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36 relations: Antarctic Automatic Weather Stations Project, Antarctic Plateau, Aurora Subglacial Basin, Belgica Subglacial Highlands, Beyl Head, Blankenship Glacier, Brennan Inlet, Circe (disambiguation), Concordia Station, Crutcher Rock, David Glacier, Dome (disambiguation), Dome A, European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica, Ice core, Infrared astronomy, Jean Robert Petit, Jezek Glacier, Lake Vostok, Ledoyom, List of astronomical observatories, List of countries by latitude, List of highest astronomical observatories, List of modern Arab scientists and engineers, List of mountains of East Antarctica, List of mountains of Wilkes Land, Merieme Chadid, Palais Glacier, Peacock Subglacial Trench, Research stations in Antarctica, South Pole Traverse, Sweeny Inlet, Vincennes Subglacial Basin, Voight Nunatak, VXE-6, Wyatt Hill.
Antarctic Automatic Weather Stations Project
The Antarctic Automatic Weather Station (AWS) Project is an Antarctic research program at the Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison that is funded by the Office of Polar Programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Antarctic Plateau
The Antarctic Plateau, or Polar Plateau, is a large area of East Antarctica which extends over a diameter of about, and includes the region of the geographic South Pole and the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.
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Aurora Subglacial Basin
Aurora Subglacial Basin is a large subglacial basin of Wilkes Land to the west of Dome Charlie and trending northwest toward the coast in the vicinity of Shackleton Ice Shelf.
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Belgica Subglacial Highlands
The Belgica Subglacial Highlands are a group of subglacial highlands to the southeast of Dome Charlie in Wilkes Land, Antarctica, running north-south and separating Peacock Subglacial Trench and Adventure Subglacial Trench from Wilkes Subglacial Basin.
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Beyl Head
Beyl Head is an ice-covered headland midway on the east side of Wright Island, along Getz Ice Shelf, Bakutis Coast.
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Blankenship Glacier
Blankenship Glacier is a steep glacier which descends north between La Count Mountain and Bubble Spur to enter upper Ferrar Glacier, Victoria Land.
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Brennan Inlet
Brennan Inlet is an ice-filled inlet in the southeast part of the Getz Ice Shelf, bounded to the west by Scott Peninsula and Nunn Island and to the east by Spaulding Peninsula, on the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land.
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Circe (disambiguation)
Circe was a goddess or sorceress in Greek mythology.
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Concordia Station
Concordia Research Station, which opened in 2005, is a French-Italian research facility that was built above sea level at a location called Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau, Antarctica.
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Crutcher Rock
Crutcher Rock is a nunatak rising to about, south-southwest of Staack Nunatak in the Yee Nunataks.
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David Glacier
David Glacier is the most imposing outlet glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica, fed by two main flows which drain an area larger than 200,000 square kilometres of the East Antarctic plateau, with an estimated ice discharge rate of 7.8 +/- 0.7 km³/year.
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Dome (disambiguation)
A dome is a structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere.
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Dome A
Dome A or Dome Argus is the loftiest ice dome on the Antarctic Plateau, located inland.
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European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica
The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) is a multinational European project for deep ice core drilling in Antarctica.
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Ice core
An ice core is a core sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier.
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Infrared astronomy
Infrared astronomy is the branch of astronomy and astrophysics that studies astronomical objects visible in infrared (IR) radiation.
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Jean Robert Petit
Jean Robert Petit studied chemistry and physics at the University of Grenoble and received a PhD in 1984 in paleoclimatology on the study of the aeolian dust record from Antarctic ice cores.
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Jezek Glacier
Jezek Glacier is a glacier on the southeast side of Platform Spur, flowing northeast into Emmanuel Glacier in the Royal Society Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
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Lake Vostok
Lake Vostok (Озеро Восток, Ozero Vostok, lit. "Lake East") is the largest of Antarctica's almost 400 known subglacial lakes.
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Ledoyom
Ledoyom (p) is a term proposed by the Russian geologist V.P. Nekhoroshev for intermontane depressions which might get completely filled by glaciers from the surrounding mountains at the maxima of glaciation.
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List of astronomical observatories
This is a list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location.
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List of countries by latitude
The following table lists the regions of the Earth at various latitudes: ! Latitude ! Locations |- |90° N | North pole |- |75° N |Arctic Ocean; northern Siberia, Russia; northern Canada; Greenland |- |60° N |Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St.
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List of highest astronomical observatories
This is a list of the highest astronomical observatories in the world, considering only ground-based observatories and ordered by elevation above mean sea level.
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List of modern Arab scientists and engineers
The following is a non-conclusive list of some notable modern Arab scientists and engineers.
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List of mountains of East Antarctica
The list of mountains of East Antarctica includes the highest mountains in East Antarctica.
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List of mountains of Wilkes Land
The mountains of Wilkes Land are located in the region Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, between 100°31' E and 136°11' E. Australia claims this region to be part of the Australian Antarctic Territory.
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Merieme Chadid
Merieme Chadid (born October 11, 1969 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan astronomer, explorer and researcher at Dome Charlie, in Antarctica.
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Palais Glacier
Palais Glacier is a broad glacier, about 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing north between Wilkniss Mountains and Colwell Massif to enter Ferrar Glacier, in Victoria Land.
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Peacock Subglacial Trench
Peacock Subglacial Trench is a subglacial trench that forms a north-south extension of Aurora Subglacial Basin in Wilkes Land.
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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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South Pole Traverse
The South Pole Traverse, also called the McMurdo–South Pole Highway, is an approximately compacted snow road in Antarctica that links the United States's McMurdo Station on the coast to the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.
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Sweeny Inlet
Sweeny Inlet is an ice-filled inlet, 18 nautical miles (33 km) wide, between Spaulding Peninsula and Martin Peninsula on Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land.
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Vincennes Subglacial Basin
Vincennes Subglacial Basin is a subglacial basin to the north of Dome Charlie in Wilkes Land, running ENE-WSW and joining Aurora Subglacial Basin with Adventure Subglacial Trench.
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Voight Nunatak
Voight Nunatak is a nunatak rising to about 1,500 m, 3 nautical miles (6 km) north-northwest of Tollefson Nunatak in the Yee Nunataks, Palmer Land.
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VXE-6
Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6 or ANTARCTIC DEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins) was a United States Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron based Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California with forward operating bases at Christchurch, New Zealand and McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
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Wyatt Hill
Wyatt Hill is a small ice-covered hill rising to about 500 m at the west side of Hamilton Ice Piedmont, Bear Peninsula, on the Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_C
