- Filchner Ice Shelf
- geographical name area of shelf ice Antarctica in Weddell Sea
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Filchner Ice Shelf
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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
Filchner Ice Shelf — Filch′ner Ice′ Shelf [[t]ˈfɪlk nər, fɪlx ˈ [/t]] n. geg an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SE Weddell Sea … From formal English to slang
Filchner Ice Shelf — /filk neuhr, filkh / an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SE Weddell Sea, bordered on the W by Berkner Island … 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
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
Ice shelf — Barrière de glace Principales barrières de glace de l Antarctique Barrière de Ross (472 960 km²) … Wikipédia en Français
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
Filchner-Ronne-Schelfeis — Fịlchner Rọnne Schelf|eis, schwimmende Eistafel über dem Schelf im Süden des Weddellmeeres zwischen 30º und 78º westlicher Länge; mit etwa 500 000 km2 das zweitgrößte Schelfeis der Antarktis (nach dem Ross Schelfeis). Die Dicke des Filchner… … Universal-Lexikon
Bailey Ice Stream — (coord|79|0|S|30|0|W|) is an ice stream on the northern margin of the Theron Mountains, flowing westsouthwest to the Filchner Ice Shelf. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place Names Committee (UK APC) after Jeremy Thomas Bailey (1941 65), a BAS… … Wikipedia
