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The Ross Ice Shelf is sometimes compared with France, since they are about the same size.

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What is the ice Shelf?

the Ross ice shelf


What is the name of sea by the Ross Ice Shelf?

The Ross Ice Shelf floats on the Ross Sea.


What is the largest ice shelf?

the Ross ice shelf


Is Ross Ice Shelf really in Antarctica?

yes the ross ice shelf is in antarctica =)


What continent is the ross ice shelf located?

The Ross Ice Shelf is located in Antarctica, which is the southernmost continent on Earth. It is the largest ice shelf in Antarctica, spanning an area of about 487,000 square kilometers.


What is the Ross Ice Shelf?

The Ross ice Shelf is a floating ice shelf connected to the Antarctic continent, that is about the size of France. The ocean under the shelf has never been explored.


What is the height of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica?

The South Pole sits on Antarctica's ice sheet, which covers 98% of the continent. The Ross Ice Shelf may be the closest to the South Pole, even though it is securely attached to the ice sheet and its connecting boundary is imprecise.


What continent is ross ice self?

The Ross Ice Shelf is on Antarctica.


What is the mass of the ross ice shelf?

The mass of the Ross Ice Shelf is frozen fresh water. It is about the size of France.


What is a sea and a large ice shelf in antarctica named after an explorer?

The Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf which was named after Sir James Clark Ross.


What are some of the ice shelves names in Antarctica?

The Ross Ice Shelf -- as large as France, is one, and another is the Ronne Larsen Ice Shelf.


What are the two largest ice shelves in Antarctica?

You can pick any two you want. From the Wikipedia entry: here is a list of the ice shelves, listed clockwise, starting in the West of East Antarctica. An ice sheet is included in the list: "Filchner Ice Shelf "Brunt Ice Shelf "Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf "Quar Ice Shelf "Ekstrom Ice Shelf "Jelbart Ice Shelf "Fimbul Ice Shelf "Lazarev Ice Shelf "King Baudouin Ice Shelf "Hannan Ice Shelf "Zubchatyy Ice Shelf "Wyers Ice Shelf "Edward VIII Ice Shelf "Amery Ice Shelf "Publications Ice Shelf "West Ice Shelf "Shackleton Ice Shelf "Moscow University Ice Shelf "Voyeykov Ice Shelf "Cook Ice Shelf "Slava Ice Shelf "Gillett Ice Shelf "Nansen Ice Sheet "McMurdo Ice Shelf "Ross Ice Shelf "Swinburne Ice Shelf "Sulzberger Ice Shelf "Nickerson Ice Shelf "Getz Ice Shelf "Dotson Ice Shelf "Crosson Ice Shelf "Cosgrove Ice Shelf "Abbot Ice Shelf "Venable Ice Shelf "Stange Ice Shelf "Bach Ice Shelf "George VI Ice Shelf "Wilkins Ice Shelf "Wordie Ice Shelf "Jones Ice Shelf "Müller Ice Shelf "Prince Gustav Ice Shelf "Larsen Ice Shelf (Larsen A and B) "Ronne Ice Shelf"