McMurdo Ice Shelf
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The McMurdo Ice Shelf is a large floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet located in the southwestern Ross Sea near Ross Island and McMurdo Sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McMurdo Ice Shelf canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
ⓘ
glaciological feature ⓘ ice shelf ⓘ |
| borders |
McMurdo Sound
ⓘ
Ross Island ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Bodies of ice of the Ross Sea
ⓘ
Ice shelves of Antarctica ⓘ |
| hasClimate | Antarctic climate ⓘ |
| hasComposition | glacial ice ⓘ |
| hasContinent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | polar ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
ice front facing Ross Sea ⓘ snow-covered surface ⓘ |
| hasGeneralOrientation | roughly east–west along the coast ⓘ |
| hasHemisphere | Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| hasLocationRelativeTo |
adjacent to Ross Island
ⓘ
south of McMurdo Sound ⓘ |
| hasNearbyHumanPresence |
McMurdo Station
ⓘ
Scott Base ⓘ |
| hasOcean | Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalState | floating ⓘ |
| hasProcess | ice flow from Antarctic ice sheet to Ross Sea ⓘ |
| hasRegion | southwestern Ross Sea region ⓘ |
| hasRisk |
crevasse hazards
ⓘ
ice shelf instability ⓘ |
| hasSurface | ice ⓘ |
| hasType | coastal ice shelf ⓘ |
| influences |
local ocean circulation in southwestern Ross Sea
ⓘ
sea-ice formation in McMurdo Sound ⓘ |
| isA |
floating extension of the Antarctic ice sheet
ⓘ
floating ice platform ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
climate studies
ⓘ
glaciological research ⓘ ocean–ice interaction studies ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
ⓘ
Ross Sea ⓘ Southern Hemisphere ⓘ Ross Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern Ross Sea
|
| near |
McMurdo Sound
ⓘ
Ross Island ⓘ |
| partOf |
Antarctic Ice Sheet
ⓘ
surface form:
Antarctic ice sheet
Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
surface form:
Ross Sea embayment ice shelves
Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
surface form:
Ross Sea sector of the Antarctic ice sheet
|
| usedFor |
logistical access to inland Antarctica
ⓘ
scientific field operations ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ross Dependency