Amery Ice Shelf
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The Amery Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, a massive floating extension of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet that drains inland glaciers into the Southern Ocean.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
ⓘ
ice shelf ⓘ |
| countryClaimedBy | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drains | inland glaciers of East Antarctica ⓘ |
| flowsFrom |
Fisher Glacier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lambert Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Mellor Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fronts | Southern Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateArea | ~62,000 square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | ~550 km ⓘ |
| hasApproximateWidth | ~250 km ⓘ |
| hasCalvingProcess | rift propagation and iceberg detachment ⓘ |
| hasClimate | polar climate ⓘ |
| hasFlowDirection | generally northward toward Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| hasIceFront | Amery Ice Shelf front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Ingrid Christensen Coast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Larsemann Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ Prydz Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOceanInteraction |
basal freezing
ⓘ
basal melting ⓘ ice–ocean heat exchange ⓘ |
| hasResearchStationNearby |
Mawson Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhongshan Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRisk | calving of large icebergs ⓘ |
| hasSubglacialFeature | sub-ice-shelf cavity ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceFeature |
crevasses
ⓘ
flow stripes ⓘ rifts ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceProcess |
snow accumulation
ⓘ
surface melting (limited) ⓘ wind redistribution of snow ⓘ |
| hasThicknessRange | 200–1400 meters ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
Antarctic mass balance estimates
ⓘ
global sea-level studies ⓘ ice–ocean interaction research ⓘ |
| isMonitoredBy |
GPS measurements
ⓘ
oceanographic moorings ⓘ satellite altimetry ⓘ satellite interferometric SAR ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
glaciological field campaigns
ⓘ
ice-sheet modeling studies ⓘ remote sensing studies ⓘ |
| locatedIn | East Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTerritory | Australian Antarctic Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | East Antarctic Ice Sheet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminatesIn | Southern Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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