Shackleton
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Shackleton may refer to:
- Avro ShackletonAvro ShackletonThe Avro Shackleton was a British long-range maritime patrol aircraft for use by the Royal Air Force. It was developed by Avro from the Avro Lincoln bomber with a new fuselage...
, a maritime patrol aircraft - Ernest ShackletonErnest ShackletonSir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE was a notable explorer from County Kildare, Ireland, who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration...
, Irish explorer best known as the leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–17 - Shackleton (musician), dubstep producer
- Shackleton (surname)Shackleton (surname)Shackleton is an English surname, and may refer to:* Ernest Shackleton , Antarctic explorer* David Shackleton , British cotton worker and trade unionist* David John Shackleton , Vice Admiral of the Royal Australian Navy...
, people with the surname Shackleton - Shackleton (crater)Shackleton (crater)Shackleton is an impact crater that lies at the south pole of the Moon. The peaks along the crater's rim are exposed to almost continual sunlight, while the interior is perpetually in shadow. The low-temperature interior of this crater functions as a cold trap that may capture and freeze volatiles...
, a crater at the south pole of the Moon - Shackleton (miniseries), a UK television miniseries on Ernest Shackleton, starring Kenneth Branagh
- RRS Ernest ShackletonRRS Ernest ShackletonRRS Ernest Shackleton is a Royal Research Ship operated by the British Antarctic Survey. She is primarily a logistics ship used for the resupply of scientific stations in the Antarctic.-History:...
, a ship used by the British Antarctic Survey - RRS ShackletonRRS ShackletonRRS Shackleton was a Royal Research Ship operating in the Antarctic from 1955 to 1992. She is now a seismic survey vessel, MV Sea Profiler.-History:...
, a similarly named ship of the British Antarctic Survey that served in the 1950s and 1960s - The ShackeltonsThe ShackeltonsThe Shackeltons are a post-punk band from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Despite the spelling, they are named after the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton....
, a Pennsylvania based rock group - Shackleton, Western AustraliaShackleton, Western AustraliaShackleton in a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The town is located close to the Salt River and along the railway line between Bruce Rock and Quairading....
- Shackleton Hall, a hall of residence at the University of Birmingham
- Shackleton's Antarctic AdventureShackleton's Antarctic AdventureShackleton's Antarctic Adventure is an IMAX film about the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton between 1914 and 1917. Directed by George Butler, the film was released in February 2001 and was narrated by Kevin Spacey...
, an IMAX film narrated by Kevin Spacey
See also
- Shackleton BarracksShackleton BarracksShackleton Barracks, Ballykelly, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, was a British Army base that was originally known as RAF Ballykelly, a Royal Air Force station which opened in 1941...
, a British Army base located near Limavady, Northern Ireland - Shackleton Fracture ZoneShackleton Fracture ZoneShackleton Fracture Zone is an undersea fracture zone and fault located on Drake Passage that separates the Scotia Plate from the Antarctic Plate...
, a geological fracture zone at Drake Passage - Shackleton GlacierShackleton GlacierShackleton Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from 8 to 16 km wide, descending from the polar plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount Speed and Waldron Spurs. The Roberts Massif...
, a major Antarctic glacier - Shackleton Ice ShelfShackleton Ice ShelfShackleton Ice Shelf is an extensive ice shelf fronting the coast of East Antarctica for about 384 km , projecting seaward about 145 km in the western portion and 64 km in the east. It occupies an area of 33,820 km². It is part of Mawson Sea and separates the Queen Mary Coast to the west from...
, an extensive ice shelf fronting the coast of Antarctica - Shackleton InletShackleton InletThe Shackleton Inlet is a reentrant, about 16 km wide, between Cape Wilson and Cape Lyttelton. It is occupied by the terminus of the Nimrod Glacier descending at a low gradient from the bordering highlands to the Ross Ice Shelf....
, a reentrant on the coast of Antarctica - Shackleton RangeShackleton RangeThe Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica. Rising to , it extends in an east-west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery glaciers....
, an Antarctic mountain range - Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, an Antarctic expedition led by Ernest Shackleton