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Northern Foothills

Index Northern Foothills

Northern Foothills is a line of coastal hills on the west side of Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica, lying southward of Browning Pass and forming a peninsular continuation of the Deep Freeze Range. [1]

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  1. 14 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctica, Campbell Glacier, Deep Freeze Range, Inexpressible Island, Nansen Ice Sheet, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Nimrod Expedition, Operation Deep Freeze, Priestley Glacier, Terra Nova Bay, Terra Nova Expedition, Victoria Land, Zucchelli Station.

  2. Hills 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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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Campbell Glacier

Campbell Glacier is a glacier, about long, originating near the south end of Mesa Range and draining southeast between the Deep Freeze Range and Mount Melbourne to discharge into north Terra Nova Bay in Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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Deep Freeze Range

The Deep Freeze Range is a rugged mountain range, over long and about wide, rising between Priestley and Campbell Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica, and extending from the edge of the polar plateau to Terra Nova Bay.

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Inexpressible Island

Inexpressible Island is a small, rocky island in Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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Nansen Ice Sheet

Nansen Ice Sheet is a long by wide ice shelf. Northern Foothills and Nansen Ice Sheet are Scott Coast.

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New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica.

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Nimrod Expedition

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.

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Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on.

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Priestley Glacier

The Priestley Glacier is a major valley glacier, about long, originating at the edge of the Polar Plateau of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Northern Foothills and Priestley Glacier are Scott Coast.

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Terra Nova Bay

Terra Nova Bay is a bay which is often ice free, about long, lying between Cape Washington and the Drygalski Ice Tongue along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Northern Foothills and Terra Nova Bay are Scott Coast.

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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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Zucchelli Station

Zucchelli Station is an Italian seasonal research station in Antarctica, located at Terra Nova Bay on a granitic headland along the coast of the Northern Foothills to the north-east of Gerlache Inlet. Northern Foothills and Zucchelli Station are Scott Coast.

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See also

Hills of Victoria Land

References

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

Also known as Cape Canwe, Cape Confusion, Cape Russell, Hells Gate (Antarctica), Mount Abbott (Antarctica), Mount Browning, Vegetation Island.