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  • Paril Saddle

    Paril Saddle (Parilska Sedlovina \pa-'ril-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is a saddle of elevation 1390 m in Friesland Ridge in Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, Antarctica. Bounded by St. Boris Peak to the northeast, and Simeon Peak to the southwest. Over…

  • Parchevich Ridge

    Parchevich Ridge (Parchevich Rid \'par-che-vich 'rid\) is a partly ice-free ridge of elevation 370 m situated in Breznik Heights north of Hardy Cove, 690 m south of Benkovski Nunatak, and 1.7 km southwest of Santa Cruz Point on Greenwich Island, Ant…

  • Paradise Ridge

    Paradise Ridge is a low ridge that parallels the coast at the head of Ross Ice Shelf, located east of Amundsen Glacier and midway between MacDonald Nunataks and O'Brien Peak. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S.

  • Panhard Nunatak

    Panhard Nunatak is the nearest nunatak to the coast on the north side of Russell East Glacier, surmounting Smokinya Cove in Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for René Panhard (1841–1908),…

  • Pandora Spire

    Pandora Spire is a sharply pointed feature, 1,670 m, the highest in the Solitary Rocks, on the north side of Taylor Glacier in Victoria Land.

  • Palosuo Islands

    Palosuo Islands is a group of small islands and rocks lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north of Maurstad Point, off the west side of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands.

  • Palaver Point

    Palaver Point is a point on the west side of Two Hummock Island, in the Palmer Archipelago situated 5.07 km northwest of Veyka Point, the south extremity of the island.

  • Palakariya Cove

    Palakariya Cove (Bulgarian: залив Палакария, ‘Zaliv Palakariya’ \'za-liv pa-la-'ka-ri-ya\) is a 3.2 km wide cove indenting for 2 km the northwest coast of Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

  • Paisiy Peak

    Paisiy Peak (Vrah Paisiy \'vr&h pa-'i-siy\) rises to approximately 550 m in the Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica surmounting Sopot Ice Piedmont to the north and east.

  • Pagodroma Gorge

    Pagodroma Gorge is a steep-sided gorge 3 mi long which joins Radok and Beaver Lakes, in the Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1956. The gorge was traveled by A.

  • Pa Tio Tio Gap

    Pa Tio Tio Gap (76°25′S161°57′E) is a glacier-filled gap at 1,000 m. It trends east-west between Robertson Massif and Endeavour Massif in Kirkwood Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

  • Outback Nunataks

    Outback Nunataks (72°30′S160°30′E) is a series of bare rock nunataks and mountains which are distributed over an area about 40 miles (60 km) long by 20 miles (32 km) wide. The group lies south of Emlen Peaks of the Usarp Mountains and west of Monum…

  • Ouellette Island

    Ouellette Island is an island 0.8 kilometres (0.5 mi) west of Howard Island in southern Joubin Islands. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Gerald L.

  • Oryahovo Heights

    Oryahovo Heights (Oryahovski Vazvisheniya \o-'rya-hov-ski v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) are the ice-covered heights of elevation 340 m extending 6 km in north-south direction in central and eastern Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South S…

  • Orsoya Rocks

    Orsoya Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Орсоя, ‘Skali Orsoya’ \ska-'li or-'so-ya\) is the group of rocks off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, situated west-northwest of Mellona Rocks, north-northeast of Milev Rocks …

  • Orión Point

    Orión Point is an ice-free point on the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the east side of the entrance to Guayaquil Bay.

  • Organa Peak

    Organa Peak (Bulgarian: връх Органа, ‘Vrah Organa’ \'vr&h or-'ga-na\) is a peak rising to 1270 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated 6.8 km northeast of Cape James, and 1.85 km south-southwest of Riggs Peak. Overlooking …

  • Orestes Valley

    Orestes Valley is a small ice-free valley at the north side of Mount Orestes in the Olympus Range, Victoria Land. Named in 1964 for its association with Mount Orestes by American geologist Parker E.

  • Opalchenie Peak

    Opalchenie Peak (Bulgarian: връх Опълчение, ‘Vrah Opalchenie’ \'vr&h o-p&l-'che-ni-e\) is the peak rising to 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) at the south extremity of the ice-covered Vinson Plateau, Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.

  • Opaka Rocks

    Opaka Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Опака, ‘Skali Opaka’ ska-'li 'o-pa-ka) are a group of rocks with the principal one situated 700 m (766 yd) north of Henfield Rock, 3.44 km (2.14 mi) east of Pordim Islands and 4.79 km west by south of Mellona Rocks off …

  • Oom Bay

    Oom Bay is a well-defined bay, 2 mi wide, indenting the Mawson coast between Cape Bruce and Campbell Head. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Douglas Mawson, who named …

  • Onogur Islands

    Onogur Islands (Bulgarian: Оногурски острови, ‘Onogurski ostrovi’ \o-no-'gur-ski 'os-tro-vi\) is the group of nine islands and some islets and rocks adjacent to the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The grou…

  • Ongul Sound

    Ongul Sound (69°2′S39°38′E) is a sound, 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, between the east shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay and the Flatvaer Islands in which Ongul Island is the principal feature.

  • Ongley Island

    Ongley Island is a rugged rocky island lying off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 1.35 km (0.84 mi) in west-northwest direction and 470 m (510 yd) wide, with a surface area of 44 hectares (110 …

  • Omurtag Pass

    Omurtag Pass (Omurtagov Prohod \o-mur-'ta-gov 'pro-hod\) is a 720 m high pass between Mount Bowles and Ticha Peak in Bowles Ridge, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and is part of an overland route between the Wörner Gap ar…

  • Okuma Bay

    Okuma Bay is a bay located at 77° 50' S 158° 20' W on the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica at its juncture with Edward VII Peninsula.

  • Ohoden Col

    Ohoden Col (Bulgarian: Оходенска седловина, ‘Ohodenska Sedlovina’ \'o-ho-den-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is the ice-covered col of elevation over 900 m extending 950 m on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, which is linking Ivory Pinnacles to the …

  • Ogoya Glacier

    Ogoya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Огоя, ‘Lednik Ogoya’ \'led-nik o-'go-ya\) is the 8 km long and 3 km wide glacier on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated west-northwest of Laclavère Plateau, northwest of Broad Valley and northeast of Ses…

  • Ogosta Point

    Ogosta Point (Nos Ogosta \'nos o-'gos-ta\) is located in the central part of Zagore Beach on the east coast of False Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated on Rozhen Peninsula 5.35 km north of Barnard Point, 4.4 k…

  • Ogled Peak

    Ogled Peak (Bulgarian: връх Оглед, ‘Vrah Ogled’ \'vr&h 'o-gled\) is the ice-covered peak rising to over 700 m in the north foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

  • Ocoa Point

    Ocoa Point is a steep headland backed by raised beach terraces at the head of New Plymouth harbour in Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Obzor Hill

    Obzor Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Обзор, ‘Halm Obzor’ \'h&lm ob-'zor\) is the hill rising to 490 m at the northeast tip of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 2.46 km west-southwest of Cape Dubouzet, 1.18 km north of Mount Bransfield and 1.87…

  • Oborishte Ridge

    Oborishte Ridge (Rid Oborishte \'rid o-'bo-ri-shte\) has an elevation of 340 m in the southwest extremity of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 1.7 km along the southeast coast of Yankee Harbour an…

  • Obidim Peak

    Obidim Peak (Bulgarian: връх Обидим, ‘Vrah Obidim’ \'vr&h 'o-bi-dim\) is the rocky peak rising to 706 m in Erul Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.