GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



named this islet. The name, which suggests the 

 insignificant nature of the feature, is required for 

 reference to a FIDS geodetic control point estab- 

 lished there. 



PIRIE PENINSULA: narrow peninsula extending 

 about 3 mi. N. from the center of Laurie I., in the 

 South Orkney Is.; in 60°43'S., 44°39'W. Charted 

 by the ScotNAE under Bruce, 1902-4, who named it 

 for Dr. J. H. Pirie, surgeon an geologist of the 

 expedition. 



PIRNER, MOUNT: rocky mountain, over 2,000 ft. 

 in el., standing 2 mi. W. of Moltke Hbr., Royal Bay, 

 South Georgia; in 54°31'S., 36°07'W. First sur- 

 veyed by a Ger. exp., 1882-83, under Schrader, and 

 named by them for Captain Pirner, commander of 

 the expedition ship Moltke. 



PIRNER POINT: point marking the N. side of 

 the entrance to Little Moltke Hbr., in Royal Bay, 

 South Georgia; in 54°31'S., 36°04'W. First sur- 

 veyed by a Ger. exp., 1882-83, under Schrader, 

 and named by them for Captain Pirner, commander 

 of the expedition ship Moltke. 



Pisco, Mount: see Pisgah, Mount. 



Pisgah, Mount: see Foster, Mount. 



PISGAH, MOUNT: peak about 6,100 ft. in el., 

 standing nearly 3 mi. SW. of Mt. Christi and 4 mi. 

 NE. of Mt. Foster in the north-central part of Smith 

 I., South Shetland Is.; in 62°56'S., 62°29'W. Be- 

 cause the peaks of Smith I. gave it a forked appear- 

 ance when seen from a distance, American sealers 

 in the 1820's called it Mount Pisgah Island after 

 the double-topped Mount Pisgah in the town of 

 Durham, Conn. The name has since been re- 

 stricted to the peak described. Not adopted: 

 Mount Foster (q.v.), Mount Pisco, Mount Piso. 



Piso, Mount: see Pisgah, Mount. 



PITMAN, MOUNT: mountain with two mainly 

 ice-covered, dome-shaped summits, the highest and 

 northern being 6,000 ft. in el., standing about 14 

 mi. inland from George VI Sound, between Riley 

 and Chapman Glaciers on the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 70°09'S., 67°42'W. First surveyed in 1936 

 by the BGLE under Rymill, and later named for 

 E. L. Pitman, an airplane carpenter of Byfleet, 

 Surrey, who made the sledges used by the BGLE, 

 1934-37, introducing important new elements into 

 the design of the Nansen-type sledge. 



PITT ISLANDS: group of small islands lying 

 about 3 mi. N. of Renaud I., in the northern Biscoe 

 Is.; in 65°29'S., 65°35'W. The name Pitt, after 

 William Pitt, British statesman, was applied by the 



Br. ex. under Biscoe in 1832 to an island which 

 Biscoe erroneously charted as lying about 25 mi. 

 WNW. of these islands. The present application of 

 Pitt Islands is based on the interpretation of the 

 BGLE under Rymill who charted this island group 

 in 1935-36. Not adopted : Pitt Island. 



PITT POINT: promontory about 300 ft. in el., 

 with rock exposure at its E. end, lying at the S. 

 side of the mouth of Victory Gl. on the SE. coast of 

 Louis Philippe Pen.; in 63°51'S., 58°22'W. Charted 

 by the FIDS in 1945, and named for K. A. J. Pitt, 

 master of the Fitzroy, who assisted in establishing 

 FIDS bases in 1944-45. 



Pleasant Cove: see Cobblers Cove. 



P. L. Smith, Mount: see F. L. Smith, Mount. 



PLUNKET POINT: long, narrow, rock ridge at 

 the N. end of the Dominion Range, at the conflu- 

 ence of Mill and Beardmore Glaciers; in about 

 85°05'S., 167°30'E. Disc, and named by the BrAE 

 under Shackleton, 1907-9. 



PLUTO GLACIER: glacier on the E. coast of 

 Alexander I Island, about 8 mi. long and 4 mi. 

 wide, which flows eastward into George VI Sound 

 to the north of Succession Cliffs; in 71°07'S., 

 68°20'W. This glacier was first photographed from 

 the air on Nov. 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth, and 

 was mapped from these photographs by W. L. G. 

 Joerg. It was roughly surveyed in 1936 by the 

 BGLE under Rymill. The name, after the planet 

 Pluto, was given by FIDS after their surveys in 

 1948 and 1949. 



PLYMOUTH, MOUNT: mountain about 2,100 

 ft. in el., standing about 3.5 mi. SW. of Fort 

 William near the center of the N. portion of Green- 

 wich I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°28'S., 

 59°51'W. Charted in 1935 by DI personnel on the 

 Discovery II, but the name appears to have been 

 first used on a 1948 Admiralty chart based upon 

 this survey. 



POA COVE: small cove 1 mi. SW. of Mai Pt. In 

 the SE. corner of Maiviken, Cumberland Bay, 

 South Georgia; in 54°15'S., 36°30'W. Roughly 

 surveyed by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under Nor- 

 denskjold. Resurveyed in 1929 by DI personnel, 

 and in 1951 by the FIDS. Named by the Br-APC 

 after the genus Poa, which includes the tussock 

 grass which grows near this cove in profusion. 



POD ROCKS: small compact group of about 

 seven rocks, lying about 5 mi. W. of Millerand I. 

 in Marguerite Bay, off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 68°09'S., 67°30'W. First roughly surveyed in 

 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. The rocks were 



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