List of Antarctic ice shelves

Antarctica's major ice shelves.
This is a list of Antarctic ice shelves.

Edge of Ekstrom Ice Shelf
Ice shelves are attached to 44% 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:
- † Indicates that the ice shelf has collapsed.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Maailma numeroina (The world in numbers)" (XLS) (in Finnish). Tilastokeskus (Statistics Finland).
- ↑ SCAR. "Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ↑ "Press Release - Antarctic ice shelf 'hangs by a thread'". National Environment Research Council. British Antarctic Survey. March 25, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
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