Hannan Ice Shelf is an 18-mile wide ice shelf

Ice shelf

An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are only found in Antarctica, Greenland and Canada. The boundary between the floating ice shelf and the grounded ice that feeds it is called...

 on the coast of Enderby Land

Enderby Land

Enderby Land is a projecting land mass of Antarctica, extending from Shinnan Glacier at to William Scoresby Bay at .Enderby Land was discovered in February 1831 by John Biscoe in the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their...

, Antarctica. The ice shelf is nourished by Molle

Molle Glacier

Molle Glacier is a glacier, 4 nautical miles wide, flowing north-northeast into the north part of the Hannan Ice Shelf, Enderby Land. Charted from air photos taken by ANARE in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for J.D. Molle, radio officer at Davis Station in 1960....

 and Kichenside Glacier

Kichenside Glacier

Kichenside Glacier is a glacier, 15 miles long and 3 to 5 miles wide, flowing northeast into the south part of Hannan Ice Shelf on the coast of Enderby Land. Charted from air photos taken from an ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Squadron Leader J...

s and borders McKinnon Island

McKinnon Island

McKinnon Island is a large island, mostly ice covered, in the Hannan Ice Shelf along the coast of Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE in 1956. Named for Graeme W...

on all but its north side. Photographed from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1956. First visited in October 1957 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) party led by B.H. Stinear. Named by ANCA for F.T. Hannan, meteorologist at Mawson Station in 1957.