Wagner Ice Piedmont (69°28′S72°38′W / 69.467°S 72.633°W /-69.467; -72.633) is anice piedmont, 9 nautical miles (17 km) long in a NW-SE direction and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, overlying the southwest part ofRothschild Island.
Observed and photographed from the air by theUnited States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41. Mapped from air photos taken by theRonne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, by Searle of theFalkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960.
Named by theUnited Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) forRichard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer.
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