Pine Island Bay
E162987
Pine Island Bay is a large embayment off the coast of West Antarctica, known as the outlet for the rapidly thinning Pine Island Glacier and a key region for studying ice-sheet instability and sea-level rise.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pine Island Bay canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bay
ⓘ
embayment ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Pine Island Glacier
ⓘ
surface form:
Pine Island Glacier ice shelf
Thwaites Glacier ⓘ
surface form:
Thwaites Glacier region
|
| climateRegion | polar ⓘ |
| coast |
West Antarctica
ⓘ
surface form:
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
|
| country | Antarctica ⓘ |
| governedBy | Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
cold polar marine climate
ⓘ
sea ice covered for much of the year ⓘ strong katabatic winds ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
continental shelf break
ⓘ
deep troughs leading inland ⓘ floating ice shelves ⓘ sub-ice-shelf cavities ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
contribution to future sea-level rise
ⓘ
potential rapid ice-sheet retreat ⓘ |
| hasOutflow | Amundsen Sea ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
basal melting of ice shelves
ⓘ
ice–ocean interaction ⓘ sub-ice-shelf ocean circulation ⓘ |
| hasStatus | uninhabited ⓘ |
| isKeyRegionFor |
West Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance studies
ⓘ
marine ice-sheet instability hypothesis testing ⓘ satellite remote sensing of ice dynamics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contribution to global sea-level rise
ⓘ
marine ice-sheet instability studies ⓘ rapid ice-sheet changes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amundsen Sea
ⓘ
West Antarctica ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
autonomous underwater vehicles
ⓘ
oceanographic moorings ⓘ satellite altimetry ⓘ satellite interferometric SAR ⓘ ship-based hydrographic surveys ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Pine Island Glacier ⓘ |
| near |
Dotson Ice Shelf
ⓘ
Getz Ice Shelf ⓘ Thwaites Glacier ⓘ |
| oceanWaterType |
circumpolar deep water influenced
ⓘ
warm modified Circumpolar Deep Water ⓘ |
| partOf |
Amundsen Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Amundsen Sea Embayment
Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| receivesGlacier | Pine Island Glacier ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
ice-sheet stability
ⓘ
ocean-driven glacier retreat ⓘ sea-level rise projections ⓘ subsurface ocean warming ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.