GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



George Powell, and its naming at that time, Wed- 

 dell renamed the island "Pomona" or "Mainland" 

 after the island in the northern Orkney Islands. 

 That name was published by Weddell in 1825 but 

 did not survive. 



POND, MOUNT: peak about 1,700 ft. in el., 

 standing about 1 mi. E. of Pendulum Cove, on 

 Deception I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°57'S., 

 60°34'W. The name appears on a 1829 chart based 

 upon survey work by the Br. exp. under Foster, 

 1828-31. Probably named for John Pond, noted 

 English astronomer and director of the Royal Ob- 

 servatory at Greenwich at that time. 



PONTING CLIFF: steep cliff about 1,500 ft. in 

 el., lying E. of Dennistoun Gl. on the N. coast of 

 Victoria Land; in about 71°12'S., 168°30'E. First 

 charted in 1911 by the Northern Party of the BrAE 

 under Scott, and named for Herbert G. Ponting, 

 photographer of the expedition. Not adopted: 

 Pointing Cliff. 



PORPOISE BAY: ice-filled embayment about 80 

 mi. wide and 50 mi. long, indenting the E. end of 

 Banzare Coast between Cape Mose and Cape Good- 

 enough; in about 66°25'S., 128°30'E. The USEE 

 under Wilkes applied the name Porpoise Bay, after 

 the USEE brig Porpoise, to a large bay in about 

 66°S., 130°E. Identification of Porpoise Bay is 

 based on correlation of Wilkes' chart of 1840 with 

 the US-ACAN reconnaissance map of 1955, com- 

 piled from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

 Hjp., 1946-47. The name Porpoise Bay is adopted 

 for the large embayment lying close SW. in 

 66°25'S., 128°30'E. in keeping with Wilkes' original 

 naming. 



PORTEOUS POINT: point which forms the SW. 

 end of Signy I. and the N. side of the NW. en- 

 trance to Fyr Chan., in the South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°44'S., 45°41'W. Charted in 1933 by DI per- 

 sonnel on the Discovery II, and named for A. N. 

 Porteous, second engineer of the ship. 



Posadowsky Bay: (in about 66°35'S., 89°50'E.) 

 the decision of May 1947 has been VACATED as 

 no substantial bay exists in this immediate area. 

 See: Posadowsky Glacier. 



POSADOWSKY GLACIER: channel glacier 

 about 7 mi. wide and 9 mi. long, flowing N. from the 

 continental ice to Wilhelm II Coast, immediately 

 E. of Gaussberg; in about 66°50'S., 89°30'E. 

 Charted and photographed from the summit of 

 Gaussberg by the GerAE under Drygalski, 1901-3. 

 The name Posadowsky was applied to. an open bay 

 immediately E. of Gaussberg by the AAE under 

 Mawson, 1911-14. However, recent US-ACAN 



studies of the aerial photographs taken by USN 

 Op. Hjp., 1946-47, show no substantial bay ex- 

 isting in this immediate area. The committee 

 recommends that the name Posadowsky be re- 

 assigned to this hitherto unnamed glacier. Count 

 Arthur von Posadowsky- Wehner, Imperial Home 

 Secretary, secured a government grant to cover 

 the cost of the GerAE under Drygalski. 



Possesion, Cape: see Possession, Cape. 



POSSESSION, CAPE: cape which forms the NW. 

 end of Hoseason I., at the N. end of the Palmer 

 Arch.; in 63°44'S., 61°48'W. This cape appears 

 in rough outline on a chart published by Laurie 

 in 1828, and was presumably explored by James 

 Hoseason in the Br. sealer Sprightly in 1824. Cape 

 Possession was sighted and named by a Br. exp. 

 under Foster, 1823-31. It was more accurately 

 charted by the FrAE under Charcot, 1903-5. Not 

 adopted: Cape Possesion. 



POSSESSION BAY: bay about 3 mi. wide which 

 recedes SW. about 7 mi., lying between Antarctic 

 Bay and the Bay of Isles along the N. coast of 

 South Georgia; in 54°06'S., 37°06'W. Disc, and 

 named by a Br. exp. under Cook in 1775. Cook 

 made the first known landing on South Georgia 

 in this vicinity. 



POSSESSION ISLANDS: group of about nine 

 islands and islets, lying S. of Cape McCormick 

 about 4 mi. off the NE. end of Victoria Land in 

 the W. part of the Ross Sea; in about 72°00'S., 

 171°10'E. Disc, by the Br. exp. under Ross, 

 1839-43, and so named by him in commemoration 

 of the planting of the British flag on January 12, 

 1841. 



Possession Nunataks: see Possession Rocks. 



POSSESSION ROCKS: two small rock outcrops 

 lying about 4 mi. SW. of Cape Harrisson, and 

 rising about 200 ft. above the ice-covered slopes 

 lying about 0.5 mi. inland from the S. shore of 

 Robinson Bay, on Queen Mary Coast; in about 

 66°47'S., 98°50'E. Disc, by the Eastern Sledge 

 Party under Frank Wild of the AAE, 1911-14, and 

 so named following a ceremony in December 1912 

 of claiming this area for the British Crown. Not 

 adopted: Possession Nunataks. 



POSTE POINT: point about 1 mi. SE. of Herveou 

 Pt., forming the S. side of the entrance to Sal- 

 petriere Bay, on the W. side of Booth I., off the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65''04'S., 64°02'W. First 

 charted by the FrAE under Charcot, 1903-5, and 

 named by him for L. Poste, stoker on the exp. ship 

 Frangais. Not adopted: Point Poste. 



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