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)
Filchner-Ronne-Schelfeis (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Filchner-Ronne-Schelfeis (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ice shelf (12)
This name originates from Germany. It is part of the Germany Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Second largest ice shelf of Antarctica, divided by the completely ice-covered Berkner Island, consisting of the E part Filchnerschelfeis and the W part Ronne Ice Shelf, Weddell Sea
Wilhelm Filchner (1877-1957), German explorer and leader of the 2nd German Antarctic Expedition 1911/12 where the E part of Filchner-Ronne-Schelfeis was discovered; Finn Rønne (1899-1980) (Americanized name Ronne), US-American engineer of Norwegian origin, discovered the W part of the ice shelf and named it after his wife Edith Ronne.
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