Wrigley Gulf is an embayment about 115 miles wide along the coastline of Antarctica, lying seaward of the Getz Ice Shelf. Nearly a right angle in plan, its limits are described by Grant Island, Dean Island, and Siple Island, which are partially or wholly embedded in the ice shelf.
Wrigley Gulf was discovered in December 1940 by the US Antarctic Service (USAS), and named for Philip Wrigley, a Chicago manufacturer who helped support the expedition.
Further reading
- Andrew J. Hund, Antarctica and the Arctic Circle: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Earth's Polar Regions, P 373
- Thomas Horst Kalberg, https://elib.suub.uni-bremen.de/edocs/00104869-1.pdf Geophysical investigation of the West Antarctic continental margin between Wrigley Gulf and the Amundsen Sea Embayment]
External links
- Wrigley Gulf at USGS website
- Wrigley Gulf at SCAR website
- satellite image of the Wrigley Gulf
- a map of the Wrigley Gulf area
References
This article incorporates public domain material from "Wrigley Gulf". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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