Muller Ice Shelf, also known as Müller Ice Shelf[2] according to the original German spelling of the family name Müller, (67°15′S 66°52′W / 67.250°S 66.867°W) was an ice shelf lying southwest of Hooke Point in southwest Lallemand Fjord, Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast. It was nurtured by Brückner Glacier and Antevs Glacier.
![Image showing ice shelves on the Antarctic peninsula.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Antarctic-Peninsula-Ice-Shelves.png/220px-Antarctic-Peninsula-Ice-Shelves.png)
It collapsed "recently" (as at late March 2008).[3]
The name was given by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1981 in memory of Fritz Muller (1926–80), a Swiss glaciologist, who carried out research in Switzerland, Greenland, the Canadian Arctic, and the Himalayas.
References
edit- ^ A. J. Cook; D. G. Vaughan (2009). "Ice shelf changes on the Antarctic Peninsula" (PDF). The Cryosphere Discussions. 3: 579–630. doi:10.5194/tcd-3-579-2009.
- ^ Gabrielle Walker:[Southern exposure https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16321994.900-southern-exposure.html] in New Scientist, Nr. 2199, 14 August 1999
- ^ "Press Release - Antarctic ice shelf 'hangs by a thread'". National Environment Research Council. British Antarctic Survey. March 25, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Muller Ice Shelf". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.