Farthest South refers to the most southerly latitude reached by explorers before the first successful expedition to the South Pole in 1911. Significant... 54 KB (6,123 words) - 19:40, 24 March 2024 |
Farthest North describes the most northerly latitude reached by explorers, before the first successful expedition to the North Pole rendered the expression... 9 KB (1,083 words) - 12:11, 3 March 2024 |
Pole of inaccessibility (redirect from Farthest point inland) the Arctic pole, is located on the Arctic Ocean pack ice at a distance farthest from any landmass. The original position was wrongly believed to lie at... 41 KB (4,058 words) - 02:10, 31 March 2024 |
southern Albania in Southeastern Europe), and can extend west to Italy's farthest south-eastern coasts. Jordan is climatically and economically part of the... 8 KB (638 words) - 16:43, 6 April 2024 |
The Farthest Shore is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, first published by Atheneum in 1972. It is the third book in the series... 12 KB (1,580 words) - 13:47, 5 March 2024 |
List of Antarctic expeditions (redirect from South pole expedition) 1773 and December 1773. On 30 January 1774 he reaches 71° 10′ S, his Farthest South, coming within about 120 kilometres (75 mi) of the Antarctic mainland... 55 KB (6,284 words) - 04:02, 29 April 2024 |
Ernest Shackleton (category South Pole) established a new record Farthest South latitude of 88°23′ S, only 97 geographical miles (112 statute miles or 180 kilometres) from the South Pole, the largest... 111 KB (11,760 words) - 12:21, 9 April 2024 |
Antarctica (redirect from South frigid zone) entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica... 138 KB (14,955 words) - 13:50, 22 April 2024 |
was his farthest south. A determined effort on the part of the French naval officer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier to discover the "South Land"... 110 KB (11,853 words) - 16:33, 1 April 2024 |
U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and California, and then Mexico farthest south. The region consists of one long continuous mountain range formed over... 1 KB (115 words) - 08:30, 18 August 2023 |
Southern Ocean (redirect from South polar ocean) was his farthest south. A determined effort on the part of the French naval officer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier to discover the "South Land"... 114 KB (14,809 words) - 19:30, 27 April 2024 |
Nimrod Expedition (category South Pole) was to be first to reach the South Pole. This was not attained, but the expedition's southern march reached a Farthest South latitude of 88° 23' S, just... 52 KB (6,842 words) - 10:18, 24 April 2024 |
The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole of the Earth. It is the southernmost point under... 66 KB (6,197 words) - 01:45, 22 April 2024 |
Discovery Expedition (category South Pole) route) on which the South Pole is located. The expedition tried to reach the South Pole travelling as far as the Farthest South mark at a reported 82°17′S... 53 KB (6,850 words) - 04:17, 29 April 2024 |
East longitude. Farthest north point: 42° 37' 58,88" North latitude. Farthest south point: 42° 18' 0,07" North latitude. Highest point: Comaloformo (3030... 6 KB (233 words) - 18:34, 5 February 2024 |
had reached 87° S. On 8 December the Norwegians passed Shackleton's Farthest South record of 88° 23′. As they neared the pole, they looked for any break... 75 KB (10,138 words) - 22:30, 26 April 2024 |
Coelacanth (category Marine fish of South Africa) of Umzumbe on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, 325 km (202 mi) south of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. This is the farthest south since the original... 73 KB (6,359 words) - 11:44, 23 April 2024 |
hull developed slow leaks. After ten days, Nautilus reached 82°N, the farthest north any vessel had reached under its own power, and preparations began... 11 KB (1,206 words) - 11:59, 22 April 2024 |
and historic message, "Underway on nuclear power." On 10 May, she headed south for shakedown. Submerged throughout, she traveled 1,100 nmi (2,000 km; 1... 35 KB (3,405 words) - 03:32, 20 April 2024 |
Terra Nova Expedition (redirect from Scott’s South Pole Expedition) party; on the Discovery Expedition he had accompanied Scott on the Farthest South march to 80°S. As well as being a qualified medical doctor and a distinguished... 67 KB (9,126 words) - 19:27, 2 March 2024 |