GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



1907-9. Probably named for Dr. George Thurland 

 Prior, Keeper of the Department of Minerals, Brit- 

 ish Museum, 1909-27. 



PROCLAMATION ISLAND: small rocky island 

 lying about 3 mi. W. of Cape Batterbee and about 

 1 mi. off the coast of Enderby Land; in about 

 65°50'S., 53°39'E. Disc, by the BANZARE under 

 Mawson, 1929-31, and so named following the 

 reading of a proclamation on its summit on Jan. 

 13, 1930 claiming the area for the British Crown. 



PROSPECT PASS: gently inclined, snow-covered 

 pass at the SE. side of the Kinnear Mtns., on the 

 W. side of Palmer Pen.; in 69°34'S., 67°35'W. Disc, 

 and first roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE 

 under Rymill. The name arose because, from the 

 summit of the pass, there is a fine prospect across 

 George VI Sound to the Douglas Range. 



PROTECTION COVE: small bay lying between 

 Cape Klovstad and Newnes Gl. at the head of Rob- 

 ertson Bay, along the N. coast of Victoria Land; 

 in about 71°38'S., 170°13'E. First charted in 1899 

 by the BrAE under C. E. Borchgrevink, and so 

 named because the exp. ship Southern Cross found 

 protection here during a gale. 



PROVIDENCE COVE: small bay, bounded by ice 

 cliffs, which lies at the foot of Remus Gl. in the 

 SE. corner of Neny Fjord, along the W. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 68°19'S., 66°45'W. First roughly 

 surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. It 

 was resurveyed in 1940-41 by members of the USAS, 

 and so named by them because on first arrival it 

 seemed providential that a site for the East Base 

 was found so quickly and easily. It was soon de- 

 termined, however, that the cove did not provide 

 a suitable site for the base. 



PRYDZ BAY: deep embayment about 150 mi. 

 wide, lying E. of Amery Ice Shelf off Lars Christen- 

 sen and Ingrid Christensen Coasts; in about 

 69°00'S., and extending from about 73°00'E. to 

 79°00'E. Disc, and explored in February 1935 by 

 a Nor. exp. under Mikkelsen in the Thorshaven. 

 Named for Olaf Prydz, general manager of the 

 Hvalfangernes Assuranceforening, Sandefjord, 

 Norway. Not adopted : Mackenzie Sea, Olaf Prydz 

 Bukt [Norwegian]. 



PSI ISLETS : group of small islets which lie close 

 to the W. coast of Lambda I. in the Melchior Is., 

 Palmer Arch.; in 64°18'S., 63°01'W. The name 

 Psi, derived from the 23rd letter of the Greek al- 

 phabet, appears to have been first used on a 1946 

 Argentine govt, chart following surveys of these 

 islets by Arg. expeditions in 1942 and 1943. Not 

 adopted: Islotes Ballesteros [Spanish]. 



PUBLICATION ICE TONGUES: a group of large 

 glacier tongues extending generally NW. from In- 

 grid Christensen Coast which merge and fill the E. 

 half of Sandefjord Ice Bay; centering in about 

 69°40'S., 74°30'E. The following glaciers, reading 

 from NE. to SW., have prominent tongues which 

 form this group: Polararboken, Polar Record, 

 Polarforschung, II Polo, and Polar Times Glaciers. 

 Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from aerial 

 photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp. in March 

 1947, and so named by him because the associated 

 glacier names commemorate polar publications. 



Puerto: for names beginning thus see under 

 the specific part of the name. For example, for 

 Puerto Anderson see Anderson, Puerto. {Puerto 

 is a Spanish word for "harbor," "port.") 



PUFFBALL ISLETS: scattered group of small, 

 low, mainly ice-covered islets and rocks which ex- 

 tend about 10 mi. in a NE.-SW. direction, lying in 

 southern Marguerite Bay off the W. coast of Palm- 

 er Pen. The center of the group lies about 23 

 mi. NNE. of Cape Jeremy; in 69°02'S., 68°30'W. 

 First visited and surveyed in 1948 by the FIDS. 

 The named, applied by FIDS, derives from asso- 

 ciation with Mushroom I. which lies 14 mi. NE. of 

 this group. 



PULITZER, MOUNT: mountain rising to about 

 4,500 ft. in el., distinguished by sharp, serrated 

 ridges, standing about 15 mi. W. of Robert Scott 

 GL, about 25 mi. S. of its terminus at the Ross Ice 

 Shelf, in the Queen Maud Range; in about 85°45'S., 

 154°30'W. Disc, in December 1934 by the ByrdAE 

 geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named 

 by R. Adm. Byrd for Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of 

 the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and a patron of the 

 Byrd Antarctic Expeditions of 1928-30 and 1933-35. 



PULLEN ISLAND: snow-covered island about 5 

 mi. long, which rises to about 1,600 ft. in el. at its 

 N. end, lying near the center of Violante Inlet, 

 along the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 72°35'S., 

 60°57'W. Disc, by the USAS in a flight from East 

 Base on Dec. 30, 1940, and named for William A. 

 Pullen, Aviation Machinist's Mate at the East Base. 



PULPIT MOUNTAIN: conspicuous, red-colored 

 mountain, about 2,900 ft. in el., standing 2 mi. W. 

 of Spence Hbr. at the E. end of Coronation I., South 

 Orkney Is.; in 60°42'S., 45°14'W. Named by the 

 FIDS following their survey of 1948-49. The 

 feature resembles a pulpit when seen from the east. 



Punch Bowl: see Devils Punchbowl. 



PURVIS GLACIER: glacier flowing generally E. 

 into the W. side of Possession Bay, on the N. coast 

 of South Georgia; in 54°07'S., 37°10'W. Charted 



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