19-543: Dergach (Russian: Дергач ) may refer to: Mount Dergach in Antarctica Vladimir Dergach (born 1957), Russian football player and coach Bora-class guided missile hovercraft , named Dergach by NATO See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Dergach Derkach Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
38-584: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mount Dergach Ob' Bay ( 70°35′S 163°22′E / 70.583°S 163.367°E / -70.583; 163.367 ) is a bay lying between Lunik Point and Cape Williams in Antarctica . Lillie Glacier Tongue occupies the east part of the bay. The bay was charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958) and named after
57-704: The First Russian Antarctic Expedition , led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen on Vostok . Mirny Station was damaged by a fire on Sunday 21 June 2020. The station was opened on February 13, 1956, by the 1st Soviet Antarctic Expedition . It was originally used as main base for the Vostok Station located 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) from the coast, this function is now served by Progress Station . In summer, it hosts up to 50 people in 30 buildings, in winter about 40-50 scientists and technicians. The average temperature at
76-757: The United States Geological Survey . Mirny Station The Mirny Station ( Russian : Мирный , literally Peaceful ) is a Russian (formerly Soviet ) first Antarctic science station located in Queen Mary Land , Antarctica , on the Antarctic coast of the Davis Sea . The station is managed by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and was named after the support vessel Mirny captained by Mikhail Lazarev during
95-606: The Bowers Mountains and flowing ENE to Ob' Bay. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Pavel D. Astapenko, Soviet IGY observer, a Weather Central meteorologist at Little America V in 1958. 70°43′S 163°09′E / 70.717°S 163.150°E / -70.717; 163.150 . Glacier about 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) long located just north of Astakhov Glacier in
114-592: The Bowers Mountains. It is one of several glaciers which drain the east slopes of the Explorers Range and flow to Ob' Bay. Plotted from photographs taken by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958. Named for N.A. Chugunov, Soviet aerologist who died while taking part in this expedition. 70°45′S 163°21′E / 70.750°S 163.350°E / -70.750; 163.350 . The glacier next south of Chugunov Glacier in
133-494: The Buromskiy Island Cemetery (HSM 9), both on Buromskiy Island 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) north of the station. Mirny Station has an ice cap climate , since all months are below 0 °C (32 °F). Although, it is heavily influenced by the glacial nature of Antarctica's interior, it retains a strong maritime influence, resulting in high annual snowfall. Summers however, are sunny and dry, reflecting
152-499: The Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains. It flows northeast from Mount Hager and enters Ob' Bay just west of Platypus Ridge. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-65. Named by US-ACAN for Petr Astakhov, Soviet exchange scientist at the U.S. South Pole Station in 1967. 70°42′S 163°43′E / 70.700°S 163.717°E / -70.700; 163.717 . Large ice-covered ridge bordering
171-670: The Lillie Glacier into Ob' Bay. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, when the Terra Nova explored westward of Cape North in February 1911. Named by British Antarctic Expedition for Denis G. Lillie , biologist on the Terra Nova . 70°22′S 163°22′E / 70.367°S 163.367°E / -70.367; 163.367 . Two ice-covered islands, one much larger than
190-423: The Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958 and named after meteorologist A.P. Dergach, a member of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1959-61, who perished in a fire at Mirny Station on August 3, 1960. 70°40′S 163°00′E / 70.667°S 163.000°E / -70.667; 163.000 . Glacier, 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) long, draining the north and northeast slopes of Stanwix Peak in
209-988: The Tongue. Many grounded icebergs and unbroken fast ice fringe the shore, and a strong northwestward current sets along the coast." Named features, from west to east, include: 70°26′S 162°45′E / 70.433°S 162.750°E / -70.433; 162.750 . A glacier rising just east of Mount Bruce in the Bowers Mountains and flowing north to the coast between Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont and Rosenau Head. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-65. Named by US-ACAN for Capt. Don W. Barber, CE, USA, construction and equipment officer, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1967 and 1968. 70°32′S 163°06′E / 70.533°S 163.100°E / -70.533; 163.100 . An ice-covered coastal point, lying 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast of Mount Dergach on
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#1732793210034228-497: The east. Further east, past Platypus Ridge, Lillie Glacier enters the bay, with Lillie Glacier Tongue extending into the bay. The Sputnik Islands are in the entrance to the bay. Sailing Directions for Antarctica (1943) says "Lillie Glacier Tongue extends northward from snow-covered rounded hills between Cape Cheetham and Williams Head for a distance of about 20 miles, and is about 125 feet (38.1 m.) high. A sounding of 134 fathoms (245.1 m.) has been plotted about 4 miles northward of
247-550: The expedition ship Ob ' . Ob' Bay is on the Pacific Ocean to the east of the Explorers Range of the Bowers Mountains . It is northwest of the Anare Mountains The bay stretches between Lunik Point below Mount Dergach in the west and Cape Williams in the east. Astapenko Glacier enters the bay to the south of Mount Dergach, and is joined at its point of entry by Chugunov Glacier and Astakhov Glacier to
266-421: The location is −11 °C (12 °F), and on more than 200 days per year the wind is stronger than 15 metres per second (49 ft/s), with occasional cyclones . Main areas of research are glaciology , seismology , meteorology , observation of polar lights , cosmic radiation , and marine biology . Some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the station stands a metal stele with an inscribed plaque . It
285-413: The other, located between Cape Cheetham and Cape Williams in the entrance to Ob' Bay. The islands were photographed from the air by United States Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Surveyed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958, and named after Sputnik 1 , the first Soviet artificial earth satellite. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of
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323-446: The west side of Ob' Bay. Photographed and plotted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958, and named after the first Soviet moon module (called "Lunik"). 70°36′S 163°01′E / 70.600°S 163.017°E / -70.600; 163.017 . A flat-topped, ice-covered mountain located just west of Ob' Bay and south of Lunik Point. Photographed from the air by United States Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Surveyed by
342-516: The west side of the mouth of Lillie Glacier. It extends northeast from Bowers Mountains to the head of Ob' Bay. Its position was fixed by S.L. Kirkby, surveyor with Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) (Thala Dan) in Feb. 1962. Named by ANARE after this monotreme mammal, native only to Australia. 70°34′S 163°48′E / 70.567°S 163.800°E / -70.567; 163.800 . The prominent seaward extension of
361-530: Was erected on a sledge on the land transport route between coastal Mirny and inland Vostok Station . It commemorates Anatoly Shcheglov, a driver-mechanic who died while performing his duties. It has been designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 8) following a proposal by Russia to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting . Other similarly designated historic sites in the vicinity of Mirny are Ivan Khmara's Stone (HSM 7) and
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