Korff Ice Rise
| Korff Ice Rise | ||
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| height | 300 m | |
| location | Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf , Weddell Sea | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 69 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Korff Ice Rise is a 300 m high ice dome off the Zumberge coast of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the southwest Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, it rises 80 km east-northeast of the Skytrain Ice Rise with a length of 130 km and a width of 30 km.
He was discovered by a US team exploring the Ellsworthland during the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Serge Alexander Korff (1906-1989), deputy chairman of the technical committee on cosmic rays in the US committee for the International Geophysical Year.
Web links
- Korff Ice Rise in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Korff Ice Rise on geographic.org (English)