Nansen Ice Sheet

Nansen Ice Sheet (74°53′S 163°10′E / 74.883°S 163.167°E / -74.883; 163.167Coordinates: 74°53′S 163°10′E / 74.883°S 163.167°E / -74.883; 163.167), or Nansen Ice Shelf, is a 30-mile long by 10 mile wide ice shelf. It is nourished by the Priestley and Reeves Glaciers and abutting the north side of the Drygalski Ice Tongue, along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This feature was explored by the South Magnetic Polar Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09 and by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. Frank Debenham, geologist with the latter expedition, applied the name Nansen Sheet as the feature is adjacent to Mount Nansen, the dominating summit in the area.^[1]

See also

• Ice shelves of Antarctica

References

1. ^ "Nansen Ice Sheet". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:10481. Retrieved 2009-11-06. 

External links

• Flow pattern and rheology of marine ice from Nansen Ice Shelf
• Compression experiments

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

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