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24 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctica, Bastien Range, Bender Glacier, Branscomb Glacier, Cairns Glacier, Chester W. Nimitz, Donnellan Glacier, Ellsworth Land, Ellsworth Mountains, Gildea Glacier, Glaciology, Karasura Glacier, List of glaciers in the Antarctic, Minnesota Glacier, Operation Highjump, Sentinel Range, Sirma Glacier, Tulaczyk Glacier, United States Geological Survey, United States Navy, Vinson Massif, VX-6, Zapol Glacier.
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 names for features in Antarctica.
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Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.
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Bastien Range
The Bastien Range is an Antarctic mountain range of moderate height which extends in a NW-SE direction for about, flanking the SW side of Nimitz Glacier and the Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains.
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Bender Glacier
Bender Glacier is a glacier that flows from Mount Atkinson and Mount Craddock southwards between Chaplin Peak and Krusha Peak, and joins Nimitz Glacier just south of Gilbert Spur in the southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica.
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Branscomb Glacier
The Branscomb Glacier is an Antarctic glacier, long, flowing west from the north-west side of Vinson Massif (the highest point in Antarctica) into Nimitz Glacier, in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains.
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Cairns Glacier
Cairns Glacier is a glacier on the west slope of Vinson Massif, Sentinel Range in Antarctica, situated between Branscomb Glacier and Tulaczyk Glacier.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (February 24, 1885February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy.
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Donnellan Glacier
Donnellan Glacier is a steep valley glacier fed by highland ice adjacent to Opalchenie Peak and Fukushima Peak on Vinson Plateau, the summit plateau of Vinson Massif, in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.
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Ellsworth Land
Ellsworth Land is that 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 Ronne Ice Shelf.
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Ellsworth Mountains
The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land.
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Gildea Glacier
Gildea Glacier is a glacier long and wide flowing southwestward from Craddock Massif between Mount Slaughter and Mount Atkinson into Nimitz Glacier, in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.
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Glaciology
Glaciology (from Latin: glacies, "frost, ice", and Ancient Greek: λόγος, logos, "subject matter"; literally "study of ice") is the scientific study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ice.
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Karasura Glacier
Karasura Glacier (ледник Карасура, ‘Lednik Karasura’ \'led-nik ka-ra-'su-ra\) is the long and wide glacier on the northeast side of Bastien Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.
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List of glaciers in the Antarctic
There are many glaciers in the Antarctic.
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Minnesota Glacier
Minnesota Glacier is a broad glacier, about long and wide, flowing east through the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, separating the Sentinel Range and the Heritage Range.
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Operation Highjump
Operation Highjump, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, was a United States Navy operation organized by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr., USN (Ret), Officer in Charge, Task Force 68, and led by Rear Admiral Richard H. Cruzen, USN, Commanding Officer, Task Force 68.
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Sentinel Range
The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica.
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Sirma Glacier
Sirma Glacier (ледник Сирма, ‘Lednik Sirma’ \'led-nik 'sir-ma\) is the long and wide glacier on the west side of Owen Ridge in southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, situated south of Bolgrad Glacier, and flowing west-southwestwards from Mount Southwick, Mount Milton and Mount Inderbitzen to leave the range and join Nimitz Glacier northwest of Modren Peak.
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Tulaczyk Glacier
Tulaczyk Glacier is a steep valley glacier draining the west slope of Vinson Massif southwest of Príncipe de Asturias Peak, and descending between Cairns Glacier and Zapol Glacier in the Sentinel Range, Antarctica.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.
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United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
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Vinson Massif
Vinson Massif is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is long and wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains.
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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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Zapol Glacier
Zapol Glacier is a steep valley glacier draining the west slope of Vinson Massif south of Silverstein Peak and Príncipe de Asturias Peak, and descending between Tulaczyk Glacier and Donnellan Glacier in the Sentinel Range, Antarctica.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz_Glacier
