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Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. [1] It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after Queen Victoria. [1]
Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt forming the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula and the north-easternmost extremity of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. [ 1 ] It is the site of the first confirmed landing on the Antarctic mainland—undertaken from Antarctic in 1895—and the first base on the Antarctic mainland—established by ...
Victoria Land, Antarctica The Whitmer Peninsula ( 75°50′S 162°45′E / 75.833°S 162.750°E / -75.833; 162.750 ) is a broad ice-capped peninsula, about 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) long and wide, between Cheetham Ice Tongue and Harbord Glacier Tongue on the coast of Victoria Land , Antarctica
Map of the McMurdo Sound and the Dry Valleys Location of valleys (indicated by red dot) within the Ross Dependency Map showing the delineation of the McMurdo Valleys Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA-2) The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of largely snow-free valleys in Antarctica, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound. [1]
Topographic map of the Cape Hallett area. Cape Hallett is a snow-free area (Antarctic oasis) on the northern tip of the Hallett Peninsula on the Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Cape Adare lies 100 km (62 mi) to the north.
The Transantarctic Mountains (abbreviated TAM) comprise a mountain range of uplifted rock (primarily sedimentary) in Antarctica which extends, with some interruptions, across the continent from Cape Adare in northern Victoria Land to Coats Land. These mountains divide East Antarctica and West Antarctica. They include a number of separately ...
1:250,000 scale topographic map of Outback Nunataks showing the course of the U.S. Victoria Land Traverse party 1959–60. Region to the north Region to the east Region to the south. The terrain to the west of the nunataks is a featureless expanse of the polar plateau. [2] The Emlen Peaks of the Usarp Mountains and the Helliwell Hills are to ...
Victoria Valley) is an extensive ice-free valley, formerly occupied by a large glacier, extending from Victoria Upper Glacier to Victoria Lower Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. [1] It is one of the larger McMurdo Dry Valleys.