List of Antarctic ice shelves
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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.
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 the ice shelf has collapsed.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Maailma numeroina (The world in numbers)" (in Finnish) (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. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
