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Ice Shelf (BJ065)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: bj065.ttl
- Name
IceShelf- Kind
- FeatureType
- Definition
- A floating sheet of glacier ice of considerable thickness that is attached to the land along its landward edge.
- Description
- Ice shelves are the seaward extension of land glaciers. Limited areas of the ice shelf may be aground where the glacier first enters the water and possibly in other places offshore. Ice shelves are usually of great horizontal extent and have a level or gently undulating surface. The seaward edge of an ice shelf is termed an 'ice cliff'.
- Accepted
- 2023-01-02
- Geometry
- point, curve, surface
- Subtype of
- ZI028 Feature Entity
- RWOI terms naming it
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.