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  • Pliska Ridge

    Pliska Ridge (Vrah Pliska \'vr&h 'pli-ska\) is a three-peaked ridge rising to 667 m in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Its central and highest summit, Pliska Peak, is located 2.48 km east-northeast of Willan Nuna…

  • Pleven Saddle

    Pleven Saddle (Plevenska Sedlovina \'ple-ven-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is a deep saddle of elevation 500 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica, bounded by MacKay Peak to the west-southwest and Tervel Peak to the east-northe…

  • Plaza Point

    Plaza Point is a point forming the south tip of Keller Peninsula, which separates Mackellar and Martel Inlets in the north part of Admiralty Bay, on King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.

  • Plana Peak

    Plana Peak (Vrah Plana \'vr&h 'pla-na\) is a mostly ice-covered peak on the Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Huron Glacier to the north and its tributaries to the east and west.…

  • Pirámide Peak

    Pirámide Peak is a sharp rocky peak rising to 366 m at the southeast edge of Hurd Ice Cap on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting False Bay to the southeast.

  • Pirogov Glacier

    Pirogov Glacier (Bulgarian: Пирогов ледник, ‘Pirogov Lednik’ \pi-ro-'gov 'led-nik\) is a 5 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier situated south of Djerassi Glacier and west of Mackenzie Glacier on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

  • Pirin Glacier

    Pirin Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Пирин, ‘Lednik Pirin’ \'led-nik 'pi-rin\) is the 5.7 km long and 6 km wide glacier situated next east of Chavdar Peninsula on Davis Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula. Situated west of Wright Ice Piedmont, north of Gre…

  • Pirdop Gate

    Pirdop Gate (Pirdopska Porta \pir-'dop-ska 'por-ta\) is a 300-m wide pass between Maritsa Peak and Atanasoff Nunatak in eastern Bowles Ridge, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has an elevation of 376 m at its northern e…

  • Pimpirev Glacier

    Pimpirev Glacier (Pimpirev Lednik \pim-'pi-rev 'led-nik\) on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is situated south of the glacial divide between the Drake Passage and Bransfield Strait, southeast of Tundzha Glacier, southwest…

  • Philippi Glacier, Antarctica

    Philippi Glacier (German: Philippigletscher) is coastal glacier about 15 mi long, flowing N to the E end of the West Ice Shelf, 15 mi W of Gaussberg. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S.

  • Petroff Point

    Petroff Point (Bulgarian: Петров нос, ‘Petrov Nos’ \pe-'trov 'nos\) is a rocky point on the east coast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica projecting northeastwards 1.2 km into Hill Bay.

  • Petrich Peak

    Petrich Peak (Vrah Petrich \'vr&h 'pet-rich\) is an ice-covered peak of elevation 760 m in central Bowles Ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, which is named after the town of Petrich in Southwestern Bulgaria.

  • Pete's Pillar

    Pete's Pillar is a pillar rock or stack lying immediately east of Fildes Point at the north side of the entrance to Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The pillar was presumably a well-known landmark to early sealers at Dec…

  • Peterson Island

    Peterson Island (66°28′S110°30′E) is an Antarctic rocky island, 2 mi long, with two inlets indenting the north side, lying immediately west of Browning Peninsula in the south part of the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken b…

  • Peterson Glacier

    Peterson Glacier is a glacier flowing west into Penney Bay opposite Herring Island in the Windmill Islands. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47, and named for Louie N. Peterson, radio operator and recorder with the…

  • Peter Peak

    Peter Peak (Petrov Vrah \pe-'trov 'vr&h\) is an 850 m knob in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Peshtera Glacier

    The Peshtera Glacier (Bulgarian Lednik Peshtera) is a glacier on the Rozhen Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated southwest of Ruen Icefall and north of Charity Glacier.

  • Peshev Ridge

    Peshev Ridge (Peshev Rid \'pe-shev 'rid\) is a crescent-shaped ridge in central Tangra Mountains extending 2 km (1.2 mi) along the northeast coast of Brunow Bay and southeast of Macy Glacier, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarcti…

  • Perunika Glacier

    Perunika Glacier (Lednik Perunika \'led-nik pe-ru-'ni-ka\) is an 8 km long and 3 km wide (average) roughly crescent-shaped glacier in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated east of Pimpirev Glacier, south of Sae…

  • Perperek Knoll

    Perperek Knoll (Perperekska Mogila \per-pe-'rek-ska mo-'gi-la\) is a 360 m peak in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Partly ice-free southeast slopes. Surmounting Kaliakra Glacier to the w…

  • Pernik Peninsula

    Pernik Peninsula (Bulgarian: полуостров Перник, ‘Poluostrov Pernik’ \po-lu-'os-trov 'per-nik\) is the ice-covered peninsula projecting 40 km in northwest direction from Loubet Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula.

  • Perelik Point

    Perelik Point (Bulgarian: нос Перелик, ‘Nos Perelik’ \'nos pe-re-'lik\) is a point on the north side of the entrance to Kozloduy Cove and the southeast side of the entrance to Garnya Cove on the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Isla…

  • Penck Ledge

    Penck Ledge (73°3′S4°18′W) is a mainly ice-covered ledge at the west side of the head of Penck Trough in Queen Maud Land.

  • Penca Hill

    Penca Hill is a rocky hill rising to 217 m in Dospey Heights on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Pazardzhik Point

    Pazardzhik Point (Bulgarian: нос Пазарджик, ‘Nos Pazardzhik’ \'nos 'pa-zar-dzhik\) is a point on the southeast coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 2.1 km east-northeast of Cape Conway and 9.9 km southwest of Hall …

  • Pavlikeni Point

    Pavlikeni Point (Nos Pavlikeni \'nos pa-vli-'ke-ni\) projects 600 m from the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and is snow-free in summer.

  • Patuxent Ice Stream

    Patuxent Ice Stream (85°15′S67°45′W) is a broad Antarctic ice stream between the Patuxent Range and Pecora Escarpment in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northwestward to the upper part of Foundation Ice Stream. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (U…

  • Patleyna Glacier

    Patleyna Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Патлейна, ‘Lednik Patleyna’ \'led-nik pat-'ley-na\) is the 5.5 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier on the east side of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated north of the upper cours…

  • Pastra Glacier

    Pastra Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Пастра, ‘Lednik Pastra’ \'led-nik 'pa-stra\) is a 4.8 km long and 2 km wide glacier in the central part of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

  • Passy Peak

    Passy Peak (Vrah Passy \'vr&h pa-'si\) is a peak of elevation 510 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Panega Glacier to the southeast, Rose Valley Glacier to the northeast, …

  • Pashuk Glacier

    Pashuk Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Пашук, ‘Lednik Pashuk’ \'led-nik pa-'shuk\) is the steep 2.7 km long and 600 m wide glacier on the southeast side of Imeon Range, Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, which is draining southeastwa…

  • Pasarel Island

    Pasarel Island (Bulgarian: остров Пасарел, ‘Ostrov Pasarel’ \'os-trov pa-sa-'rel\) is an ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island is situated 900 m (980 yd) northwes…

  • Parvomay Neck

    Parvomay Neck (Bulgarian: Първомайски провлак, ‘Parvomayski Provlak’ \p&r-vo-'may-ski 'pro-vlak\) is the 5 km long and 1.55 to 3.5 km wide ice-covered neck between Discovery Bay to the northeast and Shopski Cove and Yankee Harbour to the southwest, …

  • Parker Pass

    Parker Pass is a broad ice-covered pass on the south side of Zuncich Hill in Marie Byrd Land. McGee rock is on the south side of it. It leads from the head of Siemiatkowski Glacier to the neve area lying southwest of El-Sayed Glacier. Mapped by Unit…