Elchaninov A.
Abstract. The article is devoted to the discovery of Antarctic continent of Russian navigators, the study, mapping and designation of its shores and adjacent islands. Russian names assigned to many opened geographic features of the Antarctic explorers. The list of some Russian geographical names is given on the map of Antarctica. The maps of the Bellingshausen-Lazarev sailing expedition in 1819-1821 are given, on which are highlighted the Russian geographical names.
Key words: navigators, pathbreakers, Antarctic continent, discovery, islands, names, designations, maps
Elchaninov Anatoly Ivanovich,
PhD in Geography,
Russian Scientific Research Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage named after D.Likhachev (Moscow),
e-mail:aelchaninov@mail.ru