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Ringgold Knoll
Wilson Hills () is a group of scattered hills, nunataks and ridges that extend northwest–southeast about between Matusevich Glacier and Pryor Glacier in Antarctica. Discovery and naming The Wilson Hills were discovered by Lieutenant Harry Pennell, Royal Navy, on the Terra Nova Expedition in February 1911 during Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition. They were named after Edward Adrian Wilson, a zoologist with the expedition, who perished with Scott on the return journey from the South Pole. Location Features of the Wilson Hills along the east of the Matusevich Glacier include, from south to north, Mount Dalton, Thompson Peak, Ringgold Knoll and Mount Archer. Other inland features include, from northwest to southeast, Celestial Peak, Governor Mountain, Pope Mountain, Jones Nunatak, Mount Schutz, Stevenson Bluff, Mount Steele, Mount Ellery, Poorman Peak and Mount Perez. Features of the extreme south include Mount Gorton, Basilica Peak and Mount Send. Scattered peaks and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of . Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of . Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. It is mainly a polar desert, with annual Climate of Antarctica#Precipitation, precipitation of over along the coast and far less inland. About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost . Antarctica holds the record for the Lowest temperature recorded on Earth, lowest measured temperature on Earth, . The coastal regions can reach temperatures over in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodman Hills
Davies Bay () is a bay on the coast of Antarctica, wide, between Drake Head and Cape Kinsey. Discovery and naming Davies Bay was discovered in February 1911 from the ''Terra Nova'' (Lieutenant Harry L.L. Pennell, Royal Navy) of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13. It was named for Francis E. C. Davies, shipwright on the ''Terra Nova''. Davies built the Observation Hill Cross, erected in January 1913 as a memorial to the five members of Robert Falcon Scott's party who perished in March 1912 on the return journey from the South Pole. Location Davies Bay lies between Drake Head to the northwest and Cape Kinsey to the southeast. The Aviation Islands are to the north of Cape Kinsey. The Wilson Hills are inland from the bay. Coastal features include Stanwix Ridge, McLeod Glacier, Arthurson Ridge, Cook Ridge, Paternostro Glacier and the Goodman Hills, which include Mount Conrad and the Knight Nunatak. Features Drake Head . A headland forming the west side of the entra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commodore Cadwalader Ringgold
Commodore may refer to: Ranks * Commodore (rank), a naval rank ** Commodore (Royal Navy), in the United Kingdom ** Commodore (India), in India ** Commodore (United States) ** Commodore (Canada) ** Commodore (Finland) ** Commodore (Germany) or ''Kommodore'' * Air commodore, a rank in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces * Commodore (yacht club), an officer of a yacht club * Commodore (Sea Scouts), a position in the Boy Scouts of America's Sea Scout program * Convoy commodore, a civilian in charge of a shipping convoy during the Second World War Fiction * '' The Commodore'', a Horatio Hornblower novel by C. S. Forester * ''The Commodore'' (book), a novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian Music and music venues * Commodore Ballroom, a nightclub and music venue in Vancouver, British Columbia * Commodore Records, a jazz and swing music record label * Commodores, an American soul/funk band People * "The Commodore", the nickname of American entrepr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarctic Names Committee Of Australia
The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the Government on names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory and the subantarctic territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands. The committee also issues nominations Governor General for the award of the Australian Antarctic Medal. Committee members were appointed by the Minister or Parliamentary Secretary responsible for Antarctic matters. The committee was founded in 1952 as the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia, and changed to the current name in 1982 to reflect the multiple functions that the committee is responsible for. The committee was replaced by the Australian Antarctic Division Place names Committee in 2015. Features named by the committee * Burch Peaks, named after W.M. Burch, geophysicist * Fyfe Hills, named after W.V. Fyfe, Surveyor General of Western Australia * Goldsworthy Ridge, named after R.W. Goldsworthy, survey field assistant * Gowlett Peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). History Australia has had a long involvement in south polar regions since as early as Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1911. Further Australian exploration of the Antarctic continent was conducted during the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), which was conducted over the years 1929–1931. The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions were established in 1947 with expeditions to Macquarie Island and Heard Island. In 1948 the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) was established to administer the expedition program. ANARE Name The name ANARE fell out of official use in the early 2000s. However current and former Australian Antarctic expeditioners continue to use the term informally as a means of identificati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suvorov Glacier
Suvorov Glacier () is a glacier, wide, flowing east from the Wilson Hills and discharging into the sea south of Northrup Head and Belousov Point. The glacier was mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958, and named after V.S. Suvorov, Soviet mechanic who perished in the Arctic. Location The Suvorov Glacier forms in the Wilson Hills and flows east to the Southern Ocean. Mount Steele, Mount Ellery, the Hornblende Bluffs, Heth Ridge and Mount Send are to the west. To the north, near its mouth, it passes Northrup Head, Whited Inlet and Belousov Point on the Anderson Peninsula. Features Hornblende Bluffs . Prominent bluffs that rise to high, located southeast of Mount Ellery and near the head of Suvorov Glacier, in Wilson Hills. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, who found the rock here contains the mineral hornblende. Heth Ridge . A ridge long, located south of Hornblende Bluffs and near the hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belousov Point
Rennick Bay () is an embayment of the coastline of Antarctica at the terminus of Rennick Glacier. It is bounded on the west and east by Belousov Point and Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont. Discovery and naming The eastern part of the bay was discovered from the ship '' Terra Nova'', of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13) under Scott. It was named by the British Antarctic Expedition for Lieutenant Henry E. de P. Rennick, Royal Navy, an officer on the Terra Nova. The bay was photographed by United States Navy Operation Highjump (1947) and by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958). According to the ''Sailing Directions for Antarctica'', "Cape Cheetham appears to be an isolated pinnacle forming the eastern extremity of Rennick Bay, an embayment about 18 miles wide, the western extremity of which is formed by high cliffs with outcroppings of rock. Location The northwestern end of the bay is defined by Belousov Point on the end of the Anderson Peninsula. The Suvorov Glacier en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whited Inlet
Suvorov Glacier () is a glacier, wide, flowing east from the Wilson Hills and discharging into the sea south of Northrup Head and Belousov Point. The glacier was mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958, and named after V.S. Suvorov, Soviet mechanic who perished in the Arctic. Location The Suvorov Glacier forms in the Wilson Hills and flows east to the Southern Ocean. Mount Steele, Mount Ellery, the Hornblende Bluffs, Heth Ridge and Mount Send are to the west. To the north, near its mouth, it passes Northrup Head, Whited Inlet and Belousov Point on the Anderson Peninsula. Features Hornblende Bluffs . Prominent bluffs that rise to high, located southeast of Mount Ellery and near the head of Suvorov Glacier, in Wilson Hills. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64, who found the rock here contains the mineral hornblende. Heth Ridge . A ridge long, located south of Hornblende Bluffs and near the hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leningradskaya Station
Leningradskaya station () was a Russian (formerly Soviet) Antarctic research station, located in the northern shore of Victoria Land, at the Oates Coast. It was opened on February 25, 1971 by the members of the 15th Soviet Antarctic Expedition. It closed in 1991, but during its lifetime was host to studies of meteorology, Earth magnetism, oceanology and glaciology. In February 2006, Valeriy Lukin, the head of the Russian Antarctic Expedition (RAE), said: See also * List of Antarctic research stations * List of Antarctic field camps * Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or SovAE) (, ''Sovetskaya antarkticheskaya ekspeditsiya'') was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. It was ... References External links Official website Arctic and Antarctic Research InstituteCOMNAP Antarctic FacilitiesCOMNAP Antarctic Facilities Map Outposts of An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noll Glacier
The Tomilin Glacier () is a glacier over long, draining north from Pope Mountain in the central Wilson Hills. It enters the sea east of Goodman Hills and Cape Kinsey, forming a substantial glacier tongue. Discovery and naming The Tomilin Glacier was photographed from aircraft of the United States Navy Operation Highjump in 1947, and by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition 1958. It was named by the latter for Soviet polar aviator Mikhail N. Tomilin (1908-52), who perished in the Arctic. Location The Tomilin Glacier forms in the Wilson Hills, flowing north or northeast from Governor Mountain and Pope Mountain, and passing Feeney Ridge, Serba Peak, Axthelm Ridge and Parkinson Peak to the east. It is joined from the west by Walsh Glacier, just north of Schmehl Peak, and flows north past the Goodman Hills to enter the ocean in an ice tongue. It is joined from the southeast by Noll Glacier, which forms near Wegert Bluff and flows northwest past Clarke Bluff, where it is joined by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
