Ross Ice Shelf

Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureIce ShelfNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag^[1]PositionDescriptionA vast ice shelf, to a large extent grounded, between Ross Island and King Edward VII Land, and occupying the entire southern part of the Ross Sea embayment and ending seaward in a cliffed ice front about 400 miles long. Discovered on 28 January 1841 by Ross for whom it is named. Ross mapped the ice front eastward to 160

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