GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



by the GerAE under Filchner, 1911-12, and named 

 for John Murray. It was renamed Purvis Glacier, 

 possibly to avoid confusion with Murray Glacier 

 in northern Victoria Land, for a seaman on the 

 Alert, a motor boat used for survey work in South 

 Georgia by DI personnel in 1928-30. Not adopted: 

 John Murray Gletscher [German]. 



PYLON POINT: rocky promontory about 2,800 

 ft. in el., standing about 4 mi. SW. of Three Slice 

 Nunatak and marking the N. end of the main 

 mountainous mass of Joerg Pen., on the E. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 68°06'S., 65°05'W. Pylon Point 

 lies in the area first seen by Sir Hubert Wilkins on 

 his flight of Dec. 20, 1928, and crossed by Lincoln 

 Ellsworth on his flight of Nov. 21, 1935. So named 

 by the US-SCAN because the various flights and 

 sledge trips of the USAS, 1939-41, rounded it on 

 their way S. along the E. coast of Palmer Peninsula. 

 Not adopted: Clarkson Point. 



PY POINT: point about 1 mi. long and 0.25 mi. 

 wide, forming the S. end of Doumer I., off the W. 

 coast of Palmer Pen.; in 64°52'S., 63°36'W. Disc, 

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

 him for Monsieur Py, Pres. of the French Chamber 

 of Commerce in Buenos Aires at that time. 



Pyramid, The: see Pyramid Island. 



PYRAMID, THE: pyramidal-shaped nunatak 

 alDOut 1,900 ft. in el., standing about 1 mi. E. of 

 Mt. Carrel and 1.5 mi. SE. of the head of Hope Bay, 

 at the NE. end of Palmer Pen.; in 63°26'S., 57°01'W. 

 Disc, and named by a party under J. Gunnar An- 

 dersson of the SwedAE, 1901-4. Not adopted: 

 Pyramiden [Swedish]. 



Pyramiden: see Pyramid, The. 



PYRAMID ISLAND: conspicuous, pillar-shaped 

 island, about 675 ft. in el. and 0.5 mi. in diameter, 

 lying about 2 mi. NNE. of Williams Pt., Livingston 

 I., in the South Shetland Is.; in 62°24'S., 60°09'W. 

 "This island, presumably known to sealers in the 

 area since about 1820, was charted and given this 

 descriptive name by DI personnel on the Discovery 

 II in 1935. Not adopted: The Pyramid. 



Pyramid Mountain; Pyramid Peak: see Rhamnus, 

 Mount. 



PYRAMID MOUNTAIN :-CQiispicuous, pyramidal 

 peak about 9,000 ft. in el., standing about 6 mi. N. 

 of Mt. Albert Markham, on the W. side of Ross Ice 

 Shelf; in about 81°26'S., 157°15'E. Disc, and 

 named by the BrNAE under Scott, 1901-4. 



PYRAMID PEAK: peak, about 1,300 ft. in el., 

 surmounting Cape BuUer at the W. side of the en- 

 trance to the Bay of Isles, South Georgia; in 



54°00'S., 37°23'W. Charted and named by DI 

 personnel in the 1929-30 season. 



Pyramid Point: see Tilt Rock. 



PYRAMID ROCK: rock lying in the S. part of 

 the entrance to Lapeyrere Bay, along the NE. coast 

 of Anvers I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°22'S., 

 63°09'W. Charted and named by DI personnel on 

 the Discovery in 1927. 



PYROX ISLET: horseshoe-shaped islet lying 5 

 mi. E. of the summit of Mt. Nemesis at the head of 

 Neny Fjord, on the W. coast of Palm.er Pen.; in 

 68°12'S., 66°41'W. First surveyed by the USAS, 

 1939-41. Resurveyed in 1949 by the FIDS, who so 

 named it because of pyroxenic rocks found there. 

 Not adopted: Neny Glacier Island. 



Quarters Bay: see Winter Quarters Bay. 



QUEEN ALEXANDRA RANGE: range of dome- 

 shaped mountains, intermingled with a few sharp 

 conical peaks, lying W. of Beardmore Gl. at the 

 head of the Ross Ice Shelf; in about 84°S., 169°E. 

 Disc, in December 1908 by the BrAE under Shackle- 

 ton, and named for Alexandra, Queen of England,- 

 1901-10. Not to be confused with Alexandra 

 Mountains in 77°30'S., 152°00'W. Not adopted: 

 Alexandra Mountains, Alexandra Range, Konigin 

 Alexandra Gebirge [German] . 



QUEEN MARY COAST: that portion of the coast 

 of Antarctica lying between Cape Filchner, in about 

 92°18'E., and Cape Hordern, in about 100°26'E. 

 Disc, in February 1912 by the AAE under Mawson, 

 who named it for Queen Mary of England. Not 

 adopted: Dronning Mary Land [Norwegian], 

 Konigin Mary Land [German] , Queen Mary Land. 



Queen Mary Land: see Queen Mary Coast. 



QUEEN MAUD BAY: small bay about 1 mi. S. 

 of King Haakon Bay, along the S. coast of South 

 Georgia; in about 54°14'S., 37°21'W. Roughly 

 charted in 1819 by a Russ. exp. under Bellings- 

 hausen. It was named prior to 1922 for Queen 

 Maud, wife of King Haakon VII of Norway, prob- 

 ably by Norwegian whalers who frequented this 

 coast. Not adopted: Konigin Maud Bucht [Ger- 

 man], Queen Maud Harbor. 



Queen Maud Harbor: see Queen Maud Bay. 



QUEEN MAUD LAND: that part of Antarctica 

 lying between Coats Land and Enderby Land, from 

 20°00'W. to 45°00'E. This name, given for Queen 

 Maud of Norway, represents an expansion of the 

 original core area, between 37°00'E. and 50°00'E. 

 Disc, in 1930 by a Nor. exp. under Riiser-Larsen. 

 Not adopted: Dronning Maud Land [Norwegian]. 



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