COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

W coast of Ronne Ice Shelf from Cape Zumberge (q.v.) to the S entrance point of Hercules Inlet, was delineated in part from USN air photography, 1961-66, in part from US LANDSAT imagery of January-February 1974, and in part from radio echo-sounding flights by BAS from "Siple Station", Marie Byrd Land, in January 1975 (USGS sheets ST 17-20/13* and SU 16-20/2*, 1967; USGS satellite-image map Ellsworth Mountains, 1976; Crabtree and Doake, 1980, map p.32; BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981); named in association with the cape after Dr J. H. Zumberge (APC, 1986, p.4; NGS map, 1987).

That portion of the E coast of Ellsworth Land between Cape Zumberge and the S entrance point to Hercules Inlet. Overlooking the W part of Ronne Ice Shelf, this coast was mapped by USGS from USN aerial photographs taken 1961-66 and Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named by US-ACAN in 1986 after James H. Zumberge (1923-92), American geologist and glaciologist who directed research on Ross Ice Shelf, 1957-64; Chairman, Committee on Polar Research (later Polar Research Board) of NAS, 1972-76; President, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1982-86; President, University of Southern California, 1980-91.