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830:(REMA) gives ice surface measurements of most of the continent. When a feature is ice-covered, the ice surface will differ from the underlying rock surface and will change over time. To see ice surface contours and elevation of a feature as of the last REMA update,
512:, Woodbury Glacier and Montgolfier Glacier, linked by a saddle to Forbidden Plateau to the southeast. Situated 4.65 kilometres (2.89 mi) southeast of The Downfall, and 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) south of Bacho Kiro Peak. Named after
374:. Surmounts Rozier Glacier to the northeast, Montgolfier Glacier to the sputhwest, and Wilhelmina Bay and its southwesterly part Piccard Cove to the northwest where the ridge ends in Sophie Cliff. Named after the Thracian god Balis.
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600:. A point on the east side of Arctowski Peninsula. The point stands between the entrances of Beaupré Cove and Piccard Cove in Wilhelmina Bay. Named after James D. O'Neal, cartographer, Special Maps Branch,
332:. Conspicuous granite cliff at the east side of the entrance to Piccard Cove, Wilhelmina Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted and named by the BelgAE under Gerlache in 1898.
558:. Glacier just west of Montgolfier Glacier, flowing into Piccard Cove. Mapped by the FIDS from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for
466:, 5.55 kilometres (3.45 mi) south-southwest of Sophie Cliff, and 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) north of Mechit Buttress. Named after the Bulgarian enlightener and revolutionary
462:. A rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 1,419 metres (4,656 ft) high between Woodbury Glacier and Montgolfier Glacier. Situated 4.35 kilometres (2.70 mi) east of
424:, Joseph M. Montgolfier (1740-1810) and his brother Etienne J. Montgolfier (1745–99), French papermakers, inventors of the hot-air balloon, 1782–83, and pioneer balloonists.
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850:Find "Hillshade" and click on that
869:Find "Identify" and click on that
809:from websites or documents of the
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223:UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
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985:Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
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858:Find "Contour" and click on that
786:Geographic Names of the Antarctic
245:Copernix annotated satellite view
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