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Lemon Range
The Lemon Range or Lemon Mountains ( da, Lemon Bjerge) is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality. History The range was named by Gino Watkins after Captain Percy Lemon (1898–1932) of the Royal Corps of Signals, a member of the 1930-31 British Arctic Air Route Expedition led by Watkins. Although not as high as the Watkins Range to the east or the Lindbergh Range to the northeast, the Lemon Range has become a popular place among climbers because it has some of the steepest rock peaks in Greenland and the quality of the granite is good. A number of the main summits of the range were climbed for the first time by Chris Bonington in the 1990s. Geography The Lemon Range is an up to 2,500 m high mountain massif made up of nunataks. It is located among the glaciers east of Courtauld Glacier which has its terminus in the Cortauld Fjord, an arm of Kangerlussuaq Fjord, East Greenland, and west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defense Mapping Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense whose primary mission is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security. Initially known as the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) from 1996 to 2003, it is a member of the United States Intelligence Community. NGA headquarters, also known as NGA Campus East or NCE, is located at Fort Belvoir North Area in Springfield, Virginia. The agency also operates major facilities in the Greater St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri area (referred to as NGA Campus West or NCW), as well as support and liaison offices worldwide. The NGA headquarters, at , is the third-largest government building in the Washington metropolitan area after The Pentagon and the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Ronald Reagan Building. In addition to using GEOINT for U.S. military and intelligence efforts, NGA pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtauld Glacier
Courtauld is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Courtauld Butler or Adam Butler (British politician), DL (1931–2008), British Conservative Party politician and MP *Augustine Courtauld (1904–1959), often called August Courtauld, was a yachtsman and British Arctic explorer *Courtauld Courtauld-Thomson, 1st Baron Courtauld-Thomson CB, KBE (1865–1954), British businessman and holder of public and charitable offices *George Courtauld (other), list of people with the name *John Sewell Courtauld (1880–1942), English Conservative Party politician *Louisa Courtauld (née Ogier) (1729–1807), English silversmith *Samuel Courtauld (art collector) (1876–1947), English industrialist best remembered as an art collector *Samuel Courtauld (industrialist) (1793–1881), industrialist and Unitarian, the driving force behind the growth of the Courtaulds textile business * Sir Stephen Courtauld, MC (1883–1967), member of the wealthy English Courtauld textile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivory Tower (mountain)
An ivory tower is a metaphorical place—or an atmosphere—where people are happily cut off from the rest of the world in favor of their own pursuits, usually mental and esoteric ones. From the 19th century, it has been used to designate an environment of intellectual pursuit disconnected from the practical concerns of everyday life. Most contemporary uses of the term refer to academia or the college and university systems in many countries. The term originated from the Biblical Song of Songs () with a different meaning and was later used as an epithet for Mary. Biblical usage In the Christian tradition, the term ''ivory tower'' is used as a symbol for noble purity. It originates with the Song of Songs 7:4 ("Your neck is like an ivory tower"; in the Hebrew Masoretic text, it is found in 7:5) and was included in the epithets for Mary in the sixteenth-century Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary ("tower of ivory", ''turris eburnea'' in Latin), though the title and image were i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coxcomb (mountain)
Coxcomb may refer to: * Comb (anatomy), Coxcomb (ornithology), a fleshy growth on the top of the head of many gallinaceous birds * Coxcomb (plant) or ''Celosia'', a small genus of edible and ornamental plants * The Coxcomb (play), ''The Coxcomb'' (play), an early Jacobean era stage play * The Coxcomb (album), ''The Coxcomb'' (album), 1999 album by David Grubbs * Fop or coxcomb, 17th century slang for a man overly concerned with his appearance * A type of crystal habit in minerals * A type of cap and bells or fool's hat See also * Cockscomb (other) * Coxcomb diagram or polar area diagram, a type of pie chart attributed to Florence Nightingale * Coxcomb Mountains, mountain range of southern California * Coxcomb Peak, a dolerite elevation in Antarctica * Coxcomb Peak (Colorado), a mountain in Colorado, US * Coxcomb prominent, a moth {{disambiguation, plant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Citadel (Greenland)
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, commonly known simply as The Citadel, is a public senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina. Established in 1842, it is one of six senior military colleges in the United States. It has 18 academic departments divided into five schools offering 31 majors and 57 minors. The military program is made up of cadets pursuing bachelor's degrees who live on campus. The non-military programs offer 12 undergraduate degrees, 26 graduate degrees, as well as evening and online programs with seven online graduate degrees, three online undergraduate degrees, and three certificate programs. The South Carolina Corps of Cadets numbers 2,300 and is one of the largest uniformed bodies in the U.S. Approximately 1,350 non-cadet students are enrolled in Citadel Graduate College pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees. Women comprise approximately 9% of the Corps and 22% of the overall enrollment while racial minorities comprise 15% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chisel (mountain)
A chisel is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge (such that wood chisels have lent part of their name to a particular grind) of blade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal by hand, struck with a mallet, or mechanical power. The handle and blade of some types of chisel are made of metal or of wood with a sharp edge in it. Chiselling use involves forcing the blade into some material to cut it. The driving force may be applied by pushing by hand, or by using a mallet or hammer. In industrial use, a hydraulic ram or falling weight ('trip hammer') may be used to drive a chisel into the material. A gouge (one type of chisel) serves to carve small pieces from the material, particularly in woodworking, woodturning and sculpture. Gouges most frequently produce concave surfaces. A gouge typically has a 'U'-shaped cross-section. Etymology ''Chisel'' comes from the Old French ''cisel'', modern ''ciseau'', Late Latin ''cisellu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Castle (Greenland)
The Castle may refer to: Arts and entertainment Films * ''The Castle'' (1964 film), a Danish family film * ''The Castle'' (1968 film), a West German film adaptation of Kafka's novel * ''The Castle'' (1994 film), a Russian film adaptation of Kafka's novel * ''The Castle'' (1997 Australian film), a comedy-drama film * ''The Castle'' (1997 Austrian film), an adaptation of Kafka's novel Other uses in arts and entertainment * ''The Castle'' (novel) (''Das Schloß''), a 1926 novel by Franz Kafka * ''The Castle'', alternate title of ''Kështjella'', ''The Siege'', a 1970 Albanian novel by Ismail Kadare * ''The Castle'' (board game), 1981 * ''The Castle'' (video game), 1986 * ''The Castle'' (radio series), a British radio comedy 2007–2012 * "The Castle", a song on the 1966 album ''Da Capo'' by Love * "The Castle", a song on the 2017 album '' Oczy Mlody'' by The Flaming Lips * '' The Castle: Aik Umeed'', a 2015 Pakistani television drama series * Castle Recording Labor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bidvest Peak
The Bidvest Group Limited also known as Bidvest Group or Bidvest is a South African services, trading, and distribution company. History Bidvest was founded in 1988 by Brian Joffe and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1990. The Bidvest Group Limited has a corporate office in Johannesburg, South Africa, and employs approximately 132,870 people. The Bidvest Group Limited board comprises eleven members. In March 2019 Bidvest named current Executive Director Mpumi Madisa as CEO-designate. After the retirement of Lindsay Ralphs on 30 September 2020, Mpumi Madisa assumed the role of Bidvest CEO. See also *Bidvest Insurance *Bidvest Bank *Steinhoff International *Woolworths Holdings Limited Woolworths Holdings Limited () is a South African multinational retail company that owns the South African retail chain Woolworths, and Australian retailers David Jones and Country Road Group. Woolworths, however, has no association to Austr ... References {{Authority cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beacon (mountain)
A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. A common example is the lighthouse, which draws attention to a fixed point that can be used to navigate around obstacles or into port. More modern examples include a variety of radio beacons that can be read on radio direction finders in all weather, and radar transponders that appear on radar displays. Beacons can also be combined with semaphoric or other indicators to provide important information, such as the status of an airport, by the colour and rotational pattern of its airport beacon, or of pending weather as indicated on a weather beacon mounted at the top of a tall building or similar site. When used in such fashion, beacons can be considered a form of optical telegraphy. For navigation Beacons help guide navigators to their destinations. Types of navigational beacons include radar reflectors, radio beacons, sonic and visual signals. Visual beacons range from smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google Earth
Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D computer graphics, 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposition, superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and geographic information system, GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Users can explore the globe by entering addresses and coordinates, or by using a Computer keyboard, keyboard or computer mouse, mouse. The program can also be downloaded on a smartphone or Tablet computer, tablet, using a touch screen or stylus to navigate. Users may use the program to add their own data using Keyhole Markup Language and upload them through various sources, such as forums or blogs. Google Earth is able to show various kinds of images overlaid on the surface of the earth and is also a Web Map Service client. In 2019, Google has revealed that Google Earth now covers more than 97 percent of the world, and has c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watkins Fjord
Kangerlussuaq Fjord ( kl, Kangerlussuaq, meaning 'large fjord'; da, Stor Fjord) is a fjord in eastern Greenland. It is part of the Sermersooq municipalities of Greenland, municipality. The fjord was named by the East-Greenland Coast Expedition led by Georg Carl Amdrup in 1900. Currently Boring (earth), drilling explorations are being carried out for the possible exploitation of gold, palladium and platinum in the Kangerlussuaq area.Project Update and Activities' (PDF; 1,9 MB), Platina Resources Ltd., 26. Februar 2014 (englisch) History The eastern coast of Greenland was inhabited by Paleo-Eskimo people 4000 years ago and the Kangerlussuaq Fjord was likely visited by hunters. A quartz hand scraper found in Cape Irminger —24 km east of Cape Hammer— proves that the region was visited at least 2000 years ago.Christian Glahder: ''Hunting in Kangerlussuaq, East Greenland, 1951–1991. An Assessment of Local Knowledge'' (= ''Meddelelser om Grønland, Man & Society'', Nr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
