List of Antarctic ice shelves
This is a list of Antarctic ice shelves.
Ice shelves are attached to a large portion of the Antarctic coastline.
Their total area is 1,541,700 km2.
[1] Names are also listed in the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Gazetteer.
[2] The ice shelf areas are listed below, clockwise, starting in the west of East Antarctica:
Ross
(472,960 km
2
)
Filchner-Ronne
(422,420 km
2
)
Amery
(62,620 km
2
)
Larsen
(48,600 km
2
)
Riiser-Larsen
(48,180 km
2
)
Fimbul
(41,060 km
2
)
Shackleton
(33,820 km
2
)
George VI
(23,880 km
2
)
West
(16,370 km
2
)
Wilkins
(13,680 km
2
)
