The Vee Cliffs are located between The Terror Glaciar and this location that also shares a name with a spectacular light show often found in the higher lattitudes of the Arctic and Antarctica
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Vee Cliffs The Vee Cliffs are steep, mainly ice-covered cliffs, 7 km (4 nautical miles) long, between Aurora and the Terror Glacier on the south shore of Ross Island, Antarctica.
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Aurora An aurora (plural: auroras) , sometimes referred to as a polar lights or northern lights, is a natural light display in the Earth's sky, predominantly seen in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions.
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Zasele Peak Zasele Peak (Bulgarian: "връх Заселе" , ‘Vrah Zasele’ \'vr&h za-'se-le\) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1250 m in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated between the upper courses of Polaris and Pyke Glaciers. It has precipitous and partly ice free west slopes.
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Callisto Cliffs Callisto Cliffs ( ), rising to 550 m , are two cliffs, one forming the southern margins of Jupiter Glacier, the other the eastern margin of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The feature was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, and from survey by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey, 1948–50, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee in association with Jupiter Glacier after Callisto, one of the moons of the planet Jupiter.
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Nyholmen Lighthouse Nyholmen Lighthouse (Norwegian: "Nyholmen fyr" , formerly called "Bodø fyr") is a lighthouse in the municipality of Bodø in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the extreme southwestern tip of a small island (connected to the mainland by a causeway) in the northern part of the Bodø harbor. The light sits atop a 7 m tall white, concrete tower. The light flashes white, red, or green light (depending on direction), occulting once every 6 seconds.
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Traffic Circle (Antarctica) Traffic Circle is a glacier-filled expanse 500 m high, situated south of Mount Ptolemy and medially on Antarctic Peninsula between Marguerite Bay and Mobiloil Inlet. Hub Nunatak rises from the center of the Traffic Circle. From this position, five glacial troughs radiate like the spokes of a wheel. One connects on the north with Gibbs Glacier and Neny Glacier, leading to Neny Fjord. Another connects on the west with Lammers Glacier and Windy Valley, leading to Mikkelsen Bay. A third, Cole Glacier, trends southwest along Godfrey Upland toward the Wordie Ice Shelf area. The fourth, Weyerhaeuser Glacier, trends southward toward Wakefield Highland and connects with glaciers leading westward to Wordie Ice Shelf. The fifth, Mercator Ice Piedmont, is nourished by the outflow from Weyerhaeuser, Cole and Gibbs Glaciers; it broadens as it descends eastward to the head of Mobiloil Inlet. Discovered in 1940 by members of the East Base party of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41, who used this system of troughs in traveling across the upland, hence the name Traffic Circle.
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Ice rise An ice rise is a clearly defined elevation of the otherwise totally flat ice shelf, typically dome-shaped and rising 100 to 200 metres above the surrounding ice shelf. An ice rise forms where the ice shelf touches the rocky seabed because of an elevation in the seabed that remains below sea level. (In contrast, an elevation in the seabed that extends above sea level is defined as an island). The ice shelf flows over the seabed elevation, completely covering it with ice, thereby forming an ice rise. The resulting tension forms crevasses around the ice rise.
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Vedskålen Ridge Vedskalen Ridge ( ) is a prominent rock and ice ridge on the northwest side of Mount Hochlin, in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named Vedskalen (the wooden shed).
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Grotte aux Fées (Switzerland) The Grotte aux Fées ("Cave of the Fairies") in the cliffs above Saint-Maurice, Switzerland is a natural limestone solution show cave, featuring a 77 m high underground waterfall, claimed as the world's highest waterfall in a show cave. The cave was the first show cave in Switzerland. The cave was known until the mid 19th century as the "Trou aux Fayes" or "Sheep Hole," as it was used as a sheepfold. The cave was known from Roman times, but was first publicized in 1863 as a tourist attraction, with the present name being used from 1865.
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North Solitary Island Light North Solitary Island Light is an active lighthouse on North Solitary Island, a large island off the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The light is located on the summit of the island which is on the northern section of the island.
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Vincennes Bay Vincennes Bay is a large V-shaped bay, 105 km (65 mi) wide at its entrance between Cape Nutt and Cape Folger in Antarctica, marked by several large, steep glaciers near its head, lying along Knox and Budd Coasts. It was photographed from the air by US Navy Operation Highjump in 1946-47. The bay was entered in January 1948 by US Navy Operation Windmill icebreakers Burton Island and stations in the Windmill Islands in the NE portion of the bay. Named by the US-ACAN for the sloop of war "USS Vincennes", flagship of the USEE under Wilkes, from which a series of coastal landfalls along Wilkes Land were discovered and plotted during January–February 1840. Wilkes' chart suggests a possible coastal recession corresponding closely with the longitudinal limits for Vincennes Bay, although pack ice conditions prevented close reconnaissance by the USEE of the coast in this immediate area.
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Conical Hill, Antarctica Conical Hill ( ) is a small but distinctive rock hill, 655 m high, on the southern slopes of Mount Terror, above Cape MacKay, on Ross Island. It was given this descriptive name by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Robert Falcon Scott.
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Lemaire Channel Lemaire Channel is a strait off Antarctica, between Kiev Peninsula in the mainland's Graham Land and Booth Island. Nicknamed "Kodak Gap" by some, it is one of the top tourist destinations in Antarctica; steep cliffs hem in the iceberg-filled passage, which is 11 km long and just 1,600 metres wide at its narrowest point.
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Mercator Ice Piedmont Mercator Ice Piedmont ( ) is a gently-sloping ice piedmont at the head of Mobiloil Inlet, formed by the confluence of the Gibbs, Lammers, Cole and Weyerhaeuser Glaciers in eastern Graham Land, Antarctica. The feature was first photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth in November 1935, and was plotted from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg as the lower end of a "major valley depression" along the coast. It was first seen from the ground by Finn Ronne and Carl R. Eklund of the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41, which also obtained air photos. The ice piedmont was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in December 1958, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Flemish mathematician and geographer Gerardus Mercator, the originator, in 1568, of the map projection which bears his name.
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Svetlya Peak Svetlya Peak is a peak on the Antarctic Peninsula of Antarctica. The rocky, partly ice-free peak, rising to 550 m, is at the east extremity of Poibrene Heights on Blagoevgrad Peninsula, Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It overlooks Vaughan Inlet to the northeast.
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Hamilton Cliff Hamilton Cliff ( ) is an imposing rock cliff that rises more than 600 m and forms the northeastern extremity of the Ford Massif, in the Thiel Mountains of Antarctica. The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur B. Ford, co-leaders of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Thiel Mountains party which surveyed these mountains in 1960–61, and the cliff was named for Warren B. Hamilton, USGS representative in charge of geologic studies in the McMurdo Sound dry valley area, 1958–59.
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Björnert Cliffs Björnert Cliffs ( ) are a series of ice-covered cliffs which face seaward along the northern side of McDonald Heights, Marie Byrd Land. The cliffs stand between Hanessian Foreland and Hagey Ridge and descend abruptly from about 800 m , the average summit elevation, to 400 m at the base. The feature was photographed from aircraft of the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939–41, and was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–66. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (1974) for Rolf P. Björnert of the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, who served in the capacity of Station Projects Manager for Antarctica.
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Mirabilite Pond Mirabilite Pond is an alkali pond at a high elevation in the southern part of Antarctica's Hidden Valley, west of Koettlitz Glacier. The pond is located on the northern side of the ridge that bounds the southeast part of Hidden Valley. The feature was studied by U.S. geologist Troy L. Pewe in 1957–58 whose finding of a thin film of the white salt mirabilite (Glauber's salt) around the edge of the pond suggested the name.
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Eisberg Head Eisberg Head is a headland consisting of steep cliffs marked by rocky exposures, located just west of the mouth of Vane Glacier on the coast of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica.
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Vere Ice Rise Vere Ice Rise ( ) is a small ice rise lying merged within the Wilkins Ice Shelf, lying off the west coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was roughly mapped from the air by British Antarctic Survey on a radio echo sounding flight on 1 February 1967, and later accurately positioned from U.S. Landsat imagery of February 1979. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1980 after Flight Lieutenant Robert P. Vere, RAF, the second pilot of the Twin Otter aircraft used on the British Antarctic Survey flight.
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Anare Pass Anare Pass ( ) is a broad ice-covered pass in Antarctica at 1200 m above sea level. The pass is the highest point on the glaciers that delimit the south side of the Anare Mountains, separating the latter from the Admiralty Mountains and the Concord Mountains to the south. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in association with the nearby Anare Mountains. The mountain pass is situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.
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Mount Ulla Mount Ulla ( ) (also known as Claymore Peak) is a sharp peak between Meserve and Hart Glaciers in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. The summit is a knife-edge ridge which drops away on both sides. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1958–59, after one of the Norse Vanir gods.