GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



PRAM POINT: low, rounded point projecting 

 from the SE. side of Hut Point Peninsula about 1.5 

 mi. NE. of Cape Armitage, on Ross I.; in about 

 77°50'S., 166°44'E. Disc, by the BrNAE under 

 Scott, 1901-4, who so named it because it is neces- 

 sary during the summer months to use a pram 

 in the open water adjacent to the point when 

 traveling between the S. end of Hut Point Pen- 

 insula and Ross Ice Shelf. 



PRATT, MOUNT: peak at the N. end of one of 

 the exposed ridges of the Grosvenor Range, rising 

 at the edge of the south polar plateau ice to about 

 10,500 ft. in el., in the Queen Maud Range; in 

 about 85°55'S., 179°00'E. Disc, by R. Adm. Byrd 

 on the ByrdAE flight to the South Pole in Novem- 

 ber 1929, and named by him for Thomas B. Pratt, 

 American financier and contributor to the expe- 

 dition. 



President's Harbor: see New Plymouth. 



Presqu'ile Jougla: see Jougla Point. 



PRESSURE BAY: small arm in the W. side of 

 Robertson Bay, lying between Cape Wood and 

 Birthday Pt. along the N. coast of Victoria Land; 

 in about 71°25'S., 169°15'E. Charted and named 

 in 1911 by the Northern Party of the BrAE under 

 Scott. The Northern Party under Cdr. Victor L. 

 A. Campbell, RN, experienced great difficulty in 

 sledging across the pressure ice fringing the shore 

 of Robertson Bay. 



PRESTON POINT: ice-covered point with mar- 

 ginal rock exposures, which marks the N. end of 

 Gillock I., near the junction of Lars Christensen 

 and Ihgrid Christensen Coasts; in about 70°03'S., 

 70°52'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. Preston, 

 Jr., air crewman on USN Op. Hjp. photographic 

 flights in this area and other coastal areas between 

 14° and 164°, east longitude. 



PRESTRUD, MOUNT: one of a group of low- 

 lying peaks barely protruding through the ice of 

 the south polar plateau, rising to about 10,700 ft. 

 in el., at the SW. end of the group containing 

 Mounts Hassel and Bjaaland, which stand about 

 20 mi. SW. of the Thorvald Nilsen Mtns. in the 

 Queen Maud Range; in about 86°35'S., 163°15'W. 

 Disc, in November 1911 by the Nor. exp. under 

 Amundsen, and "named by him for Lt. K. Prestrud, 

 first officer on the exp. ship Fram and leader of 

 the Eastern Sledge Party. Not adopted: Mount K. 

 Prestrud. 



PRESTRUD INLET: a re-entrant in the S. side 

 of Edward VII Pen., at the NE. corner of Ross Ice 

 Shelf; in about 78°25'S., 156°00'W. Named by the 

 USAS, 1939-41, in honor of Lt. K. Prestrud, leader 

 of the Eastern Sledge Party of the Nor. exp. under 

 Amundsen, who first traversed this region in 1911. 



PREUSCHOFF RANGE: a N.-S. range of moun- 

 tains about 20 mi. long projecting through the 

 icecap at the edge of the polar plateau in New 

 Schwabenland; in about 72°10'S., 4°20'E. Disc, 

 by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named 

 for Franz Preuschoff, airplane engineer on the 

 Passat, one of the flying boats used by the expe- 

 dition. 



PRIDE, CAPE: cape which forms the E. side of 

 the entrance to Elsehul, small bay along the N. 

 coast and near the W. end of South Georgia; in 

 54°00'S., 37°59'W. The name appears to have 

 been applied by DI personnel who surveyed Elsehul 

 in 1930. 



PRIESTLEY, MOUNT: mountain peak lying 

 WNW. of Mt. Neumayer in the massif at the N. 

 side of David Gl., in Victoria Land; in about 

 75°12'S., 161°25'E. First charted by the BrAE un- 

 der Shackleton, 1907-9, who named it for Raymond 

 E. Priestley, geologist with the expedition. 



PRIESTLEY GLACIER: large valley glacier 

 about 2.5 mi. wide, flowing from the interior high- 

 land SE. of Mt. Baxter in a SE. direction to the N. 

 end of the Nansen Sheet, on the E. Coast of Vic- 

 toria Land; in about 74°25'S., 163°22'E. First ex- 

 plored by the Northern Party of the BrAE under 

 Scott, 1910-13, and named for Raymond E. Priest- 

 ley, geologist with the Northern Party. Not 

 adopted: Priestly Glacier. 



Priestly Glacier: see Priestley Glacier. 



Primero de Mayo, Isla: see Lambda Island. 



PRINCE ALBERT MOUNTAINS: coastal range 

 extending some 200 mi. northward of McMurdo 

 Sound along the coast of Victoria Land; centering 

 near 75°45'S., 161°30'E. Disc, by a Br. exp. under 

 Ross on Feb. 17, 1841, and named by him for Prince 

 Albert, consort of Queen Victoria of England. Not 

 adopted: Prinz Albert Gebirge. 



PRINCE CHARLES STRAIT: strait about 5 mi. 

 wide, between Cornwallis and Elephant Islands, 

 in the South Shetland Is.; in about 61°04'S., 

 54°40'W. This strait was known to sealers as early 

 as 1821, but first record of its navigation was in 

 1839 by the brig Porpoise of the USEE squadron 

 under Wilkes. Soundings of the strait were made 

 by the vessel John Biscoe and the frigate H.M.S. 



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