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. ^[1]

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1. 11 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctica, Ferrar Glacier, Lashly Mountains, McMurdo Dry Valleys, National Science Foundation, Pyramidal peak, Quartermain Mountains, Rampart Ridge, Terminal moraine, Victoria Land.

2. 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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Ferrar Glacier

Ferrar Glacieris a glacier in Antarctica.

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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. Wilkniss 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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National Science Foundation

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.

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Pyramidal peak

A pyramidal peak, sometimes called a glacial horn in extreme cases, is an angular, sharply pointed mountain peak which results from the cirque erosion due to multiple glaciers diverging from a central point.

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Quartermain Mountains

The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land. Wilkniss Mountains and Quartermain Mountains are mountain ranges of Victoria Land.

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Rampart Ridge

Rampart Ridge is a prominent broken ridge on the west side of the Royal Society Range, Antarctica. Wilkniss Mountains and Rampart Ridge are Scott Coast.

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Terminal moraine

A terminal moraine, also called an end moraine, is a type of moraine that forms at the terminal (edge) of a glacier, marking its maximum advance.

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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

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

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

Also known as Buttress Nunatak, Canoe Nunatak, Creagh Glacier, Creagh Icefall, Fulcrum (Antarctica), Fulcrum (peak), Level Valley, Lever Nunataks, Mount Blackwelder, Pivot Peak, Vernier Valley.

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