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Lazarev Ice Shelf
The
Lazarev Ice Shelf
is that part of the
ice shelf
fringing the
Princess Astrid Coast
of
Queen Maud Land
, Antarctica, that lies between
Leningradskiy Island
and
Verblyud Island
. It is part of the western
Riiser-Larsen Sea
and is about long. The ice shelf was first photographed from the air and mapped by the
Third German Antarctic Expedition
, 1938–39. It was explored and mapped by the
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
in 1959, and named for Lieutenant (later Admiral)
Mikhail P. Lazarev
, commander of the
sloop
Mirnyy
.
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