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Hadley Upland

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Hadley Upland is a triangular shaped remnant plateau with an undulating surface,, in southern Graham Land, Antarctica. [1]

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  1. 28 relations: Antarctic Peninsula, British Antarctic Survey, Carl R. Eklund, Fallières Coast, Finn Ronne, Godfrey Upland, Graham Land, Joerg Peninsula, John Hadley, John Rymill, Marguerite Bay, Martín Cortés de Albacar, Matterhorn, Mikkelsen Bay, Mobiloil Inlet, Neny Fjord, Northeast Glacier, Ptolemy, Quadrant (instrument), Roundabout, Rymill Bay, Sextant, Solberg Inlet, The Spire, Thomas Godfrey (inventor), UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, United States Antarctic Program, Valladolid.

  2. Plateaus of Graham Land

Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.

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British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.

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Carl R. Eklund

Carl Robert Eklund (January 27, 1909 – November 3, 1962) was a leading American specialist in ornithology and geographic research in both the north and south polar regions.

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Fallières Coast

The Fallières Coast is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between the head of Bourgeois Fjord and Cape Jeremy and lies on Marguerite Bay and the Wordie Ice Shelf.

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Finn Ronne

Finn Ronne (December 20, 1899 – January 12, 1980) was a Norwegian-born U.S. citizen and Antarctic explorer.

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Godfrey Upland

Godfrey Upland is a small remnant plateau with an undulating surface and a mean elevation of in south-central Graham Land, Antarctica. Hadley Upland and Godfrey Upland are plateaus of Graham Land.

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Graham Land

Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.

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Joerg Peninsula

Joerg Peninsula is a rugged, mountainous peninsula, long in a northeast–southwest direction and from wide, lying between Trail Inlet and Solberg Inlet on the Bowman Coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

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John Hadley

John Hadley (16 April 1682 – 14 February 1744) was an English mathematician, and laid claim to the invention of the octant, two years after Thomas Godfrey claimed the same.

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John Rymill

John Riddoch Rymill (13 March 1905 – 7 September 1968) was an Australian polar explorer, who had the rare second clasp added to his Polar Medal.

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Marguerite Bay

Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on the south by Wordie Ice Shelf, George VI Sound and Alexander Island. Hadley Upland and Marguerite Bay are Fallières Coast.

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Martín Cortés de Albacar

Martín Cortés de Albacar (1510–1582) was a Spanish cosmographer.

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Matterhorn

The italics (Cervino; Cervin; Mont(e) Cervin(u))There are several different Romansh dialects, each with its own slight variation on the name for the Matterhorn.

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Mikkelsen Bay

Mikkelsen Bay is a bay, wide at its mouth and indenting, entered between Bertrand Ice Piedmont and Cape Berteaux along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Hadley Upland and Mikkelsen Bay are Fallières Coast.

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Mobiloil Inlet

Mobiloil Inlet is an ice-filled inlet, nurtured by several northeast and east flowing glaciers, lying between the Rock Pile Peaks and Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Neny Fjord

Neny Fjord is a bay, long in an east–west direction and wide, between Red Rock Ridge and Roman Four Promontory on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Hadley Upland and Neny Fjord are Fallières Coast.

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Northeast Glacier

Northeast Glacier is a steep, heavily crevassed glacier, long and wide at its mouth, which flows from McLeod Hill westward and then south-westwards into Marguerite Bay between the Debenham Islands and Roman Four Promontory, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

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Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemy (Πτολεμαá¿–ος,; Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European science.

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Quadrant (instrument)

A quadrant is an instrument used to measure angles up to 90°.

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Roundabout

A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are types of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction.

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Rymill Bay

Rymill Bay is a bay, wide at its mouth and indenting between Red Rock Ridge and Bertrand Ice Piedmont along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Hadley Upland and Rymill Bay are Fallières Coast.

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Sextant

A sextant is a doubly reflecting navigation instrument that measures the angular distance between two visible objects.

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Solberg Inlet

Solberg Inlet is an ice-filled inlet 5 to 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, which recedes west 14 nautical miles (26 km) between Rock Pile Peaks and Joerg Peninsula, on the east coast of Graham Land.

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The Spire

The Spire is a 1964 novel by English author William Golding.

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Thomas Godfrey (inventor)

Thomas Godfrey (January 10, 1704 – December 1749) was a glazier and self-taught mathematician and astronomer in the Pennsylvania Colony, who invented the octant in 1730.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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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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Valladolid

Valladolid is a municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the autonomous community of Castile and León.

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See also

Plateaus of Graham Land

References

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

Also known as Black Thumb, Blackwall Mountains, Little Thumb (Antarctica), Mount Cortés, Mount Lupa, Mount Medina, Mount Ptolemy (Antarctica), Neny Matterhorn, Red Rock Ridge, Safety Col, Windy Valley.