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15 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Convoy Range, Discovery Expedition, Evans Piedmont Glacier, Fry Glacier, Harry Kirkwood, HMNZS Endeavour (1944), Mawson Glacier, Operation Deep Freeze, Prince Albert Mountains, Royal Navy, Scott Base, Victoria Land.
- Mountain ranges of Victoria 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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Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (Gauß; Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 177723 February 1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science.
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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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Convoy Range
Convoy Range is a broad range in Antarctica. Kirkwood Range and Convoy Range are mountain ranges of Victoria Land and Scott Coast.
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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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Evans Piedmont Glacier
Evans Piedmont Glacier is a broad ice sheet occupying the low-lying coastal platform between Tripp Island and Cape Archer in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Kirkwood Range and Evans Piedmont Glacier are Scott Coast.
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Fry Glacier
Fry Glacier is a glacier draining the slopes at the northeast corner of the Convoy Range and flowing along the south end of the Kirkwood Range into Tripp Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Kirkwood Range and Fry Glacier are Scott Coast.
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Harry Kirkwood
Captain Henry Kirkwood (9 August 1910 – 25 September 1977) was one of the most experienced British ice captains.
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HMNZS Endeavour (1944)
HMNZS Endeavour was a Royal New Zealand Navy Antarctic support vessel.
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Mawson Glacier
The Mawson Glacier is a large glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, descending eastward from the Antarctic Plateau to the north of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter the Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjöld Ice Tongue. Kirkwood Range and Mawson Glacier are Scott Coast.
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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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Prince Albert Mountains
The Prince Albert Mountains are a major mountain group in Antarctica over long. Kirkwood Range and Prince Albert Mountains are mountain ranges of Victoria Land and Scott Coast.
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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.
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Scott Base
Scott Base is a New Zealand Antarctic research station at Pram Point on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim.
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Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau.
See Kirkwood Range and Victoria Land
See also
Mountain ranges of Victoria Land
- Admiralty Mountains
- Alamein Range
- Anare Mountains
- Asgard Range
- Barker Range
- Bowers Mountains
- Cartographers Range
- Clare Range
- Concord Mountains
- Convoy Range
- Cruzen Range
- Deep Freeze Range
- East Quartzite Range
- Eisenhower Range
- Emlen Peaks
- Everett Range
- Explorers Range
- Freyberg Mountains
- Gonville and Caius Range
- Helicopter Mountains
- Helliwell Hills
- Homerun Range
- Inland Forts
- Insel Range
- King Range (Antarctica)
- Kirkwood Range
- Lanterman Range
- Lashly Mountains
- Mesa Range
- Millen Range
- Mirabito Range
- Morozumi Range
- Mountaineer Range
- Olympus Range
- Posey Range
- Prince Albert Mountains
- Quartermain Mountains
- Royal Society Range
- Saint Johns Range
- Salamander Range
- Saxby Range
- Southern Cross Mountains
- Transantarctic Mountains
- Usarp Mountains
- Victory Mountains
- West Quartzite Range
- Wilkniss Mountains
- Willett Range
References
Also known as Bulfinch Ridge, Bullfinch Ridge, Endeavour Massif, Glezen Glacier, Ketchum Ridge, Mount Belgrave, Mount Chetwynd, Mount Cleary, Mount Creak, Mount Endeavour, Mount Gauss, Pa Tio Tio Gap, Robertson Massif, Shoulder Mountain, Tito Peak.