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[[File:Ross Ice Shelf.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Edge of the Ross 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, Canada and the Russian Arctic. The boundary between the floating ice shelf and the anchor ice (resting on bedrock) that feeds it is called the grounding line. The thickness of ice shelves ranges from about 100 to 1000 meters. | 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, Canada and the Russian Arctic. The boundary between the floating ice shelf and the anchor ice (resting on bedrock) that feeds it is called the grounding line. The thickness of ice shelves ranges from about 100 to 1000 meters. | ||