Lazarev Ice Shelf
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Lazarev Ice Shelf () is that part of the ice shelf fringing the coast of Queen Maud Land between Leningradskiy Island and Verblyud Island. It is about 50 nautical miles (90 km) long. First photographed from the air and mapped by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Explored and mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1959, and named for Lieutenant (later Admiral) Mikhail P. Lazarev, commander of the sloop Mirnyy.
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