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Calved in the context of Antarctica is actually within the context of an ice sheet, or glacier, means that a portion of the ice has flowed into the sea and that the wave action of the sea has broken off part of the ice tongue.

For example: icebergs calve off if ice sheets or glaciers. Past tense is calved.

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