Korff Ice Rise
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Korff Ice Rise () is an ice rise, 80 miles long and 20 miles wide, lying 50 miles eastnortheast of Skytrain Ice Rise in the southwest part of Ronne Ice Shelf. It was discovered by the US-IGY Ellsworth Traverse Party, 1957-58, and named by the party for Prof. Serge A. Korff, vice chairman of the cosmic ray technical panel, U.S. National Committee for the IGY, 1957-59.
This article incorporates text from Korff Ice Rise, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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