Nickerson Ice Shelf

Nickerson Ice Shelf (75°45′S 145°00′W / 75.75°S 145°W / -75.75; -145Coordinates: 75°45′S 145°00′W / 75.75°S 145°W / -75.75; -145), is an ice shelf about 35 miles wide, lying north of Siemiatkowski Glacier and the western part of Ruppert Coast, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. First observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) (1928-30). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander H.J. Nickerson, U.S. Navy (USN), administrative officer on the staff of the Commander, Task Force 43, during Operation Deep Freeze 1966.^[1]

See also

• Ice shelves of Antarctica

References

1. ^ "Nickerson Ice Shelf". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:10696. Retrieved 2009-11-13. 

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

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