Antarctic Map Folio Series
After some of the more extensive changes of last year, the alterations this year are somewhat smaller by comparison, but nonetheless important for a more complete and accurate picture of the Continent. The most recent adjustments (see accompanying map) are as follows: 1. Addition of bathymetric details and changes in Coats Land (Chart H.O. 6640, 1:5,000,000, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, October 28, 1968) 2. Changes in positions of features and additional cartographic detail and new names in southern Palmer Land (U.S. Geological Survey 1:500,000 shaded relief map of Ellsworth Land east—Palmer Land south) 3. A new configuration of the Larsen Ice Shelf (British D.O.S. sketch map of the Antarctic Peninsula, 1:3,100,000, 1968); 4. A small adjustment in the edge of the Filchner Ice Shelf (series on the Argentine expedition to the South Pole, 1:200,000, 1965) 5. A change in the Fimbul Ice Shelf due to the breaking off of the "Trolitunga" ice tongue (satellite photography); 6. Additional data along the final leg of the South Pole—Queen Maud Land Traverse of 1967 (published records) 7. A new ice front to the Amery Ice Shelf (ANARE charts of the expedition of Nella Dan, 1: 1,000,000, 1968); 8. Some improvements in the coastline of central Victoria Land and in the Gould and Dufek Coast regions (U.S.G.S. compilations and published maps, 1:250,000 1 1968). A new 9-sheet U.S.S.R. map at a scale of 1:3,000,000 shows more detail on the locations, elevations, and ice thicknesses along the 1967 Molodezhnaya—Novolazarevskaya traverse, and some noticeable changes along the coast of Queen Maud Land near Novo lazarevskaya and in the West Ice Shelf.
Antarctic Map Folio Series VIVIAN C. BUSHNELl.
American Geographical Society Cartographic and editorial work are in progress on five folios. The three described here are nearest to completion. A folio on the bedrock geology of Antarctica, an important achievement in compilation and cartography, will be published before the end of the year. It includes 18 regional maps (see figure) at scale 1: 1,000,000, with accompanying text, compiled by 24 geologists from 8 nations. Each contributor is a specialist in the locality covered by his map. The areas of the Continent included in the maps are shown in the figure. In addition, Campbell Craddock of the University of Wisconsin, coeditor of the folio, has compiled a geologic map of the entire Continent and written an explanatory text. Also, some of the most widespread geomorphic features of the Antarctic Continent have been mapped and described by Robert Nichols of Tufts University. Another folio nearing completion is titled Circumpolar Characteristics of Antarctic Waters. In contrast to Folio 6, which dealt only with the waters between 20°W. and 170°W., the forthcoming folio covers all ocean areas surrounding Antarctica as far north as 40°S. The authors are Arnold L. Gordon. Robert D. Goldberg, and Kenneth Hunkins. Plate 1 is a station map with symbols to designate stations of oceanographic cruises occurring (1) before 1930, (2) from 1930 through 1949, and (3) from 1950 till the present. Plates 2 through 8 show isolines for temperature, salinity, and oxygen; Plates 2 and 3 give summer and winter means at 20 m depth, the others annual means at selected depths from 200 m to 3,000 m. On Plates 9 through 16, the above data are presented in a more specific manner. Again, each plate is devoted to a
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particular depth, at which average values of temperature, salinity, and oxygen are given for areas bounded by 50 of latitude and 100 of longitude. For any 50 X 10 area, all three values are plotted on the same map around a point which is the average location of the stations within the area. Plates 17 and 18 are devoted to vertical meridional sections showing temperature, salinity, and oxygen variations. Plate 19 contains two maps of sound velocity in the axis of the SOFAR channel; one map is for summer, one for winter. A third folio is devoted to birds, including penguins, albatrosses, petrels, fulmars, skuas, terns, and others. Sighting and specimen records of some 50 species have been plotted along with breeding localities, when known. Under the supervision of George Watson, Smithsonian Institution, data for the maps have been assembled from extensive published and unpublished records. Compilers include J . Phillip Angle, Margaret Bridge, Peter C. Harper, John C. Boyd, W. L. N. Tickell, and Roberto Schlatter. William J . L. Sladen helped in planning the folio.
names approved by the BGN, including approximately 1,500 new names and two dozen amended names approved since 1966. The bulk of the new names apply to landmarks in eastern Marie Byrd Land, Ellsworth Land, southern Palmer Land, the Pensacola Mountains, and northern Victoria Land— all areas mapped in the past few years by the U.S. Geological Survey. Older feature names within these areas have been reviewed, and precise map locations for discoveries reported earlier have been determined. Reflecting this aspect of the research, the new gazetteer provides revised geographic coordinates for over 500 names listed in the previous edition. Hundreds of inquiries on antarctic names were received and answered by the Geographic Names Division. These inquiries generally pertained to the correct spelling of names, the location of features, the origin or meaning of names, and their application. Galley proofs were reviewed for volumes 13 and 14 of the Antarctic Research Series. Name information was provided to the American Geographical Society for use in maintaining an up-to-date map of Antarctica, and various Government maps and charts of the region were edited prior to their publication.
Antarctic Geographic Nomenclature FRED G. ALBERTS
Geographic Names Division U.S. Army Topographic Command* The Geographic Names Division performs the research and other staff functions for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN), which makes recommendations on antarctic names and policy to the Board on Geographic Names (BGN) and the Secretary of the Interior. The Division maintains records and files on antarctic nomenclature and provides inquiry service on names for this region. During the year ending June 30, 1969, the ACAN met six times. It recommended the approval of 369 new names and the amendment of two others. New names were provided for use on fourteen 1:250,000scale maps of the area west of Cape Adare which were in various stages of preparation at the U.S. Geological Survey. Additional new names were provided to authors of reports on Antarctica as needed. In addition to research on new names, work was completed at the Geographic Names Division for publication of a third edition of BGN Gazetteer No. 141 Antarctica. The updating of this publication is of special interest in that it provides the only comprehensive list of names covering the entire Continent. The new volume, to be issued shortly, lists all 10,000 * Formerly U.S. Army Map Service. 234
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Continues its USARP Activities* In six years of cooperative work with USARP, the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) has received over 8,000 samples of antarctic animals and plants, the majority of them from marine collections, primarily of benthic and planktonic invertebrates. From 16 USARP sources, 183 separate collections have been sent to the Center for processing and distribution. Most of the collections are from USNS Eltanin cruises, although some material has been received from USCGC Eastwind and R/V Hero, and from shore and continental expeditions. The Center recently received over 1,000 bryophyte specimens collected by the late Dr. R. Hatcher during the Chile— United States Botanical Expedition to Juan Fernández Islands-1965 and arranged into several duplicate sets by Dr. Henry A. Imshaug of Michigan State University. SOSC distributed these sets to 11 cryptogamic herbaria in 5 countries. In contrast to the high collecting activity of earlier years, the Sorting Center received only 232 samples from 6 USARP expeditions during the past year. The Center did not receive any collections from four of last year's six Eltanin cruises. * Prepared by the staff of the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Antarctic Map Folio Series VIVIAN C. BUSHNELl.
American Geographical Society Cartographic and editorial work are in progress on five folios. The three described here are nearest to completion. A folio on the bedrock geology of Antarctica, an important achievement in compilation and cartography, will be published before the end of the year. It includes 18 regional maps (see figure) at scale 1: 1,000,000, with accompanying text, compiled by 24 geologists from 8 nations. Each contributor is a specialist in the locality covered by his map. The areas of the Continent included in the maps are shown in the figure. In addition, Campbell Craddock of the University of Wisconsin, coeditor of the folio, has compiled a geologic map of the entire Continent and written an explanatory text. Also, some of the most widespread geomorphic features of the Antarctic Continent have been mapped and described by Robert Nichols of Tufts University. Another folio nearing completion is titled Circumpolar Characteristics of Antarctic Waters. In contrast to Folio 6, which dealt only with the waters between 20°W. and 170°W., the forthcoming folio covers all ocean areas surrounding Antarctica as far north as 40°S. The authors are Arnold L. Gordon. Robert D. Goldberg, and Kenneth Hunkins. Plate 1 is a station map with symbols to designate stations of oceanographic cruises occurring (1) before 1930, (2) from 1930 through 1949, and (3) from 1950 till the present. Plates 2 through 8 show isolines for temperature, salinity, and oxygen; Plates 2 and 3 give summer and winter means at 20 m depth, the others annual means at selected depths from 200 m to 3,000 m. On Plates 9 through 16, the above data are presented in a more specific manner. Again, each plate is devoted to a
LARSEN ICE SHELF SeO
LLSWOR LAND
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GOULD AND OUFEK COASTS MARIE LAND
floss Shs!f
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particular depth, at which average values of temperature, salinity, and oxygen are given for areas bounded by 50 of latitude and 100 of longitude. For any 50 X 10 area, all three values are plotted on the same map around a point which is the average location of the stations within the area. Plates 17 and 18 are devoted to vertical meridional sections showing temperature, salinity, and oxygen variations. Plate 19 contains two maps of sound velocity in the axis of the SOFAR channel; one map is for summer, one for winter. A third folio is devoted to birds, including penguins, albatrosses, petrels, fulmars, skuas, terns, and others. Sighting and specimen records of some 50 species have been plotted along with breeding localities, when known. Under the supervision of George Watson, Smithsonian Institution, data for the maps have been assembled from extensive published and unpublished records. Compilers include J . Phillip Angle, Margaret Bridge, Peter C. Harper, John C. Boyd, W. L. N. Tickell, and Roberto Schlatter. William J . L. Sladen helped in planning the folio.
names approved by the BGN, including approximately 1,500 new names and two dozen amended names approved since 1966. The bulk of the new names apply to landmarks in eastern Marie Byrd Land, Ellsworth Land, southern Palmer Land, the Pensacola Mountains, and northern Victoria Land— all areas mapped in the past few years by the U.S. Geological Survey. Older feature names within these areas have been reviewed, and precise map locations for discoveries reported earlier have been determined. Reflecting this aspect of the research, the new gazetteer provides revised geographic coordinates for over 500 names listed in the previous edition. Hundreds of inquiries on antarctic names were received and answered by the Geographic Names Division. These inquiries generally pertained to the correct spelling of names, the location of features, the origin or meaning of names, and their application. Galley proofs were reviewed for volumes 13 and 14 of the Antarctic Research Series. Name information was provided to the American Geographical Society for use in maintaining an up-to-date map of Antarctica, and various Government maps and charts of the region were edited prior to their publication.
Antarctic Geographic Nomenclature FRED G. ALBERTS
Geographic Names Division U.S. Army Topographic Command* The Geographic Names Division performs the research and other staff functions for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN), which makes recommendations on antarctic names and policy to the Board on Geographic Names (BGN) and the Secretary of the Interior. The Division maintains records and files on antarctic nomenclature and provides inquiry service on names for this region. During the year ending June 30, 1969, the ACAN met six times. It recommended the approval of 369 new names and the amendment of two others. New names were provided for use on fourteen 1:250,000scale maps of the area west of Cape Adare which were in various stages of preparation at the U.S. Geological Survey. Additional new names were provided to authors of reports on Antarctica as needed. In addition to research on new names, work was completed at the Geographic Names Division for publication of a third edition of BGN Gazetteer No. 141 Antarctica. The updating of this publication is of special interest in that it provides the only comprehensive list of names covering the entire Continent. The new volume, to be issued shortly, lists all 10,000 * Formerly U.S. Army Map Service. 234
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Continues its USARP Activities* In six years of cooperative work with USARP, the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) has received over 8,000 samples of antarctic animals and plants, the majority of them from marine collections, primarily of benthic and planktonic invertebrates. From 16 USARP sources, 183 separate collections have been sent to the Center for processing and distribution. Most of the collections are from USNS Eltanin cruises, although some material has been received from USCGC Eastwind and R/V Hero, and from shore and continental expeditions. The Center recently received over 1,000 bryophyte specimens collected by the late Dr. R. Hatcher during the Chile— United States Botanical Expedition to Juan Fernández Islands-1965 and arranged into several duplicate sets by Dr. Henry A. Imshaug of Michigan State University. SOSC distributed these sets to 11 cryptogamic herbaria in 5 countries. In contrast to the high collecting activity of earlier years, the Sorting Center received only 232 samples from 6 USARP expeditions during the past year. The Center did not receive any collections from four of last year's six Eltanin cruises. * Prepared by the staff of the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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