Table of Contents
27 relations: Antarctica, Asgard Range, C. S. Wright, Discovery Expedition, Don Juan Pond, East Antarctic Ice Sheet, Inland Forts, Labyrinth (Antarctica), Lake Vanda, Marble Point, McKelvey Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, McMurdo Sound, Mount Newall, Mount Odin (Victoria Land), National Science Foundation, New Zealand Antarctic Society, Olympus Range, Onyx River, Robert Falcon Scott, Taylor Valley, Transantarctic Mountains, Vanda Station, Victoria Land, Victoria Valley, Wilson Piedmont Glacier, Wright Upper Glacier.
- Transantarctic Mountains
- Valleys of Victoria Land
Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.
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Asgard Range
The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Wright Valley and Asgard Range are McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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C. S. Wright
Sir Charles Seymour Wright (7 April 1887 – 1 November 1975), nicknamed Silas Wright after novelist Silas K. Hocking, was a Canadian member of Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expedition of 1910–1913, the ''Terra Nova'' Expedition.
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Discovery Expedition
The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843).
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Don Juan Pond
Don Juan Pond is a small and very shallow hypersaline lake in the western end of Wright Valley (South Fork), Victoria Land, Antarctica, west from Lake Vanda. Wright Valley and Don Juan Pond are McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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East Antarctic Ice Sheet
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) lies between 45° west and 168° east longitudinally.
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Inland Forts
The Inland Forts are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Wright Valley and Inland Forts are McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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Labyrinth (Antarctica)
The Labyrinth is an extensive flat upland area which has been deeply eroded, at the west end of Wright Valley, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Wright Valley and Labyrinth (Antarctica) are McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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Lake Vanda
Lake Vanda is a lake in Wright Valley, Victoria Land, Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wright Valley and lake Vanda are McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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Marble Point
Marble Point is a rocky promontory on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
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McKelvey Valley
McKelvey Valley is a valley between the western part of the Olympus Range and the Insel Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Wright Valley and McKelvey 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. Wright Valley and McMurdo Dry Valleys are Transantarctic Mountains and valleys of Victoria Land.
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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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Mount Newall
Mount Newall is a peak, high, the northeast extremity of Asgard Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Discovery Expedition (1901–04) and named for one of the men who helped raise funds to send a relief ship for the expedition. Wright Valley and Mount Newall are McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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Mount Odin (Victoria Land)
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Wright Valley and Mount Odin (Victoria Land) are McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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National Science Foundation
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.
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New Zealand Antarctic Society
New Zealand Antarctic Society was formed in 1933 by New Zealand businessman Arthur Leigh Hunt and Antarctic explorers Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Sir Douglas Mawson.
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Olympus Range
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south. Wright Valley and Olympus Range are McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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Onyx River
The Onyx River is an Antarctic meltwater stream which flows westward through the Wright Valley from Wright Lower Glacier and Lake Brownworth at the foot of the glacier to Lake Vanda, during the few months of the Antarctic summer. Wright Valley and Onyx River are McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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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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Taylor Valley
Taylor Valley is an ice-free valley about long, once occupied by the receding Taylor Glacier. Wright Valley and Taylor Valley are McMurdo Dry Valleys, Transantarctic Mountains and valleys of Victoria Land.
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Transantarctic Mountains
The Transantarctic Mountains (abbreviated TAM) comprise a mountain range of uplifted rock (primarily sedimentary) in Antarctica which extends, with some interruptions, across the continent from Cape Adare in northern Victoria Land to Coats Land.
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Vanda Station
Vanda Station was an Antarctic research base in the western highlands (Victoria Land) of the Ross Dependency, specifically on the shore of Lake Vanda, at the mouth of Onyx River, in the Wright Valley. Wright Valley and Vanda Station are McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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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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Victoria Valley
Victoria Valley is an extensive ice-free valley, formerly occupied by a large glacier, extending from Victoria Upper Glacier to Victoria Lower Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Wright Valley and Victoria Valley are McMurdo Dry Valleys and valleys of Victoria Land.
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Wilson Piedmont Glacier
Wilson Piedmont Glacier is a large piedmont glacier extending from Granite Harbour to Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land.
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Wright Upper Glacier
Wright Upper Glacier is an ice apron at the upper west end of Wright Valley in the Asgard Range, Antarctica. Wright Valley and Wright Upper Glacier are McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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See also
Transantarctic Mountains
- Allan Hills
- Allan Hills A81005
- Carlstrom Foothills
- Carnegie Range
- Churchill Mountains
- Cobham Range
- Darley Hills
- Forrestal Range
- Holyoake Range
- Horlick Mountains
- Kukri Peneplain
- Long Hills
- McMurdo Dry Valleys
- Meyer Desert Formation biota
- Nash Range
- Neptune Range
- Ohio Range
- Patuxent Range
- Pensacola Mountains
- Prince Albert Mountains
- Queen Alexandra Range
- Queen Elizabeth Range (Antarctica)
- Queen Maud Mountains
- Reedy Glacier
- South Pole Traverse
- Surveyors Range
- Taylor Valley
- Tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains
- Thiel Mountains
- Transantarctic Mountains
- West Antarctic Rift System
- Whitmore Mountains
- Wisconsin Range
- Wright Valley
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 Bartley Glacier, Bull Pass, Colin Bull, Conrow Glacier, Dais (Antarctica), Dais Col, Denton Glacier, Donner Valley, Goodspeed Glacier, Hart Glacier (Antarctica), Heimdall Glacier, Lake Brownworth, Lake Bull, Lake Canopus, Martin Cirque, Meserve Glacier, Minotaur Pass, North Fork (Antarctica), Pukeko Pond, South Fork (Antarctica), Sykes Glacier, Valhalla Glacier.