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)
King Edward Ice Shelf (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
King Edward Ice Shelf (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ice shelf
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An ice shelf occupying the inner part of Edward VIII Gulf, fed by several glaciers. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). First visited by an ANARE sledging party led by Robert Dovers in 1954.
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