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Asquith Bluff
Lennox-King Glacier is a large valley glacier, about long that flows east into the Ross Ice Shelf. Location Lennox-King Glacier drains Bowden Névé and flows northeast between the Holland Range and the Queen Alexandra Range of Antarctica to enter Richards Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf. The Law Glacier supplies ice to the Lennox-King Glacier, leading some glaciologists to refer to it as the Law/Lennox-King Glacier system or Law-Lennox-King glacier corridor. Its mouth is south of the Robb Glacier and west of the Beardmore Glacier. Lennox-King Glacier was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1959–60) for Lieutenant Commander James Lennox-King, Royal New Zealand Navy, leader at Scott Base, 1960. Mouth Richards Inlet . A large ice-filled inlet at the mouth of Lennox-King Glacier, opening to the Ross Ice Shelf just southeast of Lewis Ridge. Named by the NZGSAE (1959–60) for R. W. Richards, a member of the Ross Sea Party of the Imperial Trans-Anta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between high above the water surface. Ninety percent of the floating ice, however, is below the water surface. Most of the Ross Ice Shelf is in the Ross Dependency claimed by New Zealand. It floats in, and covers, a large southern portion of the Ross Sea and the entire Roosevelt Island, Antarctica, Roosevelt Island located in the east of the Ross Sea. The ice shelf is named after James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, who discovered it on 28 January 1841. It was originally called "The Barrier", with various adjectives including "Great Ice Barrier", as it prevented sailing further south. Ross mapped the ice front eastward to 160° W. In 1947, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names applied the name "Ross Shelf Ice" to this feature and published it in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Exploration and name The Marshall Mountains were discovered by the South Polar Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, and named for Dr. Eric Marshall, surgeon and cartographer to the expedition, a member of the Polar Party. Location The Marshall Mountains are in the southwest of the Queen Alexandra Range, to the south of Mount Falla, southwest of Mount Kirkpatrick and west of the Adams Mountains. They are bounded by the Beardmore Glacier to the south, the Antarctic Plateau to the west and the Walcott Névé to the northwest. Mount Marshall gives its name to the range. Features to its southeast include Swinford Glacier, Mount Holloway, Table Bay, Mount Augusta, Skaar Ridge and Mount Wild. Features to the north include Blizzard Peak, Blizzard Heights, Linds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Tripp
The Holland Range () is a rugged coastal mountain range in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica, on the west coast of the Ross Ice Shelf. It is about long. Location The Holland Range lies just west of the Ross Ice Shelf and extends from Robb Glacier in the northeast to Lennox-King Glacier in the south. To the north of the range is the "island" that holds Cape Lyttelton. To the west, on the west side of Robb Glacier, is the Queen Elizabeth Range. To the south, across the Lennox-King Glacier, is the Queen Alexandra Range. The range was named by the Ross Sea Committee for Sir Sidney Holland, who as Prime Minister of New Zealand supported that nation's participation in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58). Glaciers The Robb Glacier flows from Clarkson Peak north along the east side of Softbed Ridges to the Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Goldie. It flows between the Queen Elizabeth Range to the west and the Holland Range to the east. To the north of Softbed Ridges it con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Operation Deep Freeze is the code name for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on. (There was an initial operation before Admiral Richard Byrd proposed 'Deep Freeze'). Given the continuing and constant US presence in Antarctica since that date, "Operation Deep Freeze" has come to be used as a general term for US operations in that continent, and in particular for the regular missions to resupply US Antarctic bases, coordinated by the United States military. Task Force 199 was involved. For a few decades the missions were led by the United States Navy, though the Air National Guard and National Science Foundation are also important parts of the missions. In Antarctica, when the polar dawn starts late in the year things begin warming up and the mission usually runs from late in the year to early the next year before the months of darkness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodes Peak
The Holland Range () is a rugged coastal mountain range in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica, on the west coast of the Ross Ice Shelf. It is about long. Location The Holland Range lies just west of the Ross Ice Shelf and extends from Robb Glacier in the northeast to Lennox-King Glacier in the south. To the north of the range is the "island" that holds Cape Lyttelton. To the west, on the west side of Robb Glacier, is the Queen Elizabeth Range. To the south, across the Lennox-King Glacier, is the Queen Alexandra Range. The range was named by the Ross Sea Committee for Sir Sidney Holland, who as Prime Minister of New Zealand supported that nation's participation in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58). Glaciers The Robb Glacier flows from Clarkson Peak north along the east side of Softbed Ridges to the Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Goldie. It flows between the Queen Elizabeth Range to the west and the Holland Range to the east. To the north of Softbed Ridges it con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Miller
Mount Miller is an isolated peak of the Saint Elias Mountains in Alaska, United States. It is notable for its position among spectacular icefields, its distance from any inhabited place, and its large rise above local terrain. It is over from McCarthy, the nearest habitation, and over away from Yakutat, the nearest significant town. Exemplifying the size of the mountain, the south flank rises above the Duktoth River valley to the south in approximately . Mount Miller is the high point of the east–west trending Barkley Ridge, located on the south side of the Bagley Icefield, one of the largest icefields in North America. The Bering Glacier flows from the Bagley Icefield at the western end of the ridge, while the southeast slopes of the ridge head the Yahtse Glacier. The only side of the ridge that is not completely glaciated is the south side, where the Robinson Mountains lie between Barkley Ridge and the Gulf of Alaska. Since Mount Miller is so isolated, and is not of e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent A
Kent is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Greater London to the north-west. The county town is Maidstone. The county has an area of and had population of 1,875,893 in 2022, making it the fifth most populous county in England. The north of the county contains a conurbation which includes the towns of Chatham, Gillingham, and Rochester. Other large towns are Maidstone and Ashford, and the borough of Canterbury holds city status. For local government purposes Kent consists of a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and the unitary authority area of Medway. The county historically included south-east Greater London, and is one of the home counties. The north of Kent is a plain bordering the Thames Estuary. South of this is the North Downs, a chalk downland ridge which crosses the county from north-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamping Peak
Mount Falla is a prominent conical mountain, high, standing northeast of Mount Stonehouse, between Berwick and Prebble Glaciers. Exploration and name Mount Falla was sighted in January 1958 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956–58), and named for R.A. Falla, a member of the Ross Sea Committee. Location Mount Falla is in the southwest of the Queen Alexandra Range, to the west of Mount Kirkpatrick and north of the Marshall Mountains. Nearby features include Lamping Peak to the north of Prebble Glacier, Fremouw Peak and Golden Cap to the south of Prebble Glacier, and Gordon Valley, Mount Stonehouse and Buttress Peak to the southwest. Features Nearby features include: Hanson Spur . A flat-topped ridge, long, trending northwest from Mount Falla. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1995 after Richard E. Hanson, geologist, Ohio State University, who conducted field research in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grindley Plateau
Grindley Plateau () is a high icecapped plateau in the central Queen Alexandra Range of Antarctica, bordered by the peaks of Mount Mackellar, Mount Bell and Mount Kirkpatrick. Name Grindley Plateau was named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE; 1961–62) for George Grindley, senior geologist of the party. Location Grindley Plateau is in the central Queen Alexandra Range, north of Mount Kirkpatrick. The Garrard Glacier forms to its south and flows east into the Beardmore Glacier. The Wyckoff Glacier forms to its southeast and flows west to Lennox-King Glacier. The Wahl Glacier forms to its west and flows northwest to Lennox-King Glacier. Features surrounding the plateau include Mallory Bluff, Mount Mackellar, Mount Bell, Mount Kurlak, Mount Lockwood, Mount Stanley and Levi Peak. Features Mallory Bluff . A prominent bluff on the northwest slope of Grindley Plateau, just northeast of the head of Wahl Glacier. Named by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fremouw Peak
Fremouw Peak () is a prominent peak, high, forming the south side of the mouth of Prebble Glacier, in the Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Edward J. Fremouw, a United States Antarctic Research Program aurora scientist at South Pole Station, 1959.Stewart, J., 2011. ''Antarctica: An Encyclopedia,'' 2nd ed. Jefferson, North Carolina and London, McFarland & Company, Inc. 1771 pp. The Triassic Fremouw Formation is named for a thick interval of sedimentary rocks exposed on the slopes of Fremouw Peak. This peak serves as the type locality for the Fremouw Formation. Fragmentary vertebrate fossils have been found in these sedimentary rocks.Barrett, P.J., 1969, ''Stratigraphy and petrology of the mainly fluviatile Permian and Triassic Beacon rocks, Beardmore Glacier area, Antarctica.'' ''Ohio State University Institute of Polar Studies Report'' 34, pp1-132 .Barrett, P.J., Elliot, D.H., Lindsay, J.F., 1986. ''The Beacon Super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
