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The '''[[Principality of Aigues-Mortes]]''' (French: ''Principauté d’Aigues-Mortes'') is a [[micronation]] created to promote and support local initiatives of the eponymous city, located in Southern France, 23km east of Montpellier.
The '''[[Crosson Ice Shelf]]''' is an [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] [[ice-shelf|ice shelf]], about 35 miles (56 km) wide, north and northeast of [[Mount Murphy]] along the [[Walgreen Coast]] of [[Westarctica]]. The ice shelf is nurtured by the [[Smith Glacier|Smith]], [[Pope Glacier|Pope]], Vane, and [[Haynes Glacier|Haynes]] Glaciers. It was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–66.


The Princely Couple (His Serene Highness, Sovereign-Prince Jean-Pierre IV and Her Serene Highness, Princess Olivia-Eugénie) work together with the citizens and the Princely Grand Council, to create and organize events that are both fun and windows of local talents and creativity. In February 2018, Chancellor Olivier de Constance was hosted for a diplomatic visit at the Grand Ducal Apartments in Los Angeles, California by [[Grand Duke Travis]] and Prince-Consort Dinny where he was invested as a Knight Commander in the [[Order of the Snowflake]].
Crosson Ice Shelf was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander W.E. Crosson, [[U.S. Navy]], Commanding Officer of the Antarctic Construction Group during Operation Deep Freeze 1973.


A delegation from Aigues-Mortes is registered to attend [[MicroCon 2022]].
<p><small>Photographer: John Sonntag/Nature</small></p>
 
<p><small>Photographer: [[Prince-Consort Dinny]]</small></p>
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Revision as of 16:12, 4 May 2022

Crosson and Murphy.jpg

The Crosson Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf, about 35 miles (56 km) wide, north and northeast of Mount Murphy along the Walgreen Coast of Westarctica. The ice shelf is nurtured by the Smith, Pope, Vane, and Haynes Glaciers. It was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–66.

Crosson Ice Shelf was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander W.E. Crosson, U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer of the Antarctic Construction Group during Operation Deep Freeze 1973.

Photographer: John Sonntag/Nature

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