Scripps Heights

Scripps Heights are rugged heights which are largely ice-covered, surmounting the peninsula between Casey Glacier and Lurabee Glacier on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. ^[1]

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1. 21 relations: American Geographical Society, Antarctic Peninsula, Bowman Inlet, British Antarctic Survey, British Graham Land expedition, Casey Inlet, Detroit, East Base, Eternity Range, Frederic C. Walcott, Hogmanay, Hubert Wilkins, John Rymill, Lincoln Ellsworth, Palmer Land, Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, Stefansson Strait, United States Antarctic Program, W. L. G. Joerg, Weddell Sea, Wilkins Coast.

2. Mountains of Palmer Land

American Geographical Society

The American Geographical Society (AGS) is an organization of professional geographers, founded in 1851 in New York City.

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Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.

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Bowman Inlet

Bowman Inlet is an ice-filled inlet between Kay Nunatak and Platt Point on the Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula, on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.

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British Graham Land expedition

The British Graham Land expedition (BGLE) was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 and 1937.

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Casey Inlet

Casey Inlet is an ice-filled inlet at the terminus of Casey Glacier, between Miller Point and Cape Walcott, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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East Base

East Base on Stonington Island is the oldest American research station in Antarctica, having been commissioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939.

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Eternity Range

The Eternity Range is a range of mountains long, rising to, and trending north–south approximately in the middle of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Frederic C. Walcott

Frederic Collin Walcott (February 19, 1869April 27, 1949) was a United States senator from Connecticut.

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Hogmanay

Hogmanay is the Scots word for the last day of the old year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year in the Scottish manner.

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Hubert Wilkins

Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar (31 October 188830 November 1958), commonly referred to as Captain Wilkins, was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer.

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John Rymill

John Riddoch Rymill (13 March 1905 – 7 September 1968) was an Australian polar explorer, who had the rare second clasp added to his Polar Medal.

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Lincoln Ellsworth

Lincoln Ellsworth (May 12, 1880 – May 26, 1951) was a polar explorer from the United States and a major benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History.

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Palmer Land

Palmer Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.

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Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.

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Stefansson Strait

Stefansson Strait is an ice-filled strait long and wide, between the east coast of Palmer Land and Hearst Island, Antarctica.

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United States Antarctic Program

The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the Antarctica continent.

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W. L. G. Joerg

Wolfgang Louis Gottfried Joerg, better known as W. L. G. Joerg (February 6, 1885 – January 7, 1952), was an American geographer, and in particular an expert in the geography of the Arctic and Antarctic regions, who exercised broad influence on the field in various positions, ultimately as Chief Archivist of the Cartographic Records Branch of the National Archives.

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Weddell Sea

The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre.

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Wilkins Coast

Wilkins Coast is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Agassiz and Cape Boggs.

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See also

Mountains of Palmer Land

• Bates Peak
• Berry Massif
• Boreas Peak
• Bristly Peaks
• Brodie Peak
• Creswick Peaks
• Enigma Peak
• Föhn Bastion
• Flinders Peak
• Garcie Peaks
• Goward Peak
• McHugo Peak
• Messent Peak
• Mirnyy Peak
• Morrill Peak
• Mount Allan (Antarctica)
• Mount Alpheratz
• Mount Balfour (Antarctica)
• Mount Castro
• Mount Courtauld
• Mount Crooker
• Mount Dixey
• Mount Eissinger
• Mount Eubanks
• Mount Flower
• Mount Hope (Palmer Land)
• Mount Jackson (Antarctica)
• Mount Lepus
• Mount Markab
• Mount Martine
• Mount Monique
• Mount Noel (Antarctica)
• Mount Pitman
• Mount Rigel
• Mount Tenniel
• Mount Ward (Antarctica)
• Orion Massif
• Overton Peak
• Owen Peak
• Renner Peak
• Schenck Peak
• Schneider Peak
• Scorpio Peaks
• Scripps Heights
• Steeple Peaks
• Thuma Peak
• Webb Peak (Palmer Land)

References

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

Also known as Cape Walcott, Hogmanay Pass.

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