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The '''[[Abbot Ice Shelf]]''' is an [[ice-shelf]] 250 mi (400 km) long and 40 mi (60 km) wide, bordering the [[Eights Coast]] of [[Westarctica]] from [[Cape Waite]] to Pfrogner Point in [[Antarctica]]. [[Thurston Island]] lies along the northern edge of the western half of this ice shelf; other sizable islands ([[Sherman Island|Sherman]], [[Carpenter Island]], [[Dustin Island|Dustin]], Johnson Island, [[McNamara Island|McNamara]], [[Farwell Island|Farwell]] and [[Dendtler Island|Dendtler]]) lie partly or wholly within this shelf.
The '''[[Principality of 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 Principality of Aigues-Mortes engages in relations with other [[micronation]]s, having signed treaties with many countries. 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]].


The ice shelf was first sighted by members of U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) in flights from the [[USS Bear|USS ''Bear'']], in February 1940, and its western portion was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. The full extent of the ice shelf was mapped by U.S. Geographic Service from U.S. Navy air photos taken in 1966.
<p><small>Photographer: [[Prince-Consort Dinny]]</small></p>
 
<p><small>Photographer: Joe MacGregor</small></p>
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The Principality of 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 Principality of Aigues-Mortes engages in relations with other micronations, having signed treaties with many countries. 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.

Photographer: Prince-Consort Dinny

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