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Flowers Hills
The Flowers Hills () are a triangular shaped group of hills, long and wide, with peaks of ( Gubesh Peak) and (Dickey Peak), extending along the eastern edge of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The hills are bounded by Hansen Glacier and Dater Glacier to the west and north, Rutford Ice Stream to the east and Sikera Valley to the southwest, and separated from Doyran Heights to the west-southwest by Kostinbrod Pass. Their interior is drained by Lardeya Ice Piedmont and Valoga Glacier. The hills were first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957–59, and were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Edwin C. Flowers, a meteorologist at the South Pole Station in 1957. Maps Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostinbrod Pass
Kostinbrod Pass (, ‘Kostinbrodski Prohod’ \'ko-stin-brod-ski 'pro-hod\) is the ice-covered saddle of elevation 1417 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 separating Doyran Heights from Flowers Hills in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It is part of the glacial divide between Valoga Glacier and Sikera Valley. The pass is named after the town of Kostinbrod in Western Bulgaria. Location Kostinbrod Pass is centred at , which is 6.16 km northeast of Mount Havener, 9.53 km south of Dickey Peak and 7.32 km west-northwest of Gubesh Peak. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.Maps [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strinava Glacier
Strinava Glacier (, ) is the 6 km long and 3 km wide glacier in Sullivan Heights on the east side of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is draining the northeast slopes of Mount Farrell and the southeast slopes of the ridge of Mount Levack, and flowing eastwards from Zmeevo Pass to join Dater Glacier west of Dickey Peak in Flowers Hills. The feature is named after the medieval fortress of Strinava in northern Bulgaria. Location Strinava Glacier is located at . US mapping in 1988. See also * List of glaciers in the Antarctic * Glaciology Maps Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated. References Strinava Glacier.SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer. Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission The Antarctic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monyak Hill
Monyak Hill (, ‘Halm Monyak’ \'h&lm 'mo-nyak\) is the rocky hill rising to 864 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 at the north extremity of Flowers Hills on the east side of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Dater Glacier to the west, Ellen Glacier to the north, and Lardeya Ice Piedmont to the east. The feature is named after the medieval fortress of Monyak in southern Bulgaria. Location Monyak Hill is located at , which is 4.6 km north of Dickey Peak, 12.75 km east-northeast of Mount Levack in Sullivan Heights, and 11.2 km south-southeast of Mount Besch in Barnes Ridge (Antarctica), Barnes Ridge. US mapping in 1988.Maps [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batil Spur
Batil Spur (, ‘Batilov Rid’ \ba-'ti-lov 'rid\) is the rocky ridge extending 3.9 km and 1.3 km wide, forming the southeast extremity of Flowers Hills on the east side of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains. It surmounts Rutford Ice Stream to the east and the ends of its tributaries flowing from Sikera Valley and Doyran Heights to the west. The peak is named after the medieval fortress of Batil in Western Bulgaria. Location Batil Spur's southernmost height of elevation 626.5 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 is located at , which is 13.4 km southeast of Gubesh Peak, 21 km north-northeast of |
South Pole Station
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', ), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). South is sometimes abbreviated as S. Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin C
The name Edwin means "wealth-friend". It comes from (wealth, good fortune) and (friend). Thus the Old English form is Ēadwine, a name widely attested in early medieval England. Edwina The name Edwina is a feminine form of the male name Edwin, which derives from Old English and means "rich friend." Edwin was a popular name until the time of the Norman Conquest, then fell out of favour until Victorian era, Victorian times. People ... is the feminine form of the name. Notable people and characters with the name include: Historical figures * Edwin of Northumbria (died 632 or 633), King of Northumbria and Christian saint * Edwin (son of Edward the Elder) (died 933) * Eadwine of Sussex (died 982), Ealdorman of Sussex * Eadwine of Abingdon (died 990), Abbot of Abingdon * Edwin, Earl of Mercia (died 1071), brother-in-law of Harold Godwinson (Harold II) * Edwin Sandys (bishop) (1519–1588), Archbishop of York Modern era * E. W. Abeygunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala politi ... [...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] |
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on March 3, 1879, to study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The agency also makes maps of planets and moons, based on data from U.S. space probes. The sole scientific agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, USGS is a fact-finding research organization with no regulatory responsibility. It is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with major offices near Lakewood, Colorado; at the Denver Federal Center; and in NASA Research Park in California. In 2009, it employed about 8,670 people. The current motto of the USGS, in use since August 1997, is "science for a changing world". The agency's previous slogan, adopted on its hundredth anniversary, was "Earth Science in the Pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valoga Glacier
Valoga Glacier (, ) is the glacier extending 8 km in southwest-northeast direction and 4 km in southeast-northwest direction in Flowers Hills on the east side of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It flows northwestwards into Hansen Glacier. The feature is named after Valoga Cave in northwestern Bulgaria. Location Valoga Glacier is centred at . US mapping in 1988. See also * List of glaciers in the Antarctic * Glaciology Maps Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated. References Valoga Glacier.SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer. Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lardeya Ice Piedmont
Lardeya Ice Piedmont (, ) is the glacier extending in north-south direction and in east-west direction on the east side of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is draining the northeast slopes of Flowers Hills to flow into Rutford Ice Stream to the east-northeast and Ellen Glacier to the north. The feature is named after the medieval fortress of Lardeya in southeastern Bulgaria. Location Lardeya Ice Piedmont is centred at . US mapping in 1988. See also * List of glaciers in the Antarctic * Glaciology Maps Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated. References * External links Lardeya Ice PiedmontSCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission The Antarctic Place-names Commission was esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doyran Heights
Doyran Heights (, ) are the heights rising to 3473 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 at in the east foothills of and Craddock Massif in , |
