Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Porter Ice Shelf (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Porter 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.
An ice shelf with an area of about 100 square km adjoining Amundsen Bay off the Sakellari Peninsula in Enderby Land.
Named after the Pilatus Porter aircraft which performed a significant amount of survey and logistics work in the area.
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