Retreat Hills
Retreat Hills (72°59′S165°12′E) is a group of hills at the south side of the head of Astronaut Glacier, along the south margin of Evans Neve.
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Click on them to get its location and coordinatesRecely Bluff
Recely Bluff is a snow and rock bluff on the northeast slope of Mount Siple on Siple Island. The bluff is 7 nautical miles (13 km) northeast of the summit of the mountain. It is mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. …
Rakusa Point
Rakusa Point is a point 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southeast of Point Thomas, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island, South Shetland Islands.
Radichkov Peak
Radichkov Peak (Radichkov Vrah \ra-'dich-kov 'vr&h\) rises to 500 m in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak overlooks Srebarna Glacier to the southwest and Magura Glacier to th…
R4D Nunatak
R4D Nunatak is a nunatak lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Burkett Nunatak, at the southeast end of Monument Nunataks. Named by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962–63, after the R4D "Dak…
Quest Channel
Quest Channel (67°48′S69°1′W) is a channel leading southwestward from Adelaide Anchorage between Hibbert Rock and Henkes Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island.
Quartermain Point
Quartermain Point (72°3′S170°8′E) is a prominent point in the north part of Moubray Bay between Helm Point and Cape Roget. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957–58, for L.B.
Pythia Island
Pythia Island is an island 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) long, the largest of a group of small islands off the east side of Enterprise Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land.
Pythagoras Peak
Pythagoras Peak is the highest peak, 1,275 m, in the central Tula Mountains, standing along the north side of Beaver Glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) southeast of Mount Storer. The peak has a prominent notch, the eastern aspect being a right-angled…
Puke Toropa Mountain
Puke Toropa Mountain is a mountain in Antarctica; its name is a Maori name meaning "circular hill."
Pujato Bluff
Pujato Bluff is a rock bluff, 660 m, forming the south end of Schneider Hills in the Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S.
Pryamougol'naya Bay
Pryamougol'naya Bay is a small bay that indents the southeast side of Neupokoyev Bight, along the ice shelf that fringes the coast of Queen Maud Land. The feature was photographed from the air by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in 1958-59 and mapped …
Protector Heights
Protector Heights are mountainous coastal heights (2,245 m) on Pernik Peninsula, Antarctica, which are separated from the Graham Land plateau by a narrow col, dominating the area between Wilkinson Glacier and southern Darbel Bay. Mapped from air pho…
Protection Cove
Protection Cove (71°39′S170°12′E) is a bay, 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, lying at the east side of Cape Klovstad where it forms the head of Robertson Bay, northern Victoria Land. First charted by British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, under C. E…
Prospect Spur
Prospect Spur (83°57′S173°25′E) is a narrow spur at the southwest base of Cleft Peak in the Separation Range. The spur descends westward to the edge of Hood Glacier. So named because it was ascended to obtain a view up Hood Glacier in order to pros…
Proshchaniya Bay
Proshchaniya Bay is a bay that indents the southwest side of Neupokoyev Bight, along the ice shelf that fringes the coast of Queen Maud Land. The feature was photographed from the air by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in 1958-59 and roughly mapped f…
Prong Point
Prong Point (60°32′S45°34′W) is a narrow protruding headland forming the west side of the entrance to Ommanney Bay on the north coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. First seen in December 1821 in the course of a joint cruise by …
Projection Peak
Projection Peak (77°59′S163°47′E) is a peak (1,475 m) rising above the head of Garwood Glacier at the southwest extremity of Hobbs Ridge, in Victoria Land.
Prioress Island
Prioress Island (64°56′S63°53′W) is a narrow island lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) east of Host Island in the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago.
Prior Cliff
Prior Cliff is a cliff between 1000 m and 1200 m extending east north east from Mount Dick, Churchill Mountains.
Prilep Knoll
Prilep Knoll (Bulgarian: Прилепска могила, ‘Prilepska Mogila’ \'pri-lep-ska mo-'gi-la\) is the ice-covered hill rising to over 700 m at the south entrance to Misty Pass, on the west side of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Anta…
Prilednikovoye Lake
Prilednikovoye Lake (70°45′S11°35′E) is a lake 1.25 nautical miles (2.3 km) south-southwest of Tyuleniy Point in the Schirmacher Hills, situated at the edge of the continental ice sheet in Queen Maud Land.
Prickly Ridge
Prickly Ridge (72°31′S97°34′W) is a rounded ice-covered ridge 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Shelton Head on the south side of Thurston Island. Belknap Nunatak is the largest outcrop on the ridge.
Price Nunatak
Price Nunatak (67°57′S62°43′E) is a nunatak marking the north end of the Trilling Peaks, 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Burnett in the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the La…
Price Bluff
Price Bluff (86°32′S144°34′W) is a large cliff 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) northeast of Mount Mooney, standing near the head of Robison Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from s…
Prelez Gap
Prelez Gap (Bulgarian: седловина Прелез, ‘Sedlovina Prelez’ \se-dlo-vi-'na 'pre-lez\) is the flat ice-covered saddle of elevation over 700 m on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, which is linking Marescot Ridge to the northwest to Louis-P…
Predel Point
Predel Point (Bulgarian: нос Предел, ‘Nos Predel’ \'nos pre-'del\) is a point on the northwest coast of Fournier Bay in Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica separating the termini of Rhesus Glacier to the north and Thamyris Glacier 4&…
Post Office Hill
Post Office Hill (77°28′S169°14′E) is a prominent hill in Antarctica, 430 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of The Knoll and overlooking the Adelie penguin rookery of Cape Crozier, Ross Island.
Portal Mountain
Portal Mountain is a large mountain in Antarctica.
Ponui Nunatak
Ponui Nunatak is a nunatak located 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) southeast of Slattery Peak and 5.6 nautical miles (10 km) southwest of The Knoll in southeast Ross Island. The feature rises to 320 m near the juncture of the island and Ross Ice Shelf.
…Ponting Cliff
Ponting Cliff is an angular cliff that is similar in appearance to Meares Cliff just eastward, located 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of the terminal confluences of the Dennistoun, Nash and Wallis Glaciers on the northern coast of Victoria Land. First…
Polish Bluff
Polish Bluff (Spanish: Punta Polaca) is a point forming the southwest side of the entrance to Española Cove and the northeast side of the entrance to Argentina Cove in Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Podprudnoye Lake
Podprudnoye Lake is a small lake lying just southeast of Prilednikovoye Lake in Schirmacher Hills, Queen Maud Land.
Piner Bay
Piner Bay is an open bay 15 kilometres (8 nmi) long and 3.7 kilometres (2 nmi) wide between Cape Bienvenue and the east side of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. Discovered on January 30, 1840, by the United States Exploring Expedition under Wilkes, who nam…
Pimpirev Beach
Pimpirev Beach (Pimpirev Bryag \pim-'pi-rev 'bryag\) is the portion of the northwest coast of South Bay, Livingston Island, Antarctica bounded to the southwest by Ereby Point and to the northeast by the north corner of the bay marked by an ice sea c…
Pila Island
Pila Island is a small island 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of the Flat Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land.