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28 relations: Adélie penguin, Algae, Antarctic Heritage Trust (New Zealand), Antarctic Specially Protected Area, Antarctic Treaty System, Antarctica, Bird colony, Charles Royds, Discovery Expedition, Hut Point Peninsula, Jean Pennycook, King Edward VII Land, McMurdo Sound, Metropolitan Police, Nimrod Expedition, Polynya, Robert Falcon Scott, Ross Island, Royal Navy, Shackleton's Hut, Terra Nova Expedition, Type (biology), United States Board on Geographic Names, Watermelon snow, World Monuments Fund, 2004 World Monuments Watch, 2006 World Monuments Watch, 2008 World Monuments Watch.
- Headlands of Ross Island
Adélie penguin
The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, which is the only place where it is found.
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Algae
Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.
Antarctic Heritage Trust (New Zealand)
The Antarctic Heritage Trust (New Zealand) was founded in 1987 and is the oldest member of the Antarctic Heritage Trust coalition.
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Antarctic Specially Protected Area
An Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) is an area on the continent of Antarctica, or on nearby islands, which is protected by scientists and several different international bodies.
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Antarctic Treaty System
The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.
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Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.
Bird colony
A bird colony is a large congregation of individuals of one or more species of bird that nest or roost in proximity at a particular location.
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Charles Royds
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles William Rawson Royds KBE CMG ADC FRGS (1 February 1876 – 5 January 1931) was a career Royal Navy officer who later served as Assistant Commissioner "A" of the London Metropolitan Police from 1926 to 1931.
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Discovery Expedition
The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843).
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Hut Point Peninsula
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from wide and long, projecting south-west from the slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica.
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Jean Pennycook
Jean Pennycook is an American educator and zoologist specializing in Antarctic Adélie penguins.
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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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McMurdo Sound
The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately from the South Pole.
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Metropolitan Police
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly known as the Metropolitan Police, which is still its common name, serves as the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within Greater London.
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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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Polynya
A polynya is an area of open water surrounded by sea ice.
Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 – c. 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the ''Discovery'' expedition of 1901–04 and the ''Terra Nova'' expedition of 1910–13.
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Ross Island
Ross Island is an island in Antarctica lying on the east side of McMurdo Sound and extending from Cape Bird in the north to Cape Armitage in the south, and a similar distance from Cape Royds in the west to Cape Crozier in the east.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
Shackleton's Hut
Shackleton's Hut is a historical site near Cape Royds, Ross Island, Antarctica, where the explorer Ernest Shackleton built a hut that housed his party during the winter of 1908.
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Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913.
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Type (biology)
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated.
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United States Board on Geographic Names
The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a federal body operating under the United States Secretary of the Interior.
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Watermelon snow
Watermelon snow, also called snow algae, pink snow, red snow, or blood snow, is a phenomenon caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis, a species of green algae containing a secondary red carotenoid pigment (astaxanthin) in addition to chlorophyll.
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World Monuments Fund
World Monuments Fund (WMF) is a private, international, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic architecture and cultural heritage sites around the world through fieldwork, advocacy, grantmaking, education, and training.
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2004 World Monuments Watch
The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York–based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) that is dedicated to preserving the historic, artistic, and architectural heritage around the world.
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2006 World Monuments Watch
The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) that is dedicated to preserving the historic, artistic, and architectural heritage around the world.
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2008 World Monuments Watch
The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) that calls international attention to cultural heritage around the world that is threatened by neglect, vandalism, conflict, or disaster.
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See also
Headlands of Ross Island
- Cape Bird
- Cape Crozier
- Cape Evans
- Cape Royds
- Rocky Point (Antarctica)
References
Also known as Blacksand Beach, Blue Lake (Antarctica), Blue Lake (Ross Island), Cape Barne, Clear Lake (Ross Island), Coast Lake, Deep Lake (Cape Barne, Antarctica), Flagstaff Point, Green Lake (Ross Island), Horseshoe Bay (Ross Island), Mickle Island, Mount Cis, Newport Point, Pony Lake, Sunk Lake, Terrace Lake, Turret Cone, Varcoe Headland.