Verblyud Island
Encyclopedia
Verblyud Island is an ice
-covered island
whose summit rises 200 m above the surrounding ice shelf
, situated at the east margin of Lazarev Ice Shelf
along the coast of Queen Maud Land
. First mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
(SovAE) in 1961 and named Kupol Verblyud (купол Верблюд - camel
dome
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Ice
Ice is water frozen into the solid state. Usually ice is the phase known as ice Ih, which is the most abundant of the varying solid phases on the Earth's surface. It can appear transparent or opaque bluish-white color, depending on the presence of impurities or air inclusions...
-covered island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
whose summit rises 200 m above the surrounding ice shelf
Ice shelf
An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are only found in Antarctica, Greenland and Canada. The boundary between the floating ice shelf and the grounded ice that feeds it is called...
, situated at the east margin of Lazarev Ice Shelf
Lazarev Ice Shelf
Lazarev Ice Shelf is that part of the ice shelf fringing Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land between Leningradskiy Island and Verblyud Island. It is part of western Riiser-Larsen Sea and is about 50 nautical miles long. First photographed from the air and mapped by the German Antarctic...
along the coast of Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
. First mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR....
(SovAE) in 1961 and named Kupol Verblyud (купол Верблюд - camel
Camel
A camel is an even-toed ungulate within the genus Camelus, bearing distinctive fatty deposits known as humps on its back. There are two species of camels: the dromedary or Arabian camel has a single hump, and the bactrian has two humps. Dromedaries are native to the dry desert areas of West Asia,...
dome
Dome
A dome is a structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. Dome structures made of various materials have a long architectural lineage extending into prehistory....
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