❄️ Ellesmere Ice Shelf

Canada · Americas · 83.03°N, 77.56°W

The Ellesmere Ice Shelf was the largest ice shelf in the Arctic, encompassing about 9,100 square kilometres of the north coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. The ice shelf was first documented by the British Arctic Expedition of 1875–76, in which Lieutenant Pelham Aldrich's party went from Cape Sheridan to Cape Alert. The continuous mass of the Ellesmere Ice Shelf had been in place for at least 3,000 years.

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Quick facts

Country	Canada
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	83.03°N, 77.56°W · view on map

Ellesmere Ice Shelf is located in Canada, in Americas.

More ice shelves in Canada

Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf · Ayles Ice Shelf · M'Clintock Ice Shelf · Markham Ice Shelf · Milne Ice Shelf · Serson Ice Shelf · Ward Hunt Ice Shelf.

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