Stwosz Icefall is an icefall at the outlet of
Krakow Dome at the head of
Legru Bay Legru Bay () is a bay wide, indenting the south coast of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, immediately northeast of Martins Head. The French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Jean-Baptiste-Étie ...
on
King George Island,
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
. It was named by the 1980 Polish Antarctic Expedition after artist
Wit Stwosz
Veit Stoss (also: ''Veit Stoß'' and ''Stuoss''; pl, Wit Stwosz; before 1450about 20 September 1533) was a leading German sculptor, mostly working with wood, whose career covered the transition between the late Gothic and the Northern Renaissa ...
(c.1445–1533), who carved the wooden altarpiece in
Mariacki Church in
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
between 1477 and 1487.
References
Icefalls of Antarctica
Poland and the Antarctic
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