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Brugmann Mountains
The Brugmann Mountains (), rising to ,Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 are steep and rugged on the east slopes but are icecapped and descend gently toward the west, extending in a northeast–southwest arc along the east side of , in the . Their principal peaks are Mount Vesalius, Pav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liège Island
Liège Island (in English also Liege Island) is an island, long and wide, lying immediately northeast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, and separated from Hoseason Island and Christiania Islands to the northeast by Croker Passage. Its interior is occupied by Brugmann Mountains. Liège Island is located at . British mapping in 1978 and 1980. The island was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897–1899) under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it for the province of Liège, Belgium. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer. Maps [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anvers Island in the south. It is separated by the Gerlache and Bismarck straits from the Antarctic Peninsula and Wilhelm Archipelago, respectively. Palmer Archipelago is located at . History Adrien de Gerlache, leader of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897–1899), discovered the archipelago in 1898. He named it Archipelago Palmer for American Captain Nathaniel Palmer, who navigated these waters in 1820. Both Argentina and the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ... have operated research stations there. Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Vesalius
Mount Vesalius () is a mountain (765 m) standing northwest of Macleod Point, Liege Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It surmounts Pleystor Glacier to the northwest. The peak was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950, but was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Vesalius (1514–1564), a Flemish anatomist who wrote a pioneer work on the structure of the human body which revolutionized the whole concept of the subject. External links Mount Vesaliuson USGS website Mount Vesaliuson AADC website Mount Vesaliuson SCAR A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a na ... website Mount VesaliusCopernix satellite image References Mountains of the Palmer Archipelago Liège Island {{LiegeIsland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavlov Peak
Pavlov Peak () is a peak lying north of Mount Vesalius on Liege Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It rises to 805 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 and surmounts Beripara Cove to the east, to the southwest and to the northwest. History The peak was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1954. It was named by the |
Mishev Bluff
Mishev Bluff ( bg, Мишев рид, Mishev rid, ) is the mostly ice-covered bluff rising to 600 m in Brugmann Mountains on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It has precipitous and partly ice-free southwest slopes, and surmounts Zbelsurd Glacier to the north and Pleystor Glacier to the south. The feature is named after Emil Mishev, geologist at St. Kliment Ohridski base in 2004/05 and subsequent seasons, and base commander during part of the 2006/07 season. Location Mishev Bluff is located at , which is 1.42 km west of Pavlov Peak, 2.34 km east by north of Polezhan Point and 1.93 km east-southeast of Disilitsa Point. British mapping in 1980. Maps British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Kozyak
Mount Kozyak ( bg, връх Козяк, vrah Kozyak, ) is the ice-covered peak rising to 709 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in on in the , . It surmounts [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vazharov Peak
Vazharov Peak ( bg, Въжаров връх, Vazharov vrah, ) is the ice-covered peak rising to 780 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in on in the , . It surmounts [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balkanov Peak
Balkanov Peak ( bg, Балканов връх, Balkanov vrah, ) is the ice-covered twin peak rising to 646 and 648 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in on in the Palmer Archipelago, . It surmounts [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV ''Belgica'', it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the first expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Among its members were Frederick Cook and Roald Amundsen, explorers who would later attempt the respective conquests of the North and South Poles. Preparation and surveying In 1896, after a period of intensive lobbying, Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery purchased the Norwegian-built whaling ship ''Patria'', which, following an extensive refit, he renamed . Gerlache had worked together with the Geographical Society of Brussels to organize a national subscription, but was able to outfit his expedition only after the Belgian government voted in favor of two large subsidies, making it a state-supported undertaking. With a multinational crew that included Roald Amundsen from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerlache
Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (; 2 August 1866 – 4 December 1934) was a Belgian officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99. Early years Born in Hasselt in eastern Belgium as the son of an army officer, de Gerlache was educated in Brussels. From a young age he was deeply attracted by the sea, and made three voyages in 1883 and 1884 to the United States as a cabin boy on an ocean liner. He studied Engineering at the Free University of Brussels. After finishing his third year in 1885, he quit the university and joined the Belgian Navy on 19 January 1886. After graduating from the nautical college of Ostend he worked on fishery protection vessels as second and third lieutenant. In October 1887 he signed on as seaman on the ''Craigie Burn'', an English ship, for a voyage to San Francisco, but the ship failed to round Cape Horn and was sold for scrap in Montevideo. He returned to Europe after spending time in Urug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Brugmann
Georges Edmond Brugmann (1829–1900) was a Belgian financier and philanthropist. Life Brugmann was born in Verviers on 18 October 1829, the son of the industrialist and financier Frédéric Brugmann. He studied at the Ecole Centrale de Commerce et d'Industrie in Brussels, before working at the family bank.Samuel Tilman, "Brugmann (Georges)", ''Nouvelle Biographie Nationale''vol. 8(Brussels, 2005), pp. 43-46. After his father's death in 1852 and his elder brother's in 1853, he and his younger brother Ernest headed the family firm. He also became a deacon in the Protestant Church of Brussels, and contributed to the building of several Protestant churches in Belgium. Brugmann invested heavily in railways and tramways. In 1857 he became chief financial officer of the newly founded Compagnie Générale du Matériel de Chemins de Fer, which supplied railway equipment to companies in Spain, Turkey and Italy, and in 1874 helped found the Société Générale de Tramways. In the 1880s he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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