Ross Ice Shelf

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geographical feature glaciological feature ice shelf

The Ross Ice Shelf is the world’s largest ice shelf, a vast floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet that plays a key role in buttressing inland glaciers and influencing global sea-level stability.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Ross Ice Shelf canonical 31
Great Ice Barrier 1
Ross Ice Shelf (regional vicinity) 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
glaciological feature ⓘ
ice shelf ⓘ
adjacentTo Ross Sea ⓘ
surface form: Ross Sea embayment
alternativeName Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
surface form: Great Ice Barrier

The Barrier ⓘ
area approximately 188000 square miles ⓘ
approximately 487000 square kilometers ⓘ
averageThickness approximately 300 to 600 meters ⓘ
several hundred meters ⓘ
borderedBy Edward VII Peninsula ⓘ
Ross Island ⓘ
Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
climateRole buttresses inland Antarctic glaciers ⓘ
controls ice discharge from West Antarctica ⓘ
influences global sea-level stability ⓘ
countryClaim Australia ⓘ
France ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
discoveredBy James Clark Ross ⓘ
discoveryYear 1841 ⓘ
edgeFreeboard about 15 to 50 meters above sea level ⓘ
feedsFrom Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
surface form: East Antarctic Ice Sheet

West Antarctica ⓘ
surface form: West Antarctic Ice Sheet
frontLength approximately 500 miles ⓘ
approximately 800 kilometers ⓘ
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasFeature Ross Ice Shelf cavity ⓘ
Ross Sea ⓘ
surface form: Ross Sea Polynya
hasResearchStation McMurdo Station ⓘ
Scott Base ⓘ
importance largest ice shelf on Earth ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
Ross Sea ⓘ
namedAfter James Clark Ross ⓘ
oceanBasin Southern Ocean ⓘ
oceanInteraction influenced by Circumpolar Deep Water intrusions ⓘ
subject to basal melting by ocean water ⓘ
partOf Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
surface form: Antarctic ice sheet
status experiencing changes in thickness and extent ⓘ
terminusOf Amundsen Glacier ⓘ
Axel Heiberg Glacier ⓘ
Barne Glacier ⓘ
Beardmore Glacier ⓘ
Bindschadler Ice Stream ⓘ
Byrd Glacier ⓘ
Byrd Glacier system ⓘ
Kamb Ice Stream ⓘ
Liv Glacier ⓘ
Mercer Ice Stream ⓘ
Mulock Glacier ⓘ
Nimrod Glacier ⓘ
Reedy Glacier ⓘ
Scott Glacier ⓘ
Shackleton Glacier ⓘ
Shirase Coast glaciers ⓘ
Skelton Glacier ⓘ
Whillans Ice Stream ⓘ
thicknessRange approximately 100 to 1000 meters ⓘ
usedFor climate change research ⓘ
glaciological studies ⓘ
oceanographic studies ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ross Dependency → contains → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Ross Sea → hasPart → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Ross Sea → hasIceShelf → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
West Antarctica → containsIceShelf → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) → contains → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
subject surface form: Ross Dependency
James Clark Ross → discovered → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
James Clark Ross → honouredIn → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Scott Base → locatedNear → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
McMurdo Station → locatedNear → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Ross Ice Shelf → alternativeName → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Ice Barrier
Scott Coast → hasNearbyFeature → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land coast → adjacentTo → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
McMurdo Sound → hasNearbyIceShelf → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Robert Falcon Scott → burialPlace → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Pacific sector of Southern Ocean → adjacentTo → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Transantarctic Mountains → adjacentTo → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912 → baseIceShelf → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Lincoln Ellsworth → hasExploredRegion → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land → borderedBy → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Ross Embayment → associatedWith → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Ross Embayment → hasPart → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Ross Embayment → hasIceShelf → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Ross Island → coast → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Minna Bluff → extendsInto → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Minna Bluff → isPromontoryOf → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Cape Crozier → hasNearbyFeature → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
McMurdo Ice Shelf → partOf → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Sea sector of the Antarctic ice sheet
McMurdo Ice Shelf → partOf → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Sea embayment ice shelves
Franklin Island (Antarctica) → nearbyFeature → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Roosevelt Island (Antarctica) → locatedIn → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Roosevelt Island (Antarctica) → embeddedIn → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Roosevelt Island (Antarctica) → partOf → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Ice Shelf system
Mount Discovery → locatedNear → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Possession Islands → nearbyGeographicFeature → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Ice Shelf (regional vicinity)
Norwegian Antarctic Expedition 1910–1912 → baseLocation → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
HMS Erebus → discoveredFeature → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Ice Shelf vicinity
Antarctic Ice Sheet → hasPart → Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ