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17 relations: Abraham Gottlob Werner, Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Dana Mountains, Eklund Islands, George VI Sound, Lassiter Coast, McMurdo Station, New Bedford Inlet, Nunatak, Palmer Land, Palmer Station, Piggott Peninsula, Playfair Mountains, United States Antarctic Program, United States Geological Survey, Weddell Sea, Wright Inlet.
- Mountain ranges of Palmer Land
Abraham Gottlob Werner
Abraham Gottlob Werner (25 September 174930 June 1817) was a German geologist who set out an early theory about the stratification of the Earth's crust and propounded a history of the Earth that came to be known as Neptunism.
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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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Dana Mountains
The Dana Mountains are a group of mountains just northwest of New Bedford Inlet, bounded by Mosby Glacier on the north and Haines Glacier and Meinardus Glacier on the south, in Palmer Land, Antarctica. Werner Mountains and Dana Mountains are mountain ranges of Palmer Land.
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Eklund Islands
The Eklund Islands are a group of islands which rise through the ice near the southwest end of George VI Sound towards the south of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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George VI Sound
George VI Sound or Canal Jorge VI or Canal Presidente Sarmiento or Canal Seaver or King George VI Sound or King George the Sixth Sound is a major bay/fault depression, 300 miles (483 km) long and mainly covered by a permanent ice shelf.
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Lassiter Coast
The Lassiter Coast is the portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula that extends from Cape Mackintosh to Cape Adams.
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McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand–claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica.
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New Bedford Inlet
New Bedford Inlet is a large pouch-shaped, ice-filled embayment between Cape Kidson and Cape Brooks, along the east coast of Palmer Land, 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.
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Palmer Land
Palmer Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.
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Palmer Station
Palmer Station is a United States research station in Antarctica located on Anvers Island, the only US station located north of the Antarctic Circle.
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Piggott Peninsula
Piggott Peninsula is a broad snow-covered peninsula between New Bedford Inlet and Wright Inlet on Lassiter Coast, Palmer Land, Antarctica.
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Playfair Mountains
The Playfair Mountains are a group of mountains between Swann Glacier and Squires Glacier in southeast Palmer Land, Antarctica. Werner Mountains and Playfair Mountains are mountain ranges of Palmer Land.
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United States Antarctic Program
The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the Antarctica continent.
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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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Weddell Sea
The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre.
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Wright Inlet
Wright Inlet is an ice-filled inlet receding westward between Cape Little and Cape Wheeler along the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.
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See also
Mountain ranges of Palmer Land
- Antarctandes
- Batterbee Mountains
- Carey Range
- Columbia Mountains (Antarctica)
- Dana Mountains
- Desko Mountains
- Du Toit Mountains
- Eland Mountains
- Eternity Range
- Guettard Range
- Gutenko Mountains
- Hess Mountains
- Hutton Mountains
- Jaeger Hills
- Latady Mountains
- Pegasus Mountains
- Playfair Mountains
- Procyon Peaks
- Scaife Mountains
- Sweeney Mountains
- Traverse Mountains (Antarctica)
- Wegener Range
- Welch Mountains
- Werner Mountains
References
Also known as Ferguson Nunataks, Galkin Nunatak, Gunn Peaks, Mount Broome, Mount Fell, Mount Hemmingsen, Mount High (Antarctica), Mount Vang, Mount Virdin, Rivera Peaks, Toth Nunataks, Watson Peaks.