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Bibra Valley
Bibra Valley () is an ice-free valley bounded eastward by Danum Platform, lying northeast of Haven Mountain in the Britannia Range. It was named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato geological party, 1978–79, led by Michael Selby. Bibra is a historical placename formerly used in Roman Britain Roman Britain was the period in classical antiquity when large parts of the island of Great Britain were under occupation by the Roman Empire. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410. During that time, the territory conquered was .... References Valleys of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a very long period. Some valleys are formed through erosion by glacier, glacial ice. These glaciers may remain present in valleys in high mountains or polar areas. At lower latitudes and altitudes, these glaciation, glacially formed valleys may have been created or enlarged during ice ages but now are ice-free and occupied by streams or rivers. In desert areas, valleys may be entirely dry or carry a watercourse only rarely. In karst, areas of limestone bedrock, dry valleys may also result from drainage now taking place cave, underground rather than at the surface. Rift valleys arise principally from tectonics, earth movements, rather than erosion. Many different types of valleys are described by geographers, using terms th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danum Platform
Turnstile Ridge () is a ridge about long, lying north of Westhaven Nunatak at the northwest extremity of the Britannia Range. Name Turnstile Ridge was so named by the Darwin Glacier Party (1957) of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) because snow passages resembling turnstiles occur throughout its length. Location Turnstile Ridge is south of the Darwin Névé and southwest of the Meteorite Hills of the Darwin Mountains. It is west of the head of the Hatherton Glacier, which forms the boundary between the Darwin Mountains and the Britannia Range, The Westhaven Nunatak is southwest of Turnstile Ridge. Haven Mountain and the Three Nunataks lie further to the south. A largely ice-free line of ridges and valleys extends to the southeast of Turnstile Ridge along the south side of the Hatherton Glacier. This includes Abus Valley, Banna Peak, Banna Ridge, Bellum Valley, Bibra Valley and Danum Platform. Many of the nearby features were named in association with Brita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haven Mountain
Turnstile Ridge () is a ridge about long, lying north of Westhaven Nunatak at the northwest extremity of the Britannia Range. Name Turnstile Ridge was so named by the Darwin Glacier Party (1957) of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) because snow passages resembling turnstiles occur throughout its length. Location Turnstile Ridge is south of the Darwin Névé and southwest of the Meteorite Hills of the Darwin Mountains. It is west of the head of the Hatherton Glacier, which forms the boundary between the Darwin Mountains and the Britannia Range, The Westhaven Nunatak is southwest of Turnstile Ridge. Haven Mountain and the Three Nunataks lie further to the south. A largely ice-free line of ridges and valleys extends to the southeast of Turnstile Ridge along the south side of the Hatherton Glacier. This includes Abus Valley, Banna Peak, Banna Ridge, Bellum Valley, Bibra Valley and Danum Platform. Many of the nearby features were named in association with Brita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britannia Range (Antarctica)
The Britannia Range is an Antarctic mountain range bounded by the Hatherton and Darwin glaciers on the north and the Byrd Glacier on the south, westward of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) under Scott. Named after HMS ''Britannia'', a vessel utilized as a naval college in England, which had been attended by several officers of Scott's expedition. Features * Abus Valley * Adams Crest * Banna Peak * Beale Peak * Bellum Valley * Benson Bluff * Berry Bastion * Borowski Peak * Brier Icefalls * Casatelli Peak * Cohn Bluff * Danum Platform * Darnell Nunatak * Dartmouth Peak * DeGalan Peak * Doll Peak * Dubris Valley * Dusky Ledge * Dusky Ridge * Forbes Ridge * Hourihan Glacier * Hughes Basin * Icenhower Ridge * Jacobs Peak * Johnson Spire * Johnstone Ridge * Krissek Peak * Lemanis Valley * Lucia Peak * Magnis Ridge * Marty Nunataks * Menster Ledge * Metaris Valley * Moore Pinnacle * Mount Aldrich * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Waikato
The University of Waikato ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato), is a Public university, public research university in Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand established in 1964. An additional campus is located in Tauranga. The university performs research in the disciplines of education, social sciences, and management and is an innovator in environmental science, marine and freshwater ecology, engineering and computer science. It offers degrees in health, engineering, computer science, management, Māori language, Māori and Indigenous Studies, the Arts, the arts, psychology, social sciences and education. History In the mid-1950s, regional and national leaders recognised the need for a new university and urged the then University of New Zealand (UNZ) and the government to establish one in Hamilton. Their campaign coincided with a shortage of school teachers, and after years of lobbying, Minister of Education Philip Skoglund agreed to open a teachers’ college in the region. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Selby
Michael John Selby (13 January 1936 – 21 January 2018) was a New Zealand geomorphologist, academic, and university administrator. Mount Selby in Antarctica's Britannia Range is named for him. Biography Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, on 13 January 1936, Selby studied at Keble College, Oxford, gaining a BA(Hons), MA, and DipEd. Selby came to New Zealand on the RMS ''Rangitata'' in 1960, and was appointed as a junior lecturer at the Waikato branch of the University of Auckland. On the establishment of the University of Waikato in 1964, he joined the new Department of Geography, and then the Department of Earth Sciences when it was formed in 1970. The following year, he completed a DPhil: the title of his doctoral thesis was ''Runoff, infiltration and soil erodibility studies in the Otutira catchment''. He was later awarded a Doctor of Science degree from the University of Oxford on the basis of his research linking concepts in geomorphology with quantitative measure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibra Roman Fort
Bibra may refer to: Organisations * British Industrial Biological Research Association, now known as BIBRA in the UK Places * Bibra, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, a village in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany * Bibra, Saale-Holzland, a municipality in the Saale-Holzland-Kreis in Thuringia, Germany * Bad Bibra, a town in Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany * Bibra, Andhra Pradesh, a town near Sirpur (T), in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India * Bibra Roman Fort, a Roman fort near Beckfoot, Cumbria, U.K. * Bibra Lake, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia named after Bibra Lake within its borders * Bibra Valley, an ice-free valley in Antarctica Bodies of Water * Bibra (river), a small river in southern Thuringia, Germany * Bibra Lake, a lake within the town of Bibra Lake, Western Australia School * Heinrich-von-Bibra-Schule, a public school in Fulda, Germany Noble Families * von Bibra: a German Franconian and Thuringian family ** Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Britain
Roman Britain was the period in classical antiquity when large parts of the island of Great Britain were under occupation by the Roman Empire. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410. During that time, the territory conquered was raised to the status of a Roman province. Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 55 and 54 BC as part of his Gallic Wars. According to Caesar, the Britons had been overrun or culturally assimilated by other Celtic tribes during the British Iron Age and had been aiding Caesar's enemies. He received tribute, installed the friendly king Mandubracius over the Trinovantes, and returned to Gaul. Planned invasions under Augustus were called off in 34, 27, and 25 BC. In 40 AD, Caligula assembled 200,000 men at the Channel on the continent, only to have them gather seashells ('' musculi'') according to Suetonius, perhaps as a symbolic gesture to proclaim Caligula's victory over the sea. Three years later, Claudius directed four legi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
