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Kasabova Glacier
Lanchester Bay () is a bay wide lying east of Havilland Point, along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Location Lanchester Bay is on the Davis Coast on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula. It opens onto Orléans Strait to the northwest. Wright Ice Piedmont is to the southwest, the Detroit Plateau to the southeast and Sabine Glacier to the northeast. Mapping and name Lanchester Bay was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys in 1955–57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Frederick W. Lanchester (1868-1946), an aeronautical engineer who laid the foundations of modern airfoil theory. Features Features and nearby features, from south to north, include: Ezdimir Buttress An ice-covered buttress rising to high on the northwest side of Detroit Plateau on Davis Coast in Graham Land. Situated between tributaries to Temple Glacier, south of Mount Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havilland Point
The Wright Ice Piedmont () is an ice piedmont extending westward from Lanchester Bay along the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctica. Location The Wright Ice Piedmont lies on the Davis Coast on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula. It faces Trinity Island to the northwest across Orléans Strait. It extends from Curtiss Bay to the southwest to Lanchester Bay to the northeast. Mount Ader and the Detroit Plateau are to the southeast. Copernix satellite view Mapping and name The Wright Ice Piedmont was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Wilbur Wright (1867–1912) and his brother Orville Wright (1871–1948), American aeronautical engineers who made the first controlled flights in a powered heavier-than-air machine on December 17, 1903. Features Havilland Point . Point east of Cape Page. Photographed by H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April Uprising Of 1876
The April Uprising () was an insurrection organised by the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire from April to May 1876. The rebellion was suppressed by irregular military, irregular Ottoman bashi-bazouk units that engaged in indiscriminate slaughter of both rebels and non-combatants (see Batak massacre). The American community around Robert College in Istanbul, the Protestant mission in Plovdiv headed by J.F. Clarke as well as two other Americans, journalist Januarius MacGahan and diplomat Eugene Schuyler, were indispensable in bringing knowledge of Ottoman atrocities to the wider European public. Their reports of the events, which came to be known in the press as the Bulgarian Horrors and the Crime of the Century, caused a public outcry across Europe and mobilised both common folks and famous intellectuals to demand a reform of the failed Ottoman model of governance of the Bulgarian lands. The shift in public opinion, in particular, in the Ottoman Empire's hitherto closest ally, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the Flagship#Colleges and universities in the United States, flagship institution of the University of Minnesota System and is organized into 19 colleges, schools, and other major academic units. The Twin Cities campus is the oldest and largest in the University of Minnesota system and has the List of United States university campuses by enrollment, ninth-largest (as of the 2022–2023 academic year) main campus student body in the United States, with 54,890 students at the start of the 2023–24 academic year. The campus comprises locations in Minneapolis and Falcon Heights, Minnesota, Falcon Heights, a suburb of St. Paul, approximately apart. The Minnesota Territorial Legislature drafted a charter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polar Geospatial Center
The Polar Geospatial Center is a research center at the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs. Founded in 2007, the Polar Geospatial Center "provides geospatial support, mapping, and GIS/remote sensing solutions to researchers and logistics groups in the polar science community." It is currently directed by Paul Morin. History The Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) was founded in 2007 and was originally called the Antarctic Geospatial Information Center (AGIC). In its early days, the AGIC's goal was to provide basic mapping and GIS services for the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), and was only a two-man project. As time went on, the program's credibility and size expanded. By 2010, the program had over a half dozen team members. In March 2011, the program was "classified as a National Science Foundation cooperative agreement" and adapted to take responsibility for Arctic The Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxar
Maxar Technologies Inc. is an American space technology company headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, United States, specializing in geospatial intelligence, Earth observation, and on-orbit servicing satellites, satellite products, and related services. DigitalGlobe and MDA Holdings Company merged to become Maxar Technologies on October 5, 2017. Maxar Technologies is the parent holding company of Maxar Space Systems, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, US; and Maxar Intelligence, headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, US. From 2017 to 2023, it was dual-listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange as MAXR. In May 2023, Maxar was acquired by private equity firm Advent International, in an all-cash transaction worth $6.4 billion. Maxar's satellite data was used by Ukraine as part of its defense against Russia's invasion of its territory. In March 2025, Maxar was pressurized by the Donald Trump administration to shut down Ukraine's access to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Sratsimir Of Bulgaria
Ivan Stratsimir (), was emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria in Vidin from 1356 to 1396. He was born in 1324 or 1325, and he died in or after 1397. Despite being the eldest surviving son of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria, Ivan Alexander, Ivan Sratsimir was disinherited in favour of his half-brother Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria, Ivan Shishman and proclaimed himself emperor in Vidin. When the Hungarians attacked and occupied his domains, he received assistance from his father and the invaders were driven away. After the death of Ivan Alexander in 1371 Ivan Sratsimir broke off ties with Tarnovo and even placed the archbishop of Vidin under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Patriarchate of Constantinople to demonstrate his independence. Due to its geographical position, Vidin was initially safe from attacks by the Ottoman Empire, Ottomans who were ravaging the Balkans to the south and Ivan Sratsimir made no attempts to assist Ivan Shishman in his struggle against the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sratsimir
Sratsimir (; 1324–31) was a Bulgarian magnate with the title of despot (title), Despot, holding the territory of Kran, Stara Zagora Province, Kran. It is unclear when he received the governorship of Kran; he held it before and during the reign of his son, Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria, Ivan Alexander (r. 1331–71). He married Keratsa Petritsa, a member of the House of Shishman, Shishman dynasty, with whom he had five children. He was the eponymous founder of the Sratsimir dynasty. Issue *Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria, Ivan Alexander, Despot of Lovech, who ascended on the throne as emperor of Bulgaria after a coup d'état in 1331. *Helena of Bulgaria, Helena, married Serbian King Stefan Dušan in 1332. *John Komnenos Asen, who was made Despot of Lordship of Valona, Valona by his brother-in-law Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia, Stefan Dušan of Serbia. *Michael, Despot of Vidin *Theodora References Sources * *{{cite book, author=T︠S︡onko Enev, title=Vladetelskite namestnit� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bankya
Bankya ( ) is a small town located on the outskirts of Sofia in western Bulgaria. It is administratively part of Greater Sofia. The district is famous for the mineral springs and baths that have been used for medicinal purposes for hundreds of years. In 1969 the village of Bankya was proclaimed a town, and in 1979 it became part of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Bankya is 17 km west of capital Sofia. It is situated at the foot of Lyulin Mountain at an average elevation of around 630–750 meters. The first people to populate the region of Bankya were Thracian tribes, over 2,500 years ago. Archaeological excavations near the quarter of Ivanyane have unearthed remains of Ancient Roman buildings, walls and sewers, and bronze bracelets from the 4th–5th century. Bankya's economy depends mainly on tourism and balneological treatment. Bankya was first mentioned as ''Banka'' in the 15th century. The former villages of Verdikal, Gradoman and Mihaylovo are part of the town itse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octave Chanute
Octave Chanute (February 18, 1832 – November 23, 1910) was a French-American civil engineer and aviation pioneer. He advised and publicized many aviation enthusiasts, including the Wright brothers. At his death, he was hailed as the father of aviation and the initial concepts of the heavier-than-air flying machine. Early life Octave Chanute was born in Paris to Elise and Joseph Chanut, professor at the Collège de France. Octave and Joseph emigrated to the United States of America in 1838, when Joseph was named Vice President of Jefferson College in Louisiana. Octave attended private schools in New York. He added the "e" to his last name in his adult life. In 1857, he married Anne Riddell James, with whom he had a son and three daughters. Career Railroad civil engineer Chanute began his training as a civil engineer in 1848. He was widely considered brilliant and innovative in the engineering profession. He designed and constructed the two biggest stockyards in the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korten, Bulgaria
Korten () is a village in central Bulgaria. It has a population of 1,593 as of 2022. Geography Korten is located in eastern Sliven Province and has a territory of 52.006 km2. It is part of Nova Zagora Municipality. The distance from the municipal center Nova Zagora is 6 km. It is situated halfway between the major cities of Stara Zagora to the west and Sliven to the east, at 40 km from both. Korten is situated in the Upper Thracian Plain, at the southern foothills of the Sredna Gora mountain range. There is a school and a church. North of the village is the spa resort of Banya Banya may refer to: Places Australia * Banya, Queensland, a locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia Bulgaria * Banya, Blagoevgrad Province, a thermal spa and mountain resort in southwest Bulgaria * Banya, Burgas P ..., also known as ''Kortenski Bani'', meaning Korten Baths. Economy The village lies in a fertile agricultural area. The most important cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordanoff Bay
Sabine Glacier () is a glacier terminating at the sea between Wennersgaard Point and Cape Kater on the northwest coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Location The Sabine Glacier is on the Davis Coast on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula. It drains north into the Orléans Strait to the west of Cape Kater. Lanchester Bay is to the west, Detroit Plateau to the south and Charcot Bay to the east. Name Captain Henry Foster gave the name "Cape Sabine" in 1829 to a feature lying southeast of Cape Kater but it has not been possible to identify that cape. This toponym preserves the early use of Sabine in this area. Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883), English astronomer and geodesist, was a member of the committee which planned the 1829 voyage of Foster in the ''Chanticleer''. Features Features from south to north, include: Tsarevets Buttress . A rounded ice-covered buttress extending in N-S direction and in E-W direction, rising to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayna Kasabova
Rayna Kasabova (Cyrillic: ''Райна Касабова''; 1 May 1897, in Karlovo – 25 May 1969) was a volunteer nurse and the first woman in the world who participated in a military flight during the First Balkan War in 1912. On 30 October 1912, at the age of 15, Kasabova was an observer in a Voisin aircraft that flew over enemy positions in Edirne. Kasabova threw out Turkish language propaganda leaflets. Kasabova Glacier on Davis Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica is named after Rayna Kasabova. There is a service road named Rayna Kasabova in Bulgaria adjacent to the Sofia Airport Sofia Vasil Levski Airport () is the main international airport of Bulgaria, located east of the centre of the capital Sofia. In 2019 the airport surpassed 7 million passengers for the first time. The airport serves as the home base for BH Air .... References Further reading * * 1897 births 1969 deaths People from Karlovo Bulgarian military personnel of the Balk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
