Morris Heights (East Antarctica)

Morris Heights are a relatively smooth ice-covered heights, forming a peninsula-like divide between Beaver Glacier and King Glacier at the north end of the Queen Alexandra Range. ^[1]

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1. 11 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Beardmore Glacier, Cape Hallett, Christchurch, Ernest Shackleton, Lennox-King Glacier, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Nimrod Expedition, Operation Deep Freeze, Queen Alexandra Range, United States Geological Survey.

2. Hills of Oates 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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Beardmore Glacier

The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being long and having a width of.

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Cape Hallett

Cape Hallett is a snow-free area (Antarctic oasis) on the northern tip of the Hallett Peninsula on the Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land, East Antarctica.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland.

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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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Lennox-King Glacier

Lennox-King Glacier is a large valley glacier, about long that flows east into the Ross Ice Shelf.

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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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Nimrod Expedition

The Nimrod Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second time to the Continent.

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Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on.

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Queen Alexandra Range

The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range about long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau 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

Hills of Oates Land

• Allan Hills
• Bastion Hill
• Brown Hills
• Colbert Hills (Antarctica)
• Davis Knoll
• Goorkha Craters
• Meteorite Hills
• Morris Heights (East Antarctica)
• Turbidite Hill
• Wilson Hills
• Wright Hill

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Heights_(East_Antarctica)

Also known as Beaver Glacier (Ross Ice Shelf), Granite Pillars, King Glacier, McCann Point, Mount F. L. Smith, Mount Fox (Antarctica), Mount Gunner, Mount Ida (Antarctica), Mount Nickerson, Yeates Bluff.

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