Ross Ice Shelf

The Ross Sea in is the world's most southerly sea. It's ice-bound for much of the year, but at the height of summer ships can cautiously enter.
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  • Water
  • Description: ice shelf in Antarctica
  • Also known as
    “RIS”
    “The Great Barrier”

Ross Ice Shelf

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Latitude
-81.5° or 81° 30′ south
Longitude
-175° or 175° west
Open location code
22C7G222+22
Geo­Names ID
6638681
Wiki­data ID
Q200255

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Ross Ice Shelf” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حاجز روس”
  • Armenian: “Ռոսսի շելֆային սառցադաշտ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ross şelf buzlağı”
  • Basque: “Ross izotz hesia”
  • Belarusian: “Шэльфавы ледавік Роса”
  • Belarusian: “Шэльфавы ляднік Роса”
  • Bosnian: “Rosova ledena ploča”
  • Bosnian: “Rossova ledena ploča”
  • Bulgarian: “Рос”
  • Catalan: “Barrera de gel de Ross”
  • Catalan: “Ross Ice Shelf”
  • Chinese: “罗斯冰架”
  • Chinese: “羅斯冰架”
  • Chuvash: “Росс пăрлăхĕ”
  • Croatian: “Rossova ledena polica”
  • Czech: “Rossův šelfový ledovec”
  • Czech: “Velká ledová bariéra”
  • Danish: “Ross isshelf”
  • Dutch: “Ross IJsschots”
  • Dutch: “Ross IJsvlakte”
  • Dutch: “Ross-ijsbarriere”
  • Dutch: “Ross-ijsbarrière”
  • Dutch: “Ross-ijsplaat”
  • Dutch: “Ross-ijsplateau”
  • Dutch: “Ross-plateau”
  • Dutch: “Rossplateau”
  • Esperanto: “Ross-glacikampo”
  • Esperanto: “Ross-glacitabulo”
  • Finnish: “Rossin jäähylly”
  • Finnish: “Rossin jäälautta”
  • Finnish: “Rossin lauttajää”
  • French: “Barriere de Ross”
  • French: “Barrière de Ross”
  • French: “Barrière Ross”
  • French: “La Grande Barrière”
  • French: “plateforme de glace de Ross”
  • French: “Plateforme de glace de Ross”
  • French: “Ross Ice Shelf”
  • Georgian: “როსის შელფური მყინვარი”
  • German: “Ross-Schelfeis”
  • German: “Rossbarriere”
  • Greek: “Παγοκρηπίδα Ρος”
  • Greek: “Παγοτράπεζα Ρος”
  • Greek: “Τράπεζα Πάγου Ρος”
  • Hebrew: “מדף הקרח רוס”
  • Hindi: “रॉस हिमचट्टान”
  • Hungarian: “Ross-selfjég”
  • Indonesian: “Paparan es Ross”
  • Irish: “Oighearchlár Ross”
  • Italian: “Barriera di Ross”
  • Italian: “Ghiacciaio di Ross”
  • Italian: “piattaforma di ghiaccio Ross”
  • Italian: “Ross Ice Shelf”
  • Japanese: “ロス棚氷”
  • Kazakh: “Росс шельф мұздығы”
  • Korean: “로스 빙붕”
  • Korean: “로쓰 얼음벌”
  • Latvian: “Rosa šelfa ledājs”
  • Latvian: “Ross Ice Shelf”
  • Latvian: “Viktorijas ledus barjera”
  • Limburgan: “Iessjol van Ross”
  • Lithuanian: “Roso šelfinis ledynas”
  • Macedonian: “Росова Ледена Плоча”
  • Malay: “Pentas Ais Ross”
  • Manx: “Skelloo Rioee Ross”
  • Northern Sami: “Ross jiekŋalahtta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ross Ice Shelf”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rossbarrieren”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rossbarrierer”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rossisen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rossisen”
  • Norwegian: “Rossbarrieren”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Barrièra de glaç de Ross”
  • Persian: “یخ‌تاق راس”
  • Polish: “Lodowiec Szelfowy Rossa”
  • Portuguese: “Barreira de gelo de Ross”
  • Portuguese: “Barreira de gelo Ross”
  • Portuguese: “Plataforma de gelo de Ross”
  • Portuguese: “Plataforma de gelo Ross”
  • Portuguese: “Plataforma de Ross”
  • Romanian: “Bariera de Gheață Ross”
  • Russian: “Барьер Росса”
  • Russian: “Ледник Росса”
  • Russian: “Росса шельфовый ледник”
  • Russian: “Шельфовый ледник Росса”
  • Serbian: “Rosova ledena ploča”
  • Serbian: “Росова ледена плоча”
  • Slovak: “Rossov pobrežný ľad”
  • Slovenian: “Rossova ledena polica”
  • Spanish: “Barrera de hielo de Ross”
  • Spanish: “Barrera de hielo Ross”
  • Spanish: “Campo de Hielo Ross”
  • Spanish: “Plataforma de hielo de Ross”
  • Swedish: “Ross Ice Shelf”
  • Swedish: “Ross shelfis”
  • Swedish: “Ross-shelfisen”
  • Tatar: “Росс боз киштәсе”
  • Thai: “หิ้งน้ำแข็งรอสส์”
  • Turkish: “Ross Buz Sahanlığı”
  • Turkish: “Ross Buz Şelfi”
  • Turkish: “Ross Buzlası”
  • Ukrainian: “Бар’єр Росса”
  • Ukrainian: “Шельфовий льодовик Росса”
  • Uzbek: “Ross shelf muzligi”
  • Vietnamese: “Thềm băng Ross”
  • Walloon: “Platea d‘ glaece di Ross”
  • Walloon: “Platea d’ glaece di Ross”
  • Zeeuws: “Ross Iesplateau”

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