Britten Ice Shelf
Coordinates: 72 ° 35 ′ S , 72 ° 32 ′ W
The Britten Ice Shelf is an ice shelf in the southwest of Alexander I Island, west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located on the south bank of the Monteverdi Peninsula in Britten Inlet . Its edge at the Ronne Entrance is known as the Britten Ice Front .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on December 8, 1977 in connection with the bay of the same name after the British composer Benjamin Britten (1913-1976).
Web links
- Britten Ice Shelf in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Britten Ice Shelf on geographic.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Britten Ice Front in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (accessed April 30, 2019).