Getz Ice Shelf

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Getz Ice Shelf is a large Antarctic ice shelf fringing the coast of Marie Byrd Land in the Amundsen Sea, known for its extensive calving front and contribution to regional ice loss.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial feature ⓘ
ice shelf ⓘ
affectedBy climate change ⓘ
ocean-driven basal melting ⓘ
borderedBy grounded ice of Marie Byrd Land ⓘ
open ocean ⓘ
contributesTo regional ice loss ⓘ
sea-level rise ⓘ
fringesCoastOf Marie Byrd Land ⓘ
hasCalvingFront extensive ⓘ
hasCalvingStyle tabular iceberg calving ⓘ
hasClimateZone Antarctic coastal climate zone ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Amundsen Sea ⓘ
hasDynamicState increasing ice discharge ⓘ
retreating ⓘ
thinning ⓘ
hasEnvironment marine-terminating ⓘ
polar ⓘ
hasFeature crevasses ⓘ
grounding line ⓘ
ice front ⓘ
rifts ⓘ
hasIceFlowDirection generally northward toward Amundsen Sea ⓘ
hasLanguageVariant Getz Ice Shelf (English) ⓘ
linked to: Getz Ice Shelf
hasProcess calving ⓘ
hasRegionType coastal ice shelf ⓘ
hasSnowAccumulation high relative to interior Antarctica ⓘ
interactsWith Southern Ocean ⓘ
circumpolar deep water ⓘ
isConsidered one of the rapidly changing Antarctic ice shelves ⓘ
isPartOfSystem Amundsen Sea ice shelves system ⓘ
isSubjectOf glaciological studies ⓘ
satellite remote sensing observations ⓘ
locatedIn Amundsen Sea sector ⓘ
linked to: Amundsen Sea

Antarctica ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land ⓘ
West Antarctica ⓘ
monitoredBy satellite altimetry ⓘ
satellite gravimetry ⓘ
satellite radar interferometry ⓘ
partOf Amundsen Sea embayment ⓘ
linked to: Amundsen Sea

Antarctic ice sheet margin ⓘ
linked to: Antarctic Ice Sheet

Pacific sector of Antarctica ⓘ
studiedFor contribution to global sea-level budget ⓘ
ice–ocean interactions ⓘ
mass balance changes ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dotson Ice Shelf → adjacentTo → Getz Ice Shelf ⓘ
Pine Island Bay → near → Getz Ice Shelf ⓘ
Getz Ice Shelf → hasLanguageVariant → Getz Ice Shelf (English) ⓘ
linked to: Getz Ice Shelf
Mount Murphy → near → Getz Ice Shelf ⓘ
Mount Murphy → overlooks → eastern Getz Ice Shelf ⓘ
linked to: Getz Ice Shelf