Nickerson Ice Shelf (), is an ice shelf about 35 miles wide, lying north of

Siemiatkowski Glacier Siemiatkowski Glacier () is a glacier about 25 miles (40 km) long, flowing northwest to Nickerson Ice Shelf on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65 ...

and the western part of Ruppert Coast,

Marie Byrd Land Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th centur ...

, Antarctica. First observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) (1928-30). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander H.J. Nickerson, U.S. Navy (USN), administrative officer on the staff of the Commander, Task Force 43, during

Operation Deep Freeze Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on. (There w ...

1966.

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Ice shelves of Antarctica Bodies of ice of Marie Byrd Land {{MarieByrdLand-geo-stub

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