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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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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==Discovery== | ==Discovery== | ||
The ice shelf was first sighted by members of U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) in flights from the | The ice shelf was first sighted by members of U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) in flights from the 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 was mapped by USGS from USN air photos of 1966. | ||
==Name== | ==Name== | ||
Named by US-ACAN for Rear Admiral James Lloyd Abbot, Jr., Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, February 1967 to June 1969. | Named by US-ACAN for Rear Admiral James Lloyd Abbot, Jr., Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, February 1967 to June 1969. | ||
[[File:Abbott Ice Shelf shadow crevasses.jpg|thumb|400px|DC-8 shadow against crevasses on Abbott Ice Shelf]] | |||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||
[[Category:Ice Shelves]] | [[Category:Ice Shelves]] | ||