Vere Ice Rise
| Vere Ice Rise | ||
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| location | Wilkins Ice Shelf , Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 27 '0 " S , 72 ° 43' 59" W | |
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The Vere Ice Rise is a small ice dome of the Wilkins Ice Shelf off the west coast of Alexander I Island .
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) mapped it using radar measurements during a flyover on February 1, 1967 with a DHC-6 Twin Otter . A more precise position determination was made using Landsat images from 1979. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1980 after Lieutenant Robert P. Vere (1937-2004) of the Royal Air Force , second pilot on the BAS flight.
Web links
- Vere ice rise in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vere Ice Rise on geographic.org