Shackleton Icefalls

Shackleton Icefalls
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location	Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains	Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	85 ° 8 ′  S , 164 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 85 ° 8 ′  S , 164 ° 0 ′  E
drainage	Beardmore Glacier

The Shackleton Icefalls are a large glacial break in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It is located on the south side of Mount Darwin and Mount Mills in the upper section of the Beardmore Glacier .

The ice falls were discovered by participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907–1909) and named after the expedition leader, the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922).

See also

• List of geographical objects discovered during the Nimrod expedition

Web links

• Shackleton Icefalls in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Shackleton Icefalls on geographic.org (English)