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Tofte Glacier
Tofte Glacier is a glacier immediately south of Sandefjord Cove on the west side of Peter I Island Peter I Island ( no, Peter I Øy) is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea, from continental Antarctica. It is claimed as a dependency of Norway and, along with Bouvet Island and Queen Maud Land, composes one of the three No .... Discovered in 1927 by a Norwegian expedition in the and named for Eyvind Tofte, leader of the expedition. References Glaciers of Antarctica Peter I Island Subantarctic glaciers {{subantarctic-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as Crevasse, crevasses and Serac, seracs, as it slowly flows and deforms under stresses induced by its weight. As it moves, it abrades rock and debris from its substrate to create landforms such as cirques, moraines, or fjords. Although a glacier may flow into a body of water, it forms only on land and is distinct from the much thinner sea ice and lake ice that form on the surface of bodies of water. On Earth, 99% of glacial ice is contained within vast ice sheets (also known as "continental glaciers") in the polar regions, but glaciers may be found in mountain ranges on every continent other than the Australian mainland, including Oceania's high-latitude oceanic island countries such as New Zealand. Between lati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandefjord Cove
Sandefjord Cove (sometimes called Sandefjord Bay) is a cove between Cape Ingrid and the terminus of Tofte Glacier on the west side of Peter I Island. A Norwegian expedition under Eyvind Tofte circumnavigated Peter I Island in the '' Odd I'' in 1927. In February 1929, the Norvegia under Nils Larsen carried out a series of investigations all around the island, landing on February 2 to hoist the Norwegian flag. The cove was named for Sandefjord, Norway, center of the Norwegian whaling industry. Framnes Head is a small rock point forming one of the headlands of the cove. dIt was charted and named by Larsen's expedition. It is steep and rugged, composed of lava and basaltic tuff. When members of the US Navy Second Antarctic Development Project landed there in 1948, they discovered a small colony of Adelie penguins Adelie or Adélie may refer to: * Adélie Land, a claimed territory on the continent of Antarctica * Adelie Land meteorite Adelie Land is a meteorite discovered on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter I Island
Peter I Island ( no, Peter I Øy) is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea, from continental Antarctica. It is claimed as a dependency of Norway and, along with Bouvet Island and Queen Maud Land, composes one of the three Norwegian dependent territories in the Antarctic and Subantarctic. The island measures approximately , with an area of ; its highest point is the ultra-prominent, Lars Christensen Peak. Nearly all the island is covered by a glacier, and it is surrounded most of the year by pack ice, making it inaccessible during these times. There is little vertebrate animal life on the island, apart from some seabirds and seals. The island was first sighted by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen on 21 January 1821 and was named for Peter I of Russia. Not until 2 February 1929 did anyone set foot on the island, when Nils Larsen and Ola Olstad's Second ''Norvegia'' Expedition, financed by Lars Christensen, was successful. They claimed it for Norway, which an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyvind Tofte
Eyvind is a masculine given name. Its variant is Eivind. Notable people with the name include: *Eyvind Alnæs (1872–1932), Norwegian composer, pianist, organist and choir director * Eyvind Andersen (1874–1939), Norwegian judge * Eyvind Bødtker (1867–1932), Norwegian chemist *Eyvind Braggart, one of Queen Gunnhild's brothers, a character in ''Egil's Saga'' * Eyvind Bratt (1907–1987), Swedish diplomat *Eyvind Brynildsen (born 1988), Norwegian rally driver *Eyvind Earle (1916–2000), American artist, author and illustrator *Eyvind Finnson, 10th-century Norwegian skald *Eyvind Getz (1888–1956), Norwegian barrister and mayor of Oslo, Norway * Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen (1922–2013), Norwegian philologist *Eyvind Hellstrøm (born 1948), chef & formerly part owner of Bagatelle restaurant, Oslo *Eyvind Johan-Svendsen (1896–1946), Danish stage and film actor *Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976), Swedish novelist and short story writer * Eyvind Kang (born 1971), composer and violist * Eyvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glaciers Of Antarctica
There are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow, rather than general bodies of ice. The lists include outlet glaciers, valley glaciers, cirque glaciers, tidewater glaciers and ice streams. Ice streams are a type of glacier and many of them have "glacier" in their name, e.g. Pine Island Glacier. Ice shelves are listed separately in the List of Antarctic ice shelves. For the purposes of these lists, the Antarctic is defined as any latitude further south than 60° (the continental limit according to the Antarctic Treaty System). List by letters * List of glaciers in the Antarctic: A–H * List of glaciers in the Antarctic: I–Z See also * List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands * List of Antarctic ice rises * List of Antarctic ice shelves * List of Antarctic ice streams * List of glaciers * List of subantarc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
