ice shelf
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈaɪs ˌʃɛlf/
ice shelf
- 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.
- Portuguese: plataforma de gelo
- Spanish: plataforma de hielo flotante, barrera de hielo, meseta de hielo
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