Toboggan Gap ( 72°16′S166°3′E / 72.267°S 166.050°E Coordinates: 72°16′S166°3′E / 72.267°S 166.050°E ) is a pass through the Millen Range just north of Turret Peak, offering good sledging from the polar plateau to the Pearl Harbor Glacier Névé. Named by the Southern Party of New Zealand Federated Mountain Clubs Antarctic Expedition (NZFMCAE), 1962–63.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Toboggan Gap". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
The Japanese destroyer Hayate was one of nine Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). During the Pacific War, she was sunk by American coast-defense guns during the Battle of Wake Island in December 1941, the first Japanese warship to be lost during the war. Only a single man of her crew was rescued.
The Prince Charles Mountains are a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica, including the Athos Range, the Porthos Range, and the Aramis Range. The highest peak is Mount Menzies, with a height of 3,228 m (10,591 ft). Other prominent peaks are Mount Izabelle and Mount Stinear. These mountains, together with other scattered peaks, form an arc about 420 km (260 mi) long, extending from the vicinity of Mount Starlight in the north to Goodspeed Nunataks in the south.
Cape Flying Fish is an ice-covered cape which forms the western extremity of Thurston Island. It was discovered by Richard E. Byrd and members of the US Antarctic Program in a flight from the USS Bear in February 1940. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for the United States Exploring Expedition ship USS Flying Fish, commanded by William M. Walker, which reached a point within 125 miles of this cape; the ship's position on the morning of March 23, 1839, was 70°0′S100°16′W.
Shell Glacier is a western lobe of the Mount Bird icecap. It descends steeply in the valley north of Trachyte Hill and Harrison Bluff in the center of the ice-free area on the lower western slopes of Mount Bird, Ross Island. Mapped and so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958–59, because of the marine shell content of the moraines.
Turret Peak is a prominent rock peak, 2,790 m, standing 7 miles northwest of Crosscut Peak in Millen Range. The peak is topped with a 10 m vertical spire, or tower, which is an excellent landmark. Turret Ridge extends northeast from the peak. Named for its distinctive appearance by the Southern party of NZFMCAE, 1962–63.
Meander Glacier is a large meandering tributary to Mariner Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The glacier emerges in the vicinity of Mount Supernal and Hobbie Ridge and drains generally eastward for 30 nautical miles (56 km) through the Mountaineer Range to join Mariner Glacier just east of Engberg Bluff. The descriptive name was given by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1962–63.
Gair Glacier is a tributary glacier, 10 nautical miles long, rising close southeast of Mount Supernal in the Mountaineer Range and flowing east-northeast to enter Mariner Glacier just north of Bunker Bluff in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) 1962–63, for geologist H.S. Gair, leader that season of the NZGSAE northern field party.
Karangi is a town located 10 minutes west of Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Karangi had a population of 850 people. The town's name is derived from a local Gumbaynggirr word Garraanggi meaning mad or insane.
Itanagra is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.
Varpe is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia.
Chocolate Nunatak is an isolated nunatak of reddish-brown color at the east side of the head of Mariner Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) west-southwest of Mount McCarthy, Barker Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Cinder Hill is a prominent dissected volcano, 305 metres (1,000 ft) high, consisting of layers of red basalt scoria and cinders and abundant olivine nodules, standing between Harrison Stream and Wilson Stream on the ice-free lower west slopes of Mount Bird, Ross Island. It was mapped and descriptively named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59.
New Year Peak is the major peak on the northwest side of Toboggan Gap in the Millen Range, Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. The name was suggested by Bradley Field, geologist, New Zealand Geological Survey, whose field party camped below the peak during the New Year period, 1981–82.
Myers Glacier is a valley glacier about 7 nautical miles long, flowing southwest from Mount Noxon on Thurston Island to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Dale P. Myers, U.S. Navy, helicopter pilot aboard USS Burton Island who made exploratory flights to Thurston Island in February 1960.
Müller Glacier is a tributary glacier, flowing northeast from Millen Range to enter Pearl Harbor Glacier close northwest of Mount Pearson. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Dietland Müller-Schwarze, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at Hallett Station (1964–65), Cape Crozier, and Palmer Archipelago (1971–72). His wife, Christine Müller-Schwarze, joined him as a member of the biology research parties in the last three summer seasons.
Stuckless Glacier is a broad glacier in the southwest part of Black Island, Ross Archipelago. If flows southwest between Rowe Nunataks and Cape Beck to Moraine Strait, McMurdo Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after John S. Stuckless, Department of Geology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, who, in several seasons from 1972–73, investigated the geochemistry of McMurdo volcanic rocks, correlating samples from several Ross Island sites with DVDP core samples obtained in McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Cape Dubouzet is a cape that marks the northeastern extremity of Trinity Peninsula and the Antarctic Peninsula. It is situated 7.7 miles (12 km) north by west of Sheppard Point, 1.15 miles (2 km) northeast of Vishegrad Knoll, 9 miles (14 km) east-southeast of Prime Head, 6.7 miles (11 km) east-southeast of Siffrey Point, and 11.3 miles (18 km) west-southwest of Archibald Point, Bransfield Island.
Harrison Stream is a small stream flowing west between Trachyte Hill and Cinder Hill to the north end of Romanes Beach on Ross Island, Antarctica. It was mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59, and named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for J. Harrison, mountaineer-assistant with the expedition.
Roaring Valley is a moraine-filled valley on the north side of Mount Dromedary, formerly occupied by the coalescing glaciers that descend northeast and north from Mount Kempe and Mount Dromedary. The New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1960-61 named this feature after they experienced strong winds at most campsites in the area—but none as violent and destructive force as the winds that struck their camp at the valley mouth.