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Nearly all of Antarctica's surface is covered by ice to an average depth of 1.9 km (1.2 mi; 6,200 ft). [2] As such, a number of notable ice features have been described on the continent. Ice shelves
Pages in category "Names of places in Antarctica" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. ... List of Antarctic features named after Norwegian ...
The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in Antarctica, which are formally given by the President of the Republic according to the Bulgarian ...
2.3 "Lands" of Antarctica. 3 Towns and cities. ... There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy.
This is a list of islands known to be named after individual people. ... Antarctica: Thomas Bedford ... List of places named after people; References
Corbet Peak, named after Barry Corbet, member of the 1966–67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Vinson; Cosgrove Ice Shelf, named after Lieutenant Jerome R. Cosgrove, U.S. Navy Reserve, asst. communications Officer [6] Cousins Rock, named after Michael D. Cousins, ionospheric physicist [20]
Pages in category "Lists of places named after people" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI). Such names are formally approved by the ...