Lazarev Ice Shelf
The Lazarev Ice Shelf is that part of the ice shelf fringing the Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, that lies between Leningradskiy Island and Verblyud Island. It is part of the western Riiser-Larsen Sea and is about long. The ice shelf was first photographed from the air and mapped by the Third German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39. It was explored and mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1959, and named for Lieutenant Mikhail P. Lazarev, commander of the sloop Mirnyy.
Opornyy Point is an ice point along the west side of Lazarev Ice Shelf, about north of Leningradskiy Island. It was named Mys Opornyy because the ice shelf at this point rests on the ocean floor.
