Quar Ice Shelf
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Quar Ice Shelf () is the ice shelf between Cape Norvegia and Sorasen Ridge along the coast of Queen Maud Land. It was mapped by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1949-52, whose Maudheim Station was located on this ice shelf. The ice shelf was named for Leslie Quar, a British radio mechanic and electrician with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) in which he was riding drove over the edge of this ice shelf on February 24, 1951.
This article incorporates text from Quar Ice Shelf, 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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