Nansen Ice Sheet
Nansen Ice Sheet is a 30 nautical miles long by 10 nautical miles wide ice shelf. It is nourished by the Priestley and Reeves Glaciers and abuts the north side of the Drygalski Ice Tongue, along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
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- Description: ice shelf in Antarctica
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-74.88333° or 74° 53′ south
Longitude
163.16667° or 163° 10′ east
Open location code
2VQ54588+MM
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Nansen Ice Sheet” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Нансен”
- Bulgarian: “Шелфов ледник Нансен”
- Chinese: “南森冰架”
- German: “Nansen-Eistafel”
- Italian: “Piattaforma di ghiaccio Nansen”
- Japanese: “ナンセン氷棚”
- Macedonian: “Нансенова Ледена Покривка”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nansenisen”
- Turkish: “Nansen Buz Tabakası”
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