Abbot Ice Shelf

The Abbot Ice Shelf is an ice shelf 250 nautical miles long and 40 nautical miles wide, bordering from Cape Waite to in Antarctica. lies along the northern edge of the western half of this ice shelf; other sizable islands lie partly or wholly within this shelf.
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Abbot Ice Shelf

Latitude
-72.75° or 72° 45′ south
Longitude
-96° or 96° west
Open location code
26V67222+22
Geo­Names ID
6639317
Wiki­data ID
Q4664202
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In Other Languages

From Bosnian to Polish—“Abbot Ice Shelf” goes by many names.
  • Bosnian: Abbotova ledena ploča
  • Bulgarian: Абът (шелфов ледник)
  • Bulgarian: Абът
  • Catalan: banc de glaç d’Abbot
  • Chinese: 阿博特冰架
  • French: barrière d’Abbot
  • French: Barrière d’Abbot
  • German: Abbot-Schelfeis
  • Hebrew: מדף הקרח אבוט
  • Italian: Piattaforma di ghiaccio Abbot
  • Japanese: アボット棚氷
  • Macedonian: Аботова Ледена Плоча
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Abbot isbrem
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Abbotisen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Abbotisen
  • Norwegian: Abbotisen
  • Polish: Lodowiec Szelfowy Abbota

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