Granite Harbour

Granite Harbour is a bay in the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long, entered between Cape Archer and Cape Roberts. ^[1]

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1. 14 relations: Benson Glacier, Cirque, Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Discovery Expedition, Evans Piedmont Glacier, Gonville and Caius Range, Mackay Glacier, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, RRS Discovery, Terra Nova Expedition, United States Geological Survey, Victoria Land, Wilson Piedmont Glacier.

2. Bays of the Ross Dependency
3. Landforms of Victoria Land
4. Ports and harbours of the Ross Dependency

Benson Glacier

Benson Glacier is a glacier about long, draining the east part of Flight Deck Névé and continuing east between Fry Glacier and Mackay Glacier into the north part of Granite Harbour where it forms a floating tongue. Granite Harbour and Benson Glacier are Scott Coast.

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Cirque

A (from the Latin word) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion.

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Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole.

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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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Evans Piedmont Glacier

Evans Piedmont Glacier is a broad ice sheet occupying the low-lying coastal platform between Tripp Island and Cape Archer in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Granite Harbour and Evans Piedmont Glacier are Scott Coast.

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Gonville and Caius Range

The Gonville and Caius Range is a range of peaks, high, between Mackay Glacier and Debenham Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Granite Harbour and Gonville and Caius Range are Scott Coast.

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Mackay Glacier

Mackay Glacier is a large glacier in Victoria Land, descending eastward from the Antarctic Plateau, between the Convoy Range and Clare Range, into the southern part of Granite Harbour. Granite Harbour and Mackay Glacier are Scott Coast.

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McMurdo Sound

The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately from the South Pole.

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Ross Sea

The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth.

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RRS Discovery

RRS Discovery is a barque-rigged auxiliary steamship built in Dundee, Scotland for Antarctic research.

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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 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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Wilson Piedmont Glacier

Wilson Piedmont Glacier is a large piedmont glacier extending from Granite Harbour to Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land.

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See also

Bays of the Ross Dependency

• Bay of Whales
• Beaumont Bay
• Granite Harbour
• Kainan Bay
• Okuma Bay

Landforms of Victoria Land

• Airdevronsix Icefalls
• Blood Falls
• Borchgrevink Canyon
• Bowers Canyon
• Camp II Point
• Chain Moraines
• Claridge Terrace
• Davis Ice Piedmont
• Drygalski Basin
• Glomar Challenger Basin
• Glover Cirque
• Granite Harbour
• Hells Gate Moraine
• Kaki Ponds
• Karoro Pond
• Labyrinth (Antarctica)
• Linnaeus Terrace
• Malta Plateau
• Mandible Cirque
• McMurdo Dry Valleys
• McMurdo Ice Shelf
• Pinet Butte
• Plane Table Glacier
• Seabee Hook
• Tapsell Foreland
• The Pyramid (Antarctica)
• The Stage (Antarctica)
• The Strand Moraines
• Willett Cove

Ports and harbours of the Ross Dependency

• Bay of Whales
• Granite Harbour
• Kainan Bay
• McMurdo Station
• New Harbour (Antarctica)
• Winter Quarters Bay

References

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

Also known as Avalanche Bay, Botany Bay, Victoria Land, Cape Archer, Cape Roberts, Couloir Cliffs, Cuff Cape, Devils Punchbowl (Antarctica), Devils Ridge, Devils Thumb (Antarctica), Dewdrop Glacier, Discovery Bluff, Doublefinger Peak, Dreikanter Head, Finger Point (Victoria Land), First View Point, Granite Harbor, Hunt Glacier, Kar Plateau, Lion Island, Victoria Land, Marston Glacier, Minnehaha Icefalls, Mount Marston, New Glacier, Point Retreat, Red Buttress Peak, Stevens Cliff, The Flatiron, Tiger Island (Antarctica).

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