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Gusla Peak
Gusla Peak ( bg, връх Гусла, vrah Gusla, ) is the peak rising to 842 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in the southeast foothills of on in , , at the NNW extremity of a narrow 3.9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Plateau
Detroit Plateau () is a major interior plateau of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula, with heights between . Its northeast limit is marked by the south wall of Russell West Glacier, from which it extends some in a general southwest direction to Herbert Plateau. The plateau was observed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins on a flight of December 20, 1928. Wilkins named it Detroit Aviation Society Plateau after the society which aided in the organizing of his expedition, but the shortened form of the original name is approved. The north and east sides of the plateau were charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1946–47. Dinsmoor Glacier flows east from the south edge of Detroit Plateau. Central plateaus of Graham Land North to south: * Laclavère Plateau * Louis Philippe Plateau * Detroit Plateau * Herbert Plateau * Foster Plateau * Forbidden Plateau * Bruce Plateau * Avery Plateau * Hemimont Plateau Hemimont Plateau ( bg, плато Хемимонт, plato He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordenskjöld Coast
The Nordenskjöld Coast (64° 30' S 60° 30' W) is located on the Antarctic Peninsula, more specifically Graham Land, which is the top region of the Peninsula. The Peninsula is a thin, long ice sheet with an Alpine-style mountain chain. The coast consists of 15m tall ice cliffs with ice shelves. The Nordenskjöld Coast was discovered by Otto Nordenskjöld, a Swedish explorer and geographer, and Carl Anton Larsen, a Norwegian explorer and whaler, during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1901–1904. The name was suggested by Edwin Swift Balch in 1909, who was part of the Antarctic Exhibition alongside Dr. Nordenskjöld. The Nordenskjöld coast extends 50 miles west-southwest from Cape Longing to Drygalski Bay and Cape Fareweather, with Oscar II Coast located to the south. The Nordenskjöld Coast faces the Weddell Sea at the top of the Antarctic continent. The thinness of the Antarctic Peninsula and its northerly location makes it prone to change due to global warming. The length ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, 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 degrees south. Graham Land is named after Sir James R. G. Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of John Biscoe's exploration of the west side of Graham Land in 1832. It is claimed by Argentina (as part of Argentine Antarctica), Britain (as part of the British Antarctic Territory) and Chile (as part of the Chilean Antarctic Territory). Graham Land is the closest part of Antarctica to South America. Thus it is the usual destination for small ships taking paying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of . Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of . Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over along the coast and far less inland. About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost . Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, . The coastal regions can reach temperatures over in summer. Native species of animals include mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades. Where vegetation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desudava Glacier
Desudava Glacier () is the long and wide glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica situated south of Dinsmoor Glacier and east-northeast of Boryana Glacier. Location Desudava Glacier is on the Nordenskjöld Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is southeast of the Detroit Plateau and north of the Weddell Sea. It is drains the northeast slopes of Gusla Peak and adjacent slopes of Detroit Plateau further north, the south slopes of Ivats Peak and the west slopes of Mount Elliott, and flows southwards into Mundraga Bay next east of Boryana Glacier. Copernix satellite image Name Desudava Glacier is named after the ancient Thracian town of Desudava in southwestern Bulgaria. Features Features and nearby features include: Ivats Peak . A peak rising to high in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau. Situated at the west extremity of a rocky ridge linked to Mount Elliott, south-southeast of Kavlak Peak and northeast of Gusla Peak. Surmounting Dinsmoor Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundraga Bay
Mundraga Bay ( bg, залив Мундрага, zaliv Mundraga, ) is the 28.6 km wide bay indenting for 23 km Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is entered east of Fothergill Point and west of Cape Sobral. Local coastline is modified as a result of the Larsen A Ice Shelf disintegration and the subsequent retreat of the inflowing Darvari Glacier, Boryana Glacier, Desudava Glacier, Dinsmoor Glacier Dinsmoor Glacier () is a glacier in the Nordenskjöld Coast of Antarctica, named for inventor Charles Dinsmoor. It flows east from the Detroit Plateau, and merges with the Edgeworth Glacier near Mount Elliott before draining into Mundraga Bay. ..., Bombardier Glacier and Edgeworth Glacier in the 1990s and the early 21st century. The bay is named after the medieval fortress of Mundraga in Northeastern Bulgaria. Location Mundraga Bay is centred at . Maps Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boryana Glacier
Desudava Glacier () is the long and wide glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica situated south of Dinsmoor Glacier and east-northeast of Boryana Glacier. Location Desudava Glacier is on the Nordenskjöld Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is southeast of the Detroit Plateau and north of the Weddell Sea. It is drains the northeast slopes of Gusla Peak and adjacent slopes of Detroit Plateau further north, the south slopes of Ivats Peak and the west slopes of Mount Elliott, and flows southwards into Mundraga Bay next east of Boryana Glacier. Copernix satellite image Name Desudava Glacier is named after the ancient Thracian town of Desudava in southwestern Bulgaria. Features Features and nearby features include: Ivats Peak . A peak rising to high in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau. Situated at the west extremity of a rocky ridge linked to Mount Elliott, south-southeast of Kavlak Peak and northeast of Gusla Peak. Surmounting Dinsmoor Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavlak Peak
Kavlak Peak ( bg, връх Кавлак, vrah Kavlak, ) is the peak rising to 1160 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in the southeast foothills of on in , . It is situated in the west part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Elliott (Antarctica)
Mount Elliott () is a conspicuous mountain, high, with a few small rock exposures and ice-free cliffs on the southeast side, standing northwest of Cape Sobral, northwest of Mount Hypothesis and northeast of Rice Bastion, on the Nordenskjöld Coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Dinsmoor Glacier to the north, Mundraga Bay to the southeast, and Desudava Glacier to the southwest. It was charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for F. K. Elliott, the leader of the FIDS base at Hope Bay Hope Bay (Spanish: ''Bahía Esperanza'') on Trinity Peninsula, is long and wide, indenting the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and opening on Antarctic Sound. It is the site of the Argentinian Antarctic settlement Esperanza Base, established i ... in 1947 and 1948. References SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer Mountains of Graham Land Nordenskjöld Coast {{NordenskjöldCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batkun Peak
Batkun Peak ( bg, връх Баткун, vrah Batkun, ) is the peak rising to 881 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated in the west part of Grivitsa Ridge, surmounting |
Baldwin Peak
Baldwin Peak () is a peak between Lilienthal Glacier and Mount Berry in northern Graham Land. It was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956–57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Thomas Scott Baldwin, American inventor of the vent opening which gives control and stability to parachutes. Further reading * Damien Gildea, Mountaineering in Antarctica: complete guide: Travel guide' External References Baldwin Peakon USGS website Baldwin Peakon AADC website Baldwin Peakon 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 satelight image of the Baldwin Peak arealong term updated weather for the Baldwin Peak ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
