Zubchatyy Ice Shelf
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Zubchatyy Ice Shelf is a small ice shelf
which borders the south side of Sakellari Peninsula
in Enderby Land
. Plotted by Russian cartographers from air photos taken by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
, 1961-62. The Russian name means "toothed" and refers to the serrated nature of the ice front when viewed in plan.
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...
which borders the south side of Sakellari Peninsula
Sakellari Peninsula
Sakellari Peninsula is a large ice-covered peninsula between Amundsen Bay and Casey Bay in Enderby Land, Antarctica. This region was photographed by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956-57 and by the Soviet expedition in the Lena in 1957. Named by the Soviet expedition for...
in Enderby Land
Enderby Land
Enderby Land is a projecting land mass of Antarctica, extending from Shinnan Glacier at to William Scoresby Bay at .Enderby Land was discovered in February 1831 by John Biscoe in the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their...
. Plotted by Russian cartographers from air photos taken 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....
, 1961-62. The Russian name means "toothed" and refers to the serrated nature of the ice front when viewed in plan.