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Poynter Hill
Poynter Hill (-63.76667°N, -59.1°W) is a conspicuous hill, 825 m, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) east-southeast of Cape Kjellman on the west side of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) (1950) after Mr. Poynter, Master's Mate, who accompanied Edward Bransfield on the brig Williams in January 1820 when explorations were made in the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait.

Prague Spur
Prague Spur (-70.01667°N, -70.33333°W) is a rock spur rising to about 500 m between Puccini Spur and Finlandia Foothills, at the east end of Mozart Ice Piedmont, Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1960. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 in association with the ice piedmont and Mozart's Symphony No. 38, The Prague.

Prahl Crags
Prahl Crags (-76.06667°N, -134.71667°W) is a rock crags at an elevation of 2,750 m on the south slopes of the Mount Moulton massif, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Sidney R. Prahl, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) team that studied ice sheet dynamics in the area northeast of Byrd Station, 1971-72.

Pram Point (South Georgia)
Pram Point (-54.13333°N, -36.65°W) is a point on the northeast side of Leith Harbor, South Georgia. Charted by DI personnel in 1929 and named after the flat-bottomed boat used for inshore work.

Pram Point
Pram Point (-77.85°N, 166.75°W) is a low rounded point on the southeast side of Hut Point Peninsula, about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northeast of Cape Armitage, on Ross Island. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, under Scott, 1901-04, who so named it because it is necessary during the summer months to use a pram in the open water adjacent to the point when traveling between the south end of Hut Point Peninsula and the Ross Ice Shelf.

Pranke Island
Pranke Island (-73.23333°N, -124.91667°W) is a small ice-covered island lying close to Siple Island in the west extremity of Russell Bay, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James B. Pranke, aurora researcher at Byrd Station in 1965. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Pratt
Mount Pratt (-85.4°N, 176.68333°W) is the northernmost nunatak in the Grosvenor Mountains, standing just east of the head of Mill Stream Glacier, 17 nautical miles (31 km) north of Block Peak. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight to the South Pole in November 1929, and named by him for Thomas B. Pratt, American financier and contributor to the expedition.

Pratts Peak
Pratts Peak (-80.4°N, -29.35°W) is a rock peak 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Mount Provender in the west part of Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE; photographed in 1967 by U.S. Navy (trimetrogon aerial photography). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for David L. Pratt, engineer, and John G.D. Pratt, geophysicist, with the transpolar party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1956-58.

Prebble Glacier
Prebble Glacier (-84.26667°N, 164.5°W) is a glacier, 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, flowing westward from Mount Kirkpatrick in Queen Alexandra Range to enter Walcott Neve north of Fremouw Peak. Named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for Michael Prebble, of the base support party, who assisted the party with preparations and training.

Prebble Icefalls
Prebble Icefalls (-79.9°N, 155.91667°W) is an icefalls on the southwestern side of Midnight Plateau in the Darwin Mountains. They occupy two large cirques southwestward of Mount Ellis and fall about 900 meters. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1962-63) and named for W.M. Prebble, geologist with the expedition.

Precious Peaks
Precious Peaks (-62.06667°N, -58.33333°W) is a line of about three dark peaks at the northeast side of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Alan Precious of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), meteorological observer at Hope Bay in 1954 and 1955, and leader at the Admiralty Bay station in 1957.

Mount Predoehl
Mount Predoehl (-82.93333°N, 163.18333°W) is a partly snow-covered mountain, 1,710 m, just north of lower Pavlak Glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Martin C. Predoehl, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at McMurdo Station, 1961-62 and 1962-63.

Prehn Peninsula
Prehn Peninsula (-75.1°N, -63.5°W) is a mainly ice-covered peninsula, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long and 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, between Hansen and Gardner Inlets, on the east coast and at the base of Antarctic Peninsula. First observed from aircraft by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Frederick A. Prehn, Jr., U.S. Navy, pilot on photographic flights in the Pensacola Mountains and Alexander Island areas on Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968.

Preikestolen Ridge
Preikestolen Ridge (-72.1°N, -2.85°W) is a ridge in the western part of Liljequist Heights, in the Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Preikestolen (the pulpit).

Prentice Plateau
Prentice Plateau (-77.48333°N, 160.61667°W) is a nearly rectangular plateau of about 9 square mi at the north side of Victoria Upper Glacier and west of Apollo Peak, Olympus Range, Victoria Land. The upper surface (c.1850 m) is ice covered except for scoured outcrops. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Michael L. Prentice, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; in United States Antarctic Program (USAP) for 15 years from about 1983 including work in McMurdo Dry Valleys.

President Beaches
President Beaches (-62.65°N, -61.15°W) is a series of beaches which extend for 6 nautical miles (11 km) along the broad western end of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name "West Beaches" was proposed by K.R. Everett, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) researcher who made a reconnaissance soil survey in the area during February 1969. The proposed name is locationally appropriate but would be repetitious. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) has chosen instead to restore a historical name to the vicinity. In the early part of the 1820-21 season, the Stonington sealers used the name "President's Harbor" (now New Plymouth) for the anchorage immediately off these beaches.

President Head
President Head (-62.73333°N, -61.2°W) is a headland forming the east extremity of Snow Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name President Island was applied by the Stonington sealers in 1820-21 to Snow Island, but that name did not become established. President Head was applied by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 in order to preserve the name on this island.

Preslik Spur
Preslik Spur (-82.53333°N, -51.33333°W) is an ice-free spur lying south of Clemons Spur and Forlidas Ridge in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), at the suggestion of United States Geological Survey (USGS) party leader Arthur B. Ford, after Private First Class Joseph W. Preslik, a member of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment with the USGS Pensacola Mountains survey, 1965-66.

Prespa Glacier
Prespa Glacier (-62.71667°N, -60.21667°W) is a glacier between Tarnovo Ice Piedmont and Needle Peak, south Livingston Island, flowing southeast into Bransfield Strait. Named by the Bulgarian Antarctic Place-names Commission, 2002, after Prespa Peak in the Rhodopes Mountains, Bulgaria.

Mount Press
Mount Press (-78.08333°N, -85.96667°W) is a mountain (3,830 m) just east of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range and 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) east-northeast of Mount Bentley, in the Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party (1957-58) led by C.R. Bentley, and named for Frank Press, vice chairman of the technical panel on glaciology of the U.S. National Committee for the IGY; later (1977- ) White House Science Advisor.

Pressure Bay
Pressure Bay (-71.41667°N, 169.33333°W) is an arm of Robertson Bay, 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, lying between Cape Wood and Birthday Point along the north coast of Victoria Land. Charted and named in 1911 by the Northern Party, led by Campbell, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. The Northern Party experienced great difficulty in sledging across the pressure ice fringing the shore of Robertson Bay. This pressure was caused by the adjacent Shipley Glacier descending to the sea ice.

Preston Island
Preston Island (-67.8°N, -68.98333°W) is the largest of the Henkes Islands, lying off the south end of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 for Frank Preston, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) officer in charge and surveyor at Adelaide station, 1961-62, and member of the first party to winter there. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Preston Point
Preston Point (-70.28333°N, 71.8°W) is an ice covered point with marginal rock exposures, marking the north end of Gillock Island in the Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Roscoe for J.C. Preston, Jr., air crewman on Operation Highjump photographic flights in this and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 east longitude.

Prestrud Bank
Prestrud Bank (-77.5°N, -159.5°W) is a bank named in association with Prestrud Inlet. Name approved 6/88 (ACUF 228).

Prestrud Inlet
Prestrud Inlet (-78.3°N, -156°W) is a re-entrant in the south side of Edward VII Peninsula, at the northeast corner of the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by the U.S. Antarctic Service expedition (1939-41) in honor of Lieutenant K. Prestrud, leader of Amundsen's Eastern Sledge Party in 1911 who was first to traverse this region.

Mount Prestrud
Mount Prestrud (-86.56667°N, -165.11667°W) is a peak over 2,400 m which rises from the southwestern part of the massif at the head of Amundsen Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. In November 1911, a number of mountain peaks in this general vicinity were observed and rudely positioned by the South Pole Party under Roald Amundsen. Amundsen named one of them for Lieutenant K. Prestrud, first officer of the Fram and leader of the Norwegian expedition's Eastern Sledge Party to the Scott Nunataks. The peak described was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-64. For the sake of historical continuity, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) has selected this feature to be designated Mount Prestrud.

Preuschoff Range
Preuschoff Range (-72.06667°N, 4.05°W) is a mountain range consisting of Mount Hochlin and associated features, lying just west of Kaye Crest in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. The name "Preuschoff-Rucken" was applied in the general area by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39, for Franz Preuschoff, engineer on the flying boat name with this feature may be arbitrary but is recommended for the sake of international uniformity and historical continuity.

Prevot Island
Prevot Island (-64.88333°N, -63.96667°W) is a small rocky island 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northeast of Miller Island, forming the northernmost of the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. The name was approved by the Argentine geographic coordinating committee in 1956, replacing the provisional toponym "Fernando." Named in memory of First Lieutenant Prevot, commander of the mobile detachment in the operations of the Argentine Air Force unit for Antarctica. He died on active duty. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Priam
Mount Priam (-64.56667°N, -63.4°W) is the central mass of the Trojan Range, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Mount Francais on Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It is flat topped and snow covered and rises to 1,980 m. Surveyed in 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Priam, King of Troy in Homer's Iliad.

Price Bluff
Price Bluff (-86.53333°N, -144.56667°W) is a large bluff 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Mount Mooney, standing near the head of Robison Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Robert P. Price, U.S. Navy, photographic officer who served as inflight observer on many photographic missions during Operation Deep Freeze 1965 and 1966.

Price Glacier
Price Glacier (-54.11667°N, -37.48333°W) is a glacier 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing southwest to Cheapman Bay on the south side of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named for Thomas Price, member of the SGS, 1955-56.

Price Nunatak
Price Nunatak (-67.95°N, 62.71667°W) is a nunatak marking the north end of the Trilling Peaks, 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Burnett in the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for H. Price, senior diesel mechanic at Mawson Station in 1959.

Price Peak
Price Peak (-85.71667°N, -142.4°W) is a peak, 1,510 m, located at the north side of Leverett Glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of the extremity of California Plateau. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Floyd W. Price, personnel-man with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, who participated in Operation Deep Freeze for 5 seasons, 1963-67.

Mount Price (Antarctica)
Mount Price (-84.48333°N, 166.63333°W) is the eastern of two peaks, rising to 3,030 m at the north end of the Adams Mountains, Queen Alexandra Range. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Rayburn Price, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at Hallett Station, 1963.

The Pricker
The Pricker (-54.01667°N, -37.31667°W) is a point forming the east end of Albatross Island in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.

Prickly Ridge
Prickly Ridge (-72.51667°N, -97.56667°W) is a rounded ice-covered ridge 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Shelton Head on the south side of Thurston Island. Belknap Nunatak is the largest outcrop on the ridge. The descriptive name was given by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN); small dispersed nunataks rise above the ice surface giving the feature a prickly appearance.

Priddy Glacier
Priddy Glacier (-77.93333°N, 164.01667°W) is a glacier, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, on the west side of Esser Hill, flowing northwest to join Hobbs Glacier, on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Allan R. Priddy of Holmes and Narver, Inc., who experienced one winter above 76 in Greenland and one below 76 at McMurdo Station, as well as several summer seasons in Antarctica from 1969-91. He was construction foreman at four geological field camps and for four summer seasons at South Pole Station, and was a key crew member in the building of both Siple I and Siple II Stations.

Cape Pride
Cape Pride (-54°N, -37.96667°W) is a cape which forms the east side of the entrance to Elsehul, a small bay along the north coast and near the west end of South Georgia. The name appears to have been applied by DI personnel who surveyed Elsehul in 1930.

Priestley Glacier
Priestley Glacier (-74.33333°N, 163.36667°W) is a major valley glacier, about 60 nautical miles (110 km) long, originating at the edge of the polar plateau of Victoria Land and draining southeast between Deep Freeze Range and Eisenhower Range to enter the north end of the Nansen Ice Sheet. First explored by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, and named for Raymond E. Priestley, geologist with the Northern Party.

Priestley Neve
Priestley Neve (-73.58333°N, 160.33333°W) is the neve at the head of Priestley Glacier in Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in about 1966 in association with Priestley Glacier.

Priestley Peak
Priestley Peak (-67.2°N, 50.38333°W) is a peak between Mount Pardoe and Mount Tod on the south side of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land. Sighted on January 14, 1930, by British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for Sir Raymond Priestley, a member of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.

Mount Priestley
Mount Priestley (-75.18333°N, 161.88333°W) is a mountain, 1,100 m, rising at the north side of David Glacier, 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Mount Bellingshausen, in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land. First mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, which named it for Raymond (later Sir Raymond) E. Priestley, geologist with the expedition, who was later a member of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.

Prilednikovoye Lake
Prilednikovoye Lake (-70.75°N, 11.58333°W) is a lake 1.25 nautical miles (2.3 km) south-southwest of Tyuleniy Point in the Schirmacher Hills, situated at the edge of the continental ice sheet in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961 and named Ozero Prilednikovoye (fore-glacier lake), presumably for its location.

Prime Head
Prime Head (-63.21667°N, -57.28333°W) is a prominent snow-covered headland which forms the north extremity of Antarctic Peninsula. The name Siffrey was given to a cape in this vicinity by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837-40, and was previously approved for the feature here described. D'Urville's "Cap Siffrey" has since been identified by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) as a point 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) to the east-southeast, now called Siffrey Point. The name Prime Head, given by the UK-APC in 1963, alludes to the position of the headland as the first or northernmost feature of Antarctic Peninsula.

Primero de Mayo Bay
Primero de Mayo Bay (-62.96667°N, -60.7°W) is a bay on the southwest side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named "Bahia 1 de Mayo" or "Bahia Primero de Mayo" by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1942-43, after the 1 de Mayo, an expedition ship which visited Deception Island in 1942 and 1943; she sank off the coast of Argentina on February 5, 1944.

Prince Albert Mountains
Prince Albert Mountains (-76°N, 161.5°W) is a major mountain group, over 200 nautical miles (370 km) long, extending north-south between the Priestley Glacier and Ferrar Glacier in Victoria Land. Discovered by Sir James Clark Ross, February 17, 1841, and named by him for His Royal Highness Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria of England. First exploration of the mountains was by British expeditions in the early 1900s; detailed survey and mapping was accomplished by New Zealand and American expeditions in the 1950s and 1960s.

Prince Andrew Plateau
Prince Andrew Plateau (-83.63333°N, 162°W) is an ice-covered plateau, about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long and 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, lying south of Mount Rabot in the Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.

Prince Charles Mountains
Prince Charles Mountains (-72°N, 67°W) is a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land including the Athos, Porthos, and Aramis Ranges. These mountains together with other scattered peaks form an arc about 260 nautical miles (480 km) long, extending from the vicinity of Mount Starlight in the north to Goodspeed Nunataks in the south. These mountains were first observed and photographed from a distance by airmen of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. They were examined by several ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) parties and mapped in the years 1954-61. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) in 1956 for Prince Charles, heir apparent to the British throne.

Prince Charles Strait
Prince Charles Strait (-61.08333°N, -54.58333°W) is a strait 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide between Cornwallis and Elephant Islands, in the South Shetland Islands. This strait was known to sealers as early as 1821, but first record of its navigation was in 1839 by the brig Porpoise of the United States Exploring Expedition squadron under Wilkes. Soundings of the strait were made by the vessel John Biscoe and the frigate HMS Sparrow in December 1948. Named for Prince Charles, son of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.

Prince Creek
Prince Creek (-54.01667°N, -38.06667°W) is a cove north of Pio Point along the west side of Bird Island, South Georgia. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Peter A. Prince, assistant in fur seal investigations, Bird Island, 1971-74, and principal investigator on fur seals and birds, 1975-76.

Prince Edward Glacier
Prince Edward Glacier (-82.76667°N, 159.53333°W) is a glacier draining the north side of Cotton Plateau in the Queen Elizabeth Range and flowing north for about 6 nautical miles (11 km) along the west side of Hochstein Ridge. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Prince Edward, son of Queen Elizabeth II.

Prince Gustav Channel
Prince Gustav Channel (-63.83333°N, -58.25°W) is a strait about 80 nautical miles (150 km) long and from 4 to 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, separating James Ross and Vega Islands from Trinity Peninsula. Discovered in October 1903 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, who named it for Crown Prince (later King) Gustav of Sweden.

Prince Gustav Ice Shelf
Prince Gustav Ice Shelf (-64.25°N, -58.5°W) is an ice shelf of more than 15 nautical miles (28 km) extent occupying the south part of Prince Gustav Channel, including Rohss Bay, James Ross Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1990 in association with the channel.

Prince Harald Coast
Prince Harald Coast (-69.5°N, 36°W) is that portion of the coast of Queen Maud Land encompassing Lutzow-Holm Bay, lying between Riiser-Larsen Peninsula, in 34E, and the east entrance point of Lutzow-Holm Bay, marked by the coastal angle at 40E. Discovered during a flight, February 4, 1937, by Viggo Wideroe, Nils Romnaes, and Mrs. Ingrid Christensen of the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named after the infant son of the Crown Prince of Norway.

Prince Olav Coast
Prince Olav Coast (-68.5°N, 42.5°W) is that portion of the coast of Queen Maud Land between the east entrance point of Lutzow-Holm Bay, marked by the coastal angle at 40E, and Shinnan Glacier at 4438E. Discovered by Captain Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in January 1930 on a flight from the Norvegia. Named for Crown Prince Olav of Norway.

Prince Olav Harbor
Prince Olav Harbor (-54.06667°N, -37.15°W) is a small harbor in the southwest portion of Cook Bay, entered between Point Abrahamsen and Sheep Point, along the north coast of South Georgia. The name was in use as early as 1912 and was given, probably by Norwegian whalers, for Crown Prince Olav of Norway.

Prince Olav Mountains
Prince Olav Mountains (-84.95°N, -173°W) is a mountain group of the Queen Maud Mountains stretching from Shackleton Glacier to Liv Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered in 1911 by Roald Amundsen when on the way to the South Pole, and named by him for the then Crown Prince of Norway.

Prince Philip Glacier
Prince Philip Glacier (-82.35°N, 159.91667°W) is a glacier flowing south for about 20 nautical miles (37 km) between Cobham and Holyoake Ranges into Nimrod Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

Prince de Ligne Mountains
Prince de Ligne Mountains (-72.33333°N, 31.23333°W) is a small group of mountains rising to 2,285 m, standing 10 nautical miles (18 km) north of the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, who named them for Prince Antoine de Ligne, pilot and photographer with the expedition.

Prince of Wales Glacier
Prince of Wales Glacier (-82.73333°N, 160.16667°W) is a glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range, flowing generally north for about 10 nautical miles (18 km) between Hochstein and Kohmyr Ridges into Hamilton Glacier. Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for the Prince of Wales (Prince Charles), eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II.

Mount Prince
Mount Prince (-74.96667°N, -134.18333°W) is a prominent butte (640 m) marking the north end of Perry Range on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The feature was discovered and photographed from aircraft of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, and was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joseph F. Prince, ADR2, U.S. Navy, Aviation Machinist's Mate with Squadron VXE-6 who participated in several Deep Freeze operations and wintered over at Little America V (1956) and McMurdo Station (1966).

Princess Anne Glacier
Princess Anne Glacier (-82.98333°N, 159.33333°W) is a glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range, flowing from the area south of Mount Bonaparte between Cotton and Bartrum Plateaus into Marsh Glacier. Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II.

Princess Astrid Coast
Princess Astrid Coast (-70.75°N, 12.5°W) is that portion of the coast of Queen Maud Land lying between 5 and 20E. The entire coast is bordered by ice shelves. Discovered by Captain H. Halvorsen of the Sevilla in March 1931 and named for Princess Astrid of Norway.

Princess Martha Coast
Princess Martha Coast (-72°N, -7.5°W) is that portion of the coast of Queen Maud Land lying between 0500E and the terminus of Stancomb-Wills Glacier, in 2000W. The entire coastline is bounded by ice shelves with ice cliffs 20 to 35 m high. The name Crown Princess Martha Land was originally applied by Captain Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen to that section of the coast in the vicinity of Cape Norvegia which he discovered from the Norvegia and roughly charted from the air during February 1930.

Princess Ragnhild Coast
Princess Ragnhild Coast (-70.5°N, 27°W) is that portion of the coast of Queen Maud Land lying between 2000E and Riiser-Larsen Peninsula, in 3400E. All but the eastern end of the coast is fringed by ice shelves. Discovered by Captain Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen and Captain Nils Larsen in aerial flights from the ship Norvegia on February 16, 1931, and named for Princess Ragnhild of Norway.

Princeton Tarn
Princeton Tarn (-77.58333°N, 163.1°W) is a tarn at the northwest side of Mount Falconer and 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) south of Penn Tarn in the southwest part of Tarn Valley, Victoria Land. The feature is one of four tarns in the valley named after American universities by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1965-66.

Principal Point
Principal Point (-64.91667°N, -63.45°W) is a prominent ice-covered point lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Cape Errera and forming the southeast end of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05. The name, applied by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1953-54, suggests the prominence of the feature.

Prion Island
Prion Island (-54.01667°N, -37.25°W) is an island 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north-northeast of Luck Point, lying in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy, and so named because he observed petrels of the genus Prion on the island. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Prior Cliff
Prior Cliff (-80.78333°N, 158.83333°W) is a cliff between 1000 m and 1200 m extending east north east from Mount Dick, Churchill Mountains. Named in honor of Stuart Prior, a senior public servant with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade with previous involvement in Antarctic Treaty administration, who led New Zealand's Antarctic Policy Unit for several years and has actively worked against illegal sub-Antarctic fishing.

Prior Island
Prior Island (-75.68333°N, 162.86667°W) is an island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying just east of Lamplugh Island, off the coast of Victoria Land. First charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, under Shackleton. Probably named for George Thurland Prior, Keeper of the Dept. of Minerals, British Museum, 1909-27. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Prior
Mount Prior (-72.96667°N, 168.78333°W) is a mountain (1,220 m) about 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of Mount Brewster, rising at the head of Whitehall Glacier in the west part of Daniell Peninsula, Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, for George T. Prior of the Mineral Department, British Museum, who studied and analyzed the rocks obtained from this region by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04.

Prioress Island
Prioress Island (-64.93333°N, -63.88333°W) is a narrow island lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) east of Host Island in the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1954. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 after one of the characters in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Priscu Stream
Priscu Stream (-77.65°N, 162.75°W) is a meltwater stream, 3,000 m long, flowing southwest from southeast end of Lacroix Glacier to the northeast end of Lake Bonney in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1996 after John C. Priscu, ecologist, Montana State University; principal investigator from 1984 on numerous studies of marine and fresh water systems in the McMurdo region and the author of numerous papers on the ecology of this area; led first WINFLY expedition (1991) into the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Priscu Valley
Priscu Valley (-77.48333°N, 160.78333°W) is an upland ice-free valley on the east side of Prentice Plateau in Olympus Range. The valley opens north to the head of McKelvey Valley. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after John C. Priscu, Department of Biological Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT; United States Antarctic Program (USAP) investigator in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1984-2002.

Prism Ridge
Prism Ridge (-73.55°N, -94.23333°W) is a small ridge with bare rock outcroppings located just north of Haskell Glacier and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south-southwest of Bonnabeau Dome, in the Jones Mountains. Mapped and named by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. They found a large block of ice in the shape of a square prism standing as an isolated feature at the south end of this ridge.

Pritchard Peak
Pritchard Peak (-80.36667°N, 155.3°W) is a peak rising to over 1800 m 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Saburro Peak in the Doll Mountains, Britannia Range. Named after Colonel Marion Graham Pritchard, Jr., who served as Vice Commander and then Commander of the 109 Airlift Wing during the transition of LC-130 operations from the U.S. Navy to the Air National Guard

Probe Ridge
Probe Ridge (-71.83333°N, -68.35°W) is a prominent snow-free terraced ridge forming part of the north flank of Viking Valley on Alexander Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1993 after the space probe which surveyed Mars in 1976.

Proclamation Island
Proclamation Island (-65.85°N, 53.68333°W) is a small rocky island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) west of Cape Batterbee and close east of Aagaard Islands. Discovered by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, 1929-31, and so named, following the reading of a proclamation on its summit on January 13, 1930 claiming the area for the British Crown. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Procyon Peaks
Procyon Peaks (-70.48333°N, -66.5°W) is a two ridges of peaks connected by a sledgeable pass, located between the upper parts of Millett and Bertram Glaciers, about 25 nautical miles (46 km) east of Moore Point on the west coast of Palmer Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the star Procyon in the constellation of Canis Major.

Profile Bluff
Profile Bluff (-77.86667°N, 160.43333°W) is a prominent bluff (2,070 m) midway between Mount Weller and Horizon Bluff on the west side of Beacon Valley, in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB).

Profound Lake
Profound Lake (-62.18333°N, -58.91667°W) is a lake 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) northwest of Jasper Point in northeast Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. The feature was named "Ozero Glubokoye" (deep lake) by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition working from Bellingshausen Station from 1968, but both forms of the name are already in use in the Antarctic. The United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) amended the name in 1979 to avoid duplication.

Projection Peak
Projection Peak (-77.98333°N, 163.78333°W) is a peak (1,475 m) rising above the head of Garwood Glacier at the southwest extremity of Hobbs Ridge, in Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1993 in association with several glaciers on this ridge (Bonne, Cassini and Mollweide Glaciers) that are named after types of map projections.

Promenade Screes
Promenade Screes (-71.31667°N, -68.3°W) is a rounded slopes west of Fossil Bluff field station that are snow and ice free, and are criss-crossed with pathways. These screes are frequently the destination of short walks from the nearby field station.

Prong Point
Prong Point (-60.53333°N, -45.56667°W) is a narrow protruding point forming the west side of the entrance to Ommanney Bay on the north coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. First seen in December 1821 in the course of a joint cruise by Captain Nathaniel Palmer, American sealer, and Captain George Powell, British sealer. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1956-58 and given this descriptive name by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959.

Proshchaniya Bay
Proshchaniya Bay (-70.16667°N, 4.33333°W) is a bay that indents the southwest side of Neupokoyev Bight, along the ice shelf that fringes the coast of Queen Maud Land. The feature was photographed from the air by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in 1958-59 and roughly mapped from these photos. It was also mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961, and named Bukhta Proshchaniya (farewell bay).

Prospect Glacier
Prospect Glacier (-69.53333°N, -67.33333°W) is a glacier between Kinnear Mountains and Mayer Hills, flowing north into Forster Ice Piedmont on the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. In 1954 the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) gave the name Prospect Pass to a col between Eureka Glacier and the glacier here described. During resurvey of the area by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1958, the col was found to be an indeterminate feature, while this glacier is well marked and requires a name.

Prospect Mesa
Prospect Mesa (-77.5°N, 161.86667°W) is a low mesa below Bull Pass on the north side of Wright Valley in Victoria Land. Named by geologists C.G. Vucetich and W.W. Topping of the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1969-70, to designate the type locality of the geological "Prospect Formation."

Prospect Point
Prospect Point (-66.01667°N, -65.35°W) is a point on the west coast of Graham Land, nearly 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Ferin Head and immediately east of the Fish Islands. Roughly charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. The name was suggested in 1957 by E.P. Arrowsmith, Governor of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas).

Prospect Spur
Prospect Spur (-83.95°N, 173.41667°W) is a narrow spur at the southwest base of Cleft Peak in the Separation Range. The spur descends westward to the edge of Hood Glacier. So named because it was ascended to obtain a view up Hood Glacier in order to prospect a route to the south. Named by the New Zealand Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition, 1959-60.

Protection Cove
Protection Cove (-71.65°N, 170.2°W) is a bay, 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, lying at the east side of Cape Klovstad where it forms the head of Robertson Bay, northern Victoria Land. First charted by British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, and so named because the expedition ship Southern Cross found protection here during a gale.

Protector Heights
Protector Heights (-66.7°N, -66.25°W) is a mountainous coastal heights (2,245 m) which are separated from the Graham Land plateau by a narrow col, dominating the area between Wilkinson Glacier and southern Darbel Bay. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956-57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after HMS work and served in the Antarctic every season from 1955 until 1967.

Proud Island
Proud Island (-54°N, -38.13333°W) is a small, relatively high, tussock-covered island, rising to a peak at its northern end, lying at the east end of the Willis Islands at South Georgia. Roughly mapped by DI personnel on the 1960-61. The name was given in 1963 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) and is descriptive, the expression "standing proud" in naval parlance being the equivalent of "sticking up." == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Provender
Mount Provender (-80.38333°N, -29.91667°W) is a conspicuous rock mountain, 900 m, marking the northwest extremity of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and so named because members of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition established a depot of food and fuel and an airplane camp on the south side of the mountain in 1957 to support sledging parties working in the Shackleton Range.

Providence Cove
Providence Cove (-68.31667°N, -66.78333°W) is a cove bounded by ice cliffs which lies at the foot of Remus Glacier in the southeast corner of Neny Fjord, along the west coast of Graham Land. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. It was resurveyed in 1940-41 by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), and so named by them because on first arrival it seemed providential that a site for the East Base was found so quickly and easily. It was soon determined, however, that the cove did not provide a suitable site for the base.

Pryamougol'naya Bay
Pryamougol'naya Bay (-70.16667°N, 5.5°W) is a small bay that indents the southeast side of Neupokoyev Bight, along the ice shelf that fringes the coast of Queen Maud Land. The feature was photographed from the air by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in 1958-59 and mapped from these photos. It was also mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961, and named Bukhta Pryamougol'naya (rectangle bay).

Prydz Bay
Prydz Bay (-69°N, 75°W) is a deep embayment of the continent between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast. Portions of the bay were sighted in January and February 1931 by Norwegian whalers and the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE). It was explored in February 1935 by Norwegian whaler Captain Klarius Mikkelsen in the Thorshavn, and was mapped in considerable detail from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition of 1936-37. Named for Olaf Prydz, general manager of the Hvalfangernes Assuranceforening in Sandefjord, Norway.

Pryor Cliff
Pryor Cliff (-73.88333°N, -100°W) is a distinctive rock cliff which faces northward toward Cosgrove Ice Shelf, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Mount Nickens at the north end of the Hudson Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Douglas A. Pryor, map compilation specialist who contributed significantly to construction of USGS sketch maps of Antarctica.

Pryor Glacier
Pryor Glacier (-70.08333°N, 160.16667°W) is a glacier flowing northeastward, to the north of Mount Shields and Yermak Point, into Rennick Bay. The feature is about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and forms a physical separation between Wilson Hills and Usarp Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Madison E. Pryor, scientific leader at McMurdo Station (1959) and U.S. Exchange Scientist at the Soviet Mirnyy Station (1962).

Pryor Peak
Pryor Peak (-67.26667°N, -67.36667°W) is a peak rising to about 600 m at the west side of Giants Cirque in the Tyndall Mountains, Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast. The peak was visited by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologists, 1980-81. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Commander John S.N. Pryor, Royal Navy, Superintendent of Sailing Directions, Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence; Member of the UK-APC, 1968-82.

Przybyszewski Island
Przybyszewski Island (-76.96667°N, -148.75°W) is an ice-covered island 12 nautical miles (22 km) long in the Marshall Archipelago. It lies 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Cronenwett Island in the western part of Sulzberger Ice Shelf. The island was charted from aircraft of the USS Glacier under Captain Edwin A. McDonald, U.S. Navy, in 1962. Named by him for Lieutenant (j.g.) V.A. Przybyszewski, U.S. Navy Reserve, helicopter pilot on the Glacier who sighted the island from the air on January 26, 1962. The name has been misspelled "Prezbecheski Island" on certain maps and charts. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Przywitowski
Mount Przywitowski (-86.6°N, -154.13333°W) is a mountain, 2,770 m, standing at the southeast side of Holdsworth Glacier, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) west of McNally Peak, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard F. Przywitowski, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) scientific leader at South Pole Station, winter 1966.

Psi Islands
Psi Islands (-64.3°N, -63.01667°W) is a group of small islands which lie close to the west side of Lambda Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The name, derived from the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet, appears to have been first used on a 1946 Argentine government chart following surveys of these islands by Argentine expeditions in 1942 and 1943. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Mount Ptolemy
Mount Ptolemy (-68.55°N, -65.96667°W) is an isolated block mountain with four main summits, the highest rising to 1,370 meters. It lies close north of the Traffic Circle on the northwestern side of Mercator Ice Piedmont, Antarctic Peninsula. First observed by Finn Ronne and Carl Eklund of the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939-41, from their sledge route through the Traffic Circle. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Claudius Ptolemy (2nd century A.D.), Egyptian mathematician, astronomer and geographer, who introduced the system of coordinates of latitude and longitude for fixing positions on the earth's surface.

Publications Ice Shelf
Publications Ice Shelf (-69.63333°N, 75.33333°W) is an ice shelf about 35 nautical miles (60 km) long on the south shore of Prydz Bay, between Mount Caroline Mikkelsen and Stornes Peninsula. Several glaciers, listed from southwest to northeast, nourish the ice shelf: Polar Times, Il Polo, Polarforschung, Polar Record and Polararboken Glaciers. The feature was first mapped from air photos by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. The name "Publication Glacier Tongues" was applied by John H. Roscoe in 1952 following his study of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) air photos of the area, but the term ice shelf is more descriptive. So named by Roscoe because the several glaciers in the area commemorate polar publications.

Puccini Spur
Puccini Spur (-70.05°N, -70.63333°W) is a rock spur, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, extending southwest into Mozart Ice Piedmont close south of Mahler Spur in the north part of Alexander Island. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) in 1937. Accurately delineated from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), Italian operatic composer.

Pudding Butte
Pudding Butte (-75.86667°N, 159.98333°W) is a butte standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Beta Peak, in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63, because of a splendid feast at the nearby camp.

Puffball Islands
Puffball Islands (-69.03333°N, -68.5°W) is a scattered group of small, low, mainly ice-covered islands and rocks which extend about 10 nautical miles (18 km) in a NE-SW direction, lying in southern Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. The center of the group lies 23 nautical miles (43 km) north-northeast of Cape Jeremy. First visited and surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The name, applied by FIDS, derives from association with Mushroom Island which lies 14 nautical miles (26 km) northeast of this group. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Puget Rock
Puget Rock (-63.48333°N, -55.65°W) is a rock lying east of Eden Rocks, off the east end of Dundee Island in the Joinville Island group. The name Cape Puget was given by Sir James Clark Ross on December 30, 1842, for Captain William D. Puget, Royal Navy, but it is not clear from Ross' text what feature he was naming. The name Puget Rock was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1956 in order to preserve Ross' name in this vicinity.

Pugh Shoal
Pugh Shoal (-54.03333°N, -38.21667°W) is an area of shoal 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south of Main Island in the Willis Islands, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Able Seaman Peter J. Pugh of HMS Owen, which first charted this shoal in 1961.

Pujato Bluff
Pujato Bluff (-82.66667°N, -42.95°W) is a rock bluff, 660 m, forming the south end of Schneider Hills in the Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for General Hernan Pujato, officer in charge of Argentine wintering parties at General Belgrano Station in 1955 and 1956.

Mount Pukaki
Mount Pukaki (-82.81667°N, 162.1°W) is a peak between Mount Hawea and Mount Rotoiti in the Frigate Range. Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for the New Zealand frigate Pukaki.

Puke Toropa Mountain
Puke Toropa Mountain (-78.23333°N, 162.41667°W) is a Maori name meaning "circular hill."

Pukeko Pond
Pukeko Pond (-77.48333°N, 162.56667°W) is a

Pukkelen Rocks
Pukkelen Rocks (-72.25°N, 27.15°W) is a rock outcrops just west of Bollene Rocks at the head of Byrdbreen, in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named Pukkelen (the hump).

Pulfrich Peak
Pulfrich Peak (-64.68333°N, -62.46667°W) is a peak near the east part of Wild Spur on Arctowski Peninsula, on the west coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Carl Pulfrich (1858-1927), "father of stereophotogrammetry," who independently developed a stereocomparator in 1901 and developed the principle of the "floating mark" established by Franz Stolze.

Mount Pulitzer
Mount Pulitzer (-85.81667°N, -154.26667°W) is a prominent mountain, 2,155 m, standing 7 nautical miles (13 km) northeast of Mount Griffith on the elevated platform between Koerwitz and Vaughan Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a patron of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928-30 and 1933-35.

Pull Point
Pull Point (-54.01667°N, -37.96667°W) is a point lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of Cape Pride on the east side of Elsehul, near the west end of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.

Pullen Island
Pullen Island (-72.58333°N, -60.95°W) is a snow-covered island 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, which rises to 495 m at its north end, lying near the center of Violante Inlet along the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in a flight from East Base on December 30, 1940, and named for William A. Pullen, Aviation Machinist's Mate at the East Base. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Pulpit Mountain
Pulpit Mountain (-60.68333°N, -45.21667°W) is a conspicuous, red-colored mountain, 945 m, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Spence Harbor at the east end of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following their survey of 1948-49. The feature resembles a pulpit when seen from the east.

Pulpit Rock
Pulpit Rock (-53.08333°N, 73.35°W) is a rock lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) south of Cape Gazert, off the west side of Heard Island. This feature was charted as a small island on an 1860 sketch map compiled by Captain H.C. Chester, American sealer operating in the area during this period. The feature was surveyed and named in 1948 by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions).

Pumphouse Lake
Pumphouse Lake (-60.7°N, -45.61667°W) is the southernmost lake in Three Lakes Valley on Signy Island. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because of the abandoned pumphouse and pipeline on the east side of the lake which was built by whalers.

Punchbowl Cirque
Punchbowl Cirque (-76.7°N, 159.78333°W) is a cirque in the southern part of Shipton Ridge, about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southwest of Roscolyn Tor, in the Allan Hills of Victoria Land. Reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) Allan Hills Expedition (1964) who gave the descriptive name.

Punchbowl Glacier
Punchbowl Glacier (-65.18333°N, -61.95°W) is a glacier that enters the north end of Exasperation Inlet, north of Jorum Glacier, on the east side of Graham Land. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947 and 1955. The name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) is descriptive of shape as the glacier is hemmed in by mountains.

Pungent Point
Pungent Point (-56.3°N, -27.51667°W) is a low, dark lava cliffs forming the east point of Zavodovski Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 refers to the pungent volcanic fumes which are characteristic of this island.

Pup Cove
Pup Cove (-60.7°N, -45.6°W) is a small cove on the north side of Elephant Flats at the head of Borge Bay, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in recognition of the first recorded birth of a fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on the island (February 1977) since the opening of Signy station in 1947.

Pup Rock
Pup Rock (-68.36667°N, -67.05°W) is a rock about 200 m in diameter, between Refuge Islands and Tiber Rocks in Rymill Bay, off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by geologist Robert L. Nichols of Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, who applied the name "Three Pup Island." The name has been shortened for the sake of brevity.

Puppis Pikes
Puppis Pikes (-71.26667°N, -66.4°W) is a loosely-defined group of pointed nunataks and smaller outcrops running roughly east-west, located 7 nautical miles (13 km) northeast of Mount Cadbury in Palmer Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the constellation of Puppis.

Purcell Snowfield
Purcell Snowfield (-70.48333°N, -69.91667°W) is a snowfield, 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, between Colbert Mountains and Douglas Range in the central part of Alexander Island. Mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Henry Purcell (1659-1695), English composer.

Purdy Point
Purdy Point (-60.53333°N, -45.43333°W) is a point 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east-southeast of Foul Point on the north coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. First seen in December 1821 in the course of a joint cruise by Captain George Powell, British sealer, and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, American sealer, and roughly shown on Powell's chart. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1956-58 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for John Purdy (1773-1843), a leading English hydrographer of his day, who compiled numerous nautical directories and charts, including the South Orkney Islands, the forerunners of Admiralty sailing directions.

Purgatory Peak
Purgatory Peak (-77.35°N, 162.3°W) is a peak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Pond peak in the Saint Johns Range of Victoria Land. So named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58, because of the extremely trying weather and surface conditions encountered while traveling toward and surveying from this peak.

Purka Mountain
Purka Mountain (-68.25°N, 58.58333°W) is a prominent mountain ridge with two outliers, about 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Mount Gjeita in the Hansen Mountains. Mapped and named Purka (the sow) by Norwegian cartographers working from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37.

Purvis Peak
Purvis Peak (-72.63333°N, 169.15°W) is a peak (2,250 m) 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Northampton in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land. The peak overlooks the terminus of Tucker Glacier from the south. Mapped by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Cdr.) Ronald S. Purvis, U.S. Navy, of Squadron VX-6, pilot of Otter aircraft at Ellsworth Station, 1956-57, and of R5D Skymaster aircraft at McMurdo Station, 1957-58.

Cape Purvis
Cape Purvis (-63.58333°N, -55.96667°W) is a cape forming the south extremity of Dundee Island, off the north tip of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered in December 1842 by Captain James Ross, Royal Navy, and named by him for Commodore (later Rear Admiral) John B. Purvis, Royal Navy, who was of assistance to Ross' expedition.

Point Purvis
Point Purvis (-54.16667°N, -36.68333°W) is a point lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southwest of Tonsberg Point in Husvik Harbor, South Georgia. Charted by DI in 1928 and named after Petty Officer J. Purvis, Royal Navy (Purvis Glacier, q.v.), a member of the DI hydrographic survey party in this area in the motorboat Alert, 1928-30.

Putzke Peak
Putzke Peak (-75.81667°N, -128.53333°W) is a peak (2,325 m) at the end of the spur which descends northeast from Mount Petras, in the McCuddin Mountains, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Stanley G. Putzke, USCG, Commanding Officer of USCGC Staten Island during Operation Deep Freeze 1971 and 1972.

Puzzle Islands
Puzzle Islands (-64.98333°N, -63.66667°W) is a group of small islands, rocks and reefs at the mouth of Flandres Bay, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Menier Island off the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958; the group is often hidden by icebergs which come to rest in the surrounding shallow waters. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Py Point
Py Point (-64.88333°N, -63.61667°W) is a point forming the south extremity of Doumer Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Monsieur Py, president of the French Chamber of Commerce in Buenos Aires at that time.

Pyke Glacier
Pyke Glacier (-64.25°N, -59.6°W) is a glacier 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, flowing southward from Detroit Plateau, Graham Land, between Albone and Polaris Glaciers. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Geoffrey N. Pyke (1894-1948), English scientist who in 1941 originated the ideas developed by the Studebaker Corporation into the M-29 Tracked Cargo Carrier or "Weasel," the first really successful snow vehicle.

Pylon Point
Pylon Point (-68.1°N, -65.08333°W) is a rocky promontory standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Three Slice Nunatak and marking the north end of the main mountainous mass of Joerg Peninsula, on the east coast of Graham Land. Pylon Point lies in the area first seen by Sir Hubert Wilkins on his flight of December 20, 1928, and crossed by Lincoln Ellsworth on his flight of November 21, 1935. So named by the US-SCAN because the various flights and sledge trips of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, rounded it on their way south along the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula.

Pyne Glacier
Pyne Glacier (-77.06667°N, 162.3°W) is a glacier east of Robson Glacier in Gonville and Caius Range. Flows north and joins Mackay Glacier system southwest of The Flatiron. Named after Alex Pyne, recipient of the Polar Medal for services in Antarctic geological and in particular glacial research since 1977; currently works at Victoria University's Antarctic Research Centre in Wellington.

Pyramid Island
Pyramid Island (-62.43333°N, -60.1°W) is a conspicuous, pillar-shaped island, 205 m high, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north-northeast of Williams Point, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This island, presumably known to sealers in the area since about 1821, was charted and given this name by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1935. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Pyramid Mountain
Pyramid Mountain (-77.78333°N, 160.66667°W) is a mountain resembling a pyramid, rising to 2,120 m between Turnabout Valley and the mouth of Beacon Valley, in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. The name seems first to appear on maps of the British Antarctic Expedition (R.F. Scott), 1910-13, but the mountain was almost certainly seen for the first time during Scott's first expedition, 1901-04.

Pyramid Mountain
Pyramid Mountain (-81.31667°N, 158.25°W) is a conspicuous pyramidal mountain, 2,810 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Mount Albert Markham in the Churchill Mountains. Discovered and named by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04.

Pyramid Peak
Pyramid Peak (-54°N, -37.38333°W) is a peak, 475 m, surmounting Cape Buller at the west side of the entrance to the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. Mapped in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition and named descriptively "Die Pyramide."

Pyramid Peak
Pyramid Peak (-72.26667°N, 165.58333°W) is a peak in the southeast part of Destination Nunataks, Victoria Land, rising to 2,565 m 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Sphinx Peak. Descriptively named by the Northern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63.

Pyramid Point
Pyramid Point (-54.01667°N, -37.96667°W) is a point lying south of Cape Pride on the east side of Elsehul, near the west end of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1929 British Admiralty chart.

Pyramid Pond
Pyramid Pond (-78.28333°N, 163.45°W) is a named in association with Pyramid Trough.

Pyramid Rock
Pyramid Rock (-64.38333°N, -63.11667°W) is a rock lying close to the extremity of Gourdon Peninsula, off the northeast coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted and named by DI personnel on the Discovery in 1927.

Pyramid Trough
Pyramid Trough (-78.3°N, 163.45°W) is a deep trough immediately west of The Bulwark, through which a part of the Koettlitz Glacier formerly flowed north to Walcott Bay. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1960-61) for its proximity to The Pyramid.

The Pyramid
The Pyramid (-63.43333°N, -57.01667°W) is a pyramidal nunatak, 565 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Mount Carroll and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of the head of Hope Bay, at the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered and named by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04.

The Pyramid
The Pyramid (-78.35°N, 163.5°W) is a small but distinctive peak just south of Pyramid Trough, at the west side of the Koettlitz Glacier. The descriptive name appears to have been first used by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.

Pyramiden Nunatak
Pyramiden Nunatak (-72.28333°N, -3.8°W) is a nunatak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Knallen Peak, on the east side of the head of Schytt Glacier in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Pyramiden (the pyramid).

Pyrites Island
Pyrites Island (-61.91667°N, -57.98333°W) is the largest of three small islands lying southeast of Gam Point and forming the east side of Esther Harbor, off the north coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. In 1913-14, the rocky extremity of Gam Point and the adjoining islands to the northwest and southeast were named Esther, Pyritis (sic) or Pyritic Islands by Scottish geologist David Ferguson, who reported they were composed of pyrites and vein quartz. From Ferguson's description it appears that the ice cliff behind the Gam Point has advanced since 1914 so that this "island" is now joined to the mainland. The highest and most conspicuous of the remaining islands is the one here described. The name Pyrites Island was recommended by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 to avoid confusion with the other existing "Esther" names in the vicinity. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Pyrox Island
Pyrox Island (-68.2°N, -66.68333°W) is an island lying at the head of Neny Fjord, along the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Resurveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it because of pyroxenic rocks found there. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Pyroxenite Promontory
Pyroxenite Promontory (-82.61667°N, -53°W) is a promontory rising to about 1,150 m near the west end of Dufek Massif in the Pensacola Mountains. The feature is located west of Neuburg Peak and projects northwest toward Rautio Nunatak. The name was proposed by Arthur B. Ford, leader of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) geological party in the Pensacola Mountains, 1978-79, from the pyroxenite rock which forms a conspicuous dark layer along the cliffs of the promontory.

Pythagoras Peak
Pythagoras Peak (-66.98333°N, 51.33333°W) is a highest peak, 1,275 m, in the central Tula Mountains, standing along the north side of Beaver Glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) southeast of Mount Storer. The peak has a prominent notch, the eastern aspect being a right-angled triangle with a perpendicular northern face. It was photographed from Mount Riiser-Larsen in February 1958 by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) led by Phillip Law, but was first visited and surveyed in December 1958 by G.A. Knuckey, ANARE surveyor. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) after Pythagoras, Greek philosopher, whose theorem concerning a right-angled triangle is well known.

Pythia Island
Pythia Island (-64.53333°N, -61.98333°W) is an island 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) long, the largest of a group of small islands off the east side of Enterprise Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 after Christen Christensen's whaling factory Pythia, which operated from nearby Gouvernoren Harbor during the 1921-22 whaling season. == See also == * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Pyxis Ridge
Pyxis Ridge (-71.26667°N, -66.8°W) is a narrow ridge of nunataks separated by passes, located 5 nautical miles (9 km) north-northwest of Mount Cadbury from where it projects into the south side of Ryder Glacier, in Palmer Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the constellation of Pyxis.