ger Horn (2d)

Horn (-et) Nor Horn, peak (2d)

Hort (-en, -ane) Nor Nunatak (2b)

Hovde (-n) Nor Top, rounded mountain(2d)

Hrebet Rus Crest (2d)

Hu Chi Lake (11)

Hügel Ger Knoll, hill (2b)

Huk Ger Tongue, cape(8)

Huk (-en) Nor Tongue, hook (when applied to a headland or mountainous cape) (8)

Hukk Rus Tongue (8)

Hump Eng Small or low rounded hill (2b)

Hütte Ger Hut (14)

Hyôbaku Jap Ice fall (12)

Hyôga Jap Glacier (12)

Hyôgen Jap Icefield (12)

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Ice cap Eng *Dome-shaped glacier or small ice sheet usually covering a highland area (12), cf. dome, snowfield

Ice fringe Eng *Very narrow ice piedmont, extending less than 1 km inland from the sea (12)

Ice front Eng *Vertical cliff forming the seaward face of an ice shelf or other floating glacier and, because of its variable position, dated on charts and maps (12)

Ice piedmont Eng *A glacier covering a coastal strip of low-lying land backed by mountains, and sloping gently seaward over a distance of up to 30 km or more to terminate in ice cliffs or to merge with an ice shelf (12)

Ice rise Eng *Mass of ice, commonly dome-shaped, resting on rock and surrounded either by an ice shelf or partly by an ice shelfand partly by sea; no rock is exposed and there may be none above sea-level. For some features, properly ice rises, the term island has become established through usage (12)

Ice rumples Eng *Locally grounded area of ice shelf which is overridden by an ice sheet and distinguished by crevassing, together with a rise in the surface elevation of the ice (12), cf. ice rise

Ice sheet Eng *Mass of ice and snow of considerable thickness, and usually large in area, either resting on rock or floating as an ice shelf (12)

Ice shelf Eng *Floating ice sheet of considerable thickness and usually great horizontal extent attached to a coast, and nourished by the accumulation of snow and commonly by the seaward extension of land glaciers. Limited areas may be aground as ice rises. The seaward edge is termed an ice front (12)

Ice tongue Eng *A projection of the ice edge up to several kilometres in length. Synonymous with glacier tongue, which is the preferred term (12)

Ice wall Eng Ice cliff forming the seaward margin of an inland ice sheet, ice piedmont or ice rise (12).

Iceberg tongue Eng A major accumulation of icebergs projecting from the coast, held in place by grounding and joined together by fast ice (12)

Icefall (-s) Eng *Heavily crevassed area on a glacier where the descent is steep (12)

Icefield Eng A continuous mass of land ice resting on a mountain region and covering all but the highest peaks (12)

Iceport Eng *Embayment (usually of variable position and extent) in an ice front, where ships can moor alongside and discharge on to the ice shelf via ice ramps (12)

Ike Jap Lake, pond (11)

Île (-s) Fre Island (5)

Îlot (-s) Fre Islet (5)

Inlandeis Ger Inland ice (12)

Inlet Eng *Small indentation in the coastline usually tapering toward its head, cf. creek, but also applied to an arm of a bay or to a coastal embayment on the landward side of an ice shelf (3)

Insel (-n) Ger Island (5)

Is (-en) Nor Properly ice, but in this work ice shelf or ice field (12)

Isla (-s) Spa Island (5)

Island (-s) Eng *Piece of land of less than continental size completely surrounded by water at least at mean high water spring tide, or by water and ice shelf, or by ice shelf, cf. ice rise. Some features originally charted as peninsulas were later shown to be islands, and other features originally charted as islands were later shown to be part of the mainland. Cases are known of islands becoming completely overrun or joined to the mainland by glacier advance; in these cases the names have been retained against the eventuality of glacier recession. A very small island may be termed a rock or a skerry (5)

Islet Eng *A very small island (5)

Islote (-s) Spa Islet (5)

Istmo Spa Neck, isthmus (8)

Iwa (-s) Jap Rock, rocks(2b)

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Jiao Chi Reef (5); point, cape (8)

Joch Ger Pass, col (2e)

Jøkel (-en) Nor Icefield, glacier, glacier tongue (12)

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Kabe Jap Wall, bluff (2f)

Kaigan Jap Coast (7)

Kaitei-koku Jap Submarine valley (6)

Kam (-men) Nor Crest, ridge (2d)

Kamm Ger Crest, ridge (2d)

Kamp (-en, -ane) Nor Peak, wide or rounded mountain top(2d), mountain (2a), hill (2b)

Kap Ger Cape (8)

Kapp (-et) Nor Cape

Kar Ger Corrie, cirque (15)

Kar (-et) Nor Pass (2e)

Kette (-n) Ger Chain, range (2c)

Kil (-en) Nor Bay (3)

Kjede (-a) Nor Chain (2c)

Kjos (- en) Nor Small bay, cove (3)

Klamm Ger Defile, gulch, gorge (2g)

Klepp (-en, -ane) Nor Rock, hill (2b)

Klett (-en, -ane) Nor Needle (2d), hill (2b)

Kleve (-n) Nor Cirque (15)

Kliff Ger Bluff, cliff (2f)

Klippe (-n) Ger Rock (2b)

Klump (-en) Nor Rounded hill, unshapely mass of rock ("lump") (2b)

Knapp (-en, -ane) Nor Knob, mound (2b), peak (2d)

Knatt (-en, -ane) Nor Rock, nunatak (2b), peak (2d)

Knaus (-en, -ane) Nor Escarpment (2f)

Knob (-s) Eng A prominent isolated mound (2b)

Knoll (-s) Eng *Small rounded hill or relatively low mountain or nunatak (2b)

Kogel Ger Cone (2b)

Kôgen Jap Plateau (2h)

Koll (-en) Nor Dome (2d), hill (more or less rounded) (2b)

Kopf Ger Head (8)

Kotlovina Rus Dock (3)

Kove (-n, -ane) Nor Cirque (15)

Kubo Jap Depression, cirque (15)

Kult (-en) Nor Mountain (2a)

Kupol (-a) Rus Dome (2d)

Kuppe, Kuppel Ger Dome (2d)

Kyst (-en) Nor Coast (7)

Kyûryô Jap Hills (2b), ridge (2d)

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Lago Ita,Spa Lake (11)

Lagoon Eng *Enclosed area of salt or brackish water separated at times from the sea by a more or less effective obstacle such as a beach bar, or partially impounded against the land by an ice shelf (11), cf. lake

Laguna Spa Lagoon, small lake, pond (11)

Lake (-s) Eng *Body of water entirely surrounded by land, or a lagoon (11)

Land Eng, Ger *Large continental area defined by natural boundaries, or partly by natural boundaries and partly by boundaries of political convenience. The term was formally used by explorers for newly discovered lengths of coastline, cf. coast. Outside the area covered by this work the term may be synonymous with territory (1)

Landing Eng Natural or human-made places for discharging or taking on passengers and cargo (14)

Landspitze Ger Headland, cape, point (8)

Langue glaciaire Fre Glacier tongue (12)

Ledge Eng *Flat-topped ridge (2d)

Ledjanaja buhta Rus Iceport (3)

Ledjanoj val Rus Ice rampart (2f)

Lednik Rus Glacier (12)

Ledolom Rus Slope (2f)

Ledopad Rus Ice fall (12)

Leiste Ger Ledge (2d)

Leite (-t) Nor Height (with a good prospect) (2b)

Lende (-t) Nor Land (1)

Lengua Spa Spit of land (8), also a glacier tongue (12)

Li (-a) Nor Mountain side (2a), hill side (2b)

Ling Chi, Rus Hill (2b); ridge (2d)

Lóbulo Spa Lobe (of a glacier) (12)

Lu Chi Way, road (9)

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Macizo Spa Massif (2c)

Mancha, Manchón Spa Landmark

Mar Spa Sea (4)

Massif Eng *Compact group of mountain heights, which may be partly or almost entirely ice-covered (2c)

Massiv Ger Massif (2c)

Massiv (-et) Nor Massif (2c)

Matou Chi Wharf (14)

Mer Fre Sea (4)

Mesa Eng,Spa *Synonymous with plateau or table but of lesser extent (2h)

Meseta Spa Mesa, plateau (2h)

Minato Jap Inlet, harbour (3)

Mine Jap Peak (2d)

Misaki Jap Point, cape (8)

Mogote (-s) Spa Flat-topped hillock (2b)

Monolith Eng *Pillar-like rock peak (2d) or nunatak (2b)

Monolito Spa Monolith (2d)

Mont (-s) Fre Mount (2a)

Montaña (-s) Spa Mountain (2a)

Monte (-s) Spa Mount (2a)

Monument Eng Properly any relevant feature, natural or man-made, but as applied to "d'Urville Monument", it refers to a mount (14)

Moraine Eng *Ridges or deposits of rock debris transported by a glacier (2b)

Moräne Ger Moraine (2b)

More Rus Sea (4)

Morena (-y) Rus Moraine (2b)

Morene (-n) Nor Moraine (2b)

Morro Spa Ness, headland, promontory (2d)

Mound Eng A low and isolated rounded hill (2b)

Mount Eng *Synonymous with mountain and preceding the specific part of a name (2a)

Mountain (-s) Eng *Natural elevation rising to a relatively great height. Mountain, hill and knoll are terms indicating various degrees of heights in descending order, varying with the general configuration of the vicinity. The term mountains may be used for a grouping within a range (2a)

Mulde Ger Depression, trough (2g)

Mule (-n) Nor Ness, cape (shaped like a horseâs muzzle) (8)

Muralla Spa Wall (2f)

Mys Rus Cape (8)

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Nabb (-en, -ane) Nor Spur, crag (2f), peak (2d), rock, nunatak, knoll (2b)

Nagaone Jap Long ridge (2d)

Nape (-n) Nor Mount (2a), knoll (2b)

Narrows Eng *Contracted part of a channel or a strait (9)

Nase Ger Ness, point (2d)

Nase (-n) Nor Ness, cape (8)

Natt (-en) Nor Peak, rock, crag (2), knoll (2b)

Neck Eng In this work used for an isthmus (8)

Needle (-s) Eng *Needle-like peak or off-shore rock (2d)

Nes (-et) Nor Ness (2d), promontory, point, headland (8)

Ness Eng *A cape, point or promontory (8)

Névé Eng The crystalline or granular snow on the upper part of a glacier, which has not yet been compressed into ice; a field or bed of frozen snow (12)

Nibbe (-a) Nor Crag, rock (2b), peak (2d)

Nos (-a) Nor Ness (2d)

Nov (-a) Nor Edge, corner (of mountain)

Nunatak (-i) Rus Nunatak (2b)

Nunatak (-s) Eng, Spa *A small mountain, rocky crag or outcrop projecting from a glacier, ice shelf or snowfield (2b)

Nunatak (-takker) Ger Nunatak (2b)

Nup (-en) Nor Peak (2d), rock (2b)

Nut (-en, -ane) Nor Summit, mountain, peak (2d), mount (2a)

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Oase (-n) Nor Oasis (1)

Oasis Eng An ice-free area, commonly having meltwater ponds (1)

Oazis Rus Oasis (1)

Obryv Rus Bluff (2f)

Odde (-n, -ane) Nor Point, cape, promontory (8)

Ôike Jap Large pond(11)

Oka Jap Hill (2b)

One Jap Ridge (2d)

Ostrov (-a) Rus Island (5)

Otmelâ (-i) Rus Shoal (6)

Otrog (-i) Rus Spur (2f)

Outcrop (-s) Eng *Area of exposed rock surrounded by a glacier or snowfield (2d)

Outlier Eng An isolated hill or rock separated from the main escarpment (2b)

Øy (-a, -ane) Nor Island (5)

Ozero Rus Lake (11)

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Panorama Eng A scene or prospect visible from one place

Paredón Spa Wall, rock face (2f)

Pasaje Spa Passage, strait (9)

Paso Spa Pass (2e)

Pass Eng *Relatively low area that provides easy passage through hills or mountains (2e)

Pass (- et) Nor Strait (9), pass (2e), defile (2g)

Passage Eng , Ger *Navigable channel between two seas or oceans, or between reefs or islands (9)

Paß Ger Pass (2e)

Patch Eng *Synonymous with shoal and referring to a small, detached sea area that constitutes a danger (6)

Peak (-s) Eng *A hill or mountain with a comparatively sharp summit (2d)

Peñasco Spa Stack, large rock, crag, pinnacle of rock (5)

Peninsula Eng *Piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting far into the sea, which may be of very large, medium or small extent (8), cf. island

Península Spa Peninsula (8)

Pereval Rus Pass (2e)

Picacho (-s) Spa Peak, summit (2d)

Pico (-s) Spa Peak (2d)

Pie (Pié) de hielo Spa Ice foot or ice piedmont (12)

Pigg (-en, -ane) Nor Pointed mountain, peak (2d)

Pik Ger Peak (2d)

Pik (-i) Rus Peak (2d)

Pike (-s) Eng Synonymous with peak (2d)

Pillar Eng *Synonymous with pinnacle for an off-shore rock (2d)

Pin Eng A descriptive term applied to a pointed peak (2d)

Pingtai Chi Platform (2h)

Pingyuan Chi Flat, plain (2h)

Pinnacle (-s) Eng *A rock rising sheer from the sea bottom (5), a slender peak or rock on land (2d)

Pira Jap Bluff (2f)

Plain Eng Level or gently undulating land, mainly ice-free, which may be at low or high elevation (2h), cf. flat, plateau

Plateau Eng, Ger *More or less extensive ice-covered area of relatively high and uniform elevation, which may include one or more domes and be limited by mountain walls or not so limited (2h), cf. plain, snowfield; the term may be applied also to submarine features (6)

Platform Eng A small plateau or flat rock massif (2h)

Plato Rus Plateau (2h)

Platte, Plattform Ger Platform (2h)

Playa Spa Beach (2h)

Plog (-en) Nor Properly a plough, here descriptively applied to the shape of a mountain (2d),

Plug Eng *Volcanic neck (2d)

Po Chi Slope (2f)

Podlëdnyj ravnina Rus Subglacial basin (3)

Podnjatie Rus Upland (2h)

Point Eng *Sharp and often comparatively low piece of land jutting out from the coast or forming a turning point in the coastline, but usually applied to a less prominent or less navigationally significant feature than a cape. The term may also be applied to a rock feature at a little distance from a low ice-covered coast (8)

Pointe Fre Point (8)

Poll (-en) Nor Cove, small bay, more or less circular (3)

Poluostrov Rus Foreland, peninsula (8)

Pond (-s) Eng *Small lake (11)

Pool Eng *Small body of fresh or brackish water, or lagoon, impounded between an ice shelf and the land (11)

Port Eng *A harbour on which an occupied or unoccupied station is situated, or where an expedition ship has wintered (3)

Port (-en) Nor Gateway, pass (2e)

Portal Eng A gateway, entrance (2e)

Post (-en, -ane) Nor Peak (2d)

Pozza Ita Small lake (11)

Presqu'île Fre Peninsula (8)

Prodnjatie Rus Rise (2f)

Prohod Rus Passage (9)

Proliv Rus Strait (9)

Promontorio Spa Promontory, headland (8)

Promontory Eng *Similar to a headland, but of larger extent, that may be above open sea, above an ice piedmont or above an ice shelf (8)

Puerto Spa Harbor, harbour, port (3)

Punkt Rus Point (8)

Punta Spa Point, headland (8)

Pynt (- en) Nor Point (8)

Pyramid Eng *Pyramid-shaped peak (2d)

Pyramide Ger Pyramid (2d)

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Qiuling Chi Hill, foothill (2b)

Qundao Chi Islands (5)

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Rabbe (- n, -ane) Nor Edge, stony ridge (2d)

Rada Spa Dock, anchorage, cove (3)

Rahyôgen Jap Icefield (12)

Rampart (-s) Eng A rugged ice or rock wall (2f)

Ramps Eng Descriptive name applied to a slope, an inclined plane connecting two different levels (2f)

Range (-s) Eng *Row of mountains, or groups of mountains broken by glaciers, extending over a considerable distance (2c)

Rant (-en, -ane) Nor Rock, hill, knoll (2b), ridge (2d), point (8)

Rapids Eng A place in a river where the current flows very swiftly (10)

Ravine Eng A long and narrow depression with steeply sloping sides, smaller than a valley but larger than a gully (2g)

Ravnina Rus Flat, plain (2h)

Récif Fre Reef, stack (5)

Reef Eng *Area of rocks usually covered by water, attached or unattached to shore, where the depth of water constitutes a danger for navigation (6).The term may be applied to an area where some rocks are above water or only visible at low tide (5)

Reka Rus River (10)

Renne (-a) Nor Trough (6), crack (2e)

Rev (-et) Nor Reef (5)

Ridge (-s) Eng *Long narrow hill or mountain top or spur leading to a summit (2d); the term may be applied also to submarine features (6)

Riegel Ger Ridge, spur (2d)

Riff Ger Reef (5)

Rim Eng A rocky outer edge of a volcanic crater (15)

Ring (-en) Nor Circle (15)

Rip Eng *A strait with strong tidal stream (13)

Rise Eng A long broad elevation which rises gently from its surroundings (2f); the term may be applied also to submarine features (6)

Rist (-a) Nor Ridge (2f)

River Eng *Relatively large stream flowing during the summertime into the sea or a lake (10)

Roca (-s) Spa Rock (2b)

Roche (-s) Fre Rock (2b, 5)

Rocher Fre Prominent rock, crag (2b, 5)

Rock (-s) Eng *Hard, solid mass of the Earth's surface rising from the sea bottom, either completely submerged, or projecting permanently, or at times above water. A very large rock may be termed an island (5). The term rock may also be applied to a small nunatak, or other more or less conspicuous land feature (2b)

Rôka Jap Valley (2g)

Rookery Eng Nesting and breeding places of a penguin colony, usually of Emperor penguins (16)

Rücken Ger Ridge (2d)

Ruine Ger Properly a ruin (abandoned building), but applied to "Burgruine", a cliff (2f)

Rygg (-en, -ane) Nor Ridge, range (2d)

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Saddle Eng A depression in a hill or line of hills (2e)

Saks (-a) Nor Spur (2f)

Sal (-en) Nor Saddle (2e)

San Jap Mount (2a), peak (2d)

Sand (-en) Nor Beach (7)

Sanmyaku Jap Mountains (2a)

Sattel Ger Saddle (2e)

Scarp Eng *Steep or cliffed rock feature which may be inland or on the coast, usually of lesser extent than an escarpment (2f)

Scharte Ger Gap (2e)

Schelfeis Ger Ice shelf (12)

Schneefeld Ger Snowfield (12)

Scree (-s) Eng *Rock debris of all sizes which accumulates on the side or at the foot of a hill or mountain, forming a steep stony slope (2f). The term may be applied to a mountain feature with such slopes (2b)

Sea Eng *Sub-division of the salt water partially covering the Earth's surface, but smaller than an ocean (4)

Seachannel Eng A narrow depression of the sea floor (6)

Seamount (-s) Eng Submarine mountain, usually isolated and characteristically of conical form (6)

Sector Spa In this work, part of Antarctica, territory (1)

See Ger Lake (11); sea (4)

Seenplatte Ger Lakes area (11)

Éelâfovyj Lednik Rus Ice shelf (12)

Señal Spa Beacon, landmark

Seno Spa Bight, small bay, inlet (3)

Seto Jap Narrow strait (9)

Shan Chi Hill (2b)

Shanbao Chi Mound (2b)

Shandi Chi, Rus Hillock; hilly land (2b), highland (2h)

Shangu Chi Valley (2g)

Shanpo Chi Slope (2f)

Shazhou Chi Shoal (6)

Shitan Chi Rocky beach (5)

Shoal Eng *Isolated area of sea bottom just below the surface of the sea, over which the depth of water constitutes a danger to navigation (6)

Shoulder Eng Descriptive term used for a projecting part of a hill or mountain where a steep slope descends from a plateau or highland area (2d)

Sierra Spa Range (of mountains) (2c)

Sima Jap Island, islet (5)

Sjø (-en) Nor Lake (11)

Skala (-y) Rus Rock (2b)

Skar (-et), Skard (-et) Nor Pass (2e)

Skarv (-et) Nor Mountain (2a), ridge (2d), cliff (2f)

Skerry (-ies) Eng *Small rocky island (5)

Skjer (-et, -a) Nor Skerry (5)

Sklon Rus Slope (2f)

Skot (-et, -a) Nor Outcrop (2d), spur (2f)

Slette (-a) Nor Flat, plain (2h)

Slope (-s) Eng A stretch of rising or falling ground; an inclined plane or gradient (2f)

Snezhnik nik Rus Névé, field of firn (12)

Snowdrift Eng Heap or bank of snow formed by the wind (12)

Snowfield Eng *Large expanse of permanent ice and snow which may extend down to sea-level or may be intermontane (12), cf. plateau

Søkk (-et) Nor Hollow, depression, trough (6)

Sopka Rus Foothill (2b)

Sound Eng *A strait between two sea areas or an extensive, partly enclosed sea area, including an area that may be covered by ice shelf (9)

Spine Eng A sharp ridge or projection; any natural formation having a slender sharp-pointed form (2d)

Spire (-s) Eng *Spire-like peak (2d)

Spit Eng *Long narrow shoal (where submerged) (6) or a tongue of land (where above water) projecting into the sea (8)

Spitze Ger Needle, top (2d)

Spon (-en) Nor Nunatak (2b)

Sporn Ger Spur (2f)

Spur (-s) Eng *Projection from a mountain or range (2f)

Stabbe (-n, -ane) Nor Stump (2d)

Stack (-s) Eng *High and precipitous detached pillar of rock near shore (5)

Staircase Eng Descriptive term, applied in this work to a glacier ("Upper Staircase" and "Lower Staircase" Nzl, Usa)

Stall (-en) Nor Mountain, mount (2a)

Stancija Rus Station, base (14)

Station Eng *Buildings established for permanent or temporary occupation by scientists and supporting personnel, and usually referenced by a specific name only. In an ice-free area the station usually remains at a fixed site, but, on (moving) ice shelf with permanent snow, a station becomes buried after some years and may then be built anew at a site some kilometres away. The term is also used for the site of survey observations or scientific collections (14)

Steilwand Ger Cliff, crag, scarp (2f)

Stein Ger Rock (2b)

Stein (-en, -ane) Nor Rock (2b)

Step Eng Properly a foothold cut in a slope of earth or ice, used in this work to refer to a step-like rise in the land surface (2f)

Strait Eng *Comparatively narrow stretch of water connecting two seas or two large bodies of water (9), cf. channel, passage

Strand Eng See beach (7)

Strand (-a) Nor Strand, shore (7)

Stranda Rus Bluff (2f, 5)

Straße Ger Way, strait (9)

Straum (-en) Nor Stream, current(10)

Stream Eng *Small river (10)

Stump Eng *Descriptive term for a flat-topped hill or mountain (2d)

Stup (-et, -a) Nor Cliff, precipice (2f)

Summit Eng *The highest point of a hill or a mountain, or the feature itself (2d)

Sund (- et) Nor Sound, strait (9)

Surgidero Spa Shoal (3)

Syotô Jap Group of islands (5)

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Table, Tableland Eng A plateau bounded by steep, cliff-like faces which lead abruptly down to the sea or the adjoining lowlands (2h)

Tagg (-en) Nor Peak, mountain top(2d)

Taidi Chi Hillock (2b), upland (2h)

Take Jap Mount (2a), nunatak (2b)

Tal, Thal Ger Valley (2g)

Tan Chi Beach (7)

Tani Jap Valley (2g)

Tange (-n) Nor Point, sandy spit (8)

Tann (-a) Nor Tooth (2d)

Tarn (-s) Eng Small mountain lake (11)

Teeth Eng Plural form of tooth (2d)

Tenedero Spa Anchorage (3)

Terrace (-s) Eng *Relatively flat and horizontal or gently inclined surface, sometimes long and narrow, bounded by a steeper ascending slope on one side and by a steeper descending slope on the opposite side. The term may be applied to a feature at low level or at high level (2f), cf. bench

Terrasa Rus Terrace (2f)

Terrasse Ger Terrace (2f)

Terre Fre Land (1)

Territorio Spa Territory (1)

Territorium Ger Territory (1)

Territory Eng *Extent of land under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state (1)

Thumb Eng Descriptive term used for isolated features resembling a thumb in shape, such as a rock spire (2d)

Tierra (-s) Spa Land (1)

Tind (-e, -en) Nor Peak (2d)

Tjørn (-a, -ene) Nor Tarn, small lake (11)

Tongue Eng A long narrow strip of land projecting into a body of water (8)

Tooth Eng *Tooth-shaped rock or nunatak (2d)

Top Eng The highest or uppermost part or level of a mountain or hill (2d)

Topp (-en, -ane) Nor Top, peak, summit (2d)

Tor Eng An isolated high rock commonly eroded by wind into unusual shapes (2b)

Tower (-s) Eng *Tower-like hill, mountain or nunatak (2b)

Tô Jap Island (5)

Trail Eng Path or route (14)

Trench Eng A deep and narrow, elongated subglacial valley (2g); a long narrow, deep depression in the sea floor (6)

Treshchina (-y) Rus Crevasse (13)

Trough Eng *Depression of part of the sea floor, applied in this work to such a feature beneath an ice shelf (6)

Tunge (-a) Nor Tongue (8)

Turret Eng Natural feature resembling a small tower (2b)

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Ufs (-a) Nor Scarp, steep rock, (2f)

Upland (-s) Eng *High ice-covered area with or without nunataks (2h)

Ura Jap Cove, inlet (3)

Ustup (-y) Rus Ledge (2d)

Utës (-y) Rus Scarp, bluff (2f)

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Våg (-en) Nor Small, usually protected bay (3)

Val Rus Rampart (2f)

Valle Spa Valley (2g)

Valley Eng *Long depression running from a higher level to a lower level (or to the coast), with a glacier completely filling the feature, partly filling it or terminating within it; rarely a valley may be ice-free with a seasonal stream running through it (2g). The term may be applied also to submarine features (6)

Vatn (-et, -a) Nor Lake (11)

Vegg (-en) Nor Wall (2f)

Ventisquero Spa Properly snow gully or snowdrift, but in this work glacier (12)

Vershina Rus Summit (2d)

Vidde (-a) Nor Upland (2h), mountainous plain

Vik (- a) Nor Inlet, cove, bay (3)

Volcano Eng *More or less conical hill or mountain which may erupt molten rock, rock fragments and gases or has erupted in the past (2a)

Voll (-en) Nor Properly a grassy field or meadow, here a small flat patch of ground (2f)

Vorgebirge Ger Foothills (2b); head (8)

Vorr (-en) Nor Ridge (2d)

Vortiefe Ger Deeps, depression (6)

Vozvyshennost Rus Beacon (2b)

Vpadina Rus Trench (6)

Vulkan Ger Volcano (2a)

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Wall Eng *Nearly vertical scarp (2f)

Wallow Eng See pond; low-lying muddy or damp place where animals gather (11)

Wan Chi , Jap Cove, bay (3)

Wand Ger Wall (2f)

Wharf Eng A man-made structure beside which ships may be moored for loading and unloading (14)

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Xi Chi Stream (10)

Xia Chi Strait (9)

Xueji, Xueshan Chi Snow ridge, snow mount (12)

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Ya Chi Cliff (2f)

Yama Jap Mount (2a), hill (2d), peak (2b)

Yan Chi Rock (2b)

Yu Chi Islet (5)

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Zaliv Rus Gulf, bay (3)

Zan Jap Mount (2a)

Zawa Jap Stream (10), valley (2g)

Zemlja Rus Land (1)

Zhan Chi Station, base (14)

Zhëlob Rus Trench, trough (6)

Zhou Chi Shoal (6)

Zima Jap Island (5)

Zui Chi Spur (2f)

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Mandatory

Coordinate accuracy (Coord_accu) – new field
The estimated accuracy of the coordinates in metres.
Optional for existing information
Recommended for new names and when updating coordinates.

Elevation - existing field
Height of feature in metres
Optional if height is not known,
Recommended for new features if height is known.

Elevation_accuracy – new field
The estimated accuracy of the altitude in metres
Optional for existing information,
Recommended for new names and when updating heights if the information exists.

Feature Type – new field
Feature type - derived from the generic feature term and mapped to the SCAR Feature Catalogue.

Feature type code - new field
Code in the SCAR Feature Catalogue relating to a particular Feature Type.

Feature class - existing field
Feature classes will be mapped to the SCAR Feature Catalogue using the features described on the SCAR Composite Gazetteer web site Annex F and G.

Institution - new field
The name of the institution that provided or calculated the coordinates and elevation.
Optional for existing information
Recommended when updating coordinates.

Person - new field
Name of the person in the institution that derived the coordinates.
Optional for existing and new information.

Accepted and / or Verified by - new field
The name of the institution that either accepted, verified and / or checked the coordinates, levation, coordinate accuracy and elevation accuracy.
Optional for existing information,
Recommended when updating or accepting new coordinates.

Gazetteer - existing field
Name of country and custodian responsible for the feature name and where the gazetteer information came from.
Pick list from existing list of countries, Australia, USA, United Kingdom etc.,
Mandatory

SCAR_GAZ_ID
The unique identifier in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer Antarctica.
Automatically generated

Source type - new field
Origin of the coordinates.
Pick list from Topographic map, GPS hand held, GPS differential, survey control, satellite image, geo-referenced aerial photo, unknown
Optional for existing information.
Recommendedwhen updating coordinates and adding new features.

Source name - new field
Name of the map, satellite image etc where the coordinates were derived from.
Pick list from Map name, satellite image type (pick list ASTER, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, SPOT 1, SPOT 2, SPOT 3, SPOT 5, Landsat, date and number and or path, row.)
Optional for existing information
Recommended when updating coordinates.

Publisher
Where coordinates are derived from a map, the publisher of that map.
Recommended if information is known.

Source Identifier
Where a coordinate or elevation is derived from a map, the unique identifier of that map in the national catalogue.
Recommended when updating coordinates

Map scale - new field
Scale of the map from which the coordinates were derived.
Optional
Recommended if a map has been used to improve the location of the feature.

National map number - new field
Where agencies have a map number then include that wherever possible. For example the scanned USGS topographic maps
Optional
Recommended if a map has been used to improve the location of the feature and national identifier exists for the map.

SCAR map catalogue number - new field
Catalogue number of the map in the SCAR map catalogue used to derive the coordinates of a feature.
Optional for existing information,
Recommended when updating coordinates from a map that is in the SCAR map catalogue or that should be in the SCAR map catalogue.

Status
This is to show the status of a name if it is different from other names – for example if a feature has disappeared or if the name does not meet place name standards in a national gazetteer.
Pick list from historical, disappeared or acknowledged.
Historical – where a feature was incorrectly identified or may never have existed but was shown on maps and is now recognised as being incorrect. The information is preserved for historical and research purposes.
Disappeared – where a feature did exist but due to natural or human forces now no longer exists.
The term “Acknowledged” is used by the UK Antarctic Place Names Committee where names are acknowledged as being in use but insufficient evidence exists for their approval.
Mandatory if the status is changed.

Status notes
Note on status – notes on when it was discovered it was incorrectly identified or links to historical research, when it disappeared or why a feature is acknowledged.
Mandatory if the reason for the status change is known.

Comments - new field
Notes by those updating the coordinates or other fields.
For example, if the location of a feature is still in question or unable to be determined from the quoted coordinates or description.

Links

List of external sites containing useful information. Please use the feedback form to allow us to add additional relevant sites or correct any here.

• SCAR home page
• SCAR Feature Catalogue
• SCAR Map Catalogue
• King George Island GIS

Links to Antarctic gazetteers

• Australia
• Bulgaria
• Canada
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan
• New Zealand
• UK
• USA

Other gazetteers

• GEBCO
• Australian Hydrographic Service / Maritime Gazetteer
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographic Names (UNGEGN)
• United Nations / National Geographic Names Authorities
• Alexandria Library / Bibliotheca Alexandrina
• Gazetteer of British Place Names
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