Ward Hunt Ice Shelf
The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf in the Arctic, located near Ward Hunt Island, on the north coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.
- Glacier
- …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
- Description: ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean
Ward Hunt Ice Shelf
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Latitude
83.12224° or 83° 7′ 20″ north
Longitude
-73.49868° or 73° 29′ 55″ west
Open location code
C7M84GC2+VG
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ward Hunt Ice Shelf” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ward Hunt Ice Shelf”
- Chinese: “沃德·亨特冰架”
- Chinese: “沃德亨特冰棚”
- Dutch: “Ward Hunt-ijsplateau”
- French: “Barrière de Ward Hunt”
- French: “Plateforme de de Ward Hunt”
- French: “plateforme de glace de Ward Hunt”
- French: “Plateforme de glace de Ward Hunt”
- Japanese: “ワードハント棚氷”
- Latvian: “Vorda Hanta šelfa ledājs”
- Portuguese: “Plataforma de gelo Ward Hunt”
- Russian: “Уорд-Хант (шельфовый ледник)”
- Russian: “Уорд-Хант”
- Swedish: “Ward Hunt Ice Shelf”
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Notable Places Nearby
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