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Evison Glacier
Molar Massif () is a large mountain massif immediately east of the Lanterman Range in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–1964. The descriptive name was applied by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names; when viewed in plan, the outline of the massif resembles a molar tooth. Features Geographical features include: * Canine Hills * Dentine Peak * Evison Glacier * Husky Pass * Incisor Ridge * Leap Year Glacier * Tobogganers Icefall * Wisdom Hills Further reading * Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water', P 136 * Edmund Stump, The Ross Orogen of the Transantarctic Mountains', P 49 External links Molar Massifon USGS website Molar Massifon AADC website Molar Massifon SCAR A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massif
In geology, a massif ( or ) is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. In the movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole. The term also refers to a group of mountains formed by such a structure. In mountaineering and climbing literature, a massif is frequently used to denote the main mass of an individual mountain. The massif is a smaller structural unit of the crust than a tectonic plate, and is considered the fourth-largest driving force in geomorphology. The word is taken from French (in which the word also means "massive"), where it is used to refer a large mountain mass or compact group of connected mountains forming an independent portion of a range. One of the most notable European examples of a massif is the Massif Central of the Auvergne region of France. The Face on Mars is an example of an extraterrestrial massif. Massifs may also form underwater, as with the Atlanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incisor Ridge
Incisor Ridge () is a ridge, long, forming the southwestern segment of Molar Massif in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was named in association with Molar Massif by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1983 on the proposal of geologist M.G. Laird. The topographical feature lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt forming the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula and the north-easternmost extremity of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Description Marking the north end of Borchgrevink Coast and the west e .... References Ridges of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scientific Committee On Antarctic Research
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an interdisciplinary body of the International Science Council (ISC). SCAR coordinates international scientific research efforts in Antarctica, including the Southern Ocean. SCAR's scientific work is administered through several discipline-themed ''science groups''. The organisation has observer status at, and provides independent advice to Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, and also provides information to other international bodies such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). History At the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)’s Antarctic meeting held in Stockholm from 9–11 September 1957, it was agreed that a committee should be created to oversee scientific research in Antarctica. At the time there were 12 nations actively conducting Antarctic research and they were each invited to nominate one delegate to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
The Australian Antarctic Data Centre is a section of the Australian Antarctic Division, which forms part of the Australian Government, Commonwealth of Australia, in the Department of the Environment and Energy. AADC services form the backbone of data collection and data management in Australia's Antarctic Science Program. Services * Managing science data from Australia's Antarctic research (acquiring, indexing, storing, disseminating, linking and data mining) * Mapping Australia's areas of interest in the Antarctic region * Managing Australia's Antarctic state of the environment reporting * Fabricating, installing and managing Australia's Antarctic station tide gauges * Providing advice and education and a range of other products Purpose The AADC undertakes its role in alignment with the National Antarctic data management policy. Scientific data are key (and highly valuable) outputs of Australia's Antarctic Science Program and therefore should be managed for posterity. Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USGS
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization's work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The USGS is a fact-finding research organization with no regulatory responsibility. The agency was founded on March 3, 1879. The USGS is a bureau of the United States Department of the Interior; it is that department's sole scientific agency. The USGS employs approximately 8,670 people and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The USGS also has major offices near Lakewood, Colorado, at the Denver Federal Center, and Menlo Park, California. The current motto of the USGS, in use since August 1997, is "science for a changing world". The agency's previous slogan, adopted on the occasion of its hundredth anniv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisdom Hills
Molar Massif () is a large mountain massif immediately east of the Lanterman Range in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–1964. The descriptive name was applied by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names; when viewed in plan, the outline of the massif resembles a molar tooth. Features Geographical features include: * Canine Hills * Dentine Peak * Evison Glacier * Husky Pass * Incisor Ridge * Leap Year Glacier * Tobogganers Icefall * Wisdom Hills Further reading * Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water', P 136 * Edmund Stump, The Ross Orogen of the Transantarctic Mountains', P 49 External links Molar Massifon USGS website Molar Massifon AADC website Molar Massifon SCAR A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biologica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobogganers Icefall
Rennick Glacier is broad glacier, nearly long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica. It rises on the polar plateau westward of Mesa Range and is wide, narrowing to near the coast. It takes its name from Rennick Bay where the glacier reaches the sea. The seaward part of the glacier was photographed by U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump, 1946–47. The upper reaches of the Rennick Glacier were discovered and explored by the U.S. Victoria Land Traverse (VLT) in February 1960, and the first ascent made of Welcome Mountain by John Weihaupt, Alfred Stuart, Claude Lorius and Arnold Heine of the VLT party. On February 10, 1960, Lieutenant Commander Robert L. Dale, pilot of U.S. Navy (USN) Squadron VX-6, evacuated the VLT from 7238S, 16132E, on this glacier, and then conducted an aerial photographic reconnaissance to Rennick Bay on the coast before returning the VLT team to McMurdo Station. Features * Illusion Hills, small hills on the glacier * Litell Rocks, an area of rock o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leap Year Glacier
Lillie Glacier () is a large glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It lies between the Bowers Mountains on the west and the Concord Mountains and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier Tongue. The glacier tongue (), the prominent seaward extension of the glacier into Ob' Bay, was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, when the '' Terra Nova'' explored westward of Cape North in February 1911. It was named by the expedition for Dennis G. Lillie, a biologist on the ''Terra Nova''. The name Lillie has since been extended to the entire glacier. The lower half of the glacier was plotted by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (''Thala Dan'') in 1962, which explored the area and utilized air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. The whole feature was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62. See also * List of glacie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Husky Pass
Molar Massif () is a large mountain massif immediately east of the Lanterman Range in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–1964. The descriptive name was applied by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names; when viewed in plan, the outline of the massif resembles a molar tooth. Features Geographical features include: * Canine Hills * Dentine Peak * Evison Glacier * Husky Pass * Incisor Ridge * Leap Year Glacier * Tobogganers Icefall * Wisdom Hills Further reading * Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water', P 136 * Edmund Stump, The Ross Orogen of the Transantarctic Mountains', P 49 External links Molar Massifon USGS website Molar Massifon AADC website Molar Massifon SCAR A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanterman Range
The Lanterman Range () is a mountain range about long and wide, forming the southwest part of the Bowers Mountains in Antarctica. It is bounded by the Rennick Glacier, Sledgers Glacier, Black Glacier and Canham Glacier. Exploration and naming The range was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960–62. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander William Lanterman, an aerological officer for U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze, 1959–62. Location The Lanterman Range lies to the east of the Rennick Glacier and its tributary Canham Glacier. The Sledgers Glacier flows past its northeast end. The MacKinnon Glacier drains the range to the north into Sledgers Glacier. Glaciers draining to the west include Orr Glacier, Linder Glacier, Hunter Glacier, Hoshko Glacier, Zenith Glacier and Johnstone Glacier. The Molar Massif lies to the east. The Crown Hills form the sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evison Glacier
Molar Massif () is a large mountain massif immediately east of the Lanterman Range in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–1964. The descriptive name was applied by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names; when viewed in plan, the outline of the massif resembles a molar tooth. Features Geographical features include: * Canine Hills * Dentine Peak * Evison Glacier * Husky Pass * Incisor Ridge * Leap Year Glacier * Tobogganers Icefall * Wisdom Hills Further reading * Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water', P 136 * Edmund Stump, The Ross Orogen of the Transantarctic Mountains', P 49 External links Molar Massifon USGS website Molar Massifon AADC website Molar Massifon SCAR A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dentine Peak
Molar Massif () is a large mountain massif immediately east of the Lanterman Range in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–1964. The descriptive name was applied by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names; when viewed in plan, the outline of the massif resembles a molar tooth. Features Geographical features include: * Canine Hills * Dentine Peak * Evison Glacier * Husky Pass * Incisor Ridge * Leap Year Glacier * Tobogganers Icefall * Wisdom Hills Further reading * Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water', P 136 * Edmund Stump, The Ross Orogen of the Transantarctic Mountains', P 49 External links Molar Massifon USGS website Molar Massifon AADC website Molar Massifon SCAR A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
