❄️ Ross Ice Shelf

Antarctica · Antarctica · 81.50°S, 175.00°W

Quick facts

Country	Antarctica
Continent / region	Antarctica
Coordinates (approx.)	81.50°S, 175.00°W · view on map
Distance to the equator	9,073 km south of it
Solar time	UTC-11:45 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today	The sun does not set here today — polar day at 81.5° latitude.

Ross Ice Shelf is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

Closest ice shelves

McMurdo Ice Shelf — 523 km away
Swinburne Ice Shelf — 641 km away
Sulzberger Ice Shelf — 738 km away
Nansen Ice Sheet — 875 km away
Nickerson Ice Shelf — 898 km away

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

More ice shelves in Antarctica

Abbot Ice Shelf · Amery Ice Shelf · Bach Ice Shelf · Brunt Ice Shelf · Cook Ice Shelf · Cosgrove Ice Shelf · Crosson Ice Shelf · Dotson Ice Shelf · Edward VIII Ice Shelf · Ekström Ice Shelf.

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