Mendelssohn Ice Shelf
Coordinates: 71 ° 17 ′ S , 72 ° 57 ′ W
Topographical map sheet of the Beethoven Peninsula (1: 250,000) with the Mendelssohn Inlet and the Mendelssohn Ice Shelf inside (top right)
The Mendelssohn Ice Shelf is an ice shelf in Mendelssohn Inlet on the north coast of the Beethoven Peninsula on the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It is fed by the Hushen , Reuning and Holoviak glaciers .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 based on the bay of the same name. It is named after the German composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847).
Web links
- Mendelssohn Ice Shelf in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)