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Getz Ice Shelf

The Getz Ice Shelf is an ice shelf over long and from wide, bordering the Hobbs Coast and Bakutis Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, between the McDonald Heights and Martin Peninsula. ^[1]

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22 relations: Ames Range, Bowyer Butte, Carney Island, Chicago, Grant Island, Hobbs Coast, Ice shelf, Marie Byrd Land, Martin Peninsula, McCuddin Mountains, McDonald Heights, Operation Highjump, Perry Range, Shepard Island, Siniff Bay, Siple Island, Southern Ocean, Thermocline, Tonne, United States Antarctic Program, United States Geological Survey, Wright Island.
Bodies of ice of Marie Byrd Land
Ice shelves of Antarctica

Ames Range

The Ames Range is a range of snow-covered, flat-topped, steep-sided mountains, extending in a north–south direction for and forming a right angle with the eastern end of the Flood Range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Bowyer Butte

Bowyer Butte is a steep-cliffed eminence with a nearly flat summit, wide and high, located between the lower ends of the Johnson Glacier and the Venzke Glacier on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Carney Island

Carney Island is an ice-covered island, long with all but its north coast lying within the Getz Ice Shelf, Antarctica.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Grant Island

Grant Island is an ice-covered island, long and wide, lying east of the smaller Shepard Island off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Hobbs Coast

Hobbs Coast is that portion of the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica extending from Cape Burks to a point on the coast opposite eastern Dean Island, at, or between the Ruppert Coast in the west and the Bakutis Coast in the east.

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Ice shelf

An ice shelf is a large platform of glacial ice floating on the ocean, fed by one or multiple tributary glaciers.

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Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica.

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Martin Peninsula

Martin Peninsula is a peninsula about long and wide that is ice-covered except for a few rock outcrops along its margins, located between Getz Ice Shelf and Dotson Ice Shelf on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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McCuddin Mountains

The McCuddin Mountains are a small cluster of mountains in Antarctica consisting mainly of two large mountains, Mount Flint and Mount Petras, along with several scattered peaks and nunataks.

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McDonald Heights

The McDonald Heights are broad, mainly snow-covered heights about long and rising over between Cape Burks and Morris Head on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Operation Highjump

Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV.

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Perry Range

Perry Range is a narrow range of mountains, long, separating the lower ends of Venzke Glacier and Berry Glacier where they enter Getz Ice Shelf, on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Shepard Island

Shepard Island is an island about long, lying west of Grant Island off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Siniff Bay

Siniff Bay is a bay wide between Verleger Point and Melville Point, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Siple Island

Siple Island is a long snow-covered island lying east of Wrigley Gulf along the Getz Ice Shelf off Bakutis Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Southern Ocean

The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.

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Thermocline

A thermocline (also known as the thermal layer or the metalimnion in lakes) is a distinct layer based on temperature within a large body of fluid (e.g. water, as in an ocean or lake; or air, e.g. an atmosphere) with a high gradient of distinct temperature differences associated with depth.

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Tonne

The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.

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United States Antarctic Program

The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the Antarctica continent.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Wright Island

Wright Island is an ice-covered island long, lying at the north edge of Getz Ice Shelf about midway between Carney Island and Martin Peninsula, on the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getz_Ice_Shelf

Also known as Bakutis Coast, Berry Glacier, Birdwell Point, Brennan Inlet, Cherry Island (Antarctica), Cole Point, DeVicq Glacier, Dean Island, Dean Island (Antarctica), Glade Bay, Johnson Glacier, Nunn Island, Scott Peninsula, Spaulding Peninsula, Sweeny Inlet, Venzke Glacier, Wrigley Gulf.

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