West Ice Shelf

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

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

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Place ID: 15908
Name ID: 133582

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

Prominent ice shelf extending about 180 mi in an E-W direction along the coast between Barrier Bay and Posadowsky Bay. Discovered and named by the GerAE, 1901-03, under Dr. Erich von Drygalski. The toponym describes the direction in which the German expedition first viewed the ice shelf. Their limited westward view became a prolonged one; on Feb. 22 1902, the ship feature. It remained there imprisoned by the pack until Feb. 8, 1903.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 40' 00.0" S
-66.66667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
85° 00' 00.0" E
85.00000°
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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:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1953

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