Korff Ice Rise is an ice rise, 80 miles long and 20 miles wide, lying 50 miles (80 or 90 km) east-northeast of Skytrain Ice Rise in the southwest part of Ronne Ice Shelf. It was discovered by the US-IGY Ellsworth Traverse Party, 1957–58, and named by the party for Prof. Serge A. Korff, vice chairman of the cosmic ray technical panel, U.S. National Committee for the IGY, 1957-59.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Korff Ice Rise" (content from the Geographic Names Information System). Coordinates: 79°0′S 69°30′W / 79°S 69.5°W / -79; -69.5
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