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Sulzberger Bay (lying between 77°0′S 146°0′W and 77°0′S 154°0′W ) is a bay between [[Fisher Island]] and [[Vollmer Island]], along the east coast of the [[King Edward VII Peninsula]], in a territory shared between Westarctica and the [[Ross Dependency]]. | Sulzberger Bay (lying between 77°0′S 146°0′W and 77°0′S 154°0′W ) is a bay between [[Fisher Island]] and [[Vollmer Island]], along the east coast of the [[King Edward VII Peninsula]], in a territory shared between [[Westarctica]] and the [[Ross Dependency]]. | ||
The Sulzberger Bay indents the front of the[[Sulzberger Ice Shelf]] (77°0′S 148°0′W), an [[ice shelf]] about 137 km (85 mi) long and 80 km (50 mi) wide. The ice shelf was observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930). | The Sulzberger Bay indents the front of the [[Sulzberger Ice Shelf]] (77°0′S 148°0′W), an [[ice shelf]] about 137 km (85 mi) long and 80 km (50 mi) wide. The ice shelf was observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930). | ||
==Discovery and name== | |||
It was discovered by the [[Byrd Antarctic Expedition]] on 5 December 1929, and named by Byrd for Arthur H. Sulzberger, publisher of ''The New York Times'', a supporter of the Byrd expeditions in 1928–1930 and 1933–1935. | |||
[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] |