Crosson Ice Shelf
{{Short description|Ice shelf in Antarctica}}
The Crosson Ice Shelf ({{coord|74|57|S|109|30|W|scale:2000000_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is an ice shelf, about {{convert|35|nmi}} wide, located north and northeast of Mount Murphy along the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.
The ice shelf is nurtured by Smith Glacier, Pope Glacier, Vane Glacier, and Haynes Glacier.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=163}}
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Location
File:C74108s1 Ant.Map Bear Peninsula.jpg
File:C75108s1 Ant.Map Mount Murphy.jpg
The Crosson Ice Shelf extends northeast into the Amundsen Sea on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land.
The Bear Peninsula is on its northwest.
The Mount Murphy massif is along its south edge.{{sfn|Bear Peninsula USGS}}{{sfn|Mount Murphy USGS}}
Mapping and name
Crosson Ice Shelf was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and from United States Navy air photographs, 1959–66.
It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander W.E. Crosson, U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer of the Antarctic Construction Group during Operation Deep Freeze 1973.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=163}}
References
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Sources
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- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2
|editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G.
|publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}} {{Include-USGov |agency=United States Board on Geographic Names}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C74108s1_Ant.Map_Bear_Peninsula.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-11
|title=Bear Peninsula |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref={{harvid|Bear Peninsula USGS}} }}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C75108s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Murphy.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-11
|title=Mount Murphy |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref={{harvid|Mount Murphy USGS}} }}
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- {{Include-USGov |agency=United States Geological Survey}}
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