Fimbul Ice Shelf
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Fimbul Ice Shelf is an ice shelf
about 120 miles long and 60 miles wide, nourished by Jutulstraumen Glacier
, bordering the coast of Queen Maud Land
from 3° W to 3° E. It was photographed from the air by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39), mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
(NBSAE) (1949–1952) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958–59) and named Fimbulisen (the giant ice).
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 only found in Antarctica, Greenland and Canada. The boundary between the floating ice shelf and the grounded ice that feeds it is called...
about 120 miles long and 60 miles wide, nourished by Jutulstraumen Glacier
Jutulstraumen Glacier
Jutulstraumen Glacier is a large glacier in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, about 120 miles long, draining northward to the Fimbul Ice Shelf between the Kirwan Escarpment, Borg Massif and Ahlmann Ridge on the west and the Sverdrup Mountains on the east...
, bordering the coast of Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
from 3° W to 3° E. It was photographed from the air by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39), mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists...
(NBSAE) (1949–1952) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958–59) and named Fimbulisen (the giant ice).