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)
Filchnerschelfeis (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Filchnerschelfeis (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:
E part of Filchner-Ronne-Schelfeis, bordering Coats Land in the W and Berkner Island in the E; mainly fed by Support Force Glacier, Recovery Glacier, Slessor Glacier and Bailey Ice Stream. Discovered during Deutsche Antarktische Expedition 1911/12 under Wilhelm Filchner; initially named 'Eisbarriere' or 'Barriereeis' or 'Weddellbarriere'.
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.
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