Cook Ice Shelf is an
ice shelf about wide, occupying a deep recession of the coastline between
Cape Freshfield Cape Freshfield () is an ice-covered cape between Deakin Bay and the Cook Ice Shelf, Antarctica. The coastline in this vicinity was first roughly charted by the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, and for ...
and
Cape Hudson Mawson Peninsula () is a high (), narrow, ice-covered peninsula on the George V Coast, on the west side of the Slava Ice Shelf, Antarctica, terminating in Cape Hudson. It extends for over in a northwesterly direction. The peninsula was photographed ...
, to the east of
Deakin Bay Deakin Bay () is a wide, open bay on the coast between Horn Bluff and Cape Freshfield. The bay was roughly delineated by the Far Eastern Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it for Alfred De ...
.
This bay was discovered by the
US Exploring Expedition in 1840, and referred to by
Wilkes as Disappointment Bay.
This indentation was called Cook Bay by the
Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, under
Douglas Mawson, who named it for
Joseph Cook
Sir Joseph Cook, (7 December 1860 – 30 July 1947) was an Australian politician who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1913 to 1914. He was the leader of the Liberal Party from 1913 to 1917, after earlier serving ...
,
Prime Minister of Australia
The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister heads the executive branch of the Australian Government, federal government of Australia and is also accountable to Parliament of A ...
in 1914. The generic term has been amended, as the bay is permanently filled by an ice shelf.
Scientists studying the
effects of global warming have proposed that sea water encroachment in the area could destabilize a significant portion of the
East Antarctic Ice Sheet.
References
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Ice shelves of Antarctica
Bodies of ice of George V Land
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