Shackleton Icefalls

Shackleton Icefalls

Shackleton Icefalls (coord|85|8|S|164|0|E|type:glacier_region:AQ) is extensive icefalls of the upper Beardmore Glacier, southward of Mount Darwin and Mount Mills. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) for Sir Ernest Shackleton, leader of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09), who first penetrated this region.

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