Pine Island Glacier
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Pine Island Glacier is one of Antarctica’s largest and fastest-melting glaciers, a major contributor to global sea-level rise located in West Antarctica’s Amundsen Sea sector.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pine Island Glacier canonical | 4 |
| Pine Island Glacier ice shelf | 2 |
| Amundsen Sea Embayment glacial system | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glacier
ⓘ
outlet glacier ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | PIG ⓘ |
| bedBelowSeaLevel | yes ⓘ |
| bedSlope | retrograde (deepening inland) ⓘ |
| calvingEventsObserved | frequent ⓘ |
| climateChangeSensitivity | high ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| contributesTo | sea-level rise through ice discharge ⓘ |
| country | Antarctica ⓘ |
| drainsInto | Amundsen Sea ⓘ |
| flowAccelerationObserved | yes ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | northwest ⓘ |
| groundingLineRetreatObserved | late 20th century ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
grounding line
ⓘ
ice shelf ⓘ subglacial trough ⓘ |
| hasHazard | potential rapid retreat ⓘ |
| hasMouthNear | Pine Island Bay ⓘ |
| hasPotentialFor | marine ice sheet instability ⓘ |
| iceShelfFracturingObserved | yes ⓘ |
| importantFor | projections of future sea-level rise ⓘ |
| isDynamicallyLinkedWith | Thwaites Glacier ⓘ |
| isKeyRegionFor | West Antarctic Ice Sheet stability ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
fastest-melting glaciers in Antarctica
ⓘ
largest glaciers in Antarctica ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amundsen Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Amundsen Sea sector
West Antarctica ⓘ |
| mainDriverOfChange |
basal melting of ice shelf
ⓘ
intrusion of warm Circumpolar Deep Water ⓘ |
| majorContributorTo | global sea-level rise ⓘ |
| massBalance | strongly negative ⓘ |
| massLossRate | among highest in Antarctica ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
airborne surveys
ⓘ
autonomous instruments ⓘ satellite observations ⓘ |
| oceanInteraction | strong ⓘ |
| partOf |
West Antarctica
ⓘ
surface form:
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
|
| region |
Amundsen Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Amundsen Sea Embayment
|
| researchedByMission |
Operation IceBridge
ⓘ
various ESA satellite missions ⓘ various NASA satellite missions ⓘ |
| retreatedSince | 1970s ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
climate scientists
ⓘ
glaciologists ⓘ |
| terminusType | floating ice shelf ⓘ |
| thinningObserved | yes ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pine Island Glacier ice shelf
this entity surface form:
Pine Island Glacier ice shelf
this entity surface form:
Amundsen Sea Embayment glacial system