The First Russian Antarctic Expedition led by Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev on the 985-ton sloop-of-war Vostok ("East") and the 530-ton support vessel Mirny ("Peaceful") reached a point within 32 kilometers of Queen Maud's Land and recorded the sight of an ice shelf at coord, on 27 January 1820, which became known as the Fimbul ice shelf.