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Flynn Glacier
Starshot Glacier () is a glacier 50 nautical miles (90 km) long that flows through the Churchill Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Location The Starshot Glacier flows from the polar plateau eastward through the Churchill Mountains, then north along the west side of Surveyors Range, entering the Ross Ice Shelf south of Cape Parr. It merges with the Nursery Glacier, coming from the north, at its mouth on the Ross Ice Shelf. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960–61) because the area was surveyed with the use of star observations. Head of glacier Chapman Snowfield . A large snowfield lying west of the central ridge in the Churchill Mountains. It is bounded to the north by Elder Peak and the massif surmounted by Mount Wharton, to the south by Soza Icefalls, Black Icefalls and the head of Starshot Glacier, and to the west by the Wallabies Nunataks and the All-Blacks Nunataks. Soza Icefalls . A line of icefalls nea ... [...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] |
Vance Bluff
All-Blacks Nunataks () is a group of conspicuous nunataks lying midway between Wallabies Nunataks and Wilhoite Nunataks at the southeast margin of the Byrd Névé in Antarctica. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960–61) after the well-known New Zealand national rugby union team. Location The All-Blacks Nunataks are to the southeast of the Byrd Névé and the Lonewolf Nunataks. The All-Blacks Nunataks and the Wallabies Nunataks bind the Chapman Snowfield, which lies further to the east. The Bledisloe Glacier flows to the Byrd Névé between All-Blacks Nunataks and Wallabies Nunataks, and the Skellerup Glacier flows to the Byrd Névé between All-Blacks Nunataks and Wilhoite Nunataks. Features Alexander Cone . A cone-shaped feature in the All-Blacks Nunataks. It was named in honor of John Alexander, involved in operational work at Cape Hallett, Scott Base and the Cape Roberts Project for many years, from 1984 onwards. Geddes Crag . A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the point in the Southern Hemisphere where the Earth's rotation, Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True South Pole to distinguish from the south magnetic pole. The South Pole is by definition the southernmost point on the Earth, lying antipode (geography), antipodally to the North Pole. It defines geodetic latitude 90° South, as well as the direction of true south. At the South Pole all directions point North; all lines of longitude converge there, so its longitude can be defined as any degree value. No time zone has been assigned to the South Pole, so any time can be used as the local time. Along tight latitude circles, clockwise is east and counterclockwise is west. The South Pole is at the center of the Southern Hemisphere. Situated on the continent of Antarctica, it is the site of the United States Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, which was established in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Antarctic Program
The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the Antarctica continent. Founded in 1959, the USAP manages all U.S. Research stations in Antarctica, scientific research and related Transport in Antarctica, logistics in Antarctica as well as aboard ships in the Southern Ocean. United States Antarctic Program The United States established the U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) in 1959—the name was later changed to the U.S. Antarctic Program—immediately following the success of the International Geophysical Year (IGY). Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has a Presidential Mandate to manage the United States Antarctic Program, through which it operates three year-round research stations and two research vessels, coordinates all U.S. science on the southernmost continent, ... [...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] |
Mount Hoskins
Swithinbank Range () is a small range from the Churchill Mountains, Location The Swithinbank Range extends eastward between Donnally and Ahern Glaciers to the west side of Starshot Glacier. It faces the Surveyors Range on the east side of the Starshot Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1959–60) for Charles W. Swithinbank, glaciologist that season at Little America V. Geology The bulk of the Holyoake and Swithinbank Ranges are made up of the Shackleton Limestone formation, which lies unconformably on an unweathered surface cut across beds of the Goldie Formation north of the Nimrod Glacier. It includes the Cambrian limestone that crops out between the Byrd and Nimrod Glaciers and in the upper Beardmore Glacier. Glaciers Ahern Glacier . A small tributary glacier flowing east from the Churchill Mountains between Mount Lindley and Mount Hoskins to enter Starshot Glacier. Named by the Holyoake, Cobham, and Queen Eliz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stark Ridge
Holyoake Range () is a mountain range in the Ross Dependency of Antarctice. It is in the southern section of the Churchill Mountains, part of the Transantarctic Mountains System. Location The range extends in a northwest–southeast direction for about . The Starshot Glacier runs east past the north of the range. The Prince Philip Glacier runs south-south-east along the range's west side, and the Errant Glacier runs south-south-east along its east side. Both join the Nimrod Glacier, which runs northeast past the range's south end. The Cobham Range is to the west, on the other side of the Prince Philip Glacier. Topology and Geology The Holyoake Range is a largely ice-free limestone massif. It is wide on average. The peaks rise steadily from Cambrian Bluff in the south at to Mount Hunt further north at . The range rises abruptly from the bordering glaciers and has a subrectangular plan. This suggests it gained its present form from block faulting during the Victoria Orog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunt Mountain
Holyoake Range () is a mountain range in the Ross Dependency of Antarctice. It is in the southern section of the Churchill Mountains, part of the Transantarctic Mountains System. Location The range extends in a northwest–southeast direction for about . The Starshot Glacier runs east past the north of the range. The Prince Philip Glacier runs south-south-east along the range's west side, and the Errant Glacier runs south-south-east along its east side. Both join the Nimrod Glacier, which runs northeast past the range's south end. The Cobham Range is to the west, on the other side of the Prince Philip Glacier. Topology and Geology The Holyoake Range is a largely ice-free limestone massif. It is wide on average. The peaks rise steadily from Cambrian Bluff in the south at to Mount Hunt further north at . The range rises abruptly from the bordering glaciers and has a subrectangular plan. This suggests it gained its present form from block faulting during the Victoria Orogen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Plateau
The Carlstrom Foothills () are a group of peaks and ridges in the Churchill Mountains, Antarctica. Location Carlstrom Foothills run north–south between Mount Albert Markham and Kelly Plateau. The feature is long with summits rising to . It is bounded by Jorda Glacier to the north and Flynn Glacier to the south. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after John Carlstrom of the department of astronomy and astrophysics, University of Chicago; projects director, Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica at South Pole Station from 2001. Glaciers Jorda Glacier . A glacier, about long, draining the east slopes of the Churchill Mountains between Mount Coley and Pyramid Mountain and merging with the lower Nursery Glacier just before the latter enters the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Henry P. Jorda, USN, pilot with Squadron VX-6 during USN OpDFrz I, 1955-56. Bally Glacier . A glacier long which occupies the central part of the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Nares
The Carlstrom Foothills () are a group of peaks and ridges in the Churchill Mountains, Antarctica. Location Carlstrom Foothills run north–south between Mount Albert Markham and Kelly Plateau. The feature is long with summits rising to . It is bounded by Jorda Glacier to the north and Flynn Glacier to the south. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after John Carlstrom of the department of astronomy and astrophysics, University of Chicago; projects director, Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica at South Pole Station from 2001. Glaciers Jorda Glacier . A glacier, about long, draining the east slopes of the Churchill Mountains between Mount Coley and Pyramid Mountain and merging with the lower Nursery Glacier just before the latter enters the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Henry P. Jorda, USN, pilot with Squadron VX-6 during USN OpDFrz I, 1955-56. Bally Glacier . A glacier long which occupies the central part of the Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swithinbank Range
Swithinbank Range () is a small range from the Churchill Mountains, Location The Swithinbank Range extends eastward between Donnally and Ahern Glaciers to the west side of Starshot Glacier. It faces the Surveyors Range on the east side of the Starshot Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1959–60) for Charles W. Swithinbank, glaciologist that season at Little America V. Geology The bulk of the Holyoake and Swithinbank Ranges are made up of the Shackleton Limestone formation, which lies unconformably on an unweathered surface cut across beds of the Goldie Formation north of the Nimrod Glacier. It includes the Cambrian limestone that crops out between the Byrd and Nimrod Glaciers and in the upper Beardmore Glacier. Glaciers Ahern Glacier . A small tributary glacier flowing east from the Churchill Mountains between Mount Lindley and Mount Hoskins to enter Starshot Glacier. Named by the Holyoake, Cobham, and Queen Eliz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
