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Mule Point
Mule Point () is a rocky point just south of East Stack, at the east side of Hoseason Glacier. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographers taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and called Mule (snout). Headlands of Kemp Land {{KempLand-geo-stub ...
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East Stack
East Stack () is a coastal rock outcrop which rises to on the east side of Hoseason Glacier, southeast of Edward VIII Bay Edward VIII Bay is a bay about in extent, located between Edward VIII Plateau (a dome-shaped, ice-covered peninsula near Magnet Bay) and the Øygarden Group of islands in Antarctica. The head of the bay is occupied by the Edward VIII Ice Shel ... in Antarctica. It was discovered in February 1936 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the '' William Scoresby'', and probably so named by them for its distinctive appearance and association with nearby West Stack. References Rock formations of Kemp Land {{KempLand-geo-stub ...
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Hoseason Glacier
Following is a list of glaciers of Kemp Land in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in Kemp Land. Cosgrove Glacier . Small glacier entering the south part of Stefansson Bay just west of Mulebreen. Seen from an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1956 and later mapped. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for M. Cosgrove, radio supervisor at Mawson Station, 1959. Hoseason Glacier . Glacier long, flowing north into the sea between West Stack and East Stack, east of Edward VIII Bay. Roughly mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Visited in 1954 by an ANARE sledging party and named by ANCA for Richard Hoseason of ANARE, who perished on a field trip at Heard Island in 1952. Mulebreen . Glacier wide, flowing west-north-west into the southeast side of Stefansson Bay. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by ...
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Lars Christensen Expedition
Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was borne by several Etruscan kings, and later used as a last name by the Roman Lartia family. The etymology of the Etruscan name is unknown. People * Lars (bishop), 13th-century Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden *Lars Kristian Abrahamsen (1855–1921), Norwegian politician *Lars Ahlfors (1907–1996), Finnish Fields Medal recipient *Lars Amble (1939–2015), Swedish actor and director *Lars Herminius Aquilinus, ancient Roman consul *Lars Bak (born 1980), Danish road bicycle racer *Lars Bak (computer programmer) (born 1965), Danish computer programmer *Lars Bender (born 1989), German footballer *Lars Christensen (1884–1965), Norwegian shipowner, whaling magnate and philanthropist *Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846–1926), Swedish inventor * Lars Eriksson, ...
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