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Burgess Ice Rise

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Burgess Ice Rise is a small ice rise lying within the Wilkins Ice Shelf, off the west coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. [1]

10 relations: Alexander Island, Antarctica, British Antarctic Survey, Ice rise, Landsat program, Martin Ice Rise, Petrie Ice Rises, Royal Air Force, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, Wilkins Sound.

Alexander Island

Alexander Island, which is also known as Alexander I Island, Alexander I Land, Alexander Land, Alexander I Archipelago, and Zemlja Alexandra I, is the largest island of Antarctica.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs.

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Ice rise

An ice rise is a clearly defined elevation of the otherwise totally flat ice shelf, typically dome-shaped and rising 100 to 200 metres above the surrounding ice shelf.

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Landsat program

The Landsat program is the longest-running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth.

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Martin Ice Rise

Martin Ice Rise is an ice rise, long and wide, merged within the George VI Ice Shelf and the George VI Sound, located southwest of Kirwan Inlet, off the east coast of Alexander Island and the west coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.

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Petrie Ice Rises

Petrie Ice Rises is a group of ice rises extending in a north-south line lying merged within the Wilkins Ice Shelf, to the west of Alexander Island, Antarctica.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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Wilkins Sound

Wilkins Sound is a seaway in Antarctica that is largely occupied by the Wilkins Ice Shelf.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgess_Ice_Rise

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