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)
Cosgrove Ice Shelf (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cosgrove 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:
An ice shelf 35 mi long and 25 mi wide, occupying the inner (east) part of the embayment between King and Canisteo Peninsulas. Mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Jerome R. Cosgrove, USNR, asst. communications officer on the staff of the Commander, USN Support Force, Antarctica, during USN OpDFrz, 1967 and 1968.
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