GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Penck Glacier: see Albrecht Penck Glacier. 



PENCK GLACIER: glacier which flows in a NW. 

 direction to the S. side of Duke Ernst Bay, W. of 

 Bertrab Nunatak, on Luitpold Coast; in about 

 77°55'S., 34°55'W. Disc, in January-February 

 1912 by the GerAE under Filchner, and named by 

 him for Albrecht Penck. Not adopted: Perick 

 Glacier. 



PENCK TROUGH: a broad SW.-NE. depression 

 in the Ritscher Upland, centering in about 72°30'S., 

 2°00'W., and extending from the edge of the polar 

 plateau in New Schwabenland to the ice shelf in 

 about 0°30'W. Disc, by the GerAE under Ritscher, 

 1938-39, and named for Albrecht Penck. The 

 name Penck Mulde was applied on the maps of 

 that exp. to a broad depression between Neumayer 

 Escarpment and Kleinschmidt Peak, represented 

 with the axis nearly N.-S. The NBSAE under 

 Giaever, 1949-52, corrected the orientation, placing 

 both Neumayer Escarpment and Kleinschmidt 

 Peak on its SE. flank, and established its extension 

 to the coast. 



Pendleton Bale: see Pendleton Strait. 



Pendleton Island: see Tower Island. 



PENDLETON STRAIT: strait lying between 

 Rabot and Nansen Islands, in the Biscoe Is., off 

 the W. coast of Palmer Pen., in 66°00'S., 66°30'W. 

 The FrAE under Charcot, in accordance with Char- 

 cot's conception of this water feature, applied the 

 name Pendleton Bay in January 1909. The BGLE 

 under Rymill, 1934-37, recognizing that it is really 

 a strait, renamed it Pendleton Strait. Named by 

 Charcot for Capt. Benjamin Pendleton, commodore 

 of the Stonington, Conn, sealing fleet which in- 

 cluded the sloop Hero under Capt. Nathaniel B. 

 Palmer who, at Pendleton's direction, explored this 

 area in January 1821. Not adopted: Burdick 

 Channel, Pendleton Bale [French]. 



PENDULUM COVE: cove at the NE. side of Port 

 Foster, Deception I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 

 62°65'S., 60°36'W. The name of the cove derives 

 from the pendulum and magnetic observations 

 made there by the Br. exp. under Foster in 1829. 



PENELOP POINT: bold headland lying between 

 Nielsen Gl. and Scott Keltie Gl. on the S. shore of 

 Robertson Bay, in northern Victoria Land; in about 

 71°31'S., 169°47'E. Charted in 1911 by the North- 

 ern Party of the BrAE under Scott. 



PENFOLD POINT: point which forms the NW. 

 side of the entrance to Whalers Bay, Deception I., 

 in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°59'S., 60°35'W. 



Named for Lt. Cdr. D. N. Penfold, RN, who con- 

 ducted a survey of the island during 1948-^9. 



Penguin Bay: see Papua Beach. 



PENGUIN ISLAND: island about 1 mi. in diam- 

 eter, which lies about 1 mi. off the S. side of King 

 George I. and marks the E. side of the entrance to 

 King George Bay, in the South Shetland Is.; 

 in 62°05'S., 57°55'W. Sighted in January 1820 

 by a Br. exp. under Bransfield, and so named by him 

 because penguins occupied the shores of the island. 

 Not adopted: Penguin Isle. 



Penguin Point: see Irving Point; Tijuca Point. 



PENGUIN POINT: point which forms the NW. 

 end of Coronation I.; in the South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°32'S., 45°56'W. Disc, on Dec. 7, 1821 on the 

 joint cruise by Capt. George Powell and Capt. 

 Nathaniel Palmer. Named by Powell because of 

 the number of penguins which were on this point. 

 Not adopted: Pointe Foca [French]. 



PENGUIN POINT: point located centrally along 

 the S. shore of Seymour I., lying SE. of James 

 Ross I. at the S. margin of Erebus and Terror Gulf; 

 in 64°19'S., 56°43'W. The point was possibly seen 

 in 1843 by a Br. exp. under Ross, and was roughly 

 charted by Capt. C. A. Larsen who landed on the 

 island in 1892 and 1893. Recharted by the SwedAE 

 under Nordenskjold, 1901-4, who named it because 

 a large penguin colony was found there. Not 

 adopted: Penguinenkap [German]. 



PENGUIN POINT: point about 320 ft. in el., 

 marking the termination of a granite wall about 

 5 mi. long at the E. side of the entrance to Fisher 

 Bay, on George V Coast; in about 67°36'S., 146°02'E. 

 Disc, and named in 1912 by the Eastern Coastal 

 Party led by Cecil T. Madigan of the AAE, 1911-14, 

 under Mawson. 



PENGUIN RIVER: small meandering stream, 

 which flows in a general NE. direction from Ham- 

 berg Lake to the coast close S. of Horse Head, in 

 Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia; in 54°18'S., 

 36°30'W. First roughly surveyed by the SwedAE 

 under Nordenskjold, 1901-4, and named by Carl 

 Skottsberg, botanist with the expedition. Not 

 adopted: Hamberg Fluss [German]. 



PENNELL BANK: large submarine bank, about 

 500 mi. long and 140 mi. wide, extending across 

 Ross Sea from Cape Adare to Edward VII Pen.; 

 centering near 74°S., 175°W. Named by Griffith 

 Taylor for Harry L. L. Pennell, RN, commander of 

 the exp. ship Terra Nova of the BrAE, 1910-13, 

 which engaged in extensive oceanographic work in 

 the Ross Sea area during this period. 



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