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Mount Terror (Antarctica)

Index Mount Terror (Antarctica)

Mount Terror is a large shield volcano that forms the eastern part of Ross Island, Antarctica. [1]

26 relations: American Geophysical Union, Antarctica, At the Mountains of Madness, Cinder cone, Discovery Expedition, Francis Crozier, George Griffith, Glacier, H. P. Lovecraft, HMS Terror (1813), Ice, James Clark Ross, List of Ultras of Antarctica, List of volcanoes in Antarctica, Michael Crichton, Mount Erebus, Mount Terra Nova, New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Olga Romanoff, Ross Island, Shield volcano, Snow, State of Fear, Ultra-prominent peak, Windless Bight.

American Geophysical Union

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of geophysicists, consisting of over 62,000 members from 144 countries.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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At the Mountains of Madness

At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length.

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Cinder cone

A cinder cone or scoria cone is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as either volcanic clinkers, cinders, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent.

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Discovery Expedition

The British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, generally known as the Discovery Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross's voyage sixty years earlier.

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Francis Crozier

Captain Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier FRS FRAS (16 August 1796 – disappeared, 26 April 1848) was an Anglo-Irish officer of the Royal Navy, polar explorer, and researcher.

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George Griffith

George Griffith (1857–1906), full name George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.

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H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction.

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HMS Terror (1813)

HMS Terror was a specialized warship and a newly developed bomb vessel constructed for the Royal Navy in 1813.

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Ice

Ice is water frozen into a solid state.

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James Clark Ross

Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British naval officer and explorer remembered today for his exploration of the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry and, in particular, his own expedition to Antarctica.

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List of Ultras of Antarctica

This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Antarctica.

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List of volcanoes in Antarctica

This is a list of volcanoes in Antarctica.

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Michael Crichton

John Michael Crichton (October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author, screenwriter, film director and producer best known for his work in the science fiction, thriller, and medical fiction genres.

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Mount Erebus

Mount Erebus is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley) and the southernmost active volcano on Earth.

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Mount Terra Nova

Mount Terra Nova is a snow-covered mountain, 2,130 m, between Mount Erebus and Mount Terror on Ross Island.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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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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Olga Romanoff

Olga Romanoff (1894) is a science fiction novel by the English writer George Griffith, first published as The Syren of the Skies in Pearson's Weekly.

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Ross Island

Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound.

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Shield volcano

A shield volcano is a type of volcano usually composed almost entirely of fluid lava flows.

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Snow

Snow refers to forms of ice crystals that precipitate from the atmosphere (usually from clouds) and undergo changes on the Earth's surface.

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State of Fear

State of Fear is a 2004 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton, in which eco-terrorists plot mass murder to publicize the danger of global warming.

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Ultra-prominent peak

An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is defined as a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more.

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Windless Bight

Windless Bight is the prominent bight indenting the south side of Ross Island eastward of Hut Point Peninsula.

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Terror Point, Terror Saddle.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Terror_(Antarctica)

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