COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

off Cape Smith, Smith Island. The name Cape Barlow was applied by Foster in 1829 to a fictitious cape off the E coast of Smith Island, produced by an error in plotting (Foster and Kendall, chart, 1829a); the name was probably after Peter Barlow (1776-1827), British physicist and mathematician, whose investigations on magnetism led to the discovery of a means of rectifying or compensating compass errors in ships. Cape Barlow (BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 3205, 23.ix.1949), Cap Barlow (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304), Cabo Barlow (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.191; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.39), Kapp Barlow (HA chart, 1928), all referring to an inconspicuous cape near the NE end of the island. Following the work of an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1951-52, it was found that no such cape exists anywhere on the E side of the island, and the name Barlow Islet was applied to the present feature ([Hunt], chart, 1951-52a; APC, 1955, p.5; BA chart 3205, 15.iii.1957). Capo Smith (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 9). Barlow Island (APC, 1959a, p.4; BA, 1961, p.143; chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). Roca Barlow (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.120; [as rejected form] IHA, 1974, p.39). Islote Barlow (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 6).

Small island lying 1 mi WNW of the N tip of Smith Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Barlow, presumably for Peter Barlow, British physicist and mathematician, was applied to a cape on the E side of Smith Island by a British expedition under Foster, 1828-31. In 1951-52, the FIDS determined that no significant cape exists on the E side of the island, but for the sake of historical continuity applied the name to the island described above.

Este nombre fue colocado por la Expedición Británica de 1828-1831, al mando del capitán de navío Henry Foster, en la nave "Chanticleer", presumiblemente por el apellido de Peter Barlow, físico y matemático británico. Pequeña saliente de costa situada a 5 millas al SSW de cabo Smith, en la costa oriental de isla Smith, islas Shetland del Sur.

A group of six small islands, close to the Mawson Coast of Mac.Robertson Land, about 15 km ENE of Mawson. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936). Named after A.J.F. Paterson, supervising technician (radio) at Mawson in 1963.