Martin Ice Rise is an ice rise, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, in George VI Ice Shelf

George VI Ice Shelf

The George VI Ice Shelf is an extensive ice shelf that occupies George VI Sound between Alexander Island and Palmer Land in Antarctica. The ice shelf extends from Ronne Entrance, at the southwest end of the sound, to Niznik Island, about south of the north entrance between Cape Brown and Cape...

, located 10 nautical miles (18 km) southwest of Kirwan Inlet

Kirwan Inlet

Kirwan Inlet is an inlet in the southeast corner of Alexander Island, 12 nautical miles wide at its mouth and indenting 7 nautical miles , opening on George VI Sound. The inlet is ice filled and merges almost imperceptibly with the rising ice slopes of Alexander Island to the west...

, Alexander Island

Alexander Island

Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...

. Delineated as an ice rise from U.S. Landsat imagery of January 1973. Named in 1977 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Sir David Martin (1914–76), Executive Secretary of the Royal Society

Royal Society

The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...

, 1947–76, who played a leading role in organizing the Royal Society IGY Expedition, 1956-58.