Amery Ice Shelf

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• Amery Ice Shelf — The Amery Ice Shelf (coord|69|45|S|71|0|E|) is a broad ice shelf at the head of Prydz Bay between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast. It is part of Mac Robertson Land. The name Cape Amery was applied to a coastal angle mapped …   Wikipedia

• Amery Ice Shelf — /ay meuh ree/ an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SW Indian Ocean, bordered by Enderby Land on the N and American Highland on the W. * * * ▪ ice formation, Indian Ocean       large body of floating ice, in an indentation in the Indian Ocean… …   Universalium

• Amery Ice Shelf — /ay meuh ree/ an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SW Indian Ocean, bordered by Enderby Land on the N and American Highland on the W …   Useful english dictionary

• 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

• Ice shelf — Barrière de glace Principales barrières de glace de l Antarctique      Barrière de Ross (472 960 km²) …   Wikipédia en Français

• Amery-Schelfeis — Das Amery Schelfeis befindet sich im Osten Umgebungskarte …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Эймери шельфовый ледник — (Amery Ice Shelf)         в Восточной Антарктиде, между Берегами Ларса Кристенсена и Ингрид Кристенсен. Протяжённость более 200 км, толщина от 400 до 800 м. В глубину материка простирается на 250 км. На Ю. причленяется к леднику Ламберта… …   Большая советская энциклопедия

• Antarctica — /ant ahrk ti keuh, ahr ti /, n. the continent surrounding the South Pole: almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. ab. 5,000,000 sq. mi. (12,950,000 sq. km). Also called Antarctic Continent. * * * Antarctica Introduction Antarctica Background:… …   Universalium

• iceberg — /uys berrg/, n. 1. a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea. 2. Informal. an emotionally cold person. 3. Australian Informal. a person who swims or surfs regularly in winter. 4. tip of the iceberg, the first… …   Universalium

• Iceberg — An iceberg is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off from a snow formed glacier or ice shelf and is floating in open water. [ [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en q=define%3Aiceberg btnG=Google+Search Numerous definitions of the word… …   Wikipedia

• Lambert Glacier — is a major glacier in Antarctica. At about 60 miles (96km) wide, over 250 miles (400 km) long, and about 2,500 meters deep, it holds the Guinness world record for the world s biggest glacier. It drains a large area to the east and south of the… …   Wikipedia