This is a list of Antarctic ice shelves.
A total of 44 percent of the Antarctic coastline has ice shelves attached. Their aggregate area is 1,541,700 km² [1]. Names are also listed in the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Gazetteer.[1] The individual ice shelf areas are listed below, in a clockwise manner, starting in the west of East Antarctica:
- *Indicates the ice shelf has collapsed.[2]
References
- ^ 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.
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