GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Sparrow in December 1948. Named for Prince 

 Charles, son of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. 



PRINCE GUSTAV CHANNEL: strait about 80 

 mi. long and from 4 to 15 mi. wide, separating 

 James Ross and Vega Islands from that portion of 

 the E. coast of Palmer Pen. lying between Cape 

 Longing and the Tabarin Pen.; centering in 

 63°50'S., 58°15'W. Disc, in October 1903 by the 

 SwedAE under Nordenskjold, who named it for 

 Crown Prince (later King) Gustav of Sweden. 

 Not adopted: Crown Prince Gustav Channel, Kron- 

 prins Gustav Channel, Kronprinz Gustaf Kanal 

 [German], Kronprinz Gustav Kanal [German]. 



PRINCE HARALD COAST: that portion of the 

 coast of Queen Maud Land lying between 34°E. 

 and 40 °E. Disc, during a flight on Feb. 4, 1937 

 by Viggo Wider0e, Nils Romnaes, and Mrs. Ingrid 

 Christensen of the Nor. exp. under Christensen, 

 1936-37, and named after the infant son of the 

 Crown Prince of Norway. Not adopted: Prince 

 Harald Land, Prins Harald Land [Norwegian]. 



Prince Harald Land: see Prince Harald Coast. 



Prince Olaf Harbor: see Prince Olav Harbor. 



Prince Olaf Mountains: see Prince Olav Moun- 

 tains. 



Prince Olaf Rock; Prince Olav Rocks: see Olav 

 Rocks. 



PRINCE OLAV COAST: that portion of the coast 

 of Queen Maud Land lying between 40°E. and 

 45°E. Disc, by the Nor. exp. under Riiser-Larsen 

 on a flight from the Norvegia in January 1930. 

 Named for Crown Prince Olav of Norway. Not 

 adopted: Crown Prince Olaf Land, Crown Prince 

 Olav Coast, Crown Prince Olav Land, Kronprins 

 Olav Land [Norwegian] . 



PRINCE OLAV HARBOR: small harbor in the 

 SW. portion of Cook Bay, entered between Point 

 Abrahamsen and Sheep Pt., along the N. coast of 

 South Georgia; in 54°04'S., 37°09'W. The name 

 was in use as early as 1912 and was given, prob- 

 ably by Norwegian whalers, for Crown Prince Olav 

 of Norway. Not adopted: Prince Olaf Harbor, 

 Prins Olavs Havn [Norwegian] . 



Prince Olav Mountains: see Bush Mountains. 



PRINCE OLAV MOUNTAINS: mountain group 

 of the Queen Maud Range stretching from 

 Shackleton Gl. to Liv Gl. at the head of Ross Ice 

 Shelf; in about 85°05'S., 172°30'W. Disc, in 1911 

 by the Nor. exp. under Amundsen, and named for 

 the then Crown Prince of Norway. Not adopted: 



Crown Prince Olaf Mountains, Crown Prince Olav 

 Mountains, Crown Prince Olav's Mountains, 

 Kronprinz Olaf Berge [German], Prince Olaf 

 Mountains. 



Prince Olavs Havn: see Prince Olav Harbor. 



Prince-Regent Luitpold Land: see Luitpold Coast. 



PRINCESS ASTRID COAST: that portion of the 

 coast of Queen Maud Land lying between 5°00'E. 

 and 20°30'E. Disc, in March 1931 by a Nor. whal- 

 ing exp. under Halvorsen, and named for Princess 

 Astrid of Norway. Not adopted: Princess Astrid 

 Land, Prinsesse Astrid Land. 



Princess Astrid Land; Prinsesse Astrid Land: see 

 Princess Astrid Coast. 



PRINCESS MARTHA COAST: that portion of 

 the coast of Queen Maud Land lying between 5°E. 

 and 20 °W. The name Crown Princess Martha 

 Land was originally apphed by Capt. Hjalmar 

 Riiser-Larsen to that section of the coast in the 

 vicinity of Cape Norvegia which he disc, in Febru- 

 ary 1930. Not adopted: Crown Princess Martha 

 Land, Kronprinsesse Martha Land [Norwegian] . 



PRINCESS RAGNHILD COAST: that portion of 

 the coast of Queen Maud Land lying between 

 20°30'E. and 34°00'E. Disc, in February 1931 by 

 a Nor. exp. under Isachsen and Riiser-Larsen, and 

 named by Riiser-Larsen for Princess Ragnhild of 

 Norway. Not adopted: Princess Ragnhild Land, 

 Prinsesse Ragnhild Land [Norwegian] . 



Principal, Canal: see Sound, The. 



Prinsesse Ragnhild Land; Princess Ragnhild 

 Land: see Princess Ragnhild Coast. 



Prins Harald Land: see Prince Harald Coast. 



Prinz Albert Gebirge: see Prince Albert Moun- 

 tains. 



Prinzregent Luitpold Land: see Luitpold Coast. 



PRION ISLAND: island about 1.5 mi. N. of Luck 

 Pt., lying in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia; in 

 54°02'S., 37°16'W. Charted in 1912-13 by Robert 

 Cushman Murphy, American naturalist aboard the 

 brig Daisy, and so named because he observed 

 petrels of the genus Prion on the island. Not 

 adopted: Prion Islet. 



PRIOR ISLAND: ice-covered island about 1 mi. 

 long and 0.5 mi. wide, lying close E. of Lamplugh 

 I. and the mouth of Davis Gl., off the E. coast of 

 Victoria Land; in about 75°40'S., 162°58'E. First 

 charted and named by the BrAE under Shackleton, 



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