Stange Ice Shelf
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Stange Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf
in Stange Sound
, English Coast
, bounded to the east by Spaatz Island
, to the northwest by Smyley Island
, and to the west by fast ice in Carroll Inlet
. Named in association with Stange Sound. In contrast to the some other ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula
, for example the Larsen Ice Shelf
, the Stange Ice Shelf has been relatively stable.
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...
in Stange Sound
Stange Sound
Stange Sound is a sound about 60 nautical miles long and 25 nautical miles wide along the coast of Palmer Land. An ice shelf occupies the sound, which is bounded on the west by Smyley and Case Islands, on the south by the mainland, on the east by Spaatz Island and on the north by open water in...
, English Coast
English Coast
English Coast is that portion of the coast of Antarctica between the north tip of Rydberg Peninsula and Buttress Nunataks . To the west is Bryan Coast, and northward runs Rymill Coast east of Alexander Island across George VI Sound. This coast was discovered and explored in 1940, on land by Finn...
, bounded to the east by Spaatz Island
Spaatz Island
Spaatz Island is a large ice-covered island of Antarctica. It lies south west of Alexander Island and west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, close to the coast of Palmer Land, east of Smyley Island...
, to the northwest by Smyley Island
Smyley Island
Smyley Island is an Antarctic island lying off the Antarctic Peninsula at coordinates .-See also:* Composite Antarctic Gazetteer* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands* List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S* SCAR...
, and to the west by fast ice in Carroll Inlet
Carroll Inlet
Carroll Inlet is an inlet, long and wide, trending southeast along the Antarctic coast between the Rydberg Peninsula and Smyley Island. The head of the inlet is divided into two arms by the presence of Case Island and is bounded to the east by Stange Ice Shelf...
. Named in association with Stange Sound. In contrast to the some other ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
, for example the Larsen Ice Shelf
Larsen Ice Shelf
The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long, fringing ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula from Cape Longing to the area just southward of Hearst Island...
, the Stange Ice Shelf has been relatively stable.