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21 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctic Plateau, Antarctica, Beardmore Glacier, Cape Hallett, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Clarence King, Continent, Ellsworth Land, Ford Massif, George Otis Smith, Horlick Mountains, John Wesley Powell, Thiel Mountains, Thomas Brennan Nolan, Transantarctic Mountains, United States Antarctic Program, United States Geological Survey, Walter Curran Mendenhall, William Embry Wrather, Wilson Hills.
- Escarpments 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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Antarctic Plateau
The Antarctic Plateau, Polar Plateau or King Haakon VII Plateau is a large area of East Antarctica that extends over a diameter of about, and includes the region of the geographic South Pole and the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.
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Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.
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Beardmore Glacier
The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being long and having a width of.
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Cape Hallett
Cape Hallett is a snow-free area (Antarctic oasis) on the northern tip of the Hallett Peninsula on the Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land, East Antarctica.
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Charles Doolittle Walcott
Charles Doolittle Walcott (March 31, 1850February 9, 1927) was an American paleontologist, administrator of the Smithsonian Institution from 1907 to 1927, and director of the United States Geological Survey.
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Clarence King
Clarence Rivers King (January 6, 1842 – December 24, 1901) was an American geologist, mountaineer, and author.
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Continent
A continent is any of several large geographical regions.
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Ellsworth Land
Ellsworth Land is a portion of the Antarctic continent bounded on the west by Marie Byrd Land, on the north by Bellingshausen Sea, on the northeast by the base of Antarctic Peninsula, and on the east by the western margin of the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf.
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Ford Massif
Ford Massif is a broad, snow-topped massif long and wide, forming the major topographic landmark of the northern Thiel Mountains in Antarctica.
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George Otis Smith
George Otis Smith (February 22, 1871 – January 10, 1944) was an American geologist.
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Horlick Mountains
The Horlick Mountains are a mountain group in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica, lying eastward of Reedy Glacier and including the Wisconsin Range, Long Hills and Ohio Range.
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John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902) was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions.
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Thiel Mountains
The Thiel Mountains are isolated, mainly snow-capped mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ellsworth Land region of Antarctica.
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Thomas Brennan Nolan
Thomas Brennan Nolan (May 21, 1901 – August 2, 1992) was an American geologist who was director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from 1956 to 1965.
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Transantarctic Mountains
The Transantarctic Mountains (abbreviated TAM) comprise a mountain range of uplifted rock (primarily sedimentary) in Antarctica which extends, with some interruptions, across the continent from Cape Adare in northern Victoria Land to Coats 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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Walter Curran Mendenhall
Walter Curran Mendenhall (February 20, 1871 – June 2, 1957), was the fifth director of the United States Geological Survey.
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William Embry Wrather
William Embry Wrather (January 20, 1883 – November 28, 1963) was an American petroleum and economic geologist who served in various administrative roles including as director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
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Wilson Hills
Wilson Hills is a group of scattered hills, nunataks and ridges that extend northwest–southeast about between Matusevich Glacier and Pryor Glacier in Antarctica.
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See also
Escarpments of Antarctica
- Andersen Escarpment
- Bermel Escarpment
- Crescent Scarp
- Explora Escarpment
- Founders Escarpment
- Gale Escarpment
- Goettel Escarpment
- Havola Escarpment
- Jones Escarpment
- Kirwan Escarpment
- Kuiper Scarp
- MacQuarrie Edge
- Mawson Escarpment
- Pioneers Escarpment
- Thompson Escarpment
- Usas Escarpment
- Watson Escarpment
- White Escarpment
References
Also known as Drake Nunatak, Elliott Nunatak, Hayes Peak, King Peak (Antarctica), Mendenhall Peak, Mount McKelvey, Mount Powell (Antarctica), Mount Walcott, Mount Wrather, Nolan Pillar, Smith Knob, Tabor Spur, Taylor Outlier.