Global Information Lookup Global Information

Briggs Peak information


Briggs Peak (68°59′S 66°42′W / 68.983°S 66.700°W / -68.983; -66.700) is an isolated, conical mountain, 1,120 metres (3,670 ft) high, on the northeast side of the Wordie Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. It was first roughly surveyed by the British Graham Land Expedition, 1936–37, and photographed by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, November 1947 (trimetrogon air photography). It was surveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1949 and 1958, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Henry Briggs, the English mathematician who, with John Napier, was responsible for the invention of logarithms, about 1614.

and 16 Related for: Briggs Peak information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8029 seconds.)

Briggs Peak

Last Update:

Briggs Peak (68°59′S 66°42′W / 68.983°S 66.700°W / -68.983; -66.700) is an isolated, conical mountain, 1,120 metres (3,670 ft) high, on the northeast...

Word Count : 144

List of Twin Peaks characters

Last Update:

The Secret History of Twin Peaks, in which Gordon Cole assigns her to investigate a dossier recovered from Major Garland Briggs. She makes her first physical...

Word Count : 16369

Bishop Briggs

Last Update:

Sarah Grace McLaughlin (born 18 July 1992), known professionally as Bishop Briggs, is a British singer and songwriter. Her single "River" peaked at number...

Word Count : 2451

Dana Ashbrook

Last Update:

best known for playing Bobby Briggs on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017) and its 1992 prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. Ashbrook...

Word Count : 685

Twin Peaks

Last Update:

Charlotte Stewart as Betty Briggs, Bobby's mother David Lynch as Bureau Chief Gordon Cole, the local Bureau Chief who comes to Twin Peaks to assist in Laura's...

Word Count : 13130

Mount Gunter

Last Update:

at the south side of Hariot Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Briggs Peak, on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was first roughly surveyed...

Word Count : 183

Twin Peaks season 3

Last Update:

Richard Cooper's Tulpa Twin Peaks Jay Aaseng as Drunk Mädchen Amick as Shelly Briggs Dana Ashbrook as Deputy Sheriff Bobby Briggs Phoebe Augustine as Ronette...

Word Count : 7451

Grand Teton

Last Update:

northern New Mexico. It is the second highest peak in the U.S. state of Wyoming after Gannett Peak, the parent peak. The mountain is entirely within the Snake...

Word Count : 1780

List of Twin Peaks episodes

Last Update:

Twin Peaks is an American serial drama television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost which spans 48 episodes over three seasons. The show's...

Word Count : 2330

Lillian Briggs

Last Update:

Lillian Briggs (née Biggs; June 3, 1932  – April 11, 1998) was an American rock 'n roll performer and musician. Briggs was the first woman to achieve star...

Word Count : 704

Mount Kilimanjaro

Last Update:

Eastern Hemisphere. Kilimanjaro is the fourth most topographically prominent peak on Earth. It is part of Kilimanjaro National Park and is a major hiking and...

Word Count : 9474

Mount Saint Elias

Last Update:

Mount Saint Elias (Was'eitushaa also designated Boundary Peak 186), the second-highest mountain in both Canada and the United States, stands on the Yukon...

Word Count : 931

List of car crash songs

Last Update:

Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Blender, January 2007 Newt Briggs, "Road scholar: Crash course – The Doom-and-Gloom Alternatives to the Beach...

Word Count : 261

Wallace Peak

Last Update:

on August 10, 1952, by Peter Robinson, Bob Collins, Bill Briggs, and John Briggs. The peak was then named by the same Peter Robinson to honor James Nevin...

Word Count : 388

Winslow Briggs

Last Update:

Winslow Russell Briggs (April 29, 1928 – February 11, 2019) was an American plant biologist who introduced techniques from molecular biology to the field...

Word Count : 1306

Charlotte Stewart

Last Update:

ranging from Bonanza to The Office and the recurring role of Betty Briggs on Twin Peaks. She was also a prolific TV commercial actress. Her notable film...

Word Count : 305

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net