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 meters above the surrounding ice shelf. An ice rise forms where the ice shelf touches the rocky seabed because of an… … Wikipedia
Antarctic Peninsula — map. Location o … Wikipedia
Beethoven Peninsula — The Beethoven Peninsula is deeply indented, ice covered peninsula, 60 miles long in a northeast southwest direction and 60 miles wide at its broadest part, forming the southwest part of Alexander Island, which lies off the southwestern portion of … Wikipedia
Weber Inlet — (coord|71|56|S|73|28|W|) is a broad ice filled inlet, which indents the south part of Beethoven Peninsula, southwest of Bennett Dome, forming the northwest arm of Bach Ice Shelf in Alexander Island. It was first mapped from air photos taken by… … Wikipedia
Shostakovich Peninsula — (coord|72|11|S|71|20|W|) is an ice covered cove lying north of Stravinsky Inlet and extending into Bach Ice Shelf in southern Alexander Island. Mapped by Directorate of Overseas Surveys from satellite imagery supplied by U.S. National Aeronautics … Wikipedia
Monteverdi Peninsula — (72°30′S 72°0′W / 72.5°S 72°W / 72.5; 72) is a large ice covered peninsula between Bach Ice Shelf and George VI Sound, forming the southernmost part of … Wikipedia
environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… … Universalium
Calendar of 1998 — ▪ 1999 January January 1 At the stroke of the new year, the Russian ruble is worth a thousand times less than before as three zeros are removed from its value; about six new rubles equal one U.S. dollar. Foreign Minister David Levy… … Universalium
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
