Weyprecht Glacier (Norwegian: Weyprechtbreen) is a glacier in Jan Mayen. It is the longest glacier located in the Beerenberg area. The glacier is named...
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directly from Karl Weyprecht's expedition journal. Weyprecht Mountains, Cape Weyprecht, Weyprecht Fjord, Weyprecht Glacier, Weyprecht Islands The base camp...
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ice-covered, with several major glaciers including five which reach the sea. The longest of the glaciers is the Weyprecht Glacier, which flows from the summit...
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Kjerulf Glacier and both its neighbors, the Weyprecht Glacier in the west and the Svend-Foyn Glacier in the east, are the most active glaciers in the island...
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Terminus of the Kaskawulsh Glacier Kaskawulsh Glacier medial moraine. August 2013 Kaskawulsh Glacier seen from Mount Weyprecht. August 2013 Norah Foy; Luke...
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that ran from 1872 to 1874 under the leadership of Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht. The expedition discovered and partially explored Franz Josef Land. The...
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Long Fjord opens to the northwest east of Nansen Land and to the west of Weyprecht Fjord, separated from it by the island of Hazenland. Its mouth is located...
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draining the area between the Wohlthat Mountains on the west and the Weyprecht, Payer and Lomonosov Mountains on the east, in Queen Maud Land. Discovered...
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named after Wiener Neustadt, a town located south of Vienna, by the Payer-Weyprecht Austro-Hungarian Arctic expedition. Wiener Neustadt Island is part of...
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933; 12.750) is a névé at the head of Mushketov Glacier, between the Petermann Ranges and the Weyprecht Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. First...
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Conger Sound is a marine channel with a fjord structure, It is part of the Weyprecht Fjord system, extending for over 22 km (14 mi) in a roughly north / south...
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Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, led by Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht from 1872 to 1874. Of the donors to the expedition, he contributed the...
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Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition led by Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht, who named the area after Emperor Franz Joseph I. In 1926, the Soviet...
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it by the Harder Fjord and the Dreng Glacier (Dreng Brae) at its head. To the west it is limited by the Weyprecht Fjord, and to the south by the O.B. Bøggild...
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the field. The desert base camp at the northern location was named Camp Weyprecht on February 11. There was also a satellite location about 80 km further...
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Tindeklypa Torgny Peak Tysk Pass Utrista Rock Vestskotet Bluff Vorposten Peak Weyprecht Mountains Wohlthat Mountains Zhil'naya Mountain Zwiesel Mountain Germany...
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and Sands Fjord, Benedict Fjord, J.P. Koch Fjord, De Long Fjord and Weyprecht Fjord in the west. Børglum River, the largest river in Greenland, is located...
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Nordenskiöld Glacier, East Greenland Nordenskiöld Glacier, Northwest Greenland Nordenskiöld Glacier, West Greenland Nordenskiöld Glacier (Novaya Zemlya)...
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of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, which claimed his life. Mertz Glacier on the George V Coast in East Antarctica is named after him. While a student...
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at the edge of) an ice field or glacier. Nunataks present readily identifiable landmark reference points in glaciers or ice caps and are often named....
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Tindeklypa Torgny Peak Tysk Pass Utrista Rock Vestskotet Bluff Vorposten Peak Weyprecht Mountains Wohlthat Mountains Zhil'naya Mountain Zwiesel Mountain Until...
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Greenland named after the fjord. Harder Fjord is the innermost branch of the Weyprecht Fjord system. Its southern shore forms the northern limit of Amundsen...
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Shelf through the Transantarctic Mountains following the Reedy Glacier then Kansas Glacier. The expedition covers 605 km in 33 days, setting off 6 December...
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26, 1976. p. 3. "Weyprecht-Gedenkveranstaltung in Michelstadt (Odenwald) am 29. März 2006, dem 125. Todestag Karl Wepyrechts (Weyprecht commemorative event...
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1911. In the course of their journey they discovered the Axel Heiberg Glacier, which provided their route to the polar plateau and ultimately to the...
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international efforts with intensive research focus on the polar regions. Karl Weyprecht, an Austro-Hungarian naval officer, motivated the endeavor in 1875, but...
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Lemming Fjord Mascart Sound Nordenskiöld Fjord Sands Fjord Victoria Fjord Weyprecht Fjord Conger Sound Harder Fjord Prince Christian Sound Kangerluk Fjord...
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Far Eastern Party (section Mertz and Ninnis Glaciers)
for food to supplement their scarce rations. As they crossed the first glacier on their return journey Mertz became sick, making progress difficult. After...
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glacier ascent, they did not know exactly where they were, and had no landmarks to help them fix a position. The return journey to the Ferrar Glacier...
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the White Nile on a hovercraft in 1969 and on Norway's Jostedalsbreen Glacier in 1970. A notable trek was the Transglobe Expedition he undertook between...
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