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Geologists Range
The Geologists Range is a mountain range about long, standing between the heads of Lucy Glacier, Lucy and Nimrod Glaciers in Antarctica. Seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961–62) and named to commemorate the work of geologists in Antarctic exploration. Glaciers The Geologists Range lies between Nimrod Glacier to the southeast and Lucy Glacier to the northeast. It contains The Slot, a small tributary of the Nimrod Glacier. Nimrod Glacier . A major glacier, about long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spilling into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Capes Wilson and Lyttelton. It was photographed from the air by USN OpHjp, 1946-47. The name, given by US-ACAN, is in association with Shackleton Inlet and is for the Nimrod, the ship of the BrAE (1907-09 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McKay Cliffs
The Geologists Range is a mountain range about long, standing between the heads of Lucy Glacier, Lucy and Nimrod Glaciers in Antarctica. Seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961–62) and named to commemorate the work of geologists in Antarctic exploration. Glaciers The Geologists Range lies between Nimrod Glacier to the southeast and Lucy Glacier to the northeast. It contains The Slot, a small tributary of the Nimrod Glacier. Nimrod Glacier . A major glacier, about long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spilling into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Capes Wilson and Lyttelton. It was photographed from the air by USN OpHjp, 1946-47. The name, given by US-ACAN, is in association with Shackleton Inlet and is for the Nimrod, the ship of the BrAE (1907-09 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
