Godel Ice Harbor
| Godel Ice Harbor | ||
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| Waters | Riiser Larsen Lake | |
| Land mass | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 21 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| width | 8 kilometers | |
The Godel Ice Port ( Norwegian Godelbukta , Godel Bay ' ) is an 8 km wide ice port off the Princess Ragnhild coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It represents a more or less permanent bay that lies at the front of an ice shelf off the coast .
The crew of the icebreaker USS Glacier , who surveyed this stretch of coast during the first Operation Deep Freeze in March 1956 , also made the designation. It is named after William H. Godel, deputy chief of the United States Navy special duties , who helped prepare for Operation Deep Freeze.
Web links
- Godel Iceport in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Godel Iceport on geographic.org (English)