Miller Ice Rise
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Miller Ice Rise is an ice rise nearly 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide at the ice front (1974) of Wordie Ice Shelf
, 16 nautical miles (30 km) west-northwest of Triune Peaks
, in south Marguerite Bay
. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948–49, the ice rise was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1966. It was named, in 1977, by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Richard Miller
,a U.S. Navy chief radioman at Palmer Station
in the winter party of 1968.
Wordie Ice Shelf
The Wordie Ice Shelf was a confluent glacier projecting as an ice shelf into the SE part of Marguerite Bay between Cape Berteaux and Mount Edgell, along the western coast of Antarctic Peninsula....
, 16 nautical miles (30 km) west-northwest of Triune Peaks
Triune Peaks
Triune Peaks are three prominent, sharply-pointed rock peaks, rising 12 nautical miles northeast of Mount Balfour and overlooking Wordie Ice Shelf on the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. First roughly surveyed from the ground by British Graham Land Expedition , 1936-37. Photographed from the...
, in south Marguerite Bay
Marguerite Bay
Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on the south by Wordie Ice Shelf, George VI Sound and Alexander Island. The mainland coast on the Antarctic Peninsula is Fallières Coast. Islands...
. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948–49, the ice rise was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1966. It was named, in 1977, by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Richard Miller
Richard Miller
Richard Miller may refer to:* Dr. Richard Louis Miller, American Clinical Psychologist, owner of Wilbur Hot Springs Health Sanctuary* Richard Bruce Bernadotte Miller , Baron of Jedburgh Forest...
,a U.S. Navy chief radioman at Palmer Station
Palmer Station
Palmer Station, on Anvers Island, is Antarctica's only US station north of the Antarctic Circle. Initial construction of the station finished in 1968. The station, like the other US Antarctic stations, is operated by the United States Antarctic Program....
in the winter party of 1968.