- Ronne Ice Shelf
- geographical name area of shelf ice Antarctica in Weddell Sea
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Ronne Ice Shelf
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Ronne Ice Shelf — /roh neuh/ an ice barrier in Antarctica, in SW Weddell Sea, bordered by Ellsworth Land on the NW and Berkner Island on the E. [named after Finn Ronne, 1899 1980, U.S. explorer] * * * ▪ Antarctica large body of floating ice, lying at the… … Universalium
Ronne Ice Shelf — Ron′ne Ice′ Shelf [[t]ˈroʊ nə[/t]] n. geg geo an ice barrier in Antarctica, in SW Weddell Sea, bordered by Ellsworth Land on the NW and Berkner Island on the E … From formal English to slang
Ronne Ice Shelf — /roh neuh/ an ice barrier in Antarctica, in SW Weddell Sea, bordered by Ellsworth Land on the NW and Berkner Island on the E. [named after Finn Ronne, 1899 1980, U.S. explorer] … Useful english dictionary
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf — The Filchner Ronne ice shelf is in Antarctica bordering the Weddell Sea.The seaward side of the Filchner Ronne ice shelf is divided into Eastern (Filchner) and the larger Western (Ronne) sections by Berkner Island. The whole ice shelf covers some … Wikipedia
Ice shelf — An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland and Canada only. The boundary between the floating ice… … Wikipedia
Filchner Ice Shelf — /filk neuhr, filkh / an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SE Weddell Sea, bordered on the W by Berkner Island. * * * ▪ geological feature, Antarctica large body of floating ice, lying at the head of the Weddell Sea, which is itself an… … Universalium
Amery Ice Shelf — The Amery Ice Shelf (coord|69|45|S|71|0|E|) is a broad ice shelf at the head of Prydz Bay between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast. It is part of Mac Robertson Land. The name Cape Amery was applied to a coastal angle mapped … Wikipedia
Ice shelf — Barrière de glace Principales barrières de glace de l Antarctique Barrière de Ross (472 960 km²) … Wikipédia en Français
Bach Ice Shelf — (coord|72|0|S|72|0|W|) is an ice shelf which is irregular in shape and 45 miles (72 km) in extent, occupying an embayment in the south part of Alexander Island entered between Berlioz Point and Rossini Point. A minor embayment in this position… … Wikipedia
Ice rise — An ice rise is a clearly defined elevation of the otherwise totally flat ice shelf, typically dome shaped and rising 100 to 200 meters above the surrounding ice shelf. An ice rise forms where the ice shelf touches the rocky seabed because of an… … Wikipedia
