The feature was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump in 1947.
The area was photographed in 1958 by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SovAE) which applied the name "Zaliv Slava" to the wide open bay that fronts this ice shelf.
Named after the Soviet whaling flotilla Slava.
[1] This article incorporates public domain material from "Slava Ice Shelf".
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