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29 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Alligator, Beaumont Bay, Canopus, Cape Hallett, Cape Laird, Cape May, Churchill Mountains, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Columbia University, Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Dickey Glacier, Holyoake Range, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, Mount Kolp, Mountain, New Zealand, Nimrod Glacier, Nunatak, Ross Dependency, Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Sea, South Pole, Southern Ocean, Surveyors Range, Transantarctic Mountains, Walter Nash, West Antarctica, William May (Royal Navy officer).
- Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency
- Transantarctic 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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Alligator
An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae of the order Crocodilia.
Beaumont Bay
Beaumont Bay is an ice-filled reentrant on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Young Head and Harris Point, into which Dickey Glacier flows. Nash Range and Beaumont Bay are Shackleton Coast.
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Canopus
Canopus is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina and the second-brightest star in the night sky.
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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Cape Laird
Cape Laird is a rocky cape northwest of Cape May, along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Nash Range and cape Laird are Shackleton Coast.
Cape May
Cape May consists of a peninsula and barrier island system in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Churchill Mountains
The Churchill Mountains is a major range of mountains and associated elevations bordering the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier. Nash Range and Churchill Mountains are mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency, Shackleton Coast and Transantarctic Mountains.
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Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
The Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) is a United States Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center research facility headquartered in Hanover, New Hampshire, that provides scientific and engineering support to the U.S. government and its military with a core emphasis on cold environments.
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Columbia University
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.
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Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole.
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Dickey Glacier
Dickey Glacier is a glacier long, flowing north along the east side of the Surveyors Range to enter Beaumont Bay, Ross Ice Shelf. Nash Range and Dickey Glacier are Shackleton Coast.
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Holyoake Range
Holyoake Range is a mountain range in the Ross Dependency of Antarctice. Nash Range and Holyoake Range are mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency, Shackleton Coast and Transantarctic Mountains.
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Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) is a research institution specializing in the Earth science and climate change.
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Mount Kolp
Mount Kolp is a mostly ice-free coastal mountain, high, standing west-northwest of Cape Laird, along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Nash Range and mount Kolp are Shackleton Coast.
Mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock.
New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Nimrod Glacier
The Nimrod Glacier is a major glacier about long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
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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.
Ross Dependency
The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south.
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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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Ross Sea
The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth.
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on Earth and lies antipodally on the opposite side of Earth from the North Pole, at a distance of 20,004 km (12,430 miles) in all directions.
Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.
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Surveyors Range
Surveyors Range is a long mountain range in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica. Nash Range and Surveyors Range are mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency and Transantarctic Mountains.
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Transantarctic Mountains
The Transantarctic Mountains (abbreviated TAM) comprise a mountain range of uplifted rock (primarily sedimentary) in Antarctica which extends, with some interruptions, across the continent from Cape Adare in northern Victoria Land to Coats Land.
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Walter Nash
Sir Walter Nash (12 February 1882 – 4 June 1968) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 27th prime minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960.
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West Antarctica
West Antarctica, or Lesser Antarctica, one of the two major regions of Antarctica, is the part of that continent that lies within the Western Hemisphere, and includes the Antarctic Peninsula.
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William May (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May (31 July 1849 – 7 October 1930) was a Royal Navy Officer.
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See also
Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency
- Adams Mountains
- Barton Mountains
- Britannia Range (Antarctica)
- Carnegie Range
- Churchill Mountains
- Cook Mountains
- Darley Hills
- Duncan Mountains
- Erb Range
- Frigate Range
- Geologists Range
- Grosvenor Mountains
- Holland Range
- Holyoake Range
- Hughes Range (Antarctica)
- Lyttelton Range
- Marshall Mountains
- Moore Mountains
- Nash Range
- Prince Olav Mountains
- Queen Alexandra Range
- Queen Elizabeth Range (Antarctica)
- Queen Maud Mountains
- Rawson Mountains (Antarctica)
- Rockefeller Mountains
- Surveyors Range
- Worcester Range
Transantarctic Mountains
- Allan Hills
- Allan Hills A81005
- Carlstrom Foothills
- Carnegie Range
- Churchill Mountains
- Cobham Range
- Darley Hills
- Forrestal Range
- Holyoake Range
- Horlick Mountains
- Kukri Peneplain
- Long Hills
- McMurdo Dry Valleys
- Meyer Desert Formation biota
- Nash Range
- Neptune Range
- Ohio Range
- Patuxent Range
- Pensacola Mountains
- Prince Albert Mountains
- Queen Alexandra Range
- Queen Elizabeth Range (Antarctica)
- Queen Maud Mountains
- Reedy Glacier
- South Pole Traverse
- Surveyors Range
- Taylor Valley
- Tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains
- Thiel Mountains
- Transantarctic Mountains
- West Antarctic Rift System
- Whitmore Mountains
- Wisconsin Range
- Wright Valley
References
Also known as Alligator Eyes, Babis Spur, Ballard Spur, Cape May (Antarctica), Cape Wilson (Ross Dependency), Jacobs Peninsula, Lowe Peak, Mount Arcone, Mount Canopus, Mount Christmas, Powell Hill, Ricker Dome, Smith Bluff.