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Rabot
Rabot may refer to: Geography * Rabot, Tajikistan, a city in Tajikistan *Rabot Island, island near Antarctica * Rabot Glacier, glacier in Antarctica * Rabot Point, a high rocky point in James Ross Island, Antarctica People with the surname *Charles Rabot Charles Rabot (26 June 1856 in Nevers − 1 February 1944 in Martigné-Ferchaud) was a French geographer, glaciologist, traveler, journalist, lecturer, translator, and explorer. He was also the first person to climb Kebnekaise, the tallest mountai ..., French geographer and glaciologist * Pierre Rabot, French sailor {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabot Point
Rabot Point () is a high rocky point on the east side of James Ross Island, Antarctica. It lies in Markham Bay and separates the mouths of Gourdon and Hobbs Glaciers. Origin of the name A small glacier close west of The Watchtower on the south side of the island was originally named 'Rabot Gletscher', after the French glaciologist Charles Rabot, by Otto Nordenskjold, leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901–04. However, the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyed the south part of the island in 1953 and found the glacier to be very insignificant and does not require a name. In order to preserve the name Rabot in the vicinity, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) an ... decided to apply it to 'Rabot Point' inste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Rabot
Charles Rabot (26 June 1856 in Nevers − 1 February 1944 in Martigné-Ferchaud) was a French geographer, glaciologist, traveler, journalist, lecturer, translator, and explorer. He was also the first person to climb Kebnekaise, the tallest mountain in Sweden, which he accomplished in 1883. He led his first expedition to Spitsbergen in 1882 on the ship ''Petit Paris''. Ten years later, he embarked on a voyage on the ship ''La Mancha'', for a mapping mission, redrawing the map of the glacier Svartisen. He crossed Spitsbergen west to east and surveyed Prins Karls Forland. He was also a passionate ethnographer with the study of some Arctic and Volga peoples to the east and west of the Urals: Chuvash people, Cheremiss, Permiak, Zyrian, Khanty (Ostiaks) and Samoyeds. He published numerous articles on the above subjects, and also wrote and translated many books on Arctic exploration and sciences. The French base located at Ny-Ålesund bears his name, which has also be given an inver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabot Island
Rabot Island is an island long and wide, lying south of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for Charles Rabot. Originally discovered by John Biscoe. See also * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * Monflier Point, marks the southwest end of Rabot Island * Rodman Passage Rodman Passage () is a passage between the south end of Renaud Island and Rabot Island, in the Biscoe Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC ... References External links * Islands of the Biscoe Islands {{Biscoes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabot, Tajikistan
Rabot (Russian and tg, Работ, fa, رباط ) is a village and jamoat in Tajikistan. It is part of the city of Tursunzoda in Districts of Republican Subordination tg, Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ , native_name_lang = , other_name = ناحیه های تابع جمهوری , settlement_type = Region , image_skyline = , .... The jamoat has a total population of 13,053 (2015).Jamoat-level basic indicators United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 14 October 2020 Notes References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabot Glacier
The Marsh Glacier () is a glacier about 110 km (70 mi) long, flowing north from the Antarctic polar plateau between the Miller Range and Queen Elizabeth Range into Nimrod Glacier. Seen by a New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ... party of the CTAE (1956–58) and named for G.W. Marsh, a member of the party. See also * List of glaciers in the Antarctic References * Glaciers of Shackleton Coast {{ShackletonCoast-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
