Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Amery Ice Shelf (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Amery Ice Shelf (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ice shelf (12)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A broad ice shelf at the head of Prydz Bay between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast. The name "Cape Amery" was applied to a coastal angle mapped on Feb. 11, 1931 by the BANZARE under Douglas Mawson. He named it for William B. Amery, who represented the United Kingdom government in Australia (1925-28). The US-ACAN interpreted this feature to be a portion of an ice shelf and, in 1947, applied the name Amery to the whole shelf.
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