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Cape Howard
Cape Howard () is a high, flat-topped, snow-covered cape at the extremity of the peninsula separating Lamplugh Inlet and Odom Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service who explored along this coast by land and from the air in 1940, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for August Howard, founder of the American Polar Society and editor of ''The Polar Times ''The Polar Times'' is the publication of American Polar Society The American Polar Society was founded in 1934 by August Howard. Honorary members Starting in 1936 the following explorers, arctic scientists and geographers have been honored: * Da ...''. References Headlands of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamplugh Inlet
Snyder Peninsula () is a high, ice-covered peninsula on the south side of Lamplugh Inlet terminating in Cape Howard, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location The Snyder Peninsula is on the Black Coast of Palmer Land, beside the Weddell Sea to the east. It is north of Odom Inlet and southwest of Kvinge Peninsula and Palmer Inlet. The Muus Glacier flows past the west of the peninsula and Lamplugh Inlet is to the east. Cape Howard is at the west side of the mouth of Lamplugh Inlet, and Foster Peninsula and Cape Healy are at the east side. Features to the west of Snyder Peninsula include, from northeast to southwest, Strømme Ridge, O'Sullivan Peak, Mount Vennun and Rowley Massif. Mapping and name Snyder Peninsula was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Rear Admiral Joseph E. Snyder, Jr., United States Navy, Antarctic project Officer for the Assistant Secretary o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odom Inlet
Odom Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet 9 miles long, between Cape Howard and Cape MacDonald along the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered by members of the US Antarctic Service (USAS) who explored this coast from East Base East Base on Stonington Island is the oldest American research station in Antarctica, having been commissioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. The station was built as part of two US wintering expeditions – United States Antarctic Service Expe ... both by land and from the air in 1940, and named for Howard Odom, radio operator at the East Base. Inlets of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmer Land
Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names and the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica, and the names Graham Land and Palmer Land for the northern and southern portions, respectively. The line dividing them is roughly 69° S. Boundaries In its southern extreme, the Antarctic Peninsula stretches west, with Palmer Land eventually bordering Ellsworth Land along the 80° W line of longitude. Palmer Land is bounded in the south by the ice-covered Carlson Inlet, an arm of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, which crosses the 80° W line. This is the base of Cetus Hill. This feature is named after Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer who explored the Antarctic Peninsula area southward of Deceptio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Antarctic Service
The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the Antarctica continent. Founded in 1959, the USAP manages all U.S. scientific research and related logistics in Antarctica as well as aboard ships in the Southern Ocean. United States Antarctic Program The United States established the U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) in 1959—the name was later changed to the U.S. Antarctic Program—immediately following the success of the International Geophysical Year (IGY). Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has a Presidential Mandate to manage the United States Antarctic Program, through which it operates three year-round research stations and two research vessels, coordinates all U.S. science on the southernmost continent, and works with other federal agencies, the U.S. military, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advisory Committee On Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established in 1943 as the Special Committee on Antarctic Names (SCAN). It became the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1947. Fred G. Alberts was Secretary of the Committee from 1949 to 1980. By 1959, a structured nomenclature was reached, allowing for further exploration, structured mapping of the region and a unique naming system. A 1990 ACAN gazeeter of Antarctica listed 16,000 names. Description The United States does not recognise territorial boundaries within Antarctica, so ACAN assigns names to features anywhere within the continent, in consultation with other national nomenclature bodies where appropriate, as defined by the Antarctic Treaty System. The research and staff support for the ACAN is provided by the United States Geologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Howard
August Howard (January 2, 1910 - December 4, 1988) was the founder of the American Polar Society in 1934 and publisher of ''The Polar Times''. In 1948 Cape Howard was named for him. Biography He was born on January 2, 1910, as August Horowitz to a Russian immigrant who worked as a tailor. In 1934 he founded the American Polar Society. He was a public affairs officer of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America from 1928 to 1970. He died on December 4, 1988, in Rego Park, New York Rego Park is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. Rego Park is bordered to the north by Elmhurst and Corona, to the east and south by Forest Hills, and to the west by Middle Village. Rego Park's boundaries include Queens .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, August 1910 births 1988 deaths American Polar Society National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Polar Society
The American Polar Society was founded in 1934 by August Howard. Honorary members Starting in 1936 the following explorers, arctic scientists and geographers have been honored: *David Legge Brainard (1936). He was the first to receive an honorary membership. *Richard Evelyn Byrd (1938). *Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1940). *Lincoln Ellsworth (1944). *Frank Debenham (1949). He died in 1965. * Paul Allman Siple (1957). He died in 1968. *Louise Arner Boyd (1959). * Finn Ronne (1960). He died in 1980. *Jackie Ronne. She died in 2009. *Bernt Balchen (1966). *Laurence McKinley Gould (1969). * Thomas Charles Poulter (1973). * Richard B. Black (1979). He died in 1992. *Norman Dane Vaughan (1980). * Lincoln A. Washburn (1981). *Charles F. Passel (1982). * Thomas H. Manning (1983). *Conrad Shinn (1984). *Graham Westbrook Rowley (1985). * Waldo Kampmeier Lyon (1986) * William Robert Anderson (1987) * Joseph Otis Fletcher (1988) * Norbert Untersteiner (1989) *Max C. Brewer (1990). * James Francis Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Polar Times
''The Polar Times'' is the publication of American Polar Society The American Polar Society was founded in 1934 by August Howard. Honorary members Starting in 1936 the following explorers, arctic scientists and geographers have been honored: * David Legge Brainard (1936). He was the first to receive an honorary .... It was first published by August Howard in 1935. In 1946 the Polar Times Glacier was named in honor of the publication. External links1982 scanned copy References American Polar Society Magazines established in 1935 {{italic title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
