Arctic explorer Adolphus Greely. Greely Island's area is 127 km2 (49 sq mi) and it is almost completely glacierized. Greely Island is part of the Zichy Land...
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unsuccessful, and by the time Greely and his men were rescued in 1884, there were only six survivors. In March 1887, Greely was serving as a captain when...
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It is named in honor of Major General Adolphus Greely. There was an earlier Fort Greely on Kodiak Island. The camp was established in 1942 as Big Delta...
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Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (redirect from Greely expedition)
1881–1884 (a.k.a. the Greely Expedition) to Lady Franklin Bay on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic was led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely, and was promoted...
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actually in Greely, but on the border. Many Greely residents attend this church, and they hold events in Greely.) Castor Valley Elementary School Greely Elementary...
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Fiord is northeast. "Greely Fiord". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2020-06-15. Geologic map of Greely Fjord West (80 -...
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Caribbean islands by area List of European islands by population List of islands by area List of islands by population Malta and the Canary Islands are not...
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Neustadt Island. Ostrov Ugol'noy Kopi (остров Угольной Копи) or Coal Mine Island is a round island wedged between Ziegler Island and Greely Island at 80°57′52″N...
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Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai is a Chinese home appliances manufacturer headquartered in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. It is the world's largest...
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Horace Greeley (redirect from Horace greely)
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for Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. The island is named in honour of naval officer and barrister Bedford Pim of HMS Resolute. Greely, A....
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Coast Guard Base Kodiak (redirect from Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie)
Register of Historic Places listings in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Kodiak Naval Base and Fort Greely were enlisted as a single entry in Alaska Heritage...
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Geography of Franz Josef Land (category Geography by island)
Gogenloe Island Gorbunov Islands Graham Bell Island Greely Island Hall Island Harley Island Heiss Island Hochstetter Islands Hofmann Island Hooker Island Howen...
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Edward Sabine (1788–1883), was the site of the winter camp of Adolphus Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in 1883–1884. Edward Israel Guttridge...
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Island. All three islands are separated from the larger Greely Island to the southwest by the Sternek Strait (Russian: пролив Штернека). The island was...
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face of the island. It is part of the Franklinian mobile belt, a zone of Cretaceous volcanic and intrusive rock. South of this is the Greely-Hazen Plateau...
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Bay Expedition, led by U.S. Army First Lieutenant Adolphus Greely. The fort was named by Greely after U.S. Senator Omar D. Conger, who had supported the...
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Report upon the Census of Rhode Island 1865. Providence, RI: Providence Press Company. Adolphus Washington Greely, Explorers and Travellers (C. Scribner's...
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Greenland (redirect from Island of Greenland)
nʉnaːt]; Danish: Grønland, pronounced [ˈkʁɶnˌlænˀ]) is a North American island autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the larger of two...
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All three islands are separated from the larger Greely Island to the south by the Sternek Strait (Russian: пролив Штернека). The island was discovered...
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inhabiting southwestern Victoria Island, in 1910. Stefansson, however, preferred the term "Copper Inuit". Adolphus Greely first compiled the sightings recorded...
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August 1881, a party of 25 military men led by First Lieutenant Adolphus Greely, as acting signal officer was successfully landed by the USS Proteus at...
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153–4. BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Gree Island (Okaihe). Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-02-04. 45°57′11″S...
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USS General A. W. Greely (AP-141) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship named for U.S. Army general Adolphus Greely. She was transferred to...
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Island is a small, uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Labrador Sea off Baffin Island's Lefferts Glacier. Greely...
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Green Island in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is an island at the junction of the Rideau River, just off Sussex Drive in Ottawa at the Rideau Falls at the...
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and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-250-18219-7. Todd, A.L. 1961. Abandoned:The Story of the Greely Arctic Expedition...
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located in Lake Hazen on Ellesmere Island within Quttinirpaaq National Park. It lies opposite Wagon Hill. Greely, Adolphus Washington (1885). Three years...
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January and by May had established supply depots on Greely Island, Coburg Island and Cape Auk on Rudolf Island. A small party was sent to Cape Norvegia to investigate...
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Tanquary Fiord (category Ellesmere Island)
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Quttinirpaaq National Park and extends 48 km (30 mi) in a north-westerly direction from Greely Fiord...
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