List Of Antarctic Ice Shelves

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Antarctic ice shelves

Antarctica's major ice shelves:

Ross (472,960 km²)

Filchner-Ronne (422,420 km²)

Amery (62,620 km²)

Larsen (48,600 km²)

Riiser-Larsen (48,180 km²)

Fimbul (41,060 km²)

Shackleton (33,820 km²)

George VI (23,880 km²)

West (16,370 km²)

Wilkins (13,680 km²)

This is a list of Antarctic ice shelves.

An image of Antarctica differentiating its landmass (dark grey) from its ice shelves (minimum extent, light grey, and maximum extent, white)

Edge of Ekstrom Ice Shelf

Ice shelves are attached to a large portion of the Antarctic coastline. Their total area is 1,541,700 km².^[1] Names are also listed in the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Gazetteer.^[2] The ice shelf areas are listed below, clockwise, starting in the west of East Antarctica:

Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
Brunt Ice Shelf
Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf
Quar Ice Shelf
Ekstrom Ice Shelf
Jelbart Ice Shelf
Fimbul Ice Shelf
Vigrid Ice Shelf ({{{2}}})
Nivl Ice Shelf ({{{2}}})
Lazarev Ice Shelf
King Baudouin Ice Shelf
Hannan Ice Shelf
Zubchatyy Ice Shelf
Wyers Ice Shelf
Edward VIII Ice Shelf
Amery Ice Shelf
Publications Ice Shelf
West Ice Shelf

Shackleton Ice Shelf
Totten Ice Shelf
Moscow University Ice Shelf
Voyeykov Ice Shelf
Ninnis Ice Shelf
Cook Ice Shelf
Rennick Ice Shelf
Slava Ice Shelf
Gillett Ice Shelf
Nansen Ice Sheet
McMurdo Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
Swinburne Ice Shelf
Sulzberger Ice Shelf
Nickerson Ice Shelf
Getz Ice Shelf
Dotson 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 Ice Shelf
Wordie Ice Shelf ^†
Jones Ice Shelf ^†
Müller Ice Shelf ^†
Prince Gustav Ice Shelf ^†
Larsen Ice Shelf ^† ^{(Larsen A)}
Ronne Ice Shelf

^† Indicates that the ice shelf has collapsed.^[3]

References

↑ "Maailma numeroina (The world in numbers)" (in fi) (XLS). Tilastokeskus (Statistics Finland). http://www.stat.fi/tup/maanum/01_maantieteellisia_tietoja_aihepiireittain.xls.
↑ SCAR. "Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". http://www.antsdi.scar.org/placenames.
↑ "Press Release - Antarctic ice shelf 'hangs by a thread'". National Environment Research Council. British Antarctic Survey. March 25, 2008. http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?id=376.

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[area-1] "Maailma numeroina (The world in numbers)" (in fi) (XLS). Tilastokeskus (Statistics Finland). http://www.stat.fi/tup/maanum/01_maantieteellisia_tietoja_aihepiireittain.xls.

[SCAR2009-2] SCAR. "Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". http://www.antsdi.scar.org/placenames.

[3] "Press Release - Antarctic ice shelf 'hangs by a thread'". National Environment Research Council. British Antarctic Survey. March 25, 2008. http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?id=376.

List Of Antarctic Ice Shelves

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