ice shelf

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪs ˌʃɛlf/

Alternative forms

• ice-shelf, iceshelf

Noun

ice shelf (plural ice shelves)

1. 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.

Translations

thick floating platform of ice

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰架 (bīngjià)

• Finnish: mannerjäähylly
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: plataforma de gelo f
• Spanish: plataforma de hielo flotante f, barrera de hielo f, meseta de hielo f

See also

• ice sheet

References

• ice shelf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia