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Grotto Island [SEP] continent
Grotto Island Grotto Island is a narrow island long with a serrated coastline, lying north of Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. It was charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill. See also. - List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
the earlier settlers, who gave his name to one of the peaks in the area (Pico de João Alvres), and who continued to tend his lands in the grotto of João Bom. Similarly, Pico da Mafra (which is located between Bretanha and Mosteiros), was named for a settler who came from the area of Mafra on the continent. It was Baron...
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Gruening Glacier [SEP] continent
Gruening Glacier Gruening Glacier () is a broad glacier descending southeast between steep rock walls to the northwest part of Hilton Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in a flight down this glacier from East Base on December 30, 1940, an...
Ernest Gruening Cabin The Ernest Gruening Cabin is a historic rural cabin in Juneau, Alaska, United States, and the centerpiece of Ernest Gruening State Historical Park. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure located north of the city on the Glacier Highway. It is the only building associated with the life of Ernest ...
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Haller Rocks [SEP] continent
Haller Rocks The Haller Rocks () are a small group of rocks in the eastern part of Bouquet Bay, lying northwest of the southwest end of Liège Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. They were photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. They were named by the UK Antar...
† (17 Feb 1851 Confirmed – 4 Apr 1876 Died) - Franz de Paula Albert Eder, O.S.B. † (29 Sep 1876 Confirmed – 10 Apr 1890 Died) - Johann Evangelist Haller † (26 Jun 1890 Confirmed – 5 May 1900 Died) - Johannes Baptist Katschthaler † (17 Dec 1900 Confirmed – 27 Feb 1914 Died) - Balthasar Kaltner † (25 May 1914 Confirmed –...
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Hammer Col [SEP] continent
Hammer Col Hammer Col is a broad ice-covered col at elevation between the south part of the Vinson Massif and the Craddock Massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The wide saddle is relatively level and visually separates the two massifs whether viewed from the east or the west. It is part ...
1957 - Jan 1958) - Lt Col Rowland H Worrell Jr. (Jan 1958 - Mar 1960) - Lt Col Donald W. Brookie (Mar 1960 - Nov 1961) - Lt Col Joseph R. Hanley (Nov 1961 - Sep 1964) - Lt Col Keith L. Gillespie (Sep 1964 - Jan 1967) - Lt Col Robert D. Glass (Jan 1989 - Jun 1990) - Lt Col Andrew S. Miller (Jun 1990 - Sep 1991) - Lt Col...
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Hayman Nunataks [SEP] continent
Hayman Nunataks The Hayman Nunataks () are a small group of isolated nunataks at the eastern end of the Grosvenor Mountains in Antarctica, north of Larkman Nunatak. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Noel R. Hayman, a United States Antarctic Research Program aurora scientist at Hallett Sta...
which helped finance the expedition. Several peaks near Mount Raymond were apparently observed by Ernest Shackleton in 1908, although they were then considered to be a continuation of the Dominion Range. Features. Geographical features include: section begin=features/ - Aitken Nunatak - Block Peak - Hayman Nunataks - H...
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Henfield Rock [SEP] continent
Henfield Rock Henfield Rock is an offshore rock lying northwest of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It was known to the early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Clothier Harbour, and sometimes included under the name 'Powels Islands' or 'Heywood Islands'. The feature is named after Capta...
Peter Rock (novelist) Peter Rock (born 1967) is an American novelist born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is a professor of creative writing at Reed College and lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and daughters. He attended Deep Springs College and received a BA in English from Yale University. He was a Wal...
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Himalia Ridge [SEP] continent
Himalia Ridge Himalia Ridge is a ridge running east–west on the north side of the Ganymede Heights massif, north-east of Jupiter Glacier, in the east of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947 and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of the...
with adjacent Mars Glacier, Phobos being the inner of the two satellites of the planet Mars, the fourth planet of the Solar System. See also. - Arenite Ridge - Himalia Ridge - Offset Ridge
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Håhellerskarvet [SEP] continent
Håhellerskarvet Håhellerskarvet, meaning "shark cave mountain" in Norwegian, is a high partially ice-covered mountain between Austreskorve Glacier and Lunde Glacier in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. Other nearby geographic features include Håhelleren Cove, indenting the north side of ...
the German Air Ministry. They were remapped by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-1960. Features. - Ahlstad Hills - Austreskorve Glacier - Austvollen Bluff - Båsbolken Spur - Breplogen Mountain - Buddenbrock Range - Cumulus Mountain - Djupedalen Valley - Djupedalshausane Peaks - Extreme points of Norway - Festnin...
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Il Polo Glacier [SEP] continent
Il Polo Glacier Il Polo Glacier () is a small glacier draining northward between Polar Times Glacier and Polarforschung Glacier into the Publications Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was named by Roscoe for "Il Polo", ...
Publications Ice Shelf Publications Ice Shelf () is an Antarctic ice shelf about 35 nautical miles (60 km) long on the south shore of Prydz Bay, between Mount Caroline Mikkelsen and Stornes Peninsula. Several glaciers, listed from southwest to northeast, nourish the ice shelf: Polar Times Glacier, Il Polo Glacier, Pola...
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Indian Rocks [SEP] continent
Indian Rocks Indian Rocks is a group of rocks in eastern 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 Blythe Bay. The feature is named after the British sealing vessel "Indian" under Captain Spiller that visi...
the Ailao Shan Fault is to the north. Rocks in this region include sedimentary rocks from the Paleozoic and Mesozoic into which granite has intruded during the Cretaceous. The rocks have metamorphosed and are deeply eroded and faulted. The rocks exposed in the Reting Tsangpo canyon range in age from 400 Ma to 50 Ma. Th...
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Inman Nunatak [SEP] continent
Inman Nunatak Inman Nunatak () is a nunatak standing east of Mount Manthe in the southeastern part of the Hudson Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Martin M. Inman, an ...
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...
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Irnik Point [SEP] continent
Irnik Point Irnik Point (Named after one of Attila's son, Ernak.)(, ‘Nos Irnik’ \'nos ir-'nik\) is the ice-free point on the northwest coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 3.5 km southwest of Cape Timblón, 2 km southwest of Mezdra Point, and 7.4 km northeast of Byewater Point. The poi...
- 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...
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Jeffery Head [SEP] continent
Jeffery Head Jeffery Head () is a conspicuous, rock bluff, or headland, standing south of Brush Glacier on the west side of Bear Peninsula, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was first photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947, and was named by the Advisory Committe...
Nov 1998 - 3rd : Joan Richter, "Recipe Secrets", Sep-Oct 1998 Recipients 1997. - 1st : Jeffery Deaver, "Double Jeopardy", Sep-Oct 1997 - 2nd : Doug Allyn, "Copperhead Run", Jun 1997 - 3rd : George C. Chesbro, "The Problem with the Pigs", Jun 1997 Recipients 1996. - 1st : Doug Allyn, "Roadkill", May 1996 - 2nd : Doug Al...
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Johnson Neck [SEP] continent
Johnson Neck Johnson Neck is a relatively low, ice-drowned neck of land, or isthmus, which joins the Dott Ice Rise to the east side of the Pioneer Heights in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–66, an...
20, 1981: Willie Montañez was traded by the Expos to the Pittsburgh Pirates for John Milner. Regular season Major League debuts. - Batters: - Terry Francona (Aug 19) - Mike Gates (May 6) - Dave Hostetler (Sep 15) - Tony Johnson (Sep 27) - Wallace Johnson (Sep 8) - Pat Rooney (Sep 9) - Chris Smith (May 14) - Tom Wieghau...
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Kar Plateau [SEP] continent
Kar Plateau Kar Plateau () is a small, mainly snow-covered plateau with an almost vertical rock scarp marking its southern side, standing on the west side of Granite Harbour, just north of the terminus of Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The plateau rises gently toward the northwest to the heights of Mount...
and 19 September 2018. Group stage. Group stage Group A. Round 2 [Sep 26] Katsina United 0-1 Enyimba J. Atete 1-3 Plateau United Round 3 [Sep 27] J. Atete 2-4 Katsina United Plateau United 1-1 Enyimba Round 1 [Sep 28] (moved from Sep 24) Plateau United 0-1 Katsina United J. Atete 0-5 Enyimba Final Table: Group stage G...
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Kazanskaya Mountain [SEP] continent
Kazanskaya Mountain Kazanskaya Mountain () is a mountain, high, forming the northern end of Snøskalkegga Ridge in the Weyprecht Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and plotted from air photos by the Third German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39, and was mapped from air photos and surveys by the Six...
Snøskalkegga Ridge Snoskalkegga Ridge () is a largely snow-covered ridge, about 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and surmounted at the north end by Kazanskaya Mountain, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Dekefjellet Mountain in the Weyprecht Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by Germa...
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Kilifarevo Island [SEP] continent
Kilifarevo Island Kilifarevo Island (, ‘Ostrov Kilifarevo’ 'os-trov ki-li-'fa-re-vo) is an ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island is situated northwest of Jorge Island, north of Riksa Islands and southeast of Morris Rock. Extending , ...
- Kilby Island - Kilifarevo Island - Killingbeck Island - Kirkwood Islands - Kirsty Island - Kirton Island - Kista Rock - Kitney Island - Kizer Island - Klakkane Islands - Klung Islands - Klung Island - Knezha Island - Knight Rocks - Kring Islands - Krogh Island - Krok Island - Kroshka Island - Koala Island () - Koechl...
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Klakknabben Peak [SEP] continent
Klakknabben Peak Klakknabben Peak () is a low isolated peak northeast of Gavlpiggen Peak, just north of the Kirwan Escarpment in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–52) and from additional air photos (1...
17-June-1985, peak 2-June-86) - 46 weeks - "+" - Ed Sheeran (debut 3-Oct-11, peak 13-Aug-12) - 45 weeks - "Crowded House" – Crowded House (debut 28-July-86, peak 8-June-87) - 45 weeks - "The Dutchess" – Fergie (debut 25-Sep-06, peak 30-July-07) - 43 weeks - "Escape" – Enrique Iglesias (debut 12-Nov-01, peak 26-Aug-02) ...
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Koynare Rocks [SEP] continent
Koynare Rocks Koynare Rocks (, ‘Skali Koynare’ ska-'li koy-'na-re) are a small group of rocks in Hero Bay off the north coast Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated northeast of Siddins Point, northwest of Bezmer Point, and south of Miladinovi Islets. The area was visited by early 19th cen...
Island - Kotev Cove, Two Hummock Island - Kotis Point, Livingston Island - Kotlari Peak, Brabant Island - Kotrag Nunatak, Greenwich Island - Kovach Island, Robert Island - Kovil Nunatak, Sentinel Range - Koynare Rocks, Livingston Island - Kozhuh Peak, Alexander Island - Kozloduy Cove, Robert Island - Kozma Cove, Desola...
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Kubitza Glacier [SEP] continent
Kubitza Glacier Kubitza Glacier () is a northern tributary glacier to the Clifford Glacier, joining it just east of Mount Samsel in Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for J.T. Kubitza, U.S. Navy, Chief Builder...
Mount Samsel Mount Samsel () is a mountain along the north side of Clifford Glacier, just west of the juncture of the Kubitza Glacier, in Palmer Land in the Antarctic peninsula. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Gene L. Samsel, United ...
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Kvasstind Peak [SEP] continent
Kvasstind Peak Kvasstind Peak () is a peak in the northeast part of Borg Mountain, in the Borg Massif of 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 Kvasstind (sharp peak).
17-June-1985, peak 2-June-86) - 46 weeks - "+" - Ed Sheeran (debut 3-Oct-11, peak 13-Aug-12) - 45 weeks - "Crowded House" – Crowded House (debut 28-July-86, peak 8-June-87) - 45 weeks - "The Dutchess" – Fergie (debut 25-Sep-06, peak 30-July-07) - 43 weeks - "Escape" – Enrique Iglesias (debut 12-Nov-01, peak 26-Aug-02) ...
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Lee Lake [SEP] continent
Lee Lake Lee Lake () is a small lake at the southeast corner of Redcliff Nunatak on the southern flank of Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Redcliff Nunatak projects as a rounded mound of granite above the glacier surface. The ice is piled up on the west side and sweeps around the north and south sides to t...
Sarah Bowdich Lee Sarah Bowdich Lee (née Wallis) (10 Sep 1791–22 Sep 1866) was an English author, illustrator, traveller, zoologist, botanist, and pteridologist. Information. Sarah Lee was born on 10 September 1791, the only daughter of John Eglinton Wallis of Colchester. In 1813, she married the naturalist Thomas Edwa...
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Lemasters Bluff [SEP] continent
Lemasters Bluff Lemasters Bluff () is a rock bluff at the eastern extremity of the Lichen Hills in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Max E. Lemasters, U...
MG) Michael J. Terry Jun 2005 - Sep 2007 21. BG Paul L. Wentz Sep 2007 - Aug 2010 22. BG Terence Hildner Aug 2010 - died 3 Feb 2012 23. BG (MG) Clark W. LeMasters, Jr. Apr 2012 - Jul 2014 24. BG (MG) Rodney D. Fogg Jul 2014 - Jun 2016 25. BG (MG) Douglas M. McBride, Jr. Jun 2016 - May 2018 Previous leaders Former serge...
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Lewis Chain [SEP] continent
Lewis Chain The Lewis Chain () is a chain of four rock nunataks on the west side of Gordon Glacier in the Shackleton Range of Antarctica. It was first mapped by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) in 1957, and was photographed by the U.S. Navy (trimetrogon aerial photography) in 1967. The chain was named...
20 Aug – Fall of Japan - 27 Aug – Douglas MacArthur - 3 Sep – Chiang Kai-shek - 10 Sep – Robert L. Eichelberger - 17 Sep – James F. Byrnes - 24 Sep – Alfred P. Sloan - 1 Oct – Archbishop Damaskinos - 8 Oct – Sinclair Lewis - 15 Oct – Lewis Schwellenbach - 22 Oct – Edvard Beneš - 29 Oct – James V. Forrestal - 5 Nov – Sp...
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Magnier Peaks [SEP] continent
Magnier Peaks The Magnier Peaks () are two mountain peaks, the higher at , surmounting the peninsula between Leroux Bay and Bigo Bay on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. These peaks were discovered and named by the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.
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...
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Mamarchev Peak [SEP] continent
Mamarchev Peak Mamarchev Peak (, ‘Mamarchev Vrah’ \ma-'mar-chev 'vr&h\) is the peak rising to 2500 m in the north part of Sullivan Heights in central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, and surmounting Pulpudeva Glacier to the west and Ellen Glacier to the north. The peak is named after Georgi Mamarchev ...
Since 1993, regularly updated. External links. - Mamarchev Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer - Bulgarian Antarctic Gazettee. Antarctic Place-names Commission (in Bulgarian) - Basic data (in English) External links. - Mamarchev Peak. Copernix satellite image
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Marck Glacier [SEP] continent
Marck Glacier Marck Glacier () is a glacier flowing into the southwestern extremity of Cadwalader Inlet on the north side of Thurston Island, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Aviation Machinist's Mate George H. Marck, an aircrewman in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation H...
of Cleves had seven children: - Engelbert III, Count of the Marck (28 Feb 1333 – Wetter, 22 Dec 1391). Married 1) Richardis of Jülich, 2) Elisabeth of Sponheim. - Adolf III of the Marck (1334 – 7 Sep 1394, Cleves). Archbishop of Cologne 1363–1364. Later Count of Cleves and of the Marck - Dietrich of the Marck (1336 – 2...
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Marshall Mountains [SEP] continent
Marshall Mountains The Marshall Mountains () are a group of mountains overlooking Beardmore Glacier in the Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica. They are bounded on the north by Berwick Glacier, and on the south by Swinford Glacier. The mountains were discovered by the South Polar Party of the British Antarctic Expedition...
Bryn Marshall (Sep 1996 – Jan 1998)BR Mark Richardson/Paul Crimmen (Sep 1995 – Sep 96)BR Alan Gould (Nov 1993 – Aug 1995)BR Bryn Marshall (Jan 1992 – Nov 1993)BR Tony Reece (Nov 1988 – Jan 1995)BR Rick ConleyBR Tony Walker External links. - Club website
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Mayewski Peak [SEP] continent
Mayewski Peak Mayewski Peak () is a peak in the Saint Johns Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, located midway on the ridge that bounds the north side of Baldwin Valley. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Paul A. Mayewski who participated in United States Antarctic Research Program glaciologi...
17-June-1985, peak 2-June-86) - 46 weeks - "+" - Ed Sheeran (debut 3-Oct-11, peak 13-Aug-12) - 45 weeks - "Crowded House" – Crowded House (debut 28-July-86, peak 8-June-87) - 45 weeks - "The Dutchess" – Fergie (debut 25-Sep-06, peak 30-July-07) - 43 weeks - "Escape" – Enrique Iglesias (debut 12-Nov-01, peak 26-Aug-02) ...
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Mayman Nunatak [SEP] continent
Mayman Nunatak Mayman Nunatak () is a low rock outcrop, which has a domed appearance from the northeast, about southwest of Taylor Platform in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica. It was plotted from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions air photos taken in 1956 and 1960, and was named by the Antarc...
Gorman Crags - Grainger Valley - Hall Nunataks - Hudson Nunatak - Keyser Ridge - Kilfoyle Nunataks - Lensink Peak - Machin Nunatak - Mayman Nunatak - McLean Ridge - Mellor Glacier - Moore Pyramid - Mount Bakker - Mount Beck - Mount Bensley - Mount Bewsher - Mount Bloomfield - Mount Brown-Cooper - Mount Butterworth - Mo...
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McCafferty Spur [SEP] continent
McCafferty Spur McCafferty Spur () is a spur on the north face of Butcher Ridge, in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica, northwest of Mount Ayres. It was named after Anne McCafferty, a geophysicist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), who in 1991–92 worked on a USGS aeromagnetic survey over the Ross Ice Shelf ...
products. - Igloo Products Corporation, an American manufacturer of ice chests - Igloo Records, a Belgian record label - Igloo (New Zealand), a pay TV service Places. - Igloo Hill, Antarctic peninsula - Igloo Spur, a spur near the Antarctic continent Other. - "Igloo" (1932 film), an American documentary film - "Igloo" ...
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McKenzie Nunatak [SEP] continent
McKenzie Nunatak McKenzie Nunatak is a very prominent nunatak which rises to between McLin Glacier and Graveson Glacier, in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Nam...
Operation Starlight during which depots were laid for further work and mapping and geological investigations accomplished. Features. Geographical features include: section begin=features/ - Bradley Ridge - Dawson Nunatak - Harriss Ridge - Hunt Nunataks - Kotterer Peaks - Leah Ridge - McKenzie Peak - Miller Ridge - Moun...
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Mouillard Glacier [SEP] continent
Mouillard Glacier Mouillard Glacier () is a glacier flowing into the southeast corner of Brialmont Cove, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Surve...
his book. The vulture in front of the pedestal is based on his illustration used in his 1881 book. Rue Pierre-Mouillard is a Paris street named in his honour. See also. - List of early flying machines External links. - Mouillard - L'Empire de l'air. Essai d'ornithologie appliquee a l'aviation (1881) - Correspondence be...
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Mount Coulter [SEP] continent
Mount Coulter Mount Coulter is a mountain in Antarctica, northwest of Mount Gorecki in the Schmidt Hills portion of the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on...
taught Latin and Greek at Saint Agnes School in New York. Coulter became Associate Professor of Latin and Greek at Vassar College in 1916 and moved to Mount Holyoke College in 1926, where she remained till her retirement in 1951. In 1927 Coulter became a member of the American Association of University Professors. At M...
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Mount Elbert [SEP] continent
Mount Elbert Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the entire Mississippi River drainage basin. The ultra-prominent fourteener is the highest peak in the Sawatch Range and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United Stat...
Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Site Mount Elbert Methane Hydrate Site (or "Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Test Well", "Mount Elbert test well") Site Highlights. - First dedicated gas hydrate stratigraphic test well on the Alaska North Slope; - First application of extended duration, open-hole wireline pressure testing using Modula...
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Mount Genecand [SEP] continent
Mount Genecand Mount Genecand () is a mountain at the head of Barilari Bay between Lawrie Glacier and Weir Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1955–57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. It was named by the UK An...
Glacier to the northeast and Lawrie Glacier to the west. The buttress is named after the settlement of Mitino in Southwestern Bulgaria. Location. Mitino Buttress is located at , which is12.3 km northeast of Mount Genecand, 11.15 km east of Prestoy Point, 7.3 km southeast of Vardun Point, 15.13 km south-southwest of Mou...
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Mount Longhurst [SEP] continent
Mount Longhurst Mount Longhurst () is a prominent mountain, high, standing west of Mill Mountain and forming the highest point of Festive Plateau in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Cyril Longhurst, secretary of the expedition.
Longhurst Plateau Longhurst Plateau () is a narrow, snow-covered extension of the Antarctic polar plateau located just west of Mount Longhurst. Rising to , it is about long and wide, and is bounded on the south by the upper part of Darwin Glacier and on the east by McCleary Glacier. The plateau was traversed by the Dar...
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Mount Mahony [SEP] continent
Mount Mahony Mount Mahony () is a massive mountain, high, standing just east of the head of Victoria Upper Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the Western Geological Party, led by Thomas Griffith Taylor, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and was named for Daniel James Mahony, a geologist...
Lane (born 1939), Canadian poet - Patrick McCauley (1927-2015), American journalist and author - Patrick Pearse (1879-1916), Irish Poet and nationalist. - Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000), English author and translator - Patrick, the pseudonym used by artist John Byrne - Patrick Mahony Author of Freud's Dora: A Psychoanalyt...
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Mount Marwick [SEP] continent
Mount Marwick Mount Marwick () is a high peak in the Explorers Range of the Bowers Mountains, Antarctica. It rises to at the head of Morley Glacier, west of Mount Sturm. The mountain was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1982 after the late John Marwick, Chief Paleontologist with the New Zeala...
1979 English was hired by Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (KPMG Peat Marwick) as their National Practice Director, North American Continent, for Elementary and Secondary Education, in the firm’s Washington, D.C. Office. The consulting business opened English's eyes to a whole new set of tools. Business auditing and accou...
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Mount McCann [SEP] continent
Mount McCann Mount McCann () is a mountain between Espenschied Nunatak and Mount Thornton in the west-central part of the Snow Nunataks of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain K...
6 Sep 2018) - Rodney McAree (14 Sep 2018 – 10 May 2019) - Oran Kearney (3 July 2019 – ) Staff. - President: Andy Magowan - Chairman: Colin McKendry - Vice Chairman: Raymond Smyth - General Manager: Stevie McCann - Matchday Secretary: Hunter McClelland - Chaplain: Reverend Robert McMullan - Assistant Manager: Trevor McK...
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Mount Verhage [SEP] continent
Mount Verhage Mount Verhage () is a prominent mountain () standing directly at the head of Smithson Glacier in the Bowers Mountains in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names...
), Dutch judoka - Steven Verhagen (usually "van der Hagen"; 1563–1621), Dutch sailor, first admiral of the Dutch East India Company - (born 1981), Dutch racing cyclist See also. - Mount Verhage, Antarctic mountain named after US NAvy officer Ronald G. Verhage - Verhaegen, a surname - Verhaeghe (disambiguation)
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Mount Wishart [SEP] continent
Mount Wishart Mount Wishart () is a snow-covered mountain 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Mount Kirkby, on the north side of Scylla Glacier in the Prince Charles Mountains in Antarctica, plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos. It is named for E. R. Wishart, technical officer...
George Wishart George Wishart (c. 1513 – 1 March 1546) was a Scottish Protestant Reformer and one of the early Protestant martyrs burned at the stake as a heretic. George Wishart or Wisehart was the son of James and brother of Sir John of Pitarrow, both ranking themselves on the side of the Reformers. He was educated a...
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Napier Peak [SEP] continent
Napier Peak Napier Peak is the partly ice-free peak rising to 380 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is linked to Charrúa Gap to the north by a 1.5 km ice-covered col, and by an ice-covered saddle to Mirador Hill to the south-southwest, and surmounts Johnsons Glacier to...
which was mothballed in 1989, is located to the southwest of Mount Elkins. Mount Elkins is the highest peak in the Napier Mountains. It is the highest peak in Enderby Land. Geology & orogeny. Much of the East Antarctic craton was formed in the Precambrian period by a series of tectonothermal orogenic events. Napier oro...
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Nelson Peak [SEP] continent
Nelson Peak Nelson Peak is a 1,605 m peak in Antarctica, standing at the eastern end of Drury Ridge and Brown Ridge where the two ridges abut Washington Escarpment, in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956-66. ...
Jun 1970 Grateful Dead: "Workingman's Dead" - July 1970 Michael Nesmith: "Magnetic South" - July 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Cosmo's Factory" - Aug 1970 The Band: "Stage Fright" - Aug 1970 Neil Young: "After the Gold Rush" - Sep 1970 Ringo Starr: "Beaucoups of Blues" - Sep 1970 The Byrds: "Untitled" - Sep 1970 ...
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Okol Rocks [SEP] continent
Okol Rocks Okol Rocks (, ‘Skali Okol’ ska-'li o-'kol) is a group of rocks in the north of Aitcho Islands group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The principal feature in the group is "Lambert Island" "Passage Rock" () is lying east of Okol Rocks and west by south of Fort Will...
and east-southeast of Okol Rocks. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Clothier Harbour. Okol Rocks are named after the settlements of Gorni (Upper) Okol and Dolni (Lower) Okol in western Bulgaria. Lambert Island is named after Rear Admiral Nick Lambert, National Hydrographer (2010-2...
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Organpipe Point [SEP] continent
Organpipe Point Organpipe Point is a prominent east-west trending headland rising to about 60 or 70 m on the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the north side of the entrance to Charybdis Cove and the southwest side of the entrance to Griffin Cove...
Organpipe Nunatak Organpipe Nunatak is a nunatak rising to 150 m in the glacier flowing west into Holluschickie Bay, in northwest James Ross Island. Named descriptively following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geological work on the island, 1985–86, from the excellent columnar jointing exhibited on the feature.
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Patiala [SEP] continent
hotel run by Neemrana Hotels group in 2009. It is Punjab's first heritage hotel. It is near Press Club Patiala. Press Club Patiala was established in 2006 and now headed by Parveen Komal, president. Tourist attractions National Institute of Sports. Founded in 1961, Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NIS) is As...
, thus becoming collaborator in the grand empire building process by the British in, the sub-continent of India. Patiala became a 17-guns salute state during the British Raj. The rulers of Patiala such as Maharaja Karam Singh, Narinder Singh, Mahendra Singh, Rajinder Singh, Bhupinder Singh and Yadvindra Singh were trea...
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Pesyakov Hill [SEP] continent
Pesyakov Hill Pesyakov Hill (, ‘Pesyakov Halm’ \pe-sya-'kov 'h&lm\) is the ice-free hill rising to 36 m next south-southwest of the 1988 buildings of St. Kliment Ohridski Base on Bulgarian Beach, Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Grand Lagoon to the west and sout...
a minor nameless point lying 400 m to east by northeast of the latter. The last beach is a narrow strip under the cliff of a part of Perunika Glacier terminating on the coast. Bulgarian Beach is surmounted by a chain of five hills comprising Hesperides Hill, Pesyakov Hill, Sinemorets Hill, Spanish Knoll and Belozem Hil...
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Point Alden [SEP] continent
Point Alden Point Alden in Antarctica is an ice-covered point with rock exposures along the seaward side. The point marks the western side of the entrance to Commonwealth Bay and the division between Adélie Coast and George V Coast in Antarctica. The point was discovered on January 30, 1840 by the USEE under Lt. Charle...
record temperature was found by scientists sifting through decades of climate data taken by Earth-orbiting satellites. However, the previous record was at Vostok (Russian administered station) on 21 July 1983 and it is to this day more widely known. - The highest non-cyclonic winds ever recorded on the Continent were a...
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Preslik Spur [SEP] continent
Preslik Spur Preslik Spur is an ice-free spur lying south of Clemons Spur and Forlidas Ridge in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, in Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), at the suggestion of United States Geological Survey (USGS) party leader Arthur B. Ford, after Privat...
Cairn Ridge - Carlson Buttress - Clemons Spur - Clinton Spur - Czamanske Ridge - Davis Valley - Edge Glacier - Enchanted Valley - England Peak - Ford Ice Piedmont - Forlidas Pond - Forlidas Ridge - Foundation Ice Stream - Frost Spur - Hannah Peak - Jaburg Glacier - Jaeger Table - Kelley Spur - Kistler Valley - Lewis Sp...
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Prince Charles Mountains [SEP] continent
Prince Charles Mountains The Prince Charles Mountains are a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica, including the Athos Range, the Porthos Range, and the Aramis Range. The highest peak is Mount Menzies (3228 m). Other prominent peaks are Mount Izabelle and Mount Stinear (1950 m). These mountains ...
led by fellow Antarctic explorer Syd Kirkby, conducted the first geological surveys of that area of the continent. The highest of this small group of mountains, Mount Elkins, was subsequently named after Dr. Elkins. Other survey teams that year visited the Framnes Mountains, conducted geological and survey work in the ...
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Pursuit Point [SEP] continent
Pursuit Point Pursuit Point is a mostly ice-covered peninsula on south-eastern Wiencke Island, one of the larger islands of the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. Important Bird Area. The peninsula has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports breeding colonies of abou...
Highpointing Highpointing is the sport of ascending to the point with the highest elevation within a given area (the "highpoint"). Examples include: climbing the highest point of each U.S. state; reaching the highest point of each county within a specific state; and ascending the highest mountain on each continent (the...
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Sindel Point [SEP] continent
Sindel Point Sindel Point (, ‘Nos Sindel’ \'nos 'sin-del\) is a low ice-free point on the east coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 250 m into Moon Bay to separate the glacier termini of Kaliakra Glacier to the north and Struma Glacier to the south. Stuated 2.9 km northeast of...
Sliven Peak, 3.11 km south of Sindel Point, 4.7 km northwest of Yana Point and 3.7 km northwest of Godech Nunatak. First mapped from the Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05. Maps. - L.L. Ivanov et al. . Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005. - L.L. Ivanov. Sca...
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Sinemorets Hill [SEP] continent
Sinemorets Hill Sinemorets Hill (Halm Sinemorets \'h&lm si-ne-'mo-rets\) is the second most prominent (after Hesperides Hill) in the chain of hills surmounting Bulgarian Beach in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Sinemorets Hill is 380 m long in east-west direction and 230 m wide, wit...
Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Agency, 2016. (in Bulgarian) - L.L. Ivanov. . Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. References. - Sinemorets Hill. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer. - Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in Engl...
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Storgozia Nunatak [SEP] continent
Storgozia Nunatak Storgozia Nunatak (, ‘Nunatak Storgozia’ \'nu-na-tak stor-'go-zi-ya\) is the rocky hill rising to 300 m in eastern Desudava Glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. The feature is named after the ancient town of Storgosia in northern Bulgaria. Location. Storgozia Nunatak is located at...
Snow Island - St. Theodosius Nunatak, Alexander Island - Stambolov Crag, Livingston Island - Stancheva Peak, Foyn Coast - Stargel Peak, Oscar II Coast - Starmen Point, Graham Coast - Starosel Gate, Livingston Island - Stavertsi Ridge, Brabant Island - Stefan Karadzha Peak, Graham Coast - Stevrek Ridge, Oscar II Coast -...
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Tatul Island [SEP] continent
Tatul Island Tatul Island (, ‘Ostrov Tatul’ \'os-trov ta-'tul\) is a triangular ice-free island off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending , the island emerged as a distinct geographical entity following the retreat of Robert Island's ice cap in the late 20th and early 21s...
of the site began shortly after the excavations started, it is developing as a tourist destination, with the infrastructure being renewed and created and the Tatul Thracian complex already welcoming tourists. Honour. Tatul Island off Robert Island, in the South Shetland Islands is named after Tatul.
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Tikale Peak [SEP] continent
Tikale Peak Tikale Peak (, ‘Vrah Tikale’ \'vr&h ti-'ka-le\) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 550 m in southeastern Poibrene Heights on Blagoevgrad Peninsula, Oscar II Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. The feature is named after the settlement of Tikale in southern Bulgaria. Location. Tikale Peak is located ...
Island - Tervel Peak, Livingston Island - Teshel Cove, Low Island - Teteven Glacier, Greenwich Island - Thamyris Glacier, Anvers Island - Thompson Hill, Alexander Island - Ticha Peak, Livingston Island - Tikale Peak, Oscar II Coast - Tile Ridge, Greenwich Island - Timok Cove, Rugged Island - Tintyava Peak, Trinity Peni...
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Wilkes Station [SEP] continent
Wilkes Station Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) program in Antarctica. It was taken over by Australia on 7 February 1959. History. Navy personnel from the United States...
NL - From 23 Aug 2007 to 26 Aug 2007 - St. John, NB - From 30 Aug 2007 to 2 Sep 2007 - Syracuse, NY - From 5 Sep 2007 to 9 Sep 2007 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - From 12 Sep 2007 to 16 Sep 2007 - Greensboro, NC - From 19 Sep 2007 to 23 Sep 2007 - State College, PA - From 26 Sep 2007 to 30 Sep 2007 - Norfolk, VA - From 3 Oct 200...
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Wood Bay [SEP] continent
Wood Bay Wood Bay is a large bay which is bounded by Cape Johnson and Aviator Glacier Tongue on the north, and Cape Washington on the south, along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy (RN), and named by him for Lieutenant James F.L. Wood of the ship H...
sold in 1966 to the Minnesota Transfer Railway and converted into a bay window caboose. It is now owned by the Mid-Continent Railway Museum and is on display in North Freedom, Wisconsin. - Northern Pacific 1781, a wood cupola caboose built in 1923, is now owned by the Mid-Continent Railway Museum and is on display in N...
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Zanoge Hill [SEP] continent
Zanoge Hill Zanoge Hill (, ‘Halm Zanoge’ \'h&lm za-'no-ge\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 710 m and forming the northwest extremity of Srednogorie Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Malorad Glacier to the east and north. The hill is named after the settlements of Zanoge in We...
Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English) External links. - Zanoge Hill. Copernix satellite image
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Arnel Bluffs [SEP] continent
Arnel Bluffs Arnel Bluffs is a series of rock outcrops in a steeply-falling ice scarp south of the Leckie Range, Antarctica. It was plotted in December 1958 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions dog-sledge party led by G.A. Knuckey, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for R.R. Arn...
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...
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Auriga Nunataks [SEP] continent
Auriga Nunataks The Auriga Nunataks () are a small group of nunataks in Palmer Land, Antarctica, located east of Wade Point at the head of Bertram Glacier. The highest of these rises to a sharp peak and is visible for a great distance. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after the constellation of...
Capella Rocks The Capella Rocks () form a low, rocky ridge composed of several nunataks, located near the head of Bertram Glacier, northeast of the Auriga Nunataks, in Palmer Land. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after the star Capella in the constellation of Auriga.
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Australasian Antarctic Expedition [SEP] continent
Australasian Antarctic Expedition The Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) was an Australasian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, who was knighted for his achievements in leading the expedition. In 1910 he began to plan an ex...
early as Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1911. Further Australian exploration of the Antarctic continent was conducted during the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), which was conducted over the years 1929–1931. The Australian National Antarctic Research Exp...
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Blumberg [SEP] continent
1648, thanks to its "Doggererz" iron ore reserves, the town experienced a short lived expansion. Doggererz mine was reopened and ore extracted once again from 1934 to 1942, the time of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, Nazi Germany. In Nazi Germany itself and throughout German-occupied Europe the use of For...
He died in Baden-Baden, aged 65. A functionalist, his major works include: the textile mill at Blumberg (1951); the West German pavilion at the Brussels World's Fair (with Sep Ruf, 1958); the West German embassy in Washington, D.C. (1958–1964); the highrise "Langer Eugen" for the German Parliament in Bonn (1965–1969); ...
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Cape Timblón [SEP] continent
Cape Timblón Cape Timblón is the conspicuous rocky cape forming the north extremity of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is a northwest entrance point for Morton Strait. The area was visited by 19th century sealers. The feature is named after Captain Carlos Timblón, Master of the Argentine seali...
4.6 km west by south of Radev Point, 6.33 km west-northwest of Devils Point, Livingston Island and 7.16 km north by east of Cape Timblón, Snow Island (British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, Argentine mapping in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009). Maps. - Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa top...
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Conrad Mountains [SEP] continent
Conrad Mountains The Conrad Mountains ( ) are a narrow chain of mountains, long, located between the Gagarin Mountains and Mount Dallmann in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. The Conrad Mountains are a subrange of the Orvin Mountains. With its summit at , the massive Sandeggtind Peak forms the highest point in the Conrad Mo...
- 5 Jul – Sargent Shriver - 12 Jul – Seán Lemass - 19 Jul – Conrad Hilton - 26 Jul – H. Edward Gilbert - 2 Aug – W. Averell Harriman - 9 Aug – Madame Nhu - 16 Aug – Michael Ramsey - 23 Aug – None ("U.S. Atomic Arsenal" cover) - 30 Aug – Roy Wilkins - 6 Sep – William L. Pereira - 13 Sep – None ("Red China" cover) - 20 S...
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Cruzen Island [SEP] continent
Cruzen Island Cruzen Island is a rocky, but mostly snow-covered island about north-northeast of the mouth of Land Glacier off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was discovered in 1940 on aerial flights from the West Base of the US Antarctic Service, and named for Commander Richard Cruzen, US Navy, the command...
AG-29). "Bear" participated in the United States Antarctic Service Expedition, under the command of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, a renowned aviator and explorer who led the government financed expedition to evaluate the economic and military value of the Antarctic continent. Navy records state that 1,000 miles of new ...
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Dewart Island [SEP] continent
Dewart Island Dewart Island is the central island in the Frazier Islands, in Vincennes Bay, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. History. The island was photographed from the air in the course of the US Navy's Operation Highjump (1946–47) and its position fixed by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (1956)....
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...
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East Antarctic Ice Sheet [SEP] continent
East Antarctic Ice Sheet The East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) is one of two large ice sheets in Antarctica, and the largest on the entire planet. The EAIS lies between 45° west and 168° east longitudinally. The EAIS holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by 53.3 m and is considerably larger in area and mass than th...
2008 study compared the ice leaving the ice sheet, by measuring the ice velocity and thickness along the coast, to the amount of snow accumulation over the continent. This found that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet was in balance but the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was losing mass. This was largely due to acceleration of ice...
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Elephant Point [SEP] continent
Elephant Point Elephant Point is a small predominantly ice-free promontory projecting 2 km into Bransfield Strait at the south extremity of the west half of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point forms the southwest side of the entrance to Kavarna Cove, and is surmounted by Rotch Dome on...
- 21 Aug – George H.W. Bush - 28 Aug – 50th Anniversary of World War II - 5 Sep – The Rolling Stones - 11 Sep – Citizens Fight Drugs - 18 Sep – Saving the Rain Forest - 25 Sep – Atlantic City - 2 Oct – A Day in the Life of China - 9 Oct – Adoption - 16 Oct – The Elephant - 23 Oct – George Washington - 25 Oct – 150 Year...
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Enyo Glacier [SEP] continent
Enyo Glacier Enyo Glacier () is a south-flowing glacier long situated east of Sandy Glacier in the eastern part of the Olympus Range, in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. In association with the names from Greek mythology grouped in this area, it was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1998 after Enyo, a ...
Wrenn Peak Wrenn Peak () is a peak rising to 1750 m on the ridge at the head of Sandy Glacier and Enyo Glacier in Olympus Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after John H. Wrenn, Department of Geology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, a participant in the...
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Festningsporten Pass [SEP] continent
Festningsporten Pass Festningsporten Pass is an ice-covered gap in the middle of the north face of Festninga Mountain leading to the mountain's flat summit, in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. it was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic...
the German Air Ministry. They were remapped by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-1960. Features. - Ahlstad Hills - Austreskorve Glacier - Austvollen Bluff - Båsbolken Spur - Breplogen Mountain - Buddenbrock Range - Cumulus Mountain - Djupedalen Valley - Djupedalshausane Peaks - Extreme points of Norway - Festnin...
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Flandres Bay [SEP] continent
Flandres Bay Flandres Bay is a large bay lying between Cape Renard and Cape Willems, along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was explored in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, who named it, probably after the historical area of Flandres.
Cangrejo Cove Cangrejo Cove (British Crab Cove) () is a cove long lying immediately west of Azure Cove in Flandres Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land. It was first roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99. The name Bahia Cangrejo ("crayfish cove" or "crayfish bay") was given by ...
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Fortenberry Glacier [SEP] continent
Fortenberry Glacier Fortenberry Glacier () is a glacier on the north side of Tapsell Foreland in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It flows north into Yule Bay east of Ackroyd Point. It was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and was named by the Advisory Committ...
Fortenberry Fortenberry may refer to: - Brandon Fortenberry (born 1990), basketballer - Hoyt Fortenberry, fictional character - Jeff Fortenberry (born 1960), politician - Joe Fortenberry (1911–1993), an American basketball player - John Fortenberry, film and television director - Ken Fortenberry, journalist See also. -...
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Giza Peak [SEP] continent
Giza Peak Giza Peak () is a peak rising to about on the east side of the Fossil Bluff massif, eastern Alexander Island, Antarctica. For many years this peak was known to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) workers as "Sphinx," a name already in use. To avoid duplication, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1987 ap...
Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 is a live album by American rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains two CDs and one DVD and was released in 2008. The album was recorded September 15 & 16, 1978, at the Giza pyramid complex in Giza, Egypt. This was the third continent on which the band perf...
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Glavinitsa Peak [SEP] continent
Glavinitsa Peak Glavinitsa Peak (, ‘Vrah Glavinitsa’ \'vr&h gla-'vi-ni-tsa\) is the peak rising to 1500 m in the central part of Rudozem Heights on German Peninsula, Fallières Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It has precipitous and partly ice-free northwest and south slopes, and is surmounting Bader Glacier to the nor...
Pass, Livingston Island - Gerritsz Bay, Anvers Island - Gesha Point, Clarence Island - Ghiaurov Peak, Livingston Island - Mount Ghiuselev, Brabant Island - Gigen Peak, Trinity Peninsula - Gilbert Spur, Sentinel Range - Giridava Glacier, Clarence Island - Glarus Island, Trinity Island - Glavinitsa Peak, Fallières Coast ...
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Gluvrekletten Peak [SEP] continent
Gluvrekletten Peak Gluvrekletten Peak () is a peak, high, between Terningskarvet Mountain and Nupskammen Ridge in the Gjelsvik Mountains of 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 surveys and air phot...
17-June-1985, peak 2-June-86) - 46 weeks - "+" - Ed Sheeran (debut 3-Oct-11, peak 13-Aug-12) - 45 weeks - "Crowded House" – Crowded House (debut 28-July-86, peak 8-June-87) - 45 weeks - "The Dutchess" – Fergie (debut 25-Sep-06, peak 30-July-07) - 43 weeks - "Escape" – Enrique Iglesias (debut 12-Nov-01, peak 26-Aug-02) ...
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Gorgons Head [SEP] continent
Gorgons Head Gorgons Head () is a peak southeast of Mount Hughes in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica. The peak is sandstone with dolerite intrusions and is a sharp summit ridge. It was named after the Gorgons, three winged creatures of Greek mythology only one of which (Medusa) could be killed by having its head cut of...
The Gorgons who lead the race of Gorgons. - Medusa – The former Queen of the Gorgons. She was decapitated by Kratos in "God of War" (2005) at the directive of Aphrodite; Kratos took her head as a weapon to turn enemies to stone. - Euryale – A Gorgon and former servant of the Sisters of Fate. Euryale sought revenge agai...
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Gossard Channel [SEP] continent
Gossard Channel Gossard Channel () is a narrow channel extending in an east–west direction between the Mariner Islands and Booth Peninsula in the central portion of the Highjump Archipelago, Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the Advisory Committee on ...
guitar - Matt Cameron – drums - Stone Gossard – rhythm guitar - Mike McCready – lead guitar - Eddie Vedder – lead vocals, guitar - Additional musicians - Boom Gaspar – Hammond B-3, keyboards - Neil Young – vocals and guitar on "Rockin' in the Free World" External links. - Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre Sep 11, 2011...
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Granite Spur [SEP] continent
Granite Spur Granite Spur () is a rock spur along the north front of the Jones Mountains of Antarctica, west of Avalanche Ridge. It was mapped by the University of Minnesota – Jones Mountains Party, 1960–61, and so named by them because the basement granite is well exposed here.
2.5 hrs walk to the summit of Bogong, and this is the easiest winter access, although occasionally the 4WD track is covered with snow. Just over halfway up the Eskdale Spur is Michell Hut, which burnt down during the 2003 bushfires but was later rebuilt. Michell Hut provides emergency refuge, toilet, camp sites and a r...
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Greene Point [SEP] continent
Greene Point Greene Point is an ice-covered point northeast of Andrus Point in Lady Newnes Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Stanley W. Greene, a biologist ...
(2002 to 2005) - LTC Michael Infanti (2005 to 10 Dec 2007) - LTC Richard G. Greene, Jr. (10 Dec 2007 to 29 Sep 2010) - LTC Robert M. Ryan (29 Sep 2010 to 5 Jun 2012) - LTC Roland Dicks (5 Jun 2012 to Aug 2014) - LTC Christopher Landers (Aug 2014 to May 2016) - LTC Issac Rademacher (May 2016 to May 2018) - LTC Steven Wa...
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Haddon Bay [SEP] continent
Haddon Bay Haddon Bay is a bay lying immediately east of Mount Alexander along the south coast of Joinville Island, Antarctica. It was discovered in January 1893 by Thomas Robertson, master of the ship "Active", one of the Dundee whalers. The bay was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1953 and name...
Holsinger, Kent (2007). Types of stochastic threats. Version of 2007-SEP-04. Retrieved 2007-NOV-04. - "Encyclopædia Britannica Online" 25 August 2005 "Population Ecology" article section on Population Cycles Further reading. - de Vries, Gerda; Hillen, Thomas; Lewis, Mark; Schonfisch, Birgitt and Muller, Johannes (2006)...
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands [SEP] continent
Heard Island and McDonald Islands The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) is an Australian external territory comprising a volcanic group of barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. The group's overall size is in area and it has of coastline. Discovered in t...
ice by mule or on foot to Mérida for sale, a six hour journey. Venezuela's glacier coverage shrank to about 700 acres in 1952, and 200 acres in 1985. The last remaining glacier, located on Pico Humboldt, was estimated to cover 25 acres in 2011. Glaciers by continent Oceania. No glaciers remain on the Australia mainlan...
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Heave-ho Slope [SEP] continent
Heave-ho Slope Heave-ho Slope () is a slope falling from Quarterdeck Ridge to a saddle at the southwest end of Hallett Peninsula, Antarctica. The slope must be traversed by parties moving overland from Hallett Station to Tucker Glacier, after the bay ice in Edisto Inlet has broken out. The New Zealand Geological Survey...
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Herring Nunataks [SEP] continent
Herring Nunataks The Herring Nunataks () are two prominent nunataks standing northwest of Mount Lechner in the western Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee o...
Creaney Nunataks The Creaney Nunataks () are low nunataks lying southwest of the Herring Nunataks and west of Mount Lechner in the western Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and named by the Advisory Committe...
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Hillier Moss [SEP] continent
Hillier Moss Hillier Moss () is a wet, level, low-lying area, which has several small pools and extensive moss carpets, located north of Lenton Point in southeastern Signy Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Edward R. Hillier, a British Antarctic Survey medical officer and l...
Tilbrook Hill Tilbrook Hill () is a hill rising to 70 m between Hillier Moss and Caloplaca Cove in southeast Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1990 after Peter J. Tilbrook, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) terrestrial biologist, 1961-75 (latterly H...
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Hobbs Point [SEP] continent
Hobbs Point Hobbs Point () is the northeastern end of Brooklyn Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Graham J. Hobbs, a Falkland Islands Depe...
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Howard Hills [SEP] continent
Howard Hills The Howard Hills () are an area of low hills and meltwater lakes south of Beaver Glacier in the northeastern part of the Scott Mountains, Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956, and named by the Antarctic Na...
days later) was born in a log cabin in Orange Township, Moreland Hills, November 19, 1831. - Benjamin Harrison 23rd US President (1889-1893) grandson of President William H. Harrison, born in North Bend, Ohio, August 20, 1833. - William McKinley 25th US President (1897-1901, shot in abdomen on Sep 6, died Sept 13) was ...
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Hunt Nunataks [SEP] continent
Hunt Nunataks The Hunt Nunataks () are a linear group of nunataks, long, lying just east of Mount Bechervaise in the Athos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica. They were plotted by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from air photos obtained in 1965, and named by the Antarctic Names Com...
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...
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Iglika Passage [SEP] continent
Iglika Passage Iglika Passage (, ‘Protok Iglika’ \'pro-tok i-'gli-ka\) is the passage between the Zed island group and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 1.53 km wide between Lesidren Island and Williams Point on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island. The passage is named after the settlements of...
Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. References. - Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English) - Iglika Passage. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer External links. - Iglika P...
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Isdalen Valley [SEP] continent
Isdalen Valley Isdalen Valley () is an ice-filled valley between Aurdalsegga Ridge and Isdalsegga Ridge in the Südliche Petermann Range of the Wohlthat Mountains in Antarctica. It was discovered and plotted from air photos by the Third German Antarctic Expedition in 1938–39. It was replotted from air photos and surveys...
the slopes of Ulriken, known as Isdalen ("Ice Valley"), is also nicknamed "Death Valley", due to the area's history of suicides in the Middle Ages, and more recent hiking accidents. The valley became well known in 1970 when the remains of the mysterious Isdal Woman was discovered there. Another area of the mountain is ...
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Jorge Island [SEP] continent
Jorge Island Jorge Island is an ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending , surface area . The area was visited by early 19th century sealers. The feature was named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition in 1949 after the son of Captain José...
Moreira da Mota and Montalverne Sequeira, the newspaper's director José Bruno Carreiro, and parterns from the other islands, including Luís da Silva Ribeiro and Alfredo Mendonça (from the island of Terceira), musician Francisco Lacerda (from the island of São Jorge), and from the continent Luís Ataíde and Linhares de L...
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Jøkulgavlen Ridge [SEP] continent
Jøkulgavlen Ridge Jøkulgavlen Ridge () is a prominent flat-topped ridge forming the south part of Jokulskarvet Ridge, in the Borg Massif of 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 Jøkulgav...
(Ed.), "Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History". New York: Checkmark Books. . External links. - Korean War Map of N. end of Bloody Ridge: Heartbreak Ridge, Mungdung-ni Valley and Hill 1179 External links News. - Allies Capture 'Bloody Ridge' - Toledo Blade, Sep. 5, 1951 - Yankees Seiz...
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Karelin Bay [SEP] continent
Karelin Bay Karelin Bay () is a bay-like indentation in the middle of the north part of the West Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Leskov Island lies immediately southeast of the bay. It was mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1956, and named for professor of oceanography Dmitriy Karelin.
" – Oscar Dragonia - "Tiger & Bunny" – Ivan Karelin/Origami Cyclone - "Time of Eve" – Masakazu Masaki - "The Galaxy Railways" – Filidh (Ep. 17), Owen - "The Sky Crawlers" – Yuichi Kannami - "The Weathering Continent" – Arun Harad - "Urusei Yatsura" – Ataru Moroboshi - "Welcome to the Space Show" – Kyoshi Sato - "Your N...
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Koerwitz Glacier [SEP] continent
Koerwitz Glacier Koerwitz Glacier () is a low gradient glacier flowing northeast from Mount Griffith in the Hays Mountains of Antarctica to the Karo Hills. It was first seen and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30. The glacier was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Peter H. Koer...
Sledging Col Sledging Col () is a col between Mount Griffith and a very low peak on its northeast side, in the Hays Mountains. The col provides a sledging route from Scott Glacier to the head of Koerwitz Glacier and thence northward. So named by members of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) who...
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Kohler Range [SEP] continent
Kohler Range Kohler Range () is a mountain range in the Marie Byrd Land of Antarctica. The range is about 64 km (40 mi) long and stands between the base of Martin Peninsula and Smith Glacier. The range is composed of two ice-covered plateaus which are oriented East-West and are separated by the Kohler Glacier, a distri...
Draft Convention and Conference of 1929.” "The American Journal of International Law" 27.2 (Apr., 1993): 225-246. "JSTOR." Web. 22 Sep. 2013. - Foster, Roger. “Recent Decisions under the Evarts Act.” "The Yale Law Journal" 1.3 (Feb., 1892): 95-105. "JSTOR." Web. 22 Sep. 2013. - Kohler, Max J., “Legal Disabilities of Al...
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Lagarrigue Cove [SEP] continent
Lagarrigue Cove Lagarrigue Cove () is a small cove south of Spigot Peak, Errera Channel, on the Danco Coast of Antarctica. The name was proposed by the Argentine navy and was approved by the Argentine geographical coordinating commission in 1956 to replace the provisional name "Puerto Lote". The cove was named in memor...
Sep. 13, 2013 the U.S. Department of Energy approved Dominion Cove Point's application to export up to 770 million cubic feet per day of LNG to countries that do not have a free trade agreement with the U.S. In May 2014, the FERC concluded its environmental assessment of the Cove Point LNG project, which found that the...
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Laizure Glacier [SEP] continent
Laizure Glacier Laizure Glacier () is a broad glacier that enters the sea immediately west of Drake Head, Oates Coast, Antarctica. The glacier was roughly plotted by Australia from U.S. Navy Operation Highjump photography, 1946–47, and from photographs and other data obtained by Australian National Antarctic Research E...
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...
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Lake Vanda [SEP] continent
Lake Vanda Lake Vanda is a lake in Wright Valley, Victoria Land, Ross Dependency, Antarctica. The lake is 5 km long and has a maximum depth of 69 m. On its shore, New Zealand maintained Vanda Station from 1968 to 1995. Lake Vanda is a hypersaline lake with a salinity more than ten times that of seawater, more than the ...
scientific diving operations are limited to work in the upper layer (above ) and remotely operated underwater vehicle use is not allowed. Vanda Station. Lake Vanda Station was well known for The Royal Lake Vanda Swim Club. Visitors to Lake Vanda Station could dip into the high salinity waters when the icecap edge melte...
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Land Glacier [SEP] continent
Land Glacier The Land Glacier () is a broad, heavily crevassed glacier, about long, descending into Land Bay in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the U.S. Antarctic Service (1939–41) and named for Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission. See also. - List of glaciers in the A...
South America Glacier South America Glacier () is a small glacier near the southwest corner of the Kukri Hills in Victoria Land. The ice hangs down a cliff 2,000 m high, and takes a form similar to the continent for which it is named. Named by the Western Journey Party, led by Taylor, of the British Antarctic Expeditio...
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