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Large platform of glacial ice
An ice shelf is a large platform of glacial ice floating on the ocean, fed by one or multiple tributary glaciers. Ice shelves form along coastlines where
Ice_shelf
Ice shelf in Antarctica
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (as of 2013[update], an area of roughly 500,809 km2 (193,363 mi2) and about 800 km (500 mi) across:
Ross_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in Antarctica
The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula from Cape
Larsen_Ice_Shelf
Breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier
or ice disruption. It is the sudden release and breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier, iceberg, ice front, ice shelf, or crevasse. The ice that
Ice_calving
Ice shelf in Antarctica
The Abbot Ice Shelf (72°45′S 96°00′W / 72.750°S 96.000°W / -72.750; -96.000 (Abbot Ice Shelf)) is an ice shelf 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi)
Abbot_Ice_Shelf
Antarctic ice shelf in the Amundsen Sea
Thwaites Ice Shelf Thwaites Ice Shelf (75°6′S 105°31′W / 75.100°S 105.517°W / -75.100; -105.517), is an Antarctic ice shelf in the Amundsen Sea. It
Thwaites_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in Antarctica
The Amery Ice Shelf (69°45′S 71°0′E / 69.750°S 71.000°E / -69.750; 71.000) is a broad ice shelf in Antarctica at the head of Prydz Bay between the Lars
Amery_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
The Getz Ice Shelf (74°15′S 125°00′W / 74.250°S 125.000°W / -74.250; -125.000 (Getz Ice Shelf)) is an ice shelf over 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi)
Getz_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in Antarctica
Sulzberger Ice Shelf (77°00′S 148°00′W / 77.000°S 148.000°W / -77.000; -148.000 (Sulzberger Ice Shelf)) is an ice shelf about 85 nautical miles (157 km;
Sulzberger_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in Antarctica
Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf or Ronne–Filchner Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf bordering the Weddell Sea. The seaward side of the Filchner–Ronne ice shelf is divided
Filchner–Ronne_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean
The Milne Ice Shelf, a fragment of the former Ellesmere Ice Shelf, is located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is in Milne Ford, and between
Milne_Ice_Shelf
Seaway in Antarctica
Sound is a seaway in Antarctica that is largely occupied by the Wilkins Ice Shelf. It is located on the southwest side of the Antarctic Peninsula between
Wilkins_Sound
Antarctic ice shelf
Brunt Ice Shelf The Brunt Ice Shelf borders the Antarctic coast of Coats Land between Dawson-Lambton Glacier and Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue. It was
Brunt_Ice_Shelf
Ice formed on a lake and washed up on the shore
Shelf ice is ice that forms when a portion of a lake surface freezes. It is often then washed upon the shore. The phenomenon is common within the Great
Shelf_ice
Shelf Crosson Ice Shelf Thwaites Ice Shelf Cosgrove Ice Shelf Abbot Ice Shelf Venable Ice Shelf Stange Ice Shelf Bach Ice Shelf George VI Ice Shelf Wilkins
List_of_Antarctic_ice_shelves
Ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean
The Markham Ice Shelf was one of five major ice shelves in Canada, all on the north coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. The ice shelf broke off from the
Markham_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf of Antarctica
Shackleton Ice Shelf Shackleton Ice Shelf is an extensive ice shelf fronting the coast of East Antarctica from 95° E to 105° E. It extends for an along-shore
Shackleton_Ice_Shelf
About 75% of the coastline of Antarctica is ice shelf. The majority of ice shelf consists of floating ice, and a lesser amount consists of glaciers that
Climate_of_Antarctica
Ice shelf in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Dotson Ice Shelf Dotson Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 30 miles (50 km) wide between Martin Peninsula and Bear Peninsula on the coast of Marie Byrd Land
Dotson_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean
M'Clintock Ice Shelf was a Canadian ice shelf attached to northern Ellesmere Island. By 1961/62, its connection was tenuous. Most of the shelf broke away
M'Clintock_Ice_Shelf
Large mass of glacial ice
by heat fed to the shelf by the circumpolar deep water current, which is 3 °C above the ice's melting point. The presence of ice shelves has a stabilizing
Ice_sheet
Former ice shelf in Antarctica
Jones Ice Shelf (67°31′S 67°1′W / 67.517°S 67.017°W / -67.517; -67.017) was the ice shelf occupying the Jones Channel, between the Arrowsmith Peninsula
Jones_Ice_Shelf
Large formation of floating ice
iceberg is a piece of fresh water ice more than 15 meters (16 yards) long that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water
Iceberg
Ice shelf in Antarctica
Publications Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf about 35 nautical miles (60 km) long on the south shore of Prydz Bay, between Mount Caroline Mikkelsen
Publications_Ice_Shelf
Body of water in Antarctica
(46 km; 29 mi) wide along the coast of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. An ice shelf occupies the sound, which is bounded on the west by Smyley Island and
Stange_Sound
Ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean
The Ayles Ice Shelf was one of six major ice shelves in Canada, all on the north coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. The ice shelf broke off from the coast
Ayles_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean
The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf in the Arctic, located near Ward Hunt Island, on the north coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
Ward_Hunt_Ice_Shelf
Antarctic glacier
this nickname is controversial among scientists. The Thwaites Ice Shelf, a floating ice shelf which braces and restrains the eastern portion of Thwaites
Thwaites_Glacier
Ice shelf in Antarctica
Nickerson Ice Shelf (75°45′S 145°00′W / 75.750°S 145.000°W / -75.750; -145.000 (Nickerson Ice Shelf)), is an ice shelf about 35 nautical miles (65 km;
Nickerson_Ice_Shelf
Earth's southern polar ice cap
and its edges flow into floating ice shelves. The WAIS is bounded by the Ross Ice Shelf, the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, and outlet glaciers that drain into
Antarctic_ice_sheet
Unclaimed West Antarctic region
20th century. The territory lies in West Antarctica, east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean portion of the Antarctic
Marie_Byrd_Land
Continental glacier in North America during the last ice age
Maritime Provinces. The Appalachian Ice Complex, flowed from the Gaspé Peninsula over New Brunswick, the Magdalen Shelf, and Nova Scotia. The Labrador flow
Laurentide_ice_sheet
Ice shelf in Antarctica
The George VI Ice Shelf (71°45′S 68°00′W / 71.750°S 68.000°W / -71.750; -68.000) is an extensive ice shelf that occupies George VI Sound which separates
George_VI_Ice_Shelf
Mixture of sea ice types, icebergs, and snow without a clearly defined floe
The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf The ice mélange at the boundary of the ice shelf has sufficient strength to trap large tabular ice-shelf fragments for several
Ice_mélange
Ice shelf in Antarctica
Zubchatyy Ice Shelf (67°13′S 49°5′E / 67.217°S 49.083°E / -67.217; 49.083) is a small ice shelf which borders the south side of Sakellari Peninsula
Zubchatyy_Ice_Shelf
Lake under a glacier
be conceived as an ice shelf that is grounded along its entire perimeter, which explains why it has been called a captured ice shelf. As it moves over
Subglacial_lake
Geographical feature in Antarctica
14°45′E / 69.617°S 14.750°E / -69.617; 14.750 The Lazarev Ice Shelf is that part of the ice shelf fringing the Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land,
Lazarev_Ice_Shelf
Bay in Antarctica
000 (Sulzberger Bay)) is a bay indenting the front of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf between Fisher Island and Vollmer Island, along the coast of Marie Byrd
Sulzberger_Bay
Clearly defined elevation of an ice shelf
An ice rise is a clearly defined elevation of the otherwise very much flatter ice shelf, typically dome-shaped and rising several hundreds of metres above
Ice_rise
Ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean
The Serson Ice Shelf is a major ice shelf on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It measured approximately 47
Serson_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in Antarctica
The McMurdo Ice Shelf is the portion of the Ross Ice Shelf bounded by McMurdo Sound and Ross Island on the north and Minna Bluff on the south. Studies
McMurdo_Ice_Shelf
72.550) is a prominent rock promontory on the eastern margin of Amery Ice Shelf between the Branstetter Rocks and Kreitzer Glacier. Jennings Promontory
Jennings_Promontory
Type of subglacial channel
An ice shelf basal channel is a type of subglacial meltwater channel that forms on the underside of floating ice shelves connected to ice sheets. Basal
Ice_shelf_basal_channels
Ice shelf in East Antarctica
West Ice Shelf The West Ice Shelf is a prominent ice shelf extending about 350 km (220 mi) in an east–west direction along the Leopold and Astrid Coast
West_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in Antarctica
Voyeykov Ice Shelf (66°20′S 124°38′E / 66.333°S 124.633°E / -66.333; 124.633), is an ice shelf fringing the coast between Paulding Bay and Cape Goodenough
Voyeykov_Ice_Shelf
Glacier in Antarctica
floating glacier also forms the southern bound of the Nansen Ice Shelf. This small ice shelf is subject to strong katabatic winds. It is also possible to
Drygalski_Ice_Tongue
Group of islands in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
(Marshall Archipelago)) is an extensive group of large ice-covered islands within the Sulzberger Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Several of the islands in the Marshall
Marshall_Archipelago
Ice shelf in Antarctica
The Ekström Ice Shelf is the ice shelf lying between Sorasen Ridge and Halvfarryggen Ridge, on the Princess Martha Coast of Queen Maud Land. It was first
Ekström_Ice_Shelf
Island of the Arctic Archipelago in Nunavut, Canada
Jeffries, Martin O. (March 1986). "Ice Island Calvings and Ice Shelf Changes, Milne Ice Shelf and Ayles Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T" (PDF). Arctic
Ellesmere_Island
Highway in Antarctica
crevasses; flags mark its route from McMurdo Station across the Ross Ice Shelf to the Leverett Glacier, where the route ascends to the polar plateau
South_Pole_Traverse
Ice shelf in the Arctic, now broken into fragments
these were the Serson Ice Shelf, Petersen Ice Shelf, Milne Ice Shelf, Ayles Ice Shelf, Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, and Markham Ice Shelf. The smaller pieces continued
Ellesmere_Ice_Shelf
Larger ice shelves are: Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf Ekstrom Ice Shelf Amery Ice Shelf West Ice Shelf Shackleton Ice Shelf Voyeykov Ice Shelf For all ice shelves
Geography_of_Antarctica
Bay
of Whales The Bay of Whales was a natural ice harbour, or iceport, indenting the front of the Ross Ice Shelf just north of Roosevelt Island, Antarctica
Bay_of_Whales
Segment of Antarctic ice sheet
glaciers of the older East Antarctic Ice Sheet . The WAIS is bounded by the Ross Ice Shelf, the Ronne Ice Shelf, and outlet glaciers that drain into the
West_Antarctic_Ice_Sheet
Ice shelf in Antarctica
The Bach Ice Shelf (72°S 72°W / 72°S 72°W / -72; -72) is an ice shelf which is irregular in shape and 45 miles (72 km) in extent, occupying an embayment
Bach_Ice_Shelf
Ice-covered peninsula forming the south side of Peacock Sound, Antarctica
Antarctica. It projects from the continental ice sheet and trends west between the Abbot Ice Shelf and Cosgrove Ice Shelf to terminate at the Amundsen Sea. Map
King_Peninsula
Ice shelf in Antarctica
0°10′W / 70.500°S 0.167°W / -70.500; -0.167 The Fimbul Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf about 200 km (120 mi) long and 100 km (60 mi) wide, nourished
Fimbul_Ice_Shelf
Coast of Antarctica washed by the Bellingshausen Sea
of the Rydberg Peninsula. Features include, from west to east, Venable Ice Shelf, Allison Peninsula, Eltanin Bay, Mount Tuve, Wirth Peninsula, Fladerer
Bryan_Coast
Glaciation in North America during the Last Glacial Period
period of the North American ice sheet complex, peaking more than 20,000 years ago. This advance included the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, which nucleated in the
Wisconsin_glaciation
Ice shelf in Antarctica
The Crosson Ice Shelf (74°57′S 109°30′W / 74.950°S 109.500°W / -74.950; -109.500) is an ice shelf, about 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) wide, located
Crosson_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in Antarctica
The Wordie Ice Shelf (69°15′S 67°45′W / 69.250°S 67.750°W / -69.250; -67.750) was a confluent glacier projecting as an ice shelf into the SE part of
Wordie_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in Antarctica
(19 km; 12 mi) wide ice shelf. It is nourished by the Priestley and Reeves Glaciers and abuts the north side of the Drygalski Ice Tongue, along the coast
Nansen_Ice_Sheet
Topics referred to by the same term
Ice wall is the edge of an ice shelf. It may also refer to: Antarctica, believed by some of the flat Earthers to be the edge of the world IceWall SSO
Ice_wall
Large iceberg in Antarctica
A23a was a large tabular iceberg which calved from the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986. It was stuck on the sea bed for many years but then started moving
A23a
Mountain range of Antarctica
the Prince Olav Mountains (in the vicinity of Mount Fisher) to the Ross Ice Shelf. Mounts Hall, Daniel, Krebs and Mason are in the range. The Lillie Range
Lillie_Range
Ice shelf in Antarctica
71°20′S 11°0′W / 71.333°S 11.000°W / -71.333; -11.000 Quar Ice Shelf is the ice shelf between Cape Norvegia and Sorasen Ridge along the coast of Queen
Quar_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean
Ice Shelf The Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf is an ice shelf on the north-west part of Ellesmere Island, Canada. This ice mass is one of four remaining ice shelves
Alfred_Ernest_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf of Antarctica
Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 250 miles (400 km) long on the coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, extending from
Riiser-Larsen_Ice_Shelf
Territory of Antarctica in Queen Maud Land, first explored by Nazi Germany in 1938/39
Swabia is divided into an ice-covered northern foreland, which gradually rises from the coast and the edge of the ice shelf to over 1,000 m (Ritscher
New_Swabia
Antarctic research station in Landing Bluff, Amery Ice Shelf
camps on the Filchner Ice Shelf to carry out topographic and geodetic mapping of the local area. In 1986, satellite images revealed ice breakup near Druzhnaya
Druzhnaya_Station
Bay in Antarctica
into the Amery Ice Shelf on the south-west side of Prydz Bay. Other major glaciers drain into the southern end of the Amery Ice Shelf at 73° S where the
Prydz_Bay
Group of hills in Antarctica
include Holladay Nunataks, home to Leningradskaya Station, the Gillett Ice Shelf, Manna Glacier, the Anderson Peninsula, Whited Inlet, Belousov Point,
Wilson_Hills
Period of global deglaciation
years. The Larsen ice shelf was formed in the early Holocene at the latest estimation of 8700 BC. Certain segments of the ice shelf have collapsed as
Holocene_glacial_retreat
Ice shelf in Antarctica
Edward VIII Ice Shelf Edward VIII Ice Shelf is an ice shelf occupying the head of Edward VIII Bay in Antarctica. The northern part of this feature was
Edward_VIII_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in Antarctica
Hannan Ice Shelf Hannan Ice Shelf (67°36′S 47°35′E / 67.600°S 47.583°E / -67.600; 47.583), is an 18-mile-wide ice shelf on the coast of Enderby Land
Hannan_Ice_Shelf
Hills in Antarctica
group of rugged ridges and coastal hills which border the Antarctic Ross Ice Shelf between Barrett Glacier and Gough Glacier and extend south to Ropebrake
Gabbro_Hills
Ice shelf in Antarctica
The King Baudouin Ice Shelf (also called Roi Baudouin Ice shelf, from French: Plateforme de glace Roi Baudouin) in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica
King_Baudouin_Ice_Shelf
Ice shelf in Antarctica
Slava Ice Shelf (68°49′S 154°44′E / 68.817°S 154.733°E / -68.817; 154.733), is an ice shelf along the coast of Antarctica between Mawson Peninsula and
Slava_Ice_Shelf
Peninsula of Antarctica
Shackleton Coast on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Nicholson Peninsula faces the Ross Ice Shelf to the east. To the north, across Couzens
Nicholson_Peninsula
Topics referred to by the same term
shelf, the extended perimeter of a continent, usually covered by shallow seas Ice shelf, a thick platform of ice floating on the ocean surface Shelf,
Shelf
Island in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Island)) is an ice-covered island, 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) long with all but its north coast lying within the Getz Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It
Carney_Island
Island in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica
it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. The George VI Ice Shelf entirely fills George VI Sound and connects Alexander Island to Palmer
Alexander_Island
Important Bird Area in Antarctica
Halley Bay was a location on the fast ice on the north-western margin of the Brunt Ice Shelf in Coats Land, Antarctica. The series of British Halley Research
Halley_Bay
Mountain range in Antarctica
the British Ross expedition in 1841 at what was later named the Ross Ice Shelf after expedition commander James Clark Ross. It was first crossed during
Transantarctic_Mountains
Period of long-term reduction in temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere
An ice age is a period of time when decreased temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere results in the prolonged presence or expansion of continental
Ice_age
Surface gravity waves with frequencies lower than the wind waves
the Ross Ice Shelf. Their frequencies more closely couple with the ice shelf natural frequencies and they produce a larger amplitude ice shelf movement
Infragravity_wave
Glacier in Antarctica
000) is a large, heavily crevassed glacier which flows into the Ross Ice Shelf 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of the Skelton Glacier in the Ross Dependency
Mulock_Glacier
Coastal and oceanic landform
A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves
Continental_shelf
Part of Antarctica that lies within the Western Hemisphere
Ice Sheet. It lies between the Ross Sea (partly covered by the Ross Ice Shelf), and the Weddell Sea (largely covered by the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf)
West_Antarctica
Antarctic iceberg from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in July 2017
adrift in the South Atlantic, having calved from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017. By 16 April 2021, no significant fragments remained. With
Iceberg_A-68
Mountain range in Antarctica
west coast of the Ross Ice Shelf. It is about 60 nautical miles (110 km) long. The Holland Range lies just west of the Ross Ice Shelf and extends from Robb
Holland_Range
Norwegian adventurer (born 1974)
Greenland, crossed the inland ice east to west – 610 km 2005: K2 8611 m (reached 7300 m) 2005: South Pole, skied from Ross Ice Shelf to the pole in 32 days 2006:
Cecilie_Skog
Glacier in Antarctica
with correction of the survey data obtained by the expedition. Totten Ice Shelf is a 6,200 km2 (2,400 sq mi) floating portion of Totten Glacier, laterally
Totten_Glacier
Earth's southernmost continent
44% of the coast is floating ice in the form of an ice shelf, 38% consists of ice walls that rest on rock, 13% is ice streams or the edge of glaciers
Antarctica
Antarctic research facility on the Brunt Ice Shelf
Halley Research Station is a research facility in Antarctica on the Brunt Ice Shelf operated by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The base was established
Halley_Research_Station
Ice shelf in Antarctica
Cook Ice Shelf Cook Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 55 miles (90 km) wide, occupying a deep recession of the coastline between Cape Freshfield and Cape
Cook_Ice_Shelf
Upcoming Indian film by S. S. Rajamouli
The announcement confirmed that the team would be filming at the Ross Ice Shelf. In June 2026, S. S. Rajamouli revealed that filming for the IMAX action
Varanasi_(film)
Small island in southeast part of Publications Ice Shelf
Dodd Island is a small island in the southeast part of the Publications Ice Shelf about 20 kilometres (10 nmi) south of the Sostrene Islands. First mapped
Dodd_Island
"Termination Barrier" ("Shackleton Ice Shelf") 1839–1843 – James Clark Ross's expedition of 1839 to 1843 discovered the Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Sea, Mount Erebus,
List_of_Antarctic_expeditions
Strait in Graham Land, Antarctica
Sweden (later King Gustav V) of Sweden. Prince Gustav Ice Shelf 64°15'S, 58°30'W An ice shelf of more than 15 mi extent occupying the S part of Prince
Prince_Gustav_Channel
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