Adare Peninsula

Adare Peninsula

Adare Peninsula (coord|71|40|S|170|30|E|) is a high ice-covered cove, 40 miles (60 km) long, in the northeast part of Victoria Land, extending south from Cape Adare to Cape Roget. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Cape Adare.


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  • 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

  • Adare Seamounts — (coord|70|0|S|171|30|E|) are the seamounts in Balleny Basin named in association with Adare Peninsula and Cape Adare. Name approved 6/88 (ACUF 228) …   Wikipedia

  • Adare Trough — (coord|70|2|S|172|30|E|) is an undersea trough name proposed by Dr. Steven C. Cande, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Named in association with Adare Peninsula and Cape Adare. Name approved 9/97 (ACUF 272) …   Wikipedia

  • Cabo Adare — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda 71°17′S 170°14′E /  71.283, 170.233 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Cape Adare — is the northeastern most peninsula in Victoria Land, East Antarctica. The cape separates the Ross Sea to the east from the Southern Ocean to the west, and is backed by the high Admiralty Mountains. Cape Adare was an important landing site and… …   Wikipedia

  • Daniell Peninsula — (72°50′S 169°35′E / 72.833°S 169.583°E / 72.833; 169.583) is the large peninsula between Cape Daniell and Cape Jones on the coast of Victoria Land. It is an elongated basalt dome similar to Ada …   Wikipedia

  • Moubray Glacier — is a rather steep glacier flowing south to Moubray Bay from Adare Saddle on Adare Peninsula. It is one of the main contributors of ice to Moubray Piedmont Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957–58 …   Wikipedia

  • Chapman Snowfield — (81°30′S 157°20′E / 81.5°S 157.333°E / 81.5; 157.333) is a large snowfield lying west of the central ridge in the Churchill Mountains, bounded to the north by Elder Peak and the mass …   Wikipedia

  • Downshire Cliffs — (71°37′S 170°36′E / 71.617°S 170.6°E / 71.617; 170.6) is a line of precipitous basalt cliffs rising to 2,000 m above the Ross Sea and forming much of the east side of Adare Peni …   Wikipedia

  • Moubray Piedmont Glacier — (71°55′S 170°20′E / 71.917°S 170.333°E / 71.917; 170.333) is a piedmont glacier filling the north part of Moubray Bay, formed by the confluence of …   Wikipedia

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