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Shackleton Ice Shelf
ice shelf, Antarctica
Shackleton Ice Shelf, sheet of floating ice bordering Queen Mary Coast, Antarctica, on the Indian Ocean. It was discovered and named for Ernest Shackleton, the British explorer, by Douglas Mawsonâs expedition, 1911â14. It lies between the main Russian Antarctic station Mirnyy and the Polish station Dobrowlowski.
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