Magellanic
Southern sky clouds
Magellanic describes things associated with Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe in the early 16th century.
The term appears most commonly in astronomical contexts: the Magellanic Clouds are two dwarf galaxies visible from the Southern Hemisphere, and the Magellanic Stream is a ribbon of gas extending from them.
The Large Magellanic Cloud is one of the closest galaxies to our own.
Complete journey around something
- straitConstricted marine passage
- voyageJourney by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- discoveryAct of finding something
seafaring · ships · sailors · navigator · passage · Pacific · Philippines · Spice Islands
Diminutive folkloric being
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
- BridgeTrick-based partnership card game
- stellarOf or like celestial bodies
intergalactic · tidal · stream · southern sky · nebula · Mensa · visible · companion
Device showing cardinal directions
- sextantMaritime angular measurement device
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- chartsVisual data displays
astrolabe · celestial · quadrant · pilotage · mariner · oceanic · currents · sailing
Flightless aquatic southern bird
- ploverCompact coastal wading bird
- woodpeckerTree-drilling bird
- oystercatcherMollusk-eating coastal bird
- FalklandsDisputed South Atlantic archipelago
Patagonia · subantarctic · colony · burrow · guano · breeding · coastal · flightless
circumnavigation
Complete journey around something
- straitConstricted marine passage
- voyageJourney by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
discovery · seafaring · ships · sailors · navigator · passage · Pacific · Philippines · Spice Islands · Victoria
dwarf
Diminutive folkloric being
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
- BridgeTrick-based partnership card game
stellar · intergalactic · tidal · stream · southern sky · nebula · Mensa · visible · companion
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
- sextantMaritime angular measurement device
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
charts · astrolabe · celestial · quadrant · pilotage · mariner · oceanic · currents · sailing · tacking
penguin
Flightless aquatic southern bird
- ploverCompact coastal wading bird
- woodpeckerTree-drilling bird
- oystercatcherMollusk-eating coastal bird
Falklands · Patagonia · subantarctic · colony · burrow · guano · breeding · coastal · flightless · waddle
- Strait of MagellanChannel linking two oceans
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Magellanic CloudsNearby dwarf galaxies visible south