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26 relations: Albert Berry (parachutist), Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Belgian Antarctic Expedition, British Antarctic Survey, Danco Coast, Detroit Plateau, Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, George Cayley, Gerlache Strait, Graham Land, Grant Morton, Herbert Plateau, Hughes Bay, Kormyansko, Maxar Technologies, Nadar, Otto Lilienthal, Percy Pilcher, Polar Geospatial Center, Relyovo Peninsula, St. Kliment Ohridski Base, Thomas Scott Baldwin, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, University of Liège, University of Minnesota.
- Glaciers of Danco Coast
Albert Berry (parachutist)
Albert Berry (born March 1, 1878, date of death unknown) was one of two people credited as the first person to make a successful parachute jump from a powered airplane.
See Cayley Glacier and Albert Berry (parachutist)
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.
See Cayley Glacier and Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.
See Cayley Glacier and Antarctica
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.
See Cayley Glacier and Belgian Antarctic Expedition
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.
See Cayley Glacier and British Antarctic Survey
Danco Coast
The Danco Coast is the portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Sterneck and Cape Renard.
See Cayley Glacier and Danco Coast
Detroit Plateau
The Detroit Plateau is a major interior plateau of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula, with heights between.
See Cayley Glacier and Detroit Plateau
Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition
The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies and the Antarctic Peninsula which took place in the 1955–56 and 1956–57 southern summers.
See Cayley Glacier and Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition
George Cayley
Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet (27 December 1773 – 15 December 1857) was an English engineer, inventor, and aviator.
See Cayley Glacier and George Cayley
Gerlache Strait
Gerlache Strait or de Gerlache Strait or Détroit de la Belgica is a channel/strait separating the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula.
See Cayley Glacier and Gerlache Strait
Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.
See Cayley Glacier and Graham Land
Grant Morton
Grant Morton (1857?–1920), born William H. Morton, was one of the first people to successfully attempt skydiving, and is sometimes credited with the first skydive and jump from a powered aeroplane, in 1911.
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Herbert Plateau
Herbert Plateau is a portion of the central plateau of Graham Land, Antarctica, lying between Blériot Glacier and Drygalski Glacier.
See Cayley Glacier and Herbert Plateau
Hughes Bay
Hughes Bay is a bay lying between Cape Sterneck and Cape Murray along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
See Cayley Glacier and Hughes Bay
Kormyansko
Kormyansko is a village in the municipality of Sevlievo, in Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria.
See Cayley Glacier and Kormyansko
Maxar Technologies
Maxar Technologies Inc. is a space technology company headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, United States, specializing in manufacturing communication, Earth observation, radar, and on-orbit servicing satellites, satellite products, and related services.
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Nadar
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar or Félix Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight.
Otto Lilienthal
Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896) was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the "flying man".
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Percy Pilcher
Percy Sinclair Pilcher (16 January 1867 – 2 October 1899) was a British inventor and pioneer aviator who was his country's foremost experimenter in unpowered flight near the end of the nineteenth century.
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Polar Geospatial Center
The Polar Geospatial Center is a research center at the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs.
See Cayley Glacier and Polar Geospatial Center
Relyovo Peninsula
Relyovo Peninsula is a predominantly ice-covered wide peninsula projecting from Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula into Gerlache Strait south of Duarte Cove and north of Brialmont Cove.
See Cayley Glacier and Relyovo Peninsula
St. Kliment Ohridski Base
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See Cayley Glacier and St. Kliment Ohridski Base
Thomas Scott Baldwin
Thomas Scott Baldwin (June 30, 1854 – May 17, 1923) was a pioneer balloonist and U.S. Army major during World War I. He was the first American to descend from a balloon by parachute.
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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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University of Liège
The University of Liège (Université de Liège), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium founded in 1817 and based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.
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University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota (formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), colloquially referred to as "The U", is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.
See Cayley Glacier and University of Minnesota
See also
Glaciers of Danco Coast
- Bozhinov Glacier
- Cayley Glacier
- Krebs Glacier
- Miethe Glacier
- Nobile Glacier
- Renard Glacier
- Wellman Glacier
References
Also known as Baldwin Peak, Davidov Spur, Egerika Range, Galabinov Spur, Kormyansko Saddle, Lilienthal Glacier, Miller Spur (Graham Land), Mount Berry (Antarctica), Mount Morton, Obretenik Bastion, Pilcher Peak, Spring Point (Antarctica), Spring Point, Antarctica, Tournachon Peak.