GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



POSTILLION ROCK: small ice-free rock lying 2 

 mi. S. of the summit of Mt. Nemesis and close S. 

 of Roman Four Promontory, near the N. shore of 

 Neny Fjord, Palmer Pen.; in 68°14'S., 66°53'W. 

 First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. 

 Resurveyed in 1949 by the FIDS and so named by 

 them because of its outlying position. 



POTTER COVE: cove indenting the SW. side of 

 King George I. about 2 mi. ESE. of Marian Cove, 

 in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°13'S., 58°42'W. 

 Potter Cove was known to sealers as early as 1821, 

 and the name is now well established in interna- 

 tional usage. Not adopted : Havre Petter [French] , 

 Potters Cove, Potter's Cove. 



POULTER GLACIER: glacier about 15 mi. long 

 and 2 to 3 mi. wide at its terminus, flowing from 

 the polar plateau eastward along the S. flank of 

 the Rawson Mtns. of the Queen Maud Range, and 

 joining Robert Scott Gl. near its head; in about 

 86°50'S., 153°30'W. Disc, in December 1934 by 

 the ByrdAE geological party under Quin Black- 

 burn, and named by Byrd for Thomas C. Poulter, 

 second-in-command of the expedition. 



POURQUOI PAS GLACIER: glacier about 4 mi. 

 wide and 15 mi. long, flowing NNW. from the con- 

 tinental ice and terminating in a prominent 

 tongue near the E. end of Clarie Coast; in about 

 66°10'S., 135°45'E. Delineated from aerial photo- 

 graphs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. Name 

 proposed by the French antarctic sub-committee 

 for the Pourquoi-Pas? , polar ship of the FrAE 

 under Charcot, 1908-10, and later used by Charcot 

 in expeditions to Greenland. 



POURQUOI PAS GLACIER TONGUE: promi- 

 nent glacier tongue about 4 mi. wide and 7 mi. 

 long, extending seaward from Pourquoi Pas Gl., 

 near the E. end of Clarie Coast; in about 66°05'S., 

 135°45'E. Delineated from aerial photographs 

 taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named for 

 the French polar ship Pourquoi-Pas? . 



POURQUOI PAS ISLAND: island about 16 mi. 

 long, in a NE.-SW. direction, and decreasing in 

 width from about 11 mi. in the W. portion to about 

 11 mi. wide, lying close W. of Ridge I. off the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°41'S., 67°28'W. Disc, 

 by the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10. The island 

 was charted more accurately by the BGLE under 

 Rymill, 1934-37, who named it for Charcot's exp. 

 ship Pourquoi Pas?. 



POWDER ISLET: islet lying 8 mi. SSE. of Cape 

 Jeremy and 2 mi. off the W. coast of Palmer Pen., 

 in George VI Sound; in 69°32'S., 68°47'W. First 

 surveyed in 1948 by the FIDS, and so named by 



them because of the friable nature of the rock 

 found on the islet. 



Powellboen: see Powell Rock. 



Powell Group; Powell Islands: see South Orkney 

 Islands. 



POWELL ISLAND: narrow island about 7 mi. 

 long and about 2 mi. wide, lying between Corona- 

 tion and Laurie Islands in the central part of the 

 South Orkney Is.; in 60°41'S., 45°03'W. Disc, on 

 the joint cruise by Capt. George Powell and Capt. 

 Nathaniel Palmer in December 1821. Charted but 

 left unnamed on Powell's map published by Laurie 

 in 1822. Powell's name was first applied in 1821 

 as a group name for the South Orkney Is.; it was 

 reassigned in 1839 by the Fr. exp. under D'Urville 

 and has since become well established for the cen- 

 tral island in the group. Not adopted: Cruchleys 

 Island, Dibdins Island, Powell Islands. 



POWELL ROCK: small submerged rock on the 

 E. side of Signy I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°42'S., 

 45°36'W. It Ues off the mouth of Starfish Cove, 

 about 600 yards NE. of Balin Pt. First charted 

 by Petter S0rlle in 1912-13 and named "Powell- 

 boen," after his whale catcher Powell. The FIDS 

 fixed the position of breakers here during rough 

 weather in 1947. Not adopted: Powellboen 

 [Norwegian] . 



POWER GLACIER: channel glacier about 5 mi. 

 wide and 4 mi. long, flowing N. from the conti- 

 nental ice at the W. flank of Norths Highland to 

 the head of Maury Bay, where it terminates in a 

 prominent tongue between Bell and Hudson 

 Glaciers, on Banzare Coast; in about 66°45'S., 

 125°10'E. Delineated from aerial photographs 

 taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named by the 

 US-AC AN for James S. Power, pursers steward on 

 the sloop of war Peacock of the USEE under Wilkes, 

 1838-42. 



POYNTER COL: snow-filled col about 1,900 ft. 

 in el., situated about 6 mi. ESE. of Cape Kjellman 

 and joining Poynter Hill with the spur extending 

 N. from Ivory Pinnacles, on the NW. side of Louis 

 Philippe Pen.; in 63°45'S., 59°06'W. Charted in 

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

 association with nearby Poynter Hill. 



POYNTER HILL: conspicuous hill about 2,700 

 ft. in el., standing about 6 mi. E. of Cape Kjellman 

 at the N. side of Poynter Col, on the NW. side of 

 Louis Philippe Pen.; in 63°44'S., 59°06'W. Charted 

 in 1948 by the FIDS, who named it for the mate on 

 the brig Williams, exp. ship of the Br. exp. under 

 Bransfield which made explorations in the South 

 Shetland Is. and Bransfield Str. in 1820. 



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