Junction Knob
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Junction Knob is a descriptive name given by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) to a small but distinctive peak at the junction of Odin Glacier
and Alberich Glacier
neve areas in the Asgard Range
, Victoria Land
.
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
(NZ-APC) to a small but distinctive peak at the junction of Odin Glacier
Odin Glacier
Odin Glacier is a small glacier that drains the west slopes of Mount Odin in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in association with Mount Odin....
and Alberich Glacier
Alberich Glacier
Alberich Glacier is a small glacier that drains west from Junction Knob toward the east flank of Sykes Glacier, in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is one in a group of features in the range named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee mainly from Norse mythology. In German...
neve areas in the Asgard Range
Asgard Range
The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It dividies Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley, and was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition after Asgard, the home of the Norse gods....
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
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