Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are taken from The History of Place-names in the British Antarctic Territory. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports, No.113, pp.52-59. HATTERSLEY-SMITH, G. 1991.
Generic parts
The generic parts of some synonyms have been left in the abbreviated form as published in original sources, where it has been impossible to determine the full generic form with certainty (e.g. I. Annenkow).
Hyphens
In foreign language names which may be written in two or more words, or with hyphens between the words (with or without capital letters after the hyphens), or as a single word, the earliest form of the name has been referenced and the other forms ignored (e.g. Annenkovinsel).
References
References in two successive sets of brackets refer in the first set of brackets to details of discovery and mapping and in the second set to the first publication of a name.
Spelling variations
Variant forms of spelling can cause doubts as to the correct spelling and can also arrange names in suffi-ciently different alphabetical order to be confusing. For these reasons all published mis-spellings and corrupt forms of names have been included among the synonyms.
Translation and transliteration of foreign names
Many foreign synonyms are direct translations of English names, and this is usually indicated in square brackets. The glossary of geo-graphical terms (p. 15) provides a key to the meaning of the generic parts of foreign place-names, but where the meaning of the specific part is not clear a translation is given in square brackets in the place-name entries. Most of the Russian names have been transliterated by the system agreed between the British Permanent Committee on Geographical Names and the United States Board on Geographic Names (PCGN, 1948).
A
AAE [date] Argentine Antarctic Expedition
AGS American Geographical Society
APC Great Britain Foreign [and Commonwealth] Office. Antarctic Place-names Committee
Argentina. AA Argentina. Armada Argentina
Argentina. CNA Argentina. Comision Nacional del Antartico
Argentina. FATA Argentina. Fuerza Aerea de Tareas Antarticas
Argentina. IAA Argentina. Instituto Antartico Argentino
Argentina. IGM Argentina. Instituto Geografico Militar
Argentina. MD Argentina. Ministerio de Defensa Research Expedition, 1929-31
Argentina. MM. [NM] Argentina. Ministerio de Marina. [Notices to Mariners]
Argentina. MRE Argentina. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto
Australia. ANARE Australia. Department of Science and Technology. Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
Australia. ANPMCA Australia. Department of Science and Technology. Antarctic Names and Polar Medals Committee of Australia
Australia. DEA Australia. Department of External Affairs
Australia. DI Australia. Department of the Interior
Australia. DND Australia. Department of National Development
B
BA. [NM] Great Britain. Ministry of Defence [Admiralty]. Hydrographic Department. [Notices to Mariners]
BAARE British Arctic Air Route Expedition, 1930-31
BAE [date] British Antarctic Expedition
BANZARE British-Australian-New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-31
BAS [date] Great Britain. Natural Environment Research Council. British Antarctic Survey
BAT British Antarctic Territory
BeAE Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99
Belgium. MAE Belgium. Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres
BGLE British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-37
BITAE British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-16
C
CACA Club Andino de Chile, Antartida
CAE [date] Chilean Antarctic Expedition
Chile. DNH Chile. Departamento de Navegacion é Hidrografia [de la Armada]
Chile. IGM Chile. Instituto Geografico Militar
Chile. IH[A]. [NM] Chile. Instituto Hidrografico [de la Armada].[Notices to Mariners]
Chile. INACH Chile. Instituto Antartico Chileno
Chile. MRE Chile. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
CO Great Britain. Colonial Office
CSM Cabinet Scientifique de SAS le Prince de Monaco
CSESG Combined Services Expedition to South Georgia, 1964-65
CSM Cabinet Scientifique de SAS le Prince de Monaco
D
DCS Great Britain. Directorate of Colonial Surveys
DI [date] Great Britain. Colonial Office. “Discovery” Investigations
DMS Great Britain. Ministry of Defence. Directorate of Military Survey
DOS Great Britain. Directorate of Overseas Surveys
DWE Dundee Whaling Expedition, 1892-93
E
EPF Expeditions Polaires Francaises
F
FAE [date] French Antarctic Expedition
F[C]0 Great Britain. Foreign [and Commonwealth] Office
FID Great Britain. Colonial Office. Falkland Islands [and] Dependencies
FIDASE Falkland Islands Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1955-57
FIDS [date] Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
FIG Falkland Islands Government
France. MMC France. Ministere de la Marine et des Colonies
France. SHM France. Service Hydrographique de la Marine
France. TAAF France. Territoire des Terres Australes et Ant¬arctiques Francaises
FRG Federal Republic of Germany
G
GAE [date] German Antarctic Expedition
Germany. DHI Germany. Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut
Germany. IAG Federal Republic of Germany. Institut far Angewandte Geodasie
Germany. OK Germany. Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine
GIPYE German. International Polar Year Expedition, 1882-83
GSGE German South Georgia Expedition, 1928-29
H
HA Hvalfangernes Assuranceforening (Oslo)
I
ICRD Great Britain. Interdepartmental Committee on Research and Development in the Dependen¬cies of the Falkland Islands
IGA Institute Geografico Argentino
IGY International Geophysical Year, 1957-58
IHB International Hydrographic Bureau
IHO/IOC United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. International Hydrographic Organization/Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IOS Great Britain. Natural Environment Research Council. Institute of Oceanographic Sciences
J
JSEBI Great Britain. Ministry of Defence. Joint Services Expedition to Brabant Island, 1983-85
JSEEI Great Britain. Ministry of Defence. Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island, 1970-71
JSEEIG Great Britain. Ministry of Defence. Joint Services Expedition to the Elephant Island Group, 1976-77
K
L
M
MOD Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
N
NAE [date] Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
NERC Great Britain. Natural Environment Research Council
NGS National Geographic Society (Washington, DC)
NM Notices to Mariners
NP Norsk Polarinstitutt (Oslo)
NWE [date] Norwegian Whaling Expedition
NZAPC New Zealand. Lands and Survey Department. Geographic Board. Antarctic Place Names Committee
NZLSD New Zealand. Lands and Survey Department
O
ODF [date] United States Operation “Deep Freeze”
P
PAE [date] Polish Antarctic Expedition
PCGN Great Britain. Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
PRO Great Britain. Public Record Office.
Q
R
RAE Russian Antarctic Expedition, 1819-21
RARE Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947-48
RGS Royal Geographical Society (London)
RSGS Royal Scottish Geographical Society (Edinburgh)
RSIGYE Royal Society International Geophysical Year Expedition, 1955-59
RV Research Vessel
S
SAE [date] Soviet Antarctic Expedition
SCAR International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
SDUK Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (London)
SNAE Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-04
Soviet Union. AA Soviet Union. Glavnoye Upravleniye Geodezii i Kartografii. Atlas Antarktiki
Soviet Union. BSE Soviet Union. Bol’shaya Sovetskaya Entsiklopediya
Soviet Union. GUGK Soviet Union. Glavnoye Upravleniye Geodezii i Kartografii
Soviet Union. MMF Soviet Union. Ministerstvo Morskogo Flota SSSR
Soviet Union. UNGSVF Soviet Union. Upravleniye Nachal’nika Gidro-graficheskoy Sluzhby Voyenno-Morskogo Flota
SPA Specially Protected Area (under the Antarctic Treaty)
Spain. DH Spain. Direccion de Hidrografia
SPRI Scott Polar Research Institute (Cambridge)
SRAE Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-22
SRBG Societe Royale Belge de Geographie (Brussels)
SRGA Societe Royale de Geographie d’Anvers (Antwerp)
SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest (under the Antarctic Treaty)
SwAE Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04
T
TAE Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58
U
USAAF United States Army Air Forces
USACAN United States. Department of the Interior. Board on Geographic Names. Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
USACRREL United States Army. Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
USAE [date] United States Antarctic Expedition
USAF United States Air Force
USARP United States. National Science Foundation Antarctic Research Program
USAS United States Antarctic Service, 1939-41
USASA United States Antarctic Support Agency
USBGN United States. Department of the Interior. Board on Geographic Names
USCG [C] United States Coast Guard [Cutter]
USDMAAC United States. Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center
USDMAHC United States. Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center
USEE United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-42
USGS United States. Department of the Interior Geological Survey
USHO United States. Navy Department. Hydrographic Office
USLANDSAT United States. Department of the Interior Landsat (Earth Resources Technology satellite).
USMC United States Marine Corps
USMS United States Maritime Service
USN United States Navy
USNAS United States. National Academy of Sciences
USN(CEC) United States Navy. Civil Engineer Corps
USN(MC) United States Navy. Medical Corps
USN(MCB) United States Navy. Mobile Construction Battalion
USNOAA United States. Department of Commerce. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
USNR United States Navy Reserve
USNS United States Naval Ship (Military Sea Transport Service)
USNSF United States. National Science Foundation
USOO United States. Navy Department. Oceanographic Office