Name details

Publications Ice Shelf

Publications Ice Shelf (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Publications Ice Shelf  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 130413

Feature type: Ice shelf (12)

Origin

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:

Narrative

An ice shelf about 35 mi long on the S shore of Prydz Bay, between Mount Caroline Mikkelsen and Stornes Peninsula. Several glaciers, listed from SW to NE, nourish the ice shelf: Polar Times, Il Polo, Polarforschung, Polar Record and Polararboken Glaciers. The feature was first mapped from air photos by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. The name "Publication Glacier Tongues" was applied by John H. Roscoe in 1952 following his study of USN Operation HighJump (1946-47) air photos of the area, but the term ice shelf is more descriptive. So named by Roscoe because the several glaciers in the area commemorate polar publications.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 38' 00.0" S
-69.63333°
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Longitude:
75° 20' 00.0" E
75.33333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1973

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