The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica. It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 kilometres long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface. Ninety percent of the floating ice, however, is below the water surface.
Location: Antarctica
Elevation: 15 and 50 metres (50 and 160 ft)
Offshore water bodies: Ross Sea
Etymology: Sir James Clark Ross, who discovered it on 28 January 1841
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