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Nordenskiöld (crater)
Nordenskiöld or Nordenskjöld or Nordenskjold or Nordenskiold may refer to: * Nordenskiöld (surname), people with the surname ''Nordenskiöld'' Places ;Antarctica * Nordenskjold Coast, a section of the coast of the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula * Nordenskjold Basin, an undersea basin in the Antarctic * Nordenskjold Ice Tongue in the Antarctic * Nordenskjold Glacier in the Antarctic * Nordenskjold Outcrops in the Antarctic * Nordenskjold Peak, a mountain in the Antarctic * Nordenskiöld Base ;Greenland * Nordenskiold Fjord in Greenland * Nordenskiold Glacier, East Greenland * Nordenskiold Glacier, Northwest Greenland * Nordenskiold Glacier, West Greenland ;Russia * Nordenskjold Archipelago, an island group in the Kara Sea. * Nordenskiöld Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Nordenskiöld Glacier (Novaya Zemlya) ;Elsewhere * Nordenskiöld Lake, an alpine lake in Chile's Torres del Paine national park * Nordenskiold Bay in Svalbard * Nordenskiöld Land, in Svalbard See also * List of crater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordenskiöld (surname)
Nordenskiöld or Nordenskjöld (, ) can refer to a number of Finnish or Swedish people, who belong to the same noble family: ''Nordenskiöld'' branch: * Otto Henrik Nordenskiöld, (1747-1832) Swedish Admiral * August Nordenskiöld, (1754–1792) alchemist, brother of Otto Henrik * Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, (1832–1901) scientist and explorer, son of Nils Gustaf * Bengt Nordenskiöld, (1891–1983) Swedish Air Force general * Claës-Henrik Nordenskiöld, (1917–2003) Swedish Air Force major general, son of Bengt * Erland Nordenskiöld, (1877–1932) archeologist and anthropologist, younger son of Adolf Erik * Günter von Nordenskjöld (1910–1997), German politician (CDU) * Gustaf Nordenskiöld, (1868–1895) scholar, elder son of Adolf Erik * Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld, (1792–1866) mineralogist and traveller ''Nordenskjöld'' branch: * Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld, (1869–1928) explorer and geographer, nephew of Adolf Norden''skiöld'' See also * The National Biogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordenskiold Glacier, Northwest Greenland
Nordenskiold Glacier ( da, Nordenskiöld Gletscher), is a large glacier in the Avannaata Municipality, on the northwestern coast of Greenland. Geography This glacier is located in the Lauge Koch Coast of Melville Bay, north of the Upernavik Archipelago. It drains the Greenland ice sheet ( kl, Sermersuaq) and flows southwestwards between the King Oscar Glacier to the northwest and the Sverdrup Glacier to the southeast. See also *List of glaciers in Greenland This is a list of glaciers in Greenland. Details on the size and flow of some of the major Greenlandic glaciers are listed by Eric Rignot and Pannir Kanagaratnam (2006) Ice sheets and caps *Greenland Ice Sheet * Christian Erichsen Ice Cap * Fla ... References External linksNSIDC Picture Glaciers of Greenland {{arctic-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordenskiöld Land
Nordenskiöld Land is the land area between Isfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The area is named after Finnish-Swedish explorer and geologist Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. The coastal region of Nordenskiöld Land (Nordenskiøldkysten) has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports breeding populations of barnacle geese and common eider The common eider (pronounced ) (''Somateria mollissima''), also called St. Cuthbert's duck or Cuddy's duck, is a large ( in body length) sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breed ...s. References Important Bird Areas of Svalbard Peninsulas of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordenskiöld Lake
Nordenskiöld or Nordenskjöld or Nordenskjold or Nordenskiold may refer to: * Nordenskiöld (surname), people with the surname ''Nordenskiöld'' Places ;Antarctica * Nordenskjold Coast, a section of the coast of the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula * Nordenskjold Basin, an undersea basin in the Antarctic * Nordenskjold Ice Tongue in the Antarctic * Nordenskjold Glacier in the Antarctic * Nordenskjold Outcrops in the Antarctic * Nordenskjold Peak, a mountain in the Antarctic * Nordenskiöld Base ;Greenland * Nordenskiold Fjord in Greenland * Nordenskiold Glacier, East Greenland * Nordenskiold Glacier, Northwest Greenland * Nordenskiold Glacier, West Greenland ;Russia * Nordenskjold Archipelago, an island group in the Kara Sea. * Nordenskiöld Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Nordenskiöld Glacier (Novaya Zemlya) ;Elsewhere * Nordenskiöld Lake, an alpine lake in Chile's Torres del Paine national park * Nordenskiold Bay in Svalbard * Nordenskiöld Land Nordenskiöld Land is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordenskiöld Glacier (Novaya Zemlya)
The Nordenskiöld Glacier (russian: ледник Норденшельда; ''lednik Nordenshel'da'') is a group of four glaciers in Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. This glacier group was named after Arctic explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. Geography The Nordenskiöld Glacier group is located on the eastern side of northern Severny Island of Novaya Zemlya. Flowing from the Severny Island ice cap, it is composed of four roughly north-south oriented tidewater glaciers: * Vershinsky Glacier ''(Lednik Vershinskogo)'', the soutwesternmost * Rozhdestvensky Glacier ''(Lednik Rozhdestvenskogo)'' * Novopashenny Glacier ''(Lednik Novopashennogo)'', also known as ''Lednik Sredniy'' * Roze Glacier ''(Lednik Roze)'', the northeasternmost Their fronts have widths of over 3 km in average and their Glacier terminus, terminuses are in the Kara Sea between Cape Opasnyy and Cape Middendorff.GoogleEarth See also *List of glaciers in Europe *List of glaciers in Russia Further readin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordenskiöld Bay, Novaya Zemlya
Nordenskiöld Bay (russian: Залив Норденшельда) or Nordenskiöld Fjord is a fjord on the Barents Sea coast of Severny Island in Novaya Zemlya, Russia. The fjord is named after Arctic explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. Geography The fjord opens to the northwest in the western coast of the island between Cape Maslennikov in the west and Cape Cherny in the north. It narrows about from its mouth, bending in a west/east direction. Three glaciers converge at the head of the fjord, discharging from the Severny Island ice cap and covering the inner fjord with ice. Mount Kruzenshtern is located near the fjord. See also *List of fjords of Russia This is a list of the most important fjords of the Russian Federation. Fjords In spite of the vastness of the Arctic coastlines of the Russian Federation there are relatively few fjords in Russia. Fjords are circumscribed to certain areas only; ... References Novaya Zemlya Fjords of Russia {{Russia-fjord-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordenskiold Glacier, West Greenland
Nordenskiold Glacier ( da, Nordenskiöld Gletscher), is a large glacier in Qeqertalik Municipality, on the Western coast of Greenland. Geography This glacier has its terminus south of Disko Bay and north of Arfersiorfik Fjord. It drains the Greenland ice sheet ( kl, Sermersuaq) westwards into the Tasiusarsuaq. See also *List of glaciers in Greenland This is a list of glaciers in Greenland. Details on the size and flow of some of the major Greenlandic glaciers are listed by Eric Rignot and Pannir Kanagaratnam (2006) Ice sheets and caps *Greenland Ice Sheet * Christian Erichsen Ice Cap * Fla ... References Glaciers of Greenland {{arctic-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordenskiold Glacier, East Greenland
Akuliarutsip Sermerssua, also known as Nordenskiöld Glacier, ( da, Nordenskiöld Gletscher), is a large glacier located on the east coast of Greenland. Geography This glacier flows into the head of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, just west of the mouth of Kjerulf Fjord, and marks the southern limit of Fraenkel Land and the northern of Goodenoughland. Petermann Peak, one of the highest mountains in Greenland, and the highest in the area, rises to a height of on a nunatak rising right by the northern side of the fjord. (PDF; 3,4 MB) von Nordostgrönland im Maßstab 1:1.000.000, De Nationale Geologiske Undersøgelser for Danmark og Grønland (GEUS) The Nordenskiöld Glacier flows roughly in a WSW/ENE direction, draining an area of of the |
