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75 relations: Albany, New York, American Journal of Science, Amos Eaton, Benjamin Silliman, Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, California Gold Rush, Castle Crags, Charles Wilkes, Clarence Dutton, Clarke Medal, Copley Medal, Crustacean, Dana Meadows, Dana Park, Dana Passage, Danalite, Daniel Coit Gilman, Dorsa Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana, European and American voyages of scientific exploration, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Ferdinand von Mueller, Frederick McCoy, Geological Society of America, Geological Society of London, Geologist, Geology, Haleakalā, Harrison Gray Otis Dwight, Hawaii (island), Hawaiian Islands, Henry Otis Dwight, Horseshoe crab, Hualālai, Impact crater, James Dwight Dana House, Kahoolawe, Kīlauea, Kohala (mountain), Lanai, Lōʻihi Seamount, List of craters on Mars: A–G, Mars, Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, Mediterranean Sea, Midshipman, Miner, Mineralogical Society of America, Mineralogy, ..., Moon, Mount Dana, Mount Shasta, Mount Vesuvius, National Historic Landmark, New England, New Haven, Connecticut, Oregon, Puget Sound, Royal Society, Royal Society of New South Wales, Sacramento Valley, Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Umpqua River, United States Exploring Expedition, United States Navy, Utica, New York, Volcano, Volcanologist, West Maui Mountains, West Molokai Volcano, Wollaston Medal, Yale College, Zoology, Zoophyte. Expand index (25 more) »
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital of the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Albany County.
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American Journal of Science
The American Journal of Science (AJS) is the United States of America's longest-running scientific journal, having been published continuously since its conception in 1818 by Professor Benjamin Silliman, who edited and financed it himself.
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Amos Eaton
Amos Eaton (May 17, 1776 – May 10, 1842) was an American botanist, geologist, and educator who is considered the founder of the modern scientific prospectus in education, which was a radical departure from the American liberal arts tradition of classics, religious classes, lecture, and recitation.
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Benjamin Silliman
Benjamin Silliman (August 8, 1779 – November 24, 1864) was an early American chemist and science educator.
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Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight
Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1816–1889) was an American minister, educator, scholar and author.
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California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
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Castle Crags
Castle Crags is a dramatic and well-known rock formation in Northern California.
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Charles Wilkes
Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer.
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Clarence Dutton
In 1875, he began work as a geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Clarke Medal
The Clarke Medal is awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales, the oldest learned society in Australia and in the Southern Hemisphere, for distinguished work in the Natural sciences.
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Copley Medal
The Copley Medal is a scientific award given by the Royal Society, for "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science." It alternates between the physical and the biological sciences.
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Crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles.
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Dana Meadows
For the activist, see Donella "Dana" Meadows. The Dana Meadows can be found at the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park, at the foot of Mount Dana, not far from Tuolumne Meadows and the Tioga Pass entrance station.
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Dana Park
Dana Park is a small urban park in Albany, New York and includes a memorial to James Dana which doubles as Albany's last remaining horse trough.
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Dana Passage
Dana Passage is a channel in the U.S. state of Washington.
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Danalite
Danalite is an iron beryllium silicate sulfide mineral with formula: Fe2+4Be3(SiO4)3S.
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Daniel Coit Gilman
Daniel Coit Gilman (July 6, 1831 – October 13, 1908) was an American educator and academic.
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Dorsa Dana
Dorsa Dana is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Smythii on the Moon.
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Edward Salisbury Dana
Edward Salisbury Dana (November 16, 1849 – June 16, 1935) was an American mineralogist and physicist.
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European and American voyages of scientific exploration
The era of European and American voyages of scientific exploration followed the Age of Discovery and were inspired by a new confidence in science and reason that arose in the Age of Enlightenment.
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland judges to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".
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Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (German: Müller) (30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.
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Frederick McCoy
Sir Frederick McCoy (1817 – 16 May 1899), was an Irish palaeontologist, zoologist, and museum administrator, active in Australia.
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Geological Society of America
The Geological Society of America (GSA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences.
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Geological Society of London
The Geological Society of London, known commonly as the Geological Society, is a learned society based in the United Kingdom.
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Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes that shape it.
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Geology
Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, gē, i.e. "earth" and -λoγία, -logia, i.e. "study of, discourse") is an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
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Haleakalā
Haleakalā (Hawaiian), or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui.
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Harrison Gray Otis Dwight
Harrison Gray Otis Dwight (1803–1862) was an American Congregational missionary.
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Hawaii (island)
Hawaiʻi is the largest island located in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
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Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands (Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaiokinai in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.
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Henry Otis Dwight
Henry Otis Dwight, LL.D. (June 3, 1843 – June 19, 1917), was an American missionary and author.
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Horseshoe crab
Horseshoe crabs are marine and brackish water arthropods of the family Limulidae, suborder Xiphosurida, and order Xiphosura.
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Hualālai
Hualālai (pronounced in Hawaiian) is an active volcano on the island of Hawaiokinai in the Hawaiian Islands.
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Impact crater
An impact crater is an approximately circular depression in the surface of a planet, moon, or other solid body in the Solar System or elsewhere, formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller body.
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James Dwight Dana House
The James Dwight Dana House, also known as the Dana House, is a historic 19th-century Italianate house at 24 Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States.
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Kahoolawe
ʻKahoolawe (Hawaiian) is the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands in the Hawaiian Islands.
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Kīlauea
Kīlauea is a currently active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, and the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island of Hawaiokinai.
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Kohala (mountain)
Kohala is the oldest of five volcanoes that make up the island of Hawaii.
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Lanai
Lānai is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain.
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Lōʻihi Seamount
Lōihi Seamount (also known as Lōʻihi) is an active submarine volcano about off the southeast coast of the island of Hawaii.
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List of craters on Mars: A–G
This is a partial list of craters on Mars.
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Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury.
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Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii.
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Mauna Loa
Mauna Loa (or; Hawaiian:; Long Mountain) is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi in the Pacific Ocean.
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.
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Midshipman
A midshipman is an officer of the junior-most rank, in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth navies.
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Miner
A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, or other mineral from the earth through mining.
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Mineralogical Society of America
The Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) is a scientific membership organization.
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Mineralogy
Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts.
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Moon
The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.
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Mount Dana
Mount Dana is a mountain in the U.S. state of California.
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Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta (Karuk: Úytaahkoo or "White Mountain") is a potentially active volcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California.
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Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius (Monte Vesuvio; Vesuvio; Mons Vesuvius; also Vesevus or Vesaevus in some Roman sources) is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore.
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National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.
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New England
New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
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New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States.
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Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a sound along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea.
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Royal Society
The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society.
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Royal Society of New South Wales
The Royal Society of New South Wales is a learned society based in Sydney, Australia.
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Sacramento Valley
The Sacramento Valley is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies north of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the Sacramento River.
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Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
The Sierra Nevada (snowy saw range) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.
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Umpqua River
The Umpqua River on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States is approximately long.
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United States Exploring Expedition
The United States Exploring Expedition was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States from 1838 to 1842.
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United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
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Utica, New York
Utica is a city in the Mohawk Valley and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States.
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Volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
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Volcanologist
A volcanologist or vulcanologist is a geologist who studies the processes involved in the formation and eruptive activity of volcanoes and their current and historic eruptions, known as volcanology.
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West Maui Mountains
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West Molokai Volcano
West Molokai Volcano, sometimes called Mauna Loa for the census-designated place, is an extinct shield volcano comprising the western half of Molokai island in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
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Wollaston Medal
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
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Yale College
Yale College is the undergraduate liberal arts college of Yale University.
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Zoology
Zoology or animal biology is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems.
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Zoophyte
A zoophyte is an animal that visually resembles a plant.
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