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Pangaion
Mount Pangaion (Όρος Παγγαίο, ancient Pangaeum) is a 1,956 m massif in eastern Macedonia, Greece, between the Strymon and Nestos rivers, famed since antiquity for its gold and silver mines exploited by Thracian tribes, Athens, and Philip II of Macedon.
Panjshir Valley
Panjshir Valley, Hindu Kush valley in north-central Afghanistan about 150 km north of Kabul; famed for emerald mining and resistance under Ahmad Shah Massoud against Soviet forces and, in 2021, the Taliban.
Pantelleria
Pantelleria, a volcanic Italian island of about 83 km² in the Strait of Sicily between Sicily and Tunisia, known for dammusi dwellings, Zibibbo vineyards, thermal springs, and its 2016 national park.
Papa Stronsay
Papa Stronsay is a small, low-lying island in the Orkney archipelago off northern Scotland, lying just north of Stronsay and home to Golgotha Monastery since 1999.
Papandayan
Papandayan (Gunung Papandayan) is a complex stratovolcano in Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia, elevation about 2,643 m. Its 1772 flank collapse killed almost 3,000 people; last eruption November 2002.
Papuan Peninsula
Papuan Peninsula (Bird's Tail): southeastern tail of New Guinea in Papua New Guinea, separating the Solomon and Coral seas; Owen Stanley Range backbone, Mt. Victoria over 4000 m, and nearly 20 endemic freshwater fishes.
Paracel Islands
Paracel Islands (Hoang Sa, Xisha): about 130 South China Sea features 300 km southeast of Hainan, claimed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, occupied by the PRC since its January 1974 battle with South Vietnam.
Paradise Ice Caves
Paradise Ice Caves were glacier caves in Paradise Glacier on Mount Rainier, Washington, a popular park attraction; 8.23 miles mapped by 1978, then destroyed by glacier retreat and gone by the 2010s.
Paradise Island
Paradise Island, Bahamas: resort island off New Providence, connected by bridges to Nassau, home of the Atlantis resort (opened 1994 by Sol Kerzner), Cabbage Beach, and the Royal Beach Club.
Paramo Frontino
Páramo de Frontino (Páramo del Sol), a páramo ecosystem and upland in Antioquia's Western Cordillera, Colombia; 3,717 m upland, Alto Campanas ~4,080 m; largest Western Andes páramo, volcanic caldera, key paleoclimate record.
Paramushir
Paramushir (Парамушир, 幌筵島) is the second-largest Kuril island, about 2,000 km², with active Ebeko volcano and the town of Severo-Kurilsk, hit by a deadly 1952 tsunami.
Parinacota
Parinacota (Payachata I, Payachata Sur) is a 6,336-m symmetrical stratovolcano on the Chile-Bolivia border, twin of Pomerape in the Nevados de Payachata; it collapsed about 8,000 years ago forming Lake Chungará and last erupted around 290 CE.
Parîngul Mare
Parîngul Mare (Parângu Mare), 2,519 m, is the highest peak of Romania's Parâng Mountains in the Southern Carpathians and the country's most prominent summit (2,103 m), with glacial cirques, lakes, and relict permafrost.
Paropamisus Mountains
The Paropamisus Mountains, also called Safed Koh, are a range in northwestern Afghanistan, extending about 300 miles from the western Hindu Kush along the Hari River past Herat.
Paros (Πάρος)
Paros (Πάρος), Greek island in the central Cyclades, third largest of the group, capital Parikia. Famous for translucent Parian marble quarried at Marathi, ancient colonies Thasos, Parion and Pharos, the Katapoliani basilica, and mass tourism with about 789,000 port arrivals in 2025.
Parvati Parvat
Parvati Parvat (Parvati Parbat, Parbati Parbat) names two Indian Himalayan peaks: a 6,257 m unclimbed summit on the Satopanth glacier, Garhwal, near Nilkanth, and a 6,633 m ultra-prominent peak in Himachal Pradesh, first ascended in 1968.
Patah
Patah (Gunung Patah) is a forested, eroded Quaternary stratovolcano, 2,836 m, in southern Sumatra's Sunda Arc SE of Dempo; no known Holocene eruptions, but a fumarolic 150-m crater was photographed nearby in 1989.
Patmos (Πάτμος)
Patmos (Πάτμος) is a small Greek island in the Dodecanese in the Aegean Sea, where Saint John is traditionally said to have written Revelation around 95 AD.
Patuha
Patuha (Gunung Patuha) is a 2,422 m stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia, home to the acid Kawah Putih crater lake and a vapor-dominated geothermal field; PLTP Patuha (55 MW, COD 2014, Geo Dipa Energi) supplies the Java grid, with Unit 2 (55 MW) in development.
Paulet Island
Paulet Island (Isla Paulet) is a small circular volcanic island in the northwestern Weddell Sea off the Antarctic Peninsula, known for its large Adélie penguin colony.
Pavlof
Pavlof Volcano (GVP 312030), a 2,518 m stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula, is the most frequently active Aleutian arc volcano, with 40+ eruptions since the early 1800s, six between 2007 and 2022, and the latest ending 7 December 2022.
Pavlof Sister
Pavlof Sister is a 2,142-m symmetrical stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula, twin of Pavlof 5 km away, with one disputed historical eruption (1762-1786, VEI 4) and no confirmed Holocene eruptions.
Payers Tinde (HP Suess Land)
Payers Tinde, also Payer Peak, is a 2320 m mountain in Suess Land, Northeast Greenland, named for Julius Payer, who climbed nearby in August 1870.
Peak
Peak (landform): the pointed top of a mountain, ridge, or hill, or a local maximum of a terrain surface. Also called summit high point. Distinguished from subordinate bumps by topographic prominence (key col) and isolation; no official mountain-versus-peak definition exists.
Pearl and Hermes Atoll
Pearl and Hermes Atoll (Holoikauaua), a mostly submerged Northwestern Hawaiian Islands atoll 400 km SE of Midway, named for the British whalers Pearl and Hermes wrecked there in 1822; noted for high fish biomass, seabirds, and documented shipwreck sites.
Peary Land
Peary Land: uninhabited ~50,000 km² peninsula in northeastern Greenland, named for Robert E. Peary; mountains to 1,950 m, ice-free in summer, and home to Kap Morris Jesup and Inuit Qeqertaat, the northernmost land on Earth.
Pegunungan Arfak
Pegunungan Arfak (Arfak Mountains), a range on the Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia; highest peak Gunung Mebo 2,955 m; 68,325 ha nature reserve designated 1982; birdwatching tourism.
Pegunungan Cycloop
Pegunungan Cycloop, also called the Cyclops Mountains, is a mountain range on the north coast of Jayapura, Papua Province, Indonesia, stretching about 40 km west to east.
Pegunungan Gauttier
Pegunungan Gauttier (Gauttier Mountains, Foja Mountains) is a mountain range in northern Papua, Indonesia, in Sarmi Regency; highest peak 2,230 m with 2,007 m prominence, separated from the Van Rees Mountains by the Mamberamo River.
Pegunungan Kobowre
Pegunungan Kobowre, also known as the Kobowre Mountains or Weyland Mountains, is a mountain range in western New Guinea's Central Range, with altitudes up to 3,891 m.