Larsen Ice Shelf
The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula from Cape Longing to Smith Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Larsen Ice Shelf
- Type: Water
- Description: ice shelf in Antarctica
- Categories: ice shelf and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Larsen Ice Shelf” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كتلة لارسن الجليدية”
- Asturian: “Barrera de xelu Larsen”
- Bosnian: “Larsenova ledena ploča”
- Bulgarian: “Ларсен (шелфов ледник)”
- Bulgarian: “Ларсен”
- Catalan: “banc de glaç de Larsen”
- Chinese: “拉森冰架”
- Croatian: “Ledeni greben Larsen”
- Czech: “Larsenův šelfový ledovec”
- Danish: “Larsen A”
- Danish: “Larsen B”
- Danish: “Larsen C”
- Danish: “Larsen D”
- Danish: “Larsen”
- Dutch: “Larsen-ijsplaat”
- Dutch: “Larsen-ijsplateau”
- Esperanto: “Glaciplatformo Larsen”
- Estonian: “Larseni šelfiliustik”
- Finnish: “Larsenin jäähylly”
- Finnish: “Larsenin jäälautta”
- French: “Barrière de glace de Larsen”
- French: “Barrière de Larsen”
- French: “plateforme de glace de Larsen”
- French: “Plateforme de glace de Larsen”
- French: “Plateforme de Larsen”
- Georgian: “ლარსენის შელფური მყინვარი”
- German: “Larsen-Schelfeis”
- Greek: “Τράπεζα Πάγου Λάρσεν”
- Hebrew: “מדף הקרח לרסן”
- Hungarian: “Larsen B-selfjég”
- Hungarian: “Larsen-selfjég”
- Indonesian: “Paparan es Larsen”
- Italian: “Piattaforma di ghiaccio Larsen”
- Japanese: “ラーセン棚氷”
- Korean: “라르센 빙붕”
- Latvian: “Larsena šelfa ledājs”
- Macedonian: “Ларсенова Ледена Плоча”
- Malay: “Pentas Ais Larsen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Larsen isbrem”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Larsenisen”
- Norwegian: “Larsen isbrem”
- Persian: “کوه یخ لارسن”
- Persian: “یختاق لارسن”
- Polish: “Lodowiec Szelfowy Larsena”
- Portuguese: “Plataforma de gelo Larsen”
- Russian: “Шельфовый ледник Ларсена”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ledeni greben Larsen”
- Spanish: “Barrera de hielo Larsen”
- Spanish: “Larsen, barrera de hielos”
- Spanish: “Larsen, Plataforma de Hielo”
- Swedish: “Larsens shelfis”
- Ukrainian: “Шельфовий льодовик Ларсена”
- Vietnamese: “Thềm băng Larsen”
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