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Encyclopedia > Brunt Ice Shelf

The Brunt Ice Shelf (75º40´S 025º00´W) borders the Antarctic coast of Coats Land between Dawson-Lambton Glacier and Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue. The feature provided the site for the base of the Royal Society Expedition, 1955-59. Named by UK-APC after David Brunt, English meteorologist, Physical Secretary of the Royal Society, 1948-57, who was responsible for the initiation of the Royal Society Expedition to this ice shelf in 1955.


The Brunt Icefalls (75º55´S 025º00´W) extend along Caird Coast for about 80 km (50 mi), where the steep ice-covered coast descends to Brunt Ice Shelf. The icefalls were discovered November 5, 1967, in the course of a USN Squadron VXE-6 flight over the coast in LC-130 aircraft, and was plotted by USGS from air photos obtained at that time. Named by British Halley Research Station is located on the ice shelf.




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Brunt Ice Shelf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (219 words)
The Brunt Ice Shelf (75°40′S 025°00′W) borders the Antarctic coast of Coats Land between Dawson-Lambton Glacier and Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue.
Named by UK-APC after David Brunt, English meteorologist, Physical Secretary of the Royal Society, 1948-57, who was responsible for the initiation of the Royal Society Expedition to this ice shelf in 1955.
The Brunt Basin (75°0′S 25°0′W) is a glacially eroded basin of the Brunt Ice Shelf and partially of the Stancomb-Willis Glacier.
Ice shelf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (450 words)
An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface.
The boundary between floating ice shelf and the grounded (resting on bedrock) ice that feeds it is called the grounding line.
The primary mechanism of mass loss from ice shelves is iceberg calving, in which a chunk of ice breaks off from the seaward front of the shelf.
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