Sulzberger Bay
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Sulzberger Bay is a bay between Fisher Island
and Vollmer Island
, along the coast of King Edward VII Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on December 5, 1929, and named by Byrd for Arthur H. Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times, a supporter of the Byrd expeditions in 1928–1930 and 1933–1935.
The Sulzberger Bay indents the front of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf (77°0′S 148°0′W), an ice shelf about 137 km (85.1 mi) long and 80 km (49.7 mi) wide bordering the coast of Marie Byrd Land between Edward VII Peninsula
and Guest Peninsula. The ice shelf was observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930).
Sulzberger Basin (77°0′S 152°30′W) is an undersea basin on the central Ross shelf named in association with the Sulzberger Bay.
. Scientists have linked the ice calving
to the tsunami reaching the ice shelf, some 13600 kilometres (8,450.7 mi) away from the earthquake epicenter. The main iceberg was approximately the area of Manhattan Island. In total, the icebergs calved from the ice shelf totalled an area of nearly 125 km2 (48 mi2). This section of the shelf had not moved since 1946.
Fisher Island (Antarctica)
Fisher Island is an ice-covered island long, lying just North of Edward VII Peninsula where it marks the Western side of the entrance to Sulzberger Bay. Mapped from surveys by the USGS and U.S. Navy air photos...
and Vollmer Island
Vollmer Island
Vollmer Island is an ice-covered island 11 nautical miles long, lying along the edge of Sulzberger Ice Shelf, 7 nautical miles northwest of Cronenwett Island. It appears that this feature was first observed and roughly mapped from aerial photographs taken by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition,...
, along the coast of King Edward VII Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on December 5, 1929, and named by Byrd for Arthur H. Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times, a supporter of the Byrd expeditions in 1928–1930 and 1933–1935.
The Sulzberger Bay indents the front of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf (77°0′S 148°0′W), an ice shelf about 137 km (85.1 mi) long and 80 km (49.7 mi) wide bordering the coast of Marie Byrd Land between Edward VII Peninsula
Edward VII Peninsula
King Edward VII Land or King Edward VII Peninsula is a large, ice-covered peninsula which forms the northwestern extremity of Marie Byrd Land. The peninsula projects into the Ross Sea between Sulzberger Bay and the northeast corner of the Ross Ice Shelf, and forms part of the Ross Dependency...
and Guest Peninsula. The ice shelf was observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930).
Sulzberger Basin (77°0′S 152°30′W) is an undersea basin on the central Ross shelf named in association with the Sulzberger Bay.
Iceberg formation
The ice shelf released icebergs some days after March 12, 2011, within a day of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...
. Scientists have linked the ice calving
Ice calving
Ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is a form of ice ablation or ice disruption. It is the sudden release and breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier, iceberg, ice front, ice shelf, or crevasse...
to the tsunami reaching the ice shelf, some 13600 kilometres (8,450.7 mi) away from the earthquake epicenter. The main iceberg was approximately the area of Manhattan Island. In total, the icebergs calved from the ice shelf totalled an area of nearly 125 km2 (48 mi2). This section of the shelf had not moved since 1946.