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Rockefeller Mountains

Index Rockefeller Mountains

The Rockefeller Mountains are a group of low-lying, scattered granite peaks and ridges, almost entirely snow-covered, standing south-southwest of the Alexandra Mountains on the Edward VII Peninsula of Antarctica. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 12 relations: Alexandra Mountains, George J. Dufek, Henry Skillman Breckinridge, IMDb, John D. Rockefeller Jr., King Edward VII Land, Laurence McKinley Gould, Marie Byrd Land, Richard E. Byrd, Ross Ice Shelf, Winter storm, With Byrd at the South Pole.

  2. Mountain ranges of Marie Byrd Land
  3. Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency

Alexandra Mountains

The Alexandra Mountains are a group of low, separated mountains in the north portion of Edward VII Peninsula, just southwest of Sulzberger Bay in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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George J. Dufek

George John Dufek (10 February 1903, Rockford, Illinois – 10 February 1977, Bethesda, Maryland) was an American naval officer, naval aviator, and polar expert.

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Henry Skillman Breckinridge

Henry Skillman Breckinridge (May 25, 1886 – May 2, 1960) was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the prominent Breckinridge family and served as the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1913 to 1916.

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IMDb

IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.

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John D. Rockefeller Jr.

John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist.

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King Edward VII Land

King Edward VII Land or King Edward VII Peninsula is a large, ice-covered peninsula which forms the northwestern extremity of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica.

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Laurence McKinley Gould

Laurence McKinley Gould (August 22, 1896 – June 21, 1995) was an American geologist, educator, and polar explorer.

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Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica.

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Richard E. Byrd

Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), an American naval officer, was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics.

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Ross Ice Shelf

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France).

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Winter storm

A winter storm is an event in which wind coincides with varieties of precipitation that only occur at freezing temperatures, such as snow, mixed snow and rain, or freezing rain.

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With Byrd at the South Pole

With Byrd at the South Pole (1930) is a sound part-talkie documentary film about Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his 1st quest to the South Pole beginning at the Little America-Exploration Base.

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See also

Mountain ranges of Marie Byrd Land

Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency

References

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

Also known as Breckinridge Peak, Drummond Peak, Fokker Rocks, Gould Peak, Kiel Glacier, Melbert Rocks, Mount Butler (Antarctica), Mount Fitzsimmons, Mount Franklin (Antarctica), Mount Franklin, Antarctica, Mount Frazier (Antarctica), Mount Jackling, Mount Nilsen, Mount Schlossbach, Mount Shideler, Prestrud Bank, Prestrud Inlet, Strider Rock, Tennant Peak, Washington Ridge.