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Blériot Glacier
Hughes Bay () is a bay lying between Cape Sterneck and Cape Murray along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Location Hughes Bay is on the Danco Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, on the west side of Graham Land. It is west of the southern end of the Detroit Plateau and north of the Herbert Plateau. It faces Two Hummock Island to the northwest across the Gerlache Strait. Major glaciers flowing into the bay include Sikorsky Glacier, Cayley Glacier and Blériot Glacier. The Argentine Base Primavera is on a headland in the north part of the bay. Hughes Bay is wide and indents the Danco Coast by . It lies south of the Chavdar Peninsula and north of the Pefaur Peninsula. Name The name "Hughes Bay" has appeared on maps for over 100 years, and commemorates Edward Hughes, master of the ''Sprightly'', a sealing vessel owned by the London whaling company Samuel Enderby & Sons, which explored in this area in 1824–25. Exploration The first recorded landing on the Antarc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Sterneck
Chavdar Peninsula () is a wide peninsula projecting in northwest direction from Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica. Location Chavdar Peninsula lies on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is bounded by Curtiss Bay to the northeast, Hughes Bay to the southwest and Gerlache Strait to the northwest. Its west extremity Cape Sterneck separates Danco Coast to the southwest and Davis Coast to the northeast. Name Chavdar Peninsula is named for the 16th-century Bulgarian rebel leader Chavdar Voyvoda. Features Features and nearby features include: Cape Sterneck . A bold, black cliff on a projecting point of land forming the north side of the entrance to Hughes Bay. In 1898, the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache explored this area and named this cape for the German geophysicist Robert von Sterneck whose apparatus was used on the expedition. The cape is called Cape Herschel by the British, after Sir John Herschel ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huron Glacier
Huron Glacier is a } long and wide glacial flow on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, situated east of Perunika Glacier, southeast of Kaliakra Glacier, south of Struma Glacier, west-northwest of Iskar Glacier and northeast of Huntress Glacier. It is bounded by Bowles Ridge to the north, Wörner Gap to the west and the Tangra Mountains to the south, receiving ice influx from several tributary glaciers draining the mountain's northern slopes between Mount Friesland and Helmet Peak, and running east-northeastwards to empty into Moon Bay north of Yana Point. Camp Academia is situated on upper Huron Glacier, in the northwestern foothills of Zograf Peak. The glacier was named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee in 1958 after the American ship ''Huron'' (Captain John Davis) of New Haven, Connecticut, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–21 and 1821–22. Location Huron Glacier is centred at (British mapping in 1968, Bulgari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krapets Glacier
The Pefaur Peninsula (), also called Península Ventimiglia, is a peninsula which constitutes the separation between Hughes Bay, to the north, and Charlotte Bay, to the south, on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Location Pefaur Peninsula lies on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The peninsula is bounded by Hughes Bay to the northeast and Charlotte Bay to the south, and is separated from Brabant Island to the northwest by the Gerlache Strait. The Herbert Plateau is to the southeast. Murray Island (Bluff Island) is to the north. Valdivia Point stands at its northern extremity. Name Pefaur Peninsula is named for Jaime E. Pefaur, a biologist from the University of Chile, who carried out studies of edaphic mesofauna in Antarctica, aboard the AGS. '' Yelcho'' of the Chilean Navy, during the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1967-1968. Argentina calls it the ''Península Ventimiglia'' (Twenty Miles Peninsula). Glaciers Zimzelen Glacier A long and wide glacie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cayley Glacier
The Cayley Glacier () is a glacier flowing northwest into the south side of Brialmont Cove, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Location Cayley Glacier terminates on the Danco Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, on the west side of Graham Land. It flows north from the south end of the Detroit Plateau and the north end of the Herbert Plateau into Hughes Bay, which opens onto the Gerlache Strait. Baldwin Peak is a prominent feature of the east side of te glacier. It is joined from the right (east) by the Mouillard Glacier at its mouth. History Cayley Glacier was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1956–57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Sir George Cayley (1773–1857), English engineer, the "father of aeronautica," who first defined the main principles of mechanical flight, 1796–1857, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilienthal Glacier
The Cayley Glacier () is a glacier flowing northwest into the south side of Brialmont Cove, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Location Cayley Glacier terminates on the Danco Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, on the west side of Graham Land. It flows north from the south end of the Detroit Plateau and the north end of the Herbert Plateau into Hughes Bay, which opens onto the Gerlache Strait. Baldwin Peak is a prominent feature of the east side of te glacier. It is joined from the right (east) by the Mouillard Glacier at its mouth. History Cayley Glacier was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1956–57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Sir George Cayley (1773–1857), English engineer, the "father of aeronautica," who first defined the main principles of mechanical flight, 1796–1857, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouillard Glacier
Relyovo Peninsula () is a predominantly ice-covered wide peninsula projecting from Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula into Gerlache Strait south of Duarte Cove and north of Brialmont Cove. It ends in Renzo Point and Charles Point to the west. The feature is named after the settlement of Relyovo in Western Bulgaria. Location The peninsula extends into Hughes Bay, on the Gerlache Strait, which borders the Danco Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, in Graham Land. It lies to the south of the Sikorsky Glacier, which flows northwest from the Detroit Plateau into Hughes Bay. Copernix satellite image Central features Razhana Buttress . An ice-covered buttress rising to high on the west side of Detroit Plateau. Situated between tributaries to Lilienthal Glacier, Mouillard Gacier and Sikorsky Glacier, southwest of Perkos Dome. Named after the settlement of Razhana in Western Bulgaria. Zhelad Saddle . An ice-covered saddle of elevation high extending in the west foothills of Det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breguet Glacier
Sladun Peninsula () is the predominantly ice-covered wide peninsula projecting from Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula into Gerlache Strait south of Cierva Cove and north of Duarte Cove. It ends in Cierva Point and Sucia Point to the west. The feature is named after the settlement of Sladun in Southern Bulgaria. Location The peninsula extends into Hughes Bay, on the Gerlache Strait, which borders the Danco Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, in Graham Land. The Chavdar Peninsula is to the north and the Relyovo Peninsula is to the south. The Sikorsky Glacier flows past the south of the peninsula to enter Duarte Cove. The Breguet Glacier flows past the north of the peninsula to enter Cierva Cove. The Argentine Base Primavera is on the tip of the peninsula. Copernix satellite image Important Bird Area The Cierva Point and offshore islands Important Bird Area is on the northwest extremity of the peninsula. It has the same extent as Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 134 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Glacier
Chavdar Peninsula () is a wide peninsula projecting in northwest direction from Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica. Location Chavdar Peninsula lies on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is bounded by Curtiss Bay to the northeast, Hughes Bay to the southwest and Gerlache Strait to the northwest. Its west extremity Cape Sterneck separates Danco Coast to the southwest and Davis Coast to the northeast. Name Chavdar Peninsula is named for the 16th-century Bulgarian rebel leader Chavdar Voyvoda. Features Features and nearby features include: Cape Sterneck . A bold, black cliff on a projecting point of land forming the north side of the entrance to Hughes Bay. In 1898, the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache explored this area and named this cape for the German geophysicist Robert von Sterneck whose apparatus was used on the expedition. The cape is called Cape Herschel by the British, after Sir John Herschel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
