Shackleton
Shackleton or Shackelton may refer to:
People
- See: Shackleton (surname), people with the surname Shackleton
- Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), Antarctic explorer
- Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, one of the Antarctic expeditions led by Ernest Shackleton
- The Shackeltons, a Pennsylvania-based rock group
- Shackleton (musician), British musician and producer
Places
- Shackelton, Georgia
- Shackleton, Saskatchewan
- Shackleton, Western Australia
- Shackleton, Zimbabwe
- Shackleton (crater), a crater at the south pole of the Moon
- Shackleton Barracks, a British Army base located near Limavady, Northern Ireland
- Shackleton Coast, a portion of the coast along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
- Shackleton Fracture Zone, a geological fracture zone at Drake Passage, Antarctica
- Shackleton Gap, an ice-covered pass in South Georgia
- Shackleton Glacier, a major Antarctic glacier
- Shackleton Ice Shelf, an extensive ice shelf fronting the coast of Antarctica
- Shackleton Icefalls, extensive icefalls of the upper Beardmore Glacier, Antarctica
- Shackleton Inlet, a reentrant on the coast of Antarctica
- Shackleton Range, an Antarctic mountain range
- Shackleton Valley, a broad valley in South Georgia
- Shackleton Hall, a hall of residence at the University of Birmingham
- Cape Shackleton, a cape in the Qaasuitsup municipality in Greenland
- Mount Shackleton, a mountain in Antarctica
Technology
- Avro Shackleton, a maritime patrol aircraft
- RRS Ernest Shackleton, a ship used by the British Antarctic Survey
- RRS Shackleton, a similarly named ship of the British Antarctic Survey that served in the 1950s and 1960s
- Shackleton-Murray SM.1, a single-engined two-seat light aircraft
- Shackleton Energy Company, formed in 2007 with the goal to prepare the equipment and technologies necessary for mining the Moon
Entertainment
- Shackleton (TV serial), a 2001 UK television miniseries on Ernest Shackleton, starring Kenneth Branagh
- Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure, a 2001 IMAX film
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