Cosgrove Ice Shelf

Cosgrove Ice Shelf

73°32′S100°45′W / 73.533°S 100.750°W / -73.533; -100.750. An ice shelf 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) long and 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) wide, occupying the inner (east) part of the embayment between King Peninsula and Canisteo Peninsula. Mapped from air photos taken by United States Navy OpHjp, 1946-47. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Jerome R. Cosgrove, United States Navy Reserve, assistant communications officer on the staff of the Commander, United States Navy Support Force, Antarctica, during United States Navy OpDFrz, 1967 and 1968.