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The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (as of 2013, an area of roughly 500,809 square kilometres (193,363 sq mi) [1] and about 800 kilometres (500 mi) across: about the size of France). [2] It is several hundred metres thick.
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The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica...
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Le maggiori piattaforme glaciali antartiche. La Barriera di Ross [1] [2] [3] o Tavolato di Ross [4] ( 81°30′S 175°00′W) è la più grande piattaforma glaciale dell' Antartide, con una superficie di circa 473.000 km² ed una larghezza di circa 800 km ha all'incirca le dimensioni della Francia. [5] .
28 apr 2024 · Ross Ice Shelf, world’s largest body of floating ice, lying at the head of Ross Sea, itself an enormous indentation in the continent of Antarctica. The ice shelf lies between about 155° W and 160° E longitude and about 78° S and 86° S latitude. The current estimate of its area is about 182,000.
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Framheim was the name of explorer Roald Amundsen's base at the Bay of Whales on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica during his successful quest for the South Pole. It was used between January 1911 and February 1912.
A low but conspicuous mountain, 835 metres (2,740 ft) high, marking the west side of the terminus of Beardmore Glacier, at its confluence with the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the BrAE (1907-09) and so named because the Polar Party, after ascending this mountain in the hope of finding a route to the South Pole, saw the great ...
Descrizione[modifica | modifica wikitesto] Figura che mostra i processi legati a una piattaforma di ghiaccio dell'Antartide. Ice shelf = piattaforma di ghiaccio Ice sheet = calotta di ghiaccio Iceberg calving = distacco di un iceberg Sea ice = banchisa Polynya = polinia.
