TheMcMurdo Ice Shelf is the portion of theRoss Ice Shelf bounded byMcMurdo Sound andRoss Island on the north andMinna Bluff on the south. Studies show this feature has characteristics quite distinct from the Ross Ice Shelf and merits individual naming. A.J. Heine, who made investigations in 1962–63, suggested the name for the ice shelf bounded by Ross Island,Brown Peninsula,Black Island andWhite Island. TheAdvisory Committee on Antarctic Names has extended the application of this name to include the contiguous ice shelf southward to Minna Bluff.[1]
In March 2010, while scientists were taking photographs of the underside of the ice shelf, they discovered a livingLysianassidaeamphipod.[2]
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This article incorporatespublic domain material from"McMurdo Ice Shelf".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey.
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