ice shelf
C20106
concept
An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of glacial ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and extends over the ocean.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ice shelf canonical | 15 |
| ice tongue | 2 |
| coastal ice formation | 1 |
| floating ice shelf system | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: ice shelf
Generated description
An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of glacial ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and extends over the ocean.
Instances (19)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Ross Ice Shelf | — |
| Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf | — |
| Larsen Ice Shelf | — |
| Dotson Ice Shelf | — |
| Cugnot Ice Piedmont | coastal ice formation |
| McMurdo Ice Shelf | — |
| George VI Ice Shelf | — |
| Brunt Ice Shelf | — |
| Fimbul Ice Shelf | — |
| Lazarev Ice Shelf | — |
| Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf | — |
| Antarctic ice shelves | floating ice shelf system |
| The Barrier | — |
| Drygalski Ice Tongue | ice tongue |
| Nansen Ice Sheet | — |
| Ice Tongue of Erebus Glacier | ice tongue |
| Amery Ice Shelf | — |
| Getz Ice Shelf | — |
| Crosson Ice Shelf | — |