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Lazarev Ice Shelf

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Opornyy Point is an ice point along the west side of Lazarev Ice Shelf, about 15 nmi (28 km) north of Leningradskiy Island. It was named
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at its western edge. The ice shelf was first photographed from the air and mapped by the
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and is about 50 nautical miles (90 km) long, with
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69°37′S 14°45′E / 69.617°S 14.750°E / -69.617; 14.750
ice shelf
Princess Astrid Coast
Queen Maud Land
Leningradskiy Island
Verblyud Island
Riiser-Larsen Sea
Razlom Point
Third German Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Mikhail P. Lazarev
sloop
Mirnyy
Cape Murmanskiy
Uragannyy Point
"Lazarev Ice Shelf"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
"Opornyy Point"
public domain material
United States Geological Survey
Princess Astrid Coast
stub
expanding it
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t
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Categories
Ice shelves of Queen Maud Land

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