Prince Gustav Ice Shelf (coord|64|15|S|58|30|W|) is an
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Prince Gustav Channel — The Prince Gustav Channel (coord|63|50|S|58|15|W) was named in 1903 after Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden (later King Gustav V) by Otto Nordenskiöld of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition.The channel is bounded on the west by the Antarctic Peninsula… … Wikipedia
Ice shelf — An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland and Canada only. The boundary between the floating ice… … Wikipedia
Polar ice cap — A polar ice cap is a high latitude region of a planet or moon that is covered in ice. There are no requirements with respect to size or composition for a body of ice to be termed a polar ice cap, nor any geological requirement for it to be over… … Wikipedia
Cape Longing — (coord|64|33|S|58|50|W|) is a rocky cape on the east coast of Graham Land, forming the south end of a large ice covered promontory which marks the west side of the south entrance to Prince Gustav Channel. It was discovered by the Swedish… … Wikipedia
Norway — /nawr way/, n. Norwegian, Norge. a kingdom in N Europe, in the W part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 4,404,456; 124,555 sq. mi. (322,597 sq. km). Cap.: Oslo. * * * Norway Introduction Norway Background: Despite its neutrality, Norway was not able … Universalium
Climate of Antarctica — Surface temperature of Antarctica in winter and summer The climate of Antarctica is the coldest on the whole of Earth. Antarctica has the lowest naturally occurring temperature ever recorded on the ground on Earth: −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F)… … Wikipedia
November 1911 — January February March April May June July August September October November December November 9, 1911:Kentucky monument to Lincoln s birthplace dedicated … Wikipedia
Barents Sea — Location of the Barents Sea The Barents Sea (Norwegian: Barentshavet, Russian: Баренцево море or Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean,[1] … Wikipedia
North Sea — For other uses, see North Sea (disambiguation). North Sea Location Atlantic Ocean Coordinates … Wikipedia
Norwegian Sea — The Vestfjord with the mountains of the Lofoten archipelago seen from Løvøy Island in Steigen. Vågakaillen (942 m) is the taller of the two peaks in the centre of the image … Wikipedia
