Nordenskjöld Coast, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 22 relations: Antarctic Peninsula, Carl Anton Larsen, Climate change, Glacier, Gondwana, Graham Land, Ice cap climate, Ice sheet, Ice shelf, K–Ar dating, Larsen Ice Shelf, Mountain range, Otto Nordenskjöld, Pangaea, Panthalassa, Permafrost, Sea level, Snow Hill Island, Southern Ocean, Swedish Antarctic Expedition, Trinity Peninsula, Weddell Sea.

2. Coasts of Graham Land

Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.

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Carl Anton Larsen

Carl Anton Larsen (7 August 1860 – 8 December 1924) was a Norwegian-born whaler and Antarctic explorer who made important contributions to the exploration of Antarctica, the most significant being the first discovery of fossils for which he received the Back Grant from the Royal Geographical Society.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight.

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Gondwana

Gondwana was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent.

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Graham Land

Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.

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Ice cap climate

An ice cap climate is a polar climate where no mean monthly temperature exceeds.

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Ice sheet

In glaciology, an ice sheet, also known as a continental glacier, is a mass of glacial ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than.

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Ice shelf

An ice shelf is a large platform of glacial ice floating on the ocean, fed by one or multiple tributary glaciers.

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K–Ar dating

Potassium–argon dating, abbreviated K–Ar dating, is a radiometric dating method used in geochronology and archaeology.

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Larsen Ice Shelf

The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula from Cape Longing to Smith Peninsula.

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Mountain range

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground.

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Otto Nordenskjöld

Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (6 December 1869 – 2 June 1928) was a Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer.

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Pangaea

Pangaea or Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.

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Panthalassa

Panthalassa, also known as the Panthalassic Ocean or Panthalassan Ocean (from Greek πᾶν "all" and θάλασσα "sea"), was the vast superocean that encompassed planet Earth and surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea, the latest in a series of supercontinents in the history of Earth.

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Permafrost

Permafrost is soil or underwater sediment which continuously remains below for two years or more: the oldest permafrost had been continuously frozen for around 700,000 years.

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Sea level

Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.

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Snow Hill Island

Snow Hill Island is an almost completely snowcapped island, long and wide, lying off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Southern 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 and encircling Antarctica.

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Swedish Antarctic Expedition

The Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1903 was a scientific expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen.

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Trinity Peninsula

Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Weddell Sea

The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre.

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See also

Coasts of Graham Land

• Bowman Coast
• Danco Coast
• Davis Coast
• Fallières Coast
• Foyn Coast
• Graham Coast
• Loubet Coast
• Nordenskjöld Coast
• Oscar II Coast

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordenskjöld_Coast