Crary Ice Rise
| Crary Ice Rise | ||
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| location | Ross Ice Shelf , Ross Sea | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 172 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Crary Ice Rise is an ice dome in the south-central part of the Ross Ice Shelf off the Siple Coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It looms between Roosevelt Island and the Transantarctic Mountains .
Scientists from the Ross Ice Shelf Project explored and named the ice dome as part of the United States Antarctic Research Program in the 1970s . It is named after the American geophysicist Albert P. Crary (1911–1997), who from 1957 worked in various positions in Antarctica .
Web links
- Crary Ice Rise in Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Crary Ice Rise on geographic.org (English)