West Antarctica

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West Antarctica is the portion of the Antarctic continent lying mostly west of the Transantarctic Mountains, known for its marine-based ice sheet that is particularly vulnerable to climate change and potential sea-level rise.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf part of Antarctica
region
adjacentTo East Antarctica
borderedBySea Amundsen Sea
Bellingshausen Sea
linked to: Amundsen Sea

Ross Sea
boundedBy Transantarctic Mountains
containsGlacier Kohler Glacier
Pine Island Glacier
Smith Glacier
Thwaites Glacier
containsIceShelf Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf
Getz Ice Shelf
linked to: Dotson Ice Shelf

Pine Island Glacier ice shelf
linked to: Pine Island Glacier

Ronne Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
containsMountainRange Ellsworth Mountains
Executive Committee Range
continentPartOf Antarctica
experiences ice mass loss
ice shelf thinning
hasBedTopography mostly below sea level
hasCrustType thinned continental crust
hasGeologicalFeature West Antarctic Rift System
hasHighestPoint Mount Vinson
linked to: Vinson Massif
hasIceSheet West Antarctic Ice Sheet
linked to: West Antarctica
hasIceSheetType marine-based ice sheet
hasPart Amundsen Sea sector
linked to: Amundsen Sea

Antarctic Peninsula
Ellsworth Land
Marie Byrd Land
Ross Sea sector
linked to: Ross Sea
highestPointElevation 4892 metres
iceMassLossContributesTo global mean sea level
iceSheetGroundingLine below sea level
isMonitoredBy GPS networks
satellite altimetry
satellite gravimetry
isSubjectOf ice-sheet stability research
sea-level rise projections
isVulnerableTo climate change
global warming
ice-sheet instability
liesMostlyWestOf Transantarctic Mountains
locatedInHemisphere Southern Hemisphere
locatedInOcean Southern Ocean
locatedOnContinent Antarctica
separatedFrom East Antarctica by Transantarctic Mountains
threatens global sea-level rise
underlainBy West Antarctic Rift System

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Antarctica hasRegion West Antarctica
Antarctic Peninsula partOf West Antarctica
British Antarctic Territory includesRegion Ronne Ice Shelf
linked to: West Antarctica
Great Wall Station region West Antarctica
Amundsen Sea locatedIn West Antarctica
Amundsen Sea partOfIceSheetSystem West Antarctic Ice Sheet
linked to: West Antarctica
Base Naval Arturo Prat region West Antarctica
West Antarctica hasIceSheet West Antarctic Ice Sheet
linked to: West Antarctica
Graham Land locatedIn West Antarctica
Vinson Massif locatedIn Western Antarctica
linked to: West Antarctica
West Antarctic Rift System locatedIn West Antarctica
West Antarctic Rift System partOf West Antarctic plate region
linked to: West Antarctica
West Antarctic Rift System extendsBeneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet
linked to: West Antarctica
Mount Foster region West Antarctica
Brown Base region West Antarctica
Almirante Brown Station locatedInRegion West Antarctica
Clarence Island region West Antarctica
Korean King Sejong Station region West Antarctica
East Antarctica borderedBy West Antarctica
Maxwell Bay isInRegion West Antarctica
Ross Ice Shelf feedsFrom West Antarctic Ice Sheet
linked to: West Antarctica
Biscoe Islands partOf West Antarctica
Cape Colbeck region West Antarctica
Marie Byrd Land coast locatedIn West Antarctica
Marie Byrd Land coast partOf Pacific sector of Antarctica
linked to: West Antarctica
Gerlache Strait region locatedIn West Antarctica
Smith Glacier (Antarctica) locatedIn West Antarctica
Smith Glacier (Antarctica) locatedOn West Antarctic Ice Sheet
linked to: West Antarctica
Dotson Ice Shelf location West Antarctica
Dotson Ice Shelf partOf West Antarctic Ice Sheet
linked to: West Antarctica
Graham Coast locatedIn West Antarctica
Thwaites Glacier locatedIn West Antarctica
Ellsworth Land partOf West Antarctica
Pacific sector of Southern Ocean adjacentTo West Antarctic Ice Sheet
linked to: West Antarctica
Pine Island Bay locatedIn West Antarctica
Pine Island Bay coast West Antarctic Ice Sheet
linked to: West Antarctica
Transantarctic Mountains separates West Antarctica
Transantarctic Mountains formsBoundaryOf West Antarctic Ice Sheet
linked to: West Antarctica
Executive Committee Range locatedIn West Antarctica
Pine Island Glacier locatedIn West Antarctica
Pine Island Glacier partOf West Antarctic Ice Sheet
linked to: West Antarctica
Last Glacial Maximum hasMajorIceSheet West Antarctic Ice Sheet
linked to: West Antarctica
Ellsworth Mountains locatedIn Western Antarctica
linked to: West Antarctica
Ellsworth Mountains region West Antarctica
Discovery Bay (Greenwich Island) region West Antarctica
subject linked to: Discovery Bay
Kohler Glacier locatedIn West Antarctica
Kohler Glacier partOf West Antarctic Ice Sheet
linked to: West Antarctica
Haynes Glacier locatedIn West Antarctica
Haynes Glacier locatedOnCoastOf West Antarctica
Arctowski Peninsula locatedIn West Antarctica