Kershaw Ice Rumples

The Kershaw Ice Rumples (

78°45′S 75°40′W / 78.750°S 75.667°W / -78.750; -75.667Coordinates: 78°45′S 75°40′W / 78.750°S 75.667°W / -78.750; -75.667) are a large area of disturbed ice between Fletcher Ice Rise and Korff Ice Rise, in the southwestern part of the Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica. The feature appears in U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken in the 1960s and in imagery obtained by the NASA Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-1), 1973–74. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for , a senior pilot with the British Antarctic Survey, 1974–75.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Kershaw Ice Rumples". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)