Earth:Voyeykov Ice Shelf

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Short description: Ice shelf in Antarctica

Voyeykov Ice Shelf ( [ ⚑ ] : 66°20′S 124°38′E / 66.333°S 124.633°E / -66.333; 124.633), is an ice shelf fringing the coast between Paulding Bay and Cape Goodenough, Antarctica. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SovAE) (1958) and named after Aleksandr I. Voyeykov (1842–1916), a Russian climatologist.[1]

See also

  • Ice shelves of Antarctica

References

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