Nansen Ice Sheet

Nansen Ice Sheet is a long by wide ice shelf. ^[1]

19 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Deep Freeze Range, Drygalski Ice Tongue, Eisenhower Range, Frank Debenham, Ice shelf, Inexpressible Island, Larsen Glacier, Mount Nansen (Antarctica), New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Northern Foothills, Priestley Glacier, Prince Albert Mountains, Reeves Glacier, Terra Nova Bay, Terra Nova Expedition, United States Geological Survey, Victoria Land, Wood Bay.
Glaciers of Victoria Land
Ice shelves 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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Deep Freeze Range

The Deep Freeze Range is a rugged mountain range, over long and about wide, rising between Priestley and Campbell Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica, and extending from the edge of the polar plateau to Terra Nova Bay.

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Drygalski Ice Tongue

The Drygalski Ice Tongue, Drygalski Barrier, or Drygalski Glacier Tongue is a glacier in Antarctica, on the Scott Coast, in the northern McMurdo Sound of Ross Dependency, north of Ross Island.

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Eisenhower Range

The Eisenhower Range is a majestic mountain range, about long and rising to, which rises between Reeves Névé on the west, Reeves Glacier on the south, and Priestley Glacier on the north and east, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Nansen Ice Sheet and Eisenhower Range are Scott Coast.

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Frank Debenham

Frank Debenham, OBE (26 December 1883 – 23 November 1965) was Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography, Cambridge University and first director of the Scott Polar Research Institute.

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Ice shelf

An ice shelf is a large platform of glacial ice floating on the ocean, fed by one or multiple tributary glaciers.

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Inexpressible Island

Inexpressible Island is a small, rocky island in Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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Larsen Glacier

The Larsen Glacier is a glacier flowing southeast from Reeves Névé, through the Prince Albert Mountains and entering the Ross Sea just south of Mount Crummer in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Nansen Ice Sheet and Larsen Glacier are glaciers of Victoria Land and Scott Coast.

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Mount Nansen (Antarctica)

Mount Nansen is a prominent mountain, surmounting the steep eastern escarpment of the Eisenhower Range, 17 km (11 mi) south of Mount Baxter, in Victoria Land. Nansen Ice Sheet and mount Nansen (Antarctica) are Scott Coast.

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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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Northern Foothills

Northern Foothills is a line of coastal hills on the west side of Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica, lying southward of Browning Pass and forming a peninsular continuation of the Deep Freeze Range. Nansen Ice Sheet and Northern Foothills are Scott Coast.

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Priestley Glacier

The Priestley Glacier is a major valley glacier, about long, originating at the edge of the Polar Plateau of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Nansen Ice Sheet and Priestley Glacier are glaciers of Victoria Land and Scott Coast.

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Prince Albert Mountains

The Prince Albert Mountains are a major mountain group in Antarctica over long. Nansen Ice Sheet and Prince Albert Mountains are Scott Coast.

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Reeves Glacier

The Reeves Glacier is a broad glacier originating on the interior upland and descending between Eisenhower Range and Mount Larsen to merge with the Nansen Ice Sheet along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Nansen Ice Sheet and Reeves Glacier are glaciers of Victoria Land and Scott Coast.

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Terra Nova Bay

Terra Nova Bay is a bay which is often ice free, about long, lying between Cape Washington and the Drygalski Ice Tongue along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Nansen Ice Sheet and Terra Nova Bay are Scott Coast.

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Terra Nova Expedition

The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913.

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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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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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Wood Bay

Wood Bay is a large bay which is bounded by Cape Johnson and Aviator Glacier Tongue on the north, and Cape Washington on the south, along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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References

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

Also known as Boomerang Glacier, Browning Pass (Antarctica), Carnein Glacier, Gray Rock, McCarthy Ridge, Nansen Ice Shelf, Nansen Sheet, Olson Nunatak, Rhodes Head, Widowmaker Pass.

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