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[edit] Butler Summit
'''Butler Summit''' ({{coor dm|77|33|S|161|6|E|}}) is a [[peak]] rising to about 1000 m in the extreme west part of the Dais in [[Wright Valley]], [[McMurdo Dry Valleys]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) (2004) after [[Rhett Butler]] of [[Incorporated Research Institutions]] for Seismology (IRIS); [[Program Manager]] for the [[Global Seismograph Network]]; [[United States Antarctic Program]] (USAP) investigator for the [[South Pole Station]] seismic observatory installed jointly by IRIS and [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS).
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[edit] Mount Butler
'''Mount Butler''' ({{coor dm|78|10|S|155|17|W|}}) is the southernmost [[peak]] of the [[Rockefeller Mountains]], on [[Edward VII Peninsula]] in [[Marie Byrd Land]]. Discovered on [[January 27]], [[1929]], by members of the [[Byrd Antarctic Expedition]] on an exploratory flight over this area. Named for [[Raymond Butler]], member of the [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS) party which occupied the Rockefeller Mountains seismic station during November and December 1940.
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[edit] Butson Ridge
'''Butson Ridge''' ({{coor dm|68|5|S|66|53|W|}}) is a rocky ridge with a number of ice-covered summits, the highest 1,305 m, forming the north wall of [[Northeast Glacier]] on the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. First surveyed in 1936 by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1946-48 by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) and named for Dr. [[Arthur R.C. Butson]], FIDS medical officer at [[Stonington Island]], who in July 1947 rescued a member of the [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE) from a [[crevasse]] in Northeast Glacier.
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[edit] Butter Point
'''Butter Point''' ({{coor dm|77|39|S|164|14|E|}}) is a low point forming the south side of the entrance to [[New Harbor]] on the coast of [[Victoria Land]]. Discovered by the ''Discovery'' expedition (1901-04) under Scott. So named by them because the [[Ferrar Glacier]] party left a tin of butter here, in anticipation of obtaining fresh seal meat at this point on the return journey.
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[edit] Butterfly Knoll
'''Butterfly Knoll''' ({{coor dm|80|20|S|28|9|W|}}) is an one of the [[La Grange Nunataks]], located 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) southwest of [[Mount Beney]] in the [[Shackleton Range]]. Photographed from the air by the [[U.S. Navy]], 1967, and surveyed by [[British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS), 1968-71. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) from its resemblance in plan view to a butterfly.
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[edit] Mount Butters
'''Mount Butters''' ({{coor dm|84|53|S|177|28|W|}}) is the snowcapped summit (2,440 m) of a buttress-type escarpment at the extreme southeast end of [[Anderson Heights]], between [[Mincey Glacier]] on the south and [[Shackleton Glacier]] on the east. Discovered and photographed by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] (1946-47) on the flights of [[February 16]], [[1947]], and named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Captain [[Raymond J. Butters]], [[United States Marine Corps]] (USMC), navigator of Flight 8A.
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[edit] Mount Butterworth
'''Mount Butterworth''' ({{coor dm|70|42|S|66|45|E|}}) is a [[mountain]] consisting of four peaks and a long, low ridge extending in an east-west direction, situated 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of [[Thomson Massif]] in the [[Aramis Range]], [[Prince Charles Mountains]]. Plotted from ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) air photos taken in 1956 and 1960. Named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) for [[G. Butterworth]], radio officer at [[Wilkes Station]] in 1963 and at [[Mawson Station]] in 1966.
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[edit] The Buttons
'''The Buttons''' ({{coor dm|65|14|S|64|16|W|}}) is a two small islands lying 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) northwest of [[Galindez Island]] in the [[Argentine Islands]], [[Wilhelm Archipelago]]. Charted and named in 1935 by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) under Rymill.
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[edit] Buttress Hill
'''Buttress Hill''' ({{coor dm|63|34|S|57|3|W|}}) is a flat-topped hill, 690 m, with steep rock cliffs on the west side, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the most northern of the [[Seven Buttresses]] on [[Tabarin Peninsula]] in the northeast extremity of [[Antarctic Peninsula]]. Charted in 1946 by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) and so named because of its proximity to the Seven Buttresses.
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[edit] Buttress Nunatak
'''Buttress Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|78|1|S|161|13|E|}}) is a descriptive; has the appearance of a ridge leading to the summit.
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[edit] Buttress Nunataks
'''Buttress Nunataks''' ({{coor dm|72|22|S|66|47|W|}}) is a group of prominent coastal rock exposures, the highest 635 m, lying close inland from [[George VI Sound]] and 10 nautical miles (18 km) west-northwest of the [[Seward Mountains]], on the west coast of [[Palmer Land]]. First seen from a distance and roughly surveyed in 1936 by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) under Rymill. Visited and resurveyed in 1949 by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS), who gave this descriptive name.
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[edit] Buttress Peak
'''Buttress Peak''' ({{coor dm|72|26|S|163|45|E|}}) is a [[peak]] at the east end of the central ridge of [[Gallipoli Heights]] in the [[Freyberg Mountains]]. The descriptive name was suggested by [[P.J. Oliver]], [[New Zealand Antarctic Research Program]] (NZARP) geologist who studied the peak, 1981-82.
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[edit] Buttress Peak
'''Buttress Peak''' ({{coor dm|84|27|S|164|16|E|}}) is a conical rock [[peak]], 2,950 m, the eastern part of which projects as a rock buttress into the head of [[Berwick Glacier]], standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of [[Mount Stonehouse]] in [[Queen Alexandra Range]]. The descriptive name was given by [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE), 1961-62.
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[edit] Buxton Glacier
'''Buxton Glacier''' ({{coor dm|54|26|S|36|12|W|}}) is a [[glacier]] flowing northeast between [[Heaney Glacier]] and [[Cook Glacier]] into St. [[Andrews Bay]], [[South Georgia]]. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1987 after the Buxton family: [[Aubrey Leland Oakes]] and [[Pamela Mary Oakes]] ([[Baron Buxton]] of Alsa and [[Lady Buxton]]), who visited South Georgia in HMS Endurance in March 1982, and their daughter the Hon. [[Lucinda Catherine Buxton]], who led a filming expedition in this area in [[February-April]] 1982.
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[edit] Buzfuz Rock
'''Buzfuz Rock''' ({{coor dm|65|28|S|65|53|W|}}) is a rock 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of [[Snubbin Island]] in the [[Pitt Islands]], northern [[Biscoe Islands]]. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1971 after [[Sergeant Buzfuz]], a character in [[Charles Dickens]]' [[Pickwick Papers]].
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[edit] Mount Byerly
'''Mount Byerly''' ({{coor dm|81|53|S|89|23|W|}}) is a major [[peak]] in the eastern part of the [[Nash Hills]]. It was positioned by the [[U.S. Ellsworth-Byrd Traverse Party]] on [[December 10]], [[1958]], and named for [[Perry Byerly]], chairman of the [[Technical Panel]] for Seismology and Gravity of the [[U.S. National Committee]] for the IGY, as set up by the [[National Academy]] of Sciences.
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[edit] Byers Peninsula
'''Byers Peninsula''' ({{coor dm|62|38|S|61|5|W|}}) is a mainly ice-free [[peninsula]] forming the west end of [[Livingston Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1958 for [[James Byers]], a [[New York]] shipowner who tried unsuccessfully in August 1820 to induce the [[United States Government]] to found a settlement in and take possession of the South Shetland Islands. Byers organized and sent out a fleet of American sealers from New York to the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21.
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[edit] Byewater Point
'''Byewater Point''' ({{coor dm|62|45|S|61|30|W|}}) is a point on the west side of [[Snow Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. Charted and named [[Cape Byewater]] by the British expedition under Foster in 1829.
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[edit] Bynon Hill
'''Bynon Hill''' ({{coor dm|62|55|S|60|36|W|}}) is an ice-covered, dome-shaped hill with two rounded summits, 340 m, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north of [[Pendulum Cove]], [[Deception Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1953.
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[edit] Bynum Peak
'''Bynum Peak''' ({{coor dm|85|3|S|173|41|W|}}) is a rock [[peak]] 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of [[Mount Finley]], overlooking the north side of [[McGregor Glacier]] in the [[Queen Maud Mountains]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Gaither D. Bynum]], [[United States Antarctic Research Program]] (USARP) satellite geodesist at [[McMurdo Station]], winter 1965.
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[edit] Byobu Rock
'''Byobu Rock''' ({{coor dm|68|22|S|42|0|E|}}) is a large rock whose seaward face presents a crenulate or irregular shoreline, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of [[Gobamme Rock]] on the coast of [[Queen Maud Land]]. Mapped from surveys and air photos by [[Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition]] (JARE), 1957-62, and named Byobu-iwa (folding screen rock).
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[edit] Bypass Hill
'''Bypass Hill''' ({{coor dm|72|28|S|168|28|E|}}) is a hill, 660 m, situated on the ridge at the junction of Tucker and [[Trafalgar Glaciers]] in [[Victoria Land]]. Named by the [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE), 1957-58, who established a survey station at this point.
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[edit] Bypass Nunatak
'''Bypass Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|68|1|S|62|28|E|}}) is a [[nunatak]] about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of [[Mount Tritoppen]] in the [[David Range]] of the [[Framnes Mountains]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the [[Lars Christensen Expedition]] (1936-37) and called Steinen (the stone). It was renamed by ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) because the feature marked the turning point in the route taken by the 1958 ANARE seismic party in order to bypass dangerous terrain to the southwest.
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[edit] Byrd Camp
'''Byrd Camp''' ({{coor dm|80|5|S|119|32|W|}}) is a
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[edit] Byrd Canyon
'''Byrd Canyon''' ({{coor dm|75|30|S|157|15|W|}}) is an undersea canyon named for [[Admiral Richard E. Byrd]]. Name found on GEBCO 5.18. Name approved 6/88 (ACUF 228).
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[edit] Byrd Glacier
'''Byrd Glacier''' ({{coor dm|80|20|S|159|0|E|}}) is a major [[glacier]], about 85 nautical miles (160 km) long and 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, draining an extensive area of the polar plateau and flowing eastward between the [[Britannia Range]] and [[Churchill Mountains]] to discharge into [[Ross Ice Shelf]] at [[Barne Inlet]]. Named by the [[New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (NZ-APC) after [[R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd]], [[U.S. Navy]], [[American Antarctic]] explorer.
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[edit] Byrd Head
'''Byrd Head''' ({{coor dm|67|27|S|61|1|E|}}) is a conspicuous, rocky [[headland]] on the coast 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of [[Colbeck Archipelago]], just west of [[Howard Bay]]. Discovered in February 1931 by the [[British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition]] (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for [[R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd]], USN.
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[edit] Byrd Neve
'''Byrd Neve''' ({{coor dm|81|0|S|154|0|E|}}) is an immense neve at the head of [[Byrd Glacier]]. Named by the [[New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (NZ-APC) in association with Byrd Glacier.
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[edit] Byrd Subglacial Basin
'''Byrd Subglacial Basin''' ({{coor dm|80|0|S|115|0|W|}}) is a major subglacial basin of [[West Antarctica]], extending east-west between [[Crary Mountains]] and [[Ellsworth Mountains]]. It is bounded to the south by a low subglacial ridge which seperates this feature from [[Bentley Subglacial Trench]]. A rude delineation of this subglacial basin was determined by several U.S. seismic parties operating from Byrd, [[Little America V]], and [[Ellsworth Stations]] during the 1950's and 1960's. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) (1961) for its locus relative to [[Marie Byrd Land]] and [[Byrd Station]]. This revised description, excluding Bentley Subglacial Trench and smaller basins to the south of [[Flood Range]] and [[Ford Ranges]], follow delineation of the region by the [[Scott Polar Research Institute]] (SPRI)-[[National Science Foundation]] (NSF)-[[Technical University of Denmark]] (TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79.
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[edit] Cape Byrd
'''Cape Byrd''' ({{coor dm|69|38|S|76|7|W|}}) is a low, ice-covered cape forming the northwest extremity of [[Charcot Island]]. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by [[Sir Hubert Wilkins]] on [[December 29]], [[1929]], in a flight from the [[William Scoresby]]. Named by Wilkins for [[R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd]], [[U.S. Navy]], (1888-1957) noted American explorer and leader of five expeditions to Antarctica, 1928-57. Remapped from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] in 1947 by Searle of the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1960.
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[edit] Mount Byrd
'''Mount Byrd''' ({{coor dm|77|10|S|144|38|W|}}) is a [[mountain]] (810 m) located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the east end of [[Asman Ridge]] in the [[Sarnoff Mountains]], [[Ford Ranges]], [[Marie Byrd Land]]. Mapped by the [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS) (1939-41) led by [[R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Richard E. Byrd]], Jr., son of [[Admiral Byrd]] and a member of [[Operation Highjump]] (1946-47), who was of assistance to US-ACAN in clarifying a large number of name suggestions put forth by his father.
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[edit] Byrdbreen
'''Byrdbreen''' ({{coor dm|71|45|S|26|0|E|}}) is the largest [[glacier]], about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long and 11 nautical miles (20 km) wide, flowing northwest between [[Mount Bergersen]] and [[Balchen Mountain]] in the [[Sor Rondane Mountains]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]], 1946-47, and named for [[R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd]], [[U.S. Navy]], commander of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump.
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[edit] Bystander Nunatak
'''Bystander Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|71|20|S|159|40|E|}}) is a [[nunatak]] (2,435 m) lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of [[Forsythe Bluff]], on the west side of [[Daniels Range]] in the [[Usarp Mountains]]. The name applied by the northern party of [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE), 1963-64, is suggestive of the aspect of this relatively isolated feature.
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[edit] Bystrov Rock
'''Bystrov Rock''' ({{coor dm|71|47|S|12|35|E|}}) is a prominent rock lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south-southeast of [[Isdalsegga Ridge]] in [[Sudliche Petermann Range]], [[Wohlthat Mountains]]. Mapped from air photos and surveys by [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]], 1956-60; remapped by [[Soviet Antarctic Expedition]], 1960-61, and named after Soviet paleontologist [[A.P. Bystrov]].
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[edit] Byvagasane Peaks
'''Byvagasane Peaks''' ({{coor dm|69|25|S|39|48|E|}}) is a three low aligned rock peaks which surmount the east shore of [[Byvagen Bay]] on the east side of [[Lutzow-Holm Bay]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the [[Lars Christensen Expedition]], 1936-37 and named Byvagasane (the town [[bay]] peaks) in association with Byvagen Bay.
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[edit] Byvagen Bay
'''Byvagen Bay''' ({{coor dm|69|25|S|39|43|E|}}) is a small [[bay]] indenting the east shore of [[Lutzow-Holm Bay]] between [[Skarvsnes Foreland]] and [[Byvagasane Peaks]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the [[Lars Christensen Expedition]], 1936-37, and named Byvagen (the town bay).
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[edit] Byway Glacier
'''Byway Glacier''' ({{coor dm|66|30|S|65|12|W|}}) is a northern tributary of [[Erskine Glacier]], flowing west from [[Slessor Peak]] in [[Graham Land]]. Photographed by [[Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd]]. in 1955-57, and mapped from these photos by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS). So named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1958 because the sledging route up this [[glacier]] is not as good as that along the main route up Erskine Glacier.
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