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33 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctica, Asgard Range, Beacon Valley, Discovery Expedition, Ernest Shackleton, Ferrar Glacier, Imre Friedmann, International Geophysical Year, Jesse Handsley, Kukri Hills, Lashly Mountains, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Mount Siple, Mount Weller, Mountain, New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee, New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme, New Zealand Geographic Board, New Zealanders, Nunatak, Robert Falcon Scott, Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann, Royal Society Range, Skelton Glacier, Taylor Glacier, Terra Nova Expedition, United States Antarctic Program, United States Geological Survey, University of New South Wales, Victoria Land, Wilkniss Mountains, Worcester Range.
- Mountain ranges 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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Asgard Range
The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Quartermain Mountains and Asgard Range are McMurdo Dry Valleys and mountain ranges of Victoria Land.
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Beacon Valley
Beacon Valley is an ice-free valley between Pyramid Mountain and Beacon Heights, in the Quartermain Mountains of 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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Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic.
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Ferrar Glacier
Ferrar Glacieris a glacier in Antarctica.
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Imre Friedmann
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International Geophysical Year
The International Geophysical Year (IGY; Année géophysique internationale), also referred to as the third International Polar Year, was an international scientific project that lasted from 1 July 1957 to 31 December 1958.
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Jesse Handsley
Jesse Handsley (29 March 1876 – c. 3 June 1916) was an able seaman who served under Captain Robert Falcon Scott on the ''Discovery'' expedition of 1901 to 1904.
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Kukri Hills
Kukri Hills is a prominent east-west trending range, about long and over high, forming the divide between Ferrar Glacier on the south and Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley on the north, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Quartermain Mountains and Kukri Hills are McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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Lashly Mountains
The Lashly Mountains are a small group of mountains, the most prominent at being Mount Crean, standing south of the head of Taylor Glacier and west of Lashly Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Quartermain Mountains and Lashly Mountains are mountain ranges of Victoria Land.
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McMurdo Dry Valleys
The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of largely snow-free valleys in Antarctica, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound.
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Mount Siple
Mount Siple is a potentially active Antarctic shield volcano, rising to and dominating the northwest part of Siple Island, which is separated from the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land, by the Getz Ice Shelf.
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Mount Weller
Mount Weller is a mountain, 1,080 m, standing west of Auster Glacier and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Reference Peak in Enderby Land.
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Mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock.
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New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent.
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New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme
The New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme (NZARP) was a research programme that operated a permanent research facility in Antarctica from 1959 to 1996.
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New Zealand Geographic Board
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) has authority over geographical and hydrographic names within New Zealand and its territorial waters.
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New Zealanders
New Zealanders (Tāngata Aotearoa) are people associated with New Zealand, sharing a common history, culture, and language (New Zealand English).
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Nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit nunataq) is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge.
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Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 – c. 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the ''Discovery'' expedition of 1901–04 and the ''Terra Nova'' expedition of 1910–13.
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Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann
Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann (November 23, 1937 – September 4, 2005) was a Filipino-American microbiologist and botanist who specialized in the study of cyanobacteria and extremophiles.
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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. Quartermain Mountains and Royal Society Range are mountain ranges of Victoria Land.
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Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
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Taylor Glacier
The Taylor Glacier is a glacier in Antarctica about long, flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land into the western end of Taylor Valley, north of the Kukri Hills. Quartermain Mountains and Taylor Glacier are McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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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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University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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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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Wilkniss Mountains
'The Wilkniss Mountains form a prominent group of conical peaks and mountains, long running north–south, located east-southeast of Mount Feather in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Quartermain Mountains and Wilkniss Mountains are mountain ranges of Victoria Land.
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Worcester Range
The Worcester Range is a high coastal range, about long, in Antarctica.
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See also
Mountain ranges of Victoria Land
- Admiralty Mountains
- Alamein Range
- Anare Mountains
- Asgard Range
- Barker Range
- Bowers Mountains
- Cartographers Range
- Clare Range
- Concord Mountains
- Convoy Range
- Cruzen Range
- Deep Freeze Range
- East Quartzite Range
- Eisenhower Range
- Emlen Peaks
- Everett Range
- Explorers Range
- Freyberg Mountains
- Gonville and Caius Range
- Helicopter Mountains
- Helliwell Hills
- Homerun Range
- Inland Forts
- Insel Range
- King Range (Antarctica)
- Kirkwood Range
- Lanterman Range
- Lashly Mountains
- Mesa Range
- Millen Range
- Mirabito Range
- Morozumi Range
- Mountaineer Range
- Olympus Range
- Posey Range
- Prince Albert Mountains
- Quartermain Mountains
- Royal Society Range
- Saint Johns Range
- Salamander Range
- Saxby Range
- Southern Cross Mountains
- Transantarctic Mountains
- Usarp Mountains
- Victory Mountains
- West Quartzite Range
- Wilkniss Mountains
- Willett Range
References
Also known as Altar Mountain, Arena Saddle, Arena Valley, Ashtray Basin, Beacon Height West, Beacon Heights, Black Face (valley), Brawhm Pass, Catenary Nunatak, East Beacon, Farnell Valley, Finger Mountain (Antarctica), Footscrew Nunatak, Friedmann Valley, Gusty Gully, Handsley Valley, Horizon Bluff, Kennar Valley, Knobhead, Mount Benninghoff, Mount Feather, Mount Handsley, Mount Kuipers, Mullins Valley, Nadir Bluff, New Mountain, Plumb Bob Point, Profile Bluff, Pyramid Mountain (Antarctica), Rector Ridge, Siple Ridge, Slump Mountain, South Beacon, Static Nunatak, Subtense Valley, Tabular Mountain, Telemeter Glacier, Terra Cotta Mountain, Turnabout Glacier (Antarctica), Turnabout Valley, University Peak (Antarctica), University Valley, University of Antarctica, Vestal Ridge, West Beacon, Windy Gully.