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Air-tractor sledge
Sir Douglas Mawson's air-tractor sledge was a converted fixed-wing aircraft taken on the 1911–14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition, the first plane to be taken to the Antarctic.
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Andresen Island
Andresen Island, also known as "Isla Curanilahue", is an island long and rising over, lying in the middle of the entrance to Lallemand Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land.
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Antarctic field camps
Many Antarctic research stations support satellite field camps which are, in general, seasonal camps.
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Antarctic Specially Managed Area
An Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA) is a protected area on the continent of Antarctica, or on its adjacent islands.
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Antarctic Specially Protected Area
An Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) is an area on the continent of Antarctica, or on nearby islands, which is protected by scientists and several different international bodies.
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Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.
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Ardley Island
Ardley Island is an island long, lying in Maxwell Bay close off the south-west end of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Argentine Antarctica
Argentine Antarctica (Antártida Argentina, Sector Antártico Argentino or Argentártida) is a sector of Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of its national territory consisting of the Antarctic Peninsula and a triangular section extending to the South Pole, delimited by the 25° West and 74° West meridians and the 60° South parallel.
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Atlas of Remote Islands
Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will is a book by Judith Schalansky originally published in Germany in 2009 by Mare Verlag.
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August 1916
The following events occurred in August 1916.
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Baily Head
Baily Head is a prominent headland, 160 m high, forming the easternmost extremity of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Barlas Bank
Barlas Bank is a small submarine bank southeast of Cape Buller, at the west side of the entrance to the Bay of Isles, South Georgia.
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BIO Hesperides
BIO Hespérides (A-33), is a Spanish polar research vessel.
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Bransfield Basin
The Bransfield Basin is a back-arc rift basin located off the Northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Bynon Hill
Bynon Hill is an ice-covered, dome-shaped hill with two rounded summits, high, standing north of Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Caldera
A caldera is a large cauldron-like depression that forms following the evacuation of a magma chamber/reservoir.
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Cape Barlas
Cape Barlas is a cape marking the north end of Fredriksen Island in the South Orkney Islands.
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Cathedral Crags
Cathedral Crags is a rocky, ice-free hill with steeply cliffed sides, high, surmounting the peninsula between Neptune's Window and Fildes Point on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Chilean Antarctic Territory
The Chilean Antarctic Territory or Chilean Antarctica (Spanish: Territorio Chileno Antártico, Antártica Chilena) is the territory in Antarctica claimed by Chile.
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Chinstrap penguin
The chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) is a species of penguin which inhabits a variety of islands and shores in the Southern Pacific and the Antarctic Ocean.
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Collins Point
Collins Point is a small but prominent headland west-south-west of Fildes Point, on the south side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Crater Lake (South Shetland Islands)
Crater Lake is a volcanic crater, now filled with water, lying north-west of Mount Kirkwood on the south side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Crimson Hill
Crimson Hill is a prominent, ice-free hill, high, on the south side of Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Cross Hill, Deception Island
Cross Hill is a hill of 525 feet on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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Cummings Cove
Cummings Cove is a cove between Jebsen Point and Porteous Point on the west side of Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands.
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December 1967
The following events occurred in December 1967.
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Deception (disambiguation)
Deception is the hiding or distorting of the truth.
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Deception Station
Deception Station (Base Decepción) is an Argentine antarctic base located at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands.
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Edward Bransfield
Edward Bransfield (c. 1785 – 31 October 1852) was an Irish sailor who rose to become an officer in the British Royal Navy, serving as a master on several ships, after being impressed into service at the age of 18 in Ireland.
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Entrance Point
Entrance Point is a point marking the south side of Neptunes Bellows, the entrance to Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Ewer Pass
Ewer Pass is a pass rising to about, trending north-northwest–south-southeast between Browns Bay and Aitken Cove on Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands.
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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.
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False Bay (Livingston Island)
False Bay is a bay long, which lies between Barnard Point and Miers Bluff on the south side of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
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Fildes Point
Fildes Point is a point which forms the north side of Neptunes Bellows, the entrance to Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Flett Buttress
Flett Buttress is a rock crag rising to northwest of Mount Haddington on James Ross Island.
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Fram Farrington
James Edward Butler Futtit Farrington (originally called Butler; later known universally as Fram) was a key member of a secret wartime Antarctic expeditionary force and the last surviving holder of the Polar Medal in Bronze, abolished after 1941.
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French Antarctic Expedition
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.
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Fumarole Bay
Fumarole Bay is a bay on the southwest side of Port Foster in the interior of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Gabriel de Castilla Base
Gabriel de Castilla Base is a Spanish research station located on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
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Geography of Antarctica
The geography of Antarctica is dominated by its south polar location and, thus, by ice.
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Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned village, town, or city, usually one that contains substantial visible remains.
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Green Glacier
Green Glacier is a glacier on the east side of Graham Land, Antarctica, long and wide, flowing from the plateau northeast between Dugerjav Peak and Rugate Ridge, and then east into Vaughan Inlet next north of Pirne Peak and south of the terminus of Hektoria Glacier.
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Hall Glacier
Hall Glacier is a glacier flowing north between Lidke Ice Stream and Nikitin Glacier into Stange Sound on the English Coast of Palmer Land.
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Hektor Icefall
Hektor Icefall is an icefall extending in an arc about long at the head of Sherratt Bay, on the south coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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Hektoria Glacier
Hektoria Glacier is a glacier flowing south from the area around Mount Johnston between Mount Quandary and Zagreus Ridge into Vaughan Inlet next west of Brenitsa Glacier and east of Green Glacier, on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Hemmen Ice Rise
Hemmen Ice Rise is an ice rise long and wide, with an estimated area of, located off the northwest corner of Berkner Island in the Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
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Henry Foster (scientist)
Henry Foster (1797 – 5 February 1831) was a British naval officer and scientist who took part in expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctic, and made various notable scientific observations.
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Hero (sloop)
The Hero was a tiny sloop, just 44 tons and 47 feet long, captained by 21-year-old Nathaniel Palmer of Stonington, Connecticut, and manned by a crew of four additional men ranging in age from 16 to 31.
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History of Antarctica
The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe.
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HMS Chanticleer (1808)
HMS Chanticleer was a ''Cherokee''-class 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy.
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Horatio Thomas Austin
Vice Admiral Sir Horatio Thomas Austin (1801 – 16 November 1865) was a British officer in the Royal Navy, and an explorer.
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Howkins Inlet
Howkins Inlet is an ice-filled inlet which recedes southwest for between Cape Brooks and Lamb Point, along the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.
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Hughes Ice Piedmont
Hughes Ice Piedmont is the ice piedmont between Cordini Glacier and Smith Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–17), also known as the Endurance Expedition, is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
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Jacques Cousteau
Jacques-Yves Cousteau (11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water.
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John Hugh Saffery
Squadron Leader John Hugh Saffery (1907–1985) was an officer of the British Royal Air Force during World War II, who served as flying instructor for glider pilots and then commanded a photo reconnaissance squadron.
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Kendall Terrace
Kendall Terrace is an ice-free volcanic ash terrace extending along the northwestern side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Kroner Lake
Kroner Lake is a circular lake in diameter, lying immediately west of Whalers Bay, on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Låvebrua Island
Låvebrua Island is an island, high, lying east of South Point, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica.
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Lenton Point
Lenton Point is the southwestern extremity of a small, rocky peninsula in Clowes Bay on the south side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica.
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Lewis Pugh
Lewis William Gordon Pugh, OIG, (born 5 December 1969) is a British-South African endurance swimmer and ocean advocate.
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Life (UK TV series)
Life is a British nature documentary series created and produced by the BBC in association with The Open University.
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Life in the Freezer
Life in the Freezer is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 18 November 1993.
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List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
This is a list of Antarctic and subantarctic islands.
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List of archaeological sites beyond national boundaries
This list of archaeological sites beyond national boundaries presents archaeological sites that are not in any country.
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List of Australian aviation firsts
List of firsts for aviation in Australia or for Australian aviators.
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List of Destination Truth episodes
This is a list of episodes of the paranormal reality series Destination Truth.
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List of ghost towns by country
The following is a list of ghost towns, listed by continent, then by country.
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List of hot springs
There are hot springs on all continents and in many countries around the world.
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List of islands of the United Kingdom
This is a list of islands of the United Kingdom.
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List of islands of the United States
This is a partial list of islands of the United States, including its insular areas, which are listed at the end.
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List of lighthouses in Antarctica
This is a list of lighthouses in Antarctica.
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List of minor planets named after places
This is a list of minor planets named after places, organized by continent.
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List of reported UFO sightings
This is a partial list of sightings of alleged unidentified flying objects (UFOs), including reports of close encounters and abductions.
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List of sea stacks
The following list enumerates and expands on notable sea stacks, including former sea stacks that no longer exist.
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List of shipwrecks in 1956
The list of shipwrecks in 1956 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1956.
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List of shipwrecks in 2007
The list of shipwrecks in 2007 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2007.
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List of volcanoes in Antarctica
This is a list of volcanoes in Antarctica.
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Littoral cone
Littoral cones are a form of volcanic cone.
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Livingston Island
Livingston Island (Russian name Smolensk) is an Antarctic island in the South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctica lying between Greenwich Island and Snow Islands.
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Macaroni Point
Macaroni Point is a point marking the northeastern extremity of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
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March 1916
The following events occurred in March 1916.
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Meanings of minor planet names: 110001–111000
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Mikkelsen Islands
The Mikkelsen Islands are a small group of islands and rocks lying off the southeast coast of Adelaide Island, southeast of the Léonie Islands.
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Mount Achala
Mount Achala is a peak rising to 680 m at the north end of Telefon Ridge, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Mount Kirkwood
Mount Kirkwood is a mountain, 460 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Entrance Point in the south part of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Mount Pond
Mount Pond is a peak, in height, standing east-south-east of Pendulum Cove, on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Mount Reece
Mount Reece is a sharp, ice-free peak in the Antarctic Peninsula, 1,085 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Pitt Point and 3 km southeast of Skakavitsa Peak.
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Mount Uritorco
Mount Uritorco is a mountain surmounting the southern part of Telefon Ridge on Deception Island, it, the South Shetland Islands.
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Mount Wilcox (Antarctica)
Mount Wilcox is a mountain with a sharp, rocky, triangular peak surmounting the southeast corner of Square Bay, east of Camp Point on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.
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MS Nordkapp
MS Nordkapp is a Hurtigruten (Norwegian Coastal Express) ship built in 1996 by Kleven Verft AS, Norway, for Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab for use in Hurtigruten ferry service along the coast of Norway.
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MV Lyubov Orlova
MV Lyubov Orlova (built as Lyubovy Orlova) was a 1976 Yugoslavia-built ice-strengthened cruise ship, which was primarily used for Antarctic cruises.
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Neptune's Bellows
Neptune's Bellows is a channel on the southeast side of Deception Island forming the entrance to Port Foster, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Neptune's Window
Neptune's Window is a narrow gap between two rock pillars, situated close east of Whalers Bay on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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New Rock (South Shetland Islands)
New Rock is a rock, 105 m high, lying off the southwest coast of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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O'Neill Point
O'Neill Point is the north point of Lautaro Island, lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west-southwest of Lemaire Island in Gerlache Strait.
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Ogosta Point
Ogosta Point (Nos Ogosta \'nos o-'gos-ta\) is located in the central part of Zagore Beach on the east coast of False Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
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Oluf Rocks
Oluf Rocks is a small group of rocks lying 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) east of Cape Neumayer, Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago.
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One for the Road (Bjørn Christian Tørrissen book)
"One For The Road" is a travel book by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, first published in 2008.
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Operation Tabarin
Operation Tabarin was a secret British Antarctic expedition.
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Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Palmer Land
Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.
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Peltigera
Peltigera is a genus of approximately 91 species of foliose lichens in the family Peltigeraceae.
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Pendulum Cove
Pendulum Cove is a cove at the north-east side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Penfold Point
Penfold Point is a point which forms the northwest side of the entrance to Whalers Bay, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Perunika Glacier
Perunika Glacier (Lednik Perunika \'led-nik pe-ru-'ni-ka\) is an 8 km long and 3 km wide (average) roughly crescent-shaped glacier in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated east of Pimpirev Glacier, south of Saedinenie Snowfield, southwest of Kaliakra Glacier, west of Huron Glacier, and north of Balkan Snowfield and the head of Huntress Glacier.
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Pete's Pillar
Pete's Pillar is a pillar rock or stack lying immediately east of Fildes Point at the north side of the entrance to Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Peter E. Baker (geologist)
Peter Edward Baker (1937–2008) was a notable British volcanologist, professor emeritus of Igneous Petrology in the School of Earth Sciences (now Earth & Environment), University of Leeds.
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Peziza domiciliana
Peziza domiciliana, commonly known as the domicile cup fungus, is a species of fungus in the genus Peziza, family Pezizaceae.
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Port Foster
Port Foster is one of the safest harbours in Antarctica, located in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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Racomitrium lanuginosum
Racomitrium lanuginosum is a widespread species of moss found in montane and arctic tundra across the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
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Ramp Rocks
Ramp Rocks are three barren rocks, the largest being 23 m high, lying 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of Johannesen Point, Main Island, at the west extremity of South Georgia.
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Rancho Point
Rancho Point is a conspicuous rock headland, 170 m, marking the east extremity of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Ravn Rock
Ravn Rock is a submerged rock lying in the center of Neptunes Bellows, the entrance to Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Relict Lake
Relict Lake is a small lake lying southeast of Pendulum Cove on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Research stations in Antarctica
A number of governments maintain permanent research stations in Antarctica and these bases are widely distributed.
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RFA Gold Ranger (A130)
RFA Gold Ranger (A130) was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary which first served in World War II.
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Ronald Hill (South Shetland Islands)
Ronald Hill is a rocky, ice-free hill, 105 m in height, standing north of Kroner Lake on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Roy Koerner
Roy Koerner MBE was a Polar explorer who participated in what the then Prime Minister, Harold Wilson described as "a feat of endurance and courage which ranks with any in polar history", and Prince Philip feels "ranks among the greatest triumphs of human skill and endurance".
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RRS Discovery
RRS Discovery was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain.
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RRS Shackleton
RRS Shackleton was a Royal Research Ship operating in the Antarctic from 1955 to 1992.
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Sail Rock (South Shetland Islands)
Sail Rock, the remaining uppermost part of a submerged volcanic edifice, is 30 m high, and lies 7 nautical miles (13 km) southwest of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Schmitt Mesa
Schmitt Mesa is a mesa in Antarctica named after Waldo L. Schmitt.
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Sewing-Machine Needles
Sewing-Machine Needles is a group of three prominent rock needles, the highest 45 m, lying close southeast of Rancho Point, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Shetland Plate
The Shetland Plate is a tectonic microplate located off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and contains the South Shetland Islands.
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Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
Smith Island is long and wide, lying west of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory.
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Smolensk
Smolensk (a) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow.
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Smolensk Strait
Smolensk Strait (проток Смоленск, \'pro-tok smo-'lensk\) is the strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica separating Deception Island from Rozhen Peninsula on Livingston Island, 18.4 km wide between Macaroni Point to the southwest and Barnard Point to the northeast.
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South East Point (South Shetland Islands)
South East Point is a point east-north-east of Fildes Point, marking the south-eastern point of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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South Point (Deception Island)
South Point is a point 1.75 nautical miles (3.2 km) southwest of Entrance Point, marking the southernmost point of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of.
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Southern Whaling and Sealing Company
The Southern Whaling and Sealing Company Ltd were a United Kingdom-based whaling and sealing company, originally formed in 1911 by the partnership of Richard Irvin & Sons of North Shields and the South African based fishing company Irvin & Johnson.
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SS San Joaquin
San Joaquin was a steam tanker built in 1913 by the Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd of Sunderland.
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SS Telefon
SS Telefon was a Norwegian cargo steamship of about built by on the River Tyne in 1900.
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Stancomb Cove
Stancomb Cove is a cove northeast of Cross Hill in the northwest part of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Stanley Patch
Stanley Patch is a shoal lying in Port Foster, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west-northwest of Fildes Point, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Stonethrow Ridge
Stonethrow Ridge is a snow-covered ridge rising west of Fumarole Bay on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Students on Ice
Students on Ice (also known as SOI) is a Canadian charitable organisation that leads educational expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic for international high school and university students.
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Subglacial eruption
Subglacial eruptions, those of ice-covered volcanoes, result in the interaction of magma with ice and snow, leading to meltwater formation, jökulhlaups, and lahars.
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Sven Rock
Sven Rock is a rock lying south of Oluf Rocks in Gilbert Strait, in the Palmer Archipelago.
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Telefon Bay
Telefon Bay is a small bay on the north-west coast of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Telefon Ridge
Telefon Ridge is a ridge rising west of Telefon Bay on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Territorial claims in Antarctica
Seven sovereign states maintain a territorial claim on eight territories in Antarctica.
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USS Sea Gull (1838)
USS Sea Gull was a schooner in the service of the United States Navy.
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Vapour Col
Vapour Col is a col lying south of Stonethrow Ridge on the west side of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Vaughan Inlet
Vaughan Inlet is an inlet approximately 10 miles long and 7.2 miles wide between the coastal point formed by Whiteside Hill to the southwest and Shiver Point to the northeast, on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.
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Voyage of the James Caird
The voyage of the James Caird was a small-boat journey from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands to South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean, a distance of.
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Voyage to the Edge of the World
Voyage to the Edge of the World (Voyage au bout du monde) is a 1976 French nature documentary film directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, his son Philippe Cousteau and Marshall Flaum.
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Waldo L. Schmitt
Waldo LaSalle Schmitt (June 25, 1887 – August 5, 1977) was an American biologist born in Washington, D.C. He received his Ph.D. from George Washington University in 1922.
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Wensleydale Beacon
Wensleydale Beacon is a hill, 110 m, situated just north of Fumarole Bay, on the west side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Whalers Bay (South Shetland Islands)
Whalers Bay is a small bay entered between Fildes Point and Penfold Point at the east side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Wiencke Island
Wiencke Island is an island long and from wide, about in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Wildlife of Antarctica
The wildlife of Antarctica are extremophiles, having to adapt to the dryness, low temperatures, and high exposure common in Antarctica.
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Wilkins Coast
Wilkins Coast is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Agassiz and Cape Boggs.
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Yankee Harbour
Yankee Harbour is a small inner harbour entered from Shopski Cove between Glacier Bluff and Spit Point, indenting the south-west side of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
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1928 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1928.
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1967
No description.
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4 Deserts
The 4 Deserts Race Series is an annual series of four 250-kilometer (155-mile) races across deserts around the globe.
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63rd parallel south
The 63rd parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 63 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_Island
