Queen Fabiola Mountains is a group of mountains in Antarctica , 50 kilometres (30 miles) long, consisting mainly of seven small massifs which trend north–south, forming a partial barrier to the flow of inland ice. The mountains stand in isolation about 140 km (90 mi) southwest of the head of Lutzow-Holm Bay . The mountains were discovered and photographed from aircraft by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Guido Derom on 8 October 1960. With permission from King Baudouin of Belgium , the mountains were named after his newly wedded wife Fabiola . In November–December 1960, the mountains were visited by a party of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957–1962, which made geomorphological and geological surveys. They applied the name Yamato Mountains . The highest massif is Mount Fukushima (2,470 m).
3-815: The Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) found the Yamato 000593 Martian meteorite in 2000 on the Yamato Glacier , at the Queen Fabiola Mountains. With a mass of 13.7 kg (30.2 lb), Yamato 000593 is the second largest meteorite from Mars found on Earth . 71°30′S 35°40′E / 71.500°S 35.667°E / -71.500; 35.667 [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Queen Fabiola Mountains" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . [REDACTED] This Queen Maud Land location article
6-472: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition The Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition ( 南極地域観測隊 , Nankyoku chiiki kansoku-tai , JARE) refers to a series of Japanese Antarctic expeditions for scientific research . The first JARE expedition was launched in 1957 to coordinate with the International Geophysical Year . This was
9-562: The team which left 15 dogs, including Taro and Jiro , behind after an emergency evacuation in February 1958. Expeditions to the Antarctic took place from 1968 to 1977, and ice cores were drilled on these expeditions, mostly at Mizuho . A later instance was an ecological expedition studying the ecosystems near Showa Station in Antarctica . The project was first undertaken in February 1986. It
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