Filchner Ice Shelf

[filk-ner, filkh-]

noun

1. an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SE Weddell Sea, bordered on the W by Berkner Island.

Example Sentences

It calved, or broke off, from the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 1986 but got stuck on the seafloor and then trapped in an ocean vortex.

From BBC

Born in a mass breakout of bergs from the Filchner Ice Shelf, in the southern Weddell Sea, A23a was almost immediately stuck in shallow bottom muds to become an "ice island" for more than three decades.

From BBC

In 1987, a massive iceberg, called A23, broke off from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf.

From NewsForKids.net

The iceberg - equivalent to three times the size of New York City and more than twice the size of Greater London - had been grounded for more than three decades in the Weddell Sea after it split from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986.

From Washington Times

The iceberg, known as A23a, split from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986.

From Seattle Times