Leningradskiy Bay
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Leningradskiy Bay is an indentation in the ice shelf
fringing Queen Maud Land
immediately west of Lazarev Ice Shelf
. Leningradskiy Island
is at the head of the bay. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
(SovAE) in 1959 and named by them for the city of Leningrad
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Ice shelf
An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are only found in Antarctica, Greenland and Canada. The boundary between the floating ice shelf and the grounded ice that feeds it is called...
fringing Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
immediately west of Lazarev Ice Shelf
Lazarev Ice Shelf
Lazarev Ice Shelf is that part of the ice shelf fringing Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land between Leningradskiy Island and Verblyud Island. It is part of western Riiser-Larsen Sea and is about 50 nautical miles long. First photographed from the air and mapped by the German Antarctic...
. Leningradskiy Island
Leningradskiy Island
Leningradskiy Island is an ice-covered island situated at the head of Leningradskiy Bay at the western margin of the Lazarev Ice Shelf, Queen Maud Land. The feature rises nearly 100 m above the general level of the ice shelf which surrounds all but the northern side. Discovered and mapped by the...
is at the head of the bay. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR....
(SovAE) in 1959 and named by them for the city of Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
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