Quar Ice Shelf
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Quar Ice Shelf is the ice shelf
between Cape Norvegia
and Sorasen Ridge
along the coast of Queen Maud Land
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(NBSAE) (1949–1952). The ice shelf was named for Leslie Quar, a British radio mechanic and electrician with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) in which he was riding drove over the edge of this ice shelf on February 24, 1951.
The NBSAE established Maudheim Station about 1 mile south of Norsel Iceport
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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...
between Cape Norvegia
Cape Norvegia
Cape Norvegia is a prominent cape on Princess Martha Coast of Queen Maud Land. It marks the northeast extremity of Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf in East Antarctica, and the border point of Weddell Sea and King Haakon VII Sea.. It was discovered by Commander Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in February 1930 while on...
and Sorasen Ridge
Sorasen Ridge
Sorasen Ridge is a broad snow covered ridge that separates the Quar and Ekstrom Ice shelves, on the coast of Queen Maud Land. The feature was first mapped and named Søråsen by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition , 1949-52....
along the coast of 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...
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Discovery and Naming
It was mapped by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic ExpeditionNorwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists...
(NBSAE) (1949–1952). The ice shelf was named for Leslie Quar, a British radio mechanic and electrician with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) in which he was riding drove over the edge of this ice shelf on February 24, 1951.
The NBSAE established Maudheim Station about 1 mile south of Norsel Iceport
Norsel Iceport
Norsel Iceport , also known as Norselbukta or Bukhta Nursel, is a small iceport in the front of the Quar Ice Shelf, along the coast of Queen Maud Land.-Discovery and naming:...
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