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Svaton Peaks
Svaton Peaks () is a cluster of rugged peaks at the north end of the Queen Elizabeth Range, Antarctica, surmounting the area between the mouths of the Heilman Glacier and Otago Glacier. Exploration and name The Svaton Peaks were mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960–62. They were named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ernest M. Svaton, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at McMurdo Station, winter 1963 and 1964. Location Svaton Peaks are in the north of the Queen Elizabeth Range at the north end of a block bounded by the Inaccessible Cliffs along the coast of the Nimrod Glacier to the north, the Hamilton Glacier to the west and the Otago Glacier to the east. Nearby features include the Heilman Glacier, Mount Hofmann, Mount Sandved, Mount Dougherty and Mount Cara. Features Inaccessible Cliffs . A line of steep cliffs, interrupte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Elizabeth Range (Antarctica)
The Queen Elizabeth Range () is a rugged mountain range that parallels the eastern side of Marsh Glacier for nearly from Nimrod Glacier in the north to Law Glacier in the south. Mount Markham, high, is the highest elevation in the range. Name The Queen Elizabeth Range was named by J.H. Miller of the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE; 1956–58) who, with G.W. Marsh, explored this area. It was named for Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, the patron of the expedition. Location The Queen Elizabeth Range is bounded to the north by the Nimrod Glacier, which separates it from the Churchill Mountains and Nash Range. To the east the Lowery Glacier and Robb Glacier separate it from the Holland Range. The Law Glacier to the south separates its from the Colbert Hills (Antarctica), Colbert Hills and Queen Alexandra Range. The Marsh Glacier separates it from the Miller Range to the west. Major glaciers *Nimrod Glacier (), a major glacier, about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heilman Glacier
The Nimrod Glacier () is a major glacier about long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location The Nimrod Glacier flows north between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spills into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Capes Wilson and Lyttelton. It was photographed from the air by USN Operation Highjump, 1946–47. The name, given by US-ACAN, is in association with Shackleton Inlet and is for the ''Nimrod'', the ship of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) under Ernest Shackleton. The mouth of the glacier is southeast of the Starshot Glacier and the Nursery Glacier. It is north of Robb Glacier. Icefalls Worsley Icefalls Icefalls near the head of Nimrod Glacier. Seen by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) and presumbably named for Frank Worsley, member of the Br ... [...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] |
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 Antarctic Research 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. scientific research and related 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, and works with other federal agencies, the U.S. militar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), a branch of the National Science Foundation. The station is the largest community in Antarctica, capable of supporting up to 1,500 residents, though the population fluctuates seasonally; during the antarctic night, there are fewer than two hundred people. It serves as one of three year-round United States Antarctic science facilities. Personnel and cargo going to or coming from Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station usually first pass through McMurdo, either by flight or by the McMurdo to South Pole Traverse; it is a hub for activities and science projects in Antarctica. McMurdo, Amundsen-Scott, and Palmer are the three non-seasonal United States stations on the continent, though by the Antarctic Treaty System the bases are not a legal claim (though the right is not forfeited); they are dedicated to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C82195s1 Ant
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] |
Nimrod Glacier
The Nimrod Glacier () is a major glacier about long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location The Nimrod Glacier flows north between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spills into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Capes Wilson and Lyttelton. It was photographed from the air by USN Operation Highjump, 1946–47. The name, given by US-ACAN, is in association with Shackleton Inlet and is for the ''Nimrod'', the ship of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) under Ernest Shackleton. The mouth of the glacier is southeast of the Starshot Glacier and the Nursery Glacier. It is north of Robb Glacier. Icefalls Worsley Icefalls Icefalls near the head of Nimrod Glacier. Seen by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) and presumbably named for Frank Worsley, member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Lysaght
Mount Markham () is a twin-peaked massif surmounting the north end of the Markham Plateau in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica. The peaks have elevations of and . Exploration and name Mount Markham was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1904). It is named for Sir Clements Markham, who, as President of the Royal Geographical Society, planned the expedition and chose Robert Falcon Scott as its leader. Location Mount Markham is in the northern part of the Queen Elizabeth Range. It is south of Mount Cara, east of the Frigate Range and the head of the Kent Glacier, and northeast of the Markham Plateau. Nearby features include Mount Lysaght to the north, Mount Katsufrakis to the south and Haven Hill, Mount Tedrow and Mount Predoehl to the east. Nearby features Markham Plateau . A small, but prominent, high plateau which extends south from Mount Markham for about and forms the divide between east and west-flowing glaciers in the north part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09
The ''Nimrod'' Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second time to the Continent. Its main target, among a range of geographical and scientific objectives, was to be first to reach the South Pole. This was not attained, but the expedition's southern march reached a Farthest South latitude of 88° 23' S, just from the pole. This was by far the longest southern polar journey to that date and a record convergence on either Pole. A separate group led by Welsh Australian geology professor Edgeworth David reached the estimated location of the South magnetic pole, and the expedition also achieved the first ascent of Mount Erebus, Antarctica's second highest volcano. The expedition lacked governmental or institutional support, and relied on private loans and individual contributions. It was beset by financial problems and its preparations were hur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
