Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont is a coastal ice piedmont

Ice piedmont

An ice piedmont consists of "Ice covering a coastal strip of low-lying land backed by mountains."-References:*The Crossing of Antarctica by Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary Cassell, London, 1958...

, about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and wide, located immediately north of Bowers Mountains

Bowers Mountains

Bowers Mountains is a group of north-south trending mountains in Antarctica, about 145 km long and 56 km wide, bounded by the coast on the north and by the Rennick, Canham, Black and Lillie glaciers in other quadrants. The seaward end was first sighted in February 1911 from the Terra...

 and between the lower ends of Gannutz

Gannutz Glacier

Gannutz Glacier is a smooth glacier which flows north from the Bowers Mountains and enters the east part of Rennick Bay between Weeder Rock and Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-65. Named by Advisory Committee on...

 and Barber Glacier

Barber Glacier

Barber Glacier is a glacier rising just east of Mount Bruce in the Bowers Mountains and flowing north to the coast between Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont and Rosenau Head. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–65, and named by the...

s. Mapped by United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by 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) in 1968 for Ernst Stuhlinger

Ernst Stuhlinger

Ernst Stuhlinger was a German-born American atomic, electrical and rocket scientist. After being brought to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip, he developed guidance systems with Wernher von Braun's team at the US Army, and later, NASA...

, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a member of the U.S. National Science Foundation's Advisory Panel for Antarctic Programs.