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Wallabies Nunataks
Wallabies Nunataks () is a large group of nunataks near the polar plateau, lying 10 nautical miles (18 km) northeast of All-Blacks Nunataks at the east side of the Byrd Neve. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960–61) for the Australian national rugby team. Mount Stent Mount Stent is mountain at the southern extreme of the Wallabies Nunataks, west of the Churchill Mountains. It was named in honor of N. E. Stent, a member of the 1961 Cape Hallett winter-over team, working as a technician on the geomagnetic ... lies at the southern extreme of the nunataks. See also * Mount Exley, a mountain at 1,980 metres (6,500 ft) in the Wallabies Nunataks * Woodgyer Peak References Nunataks of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') 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. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. When rounded by glacial action, smaller rock promontories may be referred to as rognons. The word is of Greenlandic origin and has been used in English since the 1870s. Description The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present and the nunataks protrude above the sheet.J. J. Zeeberg, ''Climate and Glacial History of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian Arctic''. pp. 82–84 Nunataks present readily identifiable landmark reference points in glaciers or ice caps and are often named. While some nunataks are isolated, sometimes they form dense clusters, such as Queen Louise Land in Greenland. Nunataks are generally angular and jagged, which hampers the formation of glacial ice on their tops, although snow can a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Blacks Nunataks
All-Blacks Nunataks () is a group of conspicuous nunataks lying midway between Wallabies Nunataks and Wilhoite Nunataks at the southeast margin of the Byrd Névé in Antarctica. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960–61) for the well known New Zealand national rugby union team. Features * Alexander Cone * Bledisloe Glacier * Geddes Crag Geddes Crag () is a crag immediately south of the All-Blacks Nunataks, northwest of Rutland Nunatak, in Antarctica. It was named in honor of Dave Geddes, who was involved in operational work for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Researc ... * MacFarlane Bluff * Mount Mace * Mount Waterhouse * Skellerup Glacier * Woodgate Crest References * Nunataks of Oates Land Glaciology {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byrd Neve
The Byrd Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide, draining an extensive area of the polar plateau and flowing eastward between the Britannia Range and Churchill Mountains to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet. Its valley below the glacier used to be recognised as one of the lowest points not to be covered by water on Earth (assuming ice doesn't count as water), reaching below sea level. It was named by the NZ-APC after Rear Admiral Byrd, US Navy Antarctic explorer. On the south side of Byrd Glacier is Blake Massif. See also * Glaciology * Ice stream * List of Antarctic ice streams * List of glaciers in the Antarctic * List of places in Antarctica below sea level ** Denman Glacier Denman Glacier is a glacier wide, descending north some , which debouches into the Shackleton Ice Shelf east of David Island, Queen Mary Land. It was discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition ... Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957–1958 expedition The 1957–1958 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier. Other features named include: * Carter Ridge * Felsite Island * Halfway Nunatak * Hedgehog Island * Moraine Ridge 1958–1959 expedition * Cadwalader Beach * Cape Hodgson * Carter Ridge * Isolation Point * Mountaineer Range * Mount Aurora * Mount Hayward * Mount Henderson (White Island) * Mount Bird. 1960–1961 expedition * Deverall Island * Lonewolf Nunataks 1961–1962 expedition * Aurora Heights * The Boil * Ford Spur * Graphite Peak * Half Century Nunatak * Half Dome Nunatak * Hump Passage * Last Cache Nunatak * Lookout Dome * Montgomerie Glacier * Mount Fyfe * Mount Macdonald * Snowshoe Pass * Turret Nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Stent
Mount Stent is mountain at the southern extreme of the Wallabies Nunataks, west of the Churchill Mountains. It was named in honor of N. E. Stent, a member of the 1961 Cape Hallett winter-over team, working as a technician on the geomagnetic Earth's magnetic field, also known as the geomagnetic field, is the magnetic field that extends from Earth's interior out into space, where it interacts with the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emanating from the Sun. The magnetic fi ... project. References Mountains of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Exley
Wallabies Nunataks () is a large group of nunataks near the polar plateau, lying 10 nautical miles (18 km) northeast of All-Blacks Nunataks at the east side of the Byrd Neve. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960–61) for the Australian national rugby team. Mount Stent Mount Stent is mountain at the southern extreme of the Wallabies Nunataks, west of the Churchill Mountains. It was named in honor of N. E. Stent, a member of the 1961 Cape Hallett winter-over team, working as a technician on the geomagnetic ... lies at the southern extreme of the nunataks. See also * Mount Exley, a mountain at 1,980 metres (6,500 ft) in the Wallabies Nunataks * Woodgyer Peak References Nunataks of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodgyer Peak
Wallabies Nunataks () is a large group of nunataks near the polar plateau, lying 10 nautical miles (18 km) northeast of All-Blacks Nunataks at the east side of the Byrd Neve. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960–61) for the Australian national rugby team. Mount Stent lies at the southern extreme of the nunataks. See also *Mount Exley Wallabies Nunataks () is a large group of nunataks near the polar plateau, lying 10 nautical miles (18 km) northeast of All-Blacks Nunataks at the east side of the Byrd Neve. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition ..., a mountain at 1,980 metres (6,500 ft) in the Wallabies Nunataks * Woodgyer Peak References Nunataks of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
