Venable Ice Shelf
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Venable Ice Shelf is an ice shelf, 40 miles (60 km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide, between Fletcher and Allison Peninsulas, Ellsworth Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Cdm. J. D. Venable, U.S. Navy, Ships Operations Officer, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1967 and 1968.
Further reading[edit]
- Zhang, X. , Thompson, A. , Flexas, M. and Bornemann, H. (2014), Evidence of ice shelf melt in the Bellingshausen Sea from seal-borne observations, 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 23 February 2014 - 28 February 2014
External links[edit]
- Venable Ice Shelf on USGS website
- Venable Ice Shelf on AADC website
- Venable Ice Shelf on SCAR website
References[edit]
This article incorporates public domain material from "Venable Ice Shelf". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
73°3′S 87°20′W / 73.050°S 87.333°W
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