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Bulwark Stream
Bulwark Stream () is a meltwater stream from Koettlitz Glacier on the east side of The Bulwark, a mountain outlier south of Walcott Bay, Scott Coast in Antarctica. The stream flows north and then west, following the perimeter of The Bulwark to enter Trough Lake and the Alph River system. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) was established by the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946, which has since been replaced by the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008. Althoug ... in 1994, in association with The Bulwark. References * Rivers of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koettlitz Glacier
Koettlitz Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier lying west of Mount Morning and Mount Discovery in the Royal Society Range, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Cocks northeastward between Brown Peninsula and the mainland into the ice shelf of McMurdo Sound. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) which named it for Dr. Reginald Koettlitz, physician and botanist of the expedition. See also * Bulwark Stream * List of glaciers in the Antarctic There are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow, rather than general bodies of ice. ... References Glaciers of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bulwark (Antarctica)
The Pyramid () is a small but distinctive peak of Omak just south of Pyramid Trough, at the west side of the Koettlitz Glacier. The descriptive name appears to have been first used by the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910–1913. A number of other geographical features can be found in its vicinity: * Pyramid Trough () is a deep trough immediately west of The Bulwark, through which a part of the Koettlitz Glacier formerly flowed north to Walcott Bay. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1960–1961) for its proximity to The Pyramid. * Trough Lake () is a lake with an area of which occupies the north portion of Pyramid Trough. It was named by New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994 in association with Pyramid Trough. * Pyramid Ponds () is a group of ponds lying south of Trough Lake; they were named Omak by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994 in association with Pyramid Trough and The Pyramid. See also * Nunatak * Pyramidal peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walcott Bay
Walcott Bay () is a bay indenting the coast of Victoria Land between Walcott Glacier and Heald Island Heald Island () is an island, long and high, which projects through the ice of Koettlitz Glacier just east of Walcott Bay, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition The ''Discovery'' .... It was named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13) in association with Walcott Glacier. Bays of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Coast
Scott Coast () is the portion of the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica between Cape Washington and Minna Bluff. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy, leader of the ''Discovery'' Expedition (1901–1904) and the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913), who died on the return journey from the South Pole. Much of the early exploration of this coastline was accomplished by Scott and his colleagues, and many of the names in the region were bestowed by him. See also * Blue Glacier * Dreschhoff Peak * Nostoc Flats * Robbins Hill * Stoner Peak * Thoreson Peak * Weidner Ridge * Mount Band Mount Band () is a mountain on the Scott Coast of Victoria Land. Its name stems from the profusion of colored lichens appearing in bands on brown rocks in the mountains of Victoria Land in Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost ... External links Coasts of Victoria Land {{Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trough Lake
The Pyramid () is a small but distinctive peak of Omak just south of Pyramid Trough, at the west side of the Koettlitz Glacier. The descriptive name appears to have been first used by the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910–1913. A number of other geographical features can be found in its vicinity: * Pyramid Trough () is a deep trough immediately west of The Bulwark, through which a part of the Koettlitz Glacier formerly flowed north to Walcott Bay. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1960–1961) for its proximity to The Pyramid. * Trough Lake () is a lake with an area of which occupies the north portion of Pyramid Trough. It was named by New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994 in association with Pyramid Trough. * Pyramid Ponds () is a group of ponds lying south of Trough Lake; they were named Omak by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994 in association with Pyramid Trough and The Pyramid. See also * Nunatak * Pyramidal peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alph River
The Alph River is a small river in Antarctica, running into Walcott Bay, Victoria Land. It is in an ice-free region at the west of the Koettlitz Glacier, Scott Coast. The Alph emerges from Trough Lake and flows through Walcott Lake, Howchin Lake, and Alph Lake. It ends in a subglacial flow beneath Koettlitz Glacier to McMurdo Sound.S.J. De Mora, R.F. Whitehead and M. Gregory. Aqueous geochemistry of major constituents in the Alph River and tributaries in Walcott Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, (1991), 3, pp 73–86 The river was named by Thomas Griffith Taylor, member of the Terra Nova Expedition of 1911–1913, who explored the portion north of Pyramid Trough. He took the name from the opening passage of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem '' Kubla Khan'', as the stream continues north a considerable distance under moraine and ultimately subglacially beneath Koettlitz Glacier to the Ross Sea. The nearby Xanadu Hills are named from the same poem. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Geographic Board
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) was established by the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946, which has since been replaced by the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008. Although an independent institution, it is responsible to the Minister for Land Information. The board has authority over geographical and hydrographic names within New Zealand and its territorial waters. This includes the naming of small urban settlements, localities, mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, harbours and natural features and may include researching local Māori names. It has named many geographical features in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica. It has no authority to alter street names (a local body responsibility) or the name of any country. The NZGB secretariat is part of Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and provides the board with administrative and research assistance and advice. The New Zealand Geographi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Victoria Land
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
