GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Pierre Baudin, Cape: see Berteaux, Cape. 



Pierre Willems, Cape: see Willems, Cape. 



PIGMY ROCK: rock lying close off the SW. side 

 of Alamode I. at the S. extremity of the Terra Firma 

 Is., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 68°43'S., 

 67°33'W. The Terra Firma Is. were first visited 

 and surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. 

 This rock was surveyed in 1948 by the FIDS, who 

 so named it because of its size. 



PIG POINT: point which forms the S. side of 

 the entrance to North Bay, Prince Olav Hbr., on 

 the N. coast of South Georgia; in 54°04'S., 37°09'W. 

 Probably named by DI personnel who charted 

 Prince Olav Hbr. during the period 1927-30. 



PIG ROCK: rock about 215 ft. in el., lying in the 

 S. entrance to Fildes Str. about 1.25 mi. E. of 

 Duthoint Pt., Nelson I., in the South Shetland Is.; 

 in 62°18'S., 58°48'W. This rock, known to sealers 

 in the area as early as 1821, was charted and named 

 by DI personnel on the Discovery 7/ in 1935. 



PI ISLETS: two islets and several rocks which 

 lie 1 mi. E. of the NE. end of Omega I. in the Mel- 

 chior Is., Palmer Arch.; in 64°20'S., 62°53'W. The 

 name Pi, derived from the 16th letter of the Greek 

 alphabet, appears to have iaeen first used on a 

 1946 Argentine govt, chart following surveys of 

 these islets by Arg. expeditions in 1942 and 1943. 

 Not adopted: Islotes Sidders [Spanish]. 



Pile Peaks: see Rock Pile Peaks. 



Pillar Peak: see Waldeck-Rousseau Peak. 



PIMPLE, THE: cone-shaped peak about 10,300 ft. 

 in el., standing approximately midway between Mt. 

 Lister and Camels Hump in the Royal Society 

 Range, in Victoria Land; in about 77°58'S., 162'43'E. 

 Disc, and named by the BrNAE under Scott, 1901-4. 



PINE ISLAND BAY: ice-filled bay about 40 mi. 

 long and 20 mi. wide, indenting the Walgreen Coast 

 close SW. of the Hudson Mtns.; in about 74°30'S., 

 101°30'W. Delineated from aerial photographs 

 taken by USN Op. Hjp. in December 1946. Named 

 by the-US-ACAN for the U.^.S. Pine Island, sea- 

 plane tender and fiagship'of the eastern task group 

 of the USN Op. Hjp,, Tesk Farce 68, 1946-47. 



FINER BAY: open bay about 8 mi. wide and 2 mi. 

 long, lying between Bienvenue and the E. side of 

 Astrolabe 'Glacier Tongue, along Adelie Coast; in 

 about 66°43'S., 140°17'E. Disc, on Jan. 30, 1840 by 

 the USEE under- Wilkes, who "named it for Thomas 

 Finer, signal quartermaster on the USEE flagship 

 Vincennes. This feature correlates closely with 



portions of the sketch of "Piners Bay" as shown on 

 Wilkes' chart of 1840. 



PlifERO ISLAND: island about 2 mi. long and 

 0.5 mi. wide, lying about 5 mi. NW. of Pourquoi 

 Pas I., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°34'S., 

 67°49'W. Disc, by the FrAE under Charcot, 1908- 

 10, and named by him for Antonio F. Pinero, mem- 

 ber of the Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine 

 Republic, on whose motion the Govt, voted un- 

 limited credit to meet the needs of the expedition. 

 Not adopted: He Piniero [French]. 



Pinguin-Bay: see Sacramento Bight. 



Pinguinbucht: see Papua Beach. 



Pinguinenkap: see Penguin Point. 



Piniero, He: see Piiiero Island. 



Pinnacle: see Spire, The. 



Pinnacle Island: see Pinnacle Rock. 



PINNACLE ROCK: rock about 400 ft. in el., lying 

 midway between Capes Belsham and Valentine and 

 about 1.5 mi. off the N. coast of Elephant I., in the 

 South Shetland Is.; in about 61°02'S., 54°53'W. 

 The name was probably suggested by members of 

 the Br. exp. under Shackleton, 1914-16, who sighted 

 and described this feature as a pillar of rock during 

 their refuge at Elephant I. following the loss of 

 the exp. ship Endurance. Not adopted: Pinnacle 

 Island. 



PIN POINT: narrow point forming the E. end of 

 Livingston I. and the W. side of the S. entrance 

 to McFarlane Str., in the South Shetland Is.; in 

 62°37'S., 59°49'W. This feature was known to 

 early sealers as Point Renier, but in recent years 

 the name Pin Point has overtaken the early name 

 in usage. Not adopted: Cap Renier [French], 

 Friesland Point, Point Renier. 



PIN ROCK: small rock lying at the S. side of 

 Pin Pt., the E. tip of Livingston I., in the South 

 Shetland Is.; in 62°38'S., 59°49'W. The present 

 application of the name is based upon a 1935 sur- 

 vey by DI personnel on the Discovery II. Prior to 

 this survey the name Pin Rocks had been used for 

 a group of rocks erroneously charted in essen- 

 tially this position. Not adopted: Pin Rocks. 



PIPKIN ROCK: ice-free islet, about 260 yards 

 long, lying close NE. of the N. end of Dismal It. 

 in the Faure Is., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 68°05'S., 68°50'W. The Faure Is. were disc, and 

 first charted in 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot. 

 The group was surveyed in 1949 by the FIDS who 



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