Briggs Hill

Briggs Hill is a conspicuous ice-free hill, high, standing on the south side of Ferrar Glacier between Descent Glacier and Overflow Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. ^[1]

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1. 13 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctica, Bettle Peak, Blue Glacier (Antarctica), Discovery Expedition, Ferrar Glacier, Hobbs Ridge, McMurdo Station, Royal Society Range, Terra Nova Expedition, United States Antarctic Program, United States Geological Survey, Victoria Land.

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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Bettle Peak

Bettle Peak is a peak, high, standing west of Bowers Piedmont Glacier and north of the Granite Knolls in Victoria Land. Briggs Hill and Bettle Peak are Scott Coast.

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Blue Glacier (Antarctica)

Blue Glacier is a large glacier which flows into Bowers Piedmont Glacier about south of New Harbour, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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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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Ferrar Glacier

Ferrar Glacieris a glacier in Antarctica.

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Hobbs Ridge

Hobbs Ridge is a prominent arc-shaped ridge which circumscribes Hobbs Glacier to the north and northwest and forms the divide with the lower part of Blue Glacier, on the Scott Coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Briggs Hill and Hobbs Ridge are Scott Coast.

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McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand–claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica.

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Royal Society Range

The Royal Society Range is a majestic range of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, rising to along the west shore of McMurdo Sound between the Koettlitz, Skelton and Ferrar Glaciers. Briggs Hill and Royal Society Range 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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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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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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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

Hills of Victoria Land

• Allan Hills
• Briggs Hill
• Caudal Hills
• Crown Hills (Antarctica)
• Denton Hills
• Ebel Hills
• Flint Ridge
• Friis Hills
• Hendy Hills
• Keble Hills
• MacDonald Hills
• McAllister Hills
• Mount Armytage
• Northern Foothills
• Random Hills
• Ricker Hills
• Sequence Hills

References

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

Also known as Anderson Knoll, Chain Nunataks, Descent Pass, Granite Knolls, Hannon Hill, Mount Huxley (Antarctica), Mount Huxley (Antartica), Pearsall Ridge, Stoner Peak, Todd Hill.

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