Quar Ice Shelf ( 71°20′S, 11°0′W) is the ice shelf between Cape Norvegia and Sorasen Ridge along the coast of Queen Maud Land. It was mapped by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1949-52, whose Maudheim Station was located on this ice shelf. The ice shelf was named for Leslie Quar, a British radio mechanic and electrician with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) in which he was riding drove over the edge of this ice shelf on February 24, 1951. Ross Ice Shelf 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. ... Queen Maud Land (Norwegian: Dronning Maud Land) is the part of Antarctica lying between the terminus of Stancomb-Wills Glacier, at 20°W, and Shinnan Glacier, at 44° 38E. It has a land area of approximately 2,500,000 km², mostly covered by the Antarctic ice sheet. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

This article is based on a United States Geological Survey gazetteer.