Gipps Ice Rise is a roughly elliptical ice rise, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and bounded by an ice cliff on all sides, lying at the edge of Larsen Ice Shelf

Larsen Ice Shelf

The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long, fringing ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula from Cape Longing to the area just southward of Hearst Island...

 about 35 nautical miles (60 km) northeast of Hearst Island

Hearst Island

Hearst Island is an ice-covered, dome-shaped island lying east of Cape Rymill, in the Weddell Sea, off the eastern coast of Palmer Land. The island is long, in a North-South direction, wide, and rises to ....

. The feature was discovered by William R. MacDonald of United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS), December 18, 1966, while on a photographic mapping mission of this area aboard a Super Constellation aircraft crewed by the U.S. Navy VXE-6

VXE-6

VXE-6, Antarctic Development Squadron 6 , commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins was a United States Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...

 Squadron. The ice rise was first mapped from these photos by USGS. The name was proposed by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Derek R. Gipps, Senior Executive Officer with British Antarctic Survey

British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 400 staff. It operates five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in and around Antarctica....

(BAS), 1961-73.