Crosson Ice Shelf

Crosson Ice Shelf (74°57′S 109°30′W / 74.95°S 109.5°W / -74.95; -109.5Coordinates: 74°57′S 109°30′W / 74.95°S 109.5°W / -74.95; -109.5), is an Antarctic ice shelf, about 35 miles wide, located north and northeast of Mount Murphy along the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land. The ice shelf is nurtured by Smith, Pope, Vane, and Haynes Glaciers. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander W.E. Crosson, U.S. Navy (USN), Commanding Officer of the Antarctic Construction Group during Operation Deep Freeze 1973.^[1]

See also

• Ice shelves of Antarctica

References

1. ^ "Crosson Ice Shelf". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:3344. Retrieved 2009-11-13. 

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Crosson Ice Shelf" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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