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)
Norsel Iceport (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Norsel Iceport (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Harbour (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 small iceport in the front of the Quar Ice Shelf, along the coast of Queen Maud Land. This feature was named by the NBSAE, 1949-52, which used it to moor and unload the expedition ship Norsel. The low ice front permitted easy access onto Quar Ice Shelf, where NBSAE established Maudheim Station about 1 mi S of the iceport.
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