Brunt Ice Shelf
The
Brunt Ice Shelf () borders the
Antarctic coast of
Coats Land between
Dawson-Lambton Glacier and Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue. The feature provided the site for the base of the
Royal Society Expedition, 1955-59. Named by
UK-APC after David Brunt, English meteorologist, Physical Secretary of the Royal Society, 1948-57, who was responsible for the initiation of the Royal Society Expedition to this ice shelf in 1955.
The
Brunt Basin () is a glacially eroded basin of the Brunt Ice Shelf and partially of the
Stancomb-Willis Glacier.
The
Brunt Icefalls () extend along
Caird Coast for about 80 km (50 mi), where the steep ice-covered coast descends to Brunt Ice Shelf. The icefalls were discovered
November 5,
1967, in the course of a
USN Squadron VXE-6 flight over the coast in LC-130 aircraft, and was plotted by
USGS from air photos obtained at that time. Named by
US-ACAN in association with the Brunt Ice Shelf.
The
British Halley Research Station is located on the ice shelf.