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Mount Bronk
Mount Bronk () is a snow-covered mountain in the Hughes Range, a mountain range located in south-central 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 contine .... With an altitude of , Mount Bronk represents one of six prominent summits throughout the Hughes Range. Mount Bronk was discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on the baselaying flight of November 18, 1929. From 1957 to 1958, it was surveyed by A.P. Crary who named the mount after Detlev W. Bronk, then-president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences which helped sponsored Antarctic exploratory operations from 1957 to 1958. References Mountains of the Ross Dependency Dufek Coast {{DufekCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hughes Range (Antarctica)
The Hughes Range is a high massive north–south trending mountain range in Antarctica, surmounted by six prominent summits, of which Mount Kaplan (4,230 m) is the highest. The range is located east of Canyon Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains and extends from the confluence of Brandau and Keltie glaciers in the south, to the Giovinco Ice Piedmont in the north. Discovered and photographed by Rear Admiral Byrd on the baselaying flight of November 18, 1929, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names on the recommendation of Byrd for Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. secretary of state, U.S. chief justice, and adviser/counselor of Byrd. Key mountains *Mount Kaplan *Mount Waterman () is a massive mountain, , standing NE of Mount Wexler. The mountain was discovered and photographed by Rear Admiral Byrd on the baselaying flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary from 1957 to 1958. Named by Crary for Alan Tower Waterman, director of the National Science Foundation ... [...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] |
Detlev W
Detlev is a German given name. It is a spelling variant of Detlef. People with this name Notable people with this name include: *Detlev Blanke (born 1941), interlinguistics lecturer at Humboldt University of Berlin *Detlev Bronk (1897–1975), President of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland *Detlev Buchholz, theoretical physicist at Göttingen University *Detlev Buck (born 1962), German film director and actor *Otto Detlev Creutzfeldt (born 1927), German physiologist and neurologist *Detlev Dammeier (born 1968), German football coach and a former player *Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner (1878–1938), illustrator of the American West *Detlev Lauscher (1952–2010), German footballer who played as a striker *Detlev von Liliencron (1844–1909), German lyric poet and novelist from Kiel *Detlev Mehlis (born 1949), Senior Public Prosecutor in the Office of the Attorney General in Berlin * Detlev F. Neufert, German author, filmmaker and current president of the German Thai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountains Of The Ross Dependency
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (1,000 feet) above the surrounding land. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers. High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
