Biscoe (peach)
Biscoe may refer to: People * Biscoe (surname) School * Tyndale Biscoe School, CMS Tyndale Biscoe Memorial High School in Srinagar India Places ;Antarctica: * Biscoe Bay * Biscoe Point * Biscoe Islands * Mount Biscoe * ''Biscoe Sea'', an historical map entry for the area of Lazarev Sea ;USA * Biscoe, North Carolina * Fredonia (Biscoe), Arkansas * Biscoe, Virginia Ships * The RRS ''John Biscoe'', a former British Antarctic Survey supply and research ship. ** ** See also * Bisco (other) * Bisko Bisko is a village in Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , ma ...

Biscoe (surname)
Biscoe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bert Biscoe, Cornish bard * Charles Biscoe (1875-1948), British fencer *Chris Biscoe (1947 - ), English jazz multi-instrumentalist *Donna Biscoe (born 1955), American actress *John Biscoe (1794 - 1843), nineteenth-century English explorer * John Biscoe (MP) (1613-1672), English politician and colonel in the New Model Army * Maurice B. Biscoe ( - 1953), American architect *Patsy Biscoe (1946 - ), Australian singer * Richard Biscoe ( - 1748), English clergyman and dissenting minister See also *Alec Julian Tyndale-Biscoe (1906-1997), Rear Admiral and naval engineer *Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe Cecil Earle Tyndale-Biscoe (9 February 1863 – 1 August 1949) was a British missionary and educationist, who worked in Kashmir where he established the Tyndale Biscoe School. He was born with the family name Biscoe. It was changed to Tyndale- ...

Tyndale Biscoe School
Tyndale Biscoe School is a school in the Sheikh Bagh neighbourhood, in the Lal Chowk area of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The school was founded in 1880 CE and is one of the oldest schools in Jammu and Kashmir, the oldest being S.P school which was founded in 1874 CE. The school was started by Christian missionaries and was named after Canon Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe (1863–1949). It still has affiliations with the Church Mission Society. The first principal was Reverend J.H.Knowles. Alistair R A Freese is the principal while Parvez Samuel Kaul, a former Principal, is now the director of the institution. Departments The school has five departments. The activities of the departments are looked over by well experienced Heads Of Departments. Activities Tyndale Biscoe School is known for its extra-curricular activities, especially swimming, skiing, mountain climbing, camping and regatta. School placed emphasis on physical activities including mountaineering, tug-of-war, ...
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Biscoe Bay
Biscoe Bay is a bay which indents the southwest coast of Anvers Island immediately north of Biscoe Point, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache, and named by him for John Biscoe John Biscoe (28 April 1794 – 1843) was an English mariner and explorer who commanded the first expedition known to have sighted the areas named Enderby Land and Graham Land along the coast of Antarctica. The expedition also found a number of is ..., who may have landed there in February 1832. References * Bays of the Palmer Archipelago Geography of Anvers Island {{AnversIsland-geo-stub ...
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Biscoe Point
Biscoe Point is a rocky point forming the south-eastern side of Biscoe Bay, immediately north of Access Point on the south side of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. History The French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot roughly surveyed the south-west coast of Anvers Island in 1904. They gave the name "Presqu'ile de Biscoe" to a small peninsula on the south-eastern side of Biscoe Bay, honouring John Biscoe who may have landed in the vicinity in 1832. When the coast was resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955, two rocky points were found in approximately that location; the name Biscoe Point was applied to the more prominent of the two. Antarctic Specially Protected Area A 63  ha site at the point has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 139) for its biological values. It contains significant stands of the continent's two flowering plant species, Antarctic hair grass and Antarctic pearlwort, with s ...
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Biscoe Islands
Biscoe Islands is a series of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Lavoisier (named ''Serrano'' by Chile and ''Mitre'' by Argentina), Watkins, Krogh, Pickwick and Rabot, lying parallel to the west coast of Graham Land and extending between Southwind Passage on the northeast and Matha Strait on the southwest. Another group of islands are the Adolph Islands. The islands are named for John Biscoe, the commander of a British expedition which explored the islands in February 1832. See also * Bates Island * Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * SCAR * Southwind Passage * Territorial claims in Antarctica Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and st ... References * Archipelagoes of the Southern Ocean Islands of Antarct ...
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Mount Biscoe
Mount Biscoe is a distinctive black peak, the easternmost and largest of two ice-free rock massifs located 6 km south-west of Cape Ann on the coast of Enderby Land in Antarctica. About 700 m in height, it lies 7 km north-west of Wordie Nunatak, and 7 km north-east of Mount Hurley. Discovery and naming The mountain was seen from the ''Discovery'' by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-31) and named by Sir Douglas Mawson on 13 March 1931, after explorer John Biscoe who is thought to have discovered the feature a century earlier and called it Cape Ann after his wife. Mawson applied the name Cape Ann to the nearby headland. The mountain's position was fixed by an ANARE The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAp) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). History Australia has had a long involv ... s ...
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Lazarev Sea
The Lazarev Sea (, ''More Lazareva'') is a proposed name for a marginal sea of the Southern Ocean. It would be bordered by two proposals from a 2002 International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) draft, a King Haakon VII Sea to the west and a Riiser-Larsen Sea to the east, or between the Prime Meridian of 0° and 14°E. It would stretch over an area of . History The Lazarev Sea was named in 1962 by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in memory of Russian admiral Mikhail Lazarev (1788–1851), who discovered the Antarctic mainland with Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1820. The 2002 IHO draft was never approved by the IHO (or any other organization), and the 1953 IHO document (which does not contain this name) remains currently in force. Leading geographic authorities and atlases do not use the name, including the 2014 10th edition World Atlas from National Geographic Society and the 2014 12th edition of the Times Atlas of the World. But Soviet and Russian-state maps do. ...
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Biscoe, North Carolina
Biscoe is a town in Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,700 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Henry Biscoe, an important customer of the local lumber business. History The area was formerly called "Filo." The current name was adopted in 1895. Biscoe's past was dependent on the railroad industry, and it was once an important repair center for railroad equipment. The Aberdeen and West End Railroad (owned by the Page family of Aberdeen, North Carolina, completed a branch to Star, North Carolina from Filo, NC (current Biscoe) in 1895. The A & W. E. R.R. was merged into the Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad in 1897. Biscoe was incorporated in 1901. Notable person Former U.S. Congressman Larry Kissell is a resident of Biscoe. Geography Biscoe is located at (35.360450, -79.780278). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. U.S. 220, I-73/ 74 and N.C. 24/ 27 all pass through Biscoe. De ...
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Fredonia (Biscoe), Arkansas
Fredonia (Biscoe) is a city in Prairie County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 363 at the 2010 census. Local myth claimed the town's name "Fredonia" was for the Republic of Fredonia Fredonia may refer to: Places Colombia * Fredonia, Antioquia, a town and municipality United States * Fredonia, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Fredonia, Arizona, a town * Fredonia (Biscoe), Arkansas, a city * Fredonia, Indiana, an un ... movement of Mexican Texas in the 1820s by a group of Arkansas Cherokee people settled near Nacogdoches, Texas. The settlers backed by white Southern United States, Southerners from the U.S. wanted to establish an independent Native Americans of the United States, Native nation but the dream ended in an armed conflict by Mexican troops. "Biscoe" was the town's official name for most of its history, being written in parentheses. It was founded in the 1810s by several thousand Cherokee settlers from Tennessee in a piece of land set aside for ...
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Biscoe, Virginia
Biscoe is an unincorporated community in King and Queen County, Virginia, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie .... ReferencesGNIS reference Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in King and Queen County, Virginia {{KingQueenCountyVA-geo-stub ...
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RRS John Biscoe
RRS ''John Biscoe'' may refer to the following British survey ship A survey vessel is any type of ship or boat that is used for underwater surveys, usually to collect data for mapping or planning underwater construction or mineral extraction. It is a type of research vessel, and may be designed for the purpo ...s: * , in use 1944–1982 * , decommissioned in 1991 {{DEFAULTSORT:John Biscoe Ship names ...
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Bisco (other)
Bisco or BISCO may refer to: ;People * Joy Bisco (b. 1975), American actress * Christie Bisco, the maiden name of Christie Colin (b. 1982), American archer * Bisco Hatori (b. 1975), Japanese manga artist ;Other * BISCO, the abbreviation for British Iron & Steel Corporation * BSSCO, pronounced "bisko," the abbreviation for bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide, a family of high-temperature superconductors *Disco Biscuits, a Philadelphia-based Livetronica band ;See also * Biscoe (other) * Bisko Bisko is a village in Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , ma ...