Newnes Glacier

Newnes Glacier (71°41′S 170°14′E / 71.683°S 170.233°E / -71.683; 170.233) is a glacier dropping sharply from the Adare Saddle to empty into Protection Cove at the head of Robertson Bay, Victoria Land. Charted by British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Sir George Newnes, sponsor of the expedition.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Newnes Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

This Victoria Land location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Glaciers of Victoria Land Pennell Coast Victoria Land geography stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат Newnes Baronets Newnes glow worm tunnel Look at other dictionaries: Nameless Glacier — (71°38′S 170°18′E / 71.633°S 170.3°E / 71.633; 170.3) is a glacier that descends westward from Adare Peninsula and discharges into Protection Cove, Robe …   Wikipedia Aviator Glacier — is major valley glacier, over 60 mi long and 5 mi wide, descending generally southward from the plateau of Victoria Land along the west side of Mountaineer Range, and entering Lady Newnes Bay between Cape Sibbald and Hayes Head where it forms the …   Wikipedia Mariner Glacier — is a major glacier over 100 km (62 mi) long, descending southeast from the plateau of Victoria Land, between Mountaineer Range and Malta Plateau, and terminating at Lady Newnes Bay, Ross Sea, where it forms the floating Mariner Glacier… …   Wikipedia Oakley Glacier — (73°42′S 166°08′E / 73.7°S 166.133°E / 73.7; 166.133), is a glacier in the Mountaineer Range that descends east from Mount Casey to merge with the floating …   Wikipedia Icebreaker Glacier — (coord|73|37|S|166|10|E|type:glacier region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a large valley glacier 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Mount Monteagle that flows southeast from the Mountaineer Range to Lady Newnes Bay, Victoria Land. Below Hermes Point,… …   Wikipedia Suter Glacier — (coord|73|31|S|167|10|E|type:glacier region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a short glacier in the Mountaineer Range, Victoria Land, draining southeast into Lady Newnes Bay just south of Spatulate Ridge. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place Names… …   Wikipedia Adare Saddle — (coord|71|44|S|170|12|E|) is a saddle at about 900 m, situated at the junction of Adare Peninsula and the Admiralty Mountains, and at the junction of Newnes Glacier and Moubray Glacier which fall steeply from it. Named by the New Zealand… …   Wikipedia Carsten Borchgrevink — Infobox person name = Carsten Egeborg Borchgrevink image size = 200px name = Carsten Egeborg Borchgrevink birth date = birth date|1864|12|1 birth place = Oslo, Norway death date = death date and age|1934|4|21|1864|12|1 death place = Oslo, Norway… …   Wikipedia Carsten Borchgrevink — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Borchgrevink. Carsten Borchgrevink …   Wikipédia en Français Age heroique de l'exploration dans l'Antarctique — Âge héroïque de l exploration en Antarctique Le paroxysme de l âge héroïque de l exploration en Antarctique : le norvégien Roald Amundsen atteint le pôle Sud en 1911 (expédition Amundsen). L âge héroïque de l exploration en Antarctique (1895 …   Wikipédia en Français 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”