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Medina Peaks

Index Medina Peaks

The Medina Peaks are rugged, mainly ice-free, peaks surmounting a ridge long, extending north along the east side of Goodale Glacier to the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 9 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Amundsen Glacier, Mount Salisbury, Naval Oceanographic Office, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Richard E. Byrd, Ross Ice Shelf, Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains), United States Geological Survey.

  2. Amundsen Coast
  3. Mountains of the Ross Dependency

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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Amundsen Glacier

The Amundsen Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, about 7 to 11 km (4 to 6 nmi) wide and 150 km (80 nmi) long.

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Mount Salisbury

Mount Salisbury is a peak in the Fairweather Range of Alaska, 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Mount Fairweather.

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The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), located at John C. Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi, is an echelon IV component of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NMOC) and comprises approximately 1,000 civilian, military and contract personnel responsible for providing oceanographic products and services to all elements within the Department of Defense.

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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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Richard E. Byrd

Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), an American naval officer, was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics.

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Ross Ice Shelf

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France).

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Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains)

The Scott Glacier is a major glacier, long, that drains the East Antarctic Ice Sheet through the Queen Maud Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf.

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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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See also

Amundsen Coast

Mountains of the Ross Dependency

References

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

Also known as Coloured Peak, Feeney Col, Feeney Peak, Hidden Col, MacDonald Nunataks, Marble Peak (Antarctica), Marks Point (Antarctica), O'Brien Peak, Paradise Ridge, Patterson Peak (Antarctica), Pegmatite Peak.