Shackleton Icefalls

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Shackleton Icefalls (85°8′S 164°0′ECoordinates: 85°8′S 164°0′E) is an extensive icefalls of the upper Beardmore Glacier, southward of Mount Darwin and Mount Mills. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) for Sir Ernest Shackleton, leader of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09), who first penetrated this region.

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