Ice shelf — An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland and Canada only. The boundary between the floating ice… … Wikipedia
Ross Ice Shelf — The Ross Ice Shelf (coord|81|30|S|175|00|W|) is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (an area of roughly 487 000 km², and about 800 km across: about the size of France [http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about antarctica/teacher… … Wikipedia
Publications-Schelfeis — 69.63333333333375.333333333333 Koordinaten: 69° 38′ 0″ S, 75° 20′ 0″ O … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ice cap — [ Vatnajökull, Iceland] An ice cap is an ice mass that covers less than 50 000 km² of land area (usually covering a highland area). Masses of ice covering more than 50 000 km² are termed an ice sheet. cite book last = Benn first = Douglas… … Wikipedia
Little Ice Age — The reconstructed depth of the Little Ice Age varies between different studies (anomalies shown are from the 1950–80 reference period). The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling that occurred after the Medieval Warm Period (Medieval… … Wikipedia
Debutante Island — (69°34′S 75°30′E / 69.567°S 75.5°E / 69.567; 75.5) is a narrow island which is the southernmost of the Sostrene Islands. The island is ice covered except for a small rock outcrop and barely protrud … Wikipedia
Polar Times Glacier — (coord|69|46|S|74|35|E|type:glacier region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a glacier on Ingrid Christensen Coast, flowing northward between Svarthausen Nunatak and Boyd Nunatak into the western part of Publications Ice Shelf. It was delineated by… … Wikipedia
Il Polo Glacier — (coord|69|50|S|74|54|E|type:glacier region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a small glacier draining northward between Polar Times Glacier and Polarforschung Glacier into Publications Ice Shelf. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos… … Wikipedia
Dodd Island — (69°42′S 75°38′E / 69.7°S 75.633°E / 69.7; 75.633) is a small island in the southeast part of the Publications Ice Shelf about 10 nautical miles (18 km) south of the Sostrene Islands. Fi … Wikipedia
Meknattane Nunataks — (69°48′S 75°12′E / 69.8°S 75.2°E / 69.8; 75.2) is a cluster of rock outcrops on the east side of Polarforschung Glacier where it flows to Publications Ice Shelf. The feature consists of a m … Wikipedia
