Sulzberger Bay
Sulzberger Bay (77°0′S 152°0′W / 77.000°S 152.000°W) is a bay between Fisher Island and Vollmer Island, along the coast of King Edward VII Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on December 5, 1929, and named by Byrd for Arthur H. Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times, a supporter of the Byrd expeditions in 1928-30 and 1933-35.[1]
The Sulzberger Bay indents the front of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf (77°0′S 148°0′W / 77.000°S 148.000°W), an ice shelf about 85 miles (137 km) long and 50 miles (80 km) wide bordering the coast of Marie Byrd Land between Edward VII Peninsula and Guest Peninsula. The ice shelf was observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-30).[2]
Sulzberger Basin (77°0′S 152°30′W / 77.000°S 152.500°W) is an undersea basin on the central Ross shelf named in association with the Sulzberger Bay.[3]
Iceberg formation
The ice shelf released an iceberg some days after March 12, 2011, within a few days of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Scientists have linked the iceberg calving to the tsunami reaching the ice shelf.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulzberger Bay
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulzberger Ice Shelf
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sulzberger Basin
- ^ "Japan Tsunami Broke Huge Icebergs Off Antarctica", Livescience.com, August 8, 2011
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