West Ice Shelf

The West Ice Shelf is a prominent ice shelf extending about 350 km (220 mi) in an east–west direction along the Leopold and Astrid Coast in East Antarctica between Barrier Bay and Posadowsky Bay, and up to 120 km northwards from the continental margin.

Not to be confused with West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
West Ice Shelf
Location in Antarctica
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