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Meanings of shelf ice in English

Portuguese
plataformas de gelo

Ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea.

        plataformas de gelo
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        Examples for "ice shelf"
        Examples for "ice shelf"
        1
        In particular, the Getz ice shelf is recording among the most significant movement.
        News.com.au
        2
        Image: Still taken from a BBC flyover of the ice shelf
        Wired
        3
        The West Antarctic forms what is called the marine ice shelf.
        Reuters
        4
        Larsen C is the most northern major ice shelf in Antarctica.
        Radio NZ
        5
        This area here, on the coast, is all ice shelf with seawater beneath.
        The charlemagne pursuit
        Usage of shelf ice in English
        1
        A cavern in the wall (120 feet) of the shelf ice of the Mertz Glacier-Tongue
        The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
        2
        The 'Flying-Fox' viewed from the floe-ice below the brink of the shelf ice on which the western party wintered
        The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
        3
        A typical Table-Topped neve berg originating from floating Shelf Ice
        The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
        4
        Ruth Siple is 70 m. from where it was thought to be; and George Getz Shelf Ice is now thought to be non-existent.
        The new yorker
        Translations for shelf ice