Sulzberger Bay () is a bay between
Fisher Island
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and
Vollmer Island, along the coast of
King Edward VII Land
King Edward VII Land or King Edward VII Peninsula is a large, ice-covered peninsula which forms the northwestern extremity of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica. The peninsula projects into the Ross Sea between Sulzberger Bay and the northeast corne ...
. Discovered by the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
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on December 5, 1929, and named by Byrd for
Arthur H. Sulzberger, publisher of ''
The New York Times
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'', a supporter of the Byrd expeditions in 1928–1930 and 1933–1935.
The Sulzberger Bay indents the front of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf (), an ice shelf about long and wide bordering the coast of Marie Byrd Land between
Edward VII Peninsula
King Edward VII Land or King Edward VII Peninsula is a large, ice-covered peninsula which forms the northwestern extremity of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica. The peninsula projects into the Ross Sea between Sulzberger Bay and the northeast corne ...
and
Guest Peninsula
Guest Peninsula is a snow-covered peninsula about long between the Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay, on Saunders Coast in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Mitchell Peak, located on the peninsula, was sighted by the first By ...
. The ice shelf was observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930).
Sulzberger Basin () is an undersea basin on the central Ross shelf named in association with the Sulzberger Bay.
Iceberg formation
The ice shelf released icebergs within a day of the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six mi ...
. Scientists have linked the
ice calving to the tsunami reaching the ice shelf, some away from the earthquake epicenter. The main iceberg was approximately the area of
Manhattan Island. In total, the icebergs calved from the ice shelf totalled an area of nearly 125 km
2 (48 mi
2). This section of the shelf had not moved since 1946.
Features
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Ford Ranges
The Ford Ranges () are a grouping of mountain ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on December 5, 1929, they were named by Byrd ...
References
External links
Japan's Tsunami Rips Icebergs Double the Size of Manhattan From Antarcticanbsp;— Discovery News
Japan Tsunami Broke Off Icebergs in Antarcticanbsp;— Wired.com
Bays of Antarctica
King Edward VII Land
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