COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

rising to c. 950m between Khamsin Pass to W and Forster Ice Piedmont and Prospect Glacier to E, Fallières Coast, were roughly surveyed by BGLE in September 1936, further surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1946-49, and photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48; named after Sir Norman Boyd Kinnear (1882-1957), British ornithologist, who as a member of staff of the British Museum (Natural History) assisted BGLE; Director of the Museum and member of the FIDS Scientific Committee, 1947-50 (APC, 1955, p.13; DCS 601 sheet 69 66, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 69 66, 1963); resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in November 1958. Cordón Santa Micaela (Argentina. IAA map, [1959b]). Gory Kinnir (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Kinnear Range (FID, 1960, p.69).

Small group of mountains, more than 875 m, standing W of Prospect Glacier at the S margin of Wordie Ice Shelf, on the W coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered and roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. The name was proposed by members of the BGLE for Sir Norman B. Kinnear, British ornithologist who, as member of the staff of the British Museum (Natural History), was of great assistance to the BGLE.