GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Gl.; in about 84°09'S., 172°45'E. Disc, and named 

 by the BrAE under Shackleton, 1907-9. 



Patterson, Mount: see Paterson, Mount. 



PAUL BLOCK, MOUNT: pealf rising to about 

 10,000 ft. in el., standing about 25 mi. SSE. of Mt. 

 Pratt in the southernmost ridge of the Grosvenor 

 Range; in about 86°16'S., 179°15'W. Disc, by R. 

 Adm. Byrd on the ByrdAE flights to the South Pole 

 in November 1929, and named by him at that time 

 for Paul Block, Jr., son of Paul Block, patron of the 

 expedition. 



PAUL BLOCK BAY: embayment about 15 mi. 

 wide, bounded on the E. by Balchen and Ochs Gla- 

 ciers, and lying between the W. end of the Phillips 

 Mtns. and the W. end of Fosdick Mtns., along the 

 W. coast of Marie Byrd Land; in about 76°15'S., 

 146°30'W. Disc, in 1929 by the ByrdAE and 

 named by Byrd for Paul Block, newspaper pub- 

 lisher and patron of the expedition. Not adopted: 

 Block Bay. 



PAULDING BAY: ice-filled embayment, about 

 40 mi. wide and 12 mi. long, indenting the W. end 

 of Banzare Coast between Cape Southard and 

 Clark Pt.; in about 66°40'S., 123°00'E. Delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for James 

 K. Paulding, Sec. of the Navy under Pres. Van 

 Buren. Paulding had previously served as U.S. 

 Navy agent for New York and was instrumental in 

 the outfitting of the USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



PAULET ISLAND: circular island about 1 mi. 

 in diameter, lying about 1 mi. off the SE. side of 

 Dundee I., off the NE. end of Palmer Pen.; in 

 63°35'S., 55°47'W. Disc, by a Br. exp. under Ross, 

 1839-43, and named by him for Capt. Lord George 

 Paulet, RN. 



PAUL ISLETS: group of islets about 3 mi. W. of 

 Cape Gronland, Anvers I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 

 64°18'S., 63°40'W. Disc, and named by the Ger. 

 exp. under Dallmann, 1873-74. Not adopted: Paul 

 Islands. 



PAULSEN MOUNTAINS: a closely-spaced group 

 of mountain peaks, about 9,200 ft. in el., in the W. 

 part of the Mtihlig-Hofmann Mtns., standing in 

 front of the polar plateau in New Schwabenland; 

 in about 72°10'E., 2°00'E. Disc, by the GerAE un- 

 der Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Karl-Heinz 

 Paulsen, oceanographer on the expedition. 



PAULSEN PEAK: rock peak, about 6,300 ft. in 

 el., standing near the head of Lyell Gl., 2 mi. NW. 

 of Mount Sugartop, in the Allardyce Range of 

 South Georgia; in 54°20'S., 36°40'W. Named by 



the Br-APC, following mapping by the SGS, 1951- 

 52, for Harold B. Paulsen (1898-1951), a leading 

 figure in the Norwegian whaling industry. 



PAUMELLE POINT: point which forms the S. 

 side of the entrance to Libois Bay and the NW. end 

 of the peninsula which separates Port Charcot 

 from Saltpetriere Bay, on the W. side of Booth I., 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°03'S., 

 64°03'W. First charted by the FrAE under Char- 

 cot, 1903-5, and named by him for R. Paumelle, 

 steward of the exp. ship Frangais. Not adopted: 

 Point Paumelle. 



Pavie, Cap; Pavie, lie: see Pavie Ridge. 



PAVIE RIDGE : isolated rocky ridge, about 2,500 

 ft. in el., which extends S. and W. from Martin Gl. 

 to Moraine Cove, and forms the SE. limit of Bert- 

 rand Ice Piedmont, on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 68°34'S., 66°59'W. The name "He Pavie" was 

 given in 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot to an 

 island, or possible cape, shown on the FrAE maps in 

 68°27'S., 66°40'W. From a position 15 mi. SE. of 

 Jenny Island, Maurice Bongrain, FrAE surveyor, 

 made sketches of this feature which were labeled 

 "lie Pavie" and "Cap Pavie." This general area 

 was surveyed in 1S36 by the BGLE under Rymill, 

 but the feature named by Charcot was not identi- 

 fied. Following further surveys by the FIDS in 

 1948, Charcot's "He Pavie" was identified from 

 Bongrain's sketches as the feature now named Red 

 Rock Ridge. The name Red Rock Ridge is now too 

 firmly established to alter. The name Pavie Ridge 

 has therefore been approved for the isolated rocky 

 ridge described above as forming the S. limit of 

 Bertrand Ice Piedmont, and whose position in 

 68°34'S., 66°59'W. is not far removed from the 

 original position indicated by Charcot. Named by 

 Charcot, presumably for Auguste J. M. Pavie 

 (1847-1925), French diplomat and explorer. Not 

 adopted: Cap Pavie, He Pavie [French]. 



Payer Group: see Payer Mountains. 



PAYER MOUNTAINS: small mountain group 

 about 9,300 ft. in el., rising immediately E. of the 

 Weyprecht Mtns. at the N. edge of the polar pla- 

 teau, in New Schwabenland; in about 71°50'S., 

 14°45'E. Disc, by the GerAE under Ritscher, 

 1938-39, and named for Julius Payer, Austrian ex- 

 plorer, who in company with Karl Weyprecht dis- 

 covered Franz Josef Land in 1873. Not adopted: 

 Payer Group. 



P. Curie, Pointe: see Curie Point. 



PEACE ISLET: small islet, which is northern- 

 most of several islets which extend northward 

 about 0.5 mi. from the W. extremity of Eta I., in the 



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