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Tilav Cirque
Tilav Cirque () is a cirque on the northwest side of McLean Buttress in The Fortress (Antarctica), The Fortress of the Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2005 after Serap Z. Tilav, a US Antarctic Program field team member in support of the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) and cosmic ray, cosmic-ray studies at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station for nine field seasons between 1991 and 2005. References Landforms of Victoria Land Cirques of Antarctica {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLean Buttress
The Cruzen Range () is a mountain range that rises to in Vashka Crag and extends west to east for between Salyer Ledge and Nickell Peak in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The range is bounded to north, east, south and west by the Clare Range, Victoria Valley, Barwick Valley, and the Webb Glacier. Name The Cruzen Range was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAP) in 2005 after Rear Admiral Richard H. Cruzen, commander of Task Force 68 during the U.S. Navy Antarctic Developments Project, 1946-47 (Operation Highjump). Location The Cruzen Range was formerly the southern part of the Clare Range, to the north. It is separated from the Clare Range by Webb Cirque which holds the névé at the head of the Webb Glacier to the northwest, and Victoria Upper Névé that feeds Victoria Upper Glacier to the northeast. The two are separated by a ridge leading south from Parker Mesa to The Fortress. To the south the range is bounded b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
