Fimbul Ice Shelf

Coordinates: 70°30′S 0°10′W / 70.500°S 0.167°W / -70.500; -0.167
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70°30′S 0°10′W / 70.500°S 0.167°W / -70.500; -0.167

In December 2009 new oceanographic moorings were deployed below the Fimbul ice shelf in the project Fimbul Ice Shelf – Top to Bottom.
Fimbul shelf ice at the Märta and Astrid coasts.

The Fimbul Ice Shelf is an

Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952) and from air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958–1959) and named Fimbulisen (the giant ice).[1]

References

  1. ^ "Fimbul Ice Shelf". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-22.

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