UK Antarctic Place-names Committee

Ever wondered what’s behind a name? We're showcasing the amazing stories behind Antarctic place names in the British Antarctic Territory ❄️ #antarcticnames

[UK Antarctic Place-names Committee @AntarcticNames]

Are you referring to "Glacier A, B and C" in your research?

The deadline for submissions to the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee is Friday 25th October!

Find more guidance and how to apply here: https://t.co/lGklCfYB1B

[gm0hcq @gm0hcq]

@rdlarter It did get better…..Land Ahoy……..I give you the Gloistein Skerries

[UK Antarctic Place-names Committee @AntarcticNames]

We consider applications across the British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and between 80°W and 150°W and south of 60°S.

[UK Antarctic Place-names Committee @AntarcticNames]

🚨Deadline Announcement!🚨
Applications for the next Antarctic Place-names Committee meeting need to be in by 22 March - learn more and apply here: https://t.co/rek3XM4xNS

[UK Antarctic Place-names Committee @AntarcticNames]

Have you noticed a place without a name during the season?  Are you referring to “Glacier A, B or C” in your paper? If you have a location that needs naming for science or operational purposes please get in touch!

[BAT Government @GovBAT]

The 2023-24 field season is in full swing, check out the areas field staff will be studying in this latest Antarctic Place Name of the Month feature👇🐧🇦🇶
@BAS_News https://t.co/RvsUMbrSo6

[UK Antarctic Place-names Committee @AntarcticNames]

Bransfield has a number of places named after him in Antarctica, including Bransfield Strait, Bransfield Island and Mount Bransfield! You can learn more about the fascinating history behind Antarctic place names here: https://t.co/lGklCfYB1B

[UK Antarctic Heritage Trust @AntarcticHT]

What's in a name? 🤔

The original 1944 station building, Bransfield House, the main building of Base A, was carefully restored in 1996 by @bas_news with support from UKAHT. But its name goes back even further... @HistIreHedge

https://t.co/8XQWAieSrY

[UK Antarctic Place-names Committee @AntarcticNames]

We were very pleased to receive the nomination- Congratulations @gm0hcq !

[gm0hcq @gm0hcq]

On Wednesday I paid off the RRS Sir David Attenborough to go on leave but was rather surprised when presented with the below by Sir David Attenborough. I now have a place name in Antarctica, the Gloistein Skerries. Somewhat shocked and very humbled

[Polar Book Club @Polarbookclub]

Land yet undiscovered. Antarctic Polar Circle map by Philippe Buache geographer. #map of #Antarctic Region from detail from Bouvet de Lozier's expedition 1738-9. Postulates speculates & hypothesized are words describing the map. What can we discover now about the world and us?

[UK Antarctic Place-names Committee @AntarcticNames]

We are deeply saddened by the death of Professor David Vaughan. In 2008, Vaughan Inlet on the Antarctic Peninsula was named in his honour for work on the Antarctic ice sheet and contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

[British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @BAS_News]

It is with deep sorrow we report the death of Emeritus Fellow, Professor David Vaughan.  He was suffering from cancer and passed away peacefully at home on Thursday 9 February 2023.
https://t.co/8RQfx6VgUS

[British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @BAS_News]

The vast new Brunt Ice Shelf #iceberg has been officially named #A81 - very catchy.

📸 also NEW: Sentinel-1 radar image of the new iceberg provided by @CopernicusEU and @ESA_EO, which shows A81 moving west.

[UK Antarctic Place-names Committee @AntarcticNames]

New Year, new name? Sometimes we have to update place names when new data comes our way. Satellite imagery recently showed us that Gooden Point on King George Island is actually an island rather than a point! Gooden Island is now marked on the South Shetland Islands 1:200000 map.

[UK Antarctic Place-names Committee @AntarcticNames]

@JaszzyJas It's always interesting to look through old expedition reports! However, euphonics is not something we particularly consider within our name proposal guidelines! https://t.co/TVjB05ULm2

[UK Antarctic Place-names Committee @AntarcticNames]

What do you do if you get your #antarcticnames muddled up? Call the site "Misnomer Point" to reference your previous misnaming! #Antarctica #maps

[Antarctic Places Bot 🤖 @AntarcticPlaces]

❄Misnomer Point 62s 60ᴡ
E entrance point of Carlota Cove, Robert Island, was charted by DI in 1935 and called in error Cornwall Point . Punta Cornwall . The point was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956 and recharte⋯
💾https://t.co/C0k2nPW7e4
🛰https://t.co/eVXfV0ycm4

[UK Antarctic Place-names Committee @AntarcticNames]

@AndyShep_CPOM @NERCscience @esa_cryosat @BAS_News For those interested - you can see a map with Laxon & Giles Bay highlighted here: https://t.co/rEO7vwU6jd

[UK Antarctic Place-names Committee @AntarcticNames]

Weather is always a big talking point in Antarctica!

[BAT Government @GovBAT]

Weather for penguins 🌨️🐧🇦🇶 - read all about weather inspired @AntarcticNames in this latest Antarctic Place Names of the Month feature thanks to @BAS_News👇https://t.co/tjhjedVwF2

[Fiona Sheriff 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧🌍 @fiona_616]

A great #AntarcticFlags story sent to us today 🧵

This is Hope, and her mum emailed me an amazing story about her Antarctica connections.

Her Grandfather Robert Stoneley was a FID in '52 & had a polar medal. Stoneley Point in Whisky Bay is named for him.

[BAT Government @GovBAT]

Halò! 🐧 - thanks to @BAS_News you can read all about Scottish inspired @AntarcticNames in this latest Antarctic Place Names of the Month feature 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇦🇶👇
https://t.co/tj3pgnGT0a

[BAT Government @GovBAT]

A message from Paul Candler, HM Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory:
'On behalf of the British Antarctic Territory, I offer my deep condolences to His Majesty the King and The Royal Family on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.'