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- Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending...27 KB (3,512 words) - 02:35, 16 June 2024
- The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible...25 KB (3,608 words) - 20:08, 22 January 2024
The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the...12 KB (1,091 words) - 03:16, 23 August 2024- Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the Government on names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory...3 KB (290 words) - 02:58, 2 April 2024
peninsula. Agreement on the name "Antarctic Peninsula" by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names and UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1964 resolved...47 KB (5,535 words) - 21:56, 13 August 2024
Mount Takahe (section Named features)surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959–1966) and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Allan Gill, aurora researcher at Byrd...53 KB (5,483 words) - 10:04, 17 July 2024
metres (4,330 ft) at the north end. Named at the suggestion of P.R. Kyle, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after Werner F....14 KB (2,360 words) - 04:46, 29 May 2024
S. Navy aircraft. In 1961, the Vinson Massif was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), after Carl G. Vinson, United States congressman...17 KB (1,986 words) - 13:20, 6 September 2024
Transantarctic Mountains (redirect from Trans-Antarctic Mountains)Committee on Antarctic Names, a US authority on geographic names, in 1962. This purely descriptive label (in contrast to many other geographic names on Antarctica)...13 KB (1,326 words) - 14:37, 13 June 2024
Mount Erebus (section Discovery and naming)R. Kyle, named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after Katherine V. Cashman, United States Antarctic Research Program...40 KB (5,674 words) - 19:06, 3 September 2024
The Antarctic Convergence or Antarctic Polar Front is a marine belt encircling Antarctica, varying in latitude seasonally, where cold, northward-flowing...5 KB (537 words) - 15:00, 5 May 2024
Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (redirect from Composite Antarctic Gazetteer)Australia: Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee Bulgaria: Antarctic Place-names Commission Canada: Geographical Names Board of Canada Chile:...4 KB (308 words) - 00:48, 24 August 2024- New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency...3 KB (400 words) - 02:58, 10 March 2022
geographic names, including underseas. The BGN also deals with names of geographical features in Antarctica via its Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names. The...13 KB (1,328 words) - 03:01, 15 August 2024
The Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni), also known as the Antarctic cod, is a large, black or brown fish found in very cold (subzero) waters of...39 KB (4,839 words) - 11:57, 9 August 2024
Southern Ocean (redirect from Antarctic Ocean)The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude...114 KB (14,713 words) - 12:43, 6 September 2024- the north and Flynn Glacier to the south. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after John Carlstrom of the department of astronomy...12 KB (1,488 words) - 15:57, 1 January 2024
Territorial claims in Antarctica (redirect from Antarctic land claims)territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and study facilities within their respective claimed...47 KB (4,802 words) - 16:59, 25 June 2024
Mawson Peak (section Discovery and naming)Retrieved 23 May 2016. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mawson Peak "Antarctic Region". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 14 June...6 KB (431 words) - 02:35, 14 June 2024
Antarctic Territory (AAT) is a part of East Antarctica claimed by Australia as an external territory. It is administered by the Australian Antarctic Division...25 KB (1,971 words) - 16:41, 3 August 2024
- The Antarctic Treaty (1959) 7783The Antarctic Treaty1959 Done at Washington 1 December 1959 Entered into force 23 June 1961 The Governments of Argentina
- January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish explorer, now chiefly remembered for his Antarctic expedition of 1914–1917 in the ship Endurance. The outstanding feature
- during the second year (February 1913 − December 1913) of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under the command of explorer Douglas Mawson. His service ended