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Mount Bruns [SEP] continent | Mount Bruns
Mount Bruns is a mountain in Antarctica, high, standing north of Mount Lowry in the Anderson Hills in the northern Patuxent Range of the Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antar... | " by Ned Riddle (1974–1988) — continued from General Features Corp.
- "Modesty Blaise" (1976-1980)
- "My Stars" by Ken Bruns (1976)
- "The Noob" (1994)
- "Phoebe's Place" by Bill Schorr (1990–1991)
- "Sherman on the Mount" by Lee Nordling (1980–1989)
- "Star Trek" by Thomas Warkentin, Sharman DiVono, Ron Harris, Larry ... | 13,000 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Dergach [SEP] continent | Mount Dergach
Mount Dergach () is a flat-topped, ice-covered mountain located just west of Ob' Bay and south of Lunik Point, in the Bowers Mountains, a major mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. Surveyed by the Sov... | - Irwin Glacier
- Lillie Glacier
- Markinsenis Peak
- McCann Glacier
- McKenzie Nunatak
- McLin Glacier
- Montigny Glacier
- Mount Ashworth
- Mount Belolikov
- Mount Bradshaw
- Mount Bruce
- Mount Cantello
- Mount Dergach
- Mount Freed
- Mount Gow
- Mount Jamroga
- Mount Janus
- Mount Keith
- Mount Nagata
- Mount Overl... | 13,001 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Gaberlein [SEP] continent | Mount Gaberlein
Mount Gaberlein is a mountain, high, standing north-northwest of Mount Bellingshausen in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957–62, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Nam... | William Purefoy
William Purefoy (c. 1580 – 8 Sep 1659) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1628 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War and was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England.
Born into a long-established Warwickshire ... | 13,002 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Goldring [SEP] continent | Mount Goldring
Mount Goldring () is a peak on Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast, situated on the north side of Murphy Glacier, to the east of Lallemand Fjord in Graham Land, Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos obtained by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1956–57, and was named by the U... | William Purefoy
William Purefoy (c. 1580 – 8 Sep 1659) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1628 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War and was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England.
Born into a long-established Warwickshire ... | 13,003 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Heer [SEP] continent | Mount Heer
Mount Heer () is a mountain on the south side of Haines Glacier, north of Mount Barkow, in Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–67, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Ray R. Heer, Jr., Program Dir... | Regiment (German Imperial Army, Heer) 09 February 1900, became Fahnenjunker/Fähnrich, was promoted to 2nd lieutenant and served over there until 18 October 1905.
From 19 Oct 1905 to 30 Sep 1907, he served as company officer in the Enterprise-Company of the Railway-Brigade. Due to outstanding performance he was detached... | 13,004 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Lepus [SEP] continent | Mount Lepus
Mount Lepus () is a large rocky massif separated into two distinct sections by a deep saddle, standing between Millett Glacier and Bertram Glacier, about east of Wade Point on the west coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after the constellation of Lepus. | % by birds, 10.8% by reptiles, 2.8% by invertebrates and 0.2% by amphibians and fish. The geometric mean body mass of prey taken by red-tailed hawks in North America averages about based on a pair of compilation studies from across the continent, regionally varying at least from . Staple prey (excluding invertebrates) ... | 13,005 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Lorette [SEP] continent | Mount Lorette
Mount Lorette () is an ice-free mountain resembling a cathedral in form, rising to close west of Mount Loodts in the Belgica Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Notre Dame de Lorette (Our Lady of Loreto), a patron ... | Mount Lorette (Alberta)
Mount Lorette is a summit centrally located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Lorette's nearest higher peak is Skogan Peak, to the north-northwest. Mount Lorette is a landmark that can be seen from Highway 40 north of the Kananaskis Village area.
History.
It... | 13,006 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Lyttleton [SEP] continent | Mount Lyttleton
Mount Lyttleton () is a conspicuous, almost entirely snow-covered mountain near the head of Cardell Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition under Finn Ronne, 1947–48, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names ... | deployed to provide relief for Kaikoura, as extensive damage to major roads severely restricted access. The ship delivered supplies from Port Lyttleton to Kaikoura and evacuated foreign tourists back to Port Lyttleton.
Capabilities.
Capabilities Armaments.
As a sealift ship, "Canterbury" is not intended to enter combat... | 13,007 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Marr [SEP] continent | Mount Marr
Mount Marr () is a rock peak which rises above the surrounding ice surface south of Johnston Peak and 8 nautical miles west of Douglas Peak, in Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Douglas Mawson and wa... | (who became known as the Borough Group). Following the Group's dissolution in 1950, Marr continued to paint and to travel across Britain and the continent, and it was at this time that Marr tried his hand at motor racing.
Between 1983 and 1991, Marr lived and painted on Arran, and later moved to a home and studio in N... | 13,008 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Newton [SEP] continent | Mount Newton
Mount Newton () is a large humped mountain with a boulder strewn surface and conical peak near the center, standing between flow of Collins and Mellor Glaciers in the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica. Mapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) from air photos taken in 1956. Na... | - Son of Abraham Owen Smoot (1856-1911)
- Half-nephew of Reed Smoot
- Brother of Abraham Owen Smoot III
Family members Wilford Woodruff.
- 1 Mar 1807 - 2 Sep 1898
- Utah Territorial Legislature 1854
- Father of Newton Woodruff
- He married Emma Smith, niece of Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895)
- Fourth President of The Ch... | 13,009 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Osborne [SEP] continent | Mount Osborne
Mount Osborne () is a mountain (2,600 m) standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) east of Mount Craddock, at the end of a side ridge running from the latter and featuring Sanchez Peak and Stolnik Peak, in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Thomas Glacier to the northeast and Saltzma... | I wartime Germany.
Osborne was transferred to the American Legation in Havana before President Wilson broke U.S. relations with Germany. Because of his familiarity with European affairs he was soon returned to the Continent as Secretary of the American Legation in Copenhagen.
After the World War I Osborne returned to W... | 13,010 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Swadener [SEP] continent | Mount Swadener
Mount Swadener () is a peak located in Edward VII Land, West Antarctica. This mountain is located in the Sneddon Nunataks, a group of coastal nunataks on the north side of the Alexandra Mountains of Edward VII Peninsula. Nearby geographic features include Swinburne Ice Shelf and Sulzberger Bay.
Discovery... | the features while exploring Edward VII Peninsula in 1911.
- Sneddon Nunataks () is a group of coastal nunataks on the north side of Edward VII Peninsula which overlooks the Swinburne Ice Shelf and Sulzberger Bay. They stand ESE of Scott Nunataks in the northern part of the Alexandra Mountains. The nunataks appear on t... | 13,011 | zeroshot-train |
Nepal [SEP] continent | Nepal
Nepal (, ISO:), officially Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is located mainly in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. With an estimated population of 26.4 million, it is 48th largest country by population and 93rd largest country by area... | , Kumari House. Retrieved 12 July 2004 from
- Tree, Isabella (2014): The Living Goddess
External links.
- Nepal Information: Details about Kumari Devi
- Bhaktapur Kumari visits US – photos and video of Kumari visiting the US
- PhotoEssay- Kumari-virgin-goddess
- 7-year-old girl declared as Royal Kumari of Kathmandu - ... | 13,012 | zeroshot-train |
Oborishte Ridge [SEP] continent | 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 and 950 m wide. Ice-free surface area (together with the ... | of Macedonia and Odrin (Adrianople) Thrace".
Location.
The peak is located at which is 940 m north of Maystora Peak, 1.22 km northeast of Razgrad Peak, 1.18 km east by north of Terter Peak, 2.87 km east of the highest point of Oborishte Ridge, 4.1 km south of Ferrer Point, 590 m west of Momchil Peak, 2 km west-northwes... | 13,013 | zeroshot-train |
Outcast Islands [SEP] continent | Outcast Islands
The Outcast Islands are two small islands, nearly apart, and a number of surrounding rocks lying southwest of Bonaparte Point, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. The Outcast Islands were named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) f... | Giorgio Moser
Giorgio Moser (9 October 1923 – 25 September 2004) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1954 and 1996.
Selected filmography.
- "Romulus and the Sabines" (1945)
- "Lost Continent" (1955)
- "Un reietto delle isole" (based on by Joseph Conrad's novel "An Outcast of t... | 13,014 | zeroshot-train |
Palmer Point [SEP] continent | Palmer Point
Palmer Point () is a rock point on the coast of Antarctica, about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Strover Peak and 8 nautical miles (15 km) west-northwest of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen. Photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Visited by I.R. McLeod, geologist with the ANARE (Australian Natio... | the Spoon" (Ising/Aug 5/"") - 1933
24. "Bosko's Picture Show" (Harman and Freleng/Aug 26/"") - 1933
25. "We're in the Money" (Ising/Aug 26/"") - 1933
26. "Buddy's Day Out" (Palmer/Sep 9/"") - 1933
27. "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song" (Palmer/Sep 23/"") - 1933
28. " | 13,015 | zeroshot-train |
Patagonia Bay [SEP] continent | Patagonia Bay
Patagonia Bay () is a bay between Gourdon Peninsula and Thompson Peninsula on the northeast coast of Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago in Antarctica. It is entered north of Dralfa Point. The bay's head is fed by Lipen Glacier.
Named "Bahia Patagonia" by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1947, after the ... | the Isthmus of Panama some 3 million years ago, which resulted in the Great American Interchange. The Andes, likewise a comparatively young and seismically restless mountain range, runs down the western edge of the continent; the land to the east of the northern Andes is largely tropical rain forest, the vast Amazon Ri... | 13,016 | zeroshot-train |
Pearce Dome [SEP] continent | Pearce Dome
Pearce Dome () is a dome shaped mountain rising to about 789 m that is snow and ice free on the north slopes and is situated about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) west-northwest of Khufu Peak and 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) due east of Blodwen Peak, situated on the east coast of Alexander Island overlooking Geo... | 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 ... | 13,017 | zeroshot-train |
Peel Cirque [SEP] continent | Peel Cirque
Peel Cirque () is a glacial cirque lying above the southwest portion of the Roberts Ice Piedmont, situated in the northeast portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in 1947, mapped from air photographs by Falkland Islands Dependencies S... | 2010
Tour Grand Chapiteau tour 2015 schedule.
Seoul, SK - From 10 Sep to 8 Nov 2015
See also.
- Solstrom
External links.
- Cirque du Soleil's official "Quidam" site
- Patrick McGuire's "Quidam" Manipulation
- Zoé Actress Interviews by "A Girl's World"
- Cirque du Soleil Quidam in Ontario, California, 2011 | 13,018 | zeroshot-train |
Perce Point [SEP] continent | Perce Point
Perce Point () is a low ice-covered headland 12 nautical miles (22 km) west-northwest of Berlioz Point on the southern coast of the Beethoven Peninsula, situated in the southwest portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The headland was first discovered by Snow, Perce and Carroll of the United States Antarc... | , Moncton, Éditions Perce-Neige, 2001
- "Je n’en connais pas la fin", poetry, Moncton, Éditions Perce-Neige, 1999
- "Moncton Mantra", novel, Moncton, Éditions Perce-Neige, 1997
- "Méditations sur le désir", "livre d’artiste" in collaboration with Guy Duguay, 1996
- "Éloge du chiac", poetry, Éditions Perce-Neige, 1995
-... | 13,019 | zeroshot-train |
Perelik Point [SEP] continent | Perelik Point
Perelik Point (, ‘Nos Perelik’ \'nos pe-re-'lik\) is a point on the north side of the entrance to Kozloduy Cove and the southeast side of the entrance to Garnya Cove on the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
The point is projecting for 900 m into Nelson Strait, and is s... | Golyam Perelik
Golyam Perelik () is the highest peak in the Rhodope Mountains, situated 19 km to the west of Smolyan. It makes the Rhodopes the seventh highest Bulgarian mountain range after Rila, Pirin, Stara Planina, Vitosha, Osogovo and Slavyanka. The peak is easily accessible, but currently cannot be climbed becaus... | 13,020 | zeroshot-train |
Pieck Range [SEP] continent | Pieck Range
Pieck Range () is a short mountain range surmounted by Zwiesel Mountain, located at the east side of Humboldt Graben in the Petermann Ranges, Wohlthat Mountains in Antarctica.
It was discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegi... | in 81st place.
- Pieck illustrated the Dutch version of the book The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Nils Holgersson).
- In Kaatsheuvel a LOM school has been named after Anton Pieck.
- In 1972 he designed the classic car museum "Autotron" in Drunen. After the museum collection relocated to Rosmalen, the building has been... | 13,021 | zeroshot-train |
Point Smellie [SEP] continent | Point Smellie
Point Smellie is a small steep-sided headland extending into Osogovo Bay from President Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and dominated by "Smellie Hill" (46 m).
The feature is named after John Smellie, BAS geologist who worked in the area in 1975-76.
... | mill worker and still later a missionary and famous explorer of Africa.
Some place names on the island are given by Argentina and Chile, such as Charrúa Ridge, Scesa Point, Arroyo Point, Bruix Cove, Ocoa Point, Dreyfus Point, Mansa Cove, Agüero Point etc. Several Argentine names commemorate crewmen of the Argentine Nav... | 13,022 | zeroshot-train |
Proclamation Island [SEP] continent | Proclamation Island
Proclamation Island is a small rocky island west of Cape Batterbee and close east of the Aagaard Islands of Antarctica.
Historic site.
The island was discovered by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), led by Douglas Mawson, 1929–1931, and so named, following th... | in the Antarctic and were concerned that they would be commercially excluded from the continent. The whale-ship owner Lars Christensen financed several expeditions to the Antarctic with the view to claim land for Norway and establish stations on Norwegian territory to gain better privileges. The first expedition, led b... | 13,023 | zeroshot-train |
Puccini Spur [SEP] continent | Puccini Spur
Puccini Spur () is a rock spur, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, extending southwest into the Mozart Ice Piedmont close south of Mahler Spur in the north part of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was first seen from the air and roughly mapped by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) in 1937. The Puccini S... | in 1960. It is named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), an Italian operatic composer.
See also.
- Mahler Spur
- Pearson Spur
- Senouque Spurs | 13,024 | zeroshot-train |
Riquelme Point [SEP] continent | Riquelme Point
Riquelme Point is a point projecting 450 m into the southwest part of Discovery Bay from Parvomay Neck, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the west side of the entrance to Vinett Cove.
The feature was named by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after Signalman Rique... | Juan Riquelme (bishop)
Juan Riquelme (1616 - 22 Feb 1671) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville (1668–1671).
Biography.
Juan Riquelme was born in Seville, Spain. On 17 Sep 1668, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement IX as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville and Titular Bishop of "U... | 13,025 | zeroshot-train |
Rome [SEP] continent | site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe. The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines. Eventually, the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is rega... | , England
- Sep 26: Nottingham, England
- Sep 28: Geneva, Switzerland
- Sep 29: Milan, Italy
- Sep 30: Sassari, Italy
- Oct 1: Rimini, Italy
- Oct 4: Rome, Italy
- Oct 7: Athens, Greece
- Oct 8: Athens, Greece
- Oct 10: Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Oct 11: Zagreb, Croatia
- Oct 13: Prague, Czech Republic
- Oct 15: Arendonk, B... | 13,026 | zeroshot-train |
Ruppert Coast [SEP] continent | Ruppert Coast
Ruppert Coast () is that portion of the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, between Brennan Point and Cape Burks, or between Saunders Coast in the west and Hobbs Coast in the east. It stretches from 146°31'W to 136°50'W. It was named by R. Admiral Richard Byrd for Col. Jacob Ruppert of New York, a suppo... | 5 Sep – Yasuya Uchida
- 12 Sep – Henry L. Stevens Jr.
- 19 Sep – Jacob Ruppert
- 26 Sep – Edward D. Duffield
- 3 Oct – Huey P. Long
- 10 Oct – King George V
- 17 Oct – Lily Pons
- 24 Oct – Rufus D. Isaacs
- 31 Oct – James Farley
- 7 Nov – Common Citizens
- 14 Nov – Howard Jones
- 21 Nov – Melvin A. Traylor
- 28 Nov – T... | 13,027 | zeroshot-train |
Santa Cruz Point [SEP] continent | Santa Cruz Point
Santa Cruz Point, also "Spencer Bluff", is a rocky point forming the east extremity of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and the southwest side of the entrance to English Strait. Surmounted by Bogdan Ridge on the west.
The name appears on a 1949 Argentine chart, probably for th... | 13th century.
Lost cities by continent North America.
Lost cities by continent North America Canada.
Lost cities by continent North America Canada Rediscovered.
- L'Anse aux Meadows – Viking settlement founded around 1000. Now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- Lost Villages – The Lost Villages are ten communities (Aultsv... | 13,028 | zeroshot-train |
Satellite Snowfield [SEP] continent | Satellite Snowfield
Satellite Snowfield () is a snowfield at the southeast side of the Walton Mountains situated within the south-central portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The snowfield was first mapped by Directorate of Overseas Surveys from satellite imagery supplied by U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Admi... | - Zavera Snowfield. Copernix satellite image | 13,029 | zeroshot-train |
Saturn Glacier [SEP] continent | Saturn Glacier
Saturn Glacier () is a glacier lying in southeast Alexander Island, Antarctica. The glacier is 15 nautical miles (28 km) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, flowing southeast into the George VI Ice Shelf of George VI Sound north of Corner Cliffs. Although the glacier is not situated within Planet Hei... | disguises. On the June 4 edition of "Thunder," Kanyon (disguised as referee Nick Patrick) entered the ring and took out Saturn with a Russian legsweep, allowing Glacier to get the win, and flashed the Mortis mask to Glacier before leaving the ring. The feud died down shortly thereafter when Saturn was moved to a new an... | 13,030 | zeroshot-train |
Serpan Peak [SEP] continent | Serpan Peak
Serpan Peak is a small peak in Antarctica, 1,445 m, surmounting Washington Escarpment just west of Rivas Peaks in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956-66. It was named by the Advisory Committee on ... | and the Serpan hordes. Major Serpan characters in "Antiquitas Lost" include Slipher and Golthel.
- Gimlets: Gimlets are a race of diminutive, primitive hominids with keen intelligence. They are known for their short stature, potbellies, and protuberant ears. Gimlet cities have thrived throughout all of Pangrelor, and g... | 13,031 | zeroshot-train |
Sheldon Glacier [SEP] continent | Sheldon Glacier
Sheldon Glacier () is a glacier flowing southeast from Mount Mangin into Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 for Ernest B. Sheldon, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) meteorological observer, Adelaide Station, 1968–69, and Ston... | Donald Sheldon
Donald "Don" Edward Sheldon (November 21, 1921 – January 26, 1975) was a famous Alaskan bush pilot who pioneered the technique of glacier landings on Mount McKinley (now Denali) during the 1950s and 1960s.
Sheldon was born in Mt. Morrison, Colorado and grew up in Wyoming. At age 17 he journeyed to Alaska... | 13,032 | zeroshot-train |
Strandzha Glacier [SEP] continent | Strandzha Glacier
Strandzha Glacier (Lednik Strandzha \'led-nik 'stran-dzha\) is located on Burgas Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica northeast of Ropotamo Glacier, south of Sopot Ice Piedmont and southwest of Pautalia Glacier. It is bounded by Delchev Peak to the west, Spart... | Wörner Foundation, 2009.
References.
- Strandzha Glacier. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links.
- Strandzha Glacier. Copernix satellite image | 13,033 | zeroshot-train |
Streitenberger Cliff [SEP] continent | Streitenberger Cliff
Streitenberger Cliff () is an abrupt rock and ice cliff 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km) west of Reed Ridge, along the northwest margin of the Ford Massif in the Thiel Mountains, Antarctica.
The name was proposed by Peter Berrnel and Arthur Ford, co-leaders of the Thiel Mountains party which surveyed th... | Wolfgang Streitenberger
Wolfgang Streitenberger (born 2 January 1952 in Vienna, Austria)was a senior official of the European Commission, Brussels. He is Austrian citizen and worked there until his retirement in January 2017 as a senior Advisor-Conseiller in the Directorate General "Regional and Urban Policy".
Life.
He... | 13,034 | zeroshot-train |
Svoge Knoll [SEP] continent | Svoge Knoll
Svoge Knoll (Svogenska Mogila \'svo-gen-ska mo-'gi-la\) is an ice-covered peak rising to 560 m in Bowles Ridge, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Perunika Glacier to the south and west.
The knoll is named after the town of Svoge in the western Balkan Mountains, Bulgari... | regularly upgraded and updated.
- L.L. Ivanov. . Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
References.
- Svoge Knoll. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links.
- St. Svoge Kno... | 13,035 | zeroshot-train |
Tangra Mountains [SEP] continent | Tangra Mountains
Tangra Mountains (in Bulgarian "Тангра планина", 'Tangra planina' \'tan-gra pla-ni-'na\) () form the principal mountain range of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The range had been nameless until 2001, when it was named after the Bulgar god Tangra.
Tangra Mountains are long ... | Huron Glacier, Wörner Gap area, at elevation 541 m in the northwestern foothills of Zograf Peak, central Tangra Mountains. The site is accessible by 11-12.5 km routes from the Bulgarian base St. Kliment Ohridski and the Spanish base Juan Carlos I respectively.
Camp Academia offers convenient overland access to the main... | 13,036 | zeroshot-train |
Tartar Island [SEP] continent | Tartar Island
Tartar Island is a small (13 ha), ice-free, oval-shaped island long, lying north-west of Round Point, off the north coast 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 sealing vessel "Tartar" (... | - Dec 7th vs. Orlando, Florida Cup, Won 15-6
- Dec 8th vs. Florida State University - Final, Florida Cup at the Tangerine Bowl, Lost 17-12
Schedule for 1975:
- Jan vs. Club Pueyrredón (Argentina), Won
- Mar 2nd vs. HMS Ark Royal, Won 12-9
- Mar 4th vs. HMS Tartar, Won 42-4 (7th straight win)
- Apr 19th vs. Trident
- Se... | 13,037 | zeroshot-train |
Triangle Point [SEP] continent | Triangle Point
Triangle Point is the low ice-free tipped point forming the northwest side of the entrance to Shopski Cove in the south coast of Parvomay Neck linking the northwest and southeast parts of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was frequented by early 19th century sealers ope... | to be shaped "like a cart", or rather a blunt-nosed triangle with the point facing south. (This description probably echoes the shape of the coastline of southern India.) It is 10,000 yojanas in extent (Vibhajyavāda tradition) or has a perimeter of 6,000 yojanas (Sarvāstivāda tradition) to which can be added the southe... | 13,038 | zeroshot-train |
Tuvalu [SEP] continent | powerlifting 120 kg male division.
Football in Tuvalu is played at club and national team level. The Tuvalu national football team trains at the Tuvalu Sports Ground in Funafuti and competes in the Pacific Games. The Tuvalu National Football Association is an associate member of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)... | China and the United Kingdom.
The Republic of China (Taiwan) has a resident embassy in Tuvalu. France maintains an honorary consulate in Tuvalu. In 2018 Australia upgraded its representation in Tuvalu from a representative office of AusAid to a High Commission. All three of these are located in Funafuti.
External links... | 13,039 | zeroshot-train |
Two Step Moraine [SEP] continent | Two Step Moraine
Two Step Moraine () is a small area of homogeneous fine morainic debris, in the south-facing moraines at the foot of Two Step Cliffs, situated in the southern portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Containing moist soil and two sub-glacial ponds, the feature is remarkable for its abundance of mosses,... | fourth planet from the sun in the Solar System.
Although Mars Glacier is not located within the Planet Heights mountain range, it lies nearby, and its name derives from it, along with many other nearby glaciers and landmarks located here which are named after planets, satellites and astrophysicists.
See also.
- Mercury... | 13,040 | zeroshot-train |
Uruguayan Antarctic Institute [SEP] continent | Uruguayan Antarctic Institute
The Uruguayan Antarctic Institute () is Uruguay's governmental agency to fund, organize, control and promote research on Antarctica according with the Antarctic Treaty System. It was founded by scientists, and is now managed by Uruguay's Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs and Education... | Antarkos I
In December 1984 Antarkos I, the first Uruguayan Antarctic expedition, arrived in King George Island in order to establish a permanent base on the Antarctic Continent.
It was a scientific and logistic exercise supported by the Uruguayan Antarctic Institute and was led by Lt. Col Omar Porciúncula who was in c... | 13,041 | zeroshot-train |
VX-6 [SEP] continent | VX-6
Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6 or AIRDEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, "puckered penguins") was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Established at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland on 17 January 1955, the squadron's mission was to conduct... | of the interior of the continent.
VX-6 was one of six air development squadrons formed by the United States Navy beginning in 1946 to develop and evaluate aircraft tactics and techniques. These squadrons were initially directed by the Operational Development Force, which was redesignated in May 1959 as the Operational ... | 13,042 | zeroshot-train |
Volov Peak [SEP] continent | Volov Peak
Volov Peak (, ‘Vrah Volov’ \'vr&h 'vo-lov\) is the rocky peak rising to 1148 m at the southwest extremity of Korten Ridge on Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Temple Glacier to the southwest.
The peak is named after Panayot Volov (1850-1876), a leader of the 1876 April Uprising for Bu... | southwest of Chubra Peak and 5.5 km west of Mount Bris. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map.
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
References.
- Volov Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. An... | 13,043 | zeroshot-train |
Wager Glacier [SEP] continent | Wager Glacier
Wager Glacier is a small, heavily crevassed glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It occupies a trench-like valley and flows east into George VI Sound immediately south of Marr Bluff. The glacier was surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and named by them for La... | 1948 and 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, who applied this descriptive name.
See also.
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Tumble Glacier
- Transition Glacier
- Wager Glacier | 13,044 | zeroshot-train |
Walker Peak [SEP] continent | Walker Peak
Walker Peak is a sharp peak in Antarctica, 1,495 m, marking the southwest extremity of Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956-66. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Pa... | - 1987 to 1988 Ray Parker
- 1988 to Jan-92 Hugh Stinson
- Jan-92 to Mar-92 Andy Woolford (caretaker)
- Mar-92 to Feb-95 John Ryan
- Feb-95 to Sep-96 Steve Lovell
- Sep-96 to Mar-99 Alan Walker
- Mar-99 to Jan-01 Hugh Stinson
- Jan-01 to Sep-01 John Roles
- Oct-01 to Nov-04 Mark Beeney
- Nov-04 to Mar-05 Steve Nolan
- M... | 13,045 | zeroshot-train |
Watson Peninsula [SEP] continent | Watson Peninsula
Watson Peninsula is a narrow peninsula long separating Macdougal and Marr Bays on the north coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, who named it for G.L. Watson, yacht designer and redesigner of... | York Peninsula in Queensland, near the modern town of Weipa. Janszoon named the river "R. met het Bosch", but it is now known as the Pennefather River. This is the first recorded European landfall on the Australian continent. He proceeded over Albatross Bay to Archer Bay, the confluence of the Archer and the Watson Riv... | 13,046 | zeroshot-train |
Wilkins Sound [SEP] continent | Wilkins Sound
Wilkins Sound is a seaway in Antarctica that is largely occupied by the Wilkins Ice Shelf. It is located on the southwest side of the Antarctic Peninsula between the concave western coastline of Alexander Island and the shores of Charcot Island and Latady Island farther to the west.
Its northern portion w... | - 5 Jul – Sargent Shriver
- 12 Jul – Seán Lemass
- 19 Jul – Conrad Hilton
- 26 Jul – H. Edward Gilbert
- 2 Aug – W. Averell Harriman
- 9 Aug – Madame Nhu
- 16 Aug – Michael Ramsey
- 23 Aug – None ("U.S. Atomic Arsenal" cover)
- 30 Aug – Roy Wilkins
- 6 Sep – William L. Pereira
- 13 Sep – None ("Red China" cover)
- 20 S... | 13,047 | zeroshot-train |
William Scoresby Bay [SEP] continent | William Scoresby Bay
William Scoresby Bay is a coastal embayment at the western side of William Scoresby Archipelago, Antarctica. It is long and wide, with shores marked by steep rock headlands and snow-free hills rising to 210 m. The practical limits of the bay are extended northward from the coast by island groups lo... | Scoresby
Scoresby may refer to:
- People
- William Scoresby (1789–1857), British Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman
- William F. Scoresby (1840–1884), New York politician
- William Scoresby Routledge (1859–1939), British ethnographer, anthropologist and adventurer
- Places
- Scoresby (crater), Lunar crater
- Scor... | 13,048 | zeroshot-train |
Williams Point [SEP] continent | Williams Point
Williams Point is the point forming both the north extremity of Varna Peninsula and the northeast tip of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Separated from Zed Islands to the north by Iglika Passage.
The discovery of the South Shetland Islands was first reported in 1819 by Willia... | Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn is a trilogy of epic fantasy novels by American writer Tad Williams, comprising "The Dragonbone Chair" (1988), "Stone of Farewell" (1990), and "To Green Angel Tower" (1993).
"Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn" takes place on the fictional continent of Osten Ard, comprising s... | 13,049 | zeroshot-train |
Yovkov Point [SEP] continent | Yovkov Point
Yovkov Point (Yovkov Nos \'yov-kov 'nos\) is a point on the southwest coast of Greenwich Island, Antarctica projecting 150 m southwards into McFarlane Strait, forming the northwest side of the entrance to Kramolin Cove. Formed as a result of Murgash Glacier's retreat in the late 20th and early 21st century... | - Yana Point, Livingston Island
- Yankov Gap, Livingston Island
- Yantra Cove, Livingston Island
- Yarebitsa Cove, Smith Island
- Yarlovo Nunatak, Trinity Peninsula
- Yasen Point, Livingston Island
- Yatrus Promontory, Trinity Peninsula
- Yavorov Peak, Livingston Island
- Yoglav Crag, Trinity Peninsula
- Yordanov Nunat... | 13,050 | zeroshot-train |
Abbot Ice Shelf [SEP] continent | Abbot Ice Shelf
The Abbot Ice Shelf is an ice shelf long and wide, bordering Eights Coast from Cape Waite to Pfrogner Point in Antarctica. Thurston Island lies along the northern edge of the western half of this ice shelf; other sizable islands (Sherman, Carpenter, Dustin, Johnson, McNamara, Farwell and Dendtler) lie p... | covered rock knoll that rises on the east margin of the glacier, at the point the glacier enters the Abbot Ice Shelf. It was named by US-ACAN after William G. Gould, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration specialist, from the 1960s to the mid-1990s, in the archiving of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiomete... | 13,051 | zeroshot-train |
Alaska Canyon [SEP] continent | Alaska Canyon
Alaska Canyon is a deeply incised canyon in the north face of Michigan Plateau, Antarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for the University of Alaska, which sent researchers to Antarctica. | Rampart Canyon (Alaska)
Rampart Canyon, Rampart Gorge, Lower Ramparts, and The Ramparts all are names for a high-banked canyon of the Yukon River located downstream of Rampart, Alaska and upstream of Tanana, Alaska. The canyon is located at an elevation of and was the considered site of a hydroelectric dam. | 13,052 | zeroshot-train |
Albone Glacier [SEP] continent | Albone Glacier
Albone Glacier () is a deeply entrenched narrow glacier on the east side of Wolseley Buttress flowing southward from Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.
History.
Albone Glacier was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from surveys (1960–61) and was named by th... | Albone
Albone may refer to:
- Charlie Albone, an Australian landscape designer and television presenter
- Dan Albone, an English inventor, manufacturer and cyclis
- Albone Glacier, glacier | 13,053 | zeroshot-train |
Alexander Peak [SEP] continent | Alexander Peak
Alexander Peak is a summit in the north end of the Haines Mountains 1 nautical mile (2 km) west of Buennagel Peak. Alexander Peak sits in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Probably first seen on aerial flights from Little America base by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–30), it was named b... | Plate. The islands were carried eastward as the plate subducted the South American continent. Radiometric dating indicates that Santa Clara is the oldest of the islands (at 5.8 million years), followed by Robinson Crusoe (3.8–4.2 million years) and Alexander Selkirk (1.0–2.4 million years). Robinson Crusoe is the large... | 13,054 | zeroshot-train |
Amundsen Sea [SEP] continent | Amundsen Sea
The Amundsen Sea, an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica, lies between Cape Flying Fish (the northwestern tip of Thurston Island) to the east and Cape Dart on Siple Island to the west. Cape Flying Fish marks the boundary between the Amundsen Sea and the Bellingshausen Sea. W... | ."
Background.
After the conquest of the South Pole by Roald Amundsen in December 1911 Shackleton, who had sought this achievement himself, was forced to rethink his polar ambitions. He believed that there remained "one great main objective of Antarctic journeyings—the crossing of the South Polar continent from sea to ... | 13,055 | zeroshot-train |
Anagram Islands [SEP] continent | Anagram Islands
The Anagram Islands are a group of small islands and rocks lying between Roca Islands and Argentine Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. The area was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, 1897–99, the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 19... | Roca Islands
Roca Islands () is a group of small islands between Cruls Islands and Anagram Islands on the south side of French Passage in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Charcot for Julio A. Roca, President of Argentina, 1880–86 and 1898-1904. The name was i... | 13,056 | zeroshot-train |
Armenia [SEP] continent | Union, the Council of Europe and the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Armenia supports the "de facto" independent Artsakh, which was proclaimed in 1991.
Etymology.
The original native Armenian name for the country was (""), however it is currently rarely used. The contemporary name ("Hayastan") became popular i... | - 11 Feb 2012 – Secretary General (Head of Staff) of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
- 12 May 2012- 25 Sep 2018 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the United Arab Emirates
- 16 May 2013 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia t... | 13,057 | zeroshot-train |
Astrolabe Subglacial Basin [SEP] continent | Astrolabe Subglacial Basin
Astrolabe Subglacial Basin is a subglacial basin to the south of the Adélie Coast and east of Porpoise Subglacial Highlands, trending north-south and containing the thickest ice — about — measured in Antarctica. The basin was delineated by the SPRI-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program... | Porpoise Subglacial Highlands
Porpoise Subglacial Highlands () is a group of subglacial highlands to the west of Astrolabe Subglacial Basin, in the east part of Wilkes Land. The feature was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF)-Technical University of Denmark (TUD) ai... | 13,058 | zeroshot-train |
Austria-Hungary [SEP] continent | divided between respective states.
Austria-Hungary was a multinational state and one of Europe's major powers at the time. Austria-Hungary was geographically the second-largest country in Europe after the Russian Empire, at , and the third-most populous (after Russia and the German Empire). The Empire built up the four... | to mediate between Austria-Hungary and Russia, Serbia's patron, or at least to obtain an extension of the time-limit set by Austria-Hungary. Grey again proposed a four-power conference on 26 July. He also suggested that Russia and Austria-Hungary should be encouraged to negotiate. The other powers were open to the idea... | 13,059 | zeroshot-train |
Barnett Glacier [SEP] continent | Barnett Glacier
Barnett Glacier () is a large glacier in the Anare Mountains that flows east along the south side of Tapsell Foreland into Smith Inlet, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and named by the Ad... | 2005)
- "Lucy Rose: Busy Like You Can't Believe", Katy Kelly (Delacorte, Sep 12, 2006)
- "Small Beauties: The Journey of Darcy Heart O'Hara", Elvira Woodruff (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Sep 12, 2006)
- "Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem", Mac Barnett (Hyperion, Jun 23, 2009)
- "Guess Again!", Mac Barnett (S... | 13,060 | zeroshot-train |
Basalt Lake [SEP] continent | Basalt Lake
Basalt Lake is a small freshwater lake surrounded by three basalt outcrops with ‘organ-pipe’ formations in their rocks, situated in the central part of the ice-free Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. and draining through a 1.6 km stream southwards into Bransfield S... | Lake Superior, one can see the solidified lava (igneous rock) most everywhere. In the Rove region the magma didn't reach the surface; it intruded into fractures in the formation and slowly cooled to become diabase (rather than basalt). These solidified bodies are the Pigeon River and Logan Intrusion diabases.
The conti... | 13,061 | zeroshot-train |
Beaufort Island [SEP] continent | Beaufort Island
Beaufort Island is an island in Antarctica's Ross Sea. It is the northernmost feature of the Ross Archipelago, lying north of Cape Bird, Ross Island. It is approximately in area. It was first charted by James Clark Ross in 1841. Ross named the island for Sir Francis Beaufort, hydrographer to the British... | talked about two possible schemes—the Beaufort Sea exploration, and "an oceanographical expedition with the object of visiting all the little-known islands of the South Atlantic and South Pacific". By June 1921, the latter plan had expanded to include a circumnavigation of the Antarctic continent and the mapping of aro... | 13,062 | zeroshot-train |
Bernard Island [SEP] continent | Bernard Island
Bernard Island is a rocky island 400 m long lying 500 m east of the Petrel Island in the Géologie Archipelago of Antarctica. It was charted in 1951 by a French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Claude Bernard, a noted French physiologist.
Antarctic Specially Protected Area.
A site cluster in the... | , recipient of the 2010 World Statesman Award.
Sep 22, 2009
Address by Ivan Lewis on behalf of PM Gordon Brown
The Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom received the 2009 World Statesman Award
Sep 22, 2009
Address by Muhtar Kent
Muhtar Kent, Chairman & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company received the 2009 Appeal o... | 13,063 | zeroshot-train |
Berry Bastion [SEP] continent | Berry Bastion
Berry Bastion () is a large, mostly ice-covered mountain in Antarctica with abrupt north facing rock cliffs. It rises to between Mount Olympus and Mount McClintock and the main ridge of the Britannia Range. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after M. John Berry, Assistant Secretary ... | twenty years of financial records, improve management, and conserve wildlife habitat through public-private partnerships. Berry was appointed from October 1, 2005, to serve as director of the National Zoo, which had been found to have shortcomings in record keeping and maintenance. Berry created a strategic planning an... | 13,064 | zeroshot-train |
Bononia Cove [SEP] continent | Bononia Cove
Bononia Cove (, ‘Zaliv Bononia’ \'za-liv bo'no-ni-ya\) is the 3.1 km wide cove indenting for 1.1 km the southeast coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is entered west of Ivan Alexander Point. The cove’s shape is enhanced as a result of glacier retreat in the late 20th and ea... | Island
- Boatin Island, Robert Island
- Boeritsa Point, Livingston Island
- Bogdan Ridge, Greenwich Island
- Bogomil Cove, Rugged Island
- Bohot Nunatak, Sentinel Range
- Boil Point, Trinity Peninsula
- Boisguehenneuc Bay, Liège Island
- Bolbabria Cove, Liège Island
- Bolgar Buttress, Nordenskjöld Coast
- Bolgrad Glaci... | 13,065 | zeroshot-train |
Burundi [SEP] continent | Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi (, ; , or ), is a landlocked country amid the African Great Lakes region where East and Central Africa converge. It is bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and southeast, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Lake Tanganyika lies ... | of internal reconciliation and democratization within all the states of the region to promote a stable, democratic community of nations that will work toward mutual social, economic, and security interests on the continent.
In 2011, the US sent a military aid package worth $45 million to Burundi and Uganda, which inclu... | 13,066 | zeroshot-train |
Byrd Subglacial Basin [SEP] continent | Byrd Subglacial Basin
Byrd Subglacial Basin () is a major subglacial basin of West Antarctica, extending east-west between the Crary Mountains and the Ellsworth Mountains. It is bounded to the south by a low subglacial ridge which separates this feature from Bentley Subglacial Trench. A rude delineation of this subglac... | the true depth of Byrd Subglacial Basin: 2,870 meters below sea level. This makes Byrd Subglacial Basin the lowest point on any of the Earth's continental plates. However, because of the glacier sitting on the basin, this point is ultimately unreachable. | 13,067 | zeroshot-train |
Canada Stream [SEP] continent | Canada Stream
Canada Stream () is a small meltwater stream flowing east-southeast from the front of Canada Glacier into Lake Fryxell, in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named in association with Canada Glacier by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1983. | several record-breaking warm temperatures across most of the Midwest and Eastern U.S. and Canada. Several regions had recorded warmer than normal temperatures for over 30 days in a row. On January 8, a cold front, which was responsible for a major blizzard across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, sagged across most o... | 13,068 | zeroshot-train |
Cape De la Motte [SEP] continent | Cape De la Motte
Cape De la Motte is a prominent cape in George V Land in Antarctica separating Watt Bay and Buchanan Bay. Just to the south, the continental ice surface rises at Mount Hunt. The cape was charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for C. P. de la Motte,... | Clarence Petersen de la Motte
Clarence Petersen de la Motte (born 1892, date of death unknown), commonly C. P. de la Motte, was a sailor originally from Bulli, New South Wales. During his early career, he served aboard the New Zealand barque "Northern Chief" and the steamship "Warrimoo". From 1911 to 1914, during the A... | 13,069 | zeroshot-train |
Cape Henderson [SEP] continent | Cape Henderson
Cape Henderson () is an ice-free cape, overlain by morainic drift, marking the northwest end of the Bunger Hills in Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in February 1947, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for the , the destroyer escort o... | (joined with Bill Skiles in 1965, later performed again with Bill as Skiles and Henderson, rejoined the Minstrels again in 2010 and retired 2015 (d. 2018)
- Bill Skiles (joined with Pete Henderson in Jul 1965, later performed again with Pete as Skiles and Henderson) (d. 2011)
- Rusty Evans (joined Sep 1965. formerly a ... | 13,070 | zeroshot-train |
Cape Kerr [SEP] continent | Cape Kerr
Cape Kerr () is a high snow-covered cape at the north side of Barne Inlet, the terminus of Byrd Glacier at the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Walter Kerr, one of the Sea Lords who le... | Paul Reynaud
- 24 Jun – Benito Mussolini & Pietro Badoglio
- 1 Jul – Admiral Richardson
- 8 Jul – Philip Henry Kerr
- 15 Jul – Vyacheslav Molotov
- 22 Jul – Fumimaro Konoe
- 29 Jul – George Marshall
- 5 Aug – Sir Alan F. Brooke
- 12 Aug – Getúlio Vargas
- 19 Aug – William Allen White
- 26 Aug – Erhard Milch
- 2 Sep – E... | 13,071 | zeroshot-train |
Cape Leblond [SEP] continent | Cape Leblond
Cape Leblond () is a cape forming the northern end of Lavoisier Island, in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It was mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for the President of the Norman Geographical Society at Rouen. | (Dillwyn) Harvey 1849, (Cape Peninsula and False Bay)
- "Ulothrix speciosa" (Carmichael) Kützing 1849, syn "Ulothrix zonata" var. "speciosa" (Carmichael) Stockmayer, "Lyngbya speciosa" Carmichael 1833, "Hormotrichum speciosum" (Carmichael) P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan 1852, "Urospora speciosa" (Carmichael) Leblond ex G.Hame... | 13,072 | zeroshot-train |
Cape Legoupil [SEP] continent | Cape Legoupil
Cape Legoupil is a cape at the northeast side of the entrance to Huon Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, terminating in Schmidt Peninsula. It was discovered by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837–40, and named for artist Ernest Goupil, who died on the expedition. The incorrect ... | Acuña Rocks
The Acuña Rocks (), also known as Islote Acuña, are a pair of rocks lying west of Largo Island in the Duroch Islands, off Cape Legoupil, Trinity Peninsula. They were named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1947–48, after Sub-Teniente Acuña, a member of the expedition. | 13,073 | zeroshot-train |
Cape Monakov [SEP] continent | Cape Monakov
Cape Monakov () is a cape on the west coast of Sakellari Peninsula, Enderby Land, Antarctica. The region was photographed by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956 and by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1957. The cape was named by the Soviet expedition after S. Ye. Monakov, a Sov... | Dmitry Monakov
Dmitry Vitalyevich Monakov (Ukrainian: "Дмитро Віталійович Монаков", Russian: "Дмитрий Витальевич Монаков", February 17, 1963 in Kiev, Soviet Union – November 21, 2007 in Kiev, Ukraine) was a Soviet and Ukrainian shooter. He was an Olympic champion in 1988 in trap shooting.
Monakov won the Olympic (1988)... | 13,074 | zeroshot-train |
Chari River [SEP] continent | Chari River
The Chari River, or Shari River, is a long river, flowing in Central Africa.
Geography.
The Chari River flows from the Central African Republic through Chad into Lake Chad, following the Cameroon border from N'Djamena, where it is joined by its western and principal tributary, the Logone River.
It provides ... | The Unseen Guest" (Mar 2012),
- Book IV: "The Interrupted Tale" (Dec 2013),
- "Vanished", by Sheela Chari (Hyperion, July 2011),
- "The Watch that Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic", by Allan Wolf (Candlewick, Mar 2013),
- "The Witch's Boy", by Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin, Sep 2014),
- "The Nest", by Kenneth Oppel ... | 13,075 | zeroshot-train |
Cherry Spur [SEP] continent | Cherry Spur
Cherry Spur () is a prominent rock spur that forms the southwest portion of Sculpture Mountain at the southern end of the Monument Nunataks, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The feature was geologically studied by Ohio State University field parties in the 1981–82 and 1982–83 seasons, and named by the Advisory Co... | Main Street, Renfro Street, and Lebanon Street. Between 1963–1967, US 52 Business was split on one-way streets: northbound via Cherry and Renfro Streets, southbound via Main Street. Sometime between 1969–1972, southbound US 52 Business was removed from Main and Cherry Streets, and moved onto an extended Renfro Street.
... | 13,076 | zeroshot-train |
Cherven Peak [SEP] continent | Cherven Peak
Cherven Peak (, ‘Vrah Cherven’ \'vr&h 'cher-ven\) is a rocky peak rising to 224 m on the north coast of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 1.04 km west of Herring Point, 830 m north of San Stefano Peak, 3.9 km east-so... | Coast
- Cherepish Ridge, Livingston Island
- Cherkovna Point, Graham Coast
- Chernomen Glacier, Graham Coast
- Chernoochene Glacier, Oscar II Coast
- Chernopeev Peak, Trinity Peninsula
- Chertigrad Point, Loubet Coast
- Cherven Peak, Rugged Island
- Chichil Point, Clarence Island
- Chintulov Ridge, Oscar II Coast
- Chi... | 13,077 | zeroshot-train |
Citadel Bastion [SEP] continent | Citadel Bastion
Citadel Bastion () is a rocky, flat-topped, rocky elevation at the south side of the terminus of Saturn Glacier, facing towards George VI Sound and the Rymill Coast, situated on the east side of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Its maximum elevation is about 645 m. Citadel Bastion lies next to Hodgson Lake... | . It comprised four bastions organized in a square: facing the city was the "Bastion du Roi" ("King's Bastion") to the northwest and the "Bastion de la Reine" ("Queen's Bastion") to the southwest; facing the floodplain was the "Bastion de Montmorency" to the northeast and the "Bastion de Ventadour" to the southeast.
Th... | 13,078 | zeroshot-train |
Clark Peninsula [SEP] continent | Clark Peninsula
Clark Peninsula is a rocky peninsula, about long and wide, lying 5 km north-east of Australia's Casey Station at the north side of Newcomb Bay on the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land in Antarctica.
History.
The peninsula was first mapped from aerial photographs taken by the US Navy's Operation Highjump in Febr... | Box Rag Jul-54
- P. 1130 Bill O'Connor To Be Your Love / The Words That I Whisper Sep-54
- P. 1131 Johnny Brandon with the Phantoms Tomorrow / High As A Mountain Sep-54
- P. 1132 Betty Garrett Go / (I Gotta Do) Soft Shoe Sep-54
- P. 1133 Jerry Wallace Dixieanna / Runnin' After Love Sep-54
- P. 1134 Danny Capri You're S... | 13,079 | zeroshot-train |
Cooper Creek [SEP] continent | Cooper Creek
The Cooper Creek (formerly Cooper's Creek) is one of the most famous rivers in Australia because it was the site of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills in 1861. It is sometimes known as the Barcoo River from one of its tributaries and is one of three major Queensland river systems that flow into the... | explorer Matthew Flinders. Stokes charted and surveyed the estuary of the Flinders and Albert rivers, and named many other features in the area, including Disaster Inlet, Morning Inlet and the Van Diemen River.
Robert O'Hara Burke, William John Wills and Charles Gray reached the river delta in 1861, completing the goal... | 13,080 | zeroshot-train |
Davies Escarpment [SEP] continent | Davies Escarpment
Davies Escarpment is an east-facing ice escarpment over long, located southward of Bermel Escarpment in the southern part of the Thiel Mountains of Antarctica. The feature appears to be devoid of rock outcroppings. The name was proposed by Peter F. Bermel and Arthur B. Ford, co-leaders of the United S... | Great Escarpment (disambiguation)
A Great Escarpment is a major escarpment that typically runs parallel to the coast of a continent. It may refer to:
- Great Escarpment, Australia
- Great Escarpment, Brazil
- Great Escarpment of India
- Great Escarpment, Southern Africa | 13,081 | zeroshot-train |
Dennistoun Glacier [SEP] continent | Dennistoun Glacier
The Dennistoun Glacier is a glacier, long, draining the northern slopes of Mounts Black Prince, Royalist and Adam in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land in Antarctica. It flows northwest between the Lyttelton Range and Dunedin Range, turning east on rounding the latter range to enter the sea sou... | the 9 August Dennistoun's condition deteriorated and he had a third operation. He survived the operation but soon after rapidly declined and he died at 12.05pm the same day.
Russell survived his injuries, was repatriated to England in 1918 and later attained the rank of Air Vice-Marshal in the RAF.
Dennistoun was first... | 13,082 | zeroshot-train |
Diversion Hills [SEP] continent | Diversion Hills
The Diversion Hills () are a small group of low rock outcrops at the east extremity of Pain Mesa, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. They were named by the southern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1966–67, because the party diverted eastward from their route here to visit Nav... | Indiana pouch
An Indiana pouch is a surgically-created urinary diversion used to create a way for the body to store and eliminate urine for patients who have had their urinary bladders removed as a result of bladder cancer, pelvic exenteration, bladder exstrophy or who are not continent due to a congenital, neurogenic ... | 13,083 | zeroshot-train |
Drygalski Ice Tongue [SEP] continent | Drygalski Ice Tongue
The Drygalski Ice Tongue or Drygalski Barrier or Drygalski Glacier Tongue is a glacier in Antarctica, on the Scott Coast, in the northern McMurdo Sound of Antarctica's Ross Dependency, north of Ross Island. The Drygalski Ice Tongue is stable by the standards of Antarctica's icefloes, and stretches ... | Ice tongue
An ice tongue is a long and narrow sheet of ice projecting out from the coastline. An ice tongue forms when a valley glacier moves very rapidly out into the ocean or a lake.
Two examples of ice tongues are the Erebus Ice Tongue and the Drygalski Ice Tongue. | 13,084 | zeroshot-train |
Duroch Islands [SEP] continent | Duroch Islands
The Duroch Islands are a group of islands and rocks which extend over an area of about , centred about off Cape Legoupil on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. They were discovered by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837–40, who gave the name "Rocher Duroch" to one... | Ortiz Island
Ortiz Island is an island in the Duroch Islands. It lies south of the eastern end of Largo Island and a like distance from the northern coast of Trinity Peninsula. The name was given by Martin Halpern, leader of the University of Wisconsin (USARP) field party which geologically mapped the Duroch Islands, 1... | 13,085 | zeroshot-train |
Duseberg Buttress [SEP] continent | Duseberg Buttress
Duseberg Buttress () is a conspicuous rocky cone, high, standing at the southwest side of Mount Scott on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, and named "Cap Duseberg" by Gerlache. Aerial photos show no cape, only a rock buttress, ev... | Range, the "East Face" of The Moose's Tooth, the "Moonflower Buttress" on Mount Hunter, and a one-day solo of Denali's "Cassin Ridge".
Climber Conrad Anker credits Stump as an influential climbing mentor in the film Meru.
Stump along with his geologist brother contributed to field safety for the United States Antarcti... | 13,086 | zeroshot-train |
Dwyer Escarpment [SEP] continent | Dwyer Escarpment
The Dwyer Escarpment () is an ice-covered escarpment that overlooks the north coast of Victoria Land between Cooper Spur and Cape North, Antarctica. The escarpment lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.
This feature was first mapped by Au... | School Officers commanding Central Gunnery School 1942 to 1944.
Station Commanders RAF Sutton Bridge:
- 7 May 42 to 5 Sep 42 Gp. Capt. Claude Hilton Keith
- 5 Sep 42 to 26 Nov 43 Gp. Capt. C St. J. Beamish
- 26 Nov 43 to 22 Feb 44 Gp. Capt. Dwyer
Officers Commanding Pilot Gunnery Instructor Training Wing, CGS:
- Mar 19... | 13,087 | zeroshot-train |
Dybvadskog Peak [SEP] continent | Dybvadskog Peak
Dybvadskog Peak () is a sharp, somewhat isolated peak, high, the westernmost of those rising above the ice surface just west of the southern part of the Founders Escarpment, in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys an... | .
Features.
Geographical features include:
Features Other features.
- Barrett Nunataks
- Bingham Peak
- Cagle Peaks
- Carnell Peak
- Charles Peak
- Cunningham Peak
- Dott Ice Rise
- Driscoll Glacier
- Dybvadskog Peak
- Founders Escarpment
- Fusco Nunatak
- Gould Spur
- Gowan Glacier
- Hall Peak
- Hercules Inlet
- Herri... | 13,088 | zeroshot-train |
Dyment Island [SEP] continent | Dyment Island
Dyment Island is a small island lying southwest of the McKinzie Islands in the inner-central part of Cranton Bay, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Donald I.... | - Link Island
- Ortiz Island
- Pebbly Mudstone Island
- Ponce Island
- Wisconsin Islands
- Dustin Island
- Dyment Island ()
- Dynamite Island
List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S E.
- Eadie Island
- Eagle Island
- Earle Island ()
- Early Islands ()
- Eddystone Rocks
- Edisto Rocks
- Edman Island
- Edwards Islands
-... | 13,089 | zeroshot-train |
Elfring Peak [SEP] continent | Elfring Peak
Elfring Peak () is a peak in Antarctica rising to between the lower part of Della Pia Glacier and Aster Glacier, where the two glaciers enter Thomas Glacier on the east side of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2006 after Christine A. Elfr... | - Burdenis Glacier
- Cairns Glacier
- Cervellati Glacier
- Chaplin Peak
- Clinch Peak
- Corbet Peak
- Craddock Massif
- Craig Ridge
- Damien Gildea
- Debren Pass
- Della Pia Glacier
- Delyo Glacier
- Donnellan Glacier
- Doyran Heights
- Drama Glacier
- Duridanov Peak
- Elfring Peak
- Enitsa Peak
- Epperly Ridge
- Evans... | 13,090 | zeroshot-train |
Exodus Glacier [SEP] continent | Exodus Glacier
Exodus Glacier is a steep, smooth glacier northeast of Mount Ellis, flowing from the northern edge of Midnight Plateau to the southwest side of Island Arena, in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1962–63, in association with nea... | Eocene–Oligocene extinction event). The term Late Cenozoic Ice Age is used to include this early phase.
During this last glacial period there were alternating episodes of glacier advance and retreat. Within the last glacial period the Last Glacial Maximum was approximately 22,000 years ago. While the general pattern of... | 13,091 | zeroshot-train |
Exum Glacier [SEP] continent | Exum Glacier
Exum Glacier () is a small glacier flowing north between Hughes Point and Bonnabeau Dome, in the Jones Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the University of Minnesota – Jones Mountains Party, 1960–61, and was named by the party for Glenn Exum, a mountaineer who provided training in rock and ice climb... | Eocene–Oligocene extinction event). The term Late Cenozoic Ice Age is used to include this early phase.
During this last glacial period there were alternating episodes of glacier advance and retreat. Within the last glacial period the Last Glacial Maximum was approximately 22,000 years ago. While the general pattern of... | 13,092 | zeroshot-train |
Felton Head [SEP] continent | Felton Head
Felton Head () is a flat-topped, dark brown headland with a sheer seaward side, standing east of Harrop Island on the coast of Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956, and was named for Sergeant Kevin Felton, Royal Aust... | Raymond Felton
Raymond Bernard Felton, Jr. (born June 26, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Felton played college basketball for the University of North Carolina under head coach Roy Williams. At North Carolina... | 13,093 | zeroshot-train |
Ferri Ridge [SEP] continent | Ferri Ridge
Ferri Ridge () is a gentle ridge in Antarctica, forming the west wall of Simmons Glacier. It terminates in Mount Isherwood at the north side of the Kohler Range, Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–66, and was named by the ... | 29 Nov 1701 Died)
Bishops Diocese of Adria 1700 to 1900.
- Filippo della Torre (6 Feb 1702 – 25 Feb 1717 Died)
- Antonio Vaira (12 Jul 1717 – 8 Oct 1732 Died)
- Giovanni Soffietti, C.R.M. (19 Jan 1733 – 7 Sep 1747 Died)
- Pietro Maria Suárez (20 Nov 1747 – 19 Jun 1750 Died)
- Pellegrino Ferri (16 Nov 1750 – 30 Sep 1757... | 13,094 | zeroshot-train |
Filson Nunatak [SEP] continent | Filson Nunatak
Filson Nunatak () is a small nunatak east of Trost Peak in the eastern part of the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. It was photographed from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1958 and seen by an ANARE party in December 1962. It was named by the Anta... | . He claimed that Kentucky was "one of the most opulent and powerful states on the continent of North-America; which with the love and gratitude of my country-men, I esteem a sufficient reward for all my toil and danger."
Filson explains here the difference between American religion and religion of the Native people. N... | 13,095 | zeroshot-train |
Fish Islands [SEP] continent | Fish Islands
The Fish Islands () are a group of small islands lying in the northern part of the entrance to Holtedahl Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. They were discovered and named by the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934–37, under John Rymill.
The Fish Islands are between Crystal Sound to the so... | .” Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 20 Sep. 2012. Web. 22 Oct. 2014. http://www.fws.gov/pacificislands/fauna/HIduck.html
- BirdLife International (2014) Species factsheet: Anas wyvilliana. Retrieved from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/10/2014. http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/spe... | 13,096 | zeroshot-train |
Forbidden Rocks [SEP] continent | Forbidden Rocks
The Forbidden Rocks () are a linear rock outcrop, long, located on the western edge of the Christoffersen Heights and between Haskell Glacier and Walk Glacier, in the Jones Mountains of Antarctica. They were mapped by the University of Minnesota Jones Mountains Party, 1960–61, and so named by the party ... | ho were attacked on Liancourt Rocks waters by a mono-propellered aircraft bearing the US insignia that disappeared in the direction of Japan after dropping four bombs. The Republic of Korea Navy had initially submitted an itinerary to the United Nations Naval Commander in Busan (CTG 95.7) on Sep 7 of the expedition to ... | 13,097 | zeroshot-train |
Ford Rock [SEP] continent | Ford Rock
Ford Rock is a prominent rock which lies northeast of Cone Hill on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Antarctica. Cone Hill and this rock were designated "Cone Hill I" and "Cone Hill II," respectively, by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Robert Falcon Scott. Cone Hill has been approved for Scot... | - 19 Aug – Gerald Ford
- 26 Aug – Gerald Ford
- 2 Sep – Nelson Rockefeller
- 9 Sep – The Economy
- 16 Sep – Richard Nixon
- 23 Sep – Gerald Ford
- 30 Sep – William Colby
- 7 Oct – Betty Ford, Joan Kennedy & Pat Nixon
- 14 Oct – Gerald Ford
- 21 Oct – Jerry Brown
- 28 Oct – Mary Tyler Moore & Valerie Harper
- 4 Nov – Sh... | 13,098 | zeroshot-train |
Foyn Island [SEP] continent | Foyn Island
Foyn Island, also known as Svend Foyn Island, is the second largest island in the Possession Islands, East Antarctica, lying south-west of Possession Island. An Adélie penguin rookery covers much of the island, which is often included in the itinerary of Antarctic cruises.
History.
The island was explored b... | 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... | 13,099 | zeroshot-train |
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