Sulzberger Ice Shelf () is an ice shelf about long and wide bordering the coast of

Marie Byrd Land Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th centu ...

between

Edward VII Peninsula King Edward VII Land or King Edward VII Peninsula is a large, ice-covered peninsula which forms the northwestern extremity of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica. The peninsula projects into the Ross Sea between Sulzberger Bay and the northeast corner ...

and

Guest Peninsula The Guest Peninsula () is a snow-covered peninsula about long between the Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay, in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location The Guest Peninsula extends westward into the Pacific Ocean from t ...

in Antarctica.

Exploration and name

The Sulzberger Ice Shelf was observed and roughly mapped by the

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(ByrdAE; 1928-30), which applied the name

Sulzberger Bay Sulzberger Bay () is a bay indenting the front of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf between Fisher Island and Vollmer Island, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location Sulzberger Bay is on the Southern Ocean coast of Marie Byrd Land. ...

to the open water indenting this feature. The United States

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(US-ACAN) extended the name Sulzberger to the adjacent ice shelf.

Location

The landward side of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf extends southeast from Howard Heights and the mouth of the Stewart Glacier to McKinley Peak. From there it runs northeast past the Hershey Ridge and the Court Ridge, past the mouths of the Hammond Glacier, Swope Glacier, Boyd Glacier and Arthur Glacier to the

Denfeld Mountains The Denfeld Mountains () are a group of scattered mountains between Crevasse Valley Glacier and Arthur Glacier in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location The Denfeld Mountains are on the Saunders Coast of Marie Byrd Land. Th ...

. It then runs north past the mouth of the Crevasse Valley Glacier and northwest along the southern edge of the

. The seaward side extends in a generally northeast direction from the tip of the

Reeves Peninsula Sulzberger Bay () is a bay indenting the front of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf between Fisher Island and Vollmer Island, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location Sulzberger Bay is on the Southern Ocean coast of Marie Byrd Land. ...

to the tip of the Guest Peninsula. The seaward side forms the shore of

. The islands of the Marshall Archipelago are scattered throughout the ice shelf.

Features

Howard Heights

. A snow covered coastal promontory high between Stewart Glacier and Gerry Glacier on the north side of Edward VII Peninsula. Features in this area were explored by the ByrdAE, 1928-30 and 1933-35. These heights were mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN (at the suggestion of Admiral

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) for Roy W. Howard of the ScrippsHoward newspapers, who made financial contributions to the ByrdAE, 1933-35.

Stewart Glacier

. A glacier on the north side of Edward VII Peninsula, flowing northeast along, the east side of Howard Heights into Sulzberger Ice Shelf. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Commander Wayne B. Stewart, United States Navy, co-pilot in LC-130F Hercules aircraft during

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1968.

McKinley Peak

. A peak standing west of Hershey Ridge at the south end of the

Ford Ranges The Ford Ranges () are a collection of mountain groups and ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location The Ford Ranges lie along the coast of Marie Byrd Land to the s ...

. Discovered on the ByrdAE flight of December 5, 1929. Named by Byrd for Grace McKinley, wife of Captain Ashley C. McKinley, aerial photographer and third in command of the expedition.

Hammond Glacier

. Glacier on the northeast side of the Haines Mountains, flowing northwest for about to Sulzberger Ice Shelf in the Ford Ranges. Discovered in 1934 by the ByrdAE, and named by Byrd for John Hays Hammond, American mining engineer and philanthropist.

Reynolds Glacier

. A glacier long, flowing eastward from the Haines Mountains along the south side of Keyser Nunatak to enter the Hammond Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Donald K. Reynolds, ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station, 1967-68 season.

Swope Glacier

. A glacier which drains westward from the Ford Ranges, between Mount Woodward and

Mount West The Haines Mountains () are a range of ice-capped mountains trending northwest–southeast for about and forming the southwest wall of Hammond Glacier, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location The Haines Mountains run sou ...

, into Sulzberger Ice Shelf. Features in these ranges were discovered and successively mapped by the ByrdAE (1928-30) and (1933-35) and by the USAS (1939-41) all led by R. Admiral R.E. Byrd. The glacier is named for

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, president of

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, who contributed various types of electrical equipment to the ByrdAE (1933-35).

Boyd Glacier

. Heavily crevassed glacier flowing west-northwest for about to the Sulzberger Ice Shelf between

Bailey Ridge Sarnoff Mountains () is a range of mountains, long and wide separating the west-flowing Boyd Glacier and Arthur Glacier in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location The Sarnoff Mountains are in the Ford Ranges. They run in a n ...

and

Mount Douglass Sarnoff Mountains () is a range of mountains, long and wide separating the west-flowing Boyd Glacier and Arthur Glacier in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location The Sarnoff Mountains are in the Ford Ranges. They run in ...

in the Ford Ranges. Discovered on aerial flights of the ByrdAE in 1934, and named for Vernon D. Boyd, expedition machinist, and a member of West Base of the USAS (1939–41).

Arthur Glacier

. Valley glacier about long, flowing west to Sulzberger Ice Shelf between the

Swanson Mountains The Denfeld Mountains () are a group of scattered mountains between Crevasse Valley Glacier and Arthur Glacier in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location The Denfeld Mountains are on the Saunders Coast of Marie Byrd Land. T ...

on the north and

Mount Rea Sarnoff Mountains () is a range of mountains, long and wide separating the west-flowing Boyd Glacier and Arthur Glacier in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location The Sarnoff Mountains are in the Ford Ranges. They run in a ...

and Mount Cooper on the south, in the Ford Ranges. Discovered by members of West Base of the US AS, in aerial flights and from ground surveys in November-December 1940. Named by US-SCAN for R. Admiral Arthur C. Davis, United States Navy, a leader in aviation in the United States Navy.

Crevasse Valley Glacier

. A broad glacier about long, flowing west-southwest between Chester Mountains and Saunders Mountain. Discovered by a sledging party of the ByrdAE, which visited this area in November-December 1934, and so named because of its extensively crevassed surface.

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