Voyeykov Ice Shelf

Voyeykov Ice Shelf (66°20′S 124°38′E / 66.333°S 124.633°E / -66.333; 124.633Coordinates: 66°20′S 124°38′E / 66.333°S 124.633°E / -66.333; 124.633), is an ice shelf fringing the coast between Paulding Bay and Cape Goodenough, Antarctica. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SovAE) (1958) and named after Aleksandr I. Voyeykov (1842–1916), a Russian climatologist.[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Voyeykov Ice Shelf" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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