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55: 279: 268: 284: 62: 1011: 944: 415:. A glacier on the north side of Edward VII Peninsula, flowing northeast along, the east side of Howard Heights into Sulzberger Ice Shelf. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Commander Wayne B. Stewart, United States Navy, co-pilot in LC-130F Hercules aircraft during 699:
on the south, in the Ford Ranges. Discovered by members of West Base of the US AS, in aerial flights and from ground surveys in November-December 1940. Named by US-SCAN for R. Admiral Arthur C. Davis, United States Navy, a leader in aviation in the United States Navy.
365:. A snow covered coastal promontory 515 metres (1,690 ft) high between Stewart Glacier and Gerry Glacier on the north side of Edward VII Peninsula. Features in this area were explored by the ByrdAE, 1928-30 and 1933-35. These heights were mapped by the 507:, flowing northwest for about 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) to Sulzberger Ice Shelf in the Ford Ranges. Discovered in 1934 by the ByrdAE, and named by Byrd for John Hays Hammond, American mining engineer and philanthropist. 1015: 948: 595:, into Sulzberger Ice Shelf. Features in these ranges were discovered and successively mapped by the ByrdAE (1928-30) and (1933-35) and by the USAS (1939-41) all led by R. Admiral R.E. Byrd. The glacier is named for 549:
to enter the Hammond Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Donald K. Reynolds, ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station, 1967-68 season.
465:. Discovered on the ByrdAE flight of December 5, 1929. Named by Byrd for Grace McKinley, wife of Captain Ashley C. McKinley, aerial photographer and third in command of the expedition. 294:
The landward side of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf extends southeast from Howard Heights and the mouth of the Stewart Glacier to McKinley Peak. From there it runs northeast past the
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in the Ford Ranges. Discovered on aerial flights of the ByrdAE in 1934, and named for Vernon D. Boyd, expedition machinist, and a member of West Base of the USAS (1939–41).
78: 746:. Discovered by a sledging party of the ByrdAE, which visited this area in November-December 1934, and so named because of its extensively crevassed surface. 54: 147: 184:) is an ice shelf about 85 nautical miles (157 km; 98 mi) long and 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) wide bordering the coast of 952: 641:. Heavily crevassed glacier flowing west-northwest for about 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) to the Sulzberger Ice Shelf between 213: 1035: 545:. A glacier 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) long, flowing eastward from the Haines Mountains along the south side of 588: 1019: 366: 1040: 687:. Valley glacier about 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) long, flowing west to Sulzberger Ice Shelf between the 710: 659: 613: 559: 517: 475: 429: 387: 337: 229: 696: 306:. It then runs north past the mouth of the Crevasse Valley Glacier and northwest along the southern edge of the 205: 369:(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN (at the suggestion of Admiral 256: 278: 738:. A broad glacier about 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) long, flowing west-southwest between 251: 416: 319: 246: 189: 267: 302:, past the mouths of the Hammond Glacier, Swope Glacier, Boyd Glacier and Arthur Glacier to the 283: 959: 743: 739: 688: 303: 600: 504: 311: 991: 377:
of the ScrippsHoward newspapers, who made financial contributions to the ByrdAE, 1933-35.
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to the tip of the Guest Peninsula. The seaward side forms the shore of
457:. A peak standing 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) west of 216:(US-ACAN) extended the name Sulzberger to the adjacent ice shelf. 587:. A glacier which drains westward from the Ford Ranges, between 204:
The Sulzberger Ice Shelf was observed and roughly mapped by the
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to the open water indenting this feature. The United States
760: 758: 934:(2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names 776: 129: 118: 32: 800: 788: 8: 61: 208:(ByrdAE; 1928-30), which applied the name 29: 503:. Glacier on the northeast side of the 322:are scattered throughout the ice shelf. 266: 996:, USGS: United States Geological Survey 980:, USGS: United States Geological Survey 964:, USGS: United States Geological Survey 953:United States Board on Geographic Names 908: 896: 884: 872: 860: 848: 836: 824: 812: 764: 754: 117: 47: 214:Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names 128: 7: 1018:from websites or documents of the 951:from websites or documents of the 25: 928:Geographic Names of the Antarctic 1014: This article incorporates 1009: 947: This article incorporates 942: 282: 277: 60: 53: 1020:United States Geological Survey 367:United States Geological Survey 925:Alberts, Fred G., ed. 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Crevasse Valley Glacier
Ice shelf
Sulzberger Ice Shelf is located in Antarctica
77°00′S 148°00′W / 77.000°S 148.000°W / -77.000; -148.000 (Sulzberger Ice Shelf)
Marie Byrd Land
Southern Ocean
77°00′S 148°00′W / 77.000°S 148.000°W / -77.000; -148.000 (Sulzberger Ice Shelf)
Marie Byrd Land
Edward VII Peninsula
Guest Peninsula
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
Sulzberger Bay
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)



Hershey Ridge
Court Ridge
Denfeld Mountains
Guest Peninsula
Reeves Peninsula
Sulzberger Bay
Marshall Archipelago
77°27′S 151°40′W / 77.450°S 151.667°W / -77.450; -151.667
United States Geological Survey

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