Melba Peninsula is a broad, ice-covered peninsula between Reid Glacier and the Bay of Winds, fronting on Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, 1911–1914, who named it for Dame Nellie Melba of Melbourne, a patron of the expedition. [1]
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66°31′S 98°18′E / 66.517°S 98.300°E
Melba Peninsula is a broad, ice-covered peninsula between Reid Glacier and the Bay of Winds, fronting on Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, 1911–1914, who named it for Dame Nellie Melba of Melbourne, a patron of the expedition. [1]
This article incorporates
public domain material from
"Melba Peninsula".
Geographic Names Information System.
United States Geological Survey.
66°31′S 98°18′E / 66.517°S 98.300°E