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21 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Amundsen Sea, Bay of Whales, Crosson Ice Shelf, Dotson Ice Shelf, Greenock, Marie Byrd Land, Martin Peninsula, McMurdo Dry Valleys, McMurdo Sound, Nova Scotia, Operation Highjump, Philadelphia, Richard E. Byrd, Ross Ice Shelf, Smith Glacier, Thurston Island, Thwaites Glacier, United States Geological Survey, USS Bear, Walgreen Coast.
- Peninsulas of Ellsworth Land
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.
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Amundsen Sea
The Amundsen Sea is an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica.
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Bay of Whales
The Bay of Whales was a natural ice harbour, or iceport, indenting the front of the Ross Ice Shelf just north of Roosevelt Island, Antarctica, at the southernmost point of the world's ocean.
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Crosson Ice Shelf
The Crosson Ice Shelf is an ice shelf, about wide, located north and northeast of Mount Murphy along the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.
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Dotson Ice Shelf
Dotson Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about wide between Martin Peninsula and Bear Peninsula on the coast of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica.
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Greenock
Greenock (Greenock; Grianaig) is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.
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Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica.
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Martin Peninsula
Martin Peninsula is a peninsula about long and wide that is ice-covered except for a few rock outcrops along its margins, located between Getz Ice Shelf and Dotson Ice Shelf on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.
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McMurdo Dry Valleys
The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of largely snow-free valleys in Antarctica, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound.
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McMurdo Sound
The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately from the South Pole.
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.
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Operation Highjump
Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
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Richard E. Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), an American naval officer, was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics.
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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).
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Smith Glacier
Smith Glacier (is a low-gradient Antarctic glacier, over 160 km (100 mi) long, draining from Toney Mountain in an ENE direction to Amundsen Sea. A northern distributary, Kohler Glacier, drains to Dotson Ice Shelf but the main flow passes to the sea between Bear Peninsula and Mount Murphy, terminating at Crosson Ice Shelf.
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Thurston Island
Thurston Island is a largely ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long and wide, lying between Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica.
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Thwaites Glacier
Thwaites Glacier is an unusually broad and vast Antarctic glacier located east of Mount Murphy, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.
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USS Bear
USS Bear was a dual steam-powered and sailing ship built with -thick sides which had a long life in various cold-water and ice-filled environments.
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Walgreen Coast
The Walgreen Coast is a portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Herlacher and Cape Waite, or between Eights Coast on the east and Bakutis Coast in the west.
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See also
Peninsulas of Ellsworth Land
- Bear Peninsula
- Canisteo Peninsula
- Fletcher Peninsula
- King Peninsula
- Lofgren Peninsula
- Noville Peninsula
References
Also known as Barnes Bluff, Boschert Glacier, Brush Glacier, Bunner Glacier, Eckman Bluff, Garwood Point, Gerrish Peaks, Goepfert Bluff, Grimes Ridge, Gurnon Peninsula, Hamilton Ice Piedmont, Harmon Bay, Hayden Peak (Antarctica), Holt Glacier, Hunt Bluff, Jeffery Head, Jeffrey Head, Jones Bluffs, Koloc Point, Mayo Peak, Merrick Point, Moore Dome, Mount Bodziony, Park Glacier, Rogers Spur, Sorenson Glacier, True Glacier, Webster Pass (Antarctica), Wright Pass, Wyatt Hill, Zuniga Glacier.