Ross Ice Shelf

Local nameRoss Ice Shelf
LocationAustralian Antarctic Territory

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica. It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 kilometres long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface. Ninety percent of the floating ice, however, is below the water surface.

Most of Ross Ice Shelf is in the Ross Dependency claimed by New Zealand. It floats in, and covers, a large southern portion of the Ross Sea and the entire Roosevelt Island located in the west of the Ross Sea.

Tags Glacier
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Ross Ice Shelf, 1997 @ Michael Van Woert, NOAA NESDIS, ORA

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Ice_Shelf

Coordinates -80°35'6.231" N 171°26'6.432" E

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