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Porthos Range
The Porthos Range is the second range south in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica, extending for about 30 miles in an east-to-west direction between Scylla Glacier and Charybdis Glacier. First visited in December 1956 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) southern party under W.G. Bewsher (1956-57) and named after Porthos, a character in Alexandre Dumas, père's novel ''The Three Musketeers'', the most popular book read on the southern journey. Features * Charybdis Glacier * Corry Massif () is a large massif marked by an unusual moraine pattern on the north side, standing west-northwest of Crohn Massif. It was mapped from ANARE surveys and air photos, 1955–65, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA)(ANCA) for M.J. Corry, a surveyor at Mawson Station in 1965. * Crohn Massif () is a large, domed massif in Antarctica, west of Mount Kirkby. It was sighted by the ANARE southern party and named for Peter W. Crohn, a geologis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Charles Mountains
The Prince Charles Mountains are a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica, including the Athos Range, the Porthos Range, and the Aramis Range. The highest peak is Mount Menzies, with a height of . Other prominent peaks are Mount Izabelle and Mount Stinear (). These mountains, together with other scattered peaks, form an arc about long, extending from the vicinity of Mount Starlight in the north to Goodspeed Nunataks in the south. These mountains were first observed and photographed from a distance by airmen of USN Operation Highjump, 1946–47. They were examined by several ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) parties and mapped in the years 1954–61. They have been found to contain large deposits of iron ore. They were named by ANCA in 1956 for King Charles III, then Prince Charles and heir to the throne, son of the late Queen Elizabeth II. List of key mountains * Mount Afflick () is a ridge-like mountain about west of Moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bennett Escarpment
The Prince Charles Mountains are a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica, including the Athos Range, the Porthos Range, and the Aramis Range. The highest peak is Mount Menzies, with a height of . Other prominent peaks are Mount Izabelle and Mount Stinear (). These mountains, together with other scattered peaks, form an arc about long, extending from the vicinity of Mount Starlight in the north to Goodspeed Nunataks in the south. These mountains were first observed and photographed from a distance by airmen of USN Operation Highjump, 1946–47. They were examined by several ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) parties and mapped in the years 1954–61. They have been found to contain large deposits of iron ore. They were named by ANCA in 1956 for King Charles III, then Prince Charles and heir to the throne, son of the late Queen Elizabeth II. List of key mountains * Mount Afflick () is a ridge-like mountain about west of Moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macquarie Island
Macquarie Island is an island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica. Regionally part of Oceania and politically a part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1900, it became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978 and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. It was a part of Esperance Municipality until 1993, when the municipality was merged with other municipalities to form Huon Valley Council. The island is home to the entire royal penguin population during their annual nesting season. Ecologically, the island is part of the Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra ecoregion. Since 1948, the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) has maintained a permanent base, the Macquarie Island Station, on the isthmus at the northern end of the island at the foot of Wireless Hill. The population of the base, constituting the island's only human inhabitants, usually varies from 20 to 40 people over the year. A heliport is located nearby. In Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount McCarthy (Prince Charles Mountains)
The Porthos Range is the second range south in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica, extending for about 30 miles in an east-to-west direction between Scylla Glacier and Charybdis Glacier. First visited in December 1956 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) southern party under W.G. Bewsher (1956-57) and named after Porthos, a character in Alexandre Dumas, père's novel ''The Three Musketeers'', the most popular book read on the southern journey. Features * Charybdis Glacier * Corry Massif () is a large massif marked by an unusual moraine pattern on the north side, standing west-northwest of Crohn Massif. It was mapped from ANARE surveys and air photos, 1955–65, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA)(ANCA) for M.J. Corry, a surveyor at Mawson Station in 1965. * Crohn Massif () is a large, domed massif in Antarctica, west of Mount Kirkby. It was sighted by the ANARE southern party and named for Peter W. Crohn, a geolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summit (topography)
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for a mountain peak that is located at some distance from the nearest point of higher elevation. For example, a big, massive rock next to the main summit of a mountain is not considered a summit. Summits near a higher peak, with some prominence or isolation, but not reaching a certain cutoff value for the quantities, are often considered ''subsummits'' (or ''subpeaks'') of the higher peak, and are considered part of the same mountain. A pyramidal peak is an exaggerated form produced by ice erosion of a mountain top. Summit may also refer to the highest point along a line, trail, or route. The highest summit in the world is Mount Everest with a height of above sea level. The first official ascent was made by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarctic Flight RAAF
The Antarctic Flight was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft flight. It operated from RAAF Base Laverton and Mawson Station. The flight was responsible for expeditions and rescue missions in Antarctica. Two ski fitted RAAF Auster AOP.6 (A11-200 & A11-201) were based at Mawson Station from 1952. On 5 March 1954, A11-200 was lost over the side of a ship. Later the flight included two DHC-2 Beavers and one Dakota aircraft. After 1963, the RAAF planes were withdrawn. Following this time RAAF aircraft have continued to operate infrequently in support of activities in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. These have included a number of flights using C-130 Hercules in the 1970s and 1980s into McMurdo Sound and more recently C-17 Globemasters to Wilkins Aerodrome near Casey Station Casey Station, commonly called Casey, is one of three permanent stations and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Casey lies on the northern sid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Australian Air Force
"Through Adversity to the Stars" , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = RAAF Anniversary Commemoration – 31 March , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = * Second World War * Berlin Airlift * Korean War * Malayan Emergency * Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation * Vietnam War * Operation Astute, East Timor * War in Afghanistan (2001–present), War in Afghanistan * Iraq War * American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present), Military intervention against ISIL , decorations = , battle_honours = , battle_honours_label = , flying_hours = , website = , commander1 = Governor-General of Australia, Governor-General David Hurley as representative of Charles III as Monarchy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney L
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Creighton
The Porthos Range is the second range south in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica, extending for about 30 miles in an east-to-west direction between Scylla Glacier and Charybdis Glacier. First visited in December 1956 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) southern party under W.G. Bewsher (1956-57) and named after Porthos, a character in Alexandre Dumas, père's novel ''The Three Musketeers'', the most popular book read on the southern journey. Features * Charybdis Glacier * Corry Massif () is a large massif marked by an unusual moraine pattern on the north side, standing west-northwest of Crohn Massif. It was mapped from ANARE surveys and air photos, 1955–65, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA)(ANCA) for M.J. Corry, a surveyor at Mawson Station in 1965. * Crohn Massif () is a large, domed massif in Antarctica, west of Mount Kirkby. It was sighted by the ANARE southern party and named for Peter W. Crohn, a geolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Kirkby
The Porthos Range is the second range south in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica, extending for about 30 miles in an east-to-west direction between Scylla Glacier and Charybdis Glacier. First visited in December 1956 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) southern party under W.G. Bewsher (1956-57) and named after Porthos, a character in Alexandre Dumas, père's novel ''The Three Musketeers'', the most popular book read on the southern journey. Features * Charybdis Glacier * Corry Massif () is a large massif marked by an unusual moraine pattern on the north side, standing west-northwest of Crohn Massif. It was mapped from ANARE surveys and air photos, 1955–65, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA)(ANCA) for M.J. Corry, a surveyor at Mawson Station in 1965. * Crohn Massif () is a large, domed massif in Antarctica, west of Mount Kirkby. It was sighted by the ANARE southern party and named for Peter W. Crohn, a geolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Tarr
The Porthos Range is the second range south in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica, extending for about 30 miles in an east-to-west direction between Scylla Glacier and Charybdis Glacier. First visited in December 1956 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) southern party under W.G. Bewsher (1956-57) and named after Porthos, a character in Alexandre Dumas, père's novel ''The Three Musketeers'', the most popular book read on the southern journey. Features * Charybdis Glacier * Corry Massif () is a large massif marked by an unusual moraine pattern on the north side, standing west-northwest of Crohn Massif. It was mapped from ANARE surveys and air photos, 1955–65, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA)(ANCA) for M.J. Corry, a surveyor at Mawson Station in 1965. * Crohn Massif () is a large, domed massif in Antarctica, west of Mount Kirkby. It was sighted by the ANARE southern party and named for Peter W. Crohn, a geolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Massif
The Porthos Range is the second range south in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica, extending for about 30 miles in an east-to-west direction between Scylla Glacier and Charybdis Glacier. First visited in December 1956 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) southern party under W.G. Bewsher (1956-57) and named after Porthos, a character in Alexandre Dumas, père's novel ''The Three Musketeers'', the most popular book read on the southern journey. Features * Charybdis Glacier * Corry Massif () is a large massif marked by an unusual moraine pattern on the north side, standing west-northwest of Crohn Massif. It was mapped from ANARE surveys and air photos, 1955–65, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA)(ANCA) for M.J. Corry, a surveyor at Mawson Station in 1965. * Crohn Massif () is a large, domed massif in Antarctica, west of Mount Kirkby. It was sighted by the ANARE southern party and named for Peter W. Crohn, a geolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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