Reynolds Ice Rise

Reynolds Ice Rise (69°3′S 67°1′W / 69.050°S 67.017°W / -69.050; -67.017Coordinates: 69°3′S 67°1′W / 69.050°S 67.017°W / -69.050; -67.017) is a small ice rise lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Wade Ice Rise in Wordie Ice Shelf, Fallières Coast. The ice rise was mapped from U.S. Landsat imagery, 1974-79. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1987 after John M. Reynolds, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) glaciologist, 1978–83, who undertook a study of intensive calving of Wordie Ice Shelf from Landsat imagery.

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