GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



by him for August Petermann, noted German 

 geographer and founder of Petermanns Mitteilun- 

 gen. The US-ACAN has rejected the name Lund 

 Island, applied by the BelgAE under De Gerlache, 

 1897-99, in favor of the original naming. 



PETERMANN RANGE: a major range in the 

 Wohlthat Mtns., in New Schwabenland, which 

 extends about 50 mi. in a N.-S. direction, and rises 

 to about 8,300 ft. in elevation. The range is 

 separated from the Alexander Humboldt Mtns. to 

 the W. by Humboldt Graben, and centers in about 

 71°20'S., 12°30'E. Disc, by the GerAE under 

 Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for August Peter- 

 mann. 



PETERSON, MOUNT: mountain about 9,000 ft. 

 in el., standing W. of Mt. Rex in the Ellsworth 

 Highland; in about 74°57'S., 81°20'W. Disc, by 

 the RARE under Ronne, 1947-48, who named it 

 for Harries-Clichy Peterson, physicist with the 

 expedition. 



PETERSON GLACIER: channel glacier about 

 1 mi. wide and 3 mi. long, flowing from the conti- 

 nental ice overlying Budd Coast to the E. side of 

 Vincennes Bay, about 5 mi. SE. of Mitchell I. in 

 the Windmill Is.; in 66°22'S., 110°47'E. Delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

 1946-47, and named for Louie N. Peterson, radio 

 operator and recorder with the USN Op. Wml. 

 parties which established astronomical control sta- 

 tions along Wilhelm II, Knox and Budd Coasts 

 during January-February 1948. 



PETERSON ICE FALLS : group of ice falls about 

 1 mi. wide, lying between Stevenson Gl. and Mis- 

 tichelli Hills on Ingrid Christensen Coast; in about 

 70°07'S., 72°01'E. Delineated in 1952 by John H. 

 Roscoe from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

 Hjp. in March 1947, and named by him for J. C. 

 Peterson, Jr., air crewman on USN Op. Hjp. photo- 

 graphic flights in this area and other coastal areas 

 between 14° and 164°, east longitude. 



PETES PILLAR: pillar rock or stack lying im- 

 mediately E. of Fildes Pt. at the N. side of the 

 entrance to Port Foster, Deception I., in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in 63°00'S., 60°33'W. The pillar was 

 presumably a well-known landmark to early seal- 

 ers at Deception I. and appears on the chart drawn 

 by Lt. E. N. Kendall of the Chanticleer in 1829. 

 Named in 1951 by the Br-APC for Pilot Officer 

 Pete St. Louis, RCAF, pilot with the FIDS in 

 1949-50. Not adopted: Kats Pillar. 



PETRAS, MOUNT: high, prominent, ridge- 

 shaped mountain rising to about 12,000 ft. in el., 

 lying on the axis of the Hal Flood Range, but 

 separated from it to the eastward, in the N. part 



of Marie Byrd Land; in about 76°10'S., 129°30'W. 

 Disc, by the USAS on a flight from West Base on 

 Dec. 14-15, 1940, and named for Theodore A. 

 Petras, master technical sergeant, USMC, pilot 

 on this flight. Not adopted: Mount Josephine 

 Petras. 



Petrel Island: see Dynamite Islet. 



PETREL ISLAND: rocky islet about 0.7 mi. long 

 and about 50 ft. in el., lying near the center and 

 marking the largest islet in the cluster of islets 

 at the SE. end of Geologie Arch., close N. of Astro- 

 labe Glacier Tongue, off Adehe Coast; in 66°40'S., 

 140°01'E. Photographed from the air by USN Op. 

 Hjp., 1946-47. Charted by the FrAE under Lio- 

 tard, 1949-51, and named by the FrAE under 

 Barre, 1951-52, because numerous snow petrel 

 nests were found there. The generic term island 

 is retained to avoid duplication with the existing 

 Petrel Islet name in South Georgia. In January 

 1952, following destruction of the Port Martin 

 base by fire, the FrAE under Marret, 1952-53, 

 enlarged the hut on Petrel Island to serve as the 

 new base site. Not adopted: He des Petrels 

 [French] . 



PETREL ISLET: islet about 1 mi. SW. of Prion I., 

 lying in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia; in 54°02'S., 

 37°17'W. First charted in 1912-13 by Robert Cush- 

 man Murphy, American naturalist aboard the brig 

 Daisy. Recharted in 1929-30 by DI personnel, who 

 so named it because of its association with Prion I. 

 Petrels of the genus Prion were observed in these 

 islets. 



Petrels, He des: see Petrel Island. 



PETTER BAY: bight about 0.5 mi. S. of Spence 

 Hbr. along the E. coast of Coronation I., in the 

 South Orkney Is.; in 60°43'S., 45°11'W. This coast 

 was roughly charted by Capt. George Powell and 

 Capt. Nathaniel Palmer in December 1821. The 

 name Petters Bay appears on a chart drawn by 

 Capt. Better S0rlle in 1912, and corrected by Hans 

 Borge in 1913. It seems likely that this name 

 was first used by Borge and commemorates Capt. 

 S0rlle. Not adopted: Petters Bay. 



PETTY ROCK: small rock lying 3 mi. SE. of 

 Cape Saenz Peiia in the center of the W. part 

 of Bigourdan Fjord, off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 67°35'S., 67°28'W. First roughly surveyed 

 in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed 

 in 1948 by the FIDS, who so named it because of 

 its small size. 



PHILIPPI, CAPE: cape marked by a dark cliff 

 with vertical sides at the E. end of D'Urville Wall, 

 which forms the N. wall of David Gl., in Victoria 



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