Nickerson Ice Shelf
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Discovery and name
The Nickerson Ice Shelf was first observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) (1928-30). It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander H.J. Nickerson, United States Navy, administrative officer on the staff of the Commander, Task Force 43, during Operation Deep Freeze 1966.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Features
Newman Island
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. An ice-covered island Script error: No such module "convert". long, lying in the Nickerson Ice Shelf. Mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and United States Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by US-ACAN for Commander J.F. Newman, United States Navy, ships officer on the staff of the Commander, Task Force 43, during Deep Freeze 1966.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Stephen Island
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. An ice-covered island about Script error: No such module "convert". long lying at the west side of Nickerson Ice Shelf. Mapped from surveys by the USGS and United States Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by US-ACAN for Alexander Stephen (1795-1875), Scottish shipbuilder of Alexander Stephen and Sons, whose firm built the Terra Nova (1884), the Nimrod (1866) and the Bear (1874), used respectively by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton and Admiral Richard E. Byrd in their expeditions to the Antarctic.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Siemiatkowski Glacier
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A glacier about Script error: No such module "convert". long, flowing northwest to Nickerson Ice Shelf. Mapped from surveys by the USGS and United States Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by US-ACAN for Edmond R. Siemiatkowski, auroral physicist at Byrd Station, 1964.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Blake Peak
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. An isolated peak on the southwest side of Siemiatkowski Glacier. Mapped from surveys by the USGS and United States Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by US-ACAN for Dale G. Blake, ionospheric scientist at Byrd Station, 1964.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
References
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