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Daniell Peninsula

Index Daniell Peninsula

Daniell Peninsula is the large peninsula between Cape Daniell and Cape Jones on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 30 relations: Adare Peninsula, Benmoreite, Borchgrevink Glacier, Bulletin of Volcanology, Caldera, Comendite, David Brewster, Dike (geology), Discovery Expedition, Geological Society of America, Hallett Peninsula, Hawaiite, James Clark Ross, John Frederic Daniell, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, K–Ar dating, Mandible Cirque, McMurdo Volcanic Group, New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Pantellerite, Ross Sea, Rubidium–strontium dating, Shield volcano, Springer Science+Business Media, Taylor & Francis, Trachyte, Tucker Glacier, Victoria Land, Victory Mountains.

  2. Miocene shield volcanoes
  3. Peninsulas of Victoria Land
  4. Shield volcanoes of Antarctica
  5. Volcanoes of Victoria Land

Adare Peninsula

The Adare Peninsula, is a high ice-covered peninsula, long, in the northeast part of Victoria Land, extending south from Cape Adare to Cape Roget. Daniell Peninsula and Adare Peninsula are Borchgrevink Coast, Miocene shield volcanoes, peninsulas of Victoria Land, shield volcanoes of Antarctica and Volcanoes of Victoria Land.

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Benmoreite

Benmoreite is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition.

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Borchgrevink Glacier

Borchgrevink Glacier is a large glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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Bulletin of Volcanology

The Bulletin of Volcanology is a peer reviewed scientific journal that is published ten times per year by Springer Science+Business Media.

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Caldera

A caldera is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcanic eruption.

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Comendite

Comendite is a hard, peralkaline igneous rock, a type of light blue grey rhyolite.

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David Brewster

Sir David Brewster KH PRSE FRS FSA Scot FSSA MICE (11 December 178110 February 1868) was a Scottish scientist, inventor, author, and academic administrator.

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Dike (geology)

In geology, a dike or dyke is a sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre-existing rock body.

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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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Geological Society of America

The Geological Society of America (GSA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences.

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Hallett Peninsula

Hallett Peninsula is a triangular, dome-shaped peninsula, long, with cliffs on its eastern seaboard side and on its west side. Daniell Peninsula and Hallett Peninsula are Borchgrevink Coast, Miocene shield volcanoes, peninsulas of Victoria Land, shield volcanoes of Antarctica and Volcanoes of Victoria Land.

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Hawaiite

Hawaiite is an olivine basalt with a composition between alkali basalt and mugearite.

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James Clark Ross

Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edward Parry, and, in particular, for his own Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843.

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John Frederic Daniell

John Frederic Daniell (12 March 1790 – 13 March 1845) was an English chemist and physicist.

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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, (30 April 183428 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet, from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath.

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K–Ar dating

Potassium–argon dating, abbreviated K–Ar dating, is a radiometric dating method used in geochronology and archaeology.

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Mandible Cirque

Mandible Cirque is a cirque indenting the coast of Daniell Peninsula west-south-west of Cape Phillips, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Daniell Peninsula and Mandible Cirque are Borchgrevink Coast.

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McMurdo Volcanic Group

The McMurdo Volcanic Group is a large group of Cenozoic volcanic rocks in the western Ross Sea and central Transantarctic Mountains areas of Antarctica. Daniell Peninsula and McMurdo Volcanic Group are Volcanoes of Victoria Land.

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New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee

New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent.

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New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica.

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Pantellerite

Pantellerite is a type of volcanic rock, specifically a peralkaline rhyolite.

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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.

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Rubidium–strontium dating

The rubidium-strontium dating method (Rb-Sr) is a radiometric dating technique, used by scientists to determine the age of rocks and minerals from their content of specific isotopes of rubidium (87Rb) and strontium (87Sr, 86Sr).

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Shield volcano

A shield volcano is a type of volcano named for its low profile, resembling a shield lying on the ground.

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Springer Science+Business Media

Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.

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Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.

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Trachyte

Trachyte is an extrusive igneous rock composed mostly of alkali feldspar.

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Tucker Glacier

Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long, flowing southeast between the Admiralty Mountains and the Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. Daniell Peninsula and Tucker Glacier are Borchgrevink Coast.

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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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Victory Mountains

The Victory Mountains is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. Daniell Peninsula and Victory Mountains are Borchgrevink Coast.

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See also

Miocene shield volcanoes

Peninsulas of Victoria Land

Shield volcanoes of Antarctica

Volcanoes of Victoria Land

References

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

Also known as Cape Daniell, Cape Jones, Cape Phillips, Mount Brewster (Antarctica), Mount Lubbock, Mount Prior, Narrow Neck, Antarctica, Tousled Peak.