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[edit] Peckham Glacier

'''Peckham Glacier''' ({{coor dm|80|21|S|157|25|E|}}) is a steep tributary [[glacier]] in the [[Britannia Range]], flowing south from [[Mount McClintock]] into [[Byrd Glacier]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Verne E. Peckham]], biologist, [[McMurdo Station]] winter party 1962, who with use of SCUBA gear made numerous dives under the sea ice of [[McMurdo Sound]] at [[Winter Quarters Bay]] and off [[Cape Evans]].

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[edit] Pecora Escarpment

'''Pecora Escarpment''' ({{coor dm|85|38|S|68|42|W|}}) is an irregular escarpment, 7 [[Mile|mile]]s (11 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, standing 35 [[Mile|mile]]s (60 [[Kilometer|km]]) southwest of [[Patuxent Range]] and marking the southernmost exposed rocks of the [[Pensacola Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1956-66. Named by [[Dwight Schmidt]], geologist to the Pensacola Mountains, 1962-66, for [[William T. Pecora]], eighth director of the [[U.S. Geological Survey]], 1965-71.

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[edit] Pedalling Ice Field

'''Pedalling Ice Field''' ({{coor dm|77|15|S|159|55|E|}}) is an icefield composed of blue ice, located at the edge of the polar plateau just south of [[Mount Dewitt]] and [[Mount Littlepage]], [[Victoria Land]]. The name alludes to the use of a bicycle as a practical means of transportation by a glacial mapping party led by [[Trevor Chinn]], summer season 1992-93, and is part of a theme of cycling names in the area. Approved by [[New Zealand Geographic Board]] (NZGB) in 1995.

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[edit] Mount Peddie

'''Mount Peddie''' ({{coor dm|76|1|S|145|1|W|}}) is an isolated [[mountain]] 5 [[Mile|mile]]s (8 [[Kilometer|km]]) north of [[Webster Bluff]] at the north end of the [[Ford Ranges]] in [[Marie Byrd Land]]. Mapped from surveys by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos (1959-65). Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Norman W. Peddie]], geomagnetician and seismologist at [[Byrd Station]], 1964.

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[edit] Peden Cliffs

'''Peden Cliffs''' ({{coor dm|74|57|S|136|28|W|}}) is a line of cliffs, 6 [[Mile|mile]]s (10 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, breached near the center by [[Rhodes Icefall]]. The cliffs border the north side of [[Garfield Glacier]] in the west part of [[McDonald Heights]], [[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 [[Irene C. Peden]], ionospheric physicist who made investigations on electrical measurements of the ice sheet near [[Byrd Station]], 1970-71.

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[edit] Pedersen Nunatak

'''Pedersen Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|64|56|S|60|44|W|}}) is the westernmost of the [[Seal Nunataks]], lying 8 [[Mile|mile]]s (13 [[Kilometer|km]]) northeast of [[Cape Fairweather]], off the east coast of [[Antarctic Peninsula]]. First charted in 1947 by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS), and named for Captain [[Morten Pedersen]] of the Norwegian sealer Castor, which operated in Antarctic waters during the 1893-94 season.

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[edit] Mount Pedersen

'''Mount Pedersen''' ({{coor dm|72|5|S|164|2|E|}}) is a [[mountain]], 2,070 m, standing 9 [[Mile|mile]]s (14 [[Kilometer|km]]) southeast of [[Galatos Peak]] in [[Salamander Range]], [[Freyberg 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 [[John M. Pedersen]], biologist at [[McMurdo Station]], summers 1965-66 and 1966-67.

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[edit] Peel Cirque

'''Peel Cirque''' ({{coor dm|69|7|S|70|31|W|}}) is a cirque laying above southwest side of [[Roberts Ice Piedmont]], northeast [[Alexander Island]]. Photographed from the air by [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE) in 1947, mapped from air photographs by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1959, and surveyed by [[British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS), 1973-77. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1980 after Dr. [[David Anthony Peel]], glaciologist with BAS from 1968, who worked on Alexander Island, 1975-76.

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[edit] Peeler Bluff

'''Peeler Bluff''' ({{coor dm|72|35|S|93|20|W|}}) is a prominent rock bluff along the middle of the west coast of [[McNamara Island]]. The [[island]] lies within the northern edge of [[Abbot Ice Shelf]], but Peeler Bluff is a conspicuous navigation mark from seaward. This area was explored by personnel aboard the USS Glacier and [[Staten Island]] in February 1961. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander [[James C. Peeler]], [[U.S. Navy]], who camped here, February 7-9, 1961, and obtained position data for the bluff and other points in the vicinity.

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[edit] Pegasus Mountains

'''Pegasus Mountains''' ({{coor dm|71|0|S|67|12|W|}}) is a mountains, 16 [[Mile|mile]]s (26 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, consisting of a system of ridges and peaks broken by two passes. Located between Bertram and [[Ryder Glaciers]] and immediately east of [[Gurney Point]] on the west coast of [[Palmer Land]]. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) after the constellation of Pegasus.

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[edit] Peggotty Bluff

'''Peggotty Bluff''' ({{coor dm|54|9|S|37|17|W|}}) is a bluff on the north side and near the head of [[King Haakon Bay]], [[South Georgia]]. In 1916, [[Sir Ernest Shackleton]]'s party from [[Elephant Island]] established a camp near the head of King Haakon Bay which they called [[Peggotty Camp]]. During the SGS, 1955-56, King Haakon Bay was surveyed and the approximate position of the camp deduced. The name Peggotty Bluff was given to the feature now described, which is close to the campsite.

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[edit] Pegmatite Peak

'''Pegmatite Peak''' ({{coor dm|85|39|S|154|39|W|}}) is a [[peak]] (790 m) along the west side of [[Koerwitz Glacier]], about midway between the main summits of [[Medina Peaks]] and [[Mount Salisbury]], in the [[Queen Maud Mountains]]. First mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1960-64. So named by [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE), 1969-70, because of the occurrence of large, whitish pegmatite dykes in a rock wall at the southeast spur of the peak.

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[edit] Pegmatite Point

'''Pegmatite Point''' ({{coor dm|85|1|S|165|20|W|}}) is a distinctively banded point which juts into the head of [[Ross Ice Shelf]] from the [[Duncan Mountains]]. The point is 7 [[Mile|mile]]s (11 [[Kilometer|km]]) east-northeast of [[Mount Fairweather]]. It was first roughly plotted from ground surveys and aerial photographs by the [[Byrd Antarctic Expedition]], 1928-30. The [[Southern Party]] of [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE), 1963-64, visited the point and gave the name because of the abundance of the rock Pegmatite.

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[edit] Pegtop Mountain

'''Pegtop Mountain''' ({{coor dm|77|4|S|161|15|E|}}) is an elongated [[mountain]] marked by several conspicuous knobs, the highest and westernmost rising to 1,395 m, situated at the south side of [[Mackay Glacier]], 3 [[Mile|mile]]s (4.8 [[Kilometer|km]]) west of [[Sperm Bluff]]; in [[Victoria Land]]. Mapped and given this descriptive name by the [[British Antarctic Expedition]], 1910-13.

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[edit] Peine Island

'''Peine Island''' ({{coor dm|63|24|S|54|42|W|}}) is a small [[island]] west of [[Beagle Island]] in the [[Danger Islands]], southeast of [[Joinville Island]]. The descriptive name "[[Islote Peine]]" (comb island) was given by Ministerio de Defensa, Argentina, 1978; [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) approved the name in 1993 with the generic term Island.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Peleg Peak

'''Peleg Peak''' ({{coor dm|65|51|S|62|33|W|}}) is a rock [[peak]] (920 m) on the massif between [[Flask Glacier]] and [[Leppard Glacier]] on the east coast of [[Graham Land]]. It stands 4 [[Mile|mile]]s (6 [[Kilometer|km]]) northwest of [[Ishmael Peak]]. Surveyed by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1955. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) after [[Captain Peleg]], part-owner of the whaling ship Pequod in [[Herman Melville]]'s [[Moby Dick]].

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[edit] Peletier Plateau

'''Peletier Plateau''' ({{coor dm|83|55|S|159|40|E|}}) is an ice-covered plateau, about 20 [[Mile|mile]]s (32 [[Kilometer|km]]) long and 5 [[Mile|mile]]s (8 [[Kilometer|km]]) wide, forming the southern part of [[Queen Elizabeth Range]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Rear Admiral Eugene Peletier]], CEC, [[U.S. Navy]], Bureau of Yards and Docks, who was of assistance to [[Rear Admiral George Dufek]] in the preparation of [[U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze II]], 1956-57.

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[edit] Mount Peleus

'''Mount Peleus''' ({{coor dm|77|29|S|162|5|E|}}) is a small [[peak]], 1,790 m, about 3 [[Mile|mile]]s (4.8 [[Kilometer|km]]) west of [[Mount Theseus]] in the [[Olympus Range]] of [[Victoria Land]]. Named by the [[Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition]] (VUWAE) (1958-59) for a figure in Greek mythology.

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[edit] Pelias Bluff

'''Pelias Bluff''' ({{coor dm|66|4|S|61|23|W|}}) is a conspicuous rock bluff rising to more than 150 m at the head of the inlet lying immediately west of [[Standring Inlet]], on the north coast of [[Jason Peninsula]] in [[Graham Land]]. Surveyed by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1953. Named in 1956 by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in association with Jason Peninsula; Pelias, who was his uncle, deprived Jason of his kingdom, but was later killed through the agency of Medea.

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[edit] Pelletan Point

'''Pelletan Point''' ({{coor dm|65|6|S|63|2|W|}}) is a long, narrow point projecting into the head of [[Flandres Bay]] 3 miles south of [[Briand Fjord]], on the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Charted by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]] (1903-05) under Charcot, who applied the name "[[Baie Pelletan]]" to the indentations north and south of the point here described. In 1960 the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) transferred the name Pelletan to the point; the two indentations do not together form an identifiable feature and they can be easily described by reference to this point. Charles-[[Camille Pelletan]] (1846-1915) was a French politician and Minister of the Navy, 1902-05.

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[edit] Pelseneer Island

'''Pelseneer Island''' ({{coor dm|64|39|S|62|13|W|}}) is an [[island]] 2 [[Mile|mile]]s (3.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) long and 1 [[Mile|mile]] (1.6 [[Kilometer|km]]) wide, with three prominent rocky peaks projecting through its icecap, lying 2 [[Mile|mile]]s (3.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) west of [[Brooklyn Island]] in the south-central portion of [[Wilhelmina Bay]], off the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Discovered by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]], 1897-99, and named by Gerlache for [[P. Pelseneer]], member of the [[Belgica Commission]] and writer of some of the zoological reports of the expedition.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Pelter Glacier

'''Pelter Glacier''' ({{coor dm|71|57|S|98|22|W|}}) is a [[glacier]] about 5 [[Mile|mile]]s (8 [[Kilometer|km]]) long on [[Thurston Island]], flowing from the east side of [[Noville Peninsula]] into the west side of [[Murphy Inlet]]. Delineated from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Squadron VX]]-6 in January 1960. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[J.A. Pelter]], aerial photographer with the [[Byrd Antarctic Expedition]] in 1933-35.

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[edit] Peltier Channel

'''Peltier Channel''' ({{coor dm|64|52|S|63|32|W|}}) is a channel 6 [[Mile|mile]]s (10 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, in a NE-SW direction, separating Doumer and [[Wiencke Islands]] to the south of [[Port Lockroy]], in the [[Palmer Archipelago]]. Discovered by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1903-05, and named by Charcot for [[Jean Peltier]], noted French physicist.

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[edit] Pemmican Bluff

'''Pemmican Bluff''' ({{coor dm|73|31|S|94|22|W|}}) is a short but prominent bluff with steep rock north face and sloping snow south slope. It overlooks the west side of upper [[Basecamp Valley]] just west of [[Pillsbury Tower]], in the [[Jones Mountains]]. Mapped by the University of [[Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party]], 1960-61. So named by this party because the bluff is composed of complex volcanic rocks giving the north face a very mottled appearance similar to the pemmican eaten in the field.

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[edit] Pemmican Step

'''Pemmican Step''' ({{coor dm|72|0|S|167|33|E|}}) is a step-like rise in the level of [[Tucker Glacier]] above its junction with [[Leander Glacier]], in [[Victoria Land]]. It is very crevassed in its southern half, but there is easy traveling over it toward its north end. Named by the [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE), 1957-58. It is the second of the steps on this [[glacier]].

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[edit] Penance Pass

'''Penance Pass''' ({{coor dm|78|4|S|163|51|E|}}) is the lowest, and easternmost, pass from Shangri-la to the [[Miers Valley]]. Named by the [[New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition]] (VUWAE), 1960-61.

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[edit] Penca Hill

'''Penca Hill''' ({{coor dm|62|36|S|61|7|W|}}) is a prominent hill rising to about 200 m at the base of [[Ray Promontory]], [[Byers Peninsula]], [[Livingston Island]]. The feature is named "[[Cerro Penca]]" in a report by [[P.J. Hernandez]] P. and [[V. Azcarate]] M., 1971, following geological surveys by the [[Chilean Antarctic Expedition]]. The name may be descriptive, penca being a fleshy leaf or joint of a plant.

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[edit] Penck Glacier

'''Penck Glacier''' ({{coor dm|77|57|S|34|42|W|}}) is a small [[glacier]] flowing northward along the west side of [[Bertrab Glacier]] to [[Vahsel Bay]]. Discovered by the [[German Antarctic Expedition]], 1911-12, under [[Wilhelm Filchner]], who named this feature for German geographer [[Albrecht Penck]].

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[edit] Penck Ledge

'''Penck Ledge''' ({{coor dm|73|3|S|4|18|W|}}) is a mainly ice-covered ledge at the west side of the head of [[Penck Trough]] in [[Queen Maud Land]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by [[Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition]] (NBSAE) (1949-52) and additional air photos (1958-59), and named in association with Penck Trough.

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[edit] Penck Trough

'''Penck Trough''' ({{coor dm|73|0|S|2|45|W|}}) is a broad ice-filled [[valley]] trending SW-NE. for about 60 [[Mile|mile]]s (100 [[Kilometer|km]]) between [[Borg Massif]] and the northeast part of [[Kirwan Escarpment]], in [[Queen Maud Land]]. Discovered by the [[German Antarctic Expedition]] under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for German geographer [[Albrecht Penck]]. Maps of the German Antarctic Expedition incorrectly represent this feature with a north-south axis, but it was accurately mapped by the [[Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition]] (NBSAE) under Giaever, 1949-52.

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[edit] Cape Penck

'''Cape Penck''' ({{coor dm|66|43|S|87|43|E|}}) is an ice-covered point fronting on [[West Ice Shelf]] about 35 [[Mile|mile]]s (60 [[Kilometer|km]]) west-northwest of Gaussberg, separating Leopold and [[Astrid Coast]] from [[Wilhelm II Coast]]. Roughly charted by the [[Western Base Party]] of the [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]], 1911-14, under Mawson, and named for [[Albrecht Penck]], internationally known German geographer.

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[edit] Pendant Ridge

'''Pendant Ridge''' ({{coor dm|85|4|S|174|45|W|}}) is a ridge about 3 [[Mile|mile]]s (4.8 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, extending southwest to the north side of the mouth of [[McGregor Glacier]], 1.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (2.4 [[Kilometer|km]]) northwest of [[Simplicity Hill]], in the [[Queen Maud Mountains]]. So named by the [[Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition]] (1964-65) because a pyramidal [[peak]] at its southern extremity appears to be dangling from the ridge as a pendant.

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[edit] Pendleton Strait

'''Pendleton Strait''' ({{coor dm|66|0|S|66|30|W|}}) is a strait between Rabot and [[Lavoisier Islands]], in the [[Biscoe Islands]]. The [[French Antarctic Expedition]], in accordance with Charcot's conception of this water feature, applied the name [[Pendleton Bay]] in January 1909. The [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37, recognizing that it is really a strait, renamed it Pendleton Strait. Named by Charcot for Captain [[Benjamin Pendleton]], Yankee sealer of Stonington, CT. [[Captain Pendleton]] was commodore of the little fleet which included the sloop Hero under Captain [[Nathaniel B. Palmer]] who, at Pendleton's direction, explored this area in January 1821.

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[edit] Mount Pendragon

'''Mount Pendragon''' ({{coor dm|61|15|S|55|14|W|}}) is a [[mountain]] (975 m) 1.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (2.4 [[Kilometer|km]]) northwest of [[Cape Lookout]], [[Elephant Island]], [[South Shetland Islands]]. Mapped by [[U.K. Joint Services Expedition]], 1970-71. The name was applied to this highest mountain on Elephant Island by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1971 and acknowledges [[Prince Charles]] as royal patron of the [[Joint Services Expedition]]. Pendragon is the ancient title for a British or [[Welsh Prince]].

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[edit] Pendulum Cove

'''Pendulum Cove''' ({{coor dm|62|56|S|60|36|W|}}) is a cove at the northeast side of [[Port Foster]], [[Deception Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. The name of the cove derives from the pendulum and magnetic observations made there by the British expedition under Foster in 1829.

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[edit] Penelope Point

'''Penelope Point''' ({{coor dm|71|30|S|169|47|E|}}) is a bold rock [[headland]] between [[Nielsen Glacier]] and [[Scott Keltie Glacier]] on the north coast of [[Victoria Land]]. First charted by the [[Northern Party]], led by Campbell, of the [[British Antarctic Expedition]], 1910-13. Named by them after the nickname "Penelope" given to Lieutenant [[Harry L.L. Pennell]], commander of the expedition ship [[Terra Nova]].

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[edit] Peneplain Peak

'''Peneplain Peak''' ({{coor dm|83|51|S|167|2|E|}}) is a [[peak]] (2,650 m) located midway along [[Hampton Ridge]], which lies between [[Montgomerie Glacier]] and [[Mackellar Glacier]] in [[Queen Alexandra Range]]. So named by the [[Ohio State University Geological Party]], 1967-68, because an excellent exposure of the "[[Kukri Peneplain]]," an ancient erosion surface, is present on the peak.

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[edit] Penfold Point

'''Penfold Point''' ({{coor dm|62|59|S|60|35|W|}}) is a point which forms the northwest side of the entrance to [[Whalers Bay]], [[Deception Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. Named for Lieutenant Commander [[D.N. Penfold]], [[Royal Navy]], who conducted a survey of the [[island]] during 1948-49.

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[edit] Penguin Bay

'''Penguin Bay''' ({{coor dm|54|20|S|36|14|W|}}) is a small, kelp-infested [[bay]] lying just southeast of [[Ocean Harbor]] on the north coast of [[South Georgia]]. The name appears on a 1931 [[British Admiralty]] chart.

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[edit] Penguin Bight

'''Penguin Bight''' ({{coor dm|64|16|S|56|39|W|}}) is a [[Bight (geography)|bight]] on the southeast coast of [[Seymour Island]], northward of [[Penguin Point]]. The feature was named "Pinguinbucht" ([[Penguin Bay]]) from the large penguin rookery observed there by the [[Swedish Antarctic Expedition]], 1901-04. The term bight is considered appropriate for this feature.

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[edit] Penguin Heights

'''Penguin Heights''' ({{coor dm|68|8|S|42|38|E|}}) is a relatively low, rocky elevation about 1 [[Mile|mile]] (1.6 [[Kilometer|km]]) southwest of [[Cape Hinode]], on the coast of [[Queen Maud Land]]. Mapped from surveys and air photos by [[Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition]] (JARE), 1957-62. The name Penguin Heights was given by JARE Headquarters in 1973.

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[edit] Penguin Island

'''Penguin Island''' ({{coor dm|62|6|S|57|54|W|}}) is an [[island]] 1 [[Mile|mile]] (1.6 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, which lies close off the south coast of [[King George Island]] and marks the east side of the entrance to [[King George Bay]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. Sighted in January 1820 by a British expedition under Bransfield, and so named by him because penguins occupied the shores of the island.

== See also ==
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[edit] Penguin Point

'''Penguin Point''' ({{coor dm|60|31|S|45|56|W|}}) is a point which forms the northwest extremity of [[Coronation Island]] in the [[South Orkney Islands]]. Discovered on [[December 7]], [[1821]] by Captain [[George Powell]], British sealer in the sloop Dove, and Captain [[Nathaniel Palmer]], American sealer in the sloop [[James Monroe]]. Named by Powell because of the number of penguins which were on this point.

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[edit] Penguin Point

'''Penguin Point''' ({{coor dm|67|39|S|146|12|E|}}) is a rock point at the west side of the entrance to [[Murphy Bay]]. The point rises to 95 m and marks the termination of a granite wall about 3 [[Mile|mile]]s (4.8 [[Kilometer|km]]) long. Discovered and named in 1912 by the eastern coastal party led by [[Cecil T. Madigan]] of the [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]] (1911-14) under [[Douglas Mawson]].

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[edit] Penguin Point

'''Penguin Point''' ({{coor dm|64|19|S|56|43|W|}}) is a point located centrally along the south shore of [[Seymour Island]], lying southeast of [[James Ross Island]] at the south margin of Erebus and [[Terror Gulf]]. The point was possibly seen in 1843 by a British expedition under Ross, and was roughly charted by Captain [[C.A. Larsen]] who landed on the [[island]] in 1892 and 1893. Recharted by the [[Swedish Antarctic Expedition]] under Nordenskjold, 1901-04, who so named it because a large penguin colony was found there.

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[edit] Penguin River

'''Penguin River''' ({{coor dm|54|17|S|36|30|W|}}) is a small meandering stream which flows in a general northeast direction from [[Hamberg Lakes]] to the coast close south of [[Horse Head]] in [[Cumberland East Bay]], [[South Georgia]]. First roughly surveyed by the [[Swedish Antarctic Expedition]] under Nordenskjold, 1901-04, and named by [[Carl Skottsberg]], botanist with the expedition.

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[edit] Penhale Peak

'''Penhale Peak''' ({{coor dm|77|37|S|162|47|E|}}) is a [[peak]] 0.8 [[Mile|mile]]s (1.3 [[Kilometer|km]]) east of [[Mount Torii]] on the north wall of [[Taylor Valley]], [[Victoria Land]]. The peak rises to 1,600 m directly north of the west end of [[Lake Hoare]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) (1997) after [[Polly A. Penhale]], biologist, [[Program Manager]] for [[Polar Biology]] and Medicine, Office of [[Polar Programs]], [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF), from 1986; co-editor (with [[C. Susan Weiler]]) of [[Ultraviolet Radiation]] in Antarctica: Measurements and [[Biological Effects]], American [[Geophysical Union]], Washington, D.C., 1994.

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[edit] Penitent Peak

'''Penitent Peak''' ({{coor dm|67|52|S|67|14|W|}}) is a [[peak]] between [[Mount Breaker]] and [[Ryan Peak]] on [[Horseshoe Island]]. Surveyed by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1955-57 and so named because of the snow penitents which are a characteristic feature in the vicinity of the peak.

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[edit] Penn Tarn

'''Penn Tarn''' ({{coor dm|77|35|S|163|6|E|}}) is a tarn 0.1 [[Mile|mile]]s (0.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) north of [[Princeton Tarn]] in the southwest part of [[Tarn Valley]], [[Victoria Land]]. The feature is one of four tarns in the [[valley]] named by the [[Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition]] (VUWAE), 1965-66, after American universities; Penn is a colloquial form of reference to the University of Pennsylvania.

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[edit] Pennell Bank

'''Pennell Bank''' ({{coor dm|74|30|S|179|59|E|}}) is a northeast trending bank on the continental shelf in the eastern [[Ross Sea]]. Name approved 2/64 (ACUF 201).

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[edit] Pennell Coast

'''Pennell Coast''' ({{coor dm|71|0|S|167|0|E|}}) is that portion of the coast of Antarctica between [[Cape Williams]] and [[Cape Adare]]. Named by [[New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (NZ-APC) in 1961 after Lieutenant [[Harry L.L. Pennell]], [[Royal Navy]], commander of the [[Terra Nova]], the expedition ship of the [[British Antarctic Expedition]], 1910-13. Pennell engaged in oceanographic work in the [[Ross Sea]] during this period. In February 1911 he sailed along this coast in exploration and an endeavor to land the [[Northern Party]] led by Lieutenant [[Victor Campbell]].

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[edit] Penney Bay

'''Penney Bay''' ({{coor dm|66|26|S|110|36|E|}}) is a large [[bay]] extending from [[Robinson Ridge]] to [[Browning Peninsula]], at the east side of the [[Windmill Islands]]. First mapped from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]], 1946-47. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Richard L. Penney]], ornithologist and biologist at [[Wilkes Station]] in 1959 and 1960.

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[edit] Penney Landing

'''Penney Landing''' ({{coor dm|66|22|S|110|28|E|}}) is the only practical landing place toward the eastern end of the northern side of [[Ardery Island]], in the [[Windmill Islands]]. Discovered in 1959 by [[Richard L. Penney]], biologist at [[Wilkes Station]], for whom it was named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA).

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[edit] Penney Ravine

'''Penney Ravine''' ({{coor dm|66|22|S|110|27|E|}}) is a small ravine on [[Ardery Island]] in the [[Windmill Islands]]. It is on the northern side of the [[island]] just west of center. Discovered in February 1960 by a biological field party from [[Wilkes Station]]. Named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) for [[Richard L. Penney]], biologist at Wilkes Station in 1959 and 1960.

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[edit] Penny Lake

'''Penny Lake''' ({{coor dm|78|16|S|163|12|E|}}) is a coin-shaped [[lake]] perched in moraine near the mouth of [[Roaring Valley]], just south of [[Walcott Glacier]] in [[Victoria Land]]. It was the site of a base camp of the [[Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition]] (VUWAE), 1960-61, which gave this descriptive name.

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[edit] Penny Point

'''Penny Point''' ({{coor dm|80|48|S|160|41|E|}}) is an ice-covered point on the south side of [[Nicholson Peninsula]], marking the north side of the entrance to [[Matterson Inlet]] along the [[Ross Ice Shelf]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander [[H.C. Penny]], [[U.S. Navy]], commanding officer of USS Vance, ocean station ship in support of aircraft flights between [[New Zealand]] and Antarctica in [[U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze]] 1962.

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[edit] Penola Island

'''Penola Island''' ({{coor dm|62|3|S|57|51|W|}}) is a small [[island]] in [[Sherratt Bay]] lying close off the south coast of [[King George Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. Charted in 1937 by DI personnel on the [[Discovery II]], and named for the Penola, the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) ship which assisted the Discovery II in the search for a survey party stranded on King George Island in January 1937.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Penola Strait

'''Penola Strait''' ({{coor dm|65|10|S|64|7|W|}}) is a strait 11 [[Mile|mile]]s (18 [[Kilometer|km]]) long and averaging 2 [[Mile|mile]]s (3.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) wide, separating the [[Argentine Islands]], [[Petermann Island]] and [[Hovgaard Island]] from the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Traversed by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]] under Gerlache on [[February 12]], [[1898]]. Named by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill, for the expedition ship Penola.

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[edit] Penrod Nunatak

'''Penrod Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|85|35|S|134|53|W|}}) is a [[nunatak]] 2 [[Mile|mile]]s (3.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) northwest of [[Abbey Nunatak]], lying at the west side of [[Reedy Glacier]] just north of the mouth of [[Kansas Glacier]]. 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 [[Jack R. Penrod]], builder with the [[Byrd Station]] winter party, 1957.

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[edit] Pensacola Mountains

'''Pensacola Mountains''' ({{coor dm|83|45|S|55|0|W|}}) is a large group of [[mountain]] ranges and peaks, extending 280 [[Mile|mile]]s (450 [[Kilometer|km]]) in a NE-SW direction, comprising the [[Argentina Range]], [[Forrestal Range]], [[Dufek Massif]], [[Cordiner Peaks]], [[Neptune Range]], [[Patuxent Range]], [[Rambo Nunataks]] and [[Pecora Escarpment]]. These mountain units lie astride the extensive [[Foundation Ice Stream]] and [[Support Force Glacier]] which drain northward to the [[Ronne Ice Shelf]]. Discovered and photographed on [[January 13]], [[1956]] in the course of a transcontinental nonstop plane flight by personnel of [[U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I]] from [[McMurdo Sound]] to [[Weddell Sea]] and return. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for the [[U.S. Naval Air Station]], Pensacola, Florida, in commemoration of the historic role of that establishment in training aviators of the [[U.S. Navy]]. The mountains were mapped in detail by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-67.

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[edit] Penseroso Bluff

'''Penseroso Bluff''' ({{coor dm|71|4|S|160|6|E|}}) is a prominent bluff (1,945 m) surmounting the narrow, northern neck of the [[Daniels Range]], 10 [[Mile|mile]]s (16 [[Kilometer|km]]) northeast of [[Mount Nero]], in the [[Usarp Mountains]]. The [[Northern Party]] of the [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE), 1963-64, reached this bluff in gloomy weather. The feature appeared dark and sombre; hence, the party gave the name from Milton's "[[Il Penseroso]]" in antithesis to [[Allegro Valley]] 14 miles to the south.

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[edit] Pentecost Cirque

'''Pentecost Cirque''' ({{coor dm|77|30|S|160|41|E|}}) is a cirque between [[Hawkins Cirque]] and [[Dean Cirque]] on the south side of [[Olympus Range]], [[McMurdo Dry Valleys]]. The cirque opens south to [[Wright Upper Glacier]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) (2004) after [[John S. Pentecost]], PHI helicopter pilot with [[United States Antarctic Program]] (USAP) in seven consecutive field seasons from 1997-98.

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[edit] Peoples Rocks

'''Peoples Rocks''' ({{coor dm|64|45|S|64|6|W|}}) is a group of small islands off the coast of [[Anvers Island]] in [[Wylie Bay]], located northeast of [[Norsel Point]]. Named for [[Ann Peoples]], who served in a variety of positions from 1981-96; selected as the [[Berg Field Center Manager]] for [[McMurdo Station]] in 1986; first woman hired as a [[Station Manager]]; [[Palmer Station Manager]] 1991-96.

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[edit] Cape Pepin

'''Cape Pepin''' ({{coor dm|66|32|S|138|34|E|}}) is an ice-covered cape between [[Ravin Bay]] and [[Barre Glacier]]. Discovered in 1840 by the French expedition under Captain [[Jules Dumont]] d'Urville and named by him for his wife [[Adele Pepin]]. The area was charted by the [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]] in 1912-13, and again by the [[British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition]] (BANZARE) in 1931, both under Mawson. The cape was more recently delineated from aerial photographs taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]], 1946-47.

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[edit] Pepper Peak

'''Pepper Peak''' ({{coor dm|83|12|S|57|55|W|}}) is a sharp [[peak]], 940 m, standing 2 [[Mile|mile]]s (3.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) north of [[Mount Nervo]] in the [[Schmidt Hills]] portion of the [[Neptune Range]], [[Pensacola Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1956-66. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Clifford G. Pepper]], hospital corpsman at [[Ellsworth Station]], winter 1958.

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[edit] Pequod Glacier

'''Pequod Glacier''' ({{coor dm|65|30|S|62|3|W|}}) is a [[glacier]] over 15 [[Mile|mile]]s (24 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, draining east into [[Exasperation Inlet]] on the east coast of [[Graham Land]]. It lies parallel and just south of [[Melville Glacier]]. The lower part of the glacier was surveyed by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1947 and the upper reaches were surveyed in 1955. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) after the whaling ship Pequod in [[Herman Melville]]'s [[Moby Dick]].

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[edit] Per Nunatak

'''Per Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|71|52|S|7|4|E|}}) is a [[nunatak]] lying 4 [[Mile|mile]]s (6 [[Kilometer|km]]) northeast of [[Larsen Cliffs]] in the [[Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains]], [[Queen Maud Land]]. Plotted from surveys and air photos by the [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]] (1956-60) and named for [[Per Larsen]], steward with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-57).

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[edit] Per Rock

'''Per Rock''' ({{coor dm|71|17|S|11|26|E|}}) is a rock lying 0.8 [[Mile|mile]]s (1.3 [[Kilometer|km]]) north of [[Pal Rock]] in the [[Arkticheskiy Institut Rocks]], at the northwest extremity of the [[Wohlthat Mountains]] of [[Queen Maud Land]]. Discovered and photographed by the [[German Antarctic Expedition]], 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]], 1956-60, and named Per (Peter).

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[edit] Per Spur

'''Per Spur''' ({{coor dm|71|19|S|12|36|E|}}) is a rock spur which marks the northern extremity of [[Ostliche Petermann Range]], in the [[Wohlthat Mountains]], [[Queen Maud Land]]. Discovered and plotted from air photos by [[German Antarctic Expedition]], 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]], 1956-60, and named for [[J. Per Madsen]], a meteorologist with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59.

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[edit] Peralta Rocks

'''Peralta Rocks''' ({{coor dm|63|16|S|58|8|W|}}) is a group of about 8 small rocks covering an area 4 [[Mile|mile]]s (6 [[Kilometer|km]]) by 2 [[Mile|mile]]s (3.2 [[Kilometer|km]]), lying 7 [[Mile|mile]]s (11 [[Kilometer|km]]) north of [[Cape Ducorps]], [[Trinity Peninsula]]. Named by the [[Chilean Antarctic Expedition]], 1949-50, for Lieutenant [[Roberto Peralta Bell]], second-in-command of the oil tanker Lientur.

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[edit] Perce Point

'''Perce Point''' ({{coor dm|72|8|S|74|38|W|}}) is a low ice-covered point 12 [[Mile|mile]]s (19 [[Kilometer|km]]) west-northwest of [[Berlioz Point]] on the southern coast of [[Beethoven Peninsula]], [[Alexander Island]]. Discovered by Snow, Perce and Carroll of the [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS) expedition in a flight from [[Stonington Island]] on [[December 22]], [[1940]]. Originally named "[[Cape Perce]]" after [[Earl B. Perce]], co-pilot of the discovery aircraft, but the term point is considered appropriate for this feature.

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[edit] Perch Island

'''Perch Island''' ({{coor dm|66|0|S|65|22|W|}}) is an [[island]] lying just off [[Prospect Point]] in the [[Fish Islands]], off the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Charted by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. So named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1959 because it is one of the Fish Islands.

== See also ==
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[edit] Mount Perchot

'''Mount Perchot''' ({{coor dm|65|44|S|64|10|W|}}) is a [[mountain]], 2,040 m, surmounted by a prominent ridge extending in a general north-south direction, standing 4 [[Mile|mile]]s (6 [[Kilometer|km]]) southeast of [[Magnier Peaks]] on the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Discovered by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1908-10, and named by Charcot for [[Monsieur Perchot]], an acquaintance who donated seventy pairs of boots to the expedition.

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[edit] Mount Percy

'''Mount Percy''' ({{coor dm|63|15|S|55|49|W|}}) is a prominent [[mountain]], 765 m, the highest feature on [[Joinville Island]], standing immediately north of [[Mount Alexander]] near the center of the [[island]]. Discovered by a British expedition under Ross on [[December 30]], [[1842]], and named for [[R. Admiral]] the [[Honorable Josceline Percy]], [[Royal Navy]], 1784-1856. Although this mountain is not surmounted by twin peaks, as described by Ross, there are a number of peaks of similar height in its vicinity, one of which may have given rise to Ross' description.

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[edit] Peregrinus Peak

'''Peregrinus Peak''' ({{coor dm|69|9|S|65|50|W|}}) is a [[peak]] (1,915 m) along the north side of [[Airy Glacier]], 3 [[Mile|mile]]s (4.8 [[Kilometer|km]]) southeast of [[Mount Timosthenes]], in central [[Antarctic Peninsula]]. Photographed from the air by [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE) [[November 27]], [[1947]]. Surveyed by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in December 1958. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) after [[Petrus Peregrinus]] de Maricourt, of Luceria, author of Epistola de magnete (1269), the first scientific treatise on the magnet.

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[edit] Cape Peremennyy

'''Cape Peremennyy''' ({{coor dm|66|12|S|105|24|E|}}) is an ice point on the coast of Antarctica 45 [[Mile|mile]]s (70 [[Kilometer|km]]) west-northwest of [[Merritt Island]]. First mapped (1955) by [[G.D. Blodgett]] from aerial photographs taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] (1947). Photographed by the [[Soviet Antarctic Expedition]] and ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) (1956). Named at the suggestion of members of the Soviet expedition. Peremennyy means "variable" and probably refers to the nature of this ice coastline.

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[edit] Perez Glacier

'''Perez Glacier''' ({{coor dm|84|6|S|177|0|E|}}) is a [[glacier]], 10 [[Mile|mile]]s (16 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, flowing northeast from [[Mount Brennan]] in the [[Hughes Range]] to the [[Ross Ice Shelf]] east of [[Giovinco Ice Piedmont]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Ensign Richard Perez]], [[U.S. Navy]], of [[Squadron VX]]-6, [[Antarctic Support Activity]], who participated in USN. [[Operation Deepfreeze]] 1964; wintered at [[McMurdo Station]] in 1961.

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[edit] Perez Peak

'''Perez Peak''' ({{coor dm|65|25|S|64|5|W|}}) is a distinctive [[peak]] 1 [[Mile|mile]] (1.6 [[Kilometer|km]]) southeast of [[Cape Perez]] on the rugged [[cove]] between [[Collins Bay]] and [[Beascochea Bay]], in western [[Graham Land]]. The name "Sommet du [[Grand Perez]]" was given by [[J.B. Charcot]] during the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1908-10. It derived from nearby Cape Perez, after three brothers Manuel, Fernando and [[Leopoldo Perez]] of [[Buenos Aires]]. The name Perez Peak has been established in use since 1957.

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[edit] Cape Perez

'''Cape Perez''' ({{coor dm|65|24|S|64|6|W|}}) is a prominent cape between [[Collins Bay]] and [[Beascochea Bay]] on the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Discovered by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]], 1897-99, under Gerlache, but apparently not named by them until about 1904, when in working up their scientific reports they gave it the name Trooz. In the meantime, Charcot's [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1903-05, left for the Antarctic and in November 1904 resighted the same cape, to which they gave the name [[Trois Perez]], for the brothers Fernando, Leopoldo and [[Manuel Perez]] of [[Buenos Aires]]. Maurice Bongrain in his report of 1914 acknowledges the Belgian name Trooz for this cape. However, the [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) has retained the Charcot name because of wider usage, and has given the name Trooz to the large [[glacier]] 5 [[Mile|mile]]s (8 [[Kilometer|km]]) northeast of Cape Perez.

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[edit] Mount Perez

'''Mount Perez''' ({{coor dm|70|0|S|159|32|E|}}) is a [[mountain]] (1,610 m) at the south side of the upper reaches of [[Suvorov Glacier]], 6 [[Mile|mile]]s (10 [[Kilometer|km]]) southwest of [[Hornblende Bluffs]], in the [[Wilson Hills]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Manuel J. Perez]], Photographer's Mate, [[U.S. Navy]] member of the [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) [[Topo West]] survey party that established geodetic control for features between [[Cape Adare]] and the Wilson Hills during 1962-63.

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[edit] Perk Summit

'''Perk Summit''' ({{coor dm|77|35|S|162|54|E|}}) is a [[mountain]] [[peak]], 1,750 m, that is the highest elevation on the ridge between [[Mount McLennan]] and [[Mount Keohane]], in [[Asgard Range]], [[Victoria Land]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) (1997) after [[Henry Perk]], [[Chief Pilot]], [[Kenn Borek Air]], Ltd., Calgary, Canada, who has flown [[Twin Otter]] aircraft in the [[McMurdo Sound]] region and in many remote parts of the continent in direct support of the [[U.S. Antarctic Program]] from 1989.

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[edit] Perkins Canyon

'''Perkins Canyon''' ({{coor dm|85|27|S|124|20|W|}}) is a canyon at the head of [[Quonset Glacier]], between [[Ruseski Buttress]] and [[Mount LeSchack]], along the north side of [[Wisconsin Range]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1959-60. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[David M. Perkins]], geomagnetist, [[Byrd Station]] winter party, 1961.

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[edit] Perkins Glacier

'''Perkins Glacier''' ({{coor dm|74|54|S|136|37|W|}}) is a broad, low gradient [[glacier]] 8 [[Mile|mile]]s (13 [[Kilometer|km]]) south-southeast of [[Cape Burks]] on the coast of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. It drains west from [[McDonald Heights]] into the east side of [[Hull Bay]]. 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 [[Earle B. Perkins]], biologist with the [[Byrd Antarctic Expedition]], 1933-35.

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[edit] Mount Perkins

'''Mount Perkins''' ({{coor dm|76|32|S|144|8|W|}}) is a [[mountain]] at the east end of the [[Fosdick Mountains]] in the [[Ford Ranges]], [[Marie Byrd Land]]. Discovered by the [[Byrd Antarctic Expedition]] on the [[Northeastern Flight]] of December 15-16, 1934. Named for [[Jack E. Perkins]], biologist at the [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS) [[West Base]] (1939-41) and the leader of a biological party which visited this area in December 1940.

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[edit] Perlebandet Nunataks

'''Perlebandet Nunataks''' ({{coor dm|71|56|S|23|3|E|}}) is a linear group of [[nunatak]]s 5 [[Mile|mile]]s (8 [[Kilometer|km]]) northwest of [[Tanngarden Peaks]] 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 Perlebandet (the string of beads).

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[edit] Pernic Bluff

'''Pernic Bluff''' ({{coor dm|81|29|S|159|30|E|}}) is an ice-covered bluff, 1060 m, at the south end of [[Kelly Plateau]] and [[Carlstrom Foothills]] in [[Churchill Mountains]]. The bluff rises 700 m above the terminus of [[Flynn Glacier]] at the junction with [[Starshot Glacier]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) after [[Robert J. Pernic]], electrical engineer, University of [[Chicago Herkes Observatory]], [[Williams Bay]], WI; team leader for polar operations in support of CARA-wide projects at the [[United States Antarctic Program]] (USAP) Center for [[Astrophysical Research]] in Antarctica at the [[South Pole Station]], 1991-2002.

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[edit] Perov Nunataks

'''Perov Nunataks''' ({{coor dm|67|35|S|51|6|E|}}) is a small group of [[nunatak]]s on the east edge of the [[Scott Mountains]], 19 [[Mile|mile]]s (30 [[Kilometer|km]]) southeast of [[Debenham Peak]]. Photographed in October 1956 by ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) aircraft and surveyed in November 1958 by an airborne field party. Named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) for [[Viktor Perov]], pilot of a Soviet aircraft which flew over this area and rescued the 1958 Belgian field party after an aircraft accident.

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[edit] Mount Perov

'''Mount Perov''' ({{coor dm|72|34|S|31|12|E|}}) is a [[mountain]], 2,380 m, just west of the terminus of [[Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier]] in the [[Belgica Mountains]]. Discovered by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]], 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Commander [[V. Perov]], Soviet pilot who came to the aid of four members of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in December 1958.

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[edit] Perplex Ridge

'''Perplex Ridge''' ({{coor dm|67|39|S|67|43|W|}}) is a ridge, rising over 915 m, composed of four rocky masses separated by small glaciers, extending 6 [[Mile|mile]]s (10 [[Kilometer|km]]) northeastward from [[Lainez Point]] along the northwest side of [[Pourquoi Pas Island]], off the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. First sighted and roughly charted in 1909 by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]] under Charcot. It was surveyed in 1936 by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) and in 1948 by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS). So named by FIDS because of confusion in attempting to identify this ridge from earlier maps.

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[edit] Perrier Bay

'''Perrier Bay''' ({{coor dm|64|23|S|63|45|W|}}) is a [[bay]] 6 [[Mile|mile]]s (10 [[Kilometer|km]]) wide indenting the northwest coast of [[Anvers Island]] between [[Giard Point]] and [[Quinton Point]], in the [[Palmer Archipelago]]. Discovered by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1903-05, and named by Charcot for [[Edmond Perrier]], French naturalist.

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[edit] Perry Bay

'''Perry Bay''' ({{coor dm|66|8|S|132|49|E|}}) is an open ice-filled [[bay]] about 12 [[Mile|mile]]s (19 [[Kilometer|km]]) wide, indenting the coast between [[Freeman Point]] and a stubby [[cove]] terminating in [[Cape Keltie]]. Delineated from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] (1946-47). Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant [[O.H. Perry]] on the sloop Peacock of the [[United States Exploring Expedition]] (1838-42) under Wilkes.

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[edit] Perry Range

'''Perry Range''' ({{coor dm|75|0|S|134|12|W|}}) is a narrow range of mountains, 6 [[Mile|mile]]s (10 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, separating the lower ends of [[Venzke Glacier]] and [[Berry Glacier]] where they enter [[Getz Ice Shelf]], on the coast of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. The range was discovered and photographed from aircraft of the [[U.S. Antarctic Service]] in December 1940. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant [[John E. Perry]], CEC, [[U.S. Navy]], [[Public Works Officer]] at [[McMurdo Station]], 1968. He commanded the [[Antarctic Construction Battalion Unit]] from January 1969 until it was decommissioned in May 1971, when he became project manager for the [[South Pole Station]].

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[edit] Perseus Crags

'''Perseus Crags''' ({{coor dm|70|36|S|66|11|W|}}) is a group of about twelve small [[nunatak]]s dominated by a high whale-backed hill, located on the west edge of the [[Dyer Plateau]] of [[Palmer Land]], about 30 [[Mile|mile]]s (48 [[Kilometer|km]]) ENG. of [[Wade Point]]. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) after the constellation of Perseus.

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[edit] Perseus Peak

'''Perseus Peak''' ({{coor dm|79|37|S|157|20|E|}}) is a distinct, triangular [[peak]] on [[Tentacle Ridge]], northwest of [[Medusa Peak]] in the [[Cook Mountains]]. The peak is in bedded Beacon sandstone. Named in association with other peaks in the area after Perseus, the hero in Greek mythology who killed Medusa by cutting off her head with Mercury's sword.

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[edit] Mount Perseus

'''Mount Perseus''' ({{coor dm|57|4|S|26|40|W|}}) is the lower (455 m) and more northerly of twin ice domes in the east part of [[Candlemas Island]], [[South Sandwich Islands]]. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1971 in association with nearby [[Mount Andromeda]]. In Greek mythology, Perseus married Andromeda after rescuing her from a sea monster.

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[edit] Mount Perseverance

'''Mount Perseverance''' ({{coor dm|76|48|S|162|12|E|}}) is the high [[peak]] near the south end of the ridge from [[Mount Whitcombe]], overlooking the lower [[Benson Glacier]] in [[Victoria Land]]. So named because it was the final station occupied by the [[New Zealand Northern Survey Party]] of the [[Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] (1956-58) during a particularly long day's field work on [[October 22]], [[1957]].

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[edit] Persson Island

'''Persson Island''' ({{coor dm|64|13|S|58|24|W|}}) is an [[island]] 1.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (2.4 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, lying in the entrance to [[Rohss Bay]] on the southwest side of [[James Ross Island]]. Discovered by the [[Swedish Antarctic Expedition]] under Nordenskjold, 1901-04, and named by him for [[Nils Persson]], a patron of the expedition.

== See also ==
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[edit] Perunika Glacier

'''Perunika Glacier''' ({{coor dm|62|36|S|60|12|W|}}) is a [[glacier]], heads to the north of [[Mount Pliska]] and enters [[South Bay]] north of [[Bulgarian Beach]], [[Livingston Island]]. The name of a Bulgarian village in the [[Rhodopes Mountains]], Perunika is a derivation of Perun, the name of an ancient Slavonic god. Named in 1995 by BulAPC.

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[edit] Peruque Point

'''Peruque Point''' ({{coor dm|54|8|S|36|49|W|}}) is a point at the south side of [[Anchorage Bay]] on the west side of [[Fortuna Bay]], [[South Georgia]]. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 [[British Admiralty]] chart.

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[edit] Perutz Glacier

'''Perutz Glacier''' ({{coor dm|67|36|S|66|33|W|}}) is a [[glacier]], 10 [[Mile|mile]]s (16 [[Kilometer|km]]) long and 2 [[Mile|mile]]s (3.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) wide, which flows west-northwest into [[Bourgeois Fjord]], close east of [[Thomson Head]], on the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. The mouth of the glacier was first surveyed in 1936 by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) under Rymill. The entire glacier was surveyed in 1946-47 and 1948-49 by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS), and named by them for [[Max F. Perutz]] of the [[Cavendish Laboratory]], Cambridge, who has made important studies on the mechanism of glacier flow.

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[edit] Pervomayskaya Peak

'''Pervomayskaya Peak''' ({{coor dm|71|47|S|11|40|E|}}) is a [[peak]], 2,795 m, standing 1 [[Mile|mile]] (1.6 [[Kilometer|km]]) northeast of [[Mount Skarshovden]] in the central [[Humboldt Mountains]], [[Queen Maud Land]]. Discovered and plotted from air photos by [[German Antarctic Expedition]], 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]], 1956-60; remapped by [[Soviet Antarctic Expedition]], 1960-61, and named [[Gora Pervomayskaya]] (May 1st Mountain).

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[edit] Pesce Peninsula

'''Pesce Peninsula''' ({{coor dm|71|41|S|74|57|W|}}) is a broad snow-covered [[cove]] between [[Rameau Inlet]] and [[Verdi Inlet]] on the north side of [[Beethoven Peninsula]], [[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 [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Commander [[Victor L. Pesce]], [[U.S. Navy]], [[Commanding Officer]], [[U.S. Navy Antarctic Development Squadron Six]] (VXE-6), from May 1980 to May 1981.

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[edit] Peshtera Glacier

'''Peshtera Glacier''' ({{coor dm|62|42|S|60|18|W|}}) is a [[glacier]] whose head is on the northeast side of [[MacKay Peak]], south [[Livingston Island]]; it flows northwest into [[False Bay]] west of the south portal to [[Inepta Cove]]. Named by the [[Bulgarian Antarctic Place]]-names Commission, 2002, after the Bulgarian town of Peshtera.

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[edit] Pesky Rocks

'''Pesky Rocks''' ({{coor dm|66|9|S|65|54|W|}}) is a small group of rocks lying 3.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (6 [[Kilometer|km]]) west of [[Cape Evensen]], off the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Shown on a Chilean government chart of 1947. So named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1959 because the rocks obstruct an otherwise clear shipping route.

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[edit] Peter Crest

'''Peter Crest''' ({{coor dm|79|39|S|157|57|E|}}) is the summit (1600 m) of [[Mulgrew Nunatak]] in [[Cook Mountains]]. Named after [[New Zealand Antarctic]] veteran [[Peter D. Mulgrew]] (Mulgrew Nunatak, q.v.). He perished in the [[Air New Zealand]] DC10 scenic flight to [[Ross Island]], [[November 28]], [[1979]], when the airplane crashed near [[Te Puna Roimata Peak]] (spring of tears [[peak]]) on the northeast slope of [[Mount Erebus]], killing all 257 persons aboard.

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[edit] Peter Glacier

'''Peter Glacier''' ({{coor dm|73|20|S|1|9|W|}}) is a short, broad [[glacier]] draining northeast into [[Jutulstraumen Glacier]] just east of [[Neumayer Cliffs]] and [[Melleby Peak]] 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). Named for [[Peter Melleby]] who was in charge of sledge dogs with the NBSAE.

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[edit] Peter I Island

'''Peter I Island''' ({{coor dm|68|47|S|90|35|W|}}) is an isolated, mainly snow covered [[island]], 11 [[Mile|mile]]s (18 [[Kilometer|km]]) long and 5 [[Mile|mile]]s (8 [[Kilometer|km]]) wide, located 200 [[Mile|mile]]s (320 [[Kilometer|km]]) northeast of [[Cape Braathen]], [[Thurston Island]]. The island is lofty with steep slopes, attaining a height of 1,755 m in [[Lars Christensen Peak]]. Discovered in January 1821 by Captain [[Thaddeus Bellingshausen]], who named it for Peter the Great of Russia.

== See also ==
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[edit] Peter Nunatak

'''Peter Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|75|55|S|128|33|W|}}) is a prominent, conical [[nunatak]] (2,440 m) standing 3.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (6 [[Kilometer|km]]) southeast of [[Mount Petras]] at the south extremity of the [[McCuddin Mountains]], in [[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 [[Peter J. Anderson]], [[United States Air Force]] (USAF), [[Technical Editor]], History and [[Research Division]], [[U.S. Naval Support Force]], Antarctica, during [[Operation Deep Freeze]] 1971 and 1972.

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[edit] Mount Peter

'''Mount Peter''' ({{coor dm|70|11|S|64|56|E|}}) is a large dome-shaped rock outcrop with a flat, sheer north face, about 2 [[Mile|mile]]s (3.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) east of [[Mount Bechervaise]] in the [[Athos Range]], [[Prince Charles Mountains]]. First visited in November 1955 by an ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) party led by [[J.M. Bechervaise]]. Named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) for [[Peter Crohn]], geologist at [[Mawson Station]], 1955-56.

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[edit] Petermann Island

'''Petermann Island''' ({{coor dm|65|10|S|64|10|W|}}) is an [[island]] 1 [[Mile|mile]] (1.6 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, lying 1 [[Mile|mile]] (1.6 [[Kilometer|km]]) southwest of [[Hovgaard Island]] in the [[Wilhelm Archipelago]]. Discovered by a German expedition 1873-74, and named by Dallmann for [[August Petermann]], noted German geographer and founder of [[Petermanns Mitteilungen]]. The [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) has rejected the name [[Lund Island]], applied by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]], 1897-99, in favor of the original naming.

== See also ==
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[edit] Petermann Ranges

'''Petermann Ranges''' ({{coor dm|71|40|S|12|20|E|}}) is a group of associated [[mountain]] ranges including the [[Ostliche Petermann]], [[Mittlere Petermann]], [[Westliche Petermann]], [[Sudliche Petermann]] and [[Pieck Ranges]], located just east of the [[Humboldt Mountains]] in the central [[Wohlthat Mountains]] of [[Queen Maud Land]]. Discovered and plotted from air photos by the [[German Antarctic Expedition]] under Ritscher, 1938-39, who named it for [[August Petermann]].

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[edit] Peters Bastion

'''Peters Bastion''' ({{coor dm|70|27|S|62|54|W|}}) is the large, mainly ice-free [[mountain]] forming the northernmost summit of the [[Eland Mountains]], in [[Palmer Land]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) in 1974. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Commander [[Vernon W. Peters]], [[U.S. Navy]], [[Commanding Officer]] of Squadron VXE-6 in Antarctica during [[Operation Deep Freeze]], 1974.

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[edit] Peters Butte

'''Peters Butte''' ({{coor dm|85|19|S|119|32|W|}}) is a flat-topped, steep-sided rock butte on the south side of [[McCarthy Valley]] in [[Long Hills]], [[Horlick Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs, 1958-60. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Norman L. Peters]], meteorologist at [[Byrd Station]] in 1958.

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[edit] Peters Glacier

'''Peters Glacier''' ({{coor dm|54|8|S|37|33|W|}}) is a [[glacier]] flowing southward into the west side of [[Cheapman Bay]], [[South Georgia]]. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) for [[Nikolaus Peters]], a leading German authority on whales and whaling and Director of Reichstelle fur Walforschung, Hamburg, 1937-1940.

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[edit] Peters Peak

'''Peters Peak''' ({{coor dm|82|14|S|160|4|E|}}) is a snow-covered [[peak]], 2,220 m, standing 4 [[Mile|mile]]s (6 [[Kilometer|km]]) north of [[Melrose Peak]] in the central part of [[Holyoake 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 [[Merrill J. Peters]], [[United States Antarctic Research Program]] (USARP) field assistant, 1962-63.

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[edit] Petersen Bank

'''Petersen Bank''' ({{coor dm|65|45|S|109|55|E|}}) is a submarine bank extending north-northwest from the coast of Antarctica, just west of [[Balaena Islands]]. A portion of the bank was sounded by ships of [[U.S. Navy Operation Windmill]], 1947-48. The bank was more fully delineated by ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) during January 1956 and 1957. Named by the ANARE for Captain [[Hans C. Petersen]], master of the [[Kista Dan]], who explored the bank in this vessel in January 1956.

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[edit] Petersen Island

'''Petersen Island''' ({{coor dm|67|35|S|62|54|E|}}) is a largest and most northerly [[island]] of the [[Jocelyn Islands]] in [[Holme Bay]], 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 Captain [[H.C. Petersen]], master of the [[Thala Dan]], 1959-61, and formerly master of the [[Kista Dan]].

== See also ==
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[edit] Petersen Peak

'''Petersen Peak''' ({{coor dm|80|27|S|27|57|W|}}) is a rock [[peak]] (1,215 m) standing 6 [[Mile|mile]]s (10 [[Kilometer|km]]) southwest of [[Morris Hills]] in the north-central part of [[Shackleton Range]]. First mapped in 1957 by the [[Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] and named for [[Hans C. Petersen]], captain of the Danish ship [[Magga Dan]] which transported members of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition to the [[Filchner Ice Shelf]] in 1956-57.

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[edit] Cape Petersen

'''Cape Petersen''' ({{coor dm|71|54|S|101|27|W|}}) is a rounded ice-covered cape on the north side of [[Thurston Island]], about 18 [[Mile|mile]]s (29 [[Kilometer|km]]) east-northeast of [[Cape Flying Fish]]. Delineated from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] in December 1946. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Carl O. Petersen]], radio engineer with the [[Byrd Antarctic Expedition]] in 1928-30 and 1933-35.

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[edit] Peterson Bluff

'''Peterson Bluff''' ({{coor dm|71|9|S|165|53|E|}}) is a prominent bluff (1,480 m) on the north side of [[Ebbe Glacier]]. The feature forms the southeast end of the broad ridge descending from [[Mount Bolt]] in the [[Anare Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photography, 1960-63. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Donald C. Peterson]], photographer's mate with [[U.S. Navy Squadron VX]]-6 at [[McMurdo Station]], 1967-68 and 1968-69.

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[edit] Peterson Glacier

'''Peterson Glacier''' ({{coor dm|66|25|S|110|44|E|}}) is a [[glacier]] flowing west into [[Penney Bay]] opposite [[Herring Island]] in the [[Windmill Islands]]. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]], 1946-47, and named for [[Louie N. Peterson]], radio operator and recorder with the [[U.S. Navy Operation Windmill]] parties which established astronomical control stations along [[Wilhelm II]], Knox and [[Budd Coasts]] during [[January-February]] 1948.

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[edit] Peterson Hills

'''Peterson Hills''' ({{coor dm|75|50|S|67|55|W|}}) is a group of hills just east of [[Spear Glacier]], between the Hauberg and [[Wilkins Mountains]], in [[Ellsworth Land]]. 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 [[D.G. Peterson]], electronics technician at [[South Pole Station]] in 1963.

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[edit] Peterson Icefalls

'''Peterson Icefalls''' ({{coor dm|70|5|S|72|44|E|}}) is a line of icefalls at the terminus of [[Stevenson Glacier]], where the latter enters the east part of [[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. Peterson]], Jr., air crewman on [[Operation Highjump]] photographic flights in the area.

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[edit] Peterson Island

'''Peterson Island''' ({{coor dm|66|28|S|110|30|E|}}) is a rocky [[island]], 2 [[Mile|mile]]s (3.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, with two inlets indenting the north side, lying immediately west of [[Browning Peninsula]] in the south part of the [[Windmill Islands]]. First mapped from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] and [[Operation Windmill]] in 1947 and 1948. Named by the [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant [[Mendel L. Peterson]], [[U.S. Navy]], supply officer with [[U.S. Navy Operation Windmill]] which established astronomical control stations in the area in January 1948.

== See also ==
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[edit] Peterson Ridge

'''Peterson Ridge''' ({{coor dm|84|34|S|163|56|E|}}) is a high rock ridge that extends north from the west part of [[Storm Peak]] massif, in [[Queen Alexandra Range]]. Named by the [[Ohio State University Geological Expedition]], 1969-70, for [[Donald N. Peterson]], party member who collected basalt lavas from the ridge for petrologic and paleomagnetic studies.

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[edit] Mount Peterson

'''Mount Peterson''' ({{coor dm|74|40|S|76|59|W|}}) is a small [[mountain]] rising above the ice surface 22 [[Mile|mile]]s (35 [[Kilometer|km]]) northwest of [[Mount Rex]], [[Ellsworth Land]]. The feature lies within a group of [[nunatak]]s first sighted and photographed on [[November 23]], [[1935]] by [[Lincoln Ellsworth]]. The area was explored by the [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE) (1947-48) under [[Finn Ronne]], who named the mountain for [[Harries-Clichy Peterson]], physicist with the expedition.

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[edit] Petes Pillar

'''Petes Pillar''' ({{coor dm|63|0|S|60|33|W|}}) is a pillar rock or stack lying immediately east of [[Fildes Point]] at the north side of the entrance to [[Port Foster]], [[Deception Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. The pillar was presumably a well-known landmark to early sealers at Deception Island and appears on the chart drawn by Lieutenant [[E.N. Kendall]] of the [[Pilot Officer Pete St]]. Louis, RCAF, pilot with the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1949-50.

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[edit] Mount Petinos

'''Mount Petinos''' ({{coor dm|74|25|S|132|43|W|}}) is a [[mountain]] (500 m) located 1 [[Mile|mile]] (1.6 [[Kilometer|km]]) east-southeast of [[Worley Point]] in the northwest part of [[Shepard Island]]. Mapped from the USS Glacier on [[February 4]], [[1962]], and named for Lieutenant (j.g.) [[Frank Petinos]], [[U.S. Navy]], [[First Lieutenant]] aboard the Glacier.

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[edit] Petite Rocks

'''Petite Rocks''' ({{coor dm|82|40|S|51|30|W|}}) is a two small isolated rocks in the west part of [[Sallee Snowfield]], about 5 [[Mile|mile]]s (8 [[Kilometer|km]]) east of central [[Dufek Massif]], [[Pensacola Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1956-66. The name applied by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) is descriptive of their small size.

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[edit] Mount Petlock

'''Mount Petlock''' ({{coor dm|85|25|S|172|16|E|}}) is the most prominent [[mountain]] (3,195 m) in the northeast part of [[Otway Massif]], surmounting the north end of the ridge which borders the east side of [[Burgess Glacier]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[James D. Petlock]], [[United States Antarctic Research Program]] (USARP) ionospheric physicist at [[South Pole Station]], 1963.

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[edit] Mount Petras

'''Mount Petras''' ({{coor dm|75|52|S|128|39|W|}}) is a high, prominent, ridge-shaped [[mountain]], 2,865 m, standing 10 [[Mile|mile]]s (16 [[Kilometer|km]]) southeast of [[Mount Flint]] in the [[McCuddin Mountains]], [[Marie Byrd Land]]. Discovered by the [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS) on a flight from [[West Base]] on December 14-15, 1940, and named for [[Theodore A. Petras]], master technical sergeant, [[United States Marine Corps]] (USMC), pilot of the airplane on this flight.

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[edit] Petrel Cove

'''Petrel Cove''' ({{coor dm|63|28|S|56|13|W|}}) is a small coastal indentation at the west end of [[Dundee Island]] between Welchness and [[Diana Reef]]. The cove is adjacent to the Argentine station "Petrel," established in 1951-52, from which it takes its name.

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[edit] Petrel Island

'''Petrel Island''' ({{coor dm|54|2|S|37|17|W|}}) is an [[island]] 0.75 [[Mile|mile]]s (1.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) southwest of [[Prion Island]], lying in the Bay of Isles, [[South Georgia]]. First charted in 1912-13 by [[Robert Cushman Murphy]], American naturalist aboard the brig Daisy. Recharted in 1929-30 by DI personnel, who so named it because of its association with Prion Island. Petrels of the genus Prion were observed in these islands.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Petrel Island

'''Petrel Island''' ({{coor dm|66|40|S|140|1|E|}}) is a rocky [[island]], 0.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (0.8 [[Kilometer|km]]) long and 45 m in elevation, which lies northwest of [[Rostand Island]] and is the largest feature in the cluster of islands at the southeast end of [[Geologie Archipelago]]. Photographed from the air by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]], 1946-47. Charted by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]], 1949-51, and so named by them because numerous Snow Petrel nests were found there. In January 1952, following destruction of the [[Port Martin]] base by fire, the French Antarctic Expedition under Marret, 1952-53, enlarged the hut on Petrel Island to serve as the new base site.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Petrel Lake

'''Petrel Lake''' ({{coor dm|62|13|S|58|58|W|}}) is a [[lake]] lying west of [[Hydrographers Cove]] on [[Fildes Peninsula]], [[King George Island]]. The lake was included in [[Soviet Antarctic Expedition]] surveys from [[Bellingshausen Station]] from 1968 and was called "[[Ozero Al]]'batros" by [[L.S. Govorukha]] and [[I.M. Simonov]], 1973; later called "[[Ozero Burevestnik]]" (petrel lake) in a report by I.M. Simonov, 1975. [[The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) has approved the translated form of the latter name as recommended by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1979.

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[edit] Petrel Peak

'''Petrel Peak''' ({{coor dm|54|16|S|36|32|W|}}) is a [[peak]], 630 m, standing at the north side of [[Hodges Glacier]], 1 [[Mile|mile]] (1.6 [[Kilometer|km]]) northwest of Grytviken, [[South Georgia]]. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. The name was proposed by [[J. Smith]] of the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1958, following glaciological investigations as part of the IGY. Petrel Peak is named for the whale-catcher Petrel, belonging to the [[Compania Argentina]] de Pesca at Grytviken, and for the snow petrels which nest on the higher rocks of the peak.

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[edit] Petrellfjellet

'''Petrellfjellet''' ({{coor dm|71|59|S|4|50|E|}}) is a prominent, mainly ice-free [[mountain]] between [[Slokstallen Mountain]] and [[Mount Grytoyr]] in the [[Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains]], [[Queen Maud Land]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]] (1956-60) and named Petrellfjellet (the petrel mountain).

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[edit] Mount Petrides

'''Mount Petrides''' ({{coor dm|75|4|S|136|30|W|}}) is a [[mountain]] with much exposed rock midway between [[Oehlenschlager Bluff]] and [[Mount Sinha]], in southern [[Erickson Bluffs]], [[Marie Byrd Land]]. It overlooks the confluence of Kirkpatrick and [[Hull Glaciers]] from the north. 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 [[George A. Petrides]], member of the biological party that made population studies of seals, whales and birds in the pack ice of the Bellingshausen and [[Amundsen Seas]] using USCGC Southwind and its two helicopters, 1971-72.

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[edit] Petrie Ice Rises

'''Petrie Ice Rises''' ({{coor dm|70|33|S|72|12|W|}}) is a north-south line of about ten ice rises in [[Wilkins Ice Shelf]], to the west of [[Alexander Island]]. Seen from the air on a [[British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS) radio echo sounding flight around Alexander Island, [[February 11]], [[1967]], and later accurately positioned from [[U.S. Landsat]] imagery. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1980 after [[David L. Petrie]], BAS and [[Scott Polar Research Institute]] (SPRI) electronic technician, about 1966-70, who was on the flight.

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[edit] Petter Bay

'''Petter Bay''' ({{coor dm|60|43|S|45|10|W|}}) is a [[Bight (geography)|bight]] 0.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (0.8 [[Kilometer|km]]) south of [[Spence Harbor]] along the east coast of [[Coronation Island]], in the [[South Orkney Islands]]. This coast was roughly charted by Captain [[George Powell]] and Captain [[Nathaniel Palmer]] in December 1821. The name [[Petters Bay]] appears on a chart drawn by Captain [[Petter Sorlle]] in 1912 and corrected by [[Hans Borge]] in 1913. It seems likely that this name was first used by Borge and commemorates Captain Sorlle.

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[edit] Pettersen Ridge

'''Pettersen Ridge''' ({{coor dm|71|47|S|9|42|E|}}) is a ridge extending north for 6 [[Mile|mile]]s (10 [[Kilometer|km]]) from [[Sandho Heights]] in the [[Conrad Mountains]] of the [[Orvin Mountains]], [[Queen Maud Land]]. Discovered and photographed by the [[German Antarctic Expedition]], 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from surveys and air photos by the [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]], 1956-60, and named for [[Sverre Pettersen]], steward with the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58.

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[edit] Pettigrew Scarp

'''Pettigrew Scarp''' ({{coor dm|54|30|S|37|4|W|}}) is an escarpment nearly 0.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (0.8 [[Kilometer|km]]) long in the south part of [[Annenkov Island]], [[South Georgia]]. It is terminated to the southwest by a ridge, and to the northeast by three rock pinnacles. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) for [[Timothy H. Pettigrew]], [[British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS) geologist who worked on the [[island]], 1972-73.

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[edit] Pettus Glacier

'''Pettus Glacier''' ({{coor dm|63|48|S|59|4|W|}}) is a narrow deeply entrenched [[glacier]] 9 [[Mile|mile]]s (14 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, which flows north from [[Ebony Wall]] into [[Gavin Ice Piedmont]] between [[Poynter Hill]] and [[Tinsel Dome]], [[Trinity Peninsula]]. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) for [[Robert N. Pettus]], aircraft pilot with [[Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition]] (FIDASE), 1956-57.

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[edit] Petty Rocks

'''Petty Rocks''' ({{coor dm|67|34|S|67|29|W|}}) is a group of small rocks lying 3 [[Mile|mile]]s (4.8 [[Kilometer|km]]) southeast of [[Cape Saenz]] in the center of the west part of [[Bigourdan Fjord]], off the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) and named [[Petty Rock]] because of its small size. Air photos have disclosed that there are several rocks instead of just one.

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[edit] Mount Pew

'''Mount Pew''' ({{coor dm|72|19|S|169|11|E|}}) is a [[mountain]] (2,950 m) that surmounts the central part of the ridge separating Kelly and [[Towles Glaciers]], in the [[Admiralty 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 [[James A. Pew]], geophysicist at [[McMurdo Station]], 1966-67.

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[edit] Pewe Peak

'''Pewe Peak''' ({{coor dm|78|2|S|163|40|E|}}) is a bedrock [[peak]], 860 m, composed of granite and topped with a dolerite sill. The peak is immediately south of [[Joyce Glacier]] and is surrounded by glacial ice except on the south side. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Troy L. Pewe]], glacial geologist with [[U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze]], 1957-58, who personally explored this peak as well as adjacent portions of [[Victoria Land]].

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[edit] Lake Pewe

'''Lake Pewe''' ({{coor dm|77|56|S|164|18|E|}}) is a small [[lake]] at 550 m elevation on the uppermost Koettlitz bench, 0.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (0.8 [[Kilometer|km]]) east of [[Blackwelder Glacier]] in [[Victoria Land]]. Named in recognition of the glacial geomorphological work done in the [[Koettlitz Glacier]] area by [[Troy L. Pewe]] ([[Pewe Peak]], q.v.) of the University of Alaska. It was near this lake that members of the [[Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition]] (VUWAE), 1960-61, found a note left by Pewe, reporting observations on glacial erratics. Named by the VUWAE party.

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[edit] Pfaff Island

'''Pfaff Island''' ({{coor dm|66|54|S|67|44|W|}}) is an one of the [[Bennett Islands]], lying just south of [[Granicher Island]] in [[Hanusse Bay]]. Mapped from air photos taken by [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (RARE) (1947-48) and [[Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition]] (FIDASE) (1956-57). Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) for [[Alexius B.I.F. Pfaff]] (1825-86), German physicist who made pioneer investigations of the plastic deformation of ice, in Switzerland, in 1874-76.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Pfrogner Point

'''Pfrogner Point''' ({{coor dm|72|37|S|89|35|W|}}) is an ice-covered point on the northwest extension of [[Fletcher Peninsula]]; it is partially encompassed by the [[Abbot Ice Shelf]]. The point marks the division of [[Eights Coast]] and [[Bryan Coast]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1961-66. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Ray L. Pfrogner]], [[United States Antarctic Research Program]] (USARP) geomagnetist-seismologist at [[Byrd Station]], 1961-62.

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[edit] Phantom Point

'''Phantom Point''' ({{coor dm|66|25|S|65|41|W|}}) is a point within [[Darbel Bay]], lying 1.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (2.4 [[Kilometer|km]]) west of Shanty pt. on the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Photographed by [[Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd]]. in 1955-57, and mapped from these photos by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS). The name arose because the position of the point was only vaguely known when first visited by an FIDS sledge party in 1957, and it was obscured by thick fog from which it finally loomed like a phantom.

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[edit] Mount Phelan

'''Mount Phelan''' ({{coor dm|71|59|S|160|37|E|}}) is a mostly ice-free [[mountain]] (2,000 m) located 5 [[Mile|mile]]s (8 [[Kilometer|km]]) southeast of [[Killer Nunatak]] in the south portion of [[Emlen Peaks]], [[Usarp Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1960-63. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Michael J. Phelan]], geomagnetist/seismologist at [[South Pole Station]], 1962; a member of the [[Byrd Traverse]], 1963-64.

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[edit] Phelps Island

'''Phelps Island''' ({{coor dm|66|17|S|110|30|E|}}) is a small [[island]] lying close west of the north end of [[Shirley Island]], in the [[Windmill Islands]]. First mapped from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] and [[Operation Windmill]] in 1947 and 1948. Named by the [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Robert F. Phelps]], air crewman with [[U.S. Navy Operation Windmill]] which established astronomical control stations in the area in January 1948.

== See also ==
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[edit] Phelps Promontory

'''Phelps Promontory''' ({{coor dm|62|28|S|60|9|W|}}) is a large ice piedmont promontory fringed by several low-lying rocky headlands. The promontory rises gently south to an altitude of about 180 m. Named after [[Edmond Malcolm Stuart Phelps]] (b. 1928), Master RRS [[John Biscoe]], 1972-1991 ([[First Officer]], 1966-72; [[Second Officer]], 1964-66), who gave substantial assistance to Dr. [[J.L. Smellie]] and Dr. [[M.R.A. Thomson]], [[British Antarctic Survey]] geologists with the field survey of this area, during the season 1974-75.

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[edit] Phelps Rock

'''Phelps Rock''' ({{coor dm|65|0|S|65|50|W|}}) is an insular rock rising 10 m above sea level southwest of [[Hugo Island]], in the west approaches to [[French Passage]], [[Wilhelm Archipelago]]. The rock was charted by a [[Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit]] from HMS Protector, 1966-67. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) after Captain [[Edmund M.S. Phelps]], [[First Officer]] in [[John Biscoe]], 1966-72 ([[Senior Master]] from 1972), who assisted with the hydrographic survey of the area, 1965-67.

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[edit] Philbin Inlet

'''Philbin Inlet''' ({{coor dm|74|4|S|114|11|W|}}) is a narrow, ice-filled inlet about 15 [[Mile|mile]]s (24 [[Kilometer|km]]) long that indents the north end of [[Martin Peninsula]] between [[Murray Foreland]] and [[Slichter Foreland]], on [[Walgreen Coast]], [[Marie Byrd Land]]. First mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] in January 1947. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) after Brigadier General [[Tony Philbin]], USA, who served the Secretary of Defense in liaison with the [[U.S. Navy]] during the 1957-58 IGY.

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[edit] Philippi Glacier

'''Philippi Glacier''' ({{coor dm|54|49|S|36|3|W|}}) is a [[glacier]] flowing east into [[Brandt Cove]] on the southwest side of [[Drygalski Fjord]], at the southeast end of [[South Georgia]]. Charted by the [[German Antarctic Expedition]], 1911-12, under Filchner, who named it for [[Emil Philippi]], glaciologist with the German Antarctic Expedition, 1901-03, under Drygalski, and professor of geology at the University of Jena.

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[edit] Philippi Glacier

'''Philippi Glacier''' ({{coor dm|66|45|S|88|20|E|}}) is a coastal [[glacier]] about 15 [[Mile|mile]]s (24 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, flowing north to the east end of the [[West Ice Shelf]], 15 [[Mile|mile]]s (24 [[Kilometer|km]]) west of Gaussberg. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]], 1946-47. Named by the [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) for [[Emil Philippi]], geologist with the [[German Antarctic Expedition]] under Drygalski, 1901-03, who made scientific observations in the vicinity of Gaussberg.

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[edit] Philippi Rise

'''Philippi Rise''' ({{coor dm|66|6|S|62|18|W|}}) is a low, snow-covered promontory 7 [[Mile|mile]]s (11 [[Kilometer|km]]) wide and extending some 10 [[Mile|mile]]s (16 [[Kilometer|km]]) southeast from the east coast of [[Graham Land]]. The ice surface is highest in the west, where it rises to about 395 m and is broken by Borchgrevink and [[Gemini Nunataks]]. The [[Swedish Antarctic Expedition]] under Nordenskjold, 1901-04, reported an ice wall or glacial terrace in the vicinity of [[Borchgrevink Nunatak]]. Although unable to determine its nature, Nordenskjold named the feature Philippigletscher, after [[Emil Philippi]]. It was determined to be a snow-covered promontory by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) during their 1947 survey of this coast.

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[edit] Cape Philippi

'''Cape Philippi''' ({{coor dm|75|14|S|162|33|E|}}) is a rock cape rising abruptly to 490 m along the coast of [[Victoria Land]], marking the north side of the terminus of [[David Glacier]]. Discovered by the [[British Antarctic Expedition]], 1907-09, under Shackleton, who named this feature for [[Emil Philippi]], distinguished geologist, who was a member of the [[German Antarctic Expedition]], 1901-03, under Drygalski.

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[edit] Phillips Mountains

'''Phillips Mountains''' ({{coor dm|76|16|S|145|0|W|}}) is a range of mountains on the north side of [[Balchen Glacier]] and [[Block Bay]] in the [[Ford Ranges]], [[Marie Byrd Land]]. Discovered by the [[Byrd Antarctic Expedition]] (1928-30) and named by Byrd for [[Albanus Phillips]], Sr., a manufacturer of Cambridge, MD, and patron of the Byrd expeditions.

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[edit] Phillips Nunatak

'''Phillips Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|84|45|S|62|35|W|}}) is a [[nunatak]] along the edge of a small ice escarpment 7 [[Mile|mile]]s (11 [[Kilometer|km]]) north of [[Mount Wanous]] in the [[Patuxent Range]], [[Pensacola Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1956-66. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Harry G. Phillips]], cook at [[Palmer Station]], winter 1967.

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[edit] Phillips Ridge

'''Phillips Ridge''' ({{coor dm|67|50|S|62|49|E|}}) is a ridge, 0.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (0.8 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, standing 0.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (0.8 [[Kilometer|km]]) west of the main massif of the [[Central Masson Range]] 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 [[J. Phillips]], physicist at [[Mawson Station]] in 1962.

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[edit] Cape Phillips

'''Cape Phillips''' ({{coor dm|73|4|S|169|36|E|}}) is a cape approximately midway along the east side of [[Daniell Peninsula]], 8 [[Mile|mile]]s (13 [[Kilometer|km]]) southeast of [[Mount Brewster]], in [[Victoria Land]]. Discovered in January 1841 by [[Sir James Clark Ross]] who named it for Lieutenant [[Charles G. Phillips]] of the Terror.

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[edit] Mount Phillips

'''Mount Phillips''' ({{coor dm|73|1|S|167|15|E|}}) is the culminating summit (3,035 m) in the south part of the ice-covered [[Malta Plateau]], in [[Victoria Land]]. Discovered in January 1841 by [[Sir James Clark Ross]] who named it for Professor [[John Phillips]], assistant secretary of the [[British Association]].

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[edit] Phils Island

'''Phils Island''' ({{coor dm|64|30|S|63|0|W|}}) is the southern of two small islands lying immediately south of [[Guepratte Island]] in [[Discovery Sound]], in the [[Palmer Archipelago]]. Charted and named in 1927 by DI personnel on the Discovery.

== See also ==
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[edit] Phleger Dome

'''Phleger Dome''' ({{coor dm|85|52|S|138|24|W|}}) is a massive dome-shaped [[mountain]], 3,315 m, at the northeast end of [[Stanford Plateau]] along the [[Watson Escarpment]]. 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 [[Herman Phleger]], one of the U.S. representatives in the discussions on the [[Antarctic Treaty]] of 1959.

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[edit] Phobos Ridge

'''Phobos Ridge''' ({{coor dm|71|52|S|68|30|W|}}) is a rocky ridge of sandstones and shales forming the west side of [[Mars Glacier]] in the southeast corner of [[Alexander Island]]. The coast in this vicinity was first seen from the air by [[Lincoln Ellsworth]] on [[November 23]], [[1935]], and roughly mapped from photos obtained on that flight by [[W.L.G. Joerg]]. This ridge was first surveyed in 1949 by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) and named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) for its association with Mars Glacier, Phobos being the inner of the two satellites of Mars.

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[edit] Mount Phoebe

'''Mount Phoebe''' ({{coor dm|71|47|S|68|47|W|}}) is a [[mountain]] between the head of [[Neptune Glacier]] and the [[Saturn Glacier]] in eastern [[Alexander Island]]. The feature is situated at the junction of four radial ridges. The summit is a small mesa of conglomerate rising 300 m above the surrounding ice. First photographed by [[Lincoln Ellsworth]], [[November 23]], [[1935]], in the course of a trans-Antarctic flight and plotted from the air photos by [[W.L.G. Joerg]]. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) from association with Saturn Glacier after Phoebe, one of the satellites of Saturn.

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[edit] Phoenix Peak

'''Phoenix Peak''' ({{coor dm|64|24|S|59|39|W|}}) is a [[peak]] immediately south of [[Muskeg Gap]] at the north end of [[Sobral Peninsula]], [[Graham Land]]. Mapped from surveys by [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) after the [[Phoenix Manufacturing Co]]. of [[Eau Claire]], Wisconsin, which started in 1906-07 to design and build steam "locomotive sleds" for hauling logs over ice and snow, probably the earliest successful vehicles of their type.

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[edit] Phoque Island

'''Phoque Island''' ({{coor dm|66|49|S|141|24|E|}}) is a rocky [[island]] 0.1 [[Mile|mile]]s (0.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, the southernmost island in a small group 0.1 [[Mile|mile]]s (0.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) north of [[Cape Margerie]]. Charted in 1951 by the [[French Antarctic Expedition]] and so named by them because of numerous seals near the island, "phoque" being French for seal.

== See also ==
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[edit] Phyllis Bay

'''Phyllis Bay''' ({{coor dm|58|28|S|26|18|W|}}) is a small [[Bight (geography)|bight]] between Allen and [[Scarlett Points]] at the south end of [[Montagu Island]], in the [[South Sandwich Islands]]. The feature was roughly outlined by Bellingshausen in 1819-20. Charted in 1930 by DI personnel on the [[Discovery II]] and named for [[Phyllis V. Horton]], daughter of Lieutenant Commander [[W.A. Horton]], [[Royal Navy]], chief engineer of the Discovery II at the time of the survey.

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[edit] Physeter Rocks

'''Physeter Rocks''' ({{coor dm|63|31|S|60|9|W|}}) is a small group of rocks lying west of [[Ohlin Island]], [[Palmer Archipelago]]. Photographed by [[Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition]] (FIDASE), 1956-57, and mapped from these photos. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1960 after the sperm whale, Physeter catodon.

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[edit] Pi Islands

'''Pi Islands''' ({{coor dm|64|20|S|62|53|W|}}) is a two islands and several rocks which lie 1 [[Mile|mile]] (1.6 [[Kilometer|km]]) east of the northeast end of [[Omega Island]] in the [[Melchior Islands]], [[Palmer Archipelago]]. The name, derived from the 16th 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]]

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[edit] Piccard Cove

'''Piccard Cove''' ({{coor dm|64|45|S|62|19|W|}}) is a cove forming the southernmost part of [[Wilhelmina Bay]], along the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Charted by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]] under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1960 for [[Auguste Piccard]], Swiss physicist, stratosphere pioneer who reached a height of 9.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (15 [[Kilometer|km]]) in a hydrogen-filled balloon in 1931.

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[edit] Mount Picciotto

'''Mount Picciotto''' ({{coor dm|83|46|S|163|0|E|}}) is a prominent, mainly ice-free [[mountain]], 2,560 m, surmounting the northeast end of [[Painted Cliffs]] on [[Prince Andrew Plateau]], [[Queen Elizabeth Range]]. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Edgard E. Picciotto]], glaciologist at [[South Pole Station]], 1962-63; [[South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverse]], 1964-65 and 1965-66.

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[edit] Pickering Nunatak

'''Pickering Nunatak''' ({{coor dm|71|24|S|70|47|E|}}) is a prominent [[nunatak]] at the east side of the mouth of [[Lambert Glacier]], situated 20 [[Mile|mile]]s (32 [[Kilometer|km]]) south-southwest of [[Manning Nunataks]]. Sighted on a flight by an ANARE ([[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]) Beaver aircraft over the [[Amery Ice Shelf]] on [[November 2]], [[1957]]. Named by [[Antarctic Names Committee of Australia]] (ANCA) for [[Flight Sgt]]. [[R. Pickering]] of the RAAF [[Antarctic Flight]] at [[Mawson Station]], 1957.

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[edit] Pickering Nunataks

'''Pickering Nunataks''' ({{coor dm|71|49|S|68|57|W|}}) is a group of [[nunatak]]s lying 2 [[Mile|mile]]s (3.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) southwest of [[Mount Phoebe]] and on the northeast side of [[Saturn Glacier]], in eastern [[Alexander Island]]. The nunataks were photographed by [[Lincoln Ellsworth]], [[November 23]], [[1935]], in the course of a trans-Antarctic flight and were plotted from the air photos by [[W.L.G. Joerg]]. Named by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) from association with Saturn Glacier after [[William H. Pickering]] (1858-1938), the American astronomer who discovered Phoebe, one of the satellites of Saturn.

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[edit] Pickersgill Islands

'''Pickersgill Islands''' ({{coor dm|54|37|S|36|45|W|}}) is a small group of islands 15 [[Mile|mile]]s (24 [[Kilometer|km]]) southeast of [[Annenkov Island]] and 9 [[Mile|mile]]s (14 [[Kilometer|km]]) west-southwest of [[Leon Head]], [[South Georgia]]. Discovered in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen, who charted the largest feature of the group as [[Pickersgill Island]], erroneously thinking it to be the [[island]] sighted in 1775 by Captain [[James Cook]] and named for Lieutenant [[Richard Pickersgill]] of the expedition ship Resolution. The name Pickersgill Islands has been established by usage for this group of islands; the island originally named by Cook has been known as Annenkov Island since 1819.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Pickwick Island

'''Pickwick Island''' ({{coor dm|65|29|S|65|38|W|}}) is the largest of the [[Pitt Islands]], in the [[Biscoe Islands]]. Very roughly charted by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. More accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1959 after [[Samuel Pickwick]], founder of the [[Pickwick Club]] in [[Charles Dickens]]' [[Pickwick Papers]].

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Picnic Passage

'''Picnic Passage''' ({{coor dm|64|20|S|56|55|W|}}) is a marine channel, 1.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (2.4 [[Kilometer|km]]) long and 0.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (0.8 [[Kilometer|km]]) wide, between [[Snow Hill Island]] and [[Seymour Island]] in the [[James Ross Island]] group. First surveyed in 1902 by [[Swedish Antarctic Expedition]], 1901-04, under [[Otto Nordenskjold]]. The [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) name arose from the excellent sledging conditions experienced during the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) resurveying of the area of 1952, which gave to the work a picnic-like atmosphere.

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[edit] Mount Pico

'''Mount Pico''' ({{coor dm|64|10|S|62|27|W|}}) is a [[peak]] over 1,700 m in northern [[Brabant Island]], [[Palmer Archipelago]]. It rises 3.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (6 [[Kilometer|km]]) northeast of [[Driencourt Point]]. The name "[[Monte Pico]]" was used on a 1957 Argentine hydrographic chart. In Spanish, "pico" means beak or bill of a bird; peak or sharp point of any kind.

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[edit] Pidgeon Island

'''Pidgeon Island''' ({{coor dm|66|19|S|110|27|E|}}) is a rocky [[island]], 1 [[Mile|mile]] (1.6 [[Kilometer|km]]) long, between [[Midgley Island]] and [[Mitchell Peninsula]] in the [[Windmill Islands]]. First mapped from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] and [[Operation Windmill]] in 1947 and 1948. Named by the [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[E.C. Pidgeon]], Photographer's Mate on U.S. Navy Operation Highjump flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 East longitude. Thought to be a separate unit, the east part of this feature was previously named O'[[Brien Islet]]. The name O'Brien is now applied to the [[bay]] north of Mitchell Peninsula.

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Pieck Range

'''Pieck Range''' ({{coor dm|71|45|S|12|6|E|}}) is a short [[mountain]] range surmounted by [[Zwiesel Mountain]], located at the east side of [[Humboldt Graben]] in the [[Petermann Ranges]], [[Wohlthat Mountains]]. Discovered and plotted from air photos by [[German Antarctic Expedition]], 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by [[Norwegian Antarctic Expedition]], 1956-60; remapped by [[Soviet Antarctic Expedition]], 1960-61, and named after [[Wilhelm Pieck]], first President of communist [[East Germany]].

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[edit] Pierce Peak

'''Pierce Peak''' ({{coor dm|84|52|S|63|9|W|}}) is a [[peak]], 1,790 m, standing 2 [[Mile|mile]]s (3.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) south of [[Sullivan Peaks]] at the northeast edge of [[Mackin Table]] in the [[Patuxent Range]], [[Pensacola Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1956-66. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Chester M. Pierce]] who, with [[Jay T. Shurley]], studied the psychophysiology of men while asleep and awake--both before, during, and after sojourns at the [[South Pole Station]], in 1966-67.

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[edit] Mount Pierre

'''Mount Pierre''' ({{coor dm|63|58|S|61|50|W|}}) is a sharp conical [[peak]], 210 m, standing immediately south of [[Moureaux Point]], [[Liege Island]], in the [[Palmer Archipelago]]. Discovered and named by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]] under Gerlache, 1897-99.

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[edit] Mount Pierre

'''Mount Pierre''' ({{coor dm|71|18|S|35|45|E|}}) is a massif (2,200 m) standing next north of [[Mount Goossens]] in the [[Queen Fabiola Mountains]]. Discovered on [[October 7]], [[1960]] by the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]], under [[Guido Derom]], who named it for [[Michel Pierre]], aircraft mechanic, member of the Belgian flight reconnoitering party in this area.

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[edit] King George Island Pieter J. Lenie Field Station

'''King George Island Pieter J. Lenie Field Station''' ({{coor dm|62|10|S|58|28|W|}}) is a ("Copacabana")

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Pig Point

'''Pig Point''' ({{coor dm|54|4|S|37|9|W|}}) is a point which forms the south side of the entrance to [[North Bay]], [[Prince Olav Harbor]], on the north coast of [[South Georgia]]. Probably named by DI personnel who charted Prince Olav Harbor in 1929.

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[edit] Pig Rock

'''Pig Rock''' ({{coor dm|62|19|S|58|48|W|}}) is a rock, 65 m high, the largest of a group of rocks lying 1 [[Mile|mile]] (1.6 [[Kilometer|km]]) east of the east end of [[Nelson Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. This rock, known to sealers in the area as early as 1821, was charted and named by DI personnel on the [[Discovery II]] in 1935.

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[edit] Piggott Peninsula

'''Piggott Peninsula''' ({{coor dm|73|43|S|61|20|W|}}) is a broad snow-covered [[cove]] between [[New Bedford Inlet]] and [[Wright Inlet]] on [[Lassiter Coast]], [[Palmer Land]], bounded to the west by [[Bryan Glacier]] and [[Swann Glacier]]. The feature was first seen from the air and photographed by the [[United States Antarctic Service]] (USAS) on [[December 30]], [[1940]]. It was mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs, 1961-67. Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1985 after [[William R. Piggott]], British ionospheriscist and Head, [[Atmospheric Sciences Division]], [[British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS), 1973-79.

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[edit] Pigmy Rock

'''Pigmy Rock''' ({{coor dm|68|43|S|67|33|W|}}) is a rock lying close off the southwest side of [[Alamode Island]] at the south extremity of the [[Terra Firma Islands]], off the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. The Terra Firma Islands were first visited and surveyed in 1936 by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) under Rymill. This rock was surveyed in 1948 by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS), who so named it because of its size.

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[edit] Pila Island

'''Pila Island''' ({{coor dm|67|35|S|62|43|E|}}) is a small [[island]] 1.5 [[Mile|mile]]s (2.4 [[Kilometer|km]]) west of the [[Flat Islands]] in [[Holme Bay]], Mac. [[Robertson Land]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the [[Lars Christensen Expedition]], 1936-37, and named Pila (the arrow).

== See also ==
* [[List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands]]

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[edit] Pilarryggen

'''Pilarryggen''' ({{coor dm|72|42|S|3|56|W|}}) is a rock ridge at the west side of [[Portalen Pass]] in the [[Borg Massif]] of [[Queen Maud Land]]. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by [[Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition]] (NBSAE) (1949-52) and named Pilarryggen (the pillar ridge).

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[edit] Pilcher Peak

'''Pilcher Peak''' ({{coor dm|64|19|S|60|49|W|}}) is a [[peak]] between Mouillard and [[Lilienthal Glaciers]], on the west coast of [[Graham Land]]. Photographed by the [[Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition]] (FIDASE) in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS). Named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1960 for [[Percy S. Pilcher]] (1866-1899), British engineer and pioneer of gliding flight.

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[edit] Pillar Rock

'''Pillar Rock''' ({{coor dm|54|0|S|38|1|W|}}) is a prominent rock stack lying southwest of [[Square Rock]], off the west end of [[South Georgia]]. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 [[British Admiralty]] chart.

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[edit] Pillow Knob

'''Pillow Knob''' ({{coor dm|83|39|S|58|41|W|}}) is a [[peak]], 810 m, protruding through the snow cover at the northeast end of [[Williams Hills]] in the [[Neptune Range]], [[Pensacola Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1956-66. The descriptive name was suggested by [[Dwight L. Schmidt]], USGS geologist to these mountains, 1962-66.

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[edit] Pillow Rock

'''Pillow Rock''' ({{coor dm|54|27|S|36|55|W|}}) is an insular rock forming the easternmost element of [[Hauge Reef]], lying 3.3 [[Mile|mile]]s (5 [[Kilometer|km]]) west of [[Cape Darnley]], [[South Georgia]]. So named following [[British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS) geological work, 1975-76, from the pillowed lavas that compose the feature.

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[edit] Pillsbury Tower

'''Pillsbury Tower''' ({{coor dm|73|31|S|94|20|W|}}) is a remnant [[volcano|volcanic cone]], 1,295 m, with a shear north-facing rock cliff and a gradual slope at the south side, standing directly at the base of [[Avalanche Ridge]] in the [[Jones Mountains]]. With its dark rock rising 100 m above the surrounding area, it is clearly the most prominent landmark in these mountains. Mapped by the University of [[Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party]], 1960-61, and named by them after [[Pillsbury Hall]] which houses the Dept. of Geology at the University of Minnesota.

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[edit] Pilon Peak

'''Pilon Peak''' ({{coor dm|71|14|S|164|57|E|}}) is a prominent [[peak]] (1,880 m) standing 2 [[Mile|mile]]s (3.2 [[Kilometer|km]]) northeast of [[Mount Works]] along the west side of [[Horne Glacier]], in the [[Everett Range]], [[Concord Mountains]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from ground surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1960-62. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Commander [[Jerome R. Pilon]], U.S. Navy, [[Operations Officer]] of [[Antarctic Development Squadron Six]] (1967-68), [[Executive Officer]] (1968-69), and [[Commanding Officer]] (1969-70). [[Commander Pilon]] served on the [[Advisory Committee]] on [[Antarctic Names]] of the [[U.S. Board]] on [[Geographic Names]], 1976-78.

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[edit] Pilot Glacier

'''Pilot Glacier''' ({{coor dm|73|23|S|165|3|E|}}) is a short, deeply entrenched tributary [[glacier]] in the [[Mountaineer Range]], descending along the southeast side of [[Deception Plateau]] to enter [[Aviator Glacier]], in [[Victoria Land]]. Named by the northern party of [[New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition]] (NZGSAE), 1962-63, in recognition of services rendered by pilots of [[U.S. Navy Squadron VX]]-6 in Antarctica, and in association with Aviator Glacier.

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