Bunger Hills or Bunger Lakes or Bunger Oasis is a coastal range in Antarctica, consisting of a group of moderately low, rounded coastal hills, overlain by morainic drift and notably ice free in the summer months, lying south of the Highjump Archipelago. A Coastal range is any range of mountains forming a coastline The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the Ocean. Moraine refers to any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (soil and rock which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly glaciated regions such as those In Geology, drift is transported rock debris overlying the solid Bedrock. Ice is a Solid phase, usually crystalline, of a Non-metalic substance that is liquid or gas at Room temperature, such as Ammonia Summer is one of the four Temperate Seasons Summer marks the warmest time of year with the longest days
The Bunger Hills are located with its center at , stretching from 65°58'S to 66°20'S and from 100°20'E to 100°28'E. The Bunger Hills are marked by numerous melt ponds and are nearly bisected by an east-west trending algae Lake. Melt ponds are pools of open water that form on Sea ice in the warmer months of spring and summer Algae ( sing. alga are a large and diverse group of simple typically Autotrophic organisms ranging from Unicellular to Multicellular forms A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the Mapped from air photos taken by the United States Navy Operation OpHjp (1946-1947) and named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander David E. Operation Highjump (OpHjp, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program 1946-47, was a United States Navy operation organized by Rear Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features Lieutenant Commander ( Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy) is a Commissioned officer rank in many navies Superior Bunger, United States Navy, plane commander of one of the three USN OpHjp aircraft which engaged in photographic missions along most of the coastal area between 14 E and 164 E. David E. Bunger and members of his crew landed their airplane on an unfrozen lake here in February 1947. A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
The ice-free area measures 450 km², according to some sources even 750 or 942 km². The area is surrounded by glaciers. On the southeast the Bunger Hills is bordered by the steep slopes of the Antarctic ice sheet, on the south and west by outlet glaciers, and on the north by Shackleton Ice Shelf, which separates the area from the open sea. Shackleton Ice Shelf ( is an extensive Ice shelf fronting the coast of East Antarctica for about 384 km (95E to 105E projecting seaward about 145 km in the western The topography is characterized by hills and low mountains, and there are many freshwater and salt lakes. The largest and deepest lake is 25 km long and up to 137 meters deep.
Cape Hordern is an ice-free cape, overlain by morainic drift, at the northwest end of the Bunger Hills. Cape Hordern ( is an ice-free cape overlain by morainic drift at the northwest end of the Bunger Hills in Antarctica.
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Stations
The Soviet Union built a scientific station by the name of Oazis (Оазис) in the center of the area at , starting October 15, 1956, with two buildings for eight people. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The station was handed over to Poland on January 23, 1959, and was renamed A. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland B. Dobrowolski Station. It continued to be occupied for a few weeks only thereafter. On Februar 22, 1979 (with preparations starting February 18) the station was reactivated for a short time, but an overwintering attempt failed, and the occupants had to be evacuated to Mirny Station (350 km to the west) on March 17. Mirny (Мирный literally Peaceful) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) science station in Antarctica, located on the Antarctic coast of
The concrete pillar erected by the First Polish Antarctic Expedition at Dobrowolski Station in January 1959 for gravity measurements, and the magnetic observatory at the station with plaque in memory of the opening of Oazis Station in 1956, are recognized as Antarctic Historic Sites. [1]
About seven Kilometers WNW of this station, at , Australia has maintained the summer-only station Edgeworth David Base, named after Edgeworth David, since 1986. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David (commonly known as Edgeworth David KBE, FRS, ( 28 January 1858 – 28 August 1934)
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Mill Island is an ice-domed Island, 25 Miles long and 16 Miles wide lying 25 Miles north of the Bunger Hills.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic