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]
Antarctic Ice Shelves
Antarctica's major 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.

Edge of Ekstrom Ice Shelf

See also

References
  1. "Maailma numeroina (The world in numbers)" (XLS) (in Finnish). Tilastokeskus (Statistics Finland).
  2. SCAR. "Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". Archived from the original on 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  3. "Press Release - Antarctic ice shelf 'hangs by a thread'". National Environment Research Council. British Antarctic Survey. March 25, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
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