Quonset Glacier (85°19′S127°5′W) is a glacier about 20 miles (32 km) long which drains the north slopes of Wisconsin Range between Mount LeSchack and Ruseski Buttress and trends west-northwest to enter the north side of Davisville Glacier. Mapped b…
Quito Glacier (62°27′S59°47′W) is a glacier draining the northeast slopes of Mount Plymouth and flowing northeastwards into the sea west of Canto Point in north Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. It was named after the capital of Ecuador, c.
Quinn Gully (77°32′S163°30′E) is a mainly ice-free gully, descending between MacDonald Hills and Hjorth Hill to Explorers Cove, New Harbour, at the lower end of Taylor Valley, Victoria Land.
Quinault Pass is a snow pass trending in a north-south direction lying between the Lully Foothills and the LeMay Range in central portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The feature was photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expediti…
Quilty Nunataks (75°45′S71°45′W) is a group of nunataks (exposed ice-free ridges) which extend over 8 miles (13 km), located 15 miles (24 km) southwest of the Thomas Mountains in Palmer Land.
Quilp Rock is a small, isolated rock in Laubeuf Fjord, lying 3.5 miles (6 km) south-southeast of the south tip of Pinero Island and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) off the northwest side of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land.
Quest Nunatak (81°31′S28°10′W) is the northeasternmost of the Whichaway Nunataks, 1,065 m.
Quest Cliffs (82°36′S155°10′E) is a line of steep east-facing cliffs immediately north of The Slot in the Geologists Range.
Query Island (68°48′S67°12′W) is a prominent rocky island lying between the foot of Clarke Glacier and Keyhole Island on the south side of Mikkelsen Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land.
Quervain Peak (67°23′S66°39′W) is a peak in the central part of the Boyle Mountains in Graham Land.
Queer Mountain (77°8′S161°45′E) is a conspicuous black mountain (1,180 m) with steep slopes showing bands of sandstone above the granite, standing 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Killer Ridge, between the Cotton and Miller Glaciers, in Victoria Land.
…Quaver Nunatak (71°0′S70°17′W) is a small nunatak rising to about 250 m, lying in the northernmost exposure of the Walton Mountains, situated in the central portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica.
Quartz Hills (85°56′S132°50′W) is an arcuate group of mainly ice-free hills and peaks standing immediately south of Colorado Glacier along the west side of Reedy Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy a…
Quarterdeck Ridge is the undulating, north-south snow crest of Hallett Peninsula. For the most part this crest is very close to the great 1,500 meter Cotter Cliffs that fall abruptly to the Ross Sea.
Quarles Range (85°36′S164°30′W) is a high and rugged range of the Queen Maud Mountains, extending from the polar plateau between Cooper and Bowman Glaciers and terminating near the edge of Ross Ice Shelf. Peaks in the range were first sighted by Ca…
Quam Heights (71°3′S167°48′E) is a mostly snow-covered heights, 15 miles (24 km) long and 4 miles (6 km) wide, rising over 1,000 m and forming the coastline between the Barnett and Dennistoun Glaciers in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica.
…Pyroxenite Promontory is a promontory rising to about 1,150 m near the west end of Dufek Massif in the Pensacola Mountains. The feature is located west of Neuburg Peak and projects northwest toward Rautio Nunatak. The name was proposed by Arthur B.
Puget Rock (63°29′S55°39′W) is a rock lying east of Eden Rocks, off the east end of Dundee Island in the Joinville Island group. The name Cape Puget was given by Sir James Clark Ross on December 30, 1842, for Captain William D. Puget, Royal Navy, b…
Puffball Islands (69°2′S68°30′W) is a scattered group of small, low, mainly ice-covered islands and rocks which extend about 10 nautical miles (18 km) in a NE-SW direction, lying in southern Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula.…
Puccini Spur (70°3′S70°38′W) is a rock spur, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, extending southwest into the Mozart Ice Piedmont close south of Mahler Spur in the north part of Alexander Island, Antarctica.
Publications Ice Shelf (69°38′S75°20′E) is an ice shelf about 35 nautical miles (60 km) long on the south shore of Prydz Bay, between Mount Caroline Mikkelsen and Stornes Peninsula. Several glaciers, listed from southwest to northeast, nourish the …
Przybyszewski Island (76°58′S148°45′W) is an ice-covered island 12 nautical miles (22 km) long in the Marshall Archipelago. It lies 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Cronenwett Island in the western part of Sulzberger Ice Shelf. The island was charte…
Pryor Peak (67°16′S67°22′W) is a peak rising to about 600 m at the west side of Giants Cirque in the Tyndall Mountains, Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast, Antarctica. The peak was visited by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologists, 1980-81. Name…
Pryor Cliff (73°53′S100°0′W) is a distinctive rock cliff which faces northward toward Cosgrove Ice Shelf, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Mount Nickens at the north end of the Hudson Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Surve…
Prospect Mesa (77°30′S161°52′E) is a low mesa below Bull Pass on the north side of Wright Valley in Victoria Land. Named by geologists C. G. Vucetich and W. W.
Promenade Screes are the rounded slopes west of Fossil Bluff field station that are snow and ice free, and are criss-crossed with pathways.
Profile Bluff (77°52′S160°26′E) is a prominent cliff (2,070 m) midway between Mount Weller and Horizon Bluff on the west side of Beacon Valley, in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land.
Probuda Ridge (Bulgarian: хребет Пробуда, ‘Hrebet Probuda’ \'hre-bet pro-'bu-da\) is the 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long and 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) wide side ridge descending from Mount Anderson north-northeastwards towards Mount Todd in north-central …
Prism Ridge (73°33′S94°14′W) is a small ridge with bare rock outcroppings located just north of Haskell Glacier and two nautical miles (3.7 km) south-southwest of Bonnabeau Dome, in the Jones Mountains of Antarctica.
Pripek Point (Bulgarian: нос Припек, ‘Nos Pripek’ \'nos 'pri-pek\) is the point forming the west side of the entrance to Dimitrov Cove on the northwest coast of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Prior Island (75°41′S162°52′E) is an island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying just east of Lamplugh Island, off the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The island was first charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, under Er…
Princeton Tarn (77°35′S163°6′E) is a mountain lake (tarn), at the northwest side of Mount Falconer and 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) south of Penn Tarn in the southwest part of Tarn Valley, Victoria Land.
Princess Anne Glacier (82°59′S159°20′E) is a glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range, flowing from the area south of Mount Bonaparte between Cotton and Bartrum Plateaus into Marsh Glacier.
Prince of Wales Glacier (82°44′S160°10′E) is a glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range, flowing generally north for about 10 nautical miles (18 km) between Hochstein and Kohmyr Ridges into Hamilton Glacier.
Prince de Ligne Mountains (72°20′S31°14′E) is a small group of mountains rising to 2,285 m, standing 10 nautical miles (18 km) north of the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1957–1958), under G.
Prince Charles Strait is a strait 9 km (5.6 mi) wide between Cornwallis and Elephant Islands, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. This strait was known to sealers as early as 1821, but the first record of its navigation was in 1839 by the b…