Latest Additions to British Antarctic Territory Gazetteer

The following names were approved as new names and included in the gazetteer in March and April 2010

New Name	Location	Description
Arthur Peak	67°25'35"S, 68°01'55"W	Peak currently denoted by 678 m spot height, at the far eastern end of Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after one of the dogs used by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Biff Peak	67°26'32"S, 68°03'20"W	Peak currently denoted by 779 m spot height, south-east of Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after one of the dogs in the ‘Admirals’ team which was used by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Elwood Peak	67°25'27"S, 68°07'08"W	Peak currently denoted by 920 m spot height, on the south side of Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after one of the dogs in the ‘Pups’ team which was used by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Gino Peak	67°25'17"S, 68°02'52"W	Peak currently denoted by 623 m spot height, at the eastern end of Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after one of the dogs which by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Gwendolyn Peak	67°24'01"S, 68°20'12"W	Peak currently denoted by 1232 m spot height at western flank of McCallum Pass, Wright Peninsula, Adelaide Island. Name in common usage since the 1990s by BAS personnel at Rothera.
Jake Peak	67°24'51"S, 68°07'30"W	Peak currently denoted by 929 m spot height, Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after one of the dogs used by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Max Peak	67°24'09"S, 68°11'59"W	Peak currently denoted by 770 m spot height, at the western end of Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after one of the dogs in the ‘Pups’ team which was used by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Meredith Peak	67°27'41"S, 68°04'44"W	Peak currently denoted by 457 m spot height, south-east of Trident Peak, Wright Peninsula, Adelaide Island. Named after Alan Meredith, BAS Chief Pilot 2004-2011.
Merlin Peak	67°25'34"S, 68°05'30"W	Peak currently denoted by 930 m spot height, on the south side of Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after one of the dogs used by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Mildwater Peak	67°26'39"S, 68°08'51"W	Triangular rocky summit off the south-east ridge of Trident Peak, Wright Peninsula, Adelaide Island. Named after Adrian Mildwater, BAS Chief Pilot 1999-2004.
Morgan Peak	67°25'17"S, 68°04'38"W	Peak currently denoted by 868 m spot height, at the eastern end of Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after one of the dogs used by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Mouse Peak	67°24'13"S, 68°10'09"W	Peak currently denoted by 793 m spot height, at the western end of Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after one of the dogs in the ‘Pups’ team which was used by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Nicholson Peak	67°28'44"S, 68°17'05"W	Rocky summit currently denoted by spot height 632 m at north-east head of Sheldon Glacier, Wright Peninsula, Adelaide Island. Twinned with Parker Peak. Named after Gerard Nicholson, Head of BAS Air Unit 1976-2011.
Parker Peak	67°28'11"S, 68°18'04"W	Nunatak currently denoted by spot height 529 m at north-east head of Sheldon Glacier, Wright Peninsula, Adelaide Island. Twinned with Nicholson Peak. Named after Stephen Parker, Head of BAS Aircraft Engineering 1991-2009.
Picts Peak	67°23'55"S, 68°12'32"W	Peak currently denoted by 673 m spot height, on the far western end of Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after the ‘Picts’ dog-team which was used by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Rose Bluff	67°24'00"S, 68°17'12"W	Bluff on the western flank of McCallum Pass, Wright Peninsula, Adelaide Island. Named after Paul Rose, BAS Field Operations Manager and Base Commander, Rothera Research Station 1991-2001.
Storey Peak	83°40'23"S, 58°38'36"W	Peak currently denoted by 893 m spot height, south of Pillow Knob and at the north end of Williams Hills, Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Named for Bryan Storey, Irish geologist, associated with BAS work in Pensacolas in 1980s.
Summerhayes Inlet	66°07'26"S, 61°39'12"W	Inlet around 10 km in width off Jason Peninsula to the west of Standring Inlet. Named after Colin Summerhayes, first Executive Director of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).
Sunnyside Bowl	67°25'02"S, 68°10'00"W	Glacial bowl at the head of glacier, north of Trident Peak, Wright Peninsula, Adelaide Island. Named descriptively.
Sunshine Glacier	67°24'15"S, 68°08'24"W	Glacier flowing south-west to north-east in Stokes Peaks, north of Trident Peak, Adelaide Island. Named descriptively.
Tom Peak	67°26'50"S, 68°00'25"W	Peak currently denoted by 578 m spot height, south-east of Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after one of the dogs in the ‘Admirals’ team which was used by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Trogs Peak	67°23'54"S, 68°09'06"W	Peak currently denoted by 748 m spot height, at the western end of Stokes Peaks and the western margin of Sunshine Glacier, Adelaide Island. Named after the ‘Trogs’ dog-team which was used by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Wake Valley	67°25'42"S, 68°03'13"W	Northernmost of pair of Dry Valleys on north-west side of Mt Hawkes Massif, Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. The valley is separated from an outlet glacier of the Iroquois Plateau by a narrow west-east running ridge. Named for James Wake, BAS Antarctic field assistant who worked in this area with Mike Bentley in 2009-10.
Wally Peak	67°26'50"S, 68°00'25"W	Peak currently denoted by 905 m spot height, at the far eastern end of Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after one of the dogs which by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Wendy Peak	67°26'58"S, 68°01'15"W	Peak currently denoted by 671 m spot height, south-east of Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after one of the dogs used by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.
Wolf Peak	67°25'47"S, 68°04'05"W	Peak currently denoted by 917 m spot height, on the south side of Stokes Peaks, Adelaide Island. Named after one of the dogs used by BAS in Antarctica in the 1980s and 1990s.

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