George VI Ice Shelf

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Coordinates: 71 ° 45 ′  S , 68 ° 0 ′  W

Relief Map: Antarctica
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George VI Ice Shelf​
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The George VI Sound (red line) with the George VI Ice Shelf contained therein
Aerial view of the George VI Ice Shelf between Alexander I Island (foreground) and the coast of the Palmerland (background)

The George VI Ice Shelf is a 23,880 km² ice shelf that fills most of the George VI Sound between Alexander I Island and the Palmerland . It extends from Ronne Entrance at the southwest end of the sound to Niznik Island about 48 km south of the northern entrance between Cape Brown and Cape Jeremy .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1974 based on the naming of the sound of the same name after the British monarch George VI. (1895-1952).

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