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[edit] Deception Plateau

'''Deception Plateau''' ({{coor dm|73|15|S|164|50|E|}}) is a high, ice-covered plateau, 11 nautical miles (20 km) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, which is bounded by [[Aviator Glacier]], [[Pilot Glacier]] and [[Mount Overlord]], in [[Victoria Land]]. So named by the southern party of [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE), 1966-67, because of its deceptively small appearance when viewed from a distance.

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[edit] Decker Glacier

'''Decker Glacier''' ({{coor dm|77|28|S|162|47|E|}}) is a steep, narrow [[glacier]] that drains the northeast slopes of [[Mount Newall]] in the [[Asgard Range]], [[Victoria Land]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Chief Aviation Machinist]]'s [[Mate William D. Decker]], [[U.S. Navy]], of Squadron VXE-6, who died at [[McMurdo Station]] on [[October 11]], [[1971]].

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[edit] Cape Decouverte

'''Cape Decouverte''' ({{coor dm|66|46|S|141|33|E|}}) is the point of rocks which marks the northwest extremity of [[Curzon Islands]] along [[Adelie Coast]]. Discovered on [[January 21]], [[1840]] by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]] under Captain [[Jules Dumont]] d'Urville who gave the name "Cap de la Decouverte" (cape of the discovery). It was the first rocky point of the coast seen by members of the expedition.

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[edit] Mount Dedo

'''Mount Dedo''' ({{coor dm|64|39|S|62|33|W|}}) is a conspicuous needle-like [[peak]], 695 m, standing south of [[Orne Harbor]] on the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Charted by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]] under Gerlache, 1897-99. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1954 and is descriptive, "dedo" meaning finger in Spanish.

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[edit] Dee Ice Piedmont

'''Dee Ice Piedmont''' ({{coor dm|68|40|S|66|58|W|}}) is an ice piedmont between [[Pavie Ridge]] and the mouth of [[Clarke Glacier]] on the east side of [[Mikkelsen Bay]], west coast of [[Antarctic Peninsula]]. Surveyed from the ground by [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE), 1936-37, and by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS), 1948-50. Photographed by [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE), November 1947 (trimetrogon air photography). Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) after [[John Dee]] (1527-1608), English mathematician and pioneer teacher of navigation methods for 30 years during a period of great maritime expansion and exploration.

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[edit] Dee Island

'''Dee Island''' ({{coor dm|62|26|S|59|47|W|}}) is an [[island]] with a conspicuous sharp [[peak]] at its south end, lying 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east of [[Ongley Island]], close off the north side of [[Greenwich Island]] in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. Charted and named in 1935 by DI personnel on the [[Discovery II]].

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Dee Nunatak

'''Dee Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|74|28|S|136|31|W|}}) is a rock [[nunatak]] which appears to be within the flow of [[Garfield Glacier]], in the west part of [[McDonald Heights]], [[Marie Byrd Land]]. The feature lies 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of [[Rhodes Icefall]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1959-65. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant [[Thomas H. Dee]], U.S. Navy, [[Medical Officer]] at [[Byrd Station]], 1970.

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[edit] Mount Deeley

'''Mount Deeley''' ({{coor dm|67|1|S|66|13|W|}}) is a [[mountain]] 2,150 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of [[Salmon Cove]] in [[Graham Land]]. Mapped from air photos taken by [[Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition]] (FIDASE), 1956-57. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) for [[Richard M. Deeley]], British geologist who made important investigations of the structure and flow of glaciers.

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[edit] Deep Freeze Range

'''Deep Freeze Range''' ({{coor dm|74|15|S|163|45|E|}}) is a rugged [[mountain]] range, over 80 nautical miles (150 km) long and about 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, rising between Priestley and [[Campbell Glaciers]] in [[Victoria Land]] and extending from the edge of the polar plateau to [[Terra Nova Bay]]. Peaks in the low and mid portions of the range were observed by early British expeditions to the [[Ross Sea]]. The range was mapped in detail by the [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1955-63. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) in recognition of the splendid support to research provided by the U.S. Navy's [[Operation Deep Freeze]] expeditions to Antarctica for many years beginning in 1954.

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[edit] Deep Lake

'''Deep Lake''' ({{coor dm|77|34|S|166|13|E|}}) is a small elongate [[lake]] 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) north of [[Cape Barne]], [[Ross Island]]. The descriptive name was applied by the [[British Antarctic Expedition]], 1907-09.

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[edit] Defant Bank

'''Defant Bank''' ({{coor dm|76|50|S|31|40|W|}}) is a bank in the [[Weddell Sea]] amed for [[Albert Defant]] (1884-1974), physician, oceanographer/geophysicist specializing in tides. Name proposed by Dr. [[Heinrich Hinze]], [[Alfred Wegener Institute]] for Polar and [[Marine Research]], Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6/97 (ACUF 271).

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[edit] Defant Glacier

'''Defant Glacier''' ({{coor dm|72|32|S|61|35|W|}}) is a [[glacier]] 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide at its mouth, which flows east-southeast to the west side of [[Violante Inlet]], on the east coast of [[Palmer Land]]. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS). During 1947 the glacier was photographed from the air by members of the [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE), who in conjunction with the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) charted it from the ground. Named by the FIDS for Professor [[Albert Defant]], German oceanographer (Austrian born) who was Director of the Inst. fur Meereskunde ([[German Hydrographic Office]]), 1927-46.

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[edit] The Defile

'''The Defile''' ({{coor dm|77|39|S|162|43|E|}}) is a narrow ice-free passageway between the terminus of [[Suess Glacier]] and the talus-covered slope of [[Nussbaum Riegel]] in [[Taylor Valley]], [[Victoria Land]]. Charted and descriptively named by the [[British Antarctic Expedition]] under Scott, 1910-13.

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[edit] Mount Degerfeldt

'''Mount Degerfeldt''' ({{coor dm|66|58|S|51|1|E|}}) is a [[mountain]] 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) south of [[Mount Storer]], in the [[Tula Mountains]] in [[Enderby Land]]. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) aircraft in 1956 and 1957. Named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) for [[C. Degerfeldt]], a member of the crew of the Discovery during the [[British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition]] (BANZARE), 1929-31.

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[edit] Deildedalen Valley

'''Deildedalen Valley''' ({{coor dm|71|24|S|12|43|E|}}) is a small [[valley]] partly filled with ice and opening to the north, lying between [[Mount Deildenapen]] and a similar [[mountain]] mass just westward in the [[Ostliche Petermann Range]], [[Wohlthat Mountains]], [[Queen Maud Land]]. Discovered and plotted from air photos by [[German Antarctic Expedition]], 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]], 1956-60, and named Deildedalen (the dividing valley).

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[edit] Deildegasten Ridge

'''Deildegasten Ridge''' ({{coor dm|71|29|S|12|42|E|}}) is a ridge about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long which rises just south of [[Deildedalen Valley]] in [[Ostliche Petermann Range]], [[Wohlthat Mountains]], [[Queen Maud Land]]. Discovered and plotted from air photos by [[German Antarctic Expedition]], 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]], 1956-60, and named Deildegasten.

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[edit] Mount Deildenapen

'''Mount Deildenapen''' ({{coor dm|71|24|S|12|46|E|}}) is a broad [[mountain]] mass rising to 2,050 m and forming the east wall of [[Deildedalen Valley]] in the [[Ostliche Petermann Range]], [[Wohlthat Mountains]]. Discovered and plotted from air photos by [[German Antarctic Expedition]], 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]], 1956-60, and named Deildenapen (the dividing mountain).

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[edit] Deimos Ridge

'''Deimos Ridge''' ({{coor dm|71|56|S|68|36|W|}}) is a prominent, narrow rocky spur of sandstone and shales, 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of [[Phobos Ridge]] and [[Mars Glacier]] in the southeast corner of [[Alexander Island]]. First seen from the air by [[Lincoln Ellsworth]] on [[November 23]], [[1935]], and mapped from photos obtained on that flight by [[W.L.G. Joerg]]. First surveyed in 1949 by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) and named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) for its association with Mars Glacier, Deimos being the outer of two satellites of Mars.

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[edit] Dekefjellet Mountain

'''Dekefjellet Mountain''' ({{coor dm|71|58|S|13|25|E|}}) is an elongated [[mountain]], about 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and surmounted by [[Kamskaya Peak]], standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of [[Skavlrimen Ridge]] in the [[Weyprecht Mountains]], [[Queen Maud Land]]. The feature is partly rock and partly covered with snow. Discovered and plotted from air photos by [[German Antarctic Expedition]], 1938-39. The mountain was replotted from air photos and surveys by [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]], 1956-60, and named Dekefjellet.

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[edit] Dekefjellrantane Hills

'''Dekefjellrantane Hills''' ({{coor dm|72|2|S|13|23|E|}}) is a group of rock hills at the south end of the [[Weyprecht Mountains]] in [[Queen Maud Land]]. Photographed from the air by the [[German Antarctic Expedition]] (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]] (1956-60) and named Dekefjellrantane in association with nearby [[Dekefjellet Mountain]].

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[edit] Delaite Island

'''Delaite Island''' ({{coor dm|64|33|S|62|12|W|}}) is an [[island]] 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of [[Emma Island]] in the north-central portion of [[Wilhelmina Bay]], off the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Discovered by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]], 1897-99, under Gerlache, and named by him for [[J. Delaite]], a supporter of the expedition.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Delay Point

'''Delay Point''' ({{coor dm|66|27|S|98|15|E|}}) is a rocky bluff rising to 185 m on the west side of [[Melba Peninsula]], about 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of [[Cape Charcot]]. Discovered by the [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]] under Mawson, 1911-14, and so named by the [[Eastern Sledge Party]] of the [[Western Base]] because bad weather delayed the party near here for several days in November 1912.

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[edit] Mount Deleon

'''Mount Deleon''' ({{coor dm|80|51|S|159|57|E|}}) is a mainly ice-free [[mountain]], 780 m, located along the south side of [[Entrikin Glacier]], 9 nautical miles (17 km) west-northwest of [[Cape Douglas]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Emilio A. Deleon]], hauling equipment operator, [[U.S. Navy]], a member of the [[Byrd Station]] party, 1963.

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[edit] Delinski Glacier

'''Delinski Glacier''' ({{coor dm|77|29|S|160|26|E|}}) is a [[glacier]] flowing south into [[Wright Upper Glacier]] between [[McAllister Hills]] and [[Prentice Plateau]], [[Victoria Land]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) (2004) after [[George F. Delinski]], Jr., [[Geography Discipline]], [[U.S. Geological Survey]], cartographic technician in the preparation of [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) maps of Antarctica, 1966-2004.

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[edit] Delius Glacier

'''Delius Glacier''' ({{coor dm|69|37|S|71|3|W|}}) is a [[glacier]], 6 nautical miles (11 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, flowing west from [[Elgar Uplands]] into [[Nichols Snowfield]], in the north part of [[Alexander Island]]. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) in 1937. More accurately mapped from air photos taken by the [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1960, and from [[U.S. Landsat]] imagery of February 1975. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) after [[Frederick Delius]] (1862-1934), British composer.

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[edit] Deliverance Point

'''Deliverance Point''' ({{coor dm|65|18|S|64|7|W|}}) is a rocky point 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) south of [[Cape Tuxen]] on the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Discovered by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1908-10, under Charcot. So named because Charcot and two companions were rescued here after being separated from the ship [[Pourquoi-Pas]]? for several days, while on an exploration of the area in a small boat.

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[edit] Dellbridge Islands

'''Dellbridge Islands''' ({{coor dm|77|40|S|166|25|E|}}) is a group of small volcanic islands lying in [[McMurdo Sound]], just south of [[Cape Evans]], [[Ross Island]]. Discovered by the ''Discovery'' expedition (1901-04) under Scott, who named them for [[James H. Dellbridge]], second engineer with the expedition.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Deloncle Bay

'''Deloncle Bay''' ({{coor dm|65|5|S|63|56|W|}}) is a [[bay]], 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, indenting the west coast of [[Graham Land]] between Loubat and [[Glandaz Points]] and opening on [[Lemaire Channel]] opposite [[Booth Island]]. Discovered by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]], 1897-99. Recharted by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1903-05, and named by Charcot for [[Francois Deloncle]], French diplomat.

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[edit] Delta Bluff

'''Delta Bluff''' ({{coor dm|78|41|S|161|22|E|}}) is a steep triangular rock bluff immediately north of the mouth of [[Delta Glacier]], on the west side of [[Skelton Glacier]]. Surveyed and climbed in 1957 by the [[New Zealand]] party of the [[Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] (1956-58) and so named because of the shape of the bluff.

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[edit] Delta Glacier

'''Delta Glacier''' ({{coor dm|78|42|S|161|20|E|}}) is a [[glacier]] descending steeply from the [[Worcester Range]] between [[Northcliffe Peak]] and [[Delta Bluff]] to enter the west side of [[Skelton Glacier]]. It was provisionally named "[[Cascade Glacier]]" because of its broken lower icefalls by the [[New Zealand]] party of the [[Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition]], 1956-58. As this name is a duplication, they renamed the glacier after nearby Delta Bluff.

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[edit] Delta Island

'''Delta Island''' ({{coor dm|64|19|S|62|59|W|}}) is an [[island]] 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, lying close southeast of [[Lambda Island]] and east of [[Alpha Island]] in the [[Melchior Islands]], [[Palmer Archipelago]]. The name, derived from the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, was probably given by DI personnel who roughly surveyed the island in 1927. The island was surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Delta Peak

'''Delta Peak''' ({{coor dm|86|35|S|147|30|W|}}) is a very sharp [[peak]] marking a pronounced corner point on [[Ackerman Ridge]], 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of [[Mount Gjertsen]], in [[La Gorce Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1960-64. So named by [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE), 1969-70, because as seen from the south the colorful rock strata present a well visible form that is suggestive of the Greek letter "Delta."

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[edit] Delta Stream

'''Delta Stream''' ({{coor dm|77|38|S|163|7|E|}}) is a small meltwater stream flowing from [[Howard Glacier]] into [[Lake Fryxell]] in [[Taylor Valley]], [[Victoria Land]]. First studied on the ground by [[Troy L. Pewe]] during [[U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze]], 1957-58, and so named by him because the stream has a series of deltas along its length which have been cut through as the stream was rejuvenated, the rejuvenation being caused by the lowering of the former glacial [[lake]].

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[edit] Delusion Point

'''Delusion Point''' ({{coor dm|65|23|S|62|0|W|}}) is a point which marks the east end of a rocky range which forms the south wall of [[Crane Glacier]], on the east coast of [[Graham Land]]. The feature was photographed from the air by [[Sir Hubert Wilkins]] on a flight of [[December 20]], [[1928]]. Named by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS), who charted it in 1947.

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[edit] Mount Demaria

'''Mount Demaria''' ({{coor dm|65|17|S|64|6|W|}}) is a [[mountain]] with precipitous sides, 635 m, rising immediately southeast of [[Cape Tuxen]] on the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Probably first sighted by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]], 1897-99. Charted by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1903-05, and named by Charcot for the Demaria brothers, French developers of an anastigmatic lens used by the expedition's photographic section.

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[edit] Demas Bluff

'''Demas Bluff''' ({{coor dm|76|34|S|144|50|W|}}) is a rock bluff on the south side of the [[Fosdick Mountains]], 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of [[Mount Richardson]], in the [[Ford Ranges]] of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. Mapped by [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS) (1939-41) under [[R. Admiral R.E. Byrd]]. Named for Dr. [[Charles J. Demas]] who provided medical assistance and supplies for the [[Byrd Antarctic Expedition]] (1933-35) and USAS (1939-41).

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[edit] Demas Ice Tongue

'''Demas Ice Tongue''' ({{coor dm|72|17|S|103|7|W|}}) is a conspicuous ice tongue, about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, extending west from [[Abbot Ice Shelf]] of [[Peacock Sound]] into [[Amundsen Sea]]. Discovered by members of the [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS) in flights from the Bear, February 1940, and named after [[E.J. Demas]] (d. 1979), member of the [[Byrd Antarctic Expedition]] of 1928-30 and 1933-35.

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[edit] Demas Range

'''Demas Range''' ({{coor dm|75|0|S|133|45|W|}}) is a range about 8 nautical miles (15 km) long that forms the lower east margin of the [[Berry Glacier]] in [[Marie Byrd Land]]. The range trends north-south culminating in [[Mount Goorhigian]] (1,115 m). Discovered by the [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS), 1939-41, led by [[Admiral R.E. Byrd]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for E.J. "Pete" Demas, a member of the [[Byrd Antarctic Expeditions]] of 1928-30 and 1933-35.

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[edit] Demas Rocks

'''Demas Rocks''' ({{coor dm|63|21|S|58|2|W|}}) is a group of rocks off the northwest coast of [[Trinity Peninsula]] in the approach to [[Huon Bay]], 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of [[Cape Ducorps]]. Discovered in March 1838 by Captain [[Jules Dumont]] d'Urville, who named the rocks for Lieutenant [[Francois Barlatier Demas]] of the expedition ship Astrolabe. The rocks were surveyed by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1946.

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[edit] Demay Point

'''Demay Point''' ({{coor dm|62|13|S|58|26|W|}}) is a point which forms the west side of the entrance to [[Admiralty Bay]], [[King George Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. This point was known to sealers as early as 1822. It was named almost 100 years later by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1908-10, under Charcot.

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[edit] Demidov Island

'''Demidov Island''' ({{coor dm|67|29|S|48|21|E|}}) is a small [[island]] 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of the mouth of [[Rayner Glacier]] and 9 nautical miles (17 km) southwest of [[Hydrographer Islands]] along the coast of [[Enderby Land]]. It appears that the island was mapped by both ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) and the Soviet expedition in 1957. Named by the Soviet expedition for Lieutenant [[Dimitri Demidov]] of the Russian expedition of 1819-21 under Bellingshausen.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Cape Demidov

'''Cape Demidov''' ({{coor dm|54|8|S|37|44|W|}}) is a cape which forms the south side of the entrance to [[Wilson Harbor]], on the south coast and near the west end of [[South Georgia]]. Discovered by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen in 1819, and named for Lieutenant [[Dimitri Demidov]] of the Vostok.

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[edit] Deming Glacier

'''Deming Glacier''' ({{coor dm|72|0|S|168|30|E|}}) is a tributary [[glacier]] flowing along the north side of [[Novasio Ridge]] to enter Man-o-[[War Glacier]], in the [[Admiralty Mountains]], [[Victoria Land]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1960-63. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Ralph A. Deming]], AE1, U.S. Navy, [[Squadron VX]]-6 [[Aviation Electrician]] at [[McMurdo Station]], 1967.

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[edit] Demon Point

'''Demon Point''' ({{coor dm|57|3|S|26|40|W|}}) is a spit of coarse boulders which forms the northeast tip of [[Candlemas Island]], [[South Sandwich Islands]]. It was charted and named [[Spit Point]] by personnel on RRS [[Discovery II]] in 1930, but that name was changed to avoid duplication. The new name applied by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1971 continues a theme of features named after mythical monsters on this [[island]].

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[edit] Demorest Glacier

'''Demorest Glacier''' ({{coor dm|67|22|S|65|35|W|}}) is a [[glacier]] which flows southeast into [[Whirlwind Inlet]] between Flint and [[Matthes Glaciers]], on the east coast of [[Graham Land]]. Discovered by [[Sir Hubert Wilkins]] on a flight of [[December 20]], [[1928]], and photographed from the air by the [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS) in 1940. Charted by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1947 and named for [[Max H. Demorest]], American glaciologist.

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[edit] Den Hartog Peak

'''Den Hartog Peak''' ({{coor dm|84|20|S|178|52|E|}}) is a small [[peak]] at the west side of the mouth of [[Ramsey Glacier]], 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of [[Woodall Peak]]. Discovered and photographed by the [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS) on Flight C of February 29-[[March 1]], [[1940]], and surveyed by [[A.P. Crary]] in 1957-58. Named by Crary for [[Stephen Den Hartog]], who was glaciologist on the [[Victoria Land Traverse Party]] (1958-59), and wintered at [[Little America V]], 1958.

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[edit] Denais Stack

'''Denais Stack''' ({{coor dm|62|8|S|58|30|W|}}) is a conspicuous rock stack lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north of [[Point Thomas]] on the west side of [[Admiralty Bay]], [[King George Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. The name "[[Anse Denais]]," for one of the seamen on the [[Pourquoi-Pas]]?, was given in 1908-10 by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]] under Charcot to a [[cove]] on the north side of [[Ezcurra Inlet]]. Recent air photos show no cove in this position and the name Denais has been transferred to the feature now described in order to preserve Charcot's naming in the area.

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[edit] Mount Denauro

'''Mount Denauro''' ({{coor dm|86|27|S|151|30|W|}}) is a [[mountain]], 2,340 m, standing on the west side of [[Scott Glacier]], 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of [[Lee Peak]], in the [[Queen Maud Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1960-64. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Ralph Denauro]], aviation mechanic with [[U.S. Navy Squadron VX]]-6 on [[Operation Deep Freeze]] 1966.

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[edit] Dendtler Island

'''Dendtler Island''' ({{coor dm|73|1|S|90|13|W|}}) is an ice-covered [[island]], 14 nautical miles (26 km) long, lying in the east part of [[Abbot Ice Shelf]] between [[Farwell Island]] and [[Fletcher Peninsula]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1960-66. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Maj. [[Robert Dendtler]], USA, coordinating officer on the staff of the Commander, [[U.S. Navy Support Force]], Antarctica, during [[Deep Freeze]] 1967 and 1968.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Denfeld Mountains

'''Denfeld Mountains''' ({{coor dm|76|55|S|144|45|W|}}) is a group of scattered mountains between [[Crevasse Valley Glacier]] and [[Arthur Glacier]] in the [[Ford Ranges]] of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. The mountains were explored by the [[Byrd Antarctic Expeditions]] (1928-30 and 1933-35) and by the [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS) (1939-41) all led by [[R. Admiral R.E. Byrd]]. Named for [[Admiral Louis E. Denfeld]], Chief of [[Naval Operations]] and a member of the joint Chiefs of Staff (1947-49), who helped in the planning and organization of [[Operation Highjump]] (1946-47) for which Byrd was leader.

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[edit] Mount Denham

'''Mount Denham''' ({{coor dm|66|55|S|52|19|E|}}) is a [[mountain]] 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of [[Mount Keyser]], in the east part of the [[Tula Mountains]] in [[Enderby Land]]. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) aircraft in 1957. Named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) for [[W.M. Denham]], weather observer at [[Mawson Station]] in 1961.

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[edit] Mount Denholm

'''Mount Denholm''' ({{coor dm|68|12|S|49|7|E|}}) is a [[mountain]] 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of [[Mount Marriner]] in the [[Nye Mountains]]. Mapped from air photos taken from ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) aircraft in 1956. Named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) for [[J. Denholm]], physicist at [[Wilkes Station]] in 1959.

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[edit] Deniau Island

'''Deniau Island''' ({{coor dm|65|27|S|64|19|W|}}) is a small [[island]] lying midway between [[Darboux Island]] and [[Lippmann Islands]], off the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Discovered by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1908-10, and named by Charcot for [[Monsieur Deniau]], a donor of numerous gifts to the expedition.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Denison Island

'''Denison Island''' ({{coor dm|66|18|S|110|27|E|}}) is an [[island]] lying 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) west of [[Beall 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 by the [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Dean R. Denison]], auroral scientist and member of the [[Wilkes Station]] party of 1958.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Cape Denison

'''Cape Denison''' ({{coor dm|67|0|S|142|40|E|}}) is a rocky point at the head of [[Commonwealth Bay]]. Discovered in 1912 by the [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]] (1911-14) under [[Douglas Mawson]], who named it for [[Sir Hugh Denison]] of Sydney, a patron of the expedition. The feature was the site of the [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition Main Base]].

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[edit] Denman Glacier

'''Denman Glacier''' ({{coor dm|66|45|S|99|30|E|}}) is a [[glacier]] 7 to 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, descending north some 70 nautical miles (130 km), and debouching into [[Shackleton Ice Shelf]] east of [[David Island]]. Discovered in November 1912 by the [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]] under Mawson, who named it for [[Lord Denman]], [[Governor-General]] of Australia in 1911, a patron of the expedition.

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[edit] Dennes Point

'''Dennes Point''' ({{coor dm|76|41|S|159|45|E|}}) is a dolerite point projecting into [[Shimmering Icefield]] from the western side of [[Shipton Ridge]], in the [[Allan Hills]] of [[Victoria Land]]. Reconnoitered by the [[New Zealand Antarctic Research Program]] (NZARP) [[Allan Hills Expedition]] (1964) who named it after a similar dolerite feature on [[Bruny Island]], Tasmania.

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[edit] Dennison Reef

'''Dennison Reef''' ({{coor dm|66|29|S|66|50|W|}}) is a reef between [[Shull Rocks]] and [[Pauling Islands]], lying east of the south end of the [[Biscoe Islands]] in [[Crystal Sound]]. Mapped from air photos obtained by the [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE) (1947-48) and surveys by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) (1958-59). Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) for [[David M. Dennison]], British physicist who took x-ray diffraction pictures which were used to interpret the crystal structure of ice.

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[edit] Dennistoun Glacier

'''Dennistoun Glacier''' ({{coor dm|71|11|S|168|0|E|}}) is a [[glacier]], 50 nautical miles (90 km) long, draining the north slopes of [[Mounts Black Prince]], Royalist and Adam in the [[Admiralty Mountains]] of [[Victoria Land]]. It flows northwest between [[Lyttelton Range]] and [[Dunedin Range]], turning east on rounding the latter range to enter the sea south of [[Cape Scott]]. The coastal extremity of the glacier was charted in 1911-12 by the [[Northern Party]], led by [[Victor Campbell]], of the [[British Antarctic Expedition]], 1910-13. It is named for [[James R. Dennistoun]], [[New Zealand]] alpinist who was in charge of the mules on board the [[Terra Nova]] on her way to Antarctica. The entire extent of the glacier was mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photography, 1960-63. The name [[Fowlie Glacier]], a tributary glacier, has been inadvertently misapplied to this feature.

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[edit] Dentine Peak

'''Dentine Peak''' ({{coor dm|71|35|S|163|44|E|}}) is the highest [[peak]] (2,210 m) in the northeast portion of [[Molar Massif]], [[Bowers Mountains]]. Named from association with Molar Massif by geologist [[R.A. Cooper]], leader of [[New Zealand Antarctic Research Program]] (NZARP) paleontological parties to this area, 1974-75 and 1981-82.

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[edit] Denton Glacier

'''Denton Glacier''' ({{coor dm|77|29|S|162|36|E|}}) is a small hanging [[glacier]] which drains the northwest slopes of [[Mount Newall]] and terminates on the south wall of [[Wright Valley]], [[Victoria Land]]. Named by U.S. geologist [[Robert Nichols]] for [[George Denton]], geological assistant to Nichols at nearby [[Marble Point]] in the 1958-59 field season.

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[edit] Denton Hills

'''Denton Hills''' ({{coor dm|78|5|S|163|55|E|}}) is a group of rugged foothills, 24 nautical miles (44 km) long SW-NE and 9 nautical miles (17 km) wide, to the east of [[Royal Society Range]] on [[Scott Coast]], [[Victoria Land]]. The feature comprises a series of E-trending ridges and valleys circumscribed by [[Howchin Glacier]], [[Armitage Saddle]], [[Blue Glacier]], the coast, and [[Walcott Bay]]. The highest summits, [[Mount Kowalczyk]] (1,703 m) and [[Goat Mountain]] (1,634 m) rise from [[Hobbs Ridge]] in the north part of the foothills. Elevations decrease southward as in [[Kahiwi Maihao Ridge]] (1,045 m) near the center of the group and [[Xanadu Hills]] (820 m) at the south end. The principal glaciers (Hobbs, Blackwelder, Salmon, Garwood, Joyce, Rivard, Miers, Adams, Ward) flow east but have receded, leaving several dry valleys. Discovered and roughly mapped by the ''Discovery'' expedition, 1901-04, under [[R.F. Scott]]. The hills were mapped in detail by [[United States Antarctic Research Program]] (USARP) and [[New Zealand Antarctic Research Program]] (NZARP) personnel in the years following the IGY, 1957-58. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) (1999) after Professor [[George H. Denton]] ([[Denton Glacier]]) of the Department of [[Geological Sciences]] and Institute for [[Quaternary Studies]], University of Maine, Orono, who conducted geological research in the [[Transantarctic Mountains]] and Victoria Land (including work in these hills), 1958-99, making more than 25 visits to Antarctica.

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[edit] Mount Denuce

'''Mount Denuce''' ({{coor dm|66|43|S|64|12|W|}}) is a rounded [[mountain]], 1,535 m, between [[Mounts Hulth]] and Haskell on the southwest side of [[Cabinet Inlet]], on the east coast of [[Graham Land]]. Charted by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) and photographed from the air by the [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE) in December 1947. Named by the FIDS for [[Jean Denuce]], Belgian polar bibliographer.

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[edit] Departure Rocks

'''Departure Rocks''' ({{coor dm|67|37|S|62|49|E|}}) is a group of 4 steep-sided rocks lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of [[Peake-Jones Rock]] in [[Holme Bay]], Mac. [[Robertson Land]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the [[Lars Christensen Expedition]], 1936-37. So named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) because ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) parties going west from [[Mawson Station]] on the sea ice always pass through or close to these rocks.

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[edit] Depeaux Point

'''Depeaux Point''' ({{coor dm|65|11|S|64|10|W|}}) is a point forming the south end of [[Petermann Island]], in the [[Wilhelm Archipelago]]. Discovered and named by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1908-10, under Charcot.

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[edit] Depot Glacier

'''Depot Glacier''' ({{coor dm|63|25|S|57|3|W|}}) is a well-defined [[valley]] [[glacier]], flanked by lateral moraines, which terminates in a high vertical ice cliff at the head of [[Hope Bay]], in the northeast end of [[Antarctic Peninsula]]. Discovered by the [[Swedish Antarctic Expedition]], 1901-04, under Nordenskjold, and so named by him because, as seen from [[Antarctic Sound]], it appeared to be a possible site for a depot.

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[edit] Depot Island

'''Depot Island''' ({{coor dm|66|56|S|57|19|E|}}) is a small [[island]] in the [[Oygarden Group]], lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the west end of [[Shaula Island]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the [[Lars Christensen Expedition]], 1936-37. So named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) because a depot was established there by the ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) during 1956.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Depot Island

'''Depot Island''' ({{coor dm|76|42|S|162|58|E|}}) is a small granite [[island]] lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of [[Cape Ross]], off the coast of [[Victoria Land]]. Discovered by the [[South Magnetic Pole Party]] of the [[British Antarctic Expedition]] (1907-09) and so named by them because they put a depot of rock specimens on this island.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Depot Island

'''Depot Island''' ({{coor dm|66|37|S|140|5|E|}}) is a small rocky [[island]] 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) long, 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) northwest of [[Pasteur Island]]. near the center of the [[Dumoulin Islands]]. Photographed from the air by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]], 1946-47. Charted by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1950-51, and so named because personnel on the expedition ship the party which surveyed the area.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Depot Nunatak

'''Depot Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|77|45|S|160|4|E|}}) is a [[nunatak]], 1,980 m, standing at the west side of [[Cassidy Glacier]] and [[Quartermain Mountains]] in [[Victoria Land]]. Nearly vertical cliffs of columnar dolerite rise 150 m above [[glacier]] level at the east end. So named by the ''Discovery'' expedition (1901-04), on their western journey in 1903, because they made a food depot there, for use on their return.

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[edit] Depot Peak

'''Depot Peak''' ({{coor dm|69|2|S|64|36|E|}}) is a solitary [[nunatak]], with a single needle-shaped [[peak]], lying about 37 nautical miles (70 km) north of [[Stinear Nunataks]] in Mac. [[Robertson Land]]. Discovered by an ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) party led by [[R.G. Dovers]] during a southern journey in December 1954, and so named because a depot was established in the vicinity.

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[edit] Derby Island

'''Derby Island''' ({{coor dm|66|38|S|140|5|E|}}) is a small rocky [[island]] close north of [[Astrolabe Glacier Tongue]], lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southwest of [[Pasteur Island]] at the south end of the [[Dumoulin Islands]]. Photographed from the air by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]], 1946-47. Charted by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1949-51, and so named because French field parties competed against each other for the honor of being first to reach the island area.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Derbyshire Peak

'''Derbyshire Peak''' ({{coor dm|72|31|S|161|6|E|}}) is a small rock [[peak]] 5 nautical miles (9 km) north-northeast of [[Mount Weihaupt]] in the [[Outback Nunataks]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1959-64. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Edward Derbyshire]], geologist at [[McMurdo Station]], 1966-67.

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[edit] Mount Dergach

'''Mount Dergach''' ({{coor dm|70|36|S|163|1|E|}}) is a flat-topped, ice-covered [[mountain]] located just west of Ob' Bay and south of [[Lunik Point]], in the [[Bowers Mountains]]. Photographed from the air by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]], 1946-47. Surveyed by [[Soviet Antarctic Expedition]] in 1958 and named after meteorologist [[A.P. Dergach]], a member of Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1959-61, who perished in a fire at [[Mirnyy Station]] on [[August 3]], [[1960]].

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[edit] Derocher Peninsula

'''Derocher Peninsula''' ({{coor dm|71|25|S|73|20|W|}}) is a snow-covered [[peninsula]] between [[Brahms Inlet]] and [[Mendelssohn Inlet]] on the north side of [[Beethoven Peninsula]], [[Alexander Island]]. Photographed from the air by [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE), 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by [[D. Searle]] of [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS), 1960. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) after Commander [[Paul J. Derocher]], [[U.S. Navy]], [[Commanding Officer]], [[Antarctic Development Squadron Six]] (VXE-6), May 1985 to May 1986.

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[edit] Mount Derom

'''Mount Derom''' ({{coor dm|71|34|S|35|38|E|}}) is a massif (2,400 m) standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of [[Mount Eyskens]] in the [[Queen Fabiola Mountains]]. Discovered on [[October 7]], [[1960]] by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]] under the leadership of [[Guido Derom]]. Named for Derom by the [[Centre National]] de [[Recherches Polaires]] de Belgique.

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[edit] Derrick Peak

'''Derrick Peak''' ({{coor dm|80|4|S|156|23|E|}}) is a prominent ice-free [[peak]], 2,070 m, overlooking the south side of [[Hatherton Glacier]], 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of the north end of [[Johnstone Ridge]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Robert O. Derrick]] of the [[U.S. Weather Bureau]], who served as assistant to the [[United States Antarctic Research Program]] (USARP) Representative at Christchurch from 1960 until his death in 1966.

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[edit] Mount Deryugin

'''Mount Deryugin''' ({{coor dm|71|51|S|11|20|E|}}) is a [[mountain]], 2,635 m, on [[Vindegga Spur]] in the [[Liebknecht Range]], [[Humboldt Mountains]], in [[Queen Maud Land]]. Discovered and plotted from air photos by [[German Antarctic Expedition]], 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]], 1956-60; remapped by [[Soviet Antarctic Expedition]], 1960-61, and named after Soviet zoologist [[K.M. Deryugin]].

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[edit] DesRoches Nunataks

'''DesRoches Nunataks''' ({{coor dm|84|53|S|67|8|W|}}) is a two [[nunatak]]s standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of [[Postel Nunatak]] in southwestern [[Patuxent Range]], [[Pensacola Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1956-66. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Joseph DesRoches]], meteorologist at [[South Pole Station]], winter 1967.

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[edit] Descartes Island

'''Descartes Island''' ({{coor dm|66|47|S|141|29|E|}}) is a rocky [[island]] 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) long, midway between [[Lagrange Island]] and [[La Conchee]] and 0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km) north-northeast of [[Cape Mousse]]. Charted in 1951 by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]] and named after [[Rene Descartes]] (1596-1650), French mathematician and philosopher.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Descent Cliff

'''Descent Cliff''' ({{coor dm|77|43|S|166|53|E|}}) is a cliff on the west side of [[Hut Point Peninsula]], between [[Hutton Cliffs]] and [[Erebus Glacier Tongue]], on [[Ross Island]]. Charted and so named by the [[British Antarctic Expedition]] under Scott, 1910-13, because it was here that a descent to the sea ice was made.

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[edit] Descent Glacier

'''Descent Glacier''' ({{coor dm|77|51|S|162|52|E|}}) is a short, steep [[glacier]] between [[Briggs Hill]] and [[Condit Glacier]], flowing northwest from [[Descent Pass]] into [[Ferrar Glacier]], in [[Victoria Land]]. So named because of the adventurous descent made here by the party led by Armitage of the ''Discovery'' expedition, 1901-04. The name seems to have been first used on maps of the [[British Antarctic Expedition]], 1910-13.

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[edit] Descent Pass

'''Descent Pass''' ({{coor dm|77|52|S|163|5|E|}}) is a pass leading from [[Blue Glacier]] to [[Ferrar Glacier]], in [[Victoria Land]]. So named by the party led by Armitage of the ''Discovery'' expedition (1901-04) because of the adventurous descent to Ferrar Glacier made here via [[Descent Glacier]] in 1902.

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[edit] Deschampsia Point

'''Deschampsia Point''' ({{coor dm|60|41|S|45|38|W|}}) is a point on the northwest side of [[Signy Island]], [[South Orkney Islands]], 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) northeast of [[Spindrift Rocks]]. Descriptively named following [[British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS) ecological research after the Antarctic hair grass point. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1991.

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[edit] Deschanel Peak

'''Deschanel Peak''' ({{coor dm|68|55|S|67|14|W|}}) is the summit of an isolated, partly ice-covered [[mountain]], 750 m, rising from the south part of the [[glacier]] close southeast of [[Cape Berteaux]] on the west coast of [[Antarctic Peninsula]]. The approved name derives from "[[Sommet Deschanel]]" given by [[J.B. Charcot]], leader of the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], in January 1909.

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[edit] Desko Mountains

'''Desko Mountains''' ({{coor dm|69|37|S|72|23|W|}}) is a WNW-ESE [[mountain]] range on [[Rothschild Island]], off northwest [[Alexander Island]]. The range spans 20 nautical miles (37 km) from [[Bates Peak]] to [[Overton Peak]] and rises to about 1,000 m at [[Enigma Peak]], [[Fournier Ridge]]. Seen (in part) from a distance by Bellingshausen, 1821, and Charcot, 1909, but the nature of the feature remained obscure. The range was photographed from the air by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] and [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE) in 1947 and mapped from these air photographs by [[D. Searle]] of [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1960. The range is further defined in [[U.S. Navy]] air photographs, 1966, and Landsat imagery, 1975. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Commander [[Daniel A. Desko]], U.S. Navy, [[Commanding Officer]], Squadron VXE-6, [[Operation Deep Freeze]], 1977; LC-130 aircraft commander, 1976.

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[edit] Desolation Island

'''Desolation Island''' ({{coor dm|62|28|S|60|22|W|}}) is a v-shaped [[island]] lying in the entrance to [[Hero Bay]], 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of [[Williams Point]], [[Livingston Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. Discovered in January 1820 by a British expedition under Bransfield, and so named by him because of its desolate appearance.

== See also ==
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[edit] Despair Rocks

'''Despair Rocks''' ({{coor dm|60|33|S|46|10|W|}}) is a group of rocks 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of [[Melsom Rocks]] and 7.5 nautical miles (14 km) west-southwest of [[Penguin Point]], the northwest tip of [[Coronation Island]], in the [[South Orkney Islands]]. Discovered and named by Captain [[Nathaniel B. Palmer]], an American sealer in the sloop [[James Monroe]], and Captain [[George Powell]], a British sealer in the sloop Dove, in the course of their joint cruise in December 1821.

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[edit] Dessent Ridge

'''Dessent Ridge''' ({{coor dm|73|25|S|166|37|E|}}) is a mountainous, ice-covered ridge situated 5 nautical miles (9 km) east of [[Mount Murchison]] in the [[Mountaineer Range]] of [[Victoria Land]]. The ridge trends north-south for 10 miles. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1960-64. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Joseph E. Dessent]], meteorologist at [[Hallett Station]], 1961.

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[edit] Destination Nunataks

'''Destination Nunataks''' ({{coor dm|72|15|S|165|28|E|}}) is a group of peaks and [[nunatak]]s, 9 nautical miles (17 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, rising to 2,565 m at [[Pyramid Peak]] and including [[Sphinx Peak]], [[Andrews Peak]], [[Mummy Ridge]], and unnamed nunataks to the northwest, located in northeast [[Evans Neve]], 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of [[Barker Range]], [[Victoria Land]]. This group was visited in 1970-71 by a [[Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition]] (VUWAE) geological party led by [[M.G. Laird]]. The name "[[Destination Rocks]]" was originally used for the feature because these nunataks were near the northern limits of Laird's expedition. The name Destination Nunataks, as approved by the [[New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (NZ-APC) and [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) in 1985, applies to the entire group described rather than to two nunataks at the southeast end as indicated on some maps.

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[edit] Destruction Bay

'''Destruction Bay''' ({{coor dm|61|59|S|57|39|W|}}) is a [[bay]] 5.5 nautical miles (10 km) wide, lying between [[Taylor Point]] and [[Cape Melville]] on the east side of [[King George Island]], [[South Shetland Islands]]. Charted and named Bay of Destruction in 1821 by [[Richard Sherratt]], Master of the [[Lady Trowbridge]] from Liverpool, probably because it was in this vicinity that his vessel was wrecked on [[Christmas Day]], 1820.

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[edit] Detaille Island

'''Detaille Island''' ({{coor dm|66|52|S|66|48|W|}}) is a small [[island]] lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of [[Andresen Island]] in the entrance of [[Lallemand Fjord]], off the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Discovered by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1908-10, under Charcot, who named it for [[Monsieur Detaille]] of [[Punta Arenas]], shareholder in the [[Magellan Whaling Co]]., who assisted Charcot in obtaining supplies at the company's whaling base at [[Deception Island]].

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Detling Peak

'''Detling Peak''' ({{coor dm|75|14|S|114|52|W|}}) is a cone-shaped, ice-covered [[peak]] located 12 nautical miles (22 km) southwest of [[Morrison Bluff]] in the [[Kohler Range]], [[Marie Byrd Land]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1959-66. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[James K. Detling]], [[United States Antarctic Research Program]] (USARP) biologist with the [[Marie Byrd Land Survey Party]], 1966-67.

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[edit] Detour Island

'''Detour Island''' ({{coor dm|65|1|S|63|55|W|}}) is an [[island]] lying 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) west of [[False Cape Renard]], on the west side of [[Lemaire Channel]] in the [[Wilhelm Archipelago]]. First charted by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]] under Charcot, 1903-05. So named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1959 because the island lies near the entrance to the ships' passage west of [[Booth Island]] which provides an alternative route to Lemaire Channel when the latter is blocked by ice.

== See also ==
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[edit] Detour Nunatak

'''Detour Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|77|8|S|160|55|E|}}) is a broad [[nunatak]] between [[Frazier Glacier]] and the upper part of [[Mackay Glacier]], in [[Victoria Land]]. So named in 1957 by the [[New Zealand Northern Survey Party]] of the [[Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] (1956-58) because it was necessary to make a detour on the way up the Mackay Glacier, passing south of this nunatak.

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[edit] Detrick Peak

'''Detrick Peak''' ({{coor dm|77|32|S|169|6|E|}}) is a sharp [[peak]], c.700 m standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east-southeast of [[Lutz Hill]] in the [[Kyle Hills]], [[Ross Island]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) (2000) after [[Daniel L. Detrick]], physicist/engineer, Institute for [[Physical Science]] and Technology, University of Maryland, involved in long-term ionospheric research with [[United States Antarctic Program]] (USAP), including the design and fabrication, as well as deployment of instruments at [[McMurdo]], [[South Pole]], and [[Siple Stations]]; more than a dozen visits to Antarctica from 1980.

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[edit] Detroit Plateau

'''Detroit Plateau''' ({{coor dm|64|10|S|60|0|W|}}) is a major interior plateau of [[Graham Land]], with heights between 1,500 and 1,800 m. Its northeast limit is marked by the south wall of [[Russell West Glacier]], from which it extends some 90 nautical miles (170 km) in a general southwest direction to [[Herbert Plateau]]. The plateau was observed from the air by [[Sir Hubert Wilkins]] on a flight of [[December 20]], [[1928]]. Wilkins named it [[Detroit Aviation Society Plateau]] after the society which aided in the organizing of his expedition but the shortened form of the original name is approved. The north and east sides of the plateau were charted by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1946-47.

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[edit] Deverall Island

'''Deverall Island''' ({{coor dm|81|28|S|161|54|E|}}) is a small ice-covered [[island]], rising above the [[Ross Ice Shelf]] just northeast of [[Beaumont Bay]]. Named by the [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE) (1960-61) for [[William H. Deverall]], radio operator at [[Scott Base]], 1961.

== See also ==
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[edit] Devil Island

'''Devil Island''' ({{coor dm|63|48|S|57|17|W|}}) is a narrow [[island]] 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long with a low summit on each end, lying in the center of a small [[bay]] 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of [[Cape Well]]-met, northern [[Vega Island]], south of the northeast end of [[Antarctic Peninsula]]. Discovered and named by the [[Swedish Antarctic Expedition]], 1901-04, under Nordenskjold.

== See also ==
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[edit] Deville Glacier

'''Deville Glacier''' ({{coor dm|64|48|S|62|35|W|}}) is a [[glacier]] flowing along the south side of [[Laussedat Heights]] into [[Andvord Bay]], on the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. The glacier is shown on an Argentine government chart of 1952. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1960 for [[Edouard G. Deville]] (1849-1924), [[Surveyor-General]] of Canada, 1885-1924, who introduced and developed photogrammetric methods of survey in Canada from 1888 onward.

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[edit] Devils Corrie

'''Devils Corrie''' ({{coor dm|60|39|S|45|25|W|}}) is a large and very spectacular cirque, or corrie, midway between [[Olivine Point]] and [[Amphibolite Point]] on the south coast of [[Coronation Island]] in the [[South Orkney Islands]]. Named by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) following their survey of 1948-49.

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[edit] Devils Glacier

'''Devils Glacier''' ({{coor dm|86|23|S|165|0|W|}}) is a heavily crevassed [[glacier]] at the edge of the polar plateau, about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long and 8 nautical miles (15 km) wide, draining the south part of the [[Mohn Basin]] and flowing northeast to enter the upper part of [[Amundsen Glacier]] just north of the [[mountain]] group consisting of [[Mounts Wisting]], Hassel, Bjaaland and Prestrud. The glacier was encountered by [[Roald Amundsen]]'s [[South Pole Party]] in 1911 and was named by them to describe the extremely rough sledging in the area. Amundsen's route southward, between 168 and 169W, took the party across the upper or western portion of the glacier.

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[edit] Devils Peak

'''Devils Peak''' ({{coor dm|60|39|S|45|27|W|}}) is a conspicuous rocky [[peak]], 735 m, between [[Sunshine Glacier]] and [[Devils Corrie]] on the south side of [[Coronation Island]], in the [[South Orkney Islands]]. Surveyed in 1948-49 by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS), who so named it because of its proximity to Devils Corrie.

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[edit] Devils Point

'''Devils Point''' ({{coor dm|62|40|S|61|11|W|}}) is a point forming the southwest extremity of [[Livingston Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. Charted and named by [[James Weddell]], [[Royal Navy]], Master of the brig Jane, during the period 1820-23.

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[edit] Devils Punchbowl

'''Devils Punchbowl''' ({{coor dm|77|1|S|162|24|E|}}) is a bowl-shaped [[cove]] (an empty cirque, the floor of which is below sea level) in the southwest corner of [[Granite Harbor]], between [[Devils Ridge]] and the south side of [[The Flatiron]], in [[Victoria Land]]. Charted and named by the [[British Antarctic Expedition]], 1910-13, under Scott.

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[edit] Devils Ridge

'''Devils Ridge''' ({{coor dm|77|1|S|162|22|E|}}) is a rocky, sickle-shaped ridge extending from the south end of [[The Flatiron]] and forming the north wall of [[New Glacier]], close west of [[Granite Harbor]] in [[Victoria Land]]. Charted and named by the [[British Antarctic Expedition]], 1910-13, under Scott.

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[edit] Devils Thumb

'''Devils Thumb''' ({{coor dm|77|1|S|162|22|E|}}) is a rocky knob, 245 m, marking the central part of [[Devils Ridge]], just west of [[Granite Harbor]] in [[Victoria Land]]. Charted and named by the [[British Antarctic Expedition]], 1910-13, under Scott.

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[edit] Devold Peak

'''Devold Peak''' ({{coor dm|72|15|S|26|44|E|}}) is a [[peak]], 3,280 m, between [[Kjelbotn Peak]] and [[Pukkelen Rocks]] near the head of Byrdbreen in the [[Sor Rondane Mountains]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1937 from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]], 1946-47, and named for [[Hallvard Devold]], who with [[H. Riiser-Larsen]] and [[O. Kjelbotn]] attempted the exploration of [[Princess Ragnhild Coast]] by dog sledge in 1933.

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[edit] Dewar Nunatak

'''Dewar Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|67|20|S|68|15|W|}}) is a mainly snow-covered [[nunatak]] rising to 520 m in the middle of [[Shambles Glacier]], on the east coast of [[Adelaide Island]]. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1963 for [[Graham J.A. Dewar]], [[British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS) geologist at Adelaide station, 1961-63.

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[edit] Mount Dewar

'''Mount Dewar''' ({{coor dm|80|32|S|21|11|W|}}) is a [[mountain]] rising to about 1,600 m to the southwest of [[Aronson Corner]] in the [[Pioneers Escarpment]], [[Shackleton Range]]. Photographed from the air by the [[U.S. Navy]], 1967. Surveyed by [[British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, named in 1971 by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) after [[Sir James Dewar]] (1842-1923), Scottish chemist and physicist who invented the thermos flask, about 1892.

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[edit] Dewart Island

'''Dewart Island''' ({{coor dm|66|13|S|110|10|E|}}) is the central [[island]] in the [[Frazier Islands]], in [[Vincennes Bay]]. The island was photographed from the air by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] (1946-47) and its position fixed by ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) (1956). Named by [[C.R. Eklund]] for [[Gilbert Dewart]], seismologist at [[Wilkes Station]], 1957.

== See also ==
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[edit] Dewdrop Glacier

'''Dewdrop Glacier''' ({{coor dm|77|1|S|162|22|E|}}) is a small hanging [[glacier]] at the head of [[Devils Punchbowl]] between [[The Flatiron]] and [[Devils Ridge]], at the southwest side of [[Granite Harbor]], in [[Victoria Land]]. Charted by the [[British Antarctic Expedition]] (1910-13) under Scott, and named for its suggestive appearance, hanging on the edge of Devils Punchbowl.

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[edit] Mount Dewe

'''Mount Dewe''' ({{coor dm|75|58|S|68|39|W|}}) is a [[mountain]] in the southeast part of the [[Hauberg Mountains]] in [[Ellsworth Land]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from ground surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1961-67. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Michael B. Dewe]], glaciologist at [[Byrd Station]], summer 1965-66.

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[edit] Mount Dewey

'''Mount Dewey''' ({{coor dm|65|54|S|64|19|W|}}) is a [[mountain]], 1,830 m, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) southeast of [[Mount Cheops]] on the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Charted by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1959 for [[Melvil Dewey]] (1851-1932), American originator of the [[Dewey Decimal Classification]], from which the [[Universal Decimal Classification]] is derived.

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[edit] Diamond Glacier

'''Diamond Glacier''' ({{coor dm|79|51|S|159|0|E|}}) is a small distributary [[glacier]] of the [[Darwin Glacier]], flowing east-northeast into the narrow [[valley]] on the north side of [[Diamond Hill]]. Mapped by the [[Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition]] (VUWAE) (1962-63) and named after Diamond Hill.

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[edit] Diamond Hill

'''Diamond Hill''' ({{coor dm|79|52|S|159|9|E|}}) is a conspicuous snow-free hill which is diamond shape in plan, standing 10 nautical miles (18 km) east of [[Bastion Hill]] at the north side of the lower [[Darwin Glacier]]. Named by the [[Darwin Glacier Party]] of the [[Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] (1956-58) which surveyed this area.

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[edit] Diamond Peak

'''Diamond Peak''' ({{coor dm|54|12|S|36|39|W|}}) is a [[peak]] rising to 610 m west of [[Jason Harbor]], [[Cumberland West Bay]], on the north coast of [[South Georgia]]. Charted and named by DI between 1925-29.

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[edit] Diamonen Island

'''Diamonen Island''' ({{coor dm|64|2|S|61|17|W|}}) is an [[island]] lying north of [[Moreno Rock]] in [[Gerlache Strait]], off the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Charted by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]] under Gerlache, 1897-99. The island was called [[Big Diamonen Island]] by [[Captain Skidsmo]] of the Graham in 1921-22. The name was shortened by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1960.

== See also ==
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[edit] Diana Reef

'''Diana Reef''' ({{coor dm|63|26|S|56|11|W|}}) is an isolated reef lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of D'[[Urville Monument]], [[Joinville Island]], in [[Active Sound]]. Roughly surveyed by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1954. Named in 1956 by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) after Diana ([[Robert Davidson]], master), one of the ships of the Dundee whaling expedition which visited the Joinville Island area in 1892-93.

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[edit] Diaz Cove

'''Diaz Cove''' ({{coor dm|54|45|S|36|18|W|}}) is a [[cove]] with the [[Kupriyanov Islands]] at the mouth, 10 nautical miles (18 km) northwest of [[Cape Disappointment]], near the east end of the south coast of [[South Georgia]]. The cove was known to early sealers as shown by the remains of a sealing vessel found there. It was rediscovered in 1929 by [[Captain Johannesen]] and named for his ship Diaz.

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[edit] Diaz Rock

'''Diaz Rock''' ({{coor dm|63|18|S|58|45|W|}}) is the largest of several rocks close north of the west end of [[Astrolabe Island]], off [[Trinity Peninsula]]. The name was given by the first [[Chilean Antarctic Expedition]] (1947) for sub-lieutenant [[Joaquin Diaz Martinez]].

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[edit] Dibble Basin

'''Dibble Basin''' ({{coor dm|65|20|S|133|0|E|}}) is an undersea basin name approved 12/71 (ACUF 132).

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[edit] Dibble Bluff

'''Dibble Bluff''' ({{coor dm|78|7|S|167|13|E|}}) is a conspicuous rock bluff, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of [[Marshall Cirque]] on the west side of [[White Island]], [[Ross Archipelago]]. The bluff rises abruptly from [[Murdo Ice Shelf]] to over 400 meters. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) (1999) after [[Ray R. Dibble]], Department of Geology, [[Victoria University]] of Wellington, who investigated volcanic eruptions and the seismicity of nearby [[Mount Erebus]] in five seasons, 1980-81 through 1984-85.

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[edit] Dibble Glacier

'''Dibble Glacier''' ({{coor dm|66|17|S|134|36|E|}}) is a prominent channel [[glacier]] flowing from the continental ice and terminating in a prominent tongue at the east side of [[Davis Bay]]. Delineated from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] (1946-47), and named by the [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Jonas Dibble]], ship's carpenter on the sloop Peacock of the [[United States Exploring Expedition]] (1838-42) under Wilkes. Dibble is credited with leaving his sick bed and working 24 hours without relief with other carpenters to repair a broken rudder on the Peacock, when the ship was partially crushed in an ice [[bay]] in 15119E and forced to retire northward.

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[edit] Dibble Glacier Tongue

'''Dibble Glacier Tongue''' ({{coor dm|65|50|S|135|0|E|}}) is a large [[glacier]] tongue extending seaward from [[Dibble Glacier]]. Delineated from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] (1946-47). Named by the [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Jonas Dibble]] and the unsung crew members of the [[United States Exploring Expedition]] squadron under Lieutenant [[Charles Wilkes]], 1838-42.

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[edit] Dibble Iceberg Tongue

'''Dibble Iceberg Tongue''' ({{coor dm|65|30|S|135|0|E|}}) is an iceberg tongue at the seaward end of [[Dibble Glacier Tongue]]. The names [[Dibble Glacier]] and Dibble Glacier Tongue were applied by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) in 1955, concurrent with [[G.D. Blodgett]]'s delineation of the features from aerial photographs taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] (1946-47). The offshore segment of these two related features was photographed by ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) in 1956 and 1959, and [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) subsequently recommended that it be named Dibble Iceberg Tongue. US-ACAN has approved the latter name only for the portion lying seaward of Dibble Glacier Tongue.

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[edit] Dibble Peak

'''Dibble Peak''' ({{coor dm|77|29|S|169|3|E|}}) is a [[peak]] 2.3 nautical miles (4.3 km) southwest of [[Post Office Hill]] in [[Kyle Hills]], [[Ross Island]]. The peak rises to c.1100 m and marks the highest and SW-most point of [[Warren Ridge]]. At the suggestion of [[P.R. Kyle]], named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) (2000) after [[Raymond R. Dibble]], geophysicist, [[Victoria University]] of Wellington, [[New Zealand]], who visited [[Cape Crozier]] in the 1962-63 season; made seismic and volcanic observations of [[Mount Erebus]] during the 1970s, also 1980-86 as a founding member of the [[International Mount Erebus Seismic Studies]] (IMESS); after retirement from Victoria University and involvement with NZAP, Dibble joined [[United States Antarctic Program]] (USAP) and dthe NMIMT team (Kyle) in the maintenance and upgrading of the seismic stations run by the [[Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory]], 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, and 1997-98.

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[edit] Dick Glacier

'''Dick Glacier''' ({{coor dm|84|53|S|175|50|W|}}) is a tributary [[glacier]], 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, flowing west from [[Mount Campbell]] to enter [[Shackleton Glacier]] just north of [[Taylor Nunatak]], in the [[Queen Maud Mountains]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant [[Alan L. Dick]], a member of [[U.S. Navy Squadron VX]]-6 during [[Deep Freeze]] 1964.

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[edit] Dick Peaks

'''Dick Peaks''' ({{coor dm|67|40|S|49|36|E|}}) is a group of peaks 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of [[Mount Humble]] at the east end of the [[Raggatt Mountains]], [[Enderby Land]]. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) aircraft in 1956. Named after [[W. Dick]], weather observer at Mawson station in 1960.

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[edit] Mount Dick

'''Mount Dick''' ({{coor dm|80|49|S|159|32|E|}}) is a prominent [[peak]], 2,410 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of [[Mount Egerton]], in the [[Churchill Mountains]]. Named by the [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE) (1960-61) for [[R.G. Dick]], [[Surveyor General]] of [[New Zealand]].

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[edit] Mount Dickason

'''Mount Dickason''' ({{coor dm|74|24|S|163|58|E|}}) is a prominent [[mountain]], 2,030 m, at the head of [[Boomerang Glacier]] in the [[Deep Freeze Range]], [[Victoria Land]]. First mapped by the [[Northern Party]] of the [[British Antarctic Expedition]], 1910-13, and named for [[Seaman Harry Dickason]], [[Royal Navy]], a member of the Northern Party.

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[edit] Dickens Peak

'''Dickens Peak''' ({{coor dm|72|8|S|99|19|W|}}) is a [[peak]] 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north-northwest of [[Smith Peak]] in N-central [[Thurston Island]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) after [[Aviation Machinist]]'s [[Mate J.D. Dickens]], aircrewman in the [[Eastern Group]] of [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]], which obtained aerial photographs of this peak and adjacent coastal areas, 1946-47.

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[edit] Dickens Rocks

'''Dickens Rocks''' ({{coor dm|65|19|S|65|23|W|}}) is a two rocks lying at the north end of the [[Pitt Islands]], in the [[Biscoe Islands]]. Photographed by [[Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd]]. in 1956, and mapped from these photos by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS). Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1959 for [[Charles Dickens]] (1812-70), English novelist. A number of other features in the Pitt Islands are named after characters in his [[Pickwick Papers]].

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[edit] Mount Dickerson

'''Mount Dickerson''' ({{coor dm|84|20|S|167|8|E|}}) is a prominent [[mountain]], 4,120 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of [[Mount Kirkpatrick]] in [[Queen Alexandra Range]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander [[Richard G. Dickerson]], [[U.S. Navy]], VX-6 aircraft commander during [[U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze]], 1964.

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[edit] Dickey Glacier

'''Dickey Glacier''' ({{coor dm|81|35|S|161|0|E|}}) is a [[glacier]] 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, flowing north along the east side of the [[Surveyors Range]] to enter [[Beaumont Bay]], [[Ross Ice Shelf]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Captain [[Willie M. Dickey]], [[U.S. Navy]], commander, [[Naval Support Units]], Antarctica, at [[Little America V]], winter 1957.

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[edit] Dickey Peak

'''Dickey Peak''' ({{coor dm|78|19|S|84|26|W|}}) is a [[peak]] in the northwest part of [[Flowers Hills]] in the [[Sentinel Range]], [[Ellsworth Mountains]]. First mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1957-59. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Clifford R. Dickey]], Jr., electronics technician at the [[South Pole Station]] in 1957.

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[edit] Dickinson Rocks

'''Dickinson Rocks''' ({{coor dm|77|33|S|147|55|W|}}) is an isolated rock outcrops near the north end of [[Hershey Ridge]], 9 nautical miles (17 km) northwest of [[Linwood Peak]], in the [[Ford Ranges]] of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. Mapped by [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS) (1939-41) and by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos (1959-65). Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[David N. Dickinson]], construction mechanic, U.S. Navy, at [[Brockton Station]] (80S, 178W) on the [[Ross Ice Shelf]] for two seasons, 1965-66 and 1966-67.

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[edit] Dickson Icefalls

'''Dickson Icefalls''' ({{coor dm|76|2|S|133|25|W|}}) is a north-draining icefalls of moderate slope at an elevation of 1,800 to 2,000 m, located between [[Mount Moulton]] and [[Mount Bursey]] in the [[Flood Range]] of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1959-65. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Donald T. Dickson]], [[United States Antarctic Research Program]] (USARP) glaciologist with the [[Byrd Station Traverse]] of 1962-63.

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[edit] Dickson Pillar

'''Dickson Pillar''' ({{coor dm|71|54|S|171|11|E|}}) is a pillar rock lying close south of [[Possession Island]] in the [[Possession Islands]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1958-63. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Paul B. Dickson]], PHC, U.S. Navy, Photographer of [[Squadron VX]]-6 on the flight of [[January 18]], [[1958]], at the time this feature was photographed.

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[edit] Mount Dido

'''Mount Dido''' ({{coor dm|77|29|S|160|57|E|}}) is a prominent [[peak]], 2,070 m, between [[Mounts Electra]] and Boreas in the [[Olympus Range]] of [[Victoria Land]]. Named by the [[Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition]] (VUWAE) (1958-59) for a figure in Greek mythology.

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[edit] Dieglman Island

'''Dieglman Island''' ({{coor dm|66|0|S|100|46|E|}}) is an [[island]] about 4 nautical miles (7 km) long that is largely ice covered but has numerous rock outcrops, lying on the northwest side of [[Edisto Channel]] in the [[Highjump Archipelago]]. First mapped from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]], 1946-47, and named [[Dieglman Islets]]. Subsequent Soviet expeditions (1956-57) mapped the feature as one island with numerous outcrops. The name has been altered by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) to apply to the single island. Named by US-ACAN for [[E.D. Dieglman]], air crewman on U.S. Navy Operation Highjump photographic flights in this area in 1946-47.

== See also ==
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[edit] Dietz Bluff

'''Dietz Bluff''' ({{coor dm|72|2|S|62|8|W|}}) is a prominent bluff at the head of [[Hilton Inlet]] on the [[Black Coast]], [[Palmer Land]]. The bluff was photographed from the air by [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS), 1940, and by [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE), 1947; mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs taken 1966-69. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN), in association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, after [[Robert S. Dietz]], American marine geologist with [[Atlantic Oceanographic]] and [[Meteorological Laboratory]], Miami, Florida, from 1967.

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[edit] Mount Dietz

'''Mount Dietz''' ({{coor dm|86|16|S|153|10|W|}}) is a [[mountain]], 2,250 m, just north of the confluence of Souchez and [[Bartlett Glaciers]] where it marks the south limit of [[Hays Mountains]] in the [[Queen Maud Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1960-64. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant [[D.L. Dietz]], U.S. Navy, pilot on photographic flights during [[Operation Deep Freeze]] 1964 and 1965.

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[edit] Dike Cirque

'''Dike Cirque''' ({{coor dm|83|14|S|157|57|E|}}) is a semi-circular glacial cirque 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide in the [[Miller Range]]. It is carved into [[Macdonald Bluffs]] at the southeast base of [[Kreiling Mesa]]. So named by the [[Ohio State University Geological Party]], 1967-68, because the granite cliffs surrounding the cirque are cut by numerous black dikes.

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[edit] Dikstra Buttresses

'''Dikstra Buttresses''' ({{coor dm|69|48|S|69|53|W|}}) is a summits rising to about 1,500 m on west side of [[Douglas Range]], north [[Alexander Island]]. Surveyed by [[British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS), 1975-76. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1980 after [[Barry James Dikstra]], BAS geophysicist, Adelaide and Rothera, 1974-77.

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[edit] Dilemma Glacier

'''Dilemma Glacier''' ({{coor dm|78|45|S|161|25|E|}}) is a steep, broken [[glacier]] descending from the [[Worcester Range]] into the west side of [[Skelton Glacier]] to the north of [[Ant Hill]]. Mapped and named in 1957 by the [[New Zealand]] party of the [[Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition]], 1956-58. So named because of difficulties encountered by the geological party in an attempted descent of this glacier.

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[edit] Dillon Peak

'''Dillon Peak''' ({{coor dm|73|17|S|62|40|W|}}) is a [[peak]] in the [[Dana Mountains]] surmounting the north side of the terminus of [[Haines Glacier]], in [[Palmer Land]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from ground surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1961-67. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Raymond D. Dillon]], biologist at [[McMurdo Station]] and [[Palmer Station]] during the 1966-67 and 1967-68 seasons.

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[edit] Dilten Nunatak

'''Dilten Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|72|22|S|3|47|W|}}) is an isolated [[nunatak]] about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west-northwest of [[Dalten Nunatak]] and 8 nautical miles (15 km) northwest of [[Borg Mountain]] in [[Queen Maud Land]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by [[Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition]] (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Dilten.

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[edit] Dimaryp Peak

'''Dimaryp Peak''' ({{coor dm|63|26|S|57|2|W|}}) is the prominent northeastern [[peak]] of [[Mount Carroll]], rising to 500 m, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of the head of [[Hope Bay]], [[Trinity Peninsula]]. First charted by the [[Swedish Antarctic Expedition]] under Nordenskjold, 1901-04. Surveyed in 1945 and 1955 by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS), who applied the name. This peak is very similar to and has been frequently misidentified in bad weather as [[The Pyramid]], a peak 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) to the east. The name is an anagram of pyramid.

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[edit] Dimick Peaks

'''Dimick Peaks''' ({{coor dm|78|18|S|161|56|E|}}) is a two peaks, the highest rising to 1,495 m, at the south side of the mouth of [[Dale Glacier]] in [[Victoria Land]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) in 1994 after [[Dorothy Dimick]], [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) cartographer, an Antarctic specialist in the Branch of [[Special Maps]], 1944-76.

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[edit] Dinghy Point

'''Dinghy Point''' ({{coor dm|54|4|S|37|9|W|}}) is a point on the south side of [[Prince Olav Harbor]], [[Cook Bay]], on the north coast of [[South Georgia]]. Charted and named "[[Pram Point]]" by DI in 1929. The name Dinghy Point was approved for this feature by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1991 to avoid duplication with Pram Point at [[Leith Harbor]] in [[Stromness Bay]].

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[edit] Dingle Dome

'''Dingle Dome''' ({{coor dm|67|3|S|48|54|E|}}) is an ice-covered dome rising above 400 m and surmounting the north end of [[Sakellari Peninsula]], on the coast of [[Enderby Land]]. Discovered in 1956 during flights by ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) aircraft. Named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) for [[Robert Dingle]], officer in charge at Davis station in 1957.

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[edit] Dingle Lake

'''Dingle Lake''' ({{coor dm|68|34|S|78|4|E|}}) is a salt-water [[lake]] lying just west of [[Stinear Lake]], on the [[Breidnes Peninsula]], [[Vestfold Hills]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the [[Lars Christensen Expedition]], 1936-37. Named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) for [[Robert Dingle]], Officer in Charge at [[Davis Station]] in 1957.

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[edit] Dingle Nunatak

'''Dingle Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|64|31|S|57|23|W|}}) is a [[nunatak]] appearing within the main [[ice cap]] of [[Snow Hill Island]], 2.8 km south of [[Day Nunatak]]. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1995 after [[Richard Vernon Dingle]] (b. 1943), [[Senior British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS) geologist (Paleoenvironmental change), a member of the BAS field party in the [[James Ross Island]] area from 1994-95.

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[edit] Dingsor Dome

'''Dingsor Dome''' ({{coor dm|68|1|S|67|43|E|}}) is a small, distinct ice-covered elevation rising inland from the coast, 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of [[Point Williams]], in Mac. [[Robertson Land]]. Discovered in February 1931 by the [[British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition]] (BANZARE) (1929-31) under [[Douglas Mawson]]. Named by Mawson after [[Captain Dingsor]], a Norwegian whale fishery inspector who was aboard the Kosmos (Captain [[Hans Andresen]]) in Antarctica that season. The Kosmos had supplied coal to Mawson's ship, the Discovery, on [[December 29]], [[1930]].

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[edit] Dinsmoor Glacier

'''Dinsmoor Glacier''' ({{coor dm|64|22|S|59|59|W|}}) is a [[glacier]] flowing east from the south edge of [[Detroit Plateau]], [[Graham Land]], joining [[Edgeworth Glacier]] to the northeast of [[Mount Elliott]]. Mapped from surveys by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) for [[Charles Dinsmoor]] of Warren, PA, who invented the "endless tracking machine," a forerunner of modern tracked vehicles, in 1886; first manufactured commercially by [[Holt Manufacturing Co]]. of Stockton, CA, in 1906.

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[edit] Dint Island

'''Dint Island''' ({{coor dm|69|17|S|71|49|W|}}) is a rocky [[island]], 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the west side of [[Alexander Island]] in [[Lazarev Bay]]. Probably first seen from the air by the [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS), 1939-41. First mapped from air photos taken by the [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1960. So named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) because a distinctive cirque makes a dent, or dint, on the south side of the island.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Diomedea Island

'''Diomedea Island''' ({{coor dm|62|12|S|58|57|W|}}) is a small [[island]] lying in [[Ardley Cove]], [[Fildes Peninsula]], [[King George Island]]. The [[Soviet Antarctic Expedition]] called the feature "[[Ostrov Al]]'batros" or "[[Albatross Island]]" in 1968, but the English form duplicates a name in the Bay of Isles. To avoid confusion, the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) recommended a new name in 1979; Diomedea is the generic name for several species of albatross.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Dion Islands

'''Dion Islands''' ({{coor dm|67|52|S|68|43|W|}}) is a group of small islands and rocks lying in the north part of [[Marguerite Bay]], 6 nautical miles (11 km) southwest of [[Cape Alexandra]], [[Adelaide Island]]. Discovered by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1908-10, and named by Charcot for the Marquis de Dion, who donated three motor sledges and whose [[De Dion-Bouton]] works produced equipment for the expedition.

== See also ==
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[edit] Dione Nunataks

'''Dione Nunataks''' ({{coor dm|71|56|S|69|6|W|}}) is a rock exposures at the head of [[Saturn Glacier]], 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of [[Deimos Ridge]] in the southeast part of [[Alexander Island]]. The [[nunatak]]s appear to have been first seen from the air by [[Lincoln Ellsworth]] on [[November 23]], [[1935]], and roughly mapped from photos obtained on that flight by [[W.L.G. Joerg]]. Remapped from air photos taken by the [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) from association with Saturn Glacier, Dione being one of the satellites of Saturn.

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[edit] Dipboye Cirque

'''Dipboye Cirque''' ({{coor dm|77|30|S|160|50|E|}}) is a cirque on the south side of [[Olympus Range]] between [[Apollo Peak]] and [[Mount Electra]] in the [[McMurdo Dry Valleys]]. The cirque opens south to the Labyrinth. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) (2004) after [[Richard L. Dipboye]], PHI helicopter pilot with [[United States Antarctic Program]] (USAP) in eight consecutive field seasons from 1996-97.

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[edit] Diplock Glacier

'''Diplock Glacier''' ({{coor dm|64|3|S|58|50|W|}}) is a narrow straight [[glacier]], 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing eastward from [[Detroit Plateau]], [[Graham Land]], into [[Prince Gustav Channel]] 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of [[Alectoria Island]]. Mapped from surveys by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) for [[Bramah J. Diplock]], British engineer who made considerable advances in the design of chain-track tractors (1885-1913).

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[edit] Director Nunatak

'''Director Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|66|49|S|65|6|W|}}) is a conspicuous [[nunatak]] standing between the heads of Balch and [[Breitfuss Glaciers]], 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 this nunatak was used as a landmark by a FIDS sledge party from [[Detaille Island]] in 1957 when traveling on [[Avery Plateau]].

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[edit] Dirtbag Nunatak

'''Dirtbag Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|85|32|S|144|52|W|}}) is a ridge-like [[nunatak]] rising to 940 m, 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) south-southwest of [[Mount Manke]], [[Harold Byrd Mountains]]. The feature was mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from ground surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs, 1960-63. It was visited in 1977-78 by a [[United States Antarctic Research Program]] (USARP)-[[Arizona State University]] geological party, led by [[Edmund Stump]], and named in the spirit of [[Coalsack Bluff]]; thin lenses of disintegrating mica and schist form a type of light soil on the slopes of the nunatak.

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[edit] Cape Disappointment

'''Cape Disappointment''' ({{coor dm|54|53|S|36|7|W|}}) is a cape which forms the south extremity of [[South Georgia]]. First charted and so named in 1775 by a British expedition under Cook, who upon reaching this position was greatly disappointed in realizing that South Georgia was an [[island]] rather than a continent.

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[edit] Cape Disappointment

'''Cape Disappointment''' ({{coor dm|60|42|S|45|5|W|}}) is a cape midway along the west side of [[Powell Island]], in the [[South Orkney Islands]]. The name was originally applied to the south end of Powell Island by Captain [[George Powell]] and Captain [[Nathaniel Palmer]] in 1821, reflecting their reluctance to terminate their eastward cruise, necessitated by exhausted provisions and unfavorable winds. In recent years the name has been consistently used for the cape on the west side of the [[island]].

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[edit] Cape Disappointment

'''Cape Disappointment''' ({{coor dm|65|33|S|61|43|W|}}) is a cape which marks the tip of the ice-covered [[peninsula]] lying between [[Exasperation Inlet]] and [[Scar Inlet]], on the east coast of [[Graham Land]]. Discovered in 1902 by the [[Swedish Antarctic Expedition]], under Nordenskjold, and so named by him because he encountered many difficult crevasses in approaching the cape.

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[edit] Disch Promontory

'''Disch Promontory''' ({{coor dm|83|34|S|162|52|E|}}) is a high, ice-covered promontory, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, extending from the east side of [[Prince Andrew Plateau]], [[Queen Elizabeth Range]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Carl R. Disch]], [[United States Antarctic Research Program]] (USARP) ionospheric physicist, who was lost at [[Byrd Station]], [[May 8]], [[1965]].

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[edit] Discovery Bay

'''Discovery Bay''' ({{coor dm|62|29|S|59|43|W|}}) is a [[bay]] 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, indenting the north side of [[Greenwich Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. This bay has been known to sealers in the area since about 1821. It was charted and named during 1935 by DI personnel on the [[Discovery II]].

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[edit] Discovery Bluff

'''Discovery Bluff''' ({{coor dm|77|1|S|162|37|E|}}) is a conspicuous [[headland]] forming the west side of the entrance to [[Avalanche Bay]] in [[Granite Harbor]], [[Victoria Land]]. Discovered by the ''Discovery'' expedition (1901) under Scott, who referred to the feature as [[Rendezvous Bluff]]. It was renamed for the ship Discovery by Scott's second expedition, the [[British Antarctic Expedition]], 1910-13.

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[edit] Discovery Glacier

'''Discovery Glacier''' ({{coor dm|78|20|S|164|30|E|}}) is a broad [[glacier]], 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, between [[Hurricane Ridge]] and [[Mount Discovery]] on [[Scott Coast]], [[Victoria Land]]. The glacier flows north to coalesce with the east margin of lower [[Koettlitz Glacier]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) (1999) in association with Mount Discovery, which Captain [[Robert Scott]] had named after the expedition ship of the ''Discovery'' expedition, 1901-04.

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[edit] Discovery Point

'''Discovery Point''' ({{coor dm|54|18|S|36|29|W|}}) is a point formed of glacial moraine, marking the west side of the entrance to [[Moraine Fjord]], [[South Georgia]]. First surveyed by the [[Swedish Antarctic Expedition]], 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. Probably named by [[Discovery Investigations]] personnel in the period following their surveys of 1926-31, presumably for their organization or their ships, the Discovery or [[Discovery II]], which were utilized in the surveys of South Georgia.

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[edit] Discovery Ridge

'''Discovery Ridge''' ({{coor dm|84|44|S|114|6|W|}}) is a broad rock ridge with a rather flat summit area. It projects northwest from [[Buckeye Table]], [[Ohio Range]], 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of [[Mount Glossopteris]]. The name was suggested by [[William E. Long]], geologist of the [[Ohio State University]] expedition to the [[Horlick Mountains]] in 1960-61 and 1961-62. The first tillite and the first Devonian brachiopods were discovered by the expedition on this ridge, hence the name.

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[edit] Discovery Rock

'''Discovery Rock''' ({{coor dm|54|9|S|36|35|W|}}) is a submerged rock in [[Stromness Bay]], [[South Georgia]], lying 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) north-northeast of [[Ems Rock]]. The rock was positioned by [[Discovery Investigations]] personnel under Lieutenant Commander [[J.M. Chaplin]], [[Royal Navy]], who made surveys of Stromness Bay in 1927 and 1929. They probably applied the name, which is now well established in local use.

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[edit] Discovery Sound

'''Discovery Sound''' ({{coor dm|64|31|S|63|1|W|}}) is an east-west trending channel 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) wide, between [[Guepratte Island]] and [[Briggs Peninsula]], on the northeast side of [[Anvers Island]], in the [[Palmer Archipelago]]. The channel was discovered by a German expedition under Dallmann, 1873-74, and in 1903-05 was charted by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]] under Charcot. During 1927 it was explored by DI personnel on the Discovery who applied the name.

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[edit] Lake Discovery

'''Lake Discovery''' ({{coor dm|78|20|S|164|15|E|}}) is a [[lake]], 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, situated at the north end of [[Hurricane Ridge]] on the west margin of [[Discovery Glacier]], [[Scott Coast]], [[Victoria Land]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) (1999) in association with Discovery Glacier, a partial source for the lake, and [[Mount Discovery]], the dominant feature in the vicinity.

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[edit] Mount Discovery

'''Mount Discovery''' ({{coor dm|78|22|S|165|1|E|}}) is a conspicuous, isolated [[volcano|volcanic cone]], 2,680 m, lying at the head of [[McMurdo Sound]] and east of [[Koettlitz Glacier]], overlooking the northwest portion of the [[Ross Ice Shelf]]. It forms the center of a three-armed mass of which [[Brown Peninsula]] is one extension to the N.; [[Minna Bluff]] is a second to the E.; the third is [[Mount Morning]] to the west. Discovered by the ''Discovery'' expedition (1901-04) and named for their expedition ship Discovery.

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[edit] Dismal Buttress

'''Dismal Buttress''' ({{coor dm|85|27|S|178|42|W|}}) is a mainly ice-free rock bluff, overlooking the west side of the head of [[Shackleton Glacier]] about 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of [[Roberts Massif]]. So named because of several depressing incidents experienced here by the [[Southern Party]] of the [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE) (1961-62), including the loss of Dismal, the party's only lead dog, which had to be destroyed.

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[edit] Dismal Island

'''Dismal Island''' ({{coor dm|68|6|S|68|50|W|}}) is an [[island]], 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long and 60 m high, which is mainly ice covered and is the largest of the [[Faure Islands]], lying in [[Marguerite Bay]] off the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. [[The Faure Islands]] were discovered and first charted in 1909 by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]] under Charcot. The group was visited and surveyed in 1949 by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS), who so named this island for its appearance of extreme desolation and lifelessness.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Dismal Mountains

'''Dismal Mountains''' ({{coor dm|68|5|S|55|25|E|}}) is a group of [[nunatak]]s about 35 nautical miles (60 km) southwest of [[Rayner Peak]]. Photographed from ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) aircraft in 1956, and surveyed by [[G.A. Knuckey]] during a dog-sledge journey from [[Amundsen Bay]] to [[Mawson Station]] in December 1958. So named because the mountains are frequently shrouded in clouds.

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[edit] Dismal Ridge

'''Dismal Ridge''' ({{coor dm|78|17|S|162|48|E|}}) is a forked ridge leading north and east from the [[Mount Kempe-Mount Huggins]] saddle. It is bounded on the north and west by the Radian and [[Glimpse Glaciers]], and on the south by [[Kempe Glacier]]. The two forks enclose the [[Glee Glacier]] and descend to [[Roaring Valley]]. The ridge was so named by the [[Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition]] (VUWAE), 1960-61, because of the persistently dismal weather conditions encountered while they were mapping in January 1961, and also because of difficulties encountered in establishing a high food camp on this ridge by helicopter, again owing to the weather.

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[edit] Mount Ditte

'''Mount Ditte''' ({{coor dm|67|43|S|68|37|W|}}) is a [[mountain]], 1,400 m, surmounting [[Cape Alexandra]] in the southeast extremity of [[Adelaide Island]]. Discovered by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1908-10, and named by Charcot for [[Alfred Ditte]], noted French chemist.

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[edit] Diver Point

'''Diver Point''' ({{coor dm|54|0|S|38|3|W|}}) is a point midway along the north shore of [[Bird Island]], [[South Georgia]]. A [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) name that derives from the [[South Georgia Diving Petrel]] (Pelecanoides georgicus) which nests nearby.

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[edit] Diversion Hills

'''Diversion Hills''' ({{coor dm|73|9|S|163|30|E|}}) is a small group of low rock outcrops at the east extremity of [[Pain Mesa]], in [[Victoria Land]]. Named by the southern party of [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE), 1966-67, because the party diverted eastward from their route here to visit [[Navigator Nunatak]].

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[edit] Divide Peaks

'''Divide Peaks''' ({{coor dm|60|43|S|45|12|W|}}) is a series of ice-topped peaks, the highest 640 m, rising from the southeast end of [[Coronation Island]] and extending for 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) in a northwest direction, in the [[South Orkney Islands]]. Surveyed in by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS), 1956-58, and named Divide Peaks in association with [[The Divide]].

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[edit] The Divide

'''The Divide''' ({{coor dm|60|44|S|45|10|W|}}) is a narrow channel between [[Matthews Island]] and the southeast extremity of [[Coronation Island]], in the [[South Orkney Islands]]. Charted as an isthmus in 1912-13 by Norwegian whaling captain [[Petter Sorlle]]; recharted as an isthmus and named descriptively by DI in 1933. The feature was surveyed by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1957 and found to be a channel.

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[edit] Dixey Rock

'''Dixey Rock''' ({{coor dm|63|28|S|54|40|W|}}) is a rock rising 25 m above sea level, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of [[Darwin Island]] in the [[Danger Islands]], q.v. Mapped by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1953-54 and 1956-58, and photographed from the air by [[Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition]] (FIDASE), 1956-57. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1980 after [[David J. Dixey]], Head, [[Nautical Branch]] 5, [[Hydrographic Department]].

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[edit] Mount Dixey

'''Mount Dixey''' ({{coor dm|70|10|S|68|4|W|}}) is a [[mountain]], 1,250 m, standing at the south side of [[Riley Glacier]] and 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of [[Carse Point]], on the west coast of [[Palmer Land]]. First photographed from the air on [[November 23]], [[1935]] by [[Lincoln Ellsworth]], and mapped from these photographs by [[W.L.G. Joerg]]. First surveyed in 1936 by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) under Rymill, and named in 1954 by members of the expedition for [[Neville Dixey]], Chairman of Lloyd's in 1934, who raised a special fund at Lloyd's as a contribution towards the cost of the BGLE, 1934-37.

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[edit] Dixon Peak

'''Dixon Peak''' ({{coor dm|54|3|S|38|1|W|}}) is a steep-sided [[peak]] rising to 420 m at the southern end of [[Paryadin Ridge]], 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of [[Cape Paryadin]], [[South Georgia]]. Roughly charted by DI personnel on the Discovery in the period 1926-30. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1963 for Lieutenant [[John B. Dixon]], [[Royal Navy]], surveying officer on HMS Owen, which surveyed the area in 1960-61.

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[edit] Mount Dixon

'''Mount Dixon''' ({{coor dm|53|0|S|73|17|E|}}) is a snow-covered [[peak]] (705 m) standing 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) west of [[Anzac Peak]] on [[Laurens Peninsula]], [[Heard Island]]. The feature appears to have been roughly charted on an 1860 sketch map by Captain [[H.C. Chester]], American sealer operating in the area during this period. Surveyed in 1948 by the ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]), and named by them for Lieutenant Commander [[George M. Dixon]], RANVR, commanding officer of HMAS Labuan which landed and relieved the 1948 and 1949 ANARE parties.

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[edit] Dixson Island

'''Dixson Island''' ({{coor dm|68|8|S|146|43|E|}}) is a high ice-covered [[island]], 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, at the west side of the mouth of [[Ninnis Glacier]]. Discovered by the [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]] (1911-14) under [[Douglas Mawson]], who named it for [[Sir Hugh Dixson]] of Sydney, a patron of the expedition.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Djupedalen Valley

'''Djupedalen Valley''' ({{coor dm|71|58|S|7|6|E|}}) is a [[glacier]] filled [[valley]] separating the [[Muhlig-Hofmann]] and [[Filchner Mountains]] in [[Queen Maud Land]]. Plotted from surveys and air photos by [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]] (1956-60) and named Djupedalen (the deep valley).

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[edit] Djupedalshausane Peaks

'''Djupedalshausane Peaks''' ({{coor dm|72|5|S|6|59|E|}}) is a group of peaks between the heads of [[Lunde Glacier]] and [[Djupedalen Valley]] in the [[Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains]], [[Queen Maud Land]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]] (1956-60) and named Djupedalshausane (the deep [[valley]] peaks).

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[edit] Djupedalsleitet Saddle

'''Djupedalsleitet Saddle''' ({{coor dm|72|5|S|7|22|E|}}) is an ice saddle between the head of [[Djupedalen Valley]] and [[Snuggerud Glacier]], south of the [[Filchner Mountains]] in [[Queen Maud Land]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]] (1956-60) and named Djupedalsleitet.

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[edit] Djupvik Point

'''Djupvik Point''' ({{coor dm|69|43|S|38|2|E|}}) is a point marking the east limit of Djupvika, a [[bay]] along the southwest shore of [[Lutzow-Holm Bay]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the [[Lars Christensen Expedition]], 1936-37, and named Djupvikodden (the deep bay point) in association with Djupvika.

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[edit] Djupvika

'''Djupvika''' ({{coor dm|69|44|S|37|54|E|}}) is a [[bay]] between Botnneset and [[Djupvikneset Peninsulas]] in the southwest part of [[Lutzow-Holm Bay]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the [[Lars Christensen Expedition]], 1936-37, and named Djupvika (the deep bay) because of its deep indentation of the coast.

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[edit] Djupvikneset Peninsula

'''Djupvikneset Peninsula''' ({{coor dm|69|47|S|38|6|E|}}) is a high, ice-covered [[peninsula]] between Djupvika and Havsbotn along the southwest shore of [[Lutzow-Holm Bay]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the [[Lars Christensen Expedition]], 1936-37, and named Djupvikneset (the deep [[bay]] ness, or promontory) in association with nearby Djupvika.

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[edit] Dlinnoye Lake

'''Dlinnoye Lake''' ({{coor dm|70|44|S|11|39|E|}}) is a narrow, serpentine [[lake]], 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, lying close northwest of Tsentral'naya Hill in the [[Schirmacher Hills]], [[Queen Maud Land]]. The feature was mapped by the [[Soviet Antarctic Expedition]] in 1961 and named [[Ozero Dlinnoye]] (long lake).

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[edit] Doake Ice Rumples

'''Doake Ice Rumples''' ({{coor dm|79|45|S|67|0|W|}}) is an area of disturbed ice in the [[Ronne Ice Shelf]], extending for about 55 nautical miles (100 km) in a NW-SE direction between [[Korff Ice Rise]] and [[Henry Ice Rise]]. First visited and mapped in part by the US-IGY geophysical traverse party from [[Ellsworth Station]] 1957-58, led by [[Edward Thiel]]. Further delineated from [[U.S. Landsat]] imagery taken 1974 and from radio echo sounding by [[British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS) in 1981. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) after [[Christopher S.M. Doake]], senior BAS glaciologist from 1973, who has contributed to an understanding of the morphology and dynamics of the Ronne Ice Shelf.

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[edit] Dobbratz Glacier

'''Dobbratz Glacier''' ({{coor dm|79|24|S|85|5|W|}}) is a broad tributary [[glacier]] which drains the south part of the [[White Escarpment]] and flows northeast between [[Watlack Hills]] and [[Weber Peaks]] into [[Splettstoesser Glacier]], in the [[Heritage Range]]. Named by the University of [[Minnesota Geological Party]], 1963-64, for Maj. [[Joseph Dobbratz]], [[United States Marine Corps]] (USMC), pilot who supported the party.

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