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Venable Ice Shelf
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Bryan Coast.
Venable Ice Shelf
73°03′S87°20′W / 73.050°S 87.333°W. An ice shelf, 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) long and 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) wide, between Fletcher Peninsula and Allison Peninsula. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander J.D. Venable, United States Navy, Ships Operations Officer, United States Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1967 and 1968.