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Hughes Basin
Hughes Basin () is a large basinlike névé which is bounded except to the south by the Ravens Mountains, Mount Henderson, Mount Olympus and Mount Quackenbush. The feature is long and the ice surface descends north–south from near Mount Olympus to near Darnell Nunatak, where there is discharge to Byrd Glacier. Name Hughes Basin was named after Terence J. Hughes of the Department of Geological Sciences and Institute of Quaternary Studies, University of Maine, Orono, who made an intensive study of the Byrd Glacier, 1978-79, entailing photogrammetric determination of the elevation of the ice surface and its velocity, radio-echo sounding from LC-130 aircraft, and ground survey from fixed stations close to Byrd Glacier and moving stations on the glacier itself. Location Hughes Basin is a large circular feature in the southwest of the Britannia Range to the south of Mount Henderson. Features in or surrounding the névé include Mount Henderson, Mount Olympus, Mount Quackenbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byrd Glacier
The Byrd Glacier () is a major glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It drains an extensive area of the Antarctic plateau, and flows eastward to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf. Location The Byrd Glacier flows eastward between the Britannia Range (Antarctica), Britannia Range to the north and the Churchill Mountains to the south. It discharges into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet. Its mouth lies between Cape Kerr to the north and Cape Selborne to the south. The valley below the glacier used to be recognised as one of the Extremes on Earth#Lowest_natural_points, lowest points not to be covered by liquid water on Earth, reaching below sea level. The glacier was named by the NZ-APC after Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, United States Navy, American Antarctic explorer. Mouth Barne Inlet A reentrant about wide occupied by the lower part of Byrd Glacier, lying between Cape Kerr and Cape Selborne on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Névé
Névé is a young, granular type of snow which has been partially melted, refrozen and compacted, yet precedes the form of ice. This type of snow can contribute to glacier formation through the process of ''nivation''. Névé that survives a full season of ablation turns into firn, which is both older and slightly denser. Firn eventually becomes glacial ice – the long-lived, compacted ice that glaciers are composed of. Glacier formation can take years to hundreds of years, depending on freeze-thaw factors and snow-compaction rates. Névé is annually observed in skiing slopes, and is generally disliked as an icy falling zone. Névé has a minimum density of 500 kg/m3, which is Density#Water, roughly half of the density of liquid water at 1 Atmosphere (unit), atm. Névé can also refer to the Alpine climate, alpine region in which snowfall accumulates, becomes névé, and feeds a glacier. See also * Suncup (snow), Suncup Notes External links * Névés, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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C8, C08, C.VIII or C-8 may refer to: Transportation Aviation * AEG C.VIII, a World War I German armed reconnaissance aircraft * AGO C.VIII, a World War I German reconnaissance aircraft * Cierva C.8, a 1926 Spanish experimental autogyro * De Havilland Canada C-8 Buffalo, a military transport aircraft of the 1960s * Fairchild C-8, a military transport aircraft of the 1930s * Fokker C.VIII, a 1928 Dutch reconnaissance aircraft * Chicago Express Airlines (defunct) IATA code Automotive * Citroën C8, a brand of minivan * Sauber C8, a 1985 racing car * Spyker C8, a sportscar produced by car manufacturer Spyker Cars * Eighth generation Chevrolet Corvette (C8) Nautical * HMS ''C8'', a 1907 C-class submarine of the Royal Navy * USS ''Raleigh'' (C-8), an 1892 protected cruiser of the United States Navy Rail * LSWR C8 class, a London and South Western Railway locomotive class * C-8 (Cercanías Madrid) * LNER Class C8, a class of 2 4-cylinder compound locomotives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britannia Range (Antarctica)
The Britannia Range () is a range of mountains bounded by the Hatherton Glacier and Darwin Glacier (Antarctica), Darwin Glacier on the north and the Byrd Glacier on the south, westward of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Exploration and naming The Britannia Range was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) under Robert Falcon Scott. It was named after HMS ''Britannia'', a vessel utilized as the Britannia Royal Naval College in England, which had been attended by several officers of Scott's expedition. Location The Britannia Range is east of the Antarctic Plateau. It is south of the Darwin Mountains and the Cook Mountains, which are north of the Hatherton Glacier and the Darwin Glacier (Antarctica), Darwin Glacier. At the mouth of the Darwin Glacier the range adjoins the Gawn Ice Piedmont, which extends into the Ross Ice Shelf to the east. The Byrd Glacier flows northeast past the south side of the Gawn Ice Piedmont. It divides the Britannia Range f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Henderson (Britannia Range)
Mount Henderson () is a prominent mountain. It is high, and stands west of Mount Olympus in the Britannia Range of Antarctica. Discovered and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04. Location Mount Henderson is in the western Britannia Range to the south of Derrick Peak and west of Mount Olympus and Mount McClintock. Mount Quackenbush is to the southeast. Features Nearby features include: Mount Selby . A mountain rising over high between Mount Henderson and Mount Olympus. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for M.J. Selby, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Selby was a member of field parties in Antarctica, 1969–70, 1971–72, and 1978–79, the last doing geological work in Britannia Range. Tamarus Valley . Ice-free valley lying south of Sabrina Ridge and northeast of Mount Henderson. Named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato The University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Henderson
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Mount Henderson may refer to one of several various mountains, including: in Antarctica: * Mount Henderson (White Island) * Mount Henderson (Britannia Range) * Mount Henderson (Holme Bay) elsewhere: * Mount Henderson (Washington), in the Olympic Mountains The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are not especially high – Mount Olympus (Washington), Mount Olympus is the high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Olympus (Antarctica)
Mount McClintock () is the highest mountain () in the Britannia Range in Antarctica, surmounting the south end of Forbes Ridge, east of Mount Olympus. Discovery and name Mount McClintock was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE; 1901–04) and named for Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock, Royal Navy, a member of the Ship Committee for the expedition. Location Mount McClintock is in the central Britannia Range to the east of Mount Olympus. Forbes Ridge extends north from the mountain to the east of Hinton Glacier. Dusky Ridge extends north between Hinton Glacier and Lieske Glacier. Johnstone Ridge extends north from Mount Olympus to the west of Lieske Glacier. Peckham Glacier flows south from Mount McClintock into Byrd Glacier. Mount Quackenbush is to the southwest, and Mount Aldrich is to the northeast. It is located within the claimed Australian Antarctic Territory and is therefore claimed as Australia's highest peak. Western features Feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravens Mountains
Ravens Mountains () is a symmetrical group of mountains on the west side of Hughes Basin in Britannia Range, Antarctica. The mountains are long and rise to in Doll Peak. Name The Ravens Mountains were named after the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard which has provided logistical support to the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) for several years beginning in 1988. Ravens is a nickname associated with the Airlift Wing. Location The Ravens Mountains are to the east of Hughes Basin, a large basinlike névé which is bounded except to the south by Ravens Mountains, Mount Henderson, Mount Olympus and Mount Quackenbush. Mount Henderson is to the northeast and Darnell Nunatak is to the southeast. Bates Nunataks are to the west. Features Aldi Peak . A peak rising to high at the west end of the Ravens Mountains. Named after Chief Master Sergeant Louis M. Aldi who served as the 109 Airlift Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant during the transition of LC- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus (, , ) is an extensive massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, between the regional units of Larissa (regional unit), Larissa and Pieria (regional unit), Pieria, about southwest from Thessaloniki. Mount Olympus has 52 peaks and deep gorges. The highest peak, Mytikas ( ''Mýtikas''), meaning "nose", rises to and is the highest peak in Greece, and one of the highest peaks in Europe in terms of topographic prominence. In Greek mythology, Olympus is the home of the List of Greek deities, Greek gods, on Mytikas peak. The mountain has exceptional biodiversity and rich flora (plants), flora. It has been a National parks of Greece, National Park, the first in Greece, since 1938. It is also a Man and the Biosphere Programme, World Biosphere Reserve. Olympus remains the most popular hiking summit in Greece, as well as one of the most popular in Europe. Organized mountain refuges and var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Deep Freeze
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 Richard E. Byrd, 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 Military of the United States, 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 ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peckham Glacier
The Byrd Glacier () is a major glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It drains an extensive area of the Antarctic plateau, and flows eastward to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf. Location The Byrd Glacier flows eastward between the Britannia Range to the north and the Churchill Mountains to the south. It discharges into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet. Its mouth lies between Cape Kerr to the north and Cape Selborne to the south. The valley below the glacier used to be recognised as one of the lowest points not to be covered by liquid water on Earth, reaching below sea level. The glacier was named by the NZ-APC after Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, United States Navy, American Antarctic explorer. Mouth Barne Inlet A reentrant about wide occupied by the lower part of Byrd Glacier, lying between Cape Kerr and Cape Selborne on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04) and named for Lt. Michael Barne, RN, a member of the expedition, ... [...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] |
