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16 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctic Research Centre, Antarctica, Blue Glacier, Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Denton Hills, Edward J. Miers, Hidden Valley (Antarctica), Koettlitz Glacier, Marshall Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Natural History Museum, London, Péwé Peak, Robert Falcon Scott, Terra Nova Expedition, Victoria Land.
- Valleys of Victoria 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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Antarctic Research Centre
The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.
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Blue Glacier
Blue Glacier is a large glacier located to the north of Mount Olympus in the Olympic Mountains of Washington.
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Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole.
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Denton Hills
The Denton Hills are a group of rugged foothills, long southwest–northeast and wide, to the east of the Royal Society Range on the Scott Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
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Edward J. Miers
Edward John Miers FZS FLS (1851– 15 October 1930) was a British zoologist and curator of the crustacean collection at the Natural History Museum in London.
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Hidden Valley (Antarctica)
Hidden Valley is the ice-free valley next south of Miers Valley through which an alpine glacier formerly moved to coalesce with Koettlitz Glacier.
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Koettlitz Glacier
Koettlitz Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier lying west of Mount Morning and Mount Discovery in the Royal Society Range, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Cocks northeastward between Brown Peninsula and the mainland into the ice shelf of McMurdo Sound.
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Marshall Valley
Marshall Valley is a small valley in Antarctica, ice free except for Rivard Glacier at its western head. Miers Valley and Marshall Valley are McMurdo Dry Valleys and valleys of Victoria Land.
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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. Miers Valley and McMurdo Dry Valleys are valleys of Victoria Land.
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Natural History Museum, London
The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history.
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Péwé Peak
Péwé Peak is a bedrock peak, high, composed of granite and topped with a dolerite sill.
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Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 – c. 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the ''Discovery'' expedition of 1901–04 and the ''Terra Nova'' expedition of 1910–13.
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Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913.
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Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau.
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See also
Valleys of Victoria Land
- Balham Valley
- Barwick Valley
- Beacon Valley
- Garwood Valley
- Greenville Valley
- Heil Valley
- Marshall Valley
- McKelvey Valley
- McMurdo Dry Valleys
- Miers Valley
- Pearse Valley
- Riu ō Te Ata Valley
- Shaw Trough
- Taylor Valley
- Towle Valley
- Victoria Valley
- Ward Valley
- Wright Valley
References
Also known as Adams Glacier (Victoria Land), Aorta Ridge, Becker Point, Catacomb Hill, Catacomb Ridge, Findlay Ridge, Holiday Peak, Lake Miers, Miers Glacier, Miers Stream, Mount Lama, Penance Pass, Terminus Mountain, The Altiplano.