GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



PAINE, MOUNT: flat-topped mountain forming 

 part of the La Gorce Mtns., at the brink of the polar 

 icecap in the Queen Maud Range; in about 

 86°45'S., 146°00'W. Disc, by members of the 

 Southern Sledge Party of the ByrdAE, 1933-35, 

 and named for Stuart D. L. Paine, navigator and 

 radio operator of that party. Not adopted : Mount 

 Katharine Paine. 



PALMER, CAPE: ice-covered cape marking the 

 N. end of Noville Pen. and the E. side of the en- 

 trance to Peale Inlet, at the NE. side of Thurston 

 Pen.; in about 71°48'S., 96°50'W. Delineated from 

 aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp. in De- 

 cember 1946. Named by the US-ACAN for James 

 Troxall Palmer, acting surgeon on the ship Relief 

 and later on the sloop of war Peacock of the USEE 

 under Wilkes, 1838-42, and later Surgeon-General 

 of the Navy. Not adopted: Cape Flying Fish 

 (q.v.). 



PALMER ARCHIPELAGO: group of islands, of 

 which the principal ones are Hoseason, Liege, 

 Brabant, Anvers, and Wiencke, lying NW. of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 64°15'S., 62°50'W. They are sepa- 

 rated from the mainland by De Gerlache Strait and 

 Bismarck Strait. Named by De Gerlache, leader 

 of the BelgAE, 1897-99, for Capt. Nathaniel B. 

 Palmer, first man to navigate in these waters. Not 

 adopted: Antarctic Archipelago, Antarktiske Arki- 

 pel [Norwegian] , Palmer Inseln [German] . 



Palmer Bay: see False Bay. 



PALMER BAY: open bay about 2 mi. wide, lying 

 3.5 mi. W. of Cape Bennett, on the N. coast of Coro- 

 nation I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°37'S., 

 45°21'W. Disc, in December 1821 on a joint 

 cruise by Capt. George Powell and Capt. Na- 

 thaniel Palmer. Named for Captain Palmer. Not 

 adopted: Palmer's Bay. 



PALMER INLET: ice-filled inlet about 8 mi. 

 long, lying between Cape Bryant and Cape Mussel- 

 man, along the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 71°15'S., 

 61°10'W. Essentially rectangular in shape, it is 

 bordered by almost vertical cliffs. Disc, by mem- 

 bers of East Base of the USAS who explored this 

 coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named for 

 Robert -Palmer, assistant ..to ;tiie meteorologist at 

 the East Base. Not adopted:* Robert Palmer Bay. 



Palmer Inseln: see Palmer Archipelago. 



Palmer Land: see Palmer Peninsula. 



PALMER PENINSULA: the largest peninsula in 

 Antarctica, lyingS. of Cape Hern and extending in 

 a N. and NE. direction from its broad base, in about 

 75°00'S'., 65°00'W., to its narrow extremity, in 



about 63°15'S., 57°00'W. Named for Capt. Na- 

 thaniel B. Palmer, American sealer who explored the 

 Antarctic mainland S. of Deception I. in the Hero 

 in 1820. Not adopted: Graham Land, Palmer 

 Land, Trinity Peninsula. 



PANDEMONIUM POINT: point marking the S. 

 end of a sharp ice-free ridge which forms the S. 

 extremity of Signy I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°45'S., 

 45°40'W. Surveyed in 1947 by the FIDS, and so 

 named by them because of the ceaseless noise from 

 the penguin rookeries on the W. side of the ridge 

 close N. of the point. 



PANTOMIME POINT: the northernmost of three 

 ice-free points at the E. end of Gourlay Pen. on 

 Signy I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°44'S., 45°36'W. 

 Surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel, and resurveyed 

 in 1947 by the FIDS. The name, given by the 

 FIDS, arose from the behavior observed in the 

 penguin rookeries on Gourlay Peninsula. 



PAPUA BEACH: beach, about 1.5 mi. long, on 

 the SE. shore of Cumberland West Bay, South 

 Georgia; in 54°15'S., 36°34'W. The name derives 

 from "Papua Cove," now an obsolete name, applied 

 for a minor recession of the shore of this beach by 

 the SwedAE under Nordenskjold, 1901-4, because 

 a colony of gentoo penguins {Pygoscelis papna) 

 was found there. The cove was called "Pinguin- 

 bucht" on a 1907 chart by A. Szielasko, and the 

 form Penguin Bay appears on some later charts. 

 Following its survey in 1951-52, the SGS reported 

 that the beach now described, rather than the cove 

 or bay, is the significant feature for which a name 

 is required. The Br-APC recommended in 1954 

 that the name Papua be approved for the beach. 

 The various names applied for the cove or bay are 

 imnecessary and are rejected. 



Papua Cove: see Papua Beach. 



Paradise Bay: see Paradise Harbor. 



PARADISE HARBOR: wide embayment behind 

 Lemaire and Bryde Islands, indenting the W. coast 

 of Palmer Pen. from Cape Lacaze-Duthiers on the 

 NE. to an imnamed cape about 9 mi. to the SW.; 

 in 64°52'S., 62°54'W. The name was applied by 

 whalers operating in this vicinity. Not adopted: 

 Paradise Bay. 



Parjadine, Kap; Pariadin, Cape: see Paryadin, 

 Cape. 



PARKER, MOUNT: prominent mountain peak 

 lying between Mt. Adam and Mt. Troubridge in the 

 Admiralty Range, in northern Victoria Land; in 

 about 71°18'S., 168°10'E. Disc, in January 1841 

 by a Br. exp. under Ross, and named by him for 



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