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A rocky hill rising to 776 metres (2,546 ft) [4] high in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau. Situated in the west part of Zavera Snowfield, 2.73 kilometres (1.70 mi) south of Petkov Nunatak, 13.18 kilometres (8.19 mi) northwest of Mount Wild, 4.64 kilometres (2.88 mi) east-northeast of the summit of Kopito Ridge and 6.69 kilometres (4.16 mi) east-southeast of Lobosh Peak.
A prominent, pyramidal rock peak, 1,675 metres (5,495 ft) high, midway along Torbert Escarpment. Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 on the transcontinental nonstop plane flight by personnel of United States Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to Weddell Sea and return.
Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island. Etar Snowfield (Bulgarian: Ледник Етър, romanized: lednik Etar, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈɛtɐr]) is a roughly crescent-shaped snowfield on western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated west of Urdoviza, Medven and Berkovitsa Glaciers, northwest ...
Chapman Snowfield was named after William H. Chapman, topographic engineer, United States Geological Survey, leader of the 1961–62 Topo North – Topo South survey of mountains west of the Ross Sea from Cape Roget, Adare Peninsula, to Otway Massif at the head of Beardmore Glacier, a traverse totalling 1,570 miles (2,530 km).
The Sallee Snowfield was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956–66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Ralph W. Sallee, Assistant Meteorological Officer on the staff of the Commander, United States Naval Support Force, Antarctica, in 1967 and 1968.
A snow field, snowfield or neve is an accumulation of permanent snow and ice, typically found above the snow line, normally in mountainous and glacial terrain. [1] Glaciers originate in snowfields. The lower end of a glacier is usually free from snow and névé in summer.
Shotton Snowfield. The Shackleton Range is an ice-covered plateau between 1,200 and 1,600 metres (3,900 and 5,200 ft) high that rises between two large glaciers. [2] It is a rectangular horst rising above major fault zones now under the Slessor Glacier to the north and Recovery Glacier glacier to the south. [3]
Saint Mary's Glacier (or St. Marys) is a semi-permanent snowfield located in Arapaho National Forest in the U.S. state of Colorado. [2] Saint Mary's Glacier is 2.5 mi (4.0 km) southeast of James Peak , and about an hour drive northwest from Denver [ 3 ] The nearest community is the unincorporated Alice, Colorado and is accessible via a 1.6 mile ...