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Lake Joyce [SEP] continent
Lake Joyce Lake Joyce () is a lake which lies along the northern side of Taylor Glacier in Pearse Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is ) long, deep and is covered by of very clear ice. The lake was studied by the New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1963–64) which named it after Ernes...
Catalina N4936V written off at Otter Lake, flight attendant killed. - August 21, 1966 - Goose N88820 written off near Juneau. Nine killed. - August 30, 1967 - Goose N74588 accident at Prince Rupert, Canada. Aircraft. - Aeronca PC-3 NC16250 bought new from Aeronca 1 May 36 and sold after two accidents in Juneau and subs...
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Lake Vida [SEP] continent
Lake Vida Lake Vida is a hypersaline lake in Victoria Valley, the northernmost of the large McMurdo Dry Valleys, on the continent of Antarctica. It is isolated under year-round ice cover, and is considerably more saline than seawater. It came to public attention in 2002 when microbes frozen in its ice cover for more th...
- 9 Aug – David Scott, James Irwin & Alfred Worden - 16 Aug – George Shultz & Arthur Burns - 23 Aug – Vida Blue - 30 Aug – Richard Nixon - 6 Sep – George Meany - 13 Sep – Edmund Muskie - 20 Sep – B. F. Skinner - 27 Sep – Attica Prison Riots - 4 Oct – Emperor Hirohito - 11 Oct – The New Spy - 18 Oct – John Connally - 25...
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Lance Rocks [SEP] continent
Lance Rocks The Lance Rocks () are two rocks lying together at the northeast end of Crouse Spur in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for...
zenith, Lance Spearman had over half a million fans across the continent until the series was discontinued in 1972. The fictional Spear is a sophisticated African super-spy, detective and superhero, all rolled into one, who sports a goatee, smokes expensive cigars, drinks Whisky on the rocks, and dresses in well tailor...
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Lange Glacier [SEP] continent
Lange Glacier Lange Glacier () is a glacier flowing into the west side of Admiralty Bay close south of Admiralen Peak, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Com...
much less than later), 65,000 rubles in gold and silver and 404,000 unsold pelts. In 1731-33 excess goods were bartered at the border for about 125,000 rubles at Moscow prices. 335,301 rubles of Chinese goods were brought to Moscow for sale, some remaining unsold until 1735. Cost of caravan estimated at 62,687 rubles. ...
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Lawson Nunataks [SEP] continent
Lawson Nunataks The Lawson Nunataks () are a line of nunataks about long, located 4 nautical miles southwest of Keim Peak in the Usarp Mountains of Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names f...
- Klawatti Peak - Lacroix Nunatak - Lands End Nunataks - Lawson Nunatak - Lawson Nunataks - Lodalskåpa - López Nunatak - MacDonald Nunataks - "Marujupu Peak" - Meade Nunatak - Meyers Nunatak - Mulgrew Nunatak - Newman Nunataks - Nødtvedt Nunataks - Nunatakassak - Nunatarsuaq - Nunatarsuaq (Tasiusaq Bay) - Olander Nunat...
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Le Couteur Peak [SEP] continent
Le Couteur Peak Le Couteur Peak () is a peak between Cirque Peak and Omega Peak, in the northern part of the Millen Range, Antarctica. It wasn't named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Federated Mountain Clubs Antarctic Expedition, 1962–63, for P. C. Le Couteur, a geologist with this party.
Le Couteur, Bresnan and Hunter were defeated at the 2012 election. Le Couteur stood as a candidate for the new Murrumbidgee electorate in the 2016 election, and was successfully re-elected. After being sworn in as a member of the Assembly, Le Couteur was appointed chair of the influential Parliamentary Planning Committ...
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Lewis Ridge [SEP] continent
Lewis Ridge Lewis Ridge () is a rugged, ice-covered ridge, long, extending eastward from the Holland Range, Antarctica, between Morton Glacier and Hewitt Glacier, and terminating at Richards Inlet. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander G.H. Lewis, U.S. Navy, commanding officer of the d...
(Ed.), "Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History". New York: Checkmark Books. . External links. - Korean War Map of N. end of Bloody Ridge: Heartbreak Ridge, Mungdung-ni Valley and Hill 1179 External links News. - Allies Capture 'Bloody Ridge' - Toledo Blade, Sep. 5, 1951 - Yankees Seiz...
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Lloyd Hill [SEP] continent
Lloyd Hill Lloyd Hill is an ice-covered hill rising to 335 m in the southwest of Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The hill surmounts Teteven Glacier to the north and Murgash Glacier to the southeast. The name derives from 'Lloyd's Land', an early name for Greenwich Island. L...
- Robin Hobbs Duport - Eric Hollies Old Hill, West Bromwich Dartmouth - Martin Horton Stourbridge - Harry Howell - Dick Howorth Old Hill, Stourbridge, Walsall - Geoff Humpage Moseley Ashfield - Kenneth Hutchings - Richard Illingworth Barnt Green, Old Elizabethans, Worcester City - John Jameson - Roly Jenkins West Bromw...
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Loire [SEP] continent
BC), all of the recent Stone Age in Europe. Then came the Gauls, the historical tribes in the Loire during the Iron Age period 1500 to 500 BC; they used the Loire as a major riverine trading route by 600 BC, establishing trade with the Greeks on the Mediterranean coast. Gallic rule ended in the valley in 56 BC when Jul...
the Breton, Maine and Anjou nobles and received the support of Philip II, who remained committed to breaking up the Angevin territories on the continent. With Arthur's army pressing up the Loire valley towards Angers and Philip's forces moving down the valley toward Tours, John's continental empire was in danger of bei...
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Lokehellene Cliffs [SEP] continent
Lokehellene Cliffs The Lokehellene Cliffs are steep rock cliffs which form the west side of Nupsskarvet Mountain, in the Kurze Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. They were mapped from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named Lokehellene (Loki slopes) after Loki, a go...
Bunda cliffs The Bunda cliffs are part of a larger scarp of the Eucla Basin that spreads from the western part of South Australia across to the south eastern corner of Western Australia. As a geographical feature, they form part of the longest uninterrupted line of sea cliffs in the world. No other continent or country...
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Lovech Heights [SEP] continent
Lovech Heights Lovech Heights (, ‘Loveshki Vazvisheniya’ \'lo-vesh-ki v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1700 m (Mount Persenk and Mount Moriya) on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. They are extending 15.5 km in east-west direction and 9.7 km wide, and are bounded by Rogosh Glacier to the northw...
Kumanovo Peak Kumanovo Peak (, ‘Vrah Kumanovo’ \'vr&h ku-'ma-no-vo\) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 1050 m in Ivanili Heights on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It surmounts Rogosh Glacier to the northeast and east. The feature is named after the settlement of Kumanovo in Northeastern Bulgaria. Location. K...
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Low Tongue [SEP] continent
Low Tongue Low Tongue () is a tongue of rock, measuring long, projecting from the icy coast of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica, just west of Holme Bay. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named "Lagtangen" (the low tongue). The translated form ...
from one in the southern hemisphere. Austrian geologist Eduard Suess named this Mesozoic ocean the Tethys, a mythical ocean which separated a mythical continent – Gondwanaland, home of the tongue-shaped flora – from a boreal continent. German geophysicist Alfred Wegener, in contrast, developed a concept of a single, gl...
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Mafadi [SEP] continent
Mafadi Mafadi () is a peak on the border of South Africa and Lesotho. At a height of , it is the highest mountain in the nation of South Africa, but is lower than Thabana Ntlenyana, the highest peak in Lesotho which is, at , the highest point in Southern Africa. Mafadi lies at S 29 12 08.4 E 29 21 25.5 in the WGS84 for...
rocky band where it traverses to southern side. The way continues up a short scree section, followed by more hiking up a quite steep gradient, until the final 20 metres are made up a grassy slope. From here, the top of Leslie's Pass (at S 29 09 12.7 E 29 20 38.0) follows, and a spectacular hike up the ridge connecting ...
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Marchant Glacier [SEP] continent
Matataua Glacier Matataua Glacier, formerly Marchant Glacier () is a glacier, about long, which drains the slopes of Rampart Ridge between Mount Bishop and Mount Potter and flows northwest to the vicinity of Mount Bockheim, in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on...
to the renaming of an Antarctic Glacier and to the firing of Boston University Professor, David Marchant. Her case also contributed to the creation of new policies within professional societies around fellowship and medal winner awarding procedures, and to new US National Science Foundation funding policies. Willenbrin...
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Marian Cove [SEP] continent
Marian Cove Marian Cove () is a cove indenting the southwest part of King George Island between Collins Harbour and Potter Cove, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name was used by Scottish geologist David Ferguson in a 1921 report based upon his investigations of King George Island in 1913–14, but may refl...
Ionuţ Popa (Oct 2010 – Aug 11) - Ilie Stan (Aug–Sep 2011) - Constantin Stancu (Sep–Oct 2011) - Mihai Stoichiță (Oct–Nov 2011) - Mihai Stoica (Nov–Dec 2011) - Marian Pană (Dec 2011 – May 12) - Constantin Stancu (May 2012) - Mihăiță Ianovschi (Iul–Sep 2012) - Flavius Stoican (Oct 2012 – May 2013) - Ion Moldovan (2013–201...
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Maris Nunatak [SEP] continent
Maris Nunatak Maris Nunatak () is a small coastal nunatak in Antarctica, east-northeast of Whisnant Nunatak at the junction of Rogers Glacier and the east side of the Amery Ice Shelf. It was delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and named by him for R.L. M...
Whisnant Nunatak Whisnant Nunatak () is a small coastal nunatak protruding above the terminus of Rogers Glacier between McKaskle Hills and Maris Nunatak, at the east side of Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from U.S. Navy Operation Highjump aerial photographs taken in March 1947. Named by Roscoe fo...
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Marshall Archipelago [SEP] continent
Marshall Archipelago The Marshall Archipelago is an extensive group of large ice-covered islands within the Sulzberger Ice Shelf off Antarctica. Several of the islands were discovered and plotted by the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions (1928–30 and 1933–35) and by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41), all led by Adm...
Bryn Marshall (Sep 1996 – Jan 1998)BR Mark Richardson/Paul Crimmen (Sep 1995 – Sep 96)BR Alan Gould (Nov 1993 – Aug 1995)BR Bryn Marshall (Jan 1992 – Nov 1993)BR Tony Reece (Nov 1988 – Jan 1995)BR Rick ConleyBR Tony Walker External links. - Club website
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Mathis Nunataks [SEP] continent
Mathis Nunataks The Mathis Nunataks () are an isolated cluster of nunataks near the head of Arthur Glacier, east-southeast of Mount Warner, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41) and by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S...
- Dyrdal Peak - Erlanger Spur - Fierle Peak - Ford Ice Piedmont - Franko Escarpment - Gabbro Crest - Grob Ridge - Haskill Nunatak - Henderson Bluff - Herring Nunataks - Hodge Escarpment - Huie Cliffs - Kent Gap - Kovacs Glacier - Lance Rocks - Larson Nunataks - Magnetite Bluff - Mathis Spur - May Valley - McCauley Rock...
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Maurstad Point [SEP] continent
Maurstad Point Maurstad Point () is a point lying north-northeast of Speerschneider Point, midway along the west side of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It was first accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. The point was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Al...
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. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC)...
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McCraw Glacier [SEP] continent
McCraw Glacier McCraw Glacier () is a glacier in the Britannia Range, Antarctica, draining the northwest slopes of Mount Olympus and flowing north, westward of Johnstone Ridge, to enter Hatherton Glacier. It was named by a University of Waikato geological party, 1978–79, led by Michael Selby, and named for John D. McCr...
Onnum Ridge Onnum Ridge () is a mountain spur that descends northeast to McCraw Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Derrick Peak in the Britannia Range. Named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato (N.Z.), geological party, 1978–79, led by Michael Selby. Onnum is a historical placename formerly ...
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McKaskle Hills [SEP] continent
McKaskle Hills The McKaskle Hills () are a group of moderately low, rocky coastal hills between Rogers Glacier and the Mistichelli Hills, on the eastern margin of the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica. They were delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and named by...
Whisnant Nunatak Whisnant Nunatak () is a small coastal nunatak protruding above the terminus of Rogers Glacier between McKaskle Hills and Maris Nunatak, at the east side of Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from U.S. Navy Operation Highjump aerial photographs taken in March 1947. Named by Roscoe fo...
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McLeod Massif [SEP] continent
McLeod Massif McLeod Massif () is a large rock massif just south of Manning Massif in the eastern part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photographs, and first visited by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) Prince Charles Mountains survey in 19...
-features/ - Mount Abbs - Battye Glacier - Charybdis Glacier - Dart Moraine - Harvey Ridge - Husky Massif - Loewe Massif - Manning Massif - McKinnon Glacier - McLaren Ridge - McLeod Massif - Medvecky Peaks - Mount Johansen - Mount Kizaki - Mount McGrath - Mount McKenzie - Radok Lake section end=other-features/ External...
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Melnik Peak [SEP] continent
Melnik Peak Melnik Peak (Vrah Melnik \'vr&h 'mel-nik\) is the 696 m summit of Melnik Ridge in eastern Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica. Surmounting Kaliakra Glacier to the north and west, and Struma Glacier to the southeast. The peak takes its name from Melnik Ridge. First ascent by Lyubomir Ivan...
Matochina Peak, Smith Island - Matov Peak, Davis Coast - Maystora Peak, Greenwich Island - Mount Mecheva, Foyn Coast - Mechit Buttress, Danco Coast - Meda Nunatak, Foyn Coast - Mediolana Peak, Brabant Island - Medovene Point, Smith Island - Medven Glacier, Livingston Island - Melanita Island, Trinity Island - Meldia Ro...
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Merger Island [SEP] continent
Merger Island Merger Island is an ice-covered island long at the entrance of Haydn Inlet, lying off the west coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was first mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947–48 by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960. The name g...
, as Mid-Continent had been awarded this route instead of Braniff in 1939. After the merger Braniff operated 75 aircraft and over 4000 employees, including 400 pilots. In 1955 Braniff was the tenth largest US airline by passenger-miles and ninth largest by domestic passenger-miles. With the addition of the South Americ...
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Midbresrabben Hill [SEP] continent
Midbresrabben Hill Midbresrabben Hill () is an isolated rock hill protruding above the ice between Penck Trough and Jutulstraumen Glacier, east of the Borg Massif in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1...
Operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va. Jun 16 - Jul ??, 1864 - Assault, Petersburg, Va. Jun 18, 1864 - Sheridan's Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, Va. Aug 07 - Nov 28, 1864 - Engagement, Cedarville, Guard Hill (Front Royal), Va. Aug 16, 1864 - Action, Bunker Hill, W. Va. Sep 02 - Sep 03, 1864 - Battle, Opequ...
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Mikado Glacier [SEP] continent
Mikado Glacier Mikado Glacier () is a glacier on the north side of Mahler Spur, flowing west-northwest into Sullivan Glacier near the junction with Gilbert Glacier in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. The glacier was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1977 in association with nearby Gilbert Glac...
2007) Label: Golden Operetta Highlights ASIN: B000025HZ3 - Gilbert and Sullivan "The Mikado" Audio CD (22 Jan 2001) Label: TER ASIN: B000025HY6 - Gilbert and Sullivan "The Mikado" Audio CD (24 Nov 2008) Label: TER ASIN: B000025HXV - Gilbert and Sullivan "The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan" Audio CD (16 April 1995) Label:...
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Minnehaha Icefalls [SEP] continent
Minnehaha Icefalls Minnehaha Icefalls () is a small, heavily crevassed icefall descending the steep western slopes of Mount England and forming a southern tributary to New Glacier, close west of its terminus at Granite Harbour, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was charted and named by a party of the British Antarctic Expe...
Maryland. The town of Minnehaha Springs stands in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Farther south, Minnehaha Falls in Lakemont, Georgia near Lake Rabun features a 100-foot cascading waterfall. Florida is home to two lakes named Minnehaha: one in the Clermont Chain of lakes in Clermont, Florida, one of the Outstanding F...
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Monnier Point [SEP] continent
Monnier Point Monnier Point () is a low, mainly ice-covered point forming the south side of the entrance to Mill Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. During 1947 it was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition under Finn Ronne, and charted from the ground by the Falkland Isla...
(27 Jan 1772 – 7 Nov 1793 Resigned) - Anselmo Basilici (19 Dec 1814 – 25 May 1818) - Francesco Pichi (25 May 1818 – 21 May 1827) - Robert Gradwell (17 June 1828 – 15 March 1833) - Henri Monnier (23 Feb 1872 – 28 Nov1916) - Bernard Nicholas Ward (22 March 1917 – 20 July 1917) - Patrice Alexandre Chiasson (27 Jul 1917 – ...
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Monte Hacho [SEP] continent
Monte Hacho Monte Hacho is a low mountain that overlooks the Spanish city of Ceuta, on the north coast of Africa. Monte Hacho is positioned on the Mediterranean coast at the Strait of Gibraltar opposite Gibraltar, and along with the Rock of Gibraltar is claimed by some to be one of the Pillars of Hercules (the other ca...
. One part of the split mountain is Gibraltar and the other is either Monte Hacho in Ceuta or Jebel Musa (known as the Mons Abyla in classical times) in Morocco. These two mountains taken together have since then been known as the Pillars of Hercules, though other natural features have been associated with the name. Di...
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Monteath Hills [SEP] continent
Monteath Hills The Monteath Hills () are a group of mountains in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica, bounded by Jutland Glacier, Midway Glacier, Pearl Harbor Glacier, and Plata Glacier. The group includes Mount Crowder, Mount Tararua ( high), and Mount Holdsworth. The hills were named by the New Zealand...
Mount Crowder Mount Crowder () is a prominent mountain, high, located northeast of Mount Tararua in the Monteath Hills of the Victory Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Dwight F. ...
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Moore Dome [SEP] continent
Moore Dome Moore Dome () is an ice dome, circular in plan and in extent, rising to and forming the northwest portion of Bear Peninsula, on Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1947 and the U.S. ...
list of buildings that have held the title of the largest dome in the world. By continent. Below is a list of buildings that have held the title of the largest dome on their continent. By continent Europe. In the first half of the 1980s a dome with a diameter of 234 metres was built near Istra, Russia. It collapsed on ...
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Moore Ridge [SEP] continent
Moore Ridge Moore Ridge () is the northernmost ridge of the Caudal Hills in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Bruce F. Moore, a photographer with U.S. Navy Squadro...
(Ed.), "Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History". New York: Checkmark Books. . External links. - Korean War Map of N. end of Bloody Ridge: Heartbreak Ridge, Mungdung-ni Valley and Hill 1179 External links News. - Allies Capture 'Bloody Ridge' - Toledo Blade, Sep. 5, 1951 - Yankees Seiz...
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Mount Andrews [SEP] continent
Mount Andrews Mount Andrews () is a mountain, high, standing between Mount Danforth and Mount Gerdel on the south side of Albanus Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. The mountain was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. It was named by the Ad...
7 Jul – Yosuke Matsuoka - 14 Jul – Wilhelm Keitel - 21 Jul – Claude Wickard - 28 Jul – Sir Charles Portal - 4 Aug – Charles de Gaulle - 11 Aug – Sumner Welles - 18 Aug – Hubertus J. van Mook - 25 Aug – Henry L. Stimson - 1 Sep – Frank Maxwell Andrews - 8 Sep – Reza Shah Pahlavi - 15 Sep – Harold L. Ickes - 22 Sep – Kic...
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Mount Ash [SEP] continent
Mount Ash Mount Ash () is a Antarctica mountain, 2,025 m, in the Darwin Mountains, overlooking the north side of Hatherton Glacier 11 nautical miles (20 km) west-southwest of Junction Spur. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959-63. Named by Advisory Com...
the gradual drying of the continent and depletion of soil nutrients led to the development of a more open forest type, predominantly "Casuarina" and "Acacia" species. The two valuable timber trees, alpine ash "E. delegatensis" and Australian mountain ash "E. regnans", are killed by fire and only regenerate from seed. T...
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Mount Calais [SEP] continent
Mount Calais Mount Calais () is a massive mountain, high, at the northwest side of Schokalsky Bay in the northeast part of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was first roughly surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for the French city of Calais. The mountain was resu...
Hôtel Meurice de Calais Hôtel Meurice de Calais is a hotel in Calais, France. It was established in 1771 and was one of the earliest hotels on the continent of Europe to specifically cater for the British elite. It has 41 en-suite rooms. History. In the mid-18th century, the French postmaster, Charles-Augustin Meurice ...
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Mount Cherry-Garrard [SEP] continent
Mount Cherry-Garrard Mount Cherry-Garrard () is a peak at the seaward end of the divide between Simpson Glacier and Fendley Glacier, on the north coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was first charted by the Northern Party, led by Victor Campbell, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13. T...
Joe Pringle; Betty Pringle; Mrs. Pearl the cleaner from Marigold Cottages; Mr Mount the baker. The fictional father Captain Cherry is a retired explorer whose name may be a reference to Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Children's books: "The Cherrys" series First: "The Cherrys of River House" (1952). The dedication says, "A book...
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Mount Frustum [SEP] continent
Mount Frustum Mount Frustum () is a large pyramidal shaped table mountain, high, standing between Mount Fazio and Scarab Peak in the southern part of Tobin Mesa, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was so named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1962–63,...
hooks. He also attached electrical wires leading from the rack to Mir's power supply. "Échantillons" carried five technological experiments with applications to the Hermes shuttle program. Volkov and Chrétien then assembled the 240 kg (530 lb) experimental deployable structure (known as ERA). They attached a mount to h...
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Mount Goodman [SEP] continent
Mount Goodman Mount Goodman () is a mountain marking the northeastern extremity of the Behrendt Mountains, in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1961–67, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Alan L. Good...
. Planet Quest. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Sep 2007. . - Jackson, Randal. "Keck Interferometer". Planet Quest. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Space.com. Sep 2007. . - John M. Brayer, PhD "Introduction to Fourier Transforms for Image Processing". University of New Mexico, Albuquerque....
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Mount Greenlee [SEP] continent
Mount Greenlee Mount Greenlee () is a steep-sided, jagged mountain in Antarctica, high; of metamorphic rock, it overlooks the west side of Shackleton Glacier just east of Mount Butters. It was named by F. Alton Wade, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition (1962–63), for David W. Greenlee, a member of th...
leads to systematic underestimation of snowfall at Delaware due to compaction of the new snow over the 24-hour period. Helping to illustrate this point, Mount Bohemia, a ski resort in neary Lac La Belle, Michigan, reports an annual average of 273 inches. Bibliography. - Monette, Clarence. "Delaware Mine Michigan: Its H...
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Mount Hancox [SEP] continent
Mount Hancox Mount Hancox () is a prominent mountain, high, about southeast of Mount Burton, rising above the north margin of Malta Plateau in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Mariner Glacier geology party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1966–67, for G.T...
- McElroy Ridge - McKellar Glacier - Midway Glacier - Millen Range - Monteath Hills - Montecchi Glacier - Mount Bridger - Mount Burrill - Mount Burton - Mount Crowder - Mount Finch - Mount Freeman - Mount Frosch - Mount Hancox - Mount Harrington - Mount Hazlett - Mount Holdsworth - Mount Hussey - Mount Jennings - Mount...
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Mount Harkness [SEP] continent
Mount Harkness Mount Harkness () is a mountain, high, standing south of the Organ Pipe Peaks and forming part of the east wall of Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named at that time by...
- 1998 - 1998-1999 Harkness Fellowship in health care policy Articles. - "A health check for the business of medicine", 3 Sep 2010, "Australian Broadcasting Corporation" - "Sex drugs for women don't seem to be working", 1 Sep 2010, "Australian Broadcasting Corporation" Bibliography. - "Too Much Medicine? The business o...
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Mount Holm-Hansen [SEP] continent
Mount Holm-Hansen Mount Holm-Hansen () is a prominent mountain rising to between the lower David Valley and Bartley Glacier in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. On its north side sits Bifrost Ledge, a flat benchlike feature that rises to 1,750 metres (5,740 ft). The mountain was named by the Advisory Comm...
range itself. Geography Mountains. - Ball Peak - Mount Beowulf - Bromley Peak - Brunhilde Peak - Mount Carnes - Mount Darby - Mount Feola - Mount Freya - Mount Holm-Hansen - Mount Grendal - Mount Hall - Harp Hill - Harris Peak - Hetha Peak - Hind Turret - Hoehn Peak - Hoffman Peak - Idun Peak - Mount Irvine - Mount Jor...
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Mount Holt [SEP] continent
Mount Holt Mount Holt is a mountain rising to about at the terminus of Palestrina Glacier, Lazarev Bay, on Alexander Island, Antarctica. It is situated 9.2 km southeast of Piyanets Ridge, 19.2 km south-southwest of Mount Pontida and 7.4 km northwest of Galerius Peak. The mountain was photographed from the air by the Ro...
Colby College in American History. Her most recent book, "Lincoln’s Forgotten Ally: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky" won the Lincoln Prize in 2011. Publications. - "Yankee Women: Gender Battles in the Civil War". New York: W.W. Norton, Sep 17, 1995. . - "All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil ...
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Mount Janetschek [SEP] continent
Mount Janetschek Mount Janetschek is a mountain, high, standing between Mount Larsen and Widowmaker Pass at the south side of the mouth of Reeves Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955–63, and was named by the Advisory Comm...
Widowmaker Pass Widowmaker Pass () is a heavily crevassed and therefore dangerous pass leading from Larsen Glacier to Reeves Glacier, between Mount Janetschek and Mount Gerlache in Victoria Land. Given this expressive name by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962-63.
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Mount Joyce [SEP] continent
Mount Joyce Mount Joyce is a prominent, dome-shaped mountain, high, standing on the south side of David Glacier, northwest of Mount Howard in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was first mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, which named it for Ernest Joyce who was in charge of g...
- Feb 04, 1956 - Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure... - Oct 10, 1955 - Dec 03, 1955 - A View From the Bridge / A Memory of Two Mondays - Sep 29, 1955 - Feb 04, 1956 - The Skin of Our Teeth - Aug 17, 1955 - Sep 03, 1955 - Bus Stop - Mar 02, 1955 - Apr 21, 1956 - The Flowering Peach - Dec 28, 1954 - Apr 23, 1955 - Por...
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Mount Karpinskiy [SEP] continent
Mount Karpinskiy Mount Karpinskiy () is an isolated mountain about south of Zhelannaya Mountain in the Russkiye Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was observed and mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1959, and named for geologist A.P. Karpinskiy, President of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R..
Zhelannaya Mountain Zhelannaya Mountain () is a relatively isolated mountain about 9 miles (14 km) north of Mount Karpinskiy in the Russkiye Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition of 1959 and named "Gora Zhelannaya" (desired mountain).
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Mount Kliment Ohridski [SEP] continent
Mount Kliment Ohridski Mount Kliment Ohridski (Vrah Kliment Ohridski \'vr&h 'kli-ment 'o-hrid-ski\) is the highest ridge (1500m) in the Sofia University Mountains on Alexander Island, Antarctica. The feature extends 7 km in the northwest-southeast direction with partly ice-free southern slopes. Shaw Nunatak is located ...
Mount Popov Mount Popov (, ‘Popov Vrah’ \po-'pov 'vr&h\) is the broad ice-covered peak with precipitous rocky slopes rising to 650 m in eastern Bigla Ridge on Heros Peninsula, Foyn Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula. It surmounts Beaglehole Glacier to the west and Cabinet Inlet to the northeast. The feature is named afte...
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Mount Kosciuszko [SEP] continent
Mount Kosciuszko Mount Kosciuszko is mainland Australia's highest mountain, at 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level. It is located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park, part of the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves, in New South Wales, Australia, and is located west of Crack...
(1950), Mount Kosciuszko (1956) and Mont Blanc (1956). In that time, the Mont Blanc was considered to be the highest mountain of the European continent. Hackett made an attempt to climb Mount Vinson and obtained a permit for the Mount Everest in 1960 but due to several circumstances (frostbite, lack of funds, etc.) he ...
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Mount Loke [SEP] continent
Mount Loke Mount Loke () is a horn shaped peak on the south wall of Wright Valley, standing between Goodspeed Glacier and Denton Glacier in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59, after Loki, one of the Norse gods, although it u...
range itself. Geography Mountains. - Ball Peak - Mount Beowulf - Bromley Peak - Brunhilde Peak - Mount Carnes - Mount Darby - Mount Feola - Mount Freya - Mount Holm-Hansen - Mount Grendal - Mount Hall - Harp Hill - Harris Peak - Hetha Peak - Hind Turret - Hoehn Peak - Hoffman Peak - Idun Peak - Mount Irvine - Mount Jor...
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Mount Lugg [SEP] continent
Mount Lugg Mount Lugg is a partly snow-covered mountain south of Mount Hicks in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica. It was photographed from the Mount Willing and Mount Hicks geodetic stations in 1971 during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) Prince Charles Mountains survey. The moun...
They Came". Translated by Harry Camp Lugg and edited by Anthony Trevor Cope. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg, 1979. (Killie Campbell Africana library. Translation series, No. 1) Further reading. - Mokoena, Hlonipha, "An Assembly of Readers: Magema Fuze and His Ilanga Lase Natal Readers", "Journal of Souther...
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Mount Lunde [SEP] continent
Mount Lunde Mount Lunde () is a mountain ridge close south of Mount Gleadell, in the western part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was sighted by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions Amundsen Bay party, under P.W. Crohn in October 1956, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committ...
Einar Lunde Einar Lunde (born 13 March 1943) is a Norwegian news anchor. He began in 1968 as a summer temp at NRK "Dagsrevyen", and from 1970 to 2010 he was a regular news anchor. For several years he worked a part-time job arranging travels to Africa, a continent he had covered extensively as a journalist. Among other...
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Mount Mervyn [SEP] continent
Mount Mervyn Mount Mervyn () is a very sharp peak standing south of the main body of the Porthos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica, about south of Mount Kirkby. It was sighted in December 1956 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions southern party led by W.G. Bewsher, and named for Me...
- "The renaissance man of Karori"; New Zealand Geographic, Sep/Oct 2007; n.87:p. 98-108 - "Prints charming : after years of marginalisation, artist E Mervyn Taylor is finally getting his due"; Listener, 16 Sep 2006; v.205 n.3462:p. 40 - "Wood engravings by Mervyn Taylor"; Design review, Jun/Jul 1952; v.4 n.3:p. 64-65 -...
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Mount Nygren [SEP] continent
Mount Nygren Mount Nygren () is an outstanding pointed mountain, bearing the aspect of a stark rock nunatak of pyramidal shape, which rises sharply above the middle of Hotine Glacier on Kiev Peninsula in western Graham Land, Antarctica. History. Aircraft crews of the United States Navy's Antarctic Development Squadron ...
and Republican politician - Magnus Nygren (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey defenceman - Nicklas Nygren (born 1983), Swedish video game developer - Olle Nygren (born 1929), Swedish former international speedway rider - Oscar Nygren (1872–1960), Swedish Army general - Sari Nygren, Finnish television personality, winner of...
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Mount Seaton [SEP] continent
Mount Seaton Mount Seaton () is a prominent domed peak in eastern Antarctica, one of the Amery Peaks, situated about 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Sandilands Nunatak in the Prince Charles Mountains. It was plotted by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) southern party led by W.G. Bewsher in...
, Kensington. Gilbert Wood Family. He married Ann Fraser, born Muckle Row, Shetland Islands 1829 – 27 November 1920); they had four daughters and three sons; they lived at "Seaton Cottage", Magill Road, North Kensington: - Peter Wood (22 June 1855 – 21 December 1921) married Alice Maude Johnson on 23 May 1882 - Annie W...
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Mount Spivey [SEP] continent
Mount Spivey Mount Spivey () is a flat-topped, mainly ice-covered mountain, rising to about 2,135 m, standing on the west side of Toynbee Glacier and 9 nautical miles (17 km) south of Mount Nicholas, situated near the northern extremity of the Douglas Range of the northeast portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Firs...
was named by the FIDS for Edred, a Saxon king of England in the 10th century. The west face of the mountain was mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, by D. Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Mount Edred is the ninth highest peak of Alexander Island, succeeded by Mount Calais and pro...
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Mount Steere [SEP] continent
Mount Steere Mount Steere is a prominent shield volcano standing 6.4 km (4 mi) NNW of Mount Frakes in the Crary Mountains of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by US-ACAN for William C. Steere, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1964-65 season. See also. ...
1724 - Sep. 18, 1753) on 27 Aug 1747 Daniel married 2nd - Aug. 19, 1756, Amey Arnold (1736-1758), widow of Thomas Arnold. Daniel married 3rd- Catherine Steere, (Jun. 30, 1749 to April 4, 1827)daughter of Anthony and Rachel Steere. She died aged 75. Children born at Smithfield: By Anne Phillips: Daniel April 8, 1750 – ...
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Mount Stephenson [SEP] continent
Mount Stephenson Mount Stephenson a mountain in Antarctica. It is located within the central portion of the Douglas Range, standing at the heads of Toynbee Glacier and Sedgwick Glacier 8 miles west of George VI Sound, near the east coast of Alexander Island within the British Antarctic Territory. At an elevation of , M...
the J.G. Brill Company in 1904 and continued to operate under the Stephenson name until 1917, when the plant was sold to the Standard Aero Corporation for production of airplanes, and the corporation was liquidated in 1919. See also. - List of tram builders External links. - John Stephenson Company history by the Mid-C...
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Mount Weininger [SEP] continent
Mount Weininger Mount Weininger is a large, mainly ice-free mountain in Antarctica, 1,970 m, standing at the north extremity of Mackin Table, to which it is joined by a short ridge, in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air pho...
open-source chemistry community. Other linear notations include the Wiswesser line notation (WLN), ROSDAL, and SYBYL Line Notation (SLN). History. The original SMILES specification was initiated by David Weininger at the USEPA Mid-Continent Ecology Division Laboratory in Duluth in the 1980s. Acknowledged for their part...
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Moutonnée Lake [SEP] continent
Moutonnée Lake Moutonnée Lake is a sub-glacial lake that lies within Moutonnee Valley, marginal to the George VI Ice Shelf, south of Ablation Point indenting the east coast of Alexander Island, facing the west coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Following limnological and tidal studies by the British Antarctic Survey (BA...
surfaces exposed by kaolin mining resemble roches moutonnées. External links. - A roche moutonnée and perched boulders, northeastern Manitoba, image from Geological Survey of Canada Canadian Landscapes Photo Collection - A roche moutonnée, northern Abitibi, Québec, image from Geological Survey of Canada Canadian Landsc...
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Mule Peninsula [SEP] continent
Mule Peninsula Mule Peninsula is an irregularly shaped rocky peninsula between Ellis Fjord and Krok Fjord in the southern part of the Vestfold Hills of Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. It was mapped from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition of 1936–37 and named "Breidnesmulen" ("broad point s...
Enlisted men of both armies were required to carry their own. Union order of Sep 1862 limited officers to blankets, one small valise or carpet bag and an ordinary mess kit. Confederate standards allowed generals 80 lbs., field officers 65 lbs., and captains and subalterns 50 lbs. Wagons: Union's standard 6-mule Army wa...
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Naryn River [SEP] continent
Naryn River The Naryn River (, , ) rises in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, flowing west through the Fergana Valley into Uzbekistan. Here it merges with the Kara Darya River (near Namangan) to form the Syr Darya. It is long (together with Chong-Naryn River) and has an annual flow of . The largest ...
Chuy - Jalal-Abad - List of villages in Kyrgyzstan - Naryn - Osh - Talas Regions. Batken Region - Chuy Region - Issyk Kul Region - Jalal-Abad Region - Naryn Region - Osh Region- Talas Region Rivers. Ala-Archa River - Alabuga River - At-Bashi River - Chatkal River - Chong-Kemin River - Chu River - Kara Darya - Kara-Suu ...
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Nelson River [SEP] continent
Nelson River The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The river drains Lake Winnipeg and runs before it ends in Hudson Bay. Its full length (including the Saskatchewan River and Bow River) is , it has mean discharge of , and has a drainage basin of , of which is ...
Yard in Cowes where the remainder of the work was carried out. She was finally sailed in completed form from Southampton on 17 October 1986. Further reading. - Report on the investigation of Lord Nelson contact with Tower Bridge London River Thames 15 May 2004 "assets.publishing.service.gov.uk", Retrieved 2018-12-07 - ...
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Neptune Range [SEP] continent
Neptune Range The Neptune Range is a mountain range, long, lying WSW of Forrestal Range in the central part of the Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica. The range is composed of Washington Escarpment with its associated ridges, valleys and peaks, the Iroquois Plateau, and the Schmidt and Williams Hills. It was discovered ...
: - NAS Norfolk – May 1946 - NAS Jacksonville – 1 Sep 1950 - NAS Roosevelt Roads – 1 Nov 1964 Aircraft assignment. The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown: - PV-2 "Harpoon" – May 1946 - P2V-2/P2V3 "Neptune" – September 1950 - P2V-5 "Neptune" – March 1954 - P2V-7 "Neptune" – March 1955 See ...
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Palestrina Glacier [SEP] continent
Palestrina Glacier Palestrina Glacier () is a glacier lying in the northern portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica, 11 nautical miles (20 km) long and 8 nautical miles (15 km) wide, flowing west from Nichols Snowfield into Lazarev Bay. The glacier was mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedi...
Ludovico Ridolfi Ludovico Ridolfi (1587–1649) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Patti (1649). Biography. Ludovico Ridolfi was born on 5 Sep 1587 in Rome, Italy. On 3 Mar 1649, he was selected as Bishop of Patti and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 19 Jul 1649. On 12 Sep 1649, he was consecrated bishop...
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Peshev Ridge [SEP] continent
Peshev Ridge Peshev Ridge (Peshev Rid \'pe-shev 'rid\) is a crescent-shaped ridge in central Tangra Mountains extending along the northeast coast of Brunow Bay and southeast of Macy Glacier, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Its east extremity is formed by the summit St. Naum Peak (), separat...
Sokolov, the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Hans Christian Krüger and Ronny Milo, member of the Israeli Knesset. The bust is exhibited in the Palace of Europe in Strasbourg. Creator of the bust is the prominent Bulgarian sculptor Ivan Minekov. On 25 October 2002, the Dimitar Peshev House-Museum was i...
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Pimpirev Glacier [SEP] continent
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 of Saedinenie Snowfield, west of Perunika Glacier and...
Petkov Nunatak, Trinity Peninsula - Petleshkov Hill, Astrolabe Island - Petrelik Island, Anvers Island - Petrich Peak, Livingston Island - Petroff Point, Brabant Island - Petrov Ridge, Danco Coast - Petvar Heights, Sentinel Range - Peychinov Crag, Oscar II Coast - Peyna Glacier, Graham Coast - Phanagoria Island, Zed Is...
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Pimpirev Ice Wall [SEP] continent
Pimpirev Ice Wall Pimpirev Ice Wall () is the rectilinear ice slope running parallel to and some 100 m inland from the northwest coast of Emona Harbour in Livingston Island, Antarctica. Approx. 50 m high, extending from the north corner of Emona Harbour 3,700 m in west-southwest direction. Named for Christo Pimpirev, l...
and on several occasions penetrating the South Bay waters east-northeast of Ereby Point. The feature is named for Christo Pimpirev, geologist in the First Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition in 1987/88 and leader of subsequent national Antarctic campaigns. The original name "Pimpirev Ice Wall" was given on October 29, 1996 ...
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Pine Island Glacier [SEP] continent
Pine Island Glacier Pine Island Glacier (PIG) is a large ice stream, and the fastest melting glacier in Antarctica, responsible for about 25% of Antarctica's ice loss. The glacier ice streams flow west-northwest along the south side of the Hudson Mountains into Pine Island Bay, Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. It was mapped b...
2008 study compared the ice leaving the ice sheet, by measuring the ice velocity and thickness along the coast, to the amount of snow accumulation over the continent. This found that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet was in balance but the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was losing mass. This was largely due to acceleration of ice...
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Point Wordie [SEP] continent
Point Wordie Point Wordie is a headland on the western coast of Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The site is named after James Wordie, a Scottish geologist who participated in Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917. Important Bird Area. A 326 ha tract of ice-free...
the elder statesman of British polar exploration, and few expeditions left Britain without first consulting Wordie. The Wordie Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula was named in his honour. He was chairman of the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) and president of the Royal Geographical Society from 1951 to 1954. Dur...
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Poisson Hill [SEP] continent
Poisson Hill Poisson Hill is a rounded ice-free hill rising to 80 m at the north extremity of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting the Chilean Antarctic base Arturo Prat to the west-southwest. "Angamos Hill" (55 m) is lying 370 m north-northeast of it and 850 m sou...
Hydrocynus Hydrocynus is a genus of large characin fish in the family Alestidae commonly called "tigerfish," endemic to the African continent. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ ("water") + κύων ("dog"). (In fact, this fish is popularly referred to as "poisson chien" (dog fish) in French-speaking West Af...
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Pomorie Point [SEP] continent
Pomorie Point Pomorie Point (Nos Pomorie \'nos po-'mo-ri-e\) is a point on the coast of McFarlane Strait forming the north side of the entrance to Lister Cove, Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point is named after the Bulgarian town of Pomorie. Location. The point is loc...
– ‘Kolyu Ficheto’ (1800-1881). Channel Rock was charted and descriptively named by the Discovery Investigations in 1935. Location. Ficheto Point is located at which is southeast of Williams Point, east-southeast of Sigritsa Point, east of Sayer Nunatak and northwest of Pomorie Point. (British mapping in 1935 and 1968, ...
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Post Office Hill [SEP] continent
Post Office Hill Post Office Hill () 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. Mapped and so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958–59, because the shi...
located in Post Office Lane, Corindi. The current location is on Pacific Street, Corindi Beach. Petitioned for mail service in 1881 ignored. The postmaster-General consents to a post office at Corindi based on a name change from Corinda in 1886. Tender for mail service request starting Jan 1888. Mr Casson currently del...
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Priboy Rocks [SEP] continent
Priboy Rocks Priboy Rocks (, ‘Skali Priboy’ \ska-'li pri-'boy\) is the group of rocks off the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, extending in east-west direction and in north-south direction. The rocks are named after the settlement of Priboy in Western Bulgaria. Location. Priboy Roc...
- Pinn Island - Pinnacle Rock - Pipkin Rock - Pisanitsa Island - Piton Island - Pitt Islands - Plaice Island - Plog Island () - Pod Rocks - Pogledets Island - Pollholmen - Ponton Island - Pordim Islands - Possession Islands () - Possession Island () - Postillion Rock - Potmess Rocks - Pourquoi Pas Island () - Powder Is...
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Random Hills [SEP] continent
Random Hills Random Hills () are a group of rugged hills in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Bounded on the west by Campbell Glacier and on the east by Tinker Glacier and Wood Bay, centered about 15 nautical miles (28 km) north-northwest of Mount Melbourne, they were named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological ...
Billy's Mistake" (Aug 23) - "A Western Sister's Devotion" (Aug 30) - "Broncho Billy's Conscience" (Sep 6) - "Bonnie of the Hills" (Sep 11) * - "Broncho Billy Reforms" (Sep 13) - "The Redeemed Claim" (Sep 20) - "Days of the Pony Express" (Sep 25) - "Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County" (Sep 27) - "Belle of
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Ristelen Spur [SEP] continent
Ristelen Spur Ristelen Spur () is a rock spur about 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of the summit of Breplogen Mountain, standing between the flow of Vestreskorve and Austreskorve Glaciers in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Plotted from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Ex...
products. - Igloo Products Corporation, an American manufacturer of ice chests - Igloo Records, a Belgian record label - Igloo (New Zealand), a pay TV service Places. - Igloo Hill, Antarctic peninsula - Igloo Spur, a spur near the Antarctic continent Other. - "Igloo" (1932 film), an American documentary film - "Igloo" ...
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Rock Pile Peaks [SEP] continent
Rock Pile Peaks The Rock Pile Peaks () are a cluster of peaks rising to 1,110 m between Wilson Pass and Rock Pile Point on Bermel Peninsula, Bowman Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica. The peaks were photographed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1928 and Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935, and were roughly mapped from the pho...
have rock climbing. Among rock climbers, Echo Peaks are popular, offering offering class 2-5 climbs on the nine peaklets. External links. - A topographic map of the area - On the Cathedral Range solo traverse, which climbs Echo Peaks - A YouTube on Echo Ridge and Echo Peaks - A second YouTube, Echo peaks - Yosemite - A...
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Rodman Cove [SEP] continent
Rodman Cove Rodman Cove is a cove south of Cape Lindsey on the west coast of Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named for Benjamin Rodman of New Bedford, Massachusetts, owner of whaling ships operating from that port in the 1820s and 1830s. The name was suggested by American geographer...
Sachs BP. The role of obstetrical medical technology in preventing low birth weight. Future Child. 1995 spring; 5(1):71-86. - Kempe A, Sachs BP, Ricciotti H, Sobol AM, Wise PH. Public health implications of home uterine activity monitoring. Public Health Rep. 1997 Sep-Oct;112(5):433-9 - Sachs BP, Kobelin C, Castro MA, ...
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SANAE [SEP] continent
SANAE SANAE is the South African National Antarctic Expedition. The name refers both to the overwintering bases (numbered in Roman numerals, e.g. SANAE IV), and the team spending the winter (numbered in Arabic numerals, e.g. SANAE 47). The current base, SANAE IV, is located at Vesleskarvet in Queen Maud Land, Antarctic...
Ahlmann Range of mountains. The base is approximately from the edge of the continent (also known as the grounding line or hinge zone) and from the edge of the ice shelf. Vesleskarvet is completely surrounded by the glacial ice sheet. Concept. The first three SANAE research stations were located on the Fimbul Ice Shelf ...
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Sabrina Coast [SEP] continent
Sabrina Coast Sabrina Coast () is that portion of the coast of Wilkes Land, Antarctica, lying between Cape Waldron, at 115° 33' E, and Cape Southard, at 122° 05' E. John Balleny has long been credited with having seen land in March 1839 at about 117° E. The United States Exploring Expedition under Lt. Charles Wilkes ap...
union player who plays for the Scotland national team - Sabrina van der Donk (born 1988 in Zeewolde) model who participated in the Miss Earth 2006 - Sep Visser (born 1990 in Zeewolde) rugby union player with Edinburgh Rugby
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Sabrina Island [SEP] continent
Sabrina Island Sabrina Island is the largest of three small islets lying south of Buckle Island in the Balleny Islands of Antarctica. Sabrina Island was named after Thomas Freeman's cutter when John Balleny's squadron discovered the islands in 1839. Birds. The island has outstanding environmental and scientific value a...
union player who plays for the Scotland national team - Sabrina van der Donk (born 1988 in Zeewolde) model who participated in the Miss Earth 2006 - Sep Visser (born 1990 in Zeewolde) rugby union player with Edinburgh Rugby
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Sea Lion Tarn [SEP] continent
Sea Lion Tarn Sea Lion Tarn (Ezero Morski Lav \'e-ze-ro 'mor-ski 'l&v\) is a freshwater tarn with an area of located between Sea Lion Glacier and the north-western slopes of Atlantic Club Ridge on Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The lake drains westward through a 1...
Peninsula - Sea Lion Glacier, Livingston Island - Sea Lion Tarn, Livingston Island - Sekirna Spur, Oscar II Coast - Semela Ridge, Loubet Coast - Senokos Nunatak, Trinity Peninsula - Serdica Peak, Livingston Island - Sestrimo Glacier, Trinity Peninsula - Sevar Point, Livingston Island - Sevlievski Peak, Smith Island - S...
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Shackleton Ice Shelf [SEP] continent
Shackleton Ice Shelf Shackleton Ice Shelf is an extensive ice shelf fronting the coast of East Antarctica for about 384 km (95E to 105E), projecting seaward about 145 km in the western portion and 64 km in the east. It occupies an area of 33,820 km². It is part of Mawson Sea and separates the Queen Mary Coast to the we...
Ross Ice Shelf. Mount Erebus and Mount Terror are named after two ships from his expedition: HMS "Erebus" and "Terror". The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914, led by Ernest Shackleton, set out to cross the continent via the pole, but their ship, the "Endurance", was trapped and crushed by pack ice before they...
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Sherrell Point [SEP] continent
Sherrell Point Sherrell Point () is a point at the south end of Astrolabe Island, off Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica. It is situated 1.15 km southeast of Gega Point, 4.5 km southeast of Raduil Point and 2.28 km southwest of Rogach Peak. Following air photography and ground survey by FIDASE, 1956-57, the feature was na...
was known as the Oakland Señores football club, and as such was indirectly a founding owner in the American Football League in 1960. Blessing, Chet Soda and five of the other six owners sold their stakes to fellow partner F. Wayne Valley before the start of the inaugural season, by which point the team was named the Oa...
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Siple Dome [SEP] continent
Siple Dome Siple Dome () is an ice dome approximately 100 km wide and 100 km long, located 130 km east of Siple Coast in Antarctica. Charles Bentley and Robert Thomas established a "strain rosette" on this feature to determine ice movement in 1973-74. They referred to the feature as Siple Dome because of its proximity ...
the continent. Without marine moderation and a few hundred meters above sea level, it has one of the harshest winters on the continent outside the Antarctic plateaus. Unlike Alert, NU at slightly higher latitude and positive high averages during summer, in Siple Dome temperatures remain below freezing during the aftern...
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Skytrain Ice Rise [SEP] continent
Skytrain Ice Rise Skytrain Ice Rise () is a large, flattish, peninsula-like ice rise of about 50 miles extent, extending from the vicinity of Meyer Hills in the Heritage Range eastward into the Ronne Ice Shelf of Antarctica. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and USN air photos, 1961–6...
Skytrain Ice Rise - Doake Ice Rumples - Dott Ice Rise - Fletcher Ice Rise - Hemmen Ice Rise - Kealey Ice Rise - Kershaw Ice Rumples - Bungenstock Ice Rise - Belgrano II Henry and Korff Ice Rises are the largest ice rises, with areas of roughly 1 500 to 1 600 km². External links. - Definition
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Sobat River [SEP] continent
Sobat River The Sobat River is a river of the Greater Upper Nile region in northeastern South Sudan, Africa. It is the most southerly of the great eastern tributaries of the White Nile, before the confluence with the Blue Nile. Geography. The Sobat River is formed by the confluence of the west-flowing Baro River and th...
Sobat Sobat may refer to: - Sobat, Afghanistan - Sobat River, in South Sudan - , a British coaster - Synchronized On-Board Audio Track (SOBAT), an audio playback technology used in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts rides - Gail Sidonie Sobat, Canadian writer, educator, singer and performer - Sobat (food), a dish made in De...
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St. Angelariy Peak [SEP] continent
St. Angelariy Peak St. Angelariy Peak (, ‘Vrah Sv. Angelariy’ \'vr&h sve-'ti an-ge-'la-riy\) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 850 m in Metlichina Ridge on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica. It is overlooking Punchbowl Glacier to the north and east, and Minzuhar Glacier to the southwest. The feature ...
Range - Soyka Saddle, Clarence Island - Sozopol Gap, Livingston Island - Spanish Knoll, Livingston Island - Spanish Point, Livingston Island - Sparadok Point, Livingston Island - Spartacus Peak, Livingston Island - Spoluka Point, Nordenskjöld Coast - Sratsimir Hill, Davis Coast - Srebarna Glacier, Livingston Island - S...
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Stoltz Island [SEP] continent
Stoltz Island Stoltz Island () is a small island off the northwest coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica, 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Cape Vostok and southwest of Buneva Point. The island was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1966, and was plotted by DOS, 1977, from the photographs and U.S. Landsat imag...
Steventon Island - Steele Island ( - Steinemann Island - Stillwell Island - Stipple Rocks - Stoker Island - Stoltz Island ( - Stonington Island () - Suchland Islands () - Sugarloaf Island - Suhache Rock - Surge Rocks () - Suter Island - Svenner Islands () - Svetulka Island - Svip Rocks - Swain Group - Berkley Island - ...
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Stranger Point [SEP] continent
Stranger Point Stranger Point is a point forming the southernmost tip of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for the sealer "Stranger" (Captained by Joseph Adams) from Boston, which visited the South Shetland...
adults play a game of 'Assassins' The Record (Bergen County) August 7, 2005 - Girl duo win Street Wars ITV Sun Aug 27 2006 - Ever want to shoot a stranger? Well, you’re in luck Metro NY, SEP 8th 2006 - A Shadowy, Wet World of Squirt-Gun Assassins The New York Times, Sep 26th 2008 - Street Wars London 2010: The Bullets ...
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Suffield Point [SEP] continent
Suffield Point Suffield Point is the south-west entrance point of Norma Cove, Fildes Peninsula, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was charted in the course of the Discovery Investigations, 1933-35, and named after boatswain William E. Suffield. The site is part of the Fildes Peninsul...
. The east side drains into the Connecticut River. Geology and ecology. West Suffield Mountain, like much of the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting apart of the North American continent from Africa and E...
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Survakari Nunatak [SEP] continent
Survakari Nunatak Survakari Nunatak (, ‘Nunatak Survakari’ \'nu-na-tak sur-va-'ka-ri\) is the rocky hill rising to 600 m in upper Sjögren Glacier, in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. The nunatak is named after the Bulgarian New Year’s folkloric ritual ...
of others with a survaknitsa during Christmas or on the morning of New Year's Day (known in Bulgarian as "Vasilovden"). While doing this, he or she recites a short verse wishing their relative well for the new year. The members of the family (usually children) who do the ritual are known as "survakari" or "survakarchet...
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Svelten Peak [SEP] continent
Svelten Peak Svelten Peak is a sharp peak rising to 300 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting False Bay to the southeast. It is the summit of the 600 m long, narrow and rocky "Querchan Ridge" descending southeastwards to the seashore. The peak is named by perso...
, 1.41 km southwest of Mirador Hill, 930 m west of Moores Peak, 430 m northwest of Svelten Peak, 4.42 km north-northwest of Canetti Peak, 4.49 km northeast of Binn Peak and 1.31 km west-southwest of Castellvi Peak (Spanish mapping in 1991 and Bulgarian in 2009). Maps. - Isla Livingston: Península Hurd. Mapa topográfico...
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Tarnovo Ice Piedmont [SEP] continent
Tarnovo Ice Piedmont Tarnovo Ice Piedmont (Lednik Tarnovo \'led-nik 't&r-no-vo\) on Rozhen Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is situated southeast of Charity Glacier and west-southwest of Prespa Glacier. It extends 3.5 km in east-west direction and 2.5 km in north-south direction, i...
Bransfield Strait to the southeast, and is linked to Bowles Ridge by Wörner Gap, and to Pliska Ridge by Nesebar Gap. The mountain is divided in three principal ridges: Friesland Ridge in the west, Levski Ridge in the centre, and Delchev Ridge in the east. The peaks and slopes of Tangra are heavily glaciated, and draine...
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The Billboard [SEP] continent
The Billboard The Billboard () is a massive granite monolith in the Sarnoff Mountains of the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, standing just west of Mount Rea between Arthur Glacier and Boyd Glacier. It was discovered in November 1934 by a Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933–35) sledge party under Pau...
National Film & Sound Archive Australia Donn Reynolds Australian media - National Library of Australia Donn Reynolds Australian recordings - Billboard 17 Jun 1950 MCA Records contract - Billboard 26 Jan 1952 Imperial Records contract (Lou Chudd) - Billboard 20 Nov 1954 CJOB Jamboree - Billboard 29 Jul 1957 MGM Records ...
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Tramway Ridge [SEP] continent
Tramway Ridge Tramway Ridge is a ridge that rises to about 3450 m above sea level in the north-west part of the summit caldera of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. The ridge is formed by the levees (banks) on the side of a young lava flow. The appearance of the feature is suggestive of a set of railway or tram l...
1930. Traffic volume on the line experienced significant decreases starting from this time. Following the "encroachment" of the standard gauge line and increasing competition from road transport, the Shire approached the Government of Queensland to take over the Tramway but the Minister for Railways declined. With decl...
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Troll Airfield [SEP] continent
Troll Airfield Troll Airfield is an airstrip located from the research station Troll in Princess Martha Coast in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Owned and operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute, it consists of a runway on glacial blue ice on the Antarctic ice sheet. The airport is located at above mean sea level and is...
Troll (disambiguation) A troll is a mythological creature. Troll may also refer to: Places. - Troll (research station), a Norwegian Antarctic research station on Queen Maud Land - Troll Airfield, an airfield nearby - Troll gas field, a large reservoir of gas in the northern North Sea - Troll A platform, a Norwegian pro...
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Tulaczyk Glacier [SEP] continent
Tulaczyk Glacier Tulaczyk Glacier () is a steep valley glacier draining the west slope of Vinson Massif southwest of Príncipe de Asturias Peak, and descending between Cairns Glacier and Zapol Glacier in the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. The glacier flows southwestward and leaving the range, together with Cairns Glacier j...
made possible that unprecedentedly large and complex Antarctic expedition. Tributary glaciers. - Karasura Glacier - Branscomb Glacier - Cairns Glacier - Tulaczyk Glacier - Zapol Glacier - Donnellan Glacier - Gildea Glacier - Bender Glacier - Sirma Glacier See also. - List of glaciers in the Antarctic - Glaciology Maps....
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Tuorda Peak [SEP] continent
Tuorda Peak Tuorda Peak () is a peak, 870 m, rising eastward of Ferin Head on Velingrad Peninsula, the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-...
17-June-1985, peak 2-June-86) - 46 weeks - "+" - Ed Sheeran (debut 3-Oct-11, peak 13-Aug-12) - 45 weeks - "Crowded House" – Crowded House (debut 28-July-86, peak 8-June-87) - 45 weeks - "The Dutchess" – Fergie (debut 25-Sep-06, peak 30-July-07) - 43 weeks - "Escape" – Enrique Iglesias (debut 12-Nov-01, peak 26-Aug-02) ...
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Verdikal Gap [SEP] continent
Verdikal Gap Verdikal Gap (, ‘Verdikalska Sedlovina’ \ver-di-'kal-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is the flat ice-covered saddle of elevation over 750 m on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, part of the ice divide between Bransfield Strait and Prince Gustav Channel. It is extending 5.3 km between Louis-Philippe Plateau ...
Mount Canicula Mount Canicula () is a mountain formed of two rock peaks, high. It stands east of Sirius Knoll on the divide separating Russell East Glacier and Russell West Glacier in central Trinity Peninsula, and is linked to Louis-Philippe Plateau to the north by Verdikal Gap, and to Trakiya Heights to southwest by ...
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Villard Point [SEP] continent
Villard Point Villard Point is a point projecting 500 m into Barclay Bay from Robbery Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the east side of the entrance to Baba Tonka Cove and the west side of the entrance to Kukuzel Cove. The point was named in 1971 by the...
US, Villard, , Pub date Sep 2000, Hardback - 2001, UK, Fourth Estate, , Paperback - 2005, UK, Canongate, . Pub date 5 May 2005, Paperback - 2010, UK, Canongate, , Pub date 04 Feb 2010, Paperback External links. - Extracts from "Anthropology" - a series of 5 short films based on "Anthropology" - review from the "Charles...
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