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Pomerantz Tableland

Index Pomerantz Tableland

The Pomerantz Tableland is a high ice-covered tableland in the Usarp Mountains, Antarctica. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 12 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Cosmic ray, Daniels Range, Martin A. Pomerantz, McMurdo Sound, Nunatak, Staff sergeant, United States Army, United States Geological Survey, Usarp Mountains, Victoria Land, VX-6.

  2. Plateaus of Antarctica

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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Cosmic ray

Cosmic rays or astroparticles are high-energy particles or clusters of particles (primarily represented by protons or atomic nuclei) that move through space at nearly the speed of light.

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Daniels Range

The Daniels Range is a principal mountain range of the Usarp Mountains, about 80 km (50 mi) long and 16 km (10 mi) wide, bounded to the north by Harlin Glacier and to the south by Gressitt Glacier.

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Martin A. Pomerantz

Martin Arthur Pomerantz (December 17, 1916 – October 26, 2008) was an American physicist who served as director of the Bartol Research Institute and who had been a leader in developing Antarctic astronomy.

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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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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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Staff sergeant

Staff sergeant is a rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of many countries.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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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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Usarp Mountains

The Usarp Mountains are a major mountain range in North Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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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.

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VX-6

Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6 or AIRDEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, "puckered penguins") was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

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See also

Plateaus of Antarctica

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomerantz_Tableland

Also known as Anderson Pyramid, Armstrong Platform, Bigler Nunataks, Guenter Bluff, Helfferich Glacier, Keim Peak, MacPherson Peak, Mount Lowman, Pitzman Glacier, Rinehart Peak, Spectator Nunatak, Williams Bluff.