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Dee Island [SEP] continent | Dee Island
Dee Island is the ice-free island lying between Greenwich Island and Aitcho Islands in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and is separated from Greenwich Island to the south by the wide Orión Passage () and from Aitcho Islands to the northeast by the wide Villalón Passage. Extending , with the conspicuou... | Czech Republic) where he and Dee resided for many years.
Biography With Dee on the Continent.
In 1583, Dee became acquainted with Prince Albert Łaski, a Polish nobleman interested in alchemy. In September of that year, Dee, Kelley, and their families left England with Łaski for the Continent. Dee sought the patronage o... | 14,400 | zeroshot-train |
Discovery Hut [SEP] continent | Discovery Hut
Discovery Hut was built by Robert Falcon Scott during the Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904 in 1902 and is located at Hut Point on Ross Island by McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Visitors to Antarctica, arriving at either the US Base at McMurdo or New Zealand's Scott Base are likely to encounter Discovery Hut a... | Kingdom to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.
Some confusion arises because Discovery Hut can technically be referred to as "Scott's" hut, in that his expedition built it, and it was his base ashore during the 1901–1904 expedition, but the title "Scott's Hut" popularly belongs to the building erected in 1911 at... | 14,401 | zeroshot-train |
Elliott Glacier [SEP] continent | Elliott Glacier
Elliott Glacier () is a small channel glacier that drains northward to the Budd Coast of Antarctica, midway between Cape Hammersly and Cape Waldron. It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Sam... | 31 Aug – Kate Millett
- 7 Sep – Elliott Gould
- 14 Sep – John Fairchild
- 21 Sep – Skyjacking
- 28 Sep – The Arab Guerillas
- 5 Oct – Richard Nixon
- 12 Oct – Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 19 Oct – Salvador Allende
- 26 Oct – Battle for the Senate
- 2 Nov – The Urban Guerillas
- 9 Nov – Blue Collar Power
- 16 Nov – Adlai Steven... | 14,402 | zeroshot-train |
Eremiya Hill [SEP] continent | Eremiya Hill
Eremiya Hill (, ‘Eremiyski Halm’ \e-re-'miy-ski 'h&lm\) is an ice-covered hill rising to 863m in the west part of Marescot Ridge on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Malorad Glacier to the southwest.
The hill is named after the settlement of Eremiya in Western Bulgaria.
Locati... | - Elovdol Glacier, Oscar II Coast
- Emen Island, Anvers Island
- Emona Anchorage, Livingston Island
- Enitsa Peak, Sentinel Range
- Enravota Glacier, Nordenskjöld Coast
- Enrique Hill, Livingston Island
- Erden Glacier, Oscar II Coast
- Eremiya Hill, Trinity Peninsula
- Ereta Peak, Bastien Range
- Erma Knoll, Livingsto... | 14,403 | zeroshot-train |
Erratic Valley [SEP] continent | Erratic Valley
Erratic Valley is a short valley on Alexander Island, Antarctica, that joins Ablation Valley from the north. It was named from the large number of erratic igneous blocks observed in the valley by a University of Aberdeen field party which mapped the area in 1978–79. The site lies within Antarctic Special... | Cascade subcontinent that docked with Washington about 50 million years ago as the entire continent of North America moved west across the ocean. The Alps were heavily eroded by glaciers in the last ice age. The Vashon lobe of the ice sculpted Rattlesnake Ledge, steeply carved the east and west sides of Squak Mountain,... | 14,404 | zeroshot-train |
Fendley Glacier [SEP] continent | Fendley Glacier
Fendley Glacier () is a glacier, long, flowing northeast from the Admiralty Mountains to enter the sea between Mount Cherry-Garrard and the Atkinson Cliffs, on the north coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This geographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and... | .
- Atkinson Glacier
- Baldwin Bluff
- Brewer Peak
- Burnette Glacier
- Church Glacier
- Church Ridge
- Cracktrack Glacier
- Crandall Peak
- DeAngelo Glacier
- Deming Glacier
- Dennistoun Glacier
- DuBridge Range
- Dugdale Glacier
- Dunedin Range
- Elsner Ridge
- Fendley Glacier
- Field Névé
- Findlay Range
- Fischer R... | 14,405 | zeroshot-train |
Foster Glacier [SEP] continent | Foster Glacier
Foster Glacier () is a glacier in the Royal Society Range, Antarctica, south of Mount Kempe, flowing southeast into the Koettlitz Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1963 for Major James Foster, United States Marine Corps, assistant air operations officer for U.S. Navy T... | 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... | 14,406 | zeroshot-train |
Fritter Glacier [SEP] continent | Fritter Glacier
Fritter Glacier () is a glacier between Mount Curtiss and Mount Jensen in the Gonville and Caius Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It flows east to Wilson Piedmont Glacier. It was named in association with Mount Curtiss after Captain C.T. Fritter, U.S. Navy, commander of the seaplane tender USS "Curtiss... | . Native Americans did not use deep frying techniques, however, which require ample supplies of cooking oil as well as equipment in which the oil can be heated to high temperatures.
European settlers learned recipes and processes for corn dishes from Native Americans, and soon devised their own cornmeal-based variation... | 14,407 | zeroshot-train |
Fuller Rock [SEP] continent | Fuller Rock
Fuller Rock is a rock awash, one of the principal dangers to ships on the north side of Faure Passage, Marguerite Bay, Antarctica, about south-southwest of Dismal Island. It was charted by a Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit from RRS "John Biscoe" in January 1973 and named after Lieutenant Andrew C. Fulle... | Strike Group under Commodore Simon Ancona and the Amphibious Task Group build around HMS "Ocean".
Previous commanders.
- Rear Admiral Reynold D. Hogle, 25 Sep 1961 – 8 Nov 1962
- Rear Admiral John Joseph Hyland, Jr., 8 Nov 1962 - ?
- Rear Admiral Dick H. Guinn
- Rear Admiral Lawrence R. Geis
- Rear Admiral Donald D. En... | 14,408 | zeroshot-train |
Gallen Nunatak [SEP] continent | Gallen Nunatak
Gallen Nunatak () is a nunatak on the south side of Balchunas Pass, northwest of Putzke Peak, in the McCuddin Mountains of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–69, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic... | and the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), the German section of the International Committee of the Fourth International.
Dr. Benno Ennker, who teaches in Tübingen and St. Gallen, criticized Baberowski’s book "Verbrannte Erde" for its “implicit exoneration of the Wehrmacht” in World War II during the war against the Sovie... | 14,409 | zeroshot-train |
Geodetic Glacier [SEP] continent | Geodetic Glacier
Geodetic Glacier () is a glacier flowing east from Bettle Peak along the north side of the Thomas Heights into Bowers Piedmont Glacier, on the Scott Coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by the New Zealand Geographic Board, ... | the mass balance measured between specific dates. The mass balance is measured on the fixed date each year, again sometime near the start of October in the mid northern latitudes.
Measurement methods Geodetic methods.
Geodetic methods are an indirect method for the determination of mass balance of glacier. Maps of a gl... | 14,410 | zeroshot-train |
Glasgal Island [SEP] continent | Glasgal Island
Glasgal Island is a small island which marks the southwestern extremity of the Donovan Islands in Vincennes Bay, off the coast of Antarctica. It was first mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and observed in 1957 by Wilkes Station personnel under Carl R. Eklund. It was n... | Island
- Dewart Island
- D'Hainaut Island ()
- Diamonen Island
- Diaz Rock
- Dieglman Island
- Dinea Island
- Dink Island
- Dint Island ()
- Diomedea Island
- Dion Islands
- Direction Island or Bearing Island ()
- Dismal Island
- Dixson Island
- Dlagnya Rocks
- Dodd Island
- Dodman Island
- Dolleman Island ()
- Donovan... | 14,411 | zeroshot-train |
Green Reef [SEP] continent | Green Reef
Green Reef () is a group of low rocks in Neumayer Channel, lying close east of Green Spur, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was charted from HMS "Snipe" in January 1948 and so named because of its proximity to Green Spur. | 29: Hole
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- Jun 12: Mix Master Mike
- Jul 3: Something For Kate
- Jul 10: Marilyn Manson
- Jul 17: Custard
- Jul 24: Sepultura
- Jul 31: Reef
- Aug 7: Moby
- Aug 14: Merrick and Rosso
- Aug 28: Richard and Geno from Filter
- Sep 4: Silverchair
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- Sep 25: Rebecca and Shane from ... | 14,412 | zeroshot-train |
Griffin Nunatak [SEP] continent | Griffin Nunatak
Griffin Nunatak () is a flat-topped nunatak about long, standing between Ambalada Peak and Terminal Peak in the Prince Albert Mountains of Oates Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–62, and was named by the Advisory Committee ... | 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... | 14,413 | zeroshot-train |
Grimes Ridge [SEP] continent | Grimes Ridge
Grimes Ridge () is a high, mostly ice-covered ridge at the north side of Holt Glacier on Bear Peninsula, Walgreen Coast, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from air photos obtained by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947, and was named by the ... | Victorian Legislative Assembly (lower house).
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Annand resigned July 1855; replaced by Thomas Embling, by-election Sep. 1855
Campbell resigned May 1854; replaced by Thomas Howard Fellows, by-election Sep. 1854
C... | 14,414 | zeroshot-train |
Grivitsa Ridge [SEP] continent | Grivitsa Ridge
Grivitsa Ridge (, ‘Grivishki Hrebet’ \'gri-vish-ki 'hre-bet\) is the mostly ice-free ridge extending 6.4 km in northwest-southeast direction, 3 km wide and rising to 1100 m (Batkun Peak) on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is bounded by Darvari Glacier to the north and Zaychar Glacier to... | -names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links.
- Grivitsa Ridge. Copernix satellite image | 14,415 | zeroshot-train |
Groves Island [SEP] continent | Groves Island
Groves Island is an ice-covered island long, lying close off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, between Siemiatkowski Glacier and Land Glacier. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65), and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic ... | Chania and resembled a skin of an African wildcat ("Felis lybica lybica"), but with a bushy tail like a European wildcat.
In the 1980s, Colin Groves measured and assessed zoological specimens of cats that originated in the Mediterranean islands. He concluded that the two cat skins from Crete differed from true wildcat ... | 14,416 | zeroshot-train |
Gunnestad Glacier [SEP] continent | Gunnestad Glacier
Gunnestad Glacier () is a glacier long, flowing north between Mount Widerøe and Mount Walnum in the Sør Rondane Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named for Lieutenant Alf Gunnestad, a pilot with... | Lars Gunnestad
Lars Gunnestad (born 18 February 1971 in Drammen, Norway) is a former Norwegian international motorcycle speedway rider. He won the Individual Speedway Norwegian Championship a record ten times.
His son, Lars Daniel, is speedway rider also. Lars Daniel finished fifth in the 2009 Norwegian Championship.
C... | 14,417 | zeroshot-train |
Hageman Peak [SEP] continent | Hageman Peak
Hageman Peak () is a montane landform pinnacle rising to about at the northwest end of the Staccato Peaks in southern Alexander Island, Antarctica. The peak was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander Roger ... | Hageman
Hageman may refer to:
- Hageman (surname)
- Hageman factor, another name for coagulation factor XII
Places
- Hagemans Crossing, Ohio, an unincorporated place in Ohio, United States
- Hageman Farm, a historic house in New Jersey, United States
- Hageman Peak
See also.
- Hagemann | 14,418 | zeroshot-train |
Halfway Nunatak [SEP] continent | Halfway Nunatak
Halfway Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak in the Antarctica, on the west side of The Landing, and almost in the center of the upper Skelton Glacier. It was surveyed and descriptively named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956–58. | Clem Nunatak
Clem Nunatak is an isolated rock nunatak, high, standing at the west side of Skelton Glacier, southwest of Halfway Nunatak. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1964 for Willis R. Clem, a construction mechanic at McMurdo Station in 1959. | 14,419 | zeroshot-train |
Hamilton Ice Piedmont [SEP] continent | Hamilton Ice Piedmont
Hamilton Ice Piedmont () is an ice piedmont, wide, to the east of Wyatt Hill, Bear Peninsula, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959–66, and was named in 1977 by the Advisory Com... | 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... | 14,420 | zeroshot-train |
Hannah Peak [SEP] continent | Hannah Peak
Hannah Peak is a sharp peak at the southwest end of the Dufek Massif, north-northeast of Walker Peak, in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ... | Miley Cyrus" reached number six the same week that "Best of Both Worlds Concert" reached number 10 in its second week of availability. In doing so, Cyrus became the first person with two records in the top-ten of the "Billboard" 200 since Ray Charles accomplished this in 2004. It also charted at number 18 on the Top 10... | 14,421 | zeroshot-train |
Hekla [SEP] continent | , around 8 km.
Etymology.
In Icelandic "Hekla" is the word for a short hooded cloak, which may relate to the frequent cloud cover on the summit. An early Latin source refers to the mountain as "Mons Casule".
Reputation.
After the eruption of 1104, stories, probably spread deliberately through Europe by Cistercian monks... | Russian speaking readers. It was the special publication to the 125 Anniversary of the Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva, where the article "Marina Tsvetaeva in America" was written by the Dr. Uli Zislin, the Founder and Director of the "Washington Museum of Russian Poetry and Music", Sep/Oct 2017.
- 2017: ""Новый Континен... | 14,422 | zeroshot-train |
Hodges Point [SEP] continent | Hodges Point
Hodges Point () is a rocky point terminating in an impressive black cliff, lying east-northeast of Cape Northrop on the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Twin summits on the point rise to . The feature was photographed by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41. It was mapped by the Falkland Isla... | Sep – Leroy Randle Grumman
- 18 Sep – Harry Crerar
- 25 Sep – John C. H. Lee
- 2 Oct – Van Wyck Brooks
- 9 Oct – Josip Broz Tito
- 16 Oct – Courtney Hodges
- 23 Oct – Thomas E. Dewey
- 30 Oct – Douglas MacArthur
- 6 Nov – Harry S. Truman
- 13 Nov – Joseph Stilwell
- 20 Nov – Edgar Bergen
- 27 Nov – Juan Perón
- 4 Dec –... | 14,423 | zeroshot-train |
Hoffman Glacier [SEP] continent | Hoffman Glacier
Hoffman Glacier () is a narrow glacier, long, flowing eastward from Mount Miller in the Holland Range of Antarctica to enter Lennox-King Glacier south of Rhodes Peak. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander Robert D. Hoffman, U.S. Navy, commanding officer of du... | 21 Jun – Benito Mussolini
- 28 Jun – Bernard Baruch
- 5 Jul – Aleksandr Vasilevsky
- 12 Jul – Sukru Saracoglu
- 19 Jul – Walter George
- 26 Jul – George S. Patton
- 2 Aug – Ingrid Bergman
- 9 Aug – Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr.
- 16 Aug – Pius XII
- 23 Aug – Konstantin Rokossovsky
- 30 Aug – General Ira Eaker
- 6 Sep – P... | 14,424 | zeroshot-train |
Holder Peak [SEP] continent | Holder Peak
Holder Peak () is the higher (northern) peak on a rock outcrop about east of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. The peak is about high.
The peak was plotted by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition ... | women's 48h Track world record holder(, Surgeres FRA, May 2010), two time female winner of IAU 24-hour run World Championship, two time female winner of Spartathlon
- Norimi Sakurai, current women's 100 km Track world record holder (7:14:06, Lupatotissima ITA, Sep 2003), current women's 6H Track world record holder (, ... | 14,425 | zeroshot-train |
Holland Range [SEP] continent | Holland Range
The Holland Range () is a rugged coastal mountain range in Antarctica, about long, lying just west of the Ross Ice Shelf and extending from Robb Glacier to Lennox-King Glacier. It was named by the Ross Sea Committee for Sir Sidney Holland, who as Prime Minister of New Zealand supported that nation's parti... | Current bedding and pebble layers suggest that it was originally deposited as migrating sand bars in broad river channels.
The Pakhuis Formation tillite (a lithified glacial outwash gravel) occurs on the highest point of Table Mountain, at Maclear's Beacon and on parts of the Hottentots-Holland range. It contains clust... | 14,426 | zeroshot-train |
Hovdeskar Gap [SEP] continent | Hovdeskar Gap
Hovdeskar Gap () is a gap just east of Mount Skarshovden at the head of Skarsbrotet Glacier, in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed by the Third German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39, was mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by the Sixth Norwegi... | Skarshaugane Peaks
The Skarshaugane Peaks () are a group of peaks, including Mount Skarshovden, that extend south for 3 miles (4.8 km) from Hovdeskar Gap in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land. They were discovered and photographed by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39, mapped by Norway from aerial photos a... | 14,427 | zeroshot-train |
Huhla Col [SEP] continent | Huhla Col
Huhla Col (, "Sedlovina Huhla" \se-dlo-vi-'na 'huh-la\) is the ice-covered col of elevation over 900 m on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, which is linking Snegotin Ridge to the north to the west part of Louis-Philippe Plateau to the south. It is overlooking Prelez Gap and Malorad Glacier to the ... | External links.
- Huhla Col. Copernix satellite image | 14,428 | zeroshot-train |
Ian Peak [SEP] continent | Ian Peak
Ian Peak is a peak in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica, northwest of Mount Stirling where the feature overlooks the heads of Leap Year Glacier and Champness Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1967–68, for Ian Smith of the Victoria University of Wellington, a geol... | - Sean Barker (Jun 6)
- Edwin Bellorín (Aug 7)
- Ian Stewart (Aug 11)
- Joe Koshansky (Sep 1)
- Seth Smith (Sep 16)
- Pitchers:
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- Alberto Árias (May 1)
- Darren Clarke (May 18)
- Franklin Morales (Aug 18)
- Josh Newman (Sep 12)
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Ilinden Peak [SEP] continent | Ilinden Peak
Ilinden Peak (Vrah Ilinden \'vr&h 'i-lin-den\) is an ice-covered peak rising to 620 m in Breznik Heights on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. The peak has precipitous and partly ice-free south slopes, and surmounts Zheravna Glacier to the south, Solis Glacier to the northwest, and Fuerza Aérea Glacier to the n... | - Ilarion Ridge, Greenwich Island
- Ilchev Buttress, Graham Coast
- Iliev Glacier, Alexander Island
- Ilinden Peak, Greenwich Island
- Ilyo Point, Clarence Island
- Imelin Island, Trinity Island
- Imeon Range, Smith Island
- Intuition Peak, Livingston Island
- Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island
- Irakli Pea... | 14,430 | zeroshot-train |
Imshaug Peninsula [SEP] continent | Imshaug Peninsula
Imshaug Peninsula () is a broad, snow-covered peninsula at the south side of Lehrke Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Henry A. Imshaug, a United States Antarctic R... | Parmelee Massif
Parmelee Massif () is a rugged mountain massif standing west of the base of Imshaug Peninsula at the head of Lehrke Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for David F. Parmelee, United St... | 14,431 | zeroshot-train |
Isbrecht Glacier [SEP] continent | Isbrecht Glacier
Isbrecht Glacier () is a small glacier flowing south from Thurston Island in Antarctica between Cox Glacier and Hale Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after JoAnn Isbrecht of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Flagstaff, Arizona, a satellite image processing sp... | 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... | 14,432 | zeroshot-train |
Isdalsegga Ridge [SEP] continent | Isdalsegga Ridge
Isdalsegga Ridge () is a rock ridge surmounted by Pinegin Peak, forming the east wall of Isdalen Valley in the Südliche Petermann Range of the Wohlthat Mountains, Antarctica. It was discovered and plotted from air photos by the Third German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39. It was replotted from air photo... | - 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
... | 14,433 | zeroshot-train |
Iselin Seamount [SEP] continent | Iselin Seamount
Iselin Seamount is a seamount in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica. It was named for the research ship "Iselin II" of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, the name being approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in February 1964. | Jun 15 – Lewis Strauss
- Jun 22 – Shirley MacLaine
- Jun 29 – Queen Elizabeth II
- Jul 6 – Columbus Iselin II
- Jul 13 – Frol Kozlov
- Jul 20 – Roger Blough
- Jul 27 – Dr. John R. Heller Jr.
- Aug 3 – Richard Nixon
- Aug 10 – William F. Quinn
- Aug 17 – Jacques Soustelle
- Aug 24 – Rocky Colavito
- Aug 31 – James Hoffa... | 14,434 | zeroshot-train |
Isklakken Hill [SEP] continent | Isklakken Hill
Isklakken Hill () is a rocky hill east of Balchen Mountain at the eastern end of the Sør Rondane Mountains in Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named Isklakken (the ice lump). | Operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va. Jun 16 - Jul ??, 1864
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- Engagement, Cedarville, Guard Hill (Front Royal), Va. Aug 16, 1864
- Action, Bunker Hill, W. Va. Sep 02 - Sep 03, 1864
- Battle, Opequ... | 14,435 | zeroshot-train |
Istind Peak [SEP] continent | Istind Peak
Istind Peak () is a partly ice-covered peak south of Tindeklypa, on the east side of Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39). It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos by the Norwegian–British–Swedish An... | - 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
... | 14,436 | zeroshot-train |
Jaynes Islands [SEP] continent | Jaynes Islands
The Jaynes Islands are a cluster of small islands located west of the southwest end of Canisteo Peninsula, in the Amundsen Sea off Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Name... | - Inaccessible Island ()
- Indrehovdeholmen
- Inexpressible Island ()
- Islay Island ()
List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S J.
- Jacobs Island ()
- Jagar Islands
- Jagged Island (Graham Land)
- Jagged Island (South Shetland Islands)
- James Ross Island group
- James Ross Island
- Janus Island ()
- Jaynes Islands (... | 14,437 | zeroshot-train |
Johansen Islands [SEP] continent | Johansen Islands
The Johansen Islands are a group of small, low, partly snow-free islands lying within Lazarev Bay and Wilkins Sound, west-northwest of Cape Vostok, at the northwest end of Alexander Island, Antarctica. They were discovered from the on its initial approach to establish the East Base of the United States... | 20 - 28, Sep. 29, Oct. 6 - 8)
- Melissa Ferrick (Jul. 5 - 13)
- Wellington Regional Orchestra (Wellington)
- The Johnson Family (London & Kilburn)
- The Planet Rockers (Oct. 28 - Nov. 11)
According to Morrissey's autobiography, he wanted David Johansen to open his Madison Square Garden show, but was told Johansen had p... | 14,438 | zeroshot-train |
Kainan Bay [SEP] continent | Kainan Bay
Kainan Bay is an iceport which indents the front of the Ross Ice Shelf about northeast of the northwestern end of Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. It was discovered in January 1902 by the British National Antarctic Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott. It was named by the Japanese Antarctic Expedition under Lie... | Shirase Coast
Shirase Coast () is the north segment of the relatively ill-defined coast along the east side of Ross Ice Shelf and Ross Sea, lying between the north end of Siple Coast (about ) and Cape Colbeck. Named by NZ-APC in 1961 after Lieutenant Nobu Shirase (1861-1946), leader of the Japanese expedition, whose sh... | 14,439 | zeroshot-train |
Kalafut Nunatak [SEP] continent | Kalafut Nunatak
Kalafut Nunatak () is a nunatak which marks the southeast end of the Haines Mountains, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41) and by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65). It was name... | Peter Kalafut
Peter Kalafut (born 19 October 1960 in Kežmarok) is a Slovak former handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. | 14,440 | zeroshot-train |
Kamelen Island [SEP] continent | Kamelen Island
Kamelen Island is an island about high, lying southwest of the Einstøding Islands in the northern part of the Stanton Group, Antarctica. This island was mapped from air photographs by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37) and named Kamelen (the camel).
See also.
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic ... | )
- Jurien Island ()
List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S K.
- Kabile Island
- Kalotina Island
- Kame Island ()
- Kamelen Island
- Kaname Island ()
- Karelin Islands
- Karm Island
- Kartografov Island ()
- Keel Island
- Keep Rock
- Kellas Islands
- Kellick Island
- Kereka Island
- Kevin Islands ()
- Keyhole Island
... | 14,441 | zeroshot-train |
Kamenov Spur [SEP] continent | Kamenov Spur
Kamenov Spur (, ‘Kamenov Vrah’ \'ka-me-nov 'vr&h\) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 600 m in Poibrene Heights on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica. It is overlooking Evans Glacier to the north.
The feature is named after Borislav Kamenov, geologist in the first Bulgarian Antarctic campa... | - Kaliva Range, Danco Coast
- Kalofer Peak, Livingston Island
- Kalotina Island, Anvers Island
- Kaloyan Nunatak, Livingston Island
- Kaloyanov Peak, Oscar II Coast
- Kamchiya Glacier, Livingston Island
- Kamenar Point, Davis Coast
- Kamenov Spur, Oscar II Coast
- Kamhi Point, Alexander Island
- Kanarata Point, Astrola... | 14,442 | zeroshot-train |
Ketchum Ridge [SEP] continent | Ketchum Ridge
Ketchum Ridge () is the largest ridge that extends east from the southern part of Endeavour Massif, Kirkwood Range, Antarctica. It was named after Captain Gerald L. Ketchum, United States Navy. Ketchum was Deputy Commander of Task Force 43 during Operation Deep Freeze I II, and III (three seasons, 1955–56... | with a square turret bearing a rail rising out of the ridge of the roof." The date of construction is unknown, but estimated to be around 1813 or 1814. John Ross Robertson claims Jesse Ketchum was one of the first people to bring sidewalks to York after he placed tanned bark outside of his home. The house was ultimatel... | 14,443 | zeroshot-train |
Keys Point [SEP] continent | Keys Point
Keys Point () is a projecting point of land at McDonald Beach, northwest of Inclusion Hill in northwestern Ross Island, Antarctica. At the suggestion of P.R. Kyle, it was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after John R. Keys, a New Zealand geochemist who worked for several seasons during the ... | List of electronic Floras
This list of electronic Floras is arranged by country within continent. An electronic Flora is an online resource which provides descriptions of the associated plants, often also providing identification keys, or partial identification keys, to the plants described. Some Floras point to the li... | 14,444 | zeroshot-train |
King Haakon VII Sea [SEP] continent | King Haakon VII Sea
King Haakon VII Sea () is a proposed name for part of the Southern Ocean on the coast of East Antarctica.
Geography.
The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), often recognized as the authority for worldwide water body names, does not include this sea name. The IHO 2002 draft was never appro... | - 29 Sep – Dwight W. Morrow
- 6 Oct – Harry Emerson Fosdick
- 13 Oct – Sergei Koussevitsky
- 20 Oct – Henri Matisse
- 27 Oct – King George V & Queen Mary
- 3 Nov – Haile Selassie
- 10 Nov – Jouett Shouse
- 17 Nov – Football's Public
- 24 Nov – Robert Bulkley
- 1 Dec – James J. Davis
- 8 Dec – King Haakon VII
- 15 Dec –... | 14,445 | zeroshot-train |
Kremena Ice Piedmont [SEP] continent | Kremena Ice Piedmont
Kremena Ice Piedmont (, ‘Lednik Kremena’ \'led-nik kre-'me-na\) is a 2.4 km long and 2.7 km wide glacier on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range south of Organa Peak. Draining southeastwards to flow into Osmar Strait.
The glacier is nam... | Organa Peak
Organa Peak (, ‘Vrah Organa’ \'vr&h or-'ga-na\) is a peak rising to 1270 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated 6.8 km northeast of Cape James, and 1.85 km south-southwest of Riggs Peak. Overlooking Letnitsa Glacier to the east and southeast, and Kremena Ice Piedmont to the south... | 14,446 | zeroshot-train |
Laager Point [SEP] continent | Laager Point
Laager Point is a conspicuous headland extending out from President Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica facing Astor Island. It forms the southeast entrance point for New Plymouth harbour and the northeast entrance point for Osogovo Bay. The area was visi... | methods, weapons and tactics, and saw a measure of success against both indigenous and foreign opponents. The Shangaan for example, founded by war-leader Soshangane, were to migrate into what is now Mozambique and force the Portuguese into paying them tribute.
Land warfare in the 19th century Horses, guns and indigenou... | 14,447 | zeroshot-train |
Langnes Fjord [SEP] continent | Langnes Fjord
Langnes Fjord () is a narrow fjord, long, between Langnes Peninsula and Breidnes Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills of Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37) and named after Langnes Peninsula. John Roscoe's 1952 study of air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation ... | Tryne Crossing
Tryne Crossing () is a low but rough pass across Langnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, leading from the southwest arm of Tryne Fjord to Langnes Fjord. Used for portage and sledges and probably suitable for tracked vehicles. The area was mapped from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–3... | 14,448 | zeroshot-train |
League Rock [SEP] continent | League Rock
League Rock () is a distinctive rounded rock lying southwest of Box Reef, off the south end of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was surveyed by the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit, 1962–63, and was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee because the rock lies one league distant from what was t... | band as "one of the UK's big league, big-rock assets." "Q" described "The Bends" as a "powerful, bruised, majestically desperate record of frighteningly good songs", while "NME"s Mark Sutherland hailed it as a "classic" and "the consummate, all-encompassing, continent-straddling '90s rock record".
Critical reception in... | 14,449 | zeroshot-train |
Lever Nunataks [SEP] continent | Lever Nunataks
The Lever Nunataks () are a chain of nunataks that extend southeastward from Fulcrum and the head of Creagh Glacier in the Wilkniss Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The group was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994; the name is suggested by the position and linear arrangement of the ... | case of petrels and other flying seabirds, the ability to nest on nunataks may have allowed them the ability to stay on the continent during the glacial period and fly down to the edge of the ice for food. However, this was most likely not the case with colony forming species such as the Adélie penguin and the Antarcti... | 14,450 | zeroshot-train |
Libois Bay [SEP] continent | Libois Bay
Libois Bay () is a cove on the west side of Cholet Island which is entered between Rozo Point, the northwest end of Cholet Island, and Paumelle Point, the northwest end of Booth Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean... | of Rose's plans to marry Dr. Libois, the school's physician. Despite this, La Maternelle ultimately finds its way to a happy ending.
Cast.
- Madeleine Renaud - Rose
- Mady Berry - Mme. Paulin
- Alice Tissot - Superintendent
- Paulette Elambert - Marie Coeuret
- Henri Debain - Dr. Libois
- Edmond van Daele - Pantin
- A... | 14,451 | zeroshot-train |
Limpet Island [SEP] continent | Limpet Island
Limpet Island is the southernmost of the Léonie Islands, Antarctica, lying in the entrance to Ryder Bay, close off the southeast coast of Adelaide Island. The Léonie Islands were discovered and first roughly surveyed in 1909 by the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. Limpet Isl... | Publication history.
- 1959, UK, Gollancz, Hardback
- 1959, US, Doubleday, Hardback
- 1961, US, Pocket Books, Paperback (also includes the short story "The Limpet")
- 1970, UK, Penguin, , Paperback (as "The Blue Lenses")
- 1971, UK, Gollancz, , Pub date 30 Sep 1971, Hardback
- 1984, US, Avon, , Paperback
- 1989, UK, Ch... | 14,452 | zeroshot-train |
Lipen Glacier [SEP] continent | Lipen Glacier
Lipen Glacier (, ‘Lednik Lipen’ \'led-nik 'li-pen\) is a 5 km long and 3.5 km wide glacier draining the east slopes of the Trojan Range on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Situated east of Iliad Glacier and north of Rhesus Glacier. Flowing northeastwards into the head of Patagonia Bay ... | Island
- Lesnovo Hill, Alexander Island
- Lesura Cove, Two Hummock Island
- Letnitsa Glacier, Smith Island
- Levenov Point, Brabant Island
- Levski Peak, Livingston Island
- Levski Ridge, Livingston Island
- Limets Peninsula, Low Island
- Limoza Island, D'Urville Island
- Linevo Cove, Smith Island
- Lipen Glacier, Anve... | 14,453 | zeroshot-train |
Lisignoli Bluff [SEP] continent | Lisignoli Bluff
Lisignoli Bluff () is a rock bluff, high, forming the north end of the Schneider Hills in the Argentina Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–67, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic ... | Sosa Bluff
Sosa Bluff () is a rock bluff 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Lisignoli Bluff in the Schneider Hills portion of the Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN)... | 14,454 | zeroshot-train |
Litz Glacier [SEP] continent | Litz Glacier
Litz Glacier () is a glacier flowing northeast from the vicinity of Smith Peak and Litz Bluff in north-central Thurston Island, Antarctica. The glacier enters the west part of Peale Inlet north of the Guy Peaks. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after A.K. Litz, Chief Photographer's... | 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... | 14,455 | zeroshot-train |
Ljubljanica [SEP] continent | dumping ground is unknown, but most historians believe that it is related to how local tradition has always held the river as a sacred place. These treasures may have been offered "to the river during rites of passage, in mourning, or as thanksgiving for battles won."
The Ljubljanica has become a popular attraction in ... | Ljubljanica (disambiguation)
Ljubljanica is a river in the southern part of the Ljubljana Basin, Slovenia.
Ljubljanica may also refer to:
Slovenia.
- Ljubljanica (creek), a creek in Velika Loka, Grosuplje
- Ljubljanica, Butajnova, a hamlet in the village of Butajnova
- Ljubljanica, Stomaž, a hamlet in the village of St... | 14,456 | zeroshot-train |
Llanquihue Islands [SEP] continent | Llanquihue Islands
The Llanquihue Islands () are a group of islands to the east of Larrouy Island, extending northward for from the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. They were charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill, 1934–37. The name appears on a Chilean government chart of 1947 and is aft... | Calbuco Island
Calbuco Island (also Caicaén Island) is an island in the commune of Calbuco, Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region, Chile. The city of Calbuco is on the island. The island was separated from the mainland by Calbuco Channel, but a causeway was built in 1965 to connect the island to the continent. | 14,457 | zeroshot-train |
Loewe Massif [SEP] continent | Loewe Massif
Loewe Massif () is a large rock massif in the eastern part of the Aramis Range of the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica. The surface of the massif is largely an undulating plateau from which Mount Loewe and the Medvecky Peaks rise. The plateau lies at an average elevation of above sea level and above th... | -features/
- Mount Abbs
- Battye Glacier
- Charybdis Glacier
- Dart Moraine
- Harvey Ridge
- Husky Massif
- Loewe Massif
- Manning Massif
- McKinnon Glacier
- McLaren Ridge
- McLeod Massif
- Medvecky Peaks
- Mount Johansen
- Mount Kizaki
- Mount McGrath
- Mount McKenzie
- Radok Lake
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Lookout Nunatak [SEP] continent | Lookout Nunatak
Lookout Nunatak is a nunatak lying southeast of Monte Cassino in the Freyberg Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The nunatak is in the middle of an icefall overlooking Gallipoli Heights to the southwest. It was so named by New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme geologist P.J. Oliver because the n... | United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Russell W. Strandtmann, biologist at McMurdo Station, summers 1966-67 and 1967-68.
Features.
Geographical features of Freyberg Mountains include:
Features Other features.
- Cameron Nunataks
- Coates Rocks
- Looko... | 14,459 | zeroshot-train |
Lyutitsa Nunatak [SEP] continent | Lyutitsa Nunatak
Lyutitsa Nunatak (Nunatak Lyutitsa \'nu-na-tak lyu-'ti-tsa\) is a rocky peak of elevation 430 m projecting from the ice cap in Breznik Heights on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Overlooking Musala Glacier to the north, east, and south. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05.
The feature is named aft... | - Lom Peak, Livingston Island
- Lopyan Crag, Trinity Peninsula
- [Lorna Cove]], Trinity Island
- Lovech Heights, Nordenskjöld Coast
- Lozen Nunatak, Livingston Island
- Lozen Saddle, Livingston Island
- Ludogorie Peak, Livingston Island
- Lukovit Point, Livingston Island
- Lukovo Point, Livingston Island
- Lyaskovets P... | 14,460 | zeroshot-train |
Lågkollane Hills [SEP] continent | Lågkollane Hills
The Lågkollane Hills () are a group of hills standing north of Bamse Mountain between Kreitzerisen and Hansenbreen in the Sør Rondane Mountains of Antarctica. They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named Lågkollane (the lo... | Billy's Mistake" (Aug 23)
- "A Western Sister's Devotion" (Aug 30)
- "Broncho Billy's Conscience" (Sep 6)
- "Bonnie of the Hills" (Sep 11) *
- "Broncho Billy Reforms" (Sep 13)
- "The Redeemed Claim" (Sep 20)
- "Days of the Pony Express" (Sep 25)
- "Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County" (Sep 27)
- "Belle of | 14,461 | zeroshot-train |
MacDonald Point [SEP] continent | MacDonald Point
MacDonald Point () is a coastal point with some rocky exposures at the south side of the mouth of Darwin Glacier, Antarctica, where the latter flows into the Ross Ice Shelf. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959–63, and was named by the ... | - 22 Jun – Morton Downey
- 29 Jun – Cyril Alington
- 6 Jul – Betty Nuthall
- 13 Jul – Ogden L. Mills
- 20 Jul – Nikola Tesla
- 27 Jul – Paul Von Hindenburg
- 3 Aug – Willa Cather
- 10 Aug – Paul W. Litchfield
- 17 Aug – Samuel Seabury
- 24 Aug – Albert H. Wiggin
- 31 Aug – Winthrop W. Aldrich
- 7 Sep – Ramsay MacDonald... | 14,462 | zeroshot-train |
Macdonald Bluffs [SEP] continent | Macdonald Bluffs
The Macdonald Bluffs () are prominent east-facing bluffs between Argosy Glacier and Argo Glacier in the Miller Range of Antarctica, descending to Marsh Glacier. The feature was mapped by the New Zealand Southern Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58) and named for W.J.P. Macdona... | to avoid the high bluffs, and the neighborhood of Quality Hill at its south edge. TWA, which was headquartered in Kansas City at the time, had an overhaul base with a landing strip surrounded by open farm land north of downtown in rural Platte County, Missouri. The airport was listed on maps as Mid-Continent Internatio... | 14,463 | zeroshot-train |
Mackerel Island [SEP] continent | Mackerel Island
Mackerel Island () is an island immediately west of Flounder Island in the Fish Islands, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill, 1934–37, and was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 after the mackerel a... | Atka mackerel
The Atka mackerel ("Pleurogrammus monopterygius") is a mackerel in the family Hexagrammidae. Atka mackerel are common to the northern Pacific ocean, and are one of only two members of the genus "Pleurogrammus" - the other being the Arabesque greenling ("Pleurogrammus azonus"). The Atka mackerel was named ... | 14,464 | zeroshot-train |
Macleod Point [SEP] continent | Macleod Point
Macleod Point () is a point forming the southeastern tip of Liège Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was shown on an Argentine government chart in 1957, but not named. The point was photographed from the air by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland... | to ever operate a jet fighter.
Aircraft flown.
- Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 (1 May 1951–30 Mar 1954)
- McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee (1 Nov 1955–7 Sep 1962)
Commanding officers.
- Lieutenant-Commander D. D. Peacocke (May 1951–Feb 1953)
- Lieutenant-Commander D. M. Macleod (Feb 1953–Apr 1954)
- Lieutenant-Commander R. H. Falls (No... | 14,465 | zeroshot-train |
Magnier Peninsula [SEP] continent | Magnier Peninsula
Magnier Peninsula is the mostly ice-covered peninsula projecting 18 km in northwest direction from Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is 17 km wide between Leroux Bay to the northeast and Bigo Bay to the southwest. Magnier Peaks rise in the northern part of the peninsula, while Lisiya Ridge o... | Bigo Bay
Bigo Bay () is a bay long and wide, indenting the west coast of Graham Land between Cape Garcia and Magnier Peninsula surmounted by the Magnier Peaks and Lisiya Ridge.
The French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, first sighted this bay but charted it as the southern part of Leroux Bay. The British Graham Land Exp... | 14,466 | zeroshot-train |
Maumee Ice Piedmont [SEP] continent | Maumee Ice Piedmont
Maumee Ice Piedmont () is an ice piedmont at the terminus of Kohler Glacier, east of the Jenkins Heights, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1965–67, and was named by the Advisory Committe... | 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... | 14,467 | zeroshot-train |
Mawson Peninsula [SEP] continent | Mawson Peninsula
Mawson Peninsula () is a high (), narrow, ice-covered peninsula on the George V Coast, on the west side of the Slava Ice Shelf, Antarctica, terminating in Cape Hudson. It extends for over in a northwesterly direction. The peninsula was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47,... | , broadened the proposals from polar studies to geophysical research. More than 70 existing national scientific organizations then formed IGY committees, and participated in the cooperative effort.
Australia established its first permanent base on the Antarctic continent at Mawson in 1954. It is now the longest continu... | 14,468 | zeroshot-train |
McAllister Hills [SEP] continent | McAllister Hills
The McAllister Hills () are a hill group or bastion between Shapeless Mountain and Wright Upper Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2004 after Major George R. McAllister of the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, an LC-130 c... | McAllister, Rhonda Moore and Toni Makkai, "Drugs in Australian Society: Patterns, Attitudes and Policies", Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1991
Roger Jones and Ian McAllister, "Migrant Unemployment and Labour Market Programs", Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1991
Richard Rose and Ian McAllister, "The L... | 14,469 | zeroshot-train |
McGregor Glacier [SEP] continent | McGregor Glacier
McGregor Glacier () is a tributary glacier, long and wide, draining the southwest slopes of the Prince Olav Mountains in Antarctica, and flowing west to enter Shackleton Glacier just north of the Cumulus Hills. It was named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition... | 1994)br
9 The Bushranger (30 OCT 1994)br
10 The Rustlers (6 NOV 1994)br
11 The Loneliness of Luke McGregor (13 NOV 1994)br
12 Love Finds a Way (20 NOV 1994)br
13 The Stampede (27 NOV 1994)
Season 2br
1 The Hostage (13 AUG 1995)br
2 The Savage Land (20 AUG 1995)br
3 The Railroad (27 AUG 1995)br
4 Fathers and Sons (3 SEP... | 14,470 | zeroshot-train |
McKinnon Glacier [SEP] continent | McKinnon Glacier
The McKinnon Glacier () is a glacier flowing southeast from Nemesis Glacier to Beaver Lake in the eastern part of the Aramis Range of the Prince Charles Mountains in Antarctica. The area was first visited by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) party in 1956 and mapped from ANA... | that she started her own practice handling both civil and criminal litigation. In 1995 she moved to Cut Bank, Montana and later became a Deputy County Attorney for Glacier (1997-2000) and Teton County (2001-2006). McKinnon won the election in 2006 and became judge of the 9th Montana District Court, which is Teton, Tool... | 14,471 | zeroshot-train |
Mel Moraine [SEP] continent | Mel Moraine
Mel Moraine () is a moraine at the north end of the Gagarin Mountains, in the Orvin Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos and surveys by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60, and named Mel (meal). | Gumaca, which covers the municipalities of Quezon province east of Gumaca, Quezon.
Ordinaries.
- Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda†: 4 Nov 1950 Appointed - 25 Sep 1976 Retired
- Jose Tomas Sanchez †: 25 Sep 1976 Succeeded - 12 Jan 1982 Appointed, Archbishop of Nueva Segovia
- Ruben T. Profugo†: 15 May 1982 Appointed - 13 S... | 14,472 | zeroshot-train |
Mikre Beach [SEP] continent | Mikre Beach
Mikre Beach (, ‘Mikrenski Bryag’ \'mi-kren-ski 'bryag\) is the beach extending 2.2 km on the southeast coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is bounded by Cape Conway to the southwest, the island’s ice cap to the northwest and Pazardzhik Point to the northeast, and is snow-free ... | . Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References.
- Mikre Beach. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links.
- Mikre Beach. Copernix satellite image | 14,473 | zeroshot-train |
Misnomer Point [SEP] continent | Misnomer Point
Misnomer Point is the ice-free tipped point projecting 400 m westwards from the northwest coast of Alfatar Peninsula, Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the east side of the entrance to Carlota Cove. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from Clothi... | 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 ... | 14,474 | zeroshot-train |
Mitchell Nunatak [SEP] continent | Mitchell Nunatak
Mitchell Nunatak () is the central nunatak in a group of three nunataks in the northern part of the Manning Nunataks in Antarctica. The Manning Nunataks were photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1946–47, and by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1957. They were... | 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... | 14,475 | zeroshot-train |
Monk Islands [SEP] continent | Monk Islands
The Monk Islands () are a group of very small islands and rocks lying south of Meier Point, off the south coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. They were first charted and named "Munken" (The Monk) by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle in 1912–13. The name approved is ... | Zosimas of Solovki
Zosimas of Solovki (, died 1478) was one of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery established on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea of northern Russia.
The origin of Zosima is not exactly clear. By 1436 his parents were both dead, and he decided to live as a hermit. In the mouth of the Suma R... | 14,476 | zeroshot-train |
Moore Mountains [SEP] continent | Moore Mountains
The Moore Mountains () are a small but conspicuous group of mountains just north of New Year Pass in the Queen Elizabeth Range in Antarctica. They were observed in 1957 by the New Zealand southern party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58) and named for R.D. Moore, Treasurer of the R... | - 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... | 14,477 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Alberts [SEP] continent | Mount Alberts
Mount Alberts () is a pointed, almost completely snow-covered mountain rising to about , and situated east of Mount Phillips on the east margin of the Malta Plateau, Borchgrevink Coast, western Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountain stands immediately south of the terminus of Line Glacier and overlooks t... | After not being retained following the 2012-2013 basketball season, Alberts was hired in July 2013 to become head girls basketball coach at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Ohio. In August 2013, Alberts joined the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach for IPFW.
She will be ind... | 14,478 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Bolt [SEP] continent | Mount Bolt
Mount Bolt () is a mountain (2,010 m) rising on the north side of Ebbe Glacier and 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Peterson Bluff in the Anare Mountains, a major mountain range situated in the geographical location of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountain was first mapped by the United States Geologic... | bolt to be removed from the rifle for cleaning.
Patents.
- Bolt-Action Rifle with Gas Deflecting Means, Oct. 24, 1961, Inv. N.L Brewer
- Bolt-Action Rifle with Ejector Housing on Magazine Box, Sep, 17, 1963, Inv. N.L Brewer
- Firing Mechanism With Sear Safety Indicator, Oct. 9, 1963, Inv. N.L. Brewer
- Trigger Safety f... | 14,479 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Feldkotter [SEP] continent | Mount Feldkotter
Mount Feldkotter is a mountain in Antarctica, high, standing south of Gambacorta Peak in the southern Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic... | Ridge
- Gambacorta Peak
- Hannah Ridge
- Heiser Ridge
- Hill Nunatak
- Hinckley Rock
- Hudson Ridge
- Jones Valley
- Kaminski Nunatak
- Kinsella Peak
- Loren Nunataks
- Madey Ridge
- Meads Peak
- Median Snowfield
- Miller Valley
- Mount Bragg
- Mount Cowart
- Mount Dover
- Mount Ege
- Mount Feldkotter
- Mount Hawkes
- ... | 14,480 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Gunner [SEP] continent | Mount Gunner
Mount Gunner () is a partially snow-covered peak, high, that rises from the southern part of the Morris Heights in the Queen Alexandra Range of Antarctica. The peak was examined by the Ohio State University Geological Party, 1967–68, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for John D. Gu... | allowed the gun to be trained over a wide arc. It supported the gun on the apex of a pyramidal structure, that was asymmetric to allow the gunner to have easy access to the weapon. This structure was fixed on a rotating base, which also provided the gunner with a rotating platform to stand on. The gunner could train th... | 14,481 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Harker [SEP] continent | Mount Harker
Mount Harker is a mountain peak located east of Willis Glacier in the Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountain was first mapped by the Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) led by Robert Falcon Scott. The mountain is named for Alfred Harker (1859–1939), an English geologist who specialised in... | Harker Creek (Wisconsin)
Harker Creek is a stream located in Iowa County, Wisconsin. The upper end of the creek is approximately west-northwest of the county seat, Dodgeville. The creek flows roughly north-south, and is approximately in total length. It drains into Flint Creek at its northern end at 248 m (814 ft) abov... | 14,482 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Hollingshead [SEP] continent | Mount Hollingshead
Mount Hollingshead () is a large peak about east of Mount Dowie in the Aramis Range of the Prince Charles Mountains in Antarctica. It was visited in January 1957 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions southern party led by W.G. Bewsher, and named for John A. Hollingshead, a radio s... | - Mount Grimsley
- Mount Hayne
- Mount Hicks
- Mount Hollingshead
- Mount Johnston
- Mount Lanyon
- Mount Lugg
- Mount Mather
- Mount Mather
- Mount McCarthy
- Mount McCauley
- Mount McMahon
- Mount Meredith
- Mount Newton
- Mount Ormay
- Mount Reu
- Mount Rubin
- Mount Ruker
- Mount Scherger
- Mount Seddon
- Mount Sun... | 14,483 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Lugering [SEP] continent | Mount Lugering
Mount Lugering () is a mountain nearly high on the west side of the Lanterman Range, in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It marks the north side of the terminus of Hunter Glacier where it joins Rennick Glacier. The mountain was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S.... | features/
- All Black Peak
- Bowers Peak
- Carnes Crag
- Coesite
- Crown Hill
- Half Black Peak
- Hoshko Glacier
- Hunter Glacier
- Husky Pass
- Johnstone Glacier
- Linder Glacier
- MacKinnon Glacier
- Mount Bernstein
- Mount Edixon
- Mount Lugering
- Orr Glacier
- Reilly Ridge
- Rowell Peak
- Sledgers Glacier
- Zenith... | 14,484 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Paris [SEP] continent | Mount Paris
Mount Paris () is a conspicuous mountain, about 2,800 m, 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Bayonne situated in the northern portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The mountain was first mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot, who named it for the French capital, Paris. ... | Wales and Ireland but most of 1865 was spent on the continent, in Paris, Geneva, Lucerne, Interlaken and Altdorf. He again ascended Mount Pilatus and went to Mürren, Kandersteg, Oeschinen See and climbed to the Gemmi Pass.
- 1867 - Col de Voza, Mer de Glace, the Tête Noire Pass on the way from Martigny to Chamonix, Sio... | 14,485 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Reina Sofía [SEP] continent | Mount Reina Sofía
Mount Reina Sofía () is the mostly ice-free peak rising to 275 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting Johnsons Glacier to the east and northeast, and the Spanish Antarctic base Juan Carlos Primero to the north-northwest.
The feature is named af... | British scientists who have carried out field work on the island. Other names reflect the Spanish and Bulgarian exploration and mapping in the area, such as Española Cove, Mount Reina Sofía, San Telmo Island, Ballester Point and Castellvi Peak (after Antonio Ballester and Josefina Castellví, doyens of the Spanish Antar... | 14,486 | zeroshot-train |
Mount Usher [SEP] continent | Mount Usher
Mount Usher is a distinctive mountain overlooking the south side of Keltie Glacier about southwest of the mouth of Brandau Glacier in Antarctica. Discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09). Identification of this feature varied on subsequent maps. The present description follows the ... | , 1901. Stone subsequently traveled with the McKinleys on their long cross-continent trip to San Francisco in the summer of 1901.
Stone worked under Chief Usher Captain William Dubois. Dubois' health, however, was not good, and some time in 1901 Dubois temporarily left his position to recover. Stone was appointed actin... | 14,487 | zeroshot-train |
Natal Ridge [SEP] continent | Natal Ridge
Natal Ridge is a prominent snow-free terraced ridge forming part of the north boundary of the Two Step Cliffs massif located in the southeast portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1993 in recognition of the geomorphological and biologica... | 40)
- 2nd Royal Natal Carabineers (From 9 Sep - 3 Oct 40)
- 1st Regiment Botha (From Sep - Nov 40)
- 1st Pretoria Highlanders (From Nov 40)
- The Cape Town Highlanders (From 6 Nov 40)
- 2nd Natal Mounted Rifles (From 23 Nov 40)
- 10th South African Infantry Brigade (Raised July 1940. Replaced 8th Bde in Nov 40.)
- The ... | 14,488 | zeroshot-train |
Neptune Glacier [SEP] continent | Neptune Glacier
Neptune Glacier () is a glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, flowing east into George VI Sound and the George VI Ice Shelf to the south of Triton Point. Although Neptune Glacier is not located within the mountain rang... | :
- NAS Norfolk – May 1946
- NAS Jacksonville – 1 Sep 1950
- NAS Roosevelt Roads – 1 Nov 1964
Aircraft assignment.
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:
- PV-2 "Harpoon" – May 1946
- P2V-2/P2V3 "Neptune" – September 1950
- P2V-5 "Neptune" – March 1954
- P2V-7 "Neptune" – March 1955
See ... | 14,489 | zeroshot-train |
Orpheus Gate [SEP] continent | Orpheus Gate
Orpheus Gate (Orfeeva Porta \or-'fe-e-va 'por-ta\), also "Orpheus Pass", is the 548 m high and 380 m wide pass in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica bounded by Pliska Ridge to the southeast and Burdick Ridge to the northwest, Huntress Glacier to the southwest and Perunika G... | in Europe, the month before after nearly a century of peace on the continent.
The dedication of the statue along the entrance driveway (later relocated to another spot further from the historic Star Fort), shortly after the temporary military hospital buildings had been razed and the grounds restored to a park-like sce... | 14,490 | zeroshot-train |
Polish Bluff [SEP] continent | Polish Bluff
Polish Bluff () is a point forming the southwest side of the entrance to Española Cove and the northeast side of the entrance to Argentina Cove in Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Johnsons D... | Price's Missouri Expedition and reported 106 casualties. The unit participated in the following engagements:
- Devil’s Backbone, AR 1 Sep 1863
- Pine Bluff, AR 25 Oct 1863
- Camden Expedition March-May 1864
- Elkin’s Ferry, AR 3 Apr 1864
- Near Prairie D’Ane, AR 8 Apr 1864
- Prairie D’Ane, AR 9-12 April 1864
- Poison S... | 14,491 | zeroshot-train |
Pudding Butte [SEP] continent | Pudding Butte
Pudding Butte () is a butte in Antarctica, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Beta Peak, in the Prince Albert Mountains, Oates Land, close to the boundary with Victoria Land.
Named by the Southern Part] of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962–63, because of a ... | Butte Creek
Butte Creek may refer to:
- Butte Creek, California, a former settlement in Butte County
- Helltown, California or Butte Creek, an unincorporated community in Butte County, California
- Butte Creek (Butte County, California), a Sacramento River tributary
- Butte Creek (Siskiyou County, California), a Klamat... | 14,492 | zeroshot-train |
Rabisha Rocks [SEP] continent | Rabisha Rocks
Rabisha Rocks (, ‘Skali Rabisha’ ska-'li ra-'bi-sha) is a group of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated northeast of Voluyak Rocks, north of Kabile Island and west of Ongley Island.
The rocks are named after the settlement of Rabisha and the homo... | , and the nearby Magura Cave, situated near the village of Rabisha. Another tourist attraction in the area is the Baba Vida medieval fortress in the nearby town of Vidin on the Danube river.
The Bulgarian Committee of the Natural Environment declared the rocks as a natural monument in 1949, and the rocks were listed in... | 14,493 | zeroshot-train |
Rapa Nui Point [SEP] continent | Rapa Nui Point
Rapa Nui Point is a rocky point projecting 180 m westwards into Shirreff Cove from the west coast of the small (2.6 km by 1.6 km) ice-free promontory forming the north extremity of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and ending up in Cape Shirr... | continent of Lemuria, which Blavatsky alleged survives today as Australia and Rapa Nui. Blavatsky alleged that during the fourth Round of the Earth, higher beings descended to the planet, with the beginnings of human physical bodies developing and the sexes separating. At this point, the fourth Root Race appeared, livi... | 14,494 | zeroshot-train |
Reeves Bluffs [SEP] continent | Reeves Bluffs
Reeves Bluffs () is a line of east-facing rock bluffs, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, situated 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Cape Murray in the Cook Mountains, Antarctica. Discovered by the "Discovery" expedition (1901–04) under Captain Robert F. Scott, who gave the name "Mount Reeves," after Edward A... | Reeves Plateau
Reeves Plateau () is an inclined ice-covered plateau, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, located north of Bowling Green Plateau and west of Reeves Bluffs in the Cook Mountains. The feature rises to 1700 m in the east near Reeves Bluffs and descends to 1400 m in the west. The ... | 14,495 | zeroshot-train |
Reilly Ridge [SEP] continent | Reilly Ridge
Reilly Ridge () is a prominent rock ridge about 7 nautical miles (13 km) long on the northeast side of Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains, Antarctica. The ridge descends from the heights just east of Mount Bernstein and forms a part of the southwest wall of Sledgers Glacier. Mapped by United States Geologic... | - Col (later Brig Gen) Paul W. Turner, CAP, Sep 1962 - Oct 1965
- Brig Gen Lyle W. Castle, CAP, Oct 1965 - Oct 1968
- Brig Gen F. Ward Reilly, CAP, Oct 1968 - Oct 1970
- Brig Gen Samuel H. DuPont, Jr., CAP, Oct 1970 - Oct 1973
- Brig Gen William M. Patterson, CAP, Oct 1973 - Aug 1975
CAP National Commanders.
- Brig Gen... | 14,496 | zeroshot-train |
Roberts Ice Piedmont [SEP] continent | Roberts Ice Piedmont
Roberts Ice Piedmont () is a large ice piedmont, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long in a north-south direction and 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, lying to the north and northwest of Mount Calais and occupying most of the northeast corner of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was first seen from a distan... | (a group of about five nunataks). Both of these features are named after Saxon kings of England in the fifth century; however, they have no association or relation with Brian B. Roberts and the Roberts Ice Piedmont itself.
See also.
- Handel Ice Piedmont
- Mozart Ice Piedmont | 14,497 | zeroshot-train |
Rossa Point [SEP] continent | Rossa Point
Rossa Point () is a point 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Ferin Head on Velingrad Peninsula, the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Anders R... | by 2 points to 1 point.
At the start of the 1940s Rossa welcomed most of the St. Mary’s C.B.S. team as members of the club. These players made their contribution to renewed success, winning many Senior Football and Hurling Championships in the 1940s and 1950s.
In 1988, the club won an All Ireland Semi Final against Pat... | 14,498 | zeroshot-train |
Samuel Point [SEP] continent | Samuel Point
Samuel Point (Nos Samuil \'nos sa-mu-'il\) is on the coast of Bransfield Strait forming the southwest side of the entrance to Brunow Bay on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point is situated on the east side of Rozhen Peninsula, surmounted by Needle Peak (370 m), a conspicuo... | the tow steamer "Samuel Mitchell" at Houghton Point, Lake Superior on May 18 1908 in fog.
- "Dunaj 2" barge sank after hitting a mine in the Sea of Azov on 29 Sep 1943.
- "YC21" barge sank in a storm on 15 November 1968.
- "Allegheny" barge was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east south east of the Metopkin Inle... | 14,499 | zeroshot-train |
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