Англо-русский словарь географических названий. 2013.
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
Ronne Ice Shelf — /roh neuh/ an ice barrier in Antarctica, in SW Weddell Sea, bordered by Ellsworth Land on the NW and Berkner Island on the E. [named after Finn Ronne, 1899 1980, U.S. explorer] * * * ▪ Antarctica large body of floating ice, lying at the… … Universalium
Ronne Ice Shelf — geographical name area of shelf ice Antarctica in Weddell Sea … New Collegiate Dictionary
Ice rise — An ice rise is a clearly defined elevation of the otherwise totally flat ice shelf, typically dome shaped and rising 100 to 200 meters above the surrounding ice shelf. An ice rise forms where the ice shelf touches the rocky seabed because of an… … Wikipedia
Ronne, Finn — ▪ American explorer born Dec. 20, 1899, Horten, Nor. died Jan. 12, 1980, Bethesda, Md., U.S. Norwegian born American explorer and writer who visited Antarctica nine times, discovering and charting vast areas of the 4,000,000 square mile (10 … Universalium
Ice sheet — An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km² (20,000 mile²). [cite web|url=http://gemini.oscs.montana.edu/ geol445/hyperglac/glossary.htm|accessdate=2006 08 22|title=Glossary of Important… … Wikipedia
Ice shelf — Barrière de glace Principales barrières de glace de l Antarctique Barrière de Ross (472 960 km²) … Wikipédia en Français
Ronne Ice Shelf — Ron′ne Ice′ Shelf [[t]ˈroʊ nə[/t]] n. geg geo an ice barrier in Antarctica, in SW Weddell Sea, bordered by Ellsworth Land on the NW and Berkner Island on the E … From formal English to slang
Ronne Ice Shelf — /roh neuh/ an ice barrier in Antarctica, in SW Weddell Sea, bordered by Ellsworth Land on the NW and Berkner Island on the E. [named after Finn Ronne, 1899 1980, U.S. explorer] … Useful english dictionary
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf — The Filchner Ronne ice shelf is in Antarctica bordering the Weddell Sea.The seaward side of the Filchner Ronne ice shelf is divided into Eastern (Filchner) and the larger Western (Ronne) sections by Berkner Island. The whole ice shelf covers some … Wikipedia
Möller Ice Stream — Radarsat image of ice streams, including the Möller, flowing into the Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf Möller Ice Stream ( … Wikipedia
