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Wilkins Coast
Wilkins Coast is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Agassiz and Cape Boggs. Name Wilkins Coast was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Sir Hubert Wilkins, who in a pioneer Antarctic exploratory flight on December 20, 1928, flew southward from Deception Island and crossed the Antarctic Peninsula to its east side. He continued southward to Stefansson Strait and Hearst Island, which lie midway along Wilkins Coast. References Sources * Wilkins Coast, Coasts of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martin in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica. The Antarctic Peninsula is part of the larger peninsula of West Antarctica, protruding from a line between Cape Adams (Weddell Sea) and a point on the mainland south of the Eklund Islands. Beneath the ice sheet that covers it, the Antarctic Peninsula consists of a string of bedrock islands; these are separated by deep channels whose bottoms lie at depths considerably below current sea level. They are joined by a grounded ice sheet. Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost tip of South America, is about away across the Drake Passage. The Antarctic Peninsula is in area and 80% ice-covered. The marine ecosystem around the western continental shelf of the Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) has been subjected to rapid Climate change in Antarctica, clima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Agassiz
The Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula() is an ice-covered spur from the main mountain mass of the Antarctic Peninsula. It projects over in a northeasterly arc from its base between Mobiloil Inlet and Casey Inlet. Location The Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula separates the north end of the Wilkins Coast from the southeast end of the Bowman Coast of Palmer Land on the Antarctic Peninsula, beside the Weddell Sea to the north and east. It is surrounded by the Larsen Ice Shelf. Bowman Inlet is immediately to the west, and Mobiloil Inlet is further west. Casey Inlet is to the south. The arc of the peninsula encloses Revelle Inlet between Cape Agassiz on its northern tip and Cape Keeler on its southeast point. Poseidon Pass separates Cape Keeler from Cape Mayo. Mount Argus connects the peninsula to the mainland. Discovery and name The Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula was discovered and partially photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on his 1935 trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Boggs
Lehrke Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet, wide, which recedes southwest for between Cape Boggs and Cape Sharbonneau, along the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location The Lehrke Inlet of the Weddell Sea is on the east coast of Palmer Land, at the north end of the Black Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is south of the Eielson Peninsula and Dolleman Island, and north of the Imshaug Peninsula and Steele Island. The Eland Mountains are to the northwest and the Welch Mountains are to the west-southwest. Glaciers feeding the inlet include, clockwise from the south, Gain Glacier, Dana Glacier, Yates Glacier, Matheson Glacier and Ashton Glacier. Other features include Cape Boggs, Cape Sharbonneau, Mount Hill on the Imshaus Peninsula, Neilson Peak on the Parmalee Massif, and Dawson Head. Discovery and name Lehrke Inlet was discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) who explored this coast on land and from the air in 1940. It was named for Lester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advisory Committee On Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established in 1943 as the Special Committee on Antarctic Names (SCAN). It became the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1947. Fred G. Alberts was Secretary of the Committee from 1949 to 1980. By 1959, a structured nomenclature was reached, allowing for further exploration, structured mapping of the region and a unique naming system. A 1990 ACAN gazeeter of Antarctica listed 16,000 names. Description The United States does not recognise territorial boundaries within Antarctica, so ACAN assigns names to features anywhere within the continent, in consultation with other national nomenclature bodies where appropriate, as defined by the Antarctic Treaty System. The research and staff support for the ACAN is provided by the United States Geologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Wilkins
Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar (31 October 188830 November 1958), commonly referred to as Captain Wilkins, was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer. He was awarded the Military Cross after he assumed command of a group of American soldiers who had lost their officers during the Battle of the Hindenburg Line, and became the only official Australian photographer from any war to receive a combat medal. He narrowly failed in an attempt to be the first to cross under the North Pole in a submarine, but was able to prove that submarines were capable of operating beneath the polar ice cap, thereby paving the way for future successful missions. The US Navy later took his ashes to the North Pole aboard the submarine USS ''Skate'' on 17 March 1959. Early life Hubert Wilkins was a native of Mount Bryan East, South Australia, the last of 13 children in a family of pioneer settlers and sheep farmers. He was born at Mount Bryan East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deception Island
Deception Island is in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually "safe" natural harbour, which is occasionally affected by the underlying active volcano. This island is the caldera of an active volcano, which seriously damaged local scientific stations in 1967 and 1969. The island previously held a whaling station. It is now a tourist destination with over 15,000 visitors per year. Two research stations are operated by Argentina and Spain during the summer season. While various countries have asserted sovereignty, it is still administered under the Antarctic Treaty System, meaning it is under no control. Geography Located within the Bransfield Strait, the island is roughly circular and horseshoe-shaped, with a maximum diameter around . The highest peak, Mount Pond on the east side of the island, has an elevation of , while Mount Kirkwood on the west has an elevation of . Over half (57%) of the island is covered by glaciers up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefansson Strait
Stefansson Strait () is an ice-filled strait long and wide, between the east coast of Palmer Land and Hearst Island, Antarctica. Location Stefansson Strait is on the Wilkins Coast of Palmer Land, beside the Weddell Sea to the east. It is east of the Eternity Range, north of Hughes Ice Piedmont and south of Scripps Heights and Casey Inlet. The strait separates Hearst Island from the mainland. The south of the strait is at the north side of the mouth of Anthony Glacier, which flows eastward past the Engel Peaks and Mount Martin to enter the sea north of Lewis Point. Features of the coast to the west of the strait, from south to north, include Rhino Rock, Cape Rymill, Briesemeister Peak and Cape Reichelderfer. The Binghy Glacier flows east between De Busk Scarp and Le Feuvre Scarp to enter the trait north of Cape Reichelderfer. Lurabee Glacier flow northeast along the southeast side of Scripps Heights to enter the sea just north of the strait between Cape Walcott and Cape Hink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
