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14 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Amundsen Glacier, Axel Heiberg Glacier, Donald A. Quarles, Geological Society of America, International Geophysical Year, Queen Maud Mountains, Richard E. Byrd, Roald Amundsen, Ross Ice Shelf, Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains), United States Deputy Secretary of Defense, United States Geological Survey, United States Secretary of the Air Force.
- Amundsen Coast
- Queen Maud Mountains
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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Amundsen Glacier
The Amundsen Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, about 7 to 11 km (4 to 6 nmi) wide and 150 km (80 nmi) long. Quarles Range and Amundsen Glacier are Queen Maud Mountains.
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Axel Heiberg Glacier
The Axel Heiberg Glacier in Antarctica is a valley glacier, long, descending from the high elevations of the Antarctic Plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf (nearly at sea level) between the Herbert Range and Mount Don Pedro Christophersen in the Queen Maud Mountains. Quarles Range and Axel Heiberg Glacier are Queen Maud Mountains.
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Donald A. Quarles
Donald Aubrey Quarles (July 30, 1894 – May 8, 1959) was a communications engineer, senior level executive with Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric, and a top official in the United States Department of Defense during the Eisenhower Administration.
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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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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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Queen Maud Mountains
The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic Plateau in 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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Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (16 July 1872 –) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions.
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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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Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains)
The Scott Glacier is a major glacier, long, that drains the East Antarctic Ice Sheet through the Queen Maud Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf. Quarles Range and Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains) are Queen Maud Mountains.
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United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
The deputy secretary of defense (acronym: DepSecDef) is a statutory office and the second-highest-ranking official in the Department of Defense of the United States of America.
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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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United States Secretary of the Air Force
The Secretary of the Air Force, sometimes referred to as the Secretary of the Department of the Air Force, (SecAF, or SAF/OS) is the head of the Department of the Air Force and the service secretary for the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.
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See also
Amundsen Coast
- Amundsen Coast
- Banded Bluff
- Duncan Mountains
- Gothic Mountains
- Hays Mountains
- Herbert Range
- Karo Hills
- Medina Peaks
- Mount McIntyre
- Nødtvedt Nunataks
- Nilsen Plateau
- Quarles Range
- Rawson Mountains (Antarctica)
- Surveyors Range
Queen Maud Mountains
- Amundsen Glacier
- Axel Heiberg Glacier
- Bush Mountains
- Commonwealth Range
- Dominion Range
- Gothic Mountains
- Haas Glacier
- Hays Mountains
- Herbert Range
- Hughes Range (Antarctica)
- Keltie Glacier
- La Gorce Mountains
- Liv Glacier
- Mount Finley
- Prince Olav Mountains
- Quarles Range
- Queen Maud Mountains
- Reedy Glacier
- Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains)
- Shackleton Glacier
- Supporters Range
- Tapley Mountains
References
Also known as Breyer Mesa, Collins Ridge (Antarctica), Mount Alice Gade, Mount Behling, Mount Belecz, Mount Benjamin, Mount Dean, Mount Deardorff, Mount Ellsworth (Antarctica), Mount Hanssen, Mount Harrington (Quarles Range), Mount Helmer Hanssen, Mount Lincoln Ellsworth, Mount Maloney, Mount Rawson, Mount Redifer, Mount Ruth Gade, Mount Wedel-Jarlsberg, Rawson Plateau, Robinson Bluff, Schobert Nunatak, Spur, Thomas, Thomas Spur, Waugh Peak, Witalis Peak.