List of Antarctic 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.
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:
- † Indicates that the ice shelf has collapsed.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Maailma numeroina (The world in numbers)" (XLS) (in Finnish). Tilastokeskus (Statistics Finland).
- ^ SCAR. "Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". Archived from the original on 2009-01-23. 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.
