Getz Ice Shelf

The Getz Ice Shelf is an ice shelf over 300 nautical miles long and from 20 to 60 nautical miles wide, bordering the Hobbs Coast and Bakutis Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, between the and .
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  • Type: Water
  • Description: ice shelf in Antarctica
  • Also known as: Getz Ice Shelf, GIF

Getz Ice Shelf

Latitude
-74.25° or 74° 15′ south
Longitude
-126.5° or 126° 30′ west
Open location code
24QMQG22+22
Geo­Names ID
6639278
Wiki­data ID
Q825948
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In Other Languages

From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Getz Ice Shelf” goes by many names.
  • Bosnian: Getzova ledena ploča
  • Bulgarian: Гец (шелфов ледник)
  • Bulgarian: Гец
  • Catalan: banc de glaç de Getz
  • Chinese: 蓋茨冰架
  • Esperanto: Glaciplatformo Getz
  • French: Barrière de Getz
  • French: Plateforme de Getz
  • French: plateforme de glace de Getz
  • French: Plateforme de glace de Getz
  • German: Getz-Schelfeis
  • Hebrew: מדף הקרח גץ
  • Hindi: गेट्ज़ हिमचट्टान
  • Italian: Piattaforma di ghiaccio Getz
  • Japanese: ゲッツ棚氷
  • Macedonian: Гецова Ледена Плоча
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Getzisen
  • Polish: Lodowiec Szelfowy Getza
  • Polish: Szelf Lodowy Getza
  • Russian: Шельфовый ледник Гетца
  • Spanish: Barrera de hielo Getz
  • Ukrainian: Шельфовий льодовик Гетц

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