ice shelf

English

Alternative forms

• ice-shelf, iceshelf

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪs ˌʃɛlf/

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

• Catalan: plataforma de gel f, barrera de gel f, altiplà de gel m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰架 (bīngjià)

• Finnish: mannerjäähylly
• French: plateforme de glace f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: isbrem (no) m

• Portuguese: plataforma de gelo f
• Russian: шельфовые ледники (šelʹfovyje ledniki)
• Spanish: plataforma de hielo flotante f, barrera de hielo f, meseta de hielo f

See also

• ice sheet

References

• ice shelf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia