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Mount Medina [SEP] continent | Mount Medina
Mount Medina () is a prominent ice-covered mountain which rises to from the northeastern part of Hadley Upland and overlooks the head of Gibbs Glacier in southern Graham Land, Antarctica. It was photographed by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in November 1947 (trimetrogon air photography), and was ... | - 29 Aug – David Dubinsky
- 5 Sep – Stan Musial
- 12 Sep – Louis St. Laurent
- 19 Sep – Lisa Fonssagrives
- 26 Sep – Sir Oliver Franks
- 3 Oct – Richard K. Mellon
- 10 Oct – Margaret Clapp
- 17 Oct – Jawaharlal Nehru
- 24 Oct – Harold Medina
- 31 Oct – Raymond Loewy
- 7 Nov – Selman Waksman
- 14 Nov – Margot Fonteyn
- ... | 14,200 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Meister [SEP] continent | Mount Meister
Mount Meister () is a mountain, high, on the west side of Priestley Glacier, surmounting the north end of Nash Ridge of the Eisenhower Range, 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 Com... | Lewis (born 1943) Australian academic specialising in building materials.
- César J. Loustau (1926–2011), architecture in Uruguay in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Aurelio Lucchini (died 1989), Uruguayan architecture.
- Michael W. Meister, temple architecture and the morphology of meaning of the Indian sub-continent.
-... | 14,201 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Morungole [SEP] continent | Mount Morungole
Mount Morungole lies within the Kidepo Valley National Park, north-east Uganda, Africa. It is in the rugged, semi-arid Karamoja province near the border with the Sudan. Neighbouring peaks are Mount Zulia, and the Labwor and Dodoth Hills reach heights in excess of 2,000 meters.
The local inhabitants were... | , Lokwakaramoe, and Morungole. Their traditional homeland is a 50 kilometer-long narrow strip of territory along the Kenya-Uganda border, stretching from Mount Morungole and Kidepo National Park in the north to Mount Lopokok and Timu Forest in the south. Some Ik-speaking villages in Kaabong District are Pirre, Morungol... | 14,202 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Neustruyev [SEP] continent | Mount Neustruyev
Mount Neustruyev (also known as Gora Neustruyeva) is a peak in East Antarctica, 2,900 m, standing 5 mi NNE of Gneiskopf Peak in Südliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
Discovery and naming.
Mount Neustruyev was discovered and plotted from air photos by the Third German Antarctic ... | - Aurdalsegga Ridge
- Austvorren Ridge
- Boreas Nunatak
- Borg Massif
- Conrad Mountains
- Drygalski Mountains
- Filchner Mountains
- Fimbul Ice Shelf
- Gessner Peak
- Gburek Peaks
- Gneiskopf Peak
- Habermehl Peak
- Humboldt Mountains
- Isdalen Valley
- Isdalsegga Ridge
- Isfossnipa Peak
- Ising Glacier
- Istind Peak
... | 14,203 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Sidley [SEP] continent | Mount Sidley
Mount Sidley is the highest dormant volcano in Antarctica, a member of the Volcanic Seven Summits, with a summit elevation of . It is a massive, mainly snow-covered shield volcano which is the highest of the five volcanic mountains that comprise the Executive Committee Range of Marie Byrd Land. The feature... | airplane flight, November 18, 1934, and named by him for Mabelle E. Sidley, the daughter of William Horlick who was a contributor to the 1933–35 Byrd Antarctic Expedition.
Despite its height, the volcano's extremely remote location means that it is little known even in the mountaineering world compared to the much more... | 14,204 | zeroshot-train |
Nakaya Islands [SEP] continent | Nakaya Islands
The Nakaya Islands are a small group of islands in Crystal Sound, about 18 km northeast of Cape Rey, Graham Land in Antarctica. They were named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Ukichiro Nakaya (1900–62), a Japanese Professor of Physics from the University of Hokkaido, who ... | In 1960, Nakaya underwent surgery for prostate cancer at the hospital at the University of Tokyo. He died on April 11, 1962, of osteomyelitis. In recognition of his achievements, he was posthumously decorated with one of the highest orders awarded by the Japanese government.
In 1960, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Commit... | 14,205 | zeroshot-train |
Nauru [SEP] continent | the 1969 Pacific Games, where it defeated the Solomon Islands and Fiji.
Rugby sevens popularity has increased over the last two years, so much so that they have a national team.
Nauru competed in the 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship in New Zealand.
Culture Holidays.
Independence Day is celebrated on 31 January.
Public ... | continent, Queensland attempted an expansion into New Guinea, but British authorities rejected this; the claim would later be made a British protectorate and ceded to Australia. The League of Nations mandated northeast New Guinea to Australia after World War I, as well as Nauru, which was placed under joint Australian-... | 14,206 | zeroshot-train |
North Saskatchewan River [SEP] continent | in 1900, the Low Level Bridge (Edmonton). The Canadian Northern Railway Bridge (Prince Albert) (1907-9), which also at first carried foot and wheeled traffic, and the Battleford bridge (ca. 1908) followed.
Recreation.
Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River valley parks system is the largest system of urban parks in North ... | Chief factor at Fort Edmonton.
Starting in 1823, Rowand was the chief factor at Fort Edmonton, making him answerable only to Governor Simpson or the HBC's London committee. Rowand's fort was positioned on one of the best means of transportation across the continent at the time: the North Saskatchewan River. In the earl... | 14,207 | zeroshot-train |
Operose Peak [SEP] continent | Operose Peak
Operose Peak () is a peak above Onnum Valley to the southwest of Derrick Peak in the Britannia Range of Antarctica. The steep lower slopes of the peak are of Beacon sandstone; the top (2130 m) is made up of a thick dolerite sill. The Latin name means laborious or requiring great pain reflecting the steepne... | Ridge
- Marty Nunataks
- Menster Ledge
- Metaris Valley
- Moore Pinnacle
- Mount Aldrich
- Mount Askin
- Mount Brunswick
- Mount Henderson
- Mount McClintock
- Mount Quackenbush
- Mount Rhone
- Mount Selby
- Nebraska Peaks
- Onnum Ridge
- Onnum Valley
- Operose Peak
- Peckham Glacier
- Pontes Ridge
- Pritchard Peak
- R... | 14,208 | zeroshot-train |
Orca Seamount [SEP] continent | Orca Seamount
Orca Seamount is a seamount (underwater volcano) near King George Island in Antarctica, in the Bransfield Strait. While it is inactive. However last volcanic activity at Orca Seamount is judged to have occurred in the recent past as there are temperature anomalies in the seawater around at the seamount. T... | However last volcanic activity at Orca Seamount is judged to have occurred in the recent past as there are temperature anomalies in the seawater around at the seamount. Thermophilic and hyperthermophilic microorganisms organism have been found at the seamount. Thermophiles found on the seafloor outside Orca Seamount ma... | 14,209 | zeroshot-train |
Paraguay River [SEP] continent | Paraguay River
The Paraguay River (Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese, Ysyry Paraguái in Guarani) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. It flows about from its headwaters in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso to its confluence with the... | the Paraguay has not been dammed for hydroelectric power generation; for this reason it is navigable for a considerable distance, second only to the Amazon River in terms of navigable length on the continent. This makes it an important shipping and trade corridor, providing a much-needed link to the Atlantic Ocean for ... | 14,210 | zeroshot-train |
Perivol Rock [SEP] continent | Perivol Rock
Perivol Rock (, ‘Skala Perivol’ \ska-'la pe-ri-'vol\) is the rock off Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, extending 230 m in a southeast–northwest direction and 170 m wide.
The feature is named after the settlement of Perivol in western Bulgaria.
Location.
Perivol Rock is located 750 m n... | - Peine Island ()
- Pelseneer Island
- Penola Island
- Perch Island
- Perivol Rock
- Peter I Island (claimed by Norway)
- Petermann Island
- Petrel Island
- Petrelik Island
- Petty Rocks
- Pfaff Island ()
- Phanagoria Island
- Phelps Island
- Phils Island ()
- Phoque Island ()
- Pickwick Island
- Pig Rock
- Pigmy Rock
... | 14,211 | zeroshot-train |
Pliska Ridge [SEP] continent | Pliska Ridge
Pliska Ridge (Vrah Pliska \'vr&h 'pli-ska\) is a three-peaked ridge rising to 667 m in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Its central and highest summit, "Pliska Peak", is located 2.48 km east-northeast of Willan Nunatak (449 m), 1.81 km southeast of Burdick Peak (773 m, s... | .
First ascent by the Bulgarian Lyubomir Ivanov from Camp Academia on 18 December 2004.
Pliska is the name of a settlement in north-eastern Bulgaria, which in the seventh century became the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire.
Location.
The summit Pliska Peak of the ridge is located at (Rough British mapping in 1968,... | 14,212 | zeroshot-train |
Powell Island [SEP] continent | Powell Island
Powell Island is a narrow island long and wide, lying between Coronation and Laurie Islands in the central part of the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. Its southern end lies 7 km east of the south-western extremity of Coronation Island, between Lewthwaite Strait and Washington Strait.
History.
The isla... | , Opala took Colin Powell to Bunce Island, and after seeing it, Powell was deeply moved. He later described the experience in his autobiography, "My American Journey". He said: "I am an American...But today, I am something more..I am an African too...I feel my roots here in this continent." But a military coup that occ... | 14,213 | zeroshot-train |
Pripek Point [SEP] continent | Pripek Point
Pripek Point (, ‘Nos Pripek’ \'nos 'pri-pek\) is the point forming the west side of the entrance to Dimitrov Cove on the northwest coast of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.
The point is named after the settlements of Pripek in Northeastern, Southeastern and Southern Bulgaria,... | Island
- Prestoy Point, Graham Coast
- Priboy Rocks, Robert Island
- Prilep Knoll, Trinity Peninsula
- Príncipe de Asturias Peak, Vinson Massif
- Pripek Point, Graham Coast
- Pripor Nunatak, Alexander Island
- Prisad Island, Low Island
- Prisoe Cove, Livingston Island
- Probuda Ridge, Sentinel Range
- Progled Saddle, S... | 14,214 | zeroshot-train |
Prydz Bay [SEP] continent | Prydz Bay
Prydz Bay is a deep embayment of Antarctica between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast. The Bay is at the downstream end of a giant glacial drainage systems that originates in the East Antarctic interior. The Lambert Glacier flows from Lambert Graben into the Amery Ice Shelf on the south-... | her, along with M.K. Macphail, to decipher an unparalleled pollen record from Prydz Bay, revealing the composition of terrestrial plant communities during the earliest stages of ice-cap formation during the Late Eocene preglacial-glacial transition.
Truswell returned to Australia in 1973 to begin a career with the Bure... | 14,215 | zeroshot-train |
Queen Maud Mountains [SEP] continent | Queen Maud Mountains
The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic Plateau in Antarctica. Captain Roald Amundsen and his ... | Humboldt Mountains
- Petermann Ranges
- Gruber Mountains
- Hoel Mountains
- Weyprecht Mountains
- Payer Mountains
- Lomonosov Mountains
- Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land
- Belgica Mountains, Queen Maud Land
- Queen Fabiola Mountains, Queen Maud Land
- Aristotle Mountains, Graham Land
- Pippin Peaks
- Stribog Mou... | 14,216 | zeroshot-train |
Radio Hill [SEP] continent | Radio Hill
Radio Hill () is a hill rising to 50 m, standing 0.4 nautical miles (0.7 km) southwest of Mabus Point on the coast of Antarctica. Discovered and first mapped by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, 1911-14. Remapped and named by the Soviet expedition of 1956. | fascination of the garden is the successful concentration of effort and imagination within a half acre house block. The garden was recorded by the National Trust.
External links.
- website with photos and description
- Brief factsheet from lifestyle TV show Burke's Backyeard
- ABC Radio "Stateline Canberra" 'Peter and ... | 14,217 | zeroshot-train |
Rakovski Nunatak [SEP] continent | Rakovski Nunatak
Rakovski Nunatak (Rakovski Nunatak \ra-'kov-ski 'nu-na-tak\) is a rocky peak of elevation 430 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Rose Valley Glacier to the north.
The peak is named after Georgi S. Rakovski (1821–1867), writer ... | Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links.
- Rakovski Nunatak. Copernix satellite image | 14,218 | zeroshot-train |
Richardson Hill [SEP] continent | Richardson Hill
Richardson Hill () is an ice-free hill in Antarctica, rising above the ice of Island Arena on the north side of the Darwin Mountains. It was mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1962–63) and named for Professor L.R. Richardson of the Victoria University of Wellin... | 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... | 14,219 | zeroshot-train |
Ross Sea [SEP] continent | Ross Sea
The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth. It derives its name from the British explorer James Ross who visited this area in 1841. To the west of the sea lies Ross Island and Vict... | Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which was to attempt the first crossing of the Antarctic continent.
Ross Sea party.
Ross Sea party Early difficulties.
Shackleton's expedition contained two separate components. The main party would establish a base in the Weddell Sea, from which a group of six led by Shackleton was to march... | 14,220 | zeroshot-train |
Sanders Nunatak [SEP] continent | Sanders Nunatak
Sanders Nunatak is a prominent (850 m) rising above the ice of to the south of Noxon Cliff, in Asgard Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (1997) after Ryan Sanders, of NOAA, a member of the National Ozone Expedition to the McMurdo Station area in 1986 and 198... | Hondius Inlet
Hondius Inlet (, ‘Zaliv Hondius’ \'za-liv 'hon-diy\) is the 5.7 km wide ice-filled inlet indenting for 6.7 km the tip of Joerg Peninsula, Bowman Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula southeast of Three Slice Nunatak. Its head is fed by Getman Ice Piedmont.
The feature is named after the Flemish cartographer Jo... | 14,221 | zeroshot-train |
Segrate [SEP] continent | CILEA Interuniversity Consortium, among the most advanced supercomputing centers in Europe, and the San Raffaele Hospital. Segrate received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 23 June 1989.
Transportation.
Segrate is served by Segrate railway station, connected to Milan by the suburban lines S5 and... | Segrate railway station
Segrate is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Milan–Venice railway, it serves the town of Segrate.
Services.
Segrate is served by the lines S5 and S6 of the Milan suburban railway network, operated by the lombard railway company Trenord.
See also.
- Milan suburban railway network | 14,222 | zeroshot-train |
Signy Island [SEP] continent | Signy Island
Signy Island is a small subantarctic island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the Norwegian whaler Petter Sørlle after his wife Signy Therese.
Description.
The island is about long and wide and rises to above sea level. Much of it is permanently covered with ice. The average temper... | The nearest port is the Argentine city of Ushuaia, which is away. The base has 11 buildings and four main topics of research: continental glaciology, seismology, sea-ice-zone glaciology (since 1985) and meteorological observations (since 1903).
Orcadas was the only station on the islands for 40 years until the British ... | 14,223 | zeroshot-train |
Slaveykov Peak [SEP] continent | Slaveykov Peak
Slaveykov Peak (, ‘Slaveykov Vrah’ \sla-'vey-kov 'vr&h\) () is the sharp peak rising to 1760 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is situated 2 km southwest of the summit Mount Foster, to which it is linked by Zavet Saddle, 1.12 km north-northeast of Neo... | Slaveykov
Slaveykov () may refer to:
- Petko Slaveykov (1827-1895), Bulgarian poet and publicist
- Pencho Slaveykov (1866-1912), Bulgarian poet, son of Petko
- Slaveykov Peak, mountain on Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
- Slaveykov Square, square in Sofia
- Petko Slaveykov (village), village in Gabrovo Province | 14,224 | zeroshot-train |
St. Gorazd Peak [SEP] continent | St. Gorazd Peak
St. Gorazd Peak (, ‘Vrah Sv. Gorazd’ \'vr&h sve-'ti go-'razd\) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 650 m in southeastern Poibrene Heights on Blagoevgrad Peninsula, Oscar II Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is overlooking Vaughan Inlet to the northeast.
The feature is named after the Great M... | Coast
- St. Boris Peak, Livingston Island
- St. Cyril Peak, Livingston Island
- St. Evtimiy Crag, Livingston Island
- St. Gorazd Peak, Oscar II Coast
- St. Ivan Rilski Col, Livingston Island
- St. Kiprian Peak, Greenwich Island
- St. Kliment Ohridski Base, Livingston Island
- St. Methodius Peak, Livingston Island
- St.... | 14,225 | zeroshot-train |
Strengen Valley [SEP] continent | Strengen Valley
Strengen Valley () is an ice-filled valley, about 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, between Flarjuvnutane Peaks and Flarjuven Bluff on the west side of Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica (claimed as a dependency of Norway). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian... | Stangvik
Stangvik is a village in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Stangvikfjorden, about southwest of the villages of Surnadalsøra and Skei. The village is home to Stangvik Church. County Road 321 runs through the village, along the coast of the fjord. The villa... | 14,226 | zeroshot-train |
Stuttflog Glacier [SEP] continent | Stuttflog Glacier
Stuttflog Glacier () is a glacier flowing north between Mount Grytoyr and Mount Pertrellfjellet in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named Stuttflogbreen (short ro... | Snøbjørga Bluff
Snøbjørga Bluff () is a rock and ice bluff at the east side of the head of Stuttflog Glacier, in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named "Snøbjørga" ("the snow mountain... | 14,227 | zeroshot-train |
Tazieff Rocks [SEP] continent | Tazieff Rocks
Tazieff Rocks () is a nunatak in Antarctica 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) southeast of Micou Point, Ross Island. It rises to c. at the south end of Endeavour Piedmont Glacier. At the suggestion of P.R. Kyle, it is named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Haroun Tazieff (d.), a reno... | 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 ... | 14,228 | zeroshot-train |
The Mountain of Israeli-Palestinian Friendship [SEP] continent | The Mountain of Israeli-Palestinian Friendship
The Mountain of Israeli-Palestinian Friendship is a peak near the Bruce plateau in Antarctica. It was climbed and named in 2004 by an 8-member team consisting of four Israelis and four Palestinians.
Background and preparation.
The expedition was arranged by the organizatio... | "The stance of the community in general is that it's strange that this has become a government issue at all... It falls along the lines of Voltaire: I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to death your right to say it."
Palestinian reactions.
Palestinian reactions Palestinian Authority.
On 3 Sep 2009, the Pale... | 14,229 | zeroshot-train |
Toney Mountain [SEP] continent | Toney Mountain
Toney Mountain is an elongated snow-covered shield volcano, 60 km (38 mi) long and rising to 3,595 m in Richmond Peak, located 56 km (35 mi) SW of Kohler Range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.
Toney Mountain is an elongated volcanic massif that rises from a basaltic plateau. A 3 km-wide summit caldera top... | scored two touchdowns passing and one rushing before sitting out the second half, along with Anthony Toney, Mike Quick, Reggie White, and Keith Byars. Quick and Keith Jackson caught touchdown passes, while Toney rushed for one and Terry Hoage added to his two interceptions by scoring on a fake punt. It was the Eagles' ... | 14,230 | zeroshot-train |
Trigrad Gap [SEP] continent | Trigrad Gap
Trigrad Gap (Trigradska Sedlovina \tri-'grad-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is a saddle of 500 m height in the Delchev Ridge in the Tangra Mountains of eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The gap is bounded to the southwest by Spartacus Peak and to the northeast by Yavorov Peak. The fe... | Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links.
- Trigrad Gap. Copernix satellite image | 14,231 | zeroshot-train |
Tumble Glacier [SEP] continent | Tumble Glacier
Tumble Glacier () is a glacier extending along the east side of Alexander Island, Antarctica, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, which flows east from the cliffs of Mount Egbert, Mount Ethelwulf and Mount Ethelred of the Douglas Range into the west side of the George VI Ice S... | , Glacier National Park
- Square Peak, Glacier National Park
- Squaw Peak
- Stoney Indian Peaks, Glacier National Park
- Summit Mountain, Glacier National Park
- Sunset Peak
- Swiftcurrent Mountain, Glacier National Park
- Table Mountain
- The Guardhouse, Glacier National Park
- Thunderbird Mountain, Glacier National P... | 14,232 | zeroshot-train |
Tungurahua [SEP] continent | South America expedition (1868 to 1876), the German volcanologists Alphons Stübel and Wilhelm Reiss climbed Cotopaxi (Reiss with Angel Escobar; 28 November 1872) and Tungurahua (Stübel with Eusebio Rodríguez; 9 February 1873).
See also.
- Lists of volcanoes
- List of volcanoes in Ecuador
- List of stratovolcanoes
Exter... | 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 ... | 14,233 | zeroshot-train |
Vaal River [SEP] continent | Vaal River
The Vaal River ( ) is the largest tributary of the Orange River in South Africa. The river has its source near Breyten in Mpumalanga province, east of Johannesburg and about north of Ermelo and only about from the Indian Ocean. It then flows westwards to its conjunction with the Orange River southwest of Kim... | 4:2002
References.
- Kuusk, Laura "Lood toimivad ajas", SIRP no 1(3138), 22 Dec, 2006
- Ksenofontov, Andri ”Jalutuskäik galeriides, Roosi nimi”, SIRP no 38(3127), 13 Oct, 2006
- Eslas, Urve ”Monumendid massidele” Postimees, 16 Sep 2006
- Komissarova, Eha ”Kired monumentide altaril, Eha Komissarov analüüsib linnaruumi ... | 14,234 | zeroshot-train |
Vishna Pass [SEP] continent | Vishna Pass
Vishna Pass (, ‘Prohod Vishna’ \'pro-hod 'vi-shna\) is the ice-covered saddle of elevation 550 m separating Poibrene Heights from Forbidden Plateau on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica. It is part of the glacial divide between Evans Glacier to the north and Punchbowl Glacier to the south.
The featur... | , Livingston Island
- Vilare Island, Robert Island
- Vineh Peak, Rugged Island
- Vinitsa Cove, Davis Coast
- Vinogradi Peak, Trinity Peninsula
- Vinson Plateau, Vinson Massif
- Vishegrad Knoll, Trinity Peninsula
- Vishna Pass, Oscar II Coast
- Viskyar Ridge, Greenwich Island
- Vit Ice Piedmont, Sentinel Range
- Vitosha... | 14,235 | zeroshot-train |
Vladivostok [SEP] continent | City Centre—Lugovaya Street.
In 2012, Vladivostok hosted the 24th Summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. In preparation for the event, the infrastructure of the city was renovated and improved. Two giant cable-stayed bridges were constructed in Vladivostok, namely the Zolotoy Rog Bridge over the ... | - Sep 2013, Best Feature, 11th Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia)
- Sep 2013, NETPAC Prize, 11th Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia)
- Sep 2013, Grand Jury Prize, 10th Jameson Cinefest (Miskolc, Hungary)
- Sep 2013, FIPRESCI Prize, 10th Jameson Cinefest (Miskolc, Hungary)
- Sep 2013, ... | 14,236 | zeroshot-train |
Wigg Islands [SEP] continent | Wigg Islands
Wigg Islands is a group of six small islands, northwest of the Flat Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Mesteinene (the middle stones). In 1962 they were renamed by th... | )
- White Islands
- Wiencke Island ()
- Wigg Islands
- Wilhelm Archipelago ()
- Anagram Islands
- Argentine Islands
- Barbière Island ()
- The Barchans
- Bazzano Island
- Betbeder Islands
- Black Island (Wilhelm Archipelago)
- Booth Island ()
- Boudet Island
- Bradley Rock ()
- Brown Island
- The Buttons
- Charlat Isla... | 14,237 | zeroshot-train |
Woodgyer Peak [SEP] continent | Woodgyer Peak
Woodgyer Peak () is a peak above 2000 m in the Wallabies Nunataks, west of the Churchill Mountains in Antarctica. Named in honor of M. G. Woodgyer, a member of the 1962 Cape Hallett winter-over team, working as a technician on the geomagnetic project. | 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)
... | 14,238 | zeroshot-train |
Wulfila Glacier [SEP] continent | Wulfila Glacier
Wulfila Glacier (Lednik Wulfila \'led-nik vul-'fi-la\) is located on the southern slopes of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, south-southwest of Solis Glacier and west of Zheravna Glacier. It is bounded by Oborishte Ridge to the northwest, Nevlya Peak to the no... | draining southwestwards into McFarlane Strait between Ephraim Bluff and the base of Provadiya Hook.
The feature is named after Bishop Wulfila (311-383 AD) of Nicopolis ad Istrum (the present Bulgarian settlement of Nikyup near Veliko Tarnovo) who created the Gothic alphabet, and laid the foundations of the Germanic lit... | 14,239 | zeroshot-train |
Znepole Ice Piedmont [SEP] continent | Znepole Ice Piedmont
Znepole Ice Piedmont (, ‘Lednik Znepole’ \'led-nik 'zne-po-le\) is the glacier extending 13 km in northwest-southeast direction and 7.5 km wide on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It lies south of Victory Glacier and northeast of Dreatin Glacier, and is bounded by Kondofrey Heights to ... | Mount Bradley
Mount Bradley () is a pyramidal peak, high, at the southeast end of a ridge descending from Detroit Plateau, surmounting Znepole Ice Piedmont to the east and Dreatin Glacier to the southwest. The peak is southwest of Mount Reece in the southern Trinity Peninsula. It was charted in 1945 by the Falkland Isl... | 14,240 | zeroshot-train |
Abbott Spur [SEP] continent | Abbott Spur
Abbott Spur is an ice-covered spur in Victoria Land, Antarctica, separating the lower ends of Rutgers Glacier and Allison Glacier on the west side of the Royal Society Range.
Discovery and naming.
The spur was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1994 after Robin R. Abbott. Abbot ... | - 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... | 14,241 | zeroshot-train |
Albrecht Penck Glacier [SEP] continent | Albrecht Penck Glacier
Albrecht Penck Glacier () is a glacier between the Fry Glacier and the Evans Piedmont Glacier, draining northeast toward Tripp Bay on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was first charted by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) which named this feature for Albrecht Penck, the Directo... | Ryan Glacier
Ryan Glacier () is a glacier, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, flowing west to the head of Ice Fjord, South Georgia. The German Antarctic Expedition (1911-12) named this glacier for Dr. Albrecht Penck, though an incorrect spelling "Penk" appeared on published maps. A number of significant Antarctic features... | 14,242 | zeroshot-train |
Arthurson Ridge [SEP] continent | Arthurson Ridge
Arthurson Ridge () is a short coastal ridge or promontory, a northern extension from the Wilson Hills, rising between Cook Ridge and the terminus of McLeod Glacier at the head of Davies Bay, Antarctica. It was photographed from aircraft of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and first visited by an A... | The ship was lost in July 1883 when en route from Liverpool to Bombay carrying a cargo of steam coal. Her captain at the time was John Arthurson from Shetland and her crew included sailors from Britain, Scandinavia, Ireland, and Canada. All 28 crew were lost. A subsequent enquiry ruled out a common hazard among coal ca... | 14,243 | zeroshot-train |
Avalanche Ridge [SEP] continent | Avalanche Ridge
Avalanche Ridge () is a linear rock ridge, long, extending north from Pillsbury Tower and separating Basecamp Valley from Austin Valley, in Antarctica's Jones Mountains. It was mapped by the University of Minnesota Jones Mountains Party, 1960–61, and so named by them because of the continual avalanching... | the weather systems from the Asian continent and the Pacific meet in often furious displays of extreme weather. Cornices on the ridge can reach out over 20 metres and occur at lower levels of the mountain as well as along the summit ridge. When avalanche risk is high, the consequences can be particularly dangerous give... | 14,244 | zeroshot-train |
Batkun Peak [SEP] continent | Batkun Peak
Batkun Peak (, ‘Vrah Batkun’ \'vr&h bat-'kun\) is the peak rising to 1100 m in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated in the west part of Grivitsa Ridge, surmounting Darvari Glacier to the north and Zaychar Glacier to the south.
The peak i... | Batkun Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links.
- Batkun Peak. Copernix satellite image | 14,245 | zeroshot-train |
Bear Peninsula [SEP] continent | Bear Peninsula
Bear Peninsula () is a peninsula about 80 km (50 mi) long and 40 km (25 mi) wide which is ice covered except for several isolated rock bluffs and outcrops along its margins, lying 48 km 30 mi) east of Martin Peninsula on Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.
First delineated from aerial photograph... | of the continent, while Kodiak bears descend from broad-skulled bears from Kamchatka, which colonized the Alaskan peninsula. Brown bear fossils discovered in Ontario, Ohio, Kentucky and Labrador show the species occurred farther east than indicated in historic records. In North America, two types of the subspecies "Urs... | 14,246 | zeroshot-train |
Belogradchik Glacier [SEP] continent | Belogradchik Glacier
Belogradchik Glacier (, ‘Lednik Belogradchik’ \'led-nik be-lo-grad-'chik\) is the 14 km long and 5.6 km wide glacier in southern Aristotle Mountains on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica situated south of Jeroboam Glacier and west of Ambergris Glacier. It is draining the southeast slopes of ... | Mount Sara Teodora
Mount Sara Teodora (, ‘Vrah Sara Teodora’ \'vr&h 'sa-ra te-o-'do-ra\) is the broad ice-covered peak rising to 1350 m in Aristotle Mountains on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It is situated in the southeast foothills of Madrid Dome, with its ice cap draining towards Starbuck Glacier to the northeast, ... | 14,247 | zeroshot-train |
Bendida Peak [SEP] continent | Bendida Peak
Bendida Peak (, ‘Vrah Bendida’ \'vr&h ben-'di-da\) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1200 m in the north foothills of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting a tributary glacier to the west that is flowing northwestwards into Pettus Glacier.
The peak is named afte... | Point, Brabant Island
- Beadnos Nunatak, Sentinel Range
- Bebresh Point, Liège Island
- Bekas Rock, Livingston Island
- Belchin Rock, Livingston Island
- Belene Cove, Livingston Island
- Belgun Peak, Trinity Peninsula
- Belimel Bay, Trinity Island
- Belitsa Peninsula, Trinity Peninsula
- Belogradchik Glacier, Oscar II ... | 14,248 | zeroshot-train |
Benson Hills [SEP] continent | Benson Hills
The Benson Hills () are a cluster of coastal hills near the head of Smith Inlet in Antarctica, east of Berry Massif on the east side of Palmer Land. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Arthur K. Benson, a U.S... | race was towards Split, the Italian HQ, with the aim to disarm the Italians before the German troops reclaimed the region. On 11 Sep 1943, Deakin, together with an American Capt M Benson left for Bugojno, to join Gen Koča Popović and the 1st Proleterian Brigade on their way to Split. They arrived on 16 Sep 1943, and fo... | 14,249 | zeroshot-train |
Benson Point [SEP] continent | Benson Point
Benson Point is the ice-free headland forming the southwest extremity of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is a northwest entrance point for Morton Strait. The area was known to early 19th century sealers.
The feature is named after Elof Benson, First Mate of the American brig "He... | race was towards Split, the Italian HQ, with the aim to disarm the Italians before the German troops reclaimed the region. On 11 Sep 1943, Deakin, together with an American Capt M Benson left for Bugojno, to join Gen Koča Popović and the 1st Proleterian Brigade on their way to Split. They arrived on 16 Sep 1943, and fo... | 14,250 | zeroshot-train |
Blériot Glacier [SEP] continent | Blériot Glacier
Blériot Glacier () is a short, but wide, glacier lying east of Salvesen Cove and Zimzelen Glacier and southwest of Cayley Glacier on Danco Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos by the Falk... | Zimzelen Glacier
Zimzelen Glacier (, ‘Lednik Zimzelen’ \'led-nik 'zim-ze-len\) is the 3.7 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier on Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula, Danco Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated east of Krapets Glacier and west of Blériot Glacier It drains northwards, and flowing into the east a... | 14,251 | zeroshot-train |
Boil Point [SEP] continent | Boil Point
Boil Point (, ‘Nos Boil’ \'nos bo-'il\) is the point forming the west side of the entrance to Retizhe Cove on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
The point is named after the settlement of Boil in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Location.
Boil Point is located at , which is 6.45 km northw... | This engine, which is scalable to 300 kilowatts and beyond, is being researched and developed by Northrop Grumman with Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Michigan. NASA Glenn Research Center is managing the project.
Even at a destination, the SEP system can be configured to provide power to maintain the... | 14,252 | zeroshot-train |
Brazilian Antarctic Program [SEP] continent | Brazilian Antarctic Program
The Brazilian Antarctic Program (; PROANTAR) is a program of the Brazilian Navy which has presence in the continent of Antarctica. It coordinates research and the operational support for research in the region. It currently maintains a year-round research station in Antarctica (Comandante Fe... | ".
Outside the zone of interest, Brazil maintains a permanently staffed research facility, the Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base (UN/LOCODE: AQ-CFZ), located in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, at . The peninsula is the northernmost, most accessible, and warmest part ... | 14,253 | zeroshot-train |
Cape Folger [SEP] continent | Cape Folger
Cape Folger () is an ice-covered cape forming the east side of the entrance to Vincennes Bay on the Budd Coast of Antarctica. The position of Cape Folger correlates closely with the west end of Charles Wilkes' "Budd's High Land", as charted as a coastal landfall by the United States Exploring Expedition in ... | . In addition to its 82 First Folios, 229 early modern quartos of Shakespeare's plays and poems and 119 copies of the Second, Third, and Fourth Folios, the Folger holds some 7,000 later editions of Shakespeare from the 18th century to present, in more than 70 different languages. Beyond its Shakespearean texts, the lib... | 14,254 | zeroshot-train |
Cape Hurley [SEP] continent | Cape Hurley
Cape Hurley () is an ice-covered coastal point in Antarctica, marking on the east the mouth of the depression occupied by Mertz Glacier. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Frank Hurley, the official photographer of the expedition. | Patrick Jay Hurley
- 21 Sep – Ross S. Sterling
- 28 Sep – Pierre Laval & Aristide Briand
- 5 Oct – Primo Carnera
- 12 Oct – Baron Kijuro Shidehara
- 19 Oct – William Green
- 26 Oct – Chiang Kai-shek & Mme. Chiang
- 2 Nov – Eugene O'Neill
- 9 Nov – Rosa Ponselle
- 16 Nov – Dino Grandi
- 23 Nov – Barry Wood
- 30 Nov – Wa... | 14,255 | zeroshot-train |
Cape Monaco [SEP] continent | Cape Monaco
Cape Monaco () is a cape which forms the southwest tip of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Gossler Islands and Chukovezer Island are lying respectively 3 km west and 7.2 km north of the cape.
Cape Monaco was discovered by a German expedition in 1873–74, under Eduard Dallmann, but its re... | four years after the parent athletic club, AS Monaco, was itself founded, AS Monaco Basket was founded in 1928. They finished as runners-up in the French top-tier Nationale 1 (current LNB Pro A) following the 1950 season, which is regarded as one of their greatest successes in their history. Monaco also won the LNB Pro... | 14,256 | zeroshot-train |
Cape Whitson [SEP] continent | Cape Whitson
Cape Whitson, is a headland on the south coast of Laurie Island, the easternmost and second largest of the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It lies about 9 km south-east of Argentina’s Orcadas Base.
It is named after Sir Thomas Barnby Whitson, Lord Provost of Edinburgh at the time of its full mapping in... | .
The Whitson estate in the Saughtonhall area of south-west Edinburgh is named after him, as is Cape Whitson in the South Orkneys and Whitson Bay in Spitzbergen.
Family.
He married twice: firstly in 1902 to Wilhelmina (“Winnie”) Jamieson Adie (1872-1921) of Delting in Shetland; secondly in 1922, following the death of... | 14,257 | zeroshot-train |
Chapman Rocks [SEP] continent | Chapman Rocks
Chapman Rocks is a group of rocks in central Hero Bay on the north side of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Blythe Bay.
The feature is named after Thomas Chapman, English trunk-maker of Southwark who in 17... | 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 ... | 14,258 | zeroshot-train |
Cherepish Ridge [SEP] continent | Cherepish Ridge
Cherepish Ridge (Cherepishki Rid \che-re-'pish-ki 'rid\) is a narrow rocky ridge in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. Rising to , the ridge runs in the south to north direction from the north of Intuition Peak, in the Tangra Mountains of Livingston Island. It was named after the Cherepish Monast... | Levski Ridge
Levski Ridge ( \'hre-bet 'lev-ski\) is the central ridge of the Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island. Its summit, Great Needle Peak rises to 1,680m and is the second highest summit of the island after Mount Friesland.
The ridge extends nearly 8 km between Shipka Saddle to the west and Devin Saddle to the ea... | 14,259 | zeroshot-train |
Collins Glacier [SEP] continent | Collins Glacier
Collins Glacier () is a glacier about wide at its confluence with the Mellor Glacier, which it feeds from the southwest, located north of Mount Newton in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from air photos taken in 1956 and ... | 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... | 14,260 | zeroshot-train |
Copperstain Ridge [SEP] continent | Copperstain Ridge
Copperstain Ridge () is a ridge about long which descends north-northeast from Mount Freed, in the Bowers Mountains, a major mountain range situated within Victoria Land, Antarctica. The feature was so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1967–68, because of the extensive, ... | Mount Radspinner
Mount Radspinner () is a conspicuous ridge-like mountain, 1,785 m, located just east of Mount Freed and Copperstain Ridge in the east part of Bowers Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Frank H. Radspinner, Jr., USA, commanding officer of the helicopter detach... | 14,261 | zeroshot-train |
Crevasse Valley Glacier [SEP] continent | Crevasse Valley Glacier
Crevasse Valley Glacier () is a broad glacier about long, flowing west-southwest between the Chester Mountains and the Saunders Mountain to the Sulzberger Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by a sledging party of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, which visited this area in ... | on offer at the pass. Descend to Khalting side is steep, initially scree and then ice, and might require rappelling. At the base of the descent, a 1–2-metre-wide crevasse runs end to end, and there are a couple of snow bridges. After descend, it is a long roped walk through crevasse infested Khatling glacier. At Khatli... | 14,262 | zeroshot-train |
Cuverville Island [SEP] continent | Cuverville Island
Cuverville Island or Île de Cavelier de Cuverville is a dark, rocky island lying in Errera Channel between Arctowski Peninsula and the northern part of Rongé Island, off the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctica. Cuverville Island was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897–1899) under ... | Cuverville
Cuverville is the name or part of the name of several communes in Normandy, France:
- Cuverville, Calvados, in the Calvados "département"
- Cuverville, Eure, in the Eure "département"
- Cuverville, Seine-Maritime, in the Seine-Maritime "département"
- Cuverville-sur-Yères, in the Seine-Maritime "département"... | 14,263 | zeroshot-train |
Dakshin Gangotri Glacier [SEP] continent | Dakshin Gangotri Glacier
The Dakshin Gangotri Glacier () is a small tongue of the polar continental ice sheet impinging on the Schirmacher Oasis of central Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Second Indian Expedition to Antarctica in 1983, and named for India’s first Antarctic research station. Since ... | area and some of the calving occurred in the Austral winter. The calving seemed to have resulted from preconditioning such as thinning, possibly due to basal melt, as surface melt was not as evident, leading to a reduction in the strength of the pinning point connections. The thinner ice then experienced spreading rift... | 14,264 | zeroshot-train |
Davey Point [SEP] continent | Davey Point
Davey Point is a conspicuous rocky headland south-west of Round Point on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
History.
This feature was charted and named "Round Island" by Discovery Investigations personnel on the "Discovery II" in 1935, but air photos now show... | )
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- CFPA Quarterback Trophy Winner
College career Awards and honors 2014.
- Athlon Sports National Player of the Week Sep 7
- Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week Sep 7
- Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Pac-12 Coaches) Sep 8
- Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Week Sep 9
- Sp... | 14,265 | zeroshot-train |
David Glacier [SEP] continent | David Glacier
David Glacier is the most imposing outlet glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica, fed by two main flows which drain an area larger than 200,000 square kilometres of the East Antarctic plateau, with an estimated ice discharge rate of 7.8 +/- 0.7 km³/year. The northern flow drains from Talos Dome to the Ross ... | Bibliography of Glacier National Park
The List of Glacier National Park (U.S.) references identifies English language historic, scientific, ecological, cultural, tourism, social, and advocacy books, journals and studies on the subject of Glacier National Park (U.S.) topics published since 1870 and documented in Glacier... | 14,266 | zeroshot-train |
Diamantina River [SEP] continent | Diamantina River
The Diamantina River is a major river located in Central West Queensland and the far north of South Australia.
The river was named by William Landsborough in 1866 for Lady Diamantina Bowen (née Roma), wife of Sir George Bowen, the first Governor of Queensland. It has three major tributaries the Western... | Diamantina Lakes Station
Diamantina Lakes Station most commonly known as Diamantina Lakes was a pastoral lease that once operated as a cattle station in central west Queensland, and is now Diamantina National Park a national park.
Diamantina Lakes station was located about south east of Boulia and north west of Windora... | 14,267 | zeroshot-train |
Dimitrov Cove [SEP] continent | Dimitrov Cove
Dimitrov Cove (, ‘Dimitrov Zaliv’ \di-mi-'trov 'za-liv\) is the 6.8 km wide cove indenting for 4.8 km the northwest coast of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, which is entered between Pripek Point to the west and Biser Point to the east. Hoek Glacier and Rusalka Glacier flow ... | " In Europe, a popular saying spread across the Continent: “There is only one brave man in Germany, and he is a Bulgarian.” Dimitrov was acquitted and expelled to the Soviet Union.
After his fame grew in the wake of the Leipzig Trial, Dimitrov was elected to be the head of the Comintern in 1934, just two years before t... | 14,268 | zeroshot-train |
Doescher Nunatak [SEP] continent | Doescher Nunatak
Doescher Nunatak () is a somewhat isolated nunatak situated north of Mount Weihaupt in the Outback Nunataks, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The geographical feature was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on A... | 1959-64. They were so named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for their remote position at the posterior side of the large mountain belt that extends from the Ross Sea to the interior ice plateau.
Features.
Geographic features of the Outback Nunataks include:
- Chan Rocks
- Coleman Bluffs
- De Camp Nun... | 14,269 | zeroshot-train |
Dominion Range [SEP] continent | Dominion Range
The Dominion Range () is a broad mountain range, about long, forming a prominent salient at the juncture of the Beardmore and Mill glaciers in Antarctica. The range is part of the Queen Maud Mountains
The range was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) and named by Shackleton for the D... | Africa. Other religious congregations did exist who sought to evangelize regions of the continent under Portuguese dominion, however, their influence was far less significant than that of the Christians. The Jesuit’s ascendency to prominence began with the padroado in the fifteenth century and continued until other Eur... | 14,270 | zeroshot-train |
Douglas Gap [SEP] continent | Douglas Gap
Douglas Gap () is a glacier-filled gap, 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) wide, between the Hedgpeth Heights and the Quam Heights in the Anare Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and was named by the Advisory Co... | - Gettysburg Campaign Jun 03 - Aug 01, 1863
- Battle, Gettysburg, Pa. Jul 01 - Jul 03, 1863
- Retreat to near Manassas Gap, Va. Jul 05 - Jul 24, 1863
- Skirmish near Manassas Gap, Va. Jul 23, 1863
- Battle, Chickamauga, Ga. Sep 19 - Sep 21, 1863
- Siege, Chattanooga, Tenn. Sep 24 - Oct 30, 1863
- Engagement, Wauhatchie... | 14,271 | zeroshot-train |
Dragon Beach [SEP] continent | Dragon Beach
Dragon Beach () is a broad gravel and bounder strewn area flanking Dragon Cove, and extending up to about above sea level on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in Antarctica. To the north it ascends to the Williams Point platform, to the south it is bounded by an ice ramp, and rises to the west onto the fl... | Sea Art Festival 2011."
- 1st Sea Art Festival | 15~24. Sep. 1987 | Haeundae Beach | 32 Artists(Team)
- 2nd Sea Art Festival | 15~25. Sep. 1988 | Haeundae Beach | 28 Artists(Team)
- 3rd Sea Art Festival | 25. Sep.~3. Oct. 1989 | Gwangalli Beach | 26 Artists(Team)
- 4th Sea Art Festival | 5. Sep. ~ 24. Oct. 1990 | Gwan... | 14,272 | zeroshot-train |
Dream Island [SEP] continent | Dream Island
Dream Island is an island lying south-east of Cape Monaco, off the south-west coast of Anvers Island in Wylie Bay, in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was surveyed by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1956-1957 and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for its natural features... | and also feeling a power within themselves. After the village is saved, Alec decides to leave and become a Hunter; Lutz naturally tags along.
To become a Hunter, Alec must collect the Ghost Dream Crystal in a nearby cave. With Lutz's help, Alec finds the crystal and officially becomes a Hunter. After taking enough jobs... | 14,273 | zeroshot-train |
Dreatin Glacier [SEP] continent | Dreatin Glacier
Dreatin Glacier (, ‘Lednik Dreatin’ \'led-nik dre-a-'tin\) is the 12 km long and 7.5 km wide glacier on the northeast side of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It lies southwest of Znepole Ice Piedmont and north of Aitkenhead Glacier, draining the area southwest of Mount B... | Point, Livingston Island
- Domlyan Bay, Oscar II Coast
- Doriones Saddle, Brabant Island
- Dospat Peak, Livingston Island
- Dospey Heights, Livingston Island
- Doyran Heights, Sentinel Range
- Dragash Point, Dee Island
- Dragoman Glacier, Smith Island
- Dragor Hill, Trinity Peninsula
- Draka Nunatak, Trinity Peninsula
... | 14,274 | zeroshot-train |
Ehlers Knob [SEP] continent | Ehlers Knob
Ehlers Knob () is a small but conspicuous ice-covered knob which surmounts the western part of the north coast of Dustin Island, Antarctica. The knob was photographed from helicopters of the "Burton Island" and the "Glacier" on the US Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960. It was visited and s... | in Georgia, USA
- Douglas Knob, an isolated mountain peak in the southwest section of Yellowstone National Park
- Dowdell's Knob, 9,049 acre (35.91 km) Georgia state park located near Pine Mountain and Warm Springs
- Ehlers Knob, a small but conspicuous ice-covered knob which surmounts the west part of the north coast ... | 14,275 | zeroshot-train |
Exposure Hill [SEP] continent | Exposure Hill
Exposure Hill () is a low hill at the southwest end of Gair Mesa, in the Mesa Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. This topographical feature was so named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1962–63, because the west side of the hill has a noteworthy exposure of l... | source of the radiation is a medical X-ray machine, a nuclear power plant or radiation in space. The degree of the harmful effect depends on the length of exposure and the radiation's energy density. The ever-present radiation belts extend down to the altitude of manned spacecraft such as the International Space Statio... | 14,276 | zeroshot-train |
Farwell Island [SEP] continent | Farwell Island
Farwell Island is an ice-covered island, about long and wide, lying between McNamara Island and Dendtler Island in the eastern part of the Abbot Ice Shelf in Antarctica. The feature was positioned by parties from the USS "Glacier" and USS "Staten Island" in February 1961, and was mapped by the United Sta... | Farwell, Nebraska
Farwell is a village in Howard County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 122 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Grand Island, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History.
Farwell was originally called Posen, and under the latter name was established in 1887 by a colony of Polish settl... | 14,277 | zeroshot-train |
Fendorf Glacier [SEP] continent | Fendorf Glacier
Fendorf Glacier () is a broad glacier draining from the eastern slopes of the Gifford Peaks and flowing north to merge with Dobbratz Glacier, in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1... | Webers Peaks
Webers Peaks () is a line of peaks on a ridge bounded by Splettstoesser Glacier on the north, Balish Glacier on the east and Dobbratz and Fendorf Glaciers on the west, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. They were named by the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party of 1962–63 for geologi... | 14,278 | zeroshot-train |
Fergusson Glacier [SEP] continent | Fergusson Glacier
Fergusson Glacier () is a tributary glacier that flows northeast between Serba Peak and Feeney Ridge into Noll Glacier, in the Wilson Hills of Antarctica. It was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1963–64, after Sir Bernard Fergusson, Governor-Genera... | 29 Aug – Struan Stevenson MEP, Alex Johnstone MSP, Alex Fergusson MSP and Liz Smith MSP endorse Murdo Fraser.
30 Aug – Liz Smith is declared as Murdo Fraser's campaign manager.
1 Sep – Gavin Brown, formerly speculated as standing in the election, states that he will not run and lends his backing to Murdo Fraser.
2 Sep ... | 14,279 | zeroshot-train |
Fisher Bastion [SEP] continent | Fisher Bastion
Fisher Bastion () is a high rectangular massif, high, between the upper reaches of Potter Glacier and Foster Glacier, southeast of Mount Huggins in the Royal Society Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1994 after Commander Dwight David Fisher, ... | Aug 1953), who married William Brown McIlvaine and had issue.
- Katharine Le Moyne (b. 19 Sep 1866), married Janon Fisher (b. Sep 1837) and had issue:
- Janon Fisher Jr. (4 Jan 1898 - 26 Mar 1979), married Margie James (4 Jul 1900 - 6 May 1987), daughter of lumber merchant Norman James, and had issue.
- Katharine Le Mo... | 14,280 | zeroshot-train |
Fisher Spur [SEP] continent | Fisher Spur
Fisher Spur () is a rugged rock spur jutting northward from the west flank of the Daniels Range immediately north of Mount Nero, in the Usarp Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee ... | Aug 1953), who married William Brown McIlvaine and had issue.
- Katharine Le Moyne (b. 19 Sep 1866), married Janon Fisher (b. Sep 1837) and had issue:
- Janon Fisher Jr. (4 Jan 1898 - 26 Mar 1979), married Margie James (4 Jul 1900 - 6 May 1987), daughter of lumber merchant Norman James, and had issue.
- Katharine Le Mo... | 14,281 | zeroshot-train |
Fleurus Island [SEP] continent | Fleurus Island
Fleurus Island () is an island lying south of Delaite Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. it was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1956 after the British ship "Fleurus", which visited the area in... | French could at the same time prevent William from returning from Ireland across the Irish Sea and land an invading army in England. Diarist John Evelyn wrote – "The whole nation now exceedingly alarmed by the French fleet braving our coast even to the very Thames mouth", a fear compounded by news from the Continent of... | 14,282 | zeroshot-train |
Ford Nunataks [SEP] continent | Ford Nunataks
The Ford Nunataks () are a cluster of nunataks and low peaks rising above a network of ice-drowned ridges about in extent, lying northwest of Murtaugh Peak in the Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air ph... | Weikman Nunataks
Weikman Nunataks () are two nunataks on the divide separating the upper reaches of Balchen Glacier and Crevasse Valley Glacier, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. The nunataks lie 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Mount Perkins. First mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. N... | 14,283 | zeroshot-train |
Framheim [SEP] continent | Framheim
Framheim was the name of explorer Roald Amundsen's base at the Bay of Whales on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica during his quest for the South Pole. It was used between January 1911 and February 1912.
Cabin and tents.
The hut was constructed in sections by a master carpenter, Jørgen Stubberud and erected at A... | did not return safely to Framheim.
The team arrived at Framheim on 25 January 1912, with 11 surviving dogs. They made their way off the continent and to Hobart, Australia, where Amundsen publicly announced his success on 7 March. He telegraphed news to backers.
Amundsen's expedition benefited from his careful preparati... | 14,284 | zeroshot-train |
Framskotet Spur [SEP] continent | Framskotet Spur
Framskotet Spur () is a rock spur forming the western extremity of Borg Mountain in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–52) and named Framskotet (the forward bulkhead). | 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" ... | 14,285 | zeroshot-train |
Frigate Range [SEP] continent | Frigate Range
The Frigate Range () is a high mountain range extending east from Mount Markham in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica. It was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) to commemorate the work of the New Zealand frigates on Antarctic patrol duties. | the RBNF is the vessel RBNS "Sabha", an American-built missile frigate given to the state as a gift in 1996.
Fleet.
Fleet Missiles & Torpedoes.
67 MM-40 delivered between 1984-2010.
8 Harpoon (missile) delivered 1997-8.
22 RIM-66 Standard RIM-66B Standard-1MR delivered 1997.
18 Mark 46 torpedo Mk-46 Mod-5 NEARTIP deliv... | 14,286 | zeroshot-train |
Gaussiran Glacier [SEP] continent | Gaussiran Glacier
Gaussiran Glacier is a glacier in the eastern part of the Britannia Range, Antarctica. It drains north from the saddle with Merrick Glacier to a juncture with Darwin Glacier between the Cranfield Icefalls and the Nebraska Peaks. It is separated from Alley Glacier by a series of large rock buttresses, ... | rock buttresses on the south side of Darwin Glacier between Alley Glacier and Gaussiran Glacier.
See also.
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology | 14,287 | zeroshot-train |
Glade Bay [SEP] continent | Glade Bay
Glade Bay is an open triangular-shaped bay in the Amundsen Sea, wide at the broad north entrance and defined by the angle formed by the northern part of Wright Island, the front of the Getz Ice Shelf, and the northwest side of Murray Foreland, Martin Peninsula, on the Bakutis Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarct... | idolized Grappers ever since he was saved by one as a young child from a wild variant. Against his grandfather's wishes, he journeys around the continent to take the Grap Exams and become a Major Grapper. He makes many fire-related puns.
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Gordon Valley [SEP] continent | Gordon Valley
Gordon Valley () is a small valley, the western half of which is occupied by a lobe of ice from Walcott Neve, lying west of Mount Falla in the Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Mark A. Gordon, a United States Antarctic Research Program auror... | , 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... | 14,289 | zeroshot-train |
Gornergrat [SEP] continent | Gornergrat
The Gornergrat (; ) is a rocky ridge of the Pennine Alps, overlooking the Gorner Glacier south-east of Zermatt in Switzerland. It can be reached from Zermatt by the Gornergrat rack railway (GGB), the highest open-air railway in Europe. Between the Gornergrat railway station () and the summit is the Kulm Hote... | Gornergrat Kulm Hotel
The Gornergrat Kulm Hotel is a hotel and observatory located on the Gornergrat, at 3,120 metres above sea level. It can be reached from Zermatt via the Gornergrat railway, the terminus station being located 100 metres away. The hotel includes an observatory, two restaurants and a small shopping ma... | 14,290 | zeroshot-train |
Gourdon Peninsula [SEP] continent | Gourdon Peninsula
Gourdon Peninsula () is a snow-covered peninsula long, forming the southeast side of Lapeyrere Bay on the northeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The northeast coast of Anvers Island was roughly surveyed by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot in... | to Gourdon Peninsula and applied it to the peninsula described, which almost certainly is the feature Charcot had in mind when he gave the original name. | 14,291 | zeroshot-train |
Griffith Glacier [SEP] continent | Griffith Glacier
Griffith Glacier () is a tributary glacier draining westward from Beacon Dome, the California Plateau and the Watson Escarpment in Antarctica to enter Scott Glacier between Mount McKercher and Mount Meeks. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–... | Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who named this feature for Hartley T. Ferrar, geologist of the expedition. The name Ferrar Glacier was originally applied both to the part of this glacier below its right turn and to the present Taylor Glacier. Thomas Griffith Taylor, geologist of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, ... | 14,292 | zeroshot-train |
Gusla Peak [SEP] continent | Gusla Peak
Gusla Peak (, ‘Vrah Gusla’ \'vr&h 'gu-sla\) is the peak rising to 1200 m in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, at the NNW extremity of a narrow 3.9 km long rocky ridge surmounting Desudava Glacier to the north and east, Mundraga Bay to the southeast, ... | (SCAR), 1993–2016.
References.
- Gusla Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links.
- Gusla Peak. Copernix satellite image | 14,293 | zeroshot-train |
Harter Nunatak [SEP] continent | Harter Nunatak
Harter Nunatak () is a small, relatively isolated nunatak lying northeast of Mount Tidd at the northeast side of the Pirrit Hills in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1958–61, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarcti... | Sources.
- Ashley H. Grant (November 24, 2004). "Shooting suspect had Army sharpshooting badge," "Duluth News Tribune"/Associated Press. Accessed November 27, 2004.
- "Victims in the Shootings That Killed Six Deer Hunters," "Duluth News Tribune"/Associated Press. Posted on Sep. 04,2005.
- Kevin Harter "Vang Tells His S... | 14,294 | zeroshot-train |
Hendrickson Peak [SEP] continent | Hendrickson Peak
Hendrickson Peak () is a rock peak rising over at the west side of Reedy Glacier, standing west of May Peak in the Quartz Hills of 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 ... | artist, industry and honorary awards.
History.
From 1989 in a Halifax bar, the East Coast Music Awards and Conference has grown to become the premier music event in Atlantic Canada, and one of the top events of its kind on the continent.
In 1991, Founder of the Maritime Music Awards, Rob Cohn, joined forces with Sheri ... | 14,295 | zeroshot-train |
Hershey Ridge [SEP] continent | Hershey Ridge
Hershey Ridge () is a low, ice-covered ridge trending in a northwest–southeast direction for about between McKinley Peak and the Haines Mountains, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was discovered in 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, and named for Garland Hershey, Assistant State G... | Jul 2016
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- Hampton, VA- From 7 Sep to 11 Sep 2016
- Roanoke, VA- From 14 Sep to 18 Sep 2016
- Orlando, FL- From 21 Sep to 25 Sep 2016
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Hudson Mountains [SEP] continent | report of an eruption detected by satellite in 1985, the Hudson Mountains may be active.
On January, 2008, the British Antarctic Survey scientists led by Hugh Corr and David Vaughan, reported (in the journal "Nature Geoscience") that 2,200 years ago, a volcano had a subglacial eruption under the Antarctic ice sheet, ba... | , and by the end of the Cretaceous, it retreated towards the Gulf of Mexico and the Hudson Bay. This left the island masses joined in the continent of North America as the Rocky Mountains rose. From the Cenomanian to the end of the Campanian ages of the Late Cretaceous, Appalachia was separated from the rest of North A... | 14,297 | zeroshot-train |
Humann Point [SEP] continent | Humann Point
Humann Point () is a point forming the north side of the entrance to Duperré Bay on the west side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Vice-Admiral Humann of the French Navy. | with Hollywood pyrotechnics and special effects
- John Cage (1912–1992), composer, lived in Stony Point during the 1950s and 60s
- Stephanie Courtney (1970–), actress and comedian who was born in Stony Point
- James Farley (1888–1976), Postmaster General
- Richard Humann (1961–), conceptual artist, born and raised in S... | 14,298 | zeroshot-train |
Hutcheson Nunataks [SEP] continent | Hutcheson Nunataks
The Hutcheson Nunataks () are a small group of nunataks along the north side of Balchen Glacier, about midway between the Phillips Mountains and Abele Nunatak, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They were discovered and mapped by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41, and were named by the Adviso... | Abele Nunatak
Abele Nunatak () is a nunatak lying east of Hutcheson Nunataks at the head of Balchen Glacier, in Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped using surveys made by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Navy aerial photos from 1959–65, and later named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN)... | 14,299 | zeroshot-train |
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