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Richardson Hill
The Darwin Mountains is a group of mountains between the Darwin and Hatherton glaciers in Antarctica. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Major Leonard Darwin, at that time Honorary Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. Features * Access Slope * Colosseum Ridge * Communication Heights * Conant Valley * Corell Cirque * Darwin Glacier * Darwin Névé * Duncan Bluff * Exodus Glacier * Exodus Valley * Friedmann Peak * Grant Valley * Green Glacier * Hale Valley * Harvey Cirque * Haskell Ridge * Hatherton Glacier * Island Arena * Junction Spur * Kennett Ridge * Lindstrom Ridge * Mason Nunatak * McKay Valley * Meteorite Hills * Midnight Plateau * Misthound Cirque * Mount Ash * Mount Ellis * Muchmore Valley * Overturn Glacier * Polarmail Ledge * Prebble Icefalls * Richardson Hill * Scheuermann Spur * Score Ridge * Skilton Ledge * Smith Heights Smith Heights () is the highest part of the jumble of peaks between Kenne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain
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 (topography), 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 Monadnock, isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges. Mountain formation, Mountains are formed through Tectonic plate, 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 Slump (geology), slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers. High elevations on mountains produce Alpine climate, colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the Montane ecosystems, ecosys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Valley
Grant Valley () is a valley between the Communication Heights and Mount Ash in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. A lobe of ice from Hatherton Glacier occupies the mouth of the valley. It was named after Bettie Kathryn Grant, Information Systems Supervisor at South Pole Station South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz .... She made 11 deployments to Antarctica, 1990–2001, the last 10 to South Pole Station where she wintered, 1993. References Valleys of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misthound Cirque
Misthound Cirque () is a cirque forming a large embayment in the east side of Haskell Ridge in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. It is the type locality for the Misthound Coal measures, a formation of the Beacon Sequence of the Darwin Mountains. The cirque was so named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington. Its mission is to research "Antarctic climate history and processes, and their influence on the global clima ... of 1962–63, because of the eerie bleakness and often mist-filled floor of the cirque, which contains many peculiarly shaped boulders resembling large hounds. References Cirques of Antarctica Landforms of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Plateau
Midnight Plateau () is a prominent ice-covered plateau, over high, forming the central feature of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica. It is the only area of snow accumulation in the Darwin Mountains. The plateau was discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington. Its mission is to research " Antarctic climate history and processes, and their influence on the global clim ... of 1962–63 and so named because the feature was visited by expedition members at midnight on December 27, 1962. Further reading * Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, 'The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water'', P 298 References Plateaus of Oates Land East Antarctica {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meteorite Hills
The Meteorite Hills () are a group of hills, long, forming the western portion of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica. The hills are located between the heads of Darwin Glacier and Hatherton Glacier. The name was proposed by John O. Annexstad of the Meteorite Working Group at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, in association with field work carried out in this vicinity by the Antarctic Search for Meteorites, led by William A. Cassidy of the University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ..., during the 1978–79 season. References Further reading * Thomas H. Burbine, Asteroids', P 73 * Kevin Righter, Catherine Corrigan, Timothy McCoy, Ralph Harvey, editors, 35 Seasons of U.S. Antarctic Meteorites (1976-2010): A Pictorial Guide To The Collect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McKay Valley
McKay Valley () is the central of three largely ice-free valleys that trend east from Midnight Plateau in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. It was named after physicist Christopher P. McKay, of the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, who carried out investigations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of largely snow-free valleys in Antarctica, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound. The Dry Valleys experience extremely low humidity and surrounding mountains prevent the flow of ice from nearby ... concerning micrometeorology, thickness of ice in frozen lakes, stability of ground ice, in 15 austral summers beginning in about 1980. References Valleys of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mason Nunatak
Mason Nunatak () is a nunatak, which is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. This particular nunatuk is long at the northwest end of the Meteorite Hills and the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. Mason Nunatuk was named after Brian Harold Mason of the Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Mason examined and classified meteorites collected by United States Antarctic Program The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ... field parties directed by William A. Cassidy in seven austral summers (i.e. summers of the southern hemisphere), 1977–78 through 1983–84. References Nunataks of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindstrom Ridge
Lindstrom Ridge () is a ridge on the west side of Green Glacier in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. The ridge is long and forms the eastern end of the Meteorite Hills. It is named after Marilyn Lindstrom, curator of Antarctic meteorites at the NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ..., for many years up to 2000. References Ridges of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennett Ridge
Kennett Ridge () is a rocky ridge, long, which descends eastward from the northeast end of Midnight Plateau in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington. Its mission is to research " Antarctic climate history and processes, and their influence on the global clim ... (1962–63) and named for James P. Kennett, a geologist with the expedition. References Ridges of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junction Spur
Junction Spur () is a rocky spur marking the eastern extremity of the Darwin Mountains and the junction of Hatherton Glacier and Darwin Glacier. It was mapped and named by the Darwin Glacier party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ... (1956–58). Further reading * Magalhães, Catarina & Stevens, Mark & Cary, Stephen & Ball, Becky & C Storey, Bryan & Wall, Diana & Tü Rk, Roman & Ruprecht, Ulrike, 'At Limits of Life: Multidisciplinary Insights Reveal Environmental Constraints on Biotic Diversity in Continental Antarctica''. (2012) .PLoS ONE 7(9): e44578. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044578 References Ridges of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Arena
Island Arena () is a broad valley occupied by a lateral lobe of the Darwin Glacier, Antarctica, indenting the north side of the Darwin Mountains between Colosseum Ridge and Kennett Ridge. An islandlike nunatak, Richardson Hill, rises above the ice of the valley. The descriptive name was given by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington. Its mission is to research "Antarctic climate history and processes, and their influence on the global clima ... (1962–63). References Landforms of Oates Land Valleys of Antarctica {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haskell Ridge
Haskell Ridge () is a rocky ridge west of Colosseum Ridge in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington. Its mission is to research "Antarctic climate history and processes, and their influence on the global clima ... (1962–63) and named after T.R. Haskell, a member of the expedition. Further reading * Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, 'The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water'', P 298 References Ridges of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
