Infobox lake lake name Shelf Lake image lake caption lake image bathymetry caption bathymetry location Custer County, Idaho Custer County , Idaho coords coord 44.070398 114.567814 type waterbody region US ID display inline,title type glacial lake Glacial inflow outflow Little Boulder Creek Idaho Little Boulder Creek to Salmon River Idaho East Fork Salmon River catchment basin countries USA length convert 275 m abbr on width convert 16 m abbr on area depth max depth volume residence time shore elevation convert 2730 m abbr on islands cities Shelf Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho Custer County , Idaho , United States , located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area . The lake is accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 683. ref Sawtooth National Forest. Sawtooth National Forest map .1 126,720, 1 2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998. ref Shelf Lake is northeast of Merriam Peak and located in the lower section of the Boulder Chain Lakes Basin. References reflist See also List of lakes of the White Cloud Mountains Sawtooth National Recreation Area White Cloud Mountains Category Lakes of Idaho Category Landforms of Custer County, Idaho Category Glacial lakes of the United States Category Sawtooth National Forest Idaho geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2010 Infobox mountain name Shelf Bank photo photo caption elevation m 145 elevation ref prominence listing location Shropshire , England range coordinates grid ref UK SJ296299 topo Ordnance Survey OS Landranger 126 type age last eruption first ascent easiest route Coord 52.86196 N 3.04711 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 SJ296299 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref This large hill in the centre of Oswestry is a 3 hectare area consisting of acid grassland and naturally regenerated areas of woodland and scrub. Location and surroundings The site occupies the majority of a knoll which offers views across Oswestry town and the wider Shropshire countryside. For that reason during WWII anti aircraft guns and lookout posts were established on the summit. Along the southern edge of the site there can be found a section of Wats Dyke, an earth bank structure dating back to the Dark Ages. On the North side, it is surrounded by a vast desolate area of old railway sidings of the Oswestry Branch Line closed many years ago and a huge Victorian architecture Victorian engineering works, now being converted into a new Health Centre. On the rare occasions when snow falls in the town, it provides the local populace with superb sledge sledging opportunities. Recent history Local legend had it that the land was donated to the children of Oswestry by a long forgotten landlord and as a result of its disputed ownership has proved very difficult to redevelop, despite occupying valuable land just outside the town centre. Citation needed date April 2009 The site was compulsorily purchased in 2005 by Oswestry Borough Council to ensure it could be managed for wildlife and the quiet recreation of Oswestry residents and visitors alike. Shelf Bank was not left ... and the land purchased for the people of Oswestry. Shelf Bank is now managed by Shropshire Council ... of Shelf Bank Category Hills of Shropshire Shropshire geo stub ... more details
refimprove date September 2009 Infobox song See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name Shelf Type Artist Jonas Brothers alt Artist Album A Little Bit Longer & Jonas Brothers Live at SoHo Published Released 12 August 2008 track no 3 Recorded 2007 2008 Genre Pop Rock Length 3 48 small Album Version small br 2 22 small Live at SoHo Version small Writer Kevin Jonas , Joe Jonas , and Nick Jonas Label Hollywood Records Producer John Fields Misc Extra track listing Album A Little Bit Longer Type studio Tracks Standard Edition BB Good Burnin Up Shelf One Man Show Lovebug song Tonight Jonas Brothers song Tonight Can t Have You Video Girl Pushin Me Away Sorry Got Me goin crazy A Little bit longer The song Shelf is off the Jonas Brothers third studio record A Little Bit Longer . The song is written from the point of view of a teenage boy who got his heart broken by the popular girl in school girl next door and now he can publicly announce it. The intro is sung by the lead singer and middle brother Joe Jonas . The song starts off with electric guitar, and then strumming, and drum. The chorus is Nick Jonas singing a line or two and Joe singing a few lines and then singing together. Then Joe takes over for verse two. Going back to the chorus Nick takes over and they sing a bit together. Other uses The song was used in their first EP iTunes Live from SoHo Jonas Brothers EP Jonas Brothers Live at Soho ref http itunes.apple.com us album itunes live from soho ep id308054530 iTunes Live from SoHo EP by Jonas Brothers Download iTunes Live from SoHo EP on iTunes Bot generated title ref . Charts class wikitable sortable Chart 2009 Peak br position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 align center 100 U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Billboard Pop 100 align center 80 References Reflist Jonas Brothers DEFAULTSORT Shelf Song Category Jonas Brothers songs Category Songs written by Kevin Jonas Category Songs written by Joe Jonas Category Songs written by Nick Jonas Category 2008 songs ... more details
More footnotes date April 2009 The Chukchi Sea Shelf or Chukchi Shelf is the easternmost part of the Continental shelf of Russia and the westernmost part of the Continental shelf of the United States . Geology Geologically , it includes parts of the continental shelves adjacent to Russia, so that large sections of the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas of the Chukchi Shelf are under US sovereignty. The main geological features of the Chukchi Shelf are the Hope Basin and the Herald Thrust , a basement uplift cored by Cretaceous thrust fault s. The latter is named after Herald Island Arctic Herald Island . Off the northwestern Alaska n coast there is a Jurassic rift basin , the Hannah Trough . In the north the Chukchi Shelf is limited by the Arctic Ocean geological zone. The Chukchi Shelf is shared between Russia and the United States according to the 1990 USA USSR maritime boundary . References Geology http gsa.confex.com gsa 2006CD finalprogram abstract 103191.htm Organic carbon nutrients on the Chukchi Sea Shelf http www.agu.org pubs crossref 2007 2006JC003899.shtml Circulation of the Chukchi shelf bottom water http acsys.npolar.no meetings final abstracts posters Session 2 poster s2 075.pdf coord missing Russia Category Marine geology Category Landforms of the Chukchi Sea Category Landforms of Russia Category Landforms of Alaska regional geology stub ... more details
Image Shelf ice edge hg.jpg thumb Edge of Ekstr m Ice Shelf The Ekstr m Ice Shelf is the ice shelf lying between Sorasen Ridge and Halvfarryggen Ridge , on the Princess Martha Coast of Queen Maud Land . It was first mapped by the Norwegian British Swedish Antarctic Expedition NBSAE 1949 1952 , and named for Bertil Ekstr m , a Swedish mechanical engineer with the NBSAE, who drowned when the M29 Weasel weasel track driven vehicle he was driving plunged over the edge of Quar Ice Shelf on February 24, 1951. ref name gnis The ice shelf occupies an area of convert 8,700 sqkm . It is convert 160 m thick at the edge, and rises convert 15 m 1 above the sea level. Germany s Neumayer Station III is to the northeast at Atka Bay . References Reflist refs ref name gnis cite gnis type antarid id 4389 name Ekstr m Ice Shelf accessdate 2012 02 27 ref usgs gazetteer id 4389 name Ekstr m Ice Shelf coord 71 S 8 W type glacier scale 2000000 source GNIS display title DEFAULTSORT Ekstrom Ice Shelf Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Queen Maud Land Category Princess Martha Coast PrincessMarthaCoast geo stub bg de Ekstr m Schelfeis lv kstrema elfa led js no Ekstr misen sv Ekstr m shelfisen ... more details
refimprove date January 2010 The term continental shelf of the United States has two related meanings. Geologically, it is the total of the continental shelves adjacent to the United States . In the context of the international law as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , it is seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas over which the United States exercise sovereign rights. The submerged part of the U.S. continental shelf that is seawards and outside of the jurisdictions of the individual U.S. states is called the Outer Continental Shelf . This Outer Continental Shelf is a peculiarity of the political geography of the United States and is the part of the internationally recognized continental shelf of the United States. References reflist US geo stub Category Geography of the United States Category Coasts of the United States ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2008 A roll out shelf , also known as a glide out shelf , pull out shelf or slide out shelf is a shelf that can be moved forward on slides in order to more easily reach the contents stored in the back of a cupboard or cabinet furniture cabinet . The slide mechanism can also be found in modern chests of drawers. Cabinet makers have been installing roll out shelves for over 50 years. Applications Roll out shelves are found in kitchen cabinets, pantries, bathroom cabinets and vanities, offices, and garages. They are available with 3 4 extension or full extension slides. The 3 4 extension slides provide enough access to reach items in the back of the cabinet. Full extension rails are more costly but can provide better access for special use areas. References reflist Category Furniture ... more details
The former Ellesmere Ice Shelf was the largest ice shelf in the Arctic, encompassing about convert 3500 sqmi km2 of the north coast of Ellesmere Island , Nunavut , Canada . ref name Ljunggren cite web url http news.yahoo.com s nm 20080729 wl canada nm canada arctic col title Giant chunks break off Canadian ice shelf accessdate 2008 07 29 author David Ljunggren date 29 July 2008 work publisher Reuters Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref 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 82.47 N, 61.50 W west to Cape Alert 82.27 N, 85.55 W . ref http pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca arctic Arctic39 1 15.pdf Martin O. Jeffries, Ice Island Calvings and Ice Shelf Changes, Milne Ice Shelf and Ayles Ice Shelf ... Shelf had been in place for at least 3,000 years. ref name Ljunggren cite web url http www.reuters.com article scienceNews idUSN2931485920080729?sp true title Giant chunks break off Canadian ice shelf ... century the Ellesmere Ice Shelf broke up into six separate shelves, the largest being the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf . During the 1980s reassuring official science reported that the remnants were stable Citation needed date December 2011 . main Ward Hunt Ice Shelf In April 2000, satellite images revealed that a large crack in the Ward Hunt shelf had begun to form, and in 2003 it was announced ... earthobservatory.nasa.gov Study wardhunt title Breakup of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf author NASA Earth Observatory ref In April 2008, it was discovered that the shelf was fractured into dozens of deep ... in Arctic ice shelf signal its demise author Bob Weber, The Canadian Press work The Star location Toronto date 2008 04 12 accessdate 2010 05 01 ref main Ayles Ice Shelf On August 13, 2005, The Ayles Ice Shelf , which was located at coord 83 1.5 N 77 33.5 W , approximately convert 800 km mi abbr on south ... The Milne Ice Shelf is the second large segment of the former Ellesmere Ice Shelf. Notes Reflist ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Antarctic continental shelf is a geological feature that underlies the Southern Ocean , surrounding the continent of Antarctica . The shelf is generally narrow and unusually deep, its edge lying at depths of 400 to 800 meters the global mean is 133 meters . It is home to a thriving ecosystem of penguin s and cold water fish. See also DEFAULTSORT Antarctic Continental Shelf Category Geography of the Southern Ocean Geology stub eo Antarkta plato lt Antarktidos kontinentinis elfas ... more details
coord 53.764 1.828 display title region GB scale 20000 infobox historic subdivision Name Queensbury and Shelf HQ Albert Road, Queensbury Status Urban district Start 1937 End 1974 Replace Calderdale , City of Bradford Image PopulationFirst 4,415 PopulationLast 10,634 PopulationFirstYear 1931 PopulationLastYear 1971 AreaFirst convert 2795 acre km2 1 AreaLast convert 2795 acre km2 1 AreaFirstYear 1951 AreaLastYear 1961 Queensbury and Shelf was an urban district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1937 to 1974. The district was formed by a Local Government Act 1929 County Review Order by the amalgamation of Queensbury, West Yorkshire Queensbury and Shelf, West Yorkshire Shelf urban districts. Queensbury and Shelf were included in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The former urban district was divided between two metropolitan borough s the wards of Shelf East and Shelf West were included in Calderdale , and the remaining wards in the City of Bradford Metropolitan Borough of Bradford . External links http www.visionofbritain.org.uk relationships.jsp?u id 10166871&c id 10001043 Vision of Britain Queensbury and Shelf Category Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Category History of West Yorkshire Category History of Bradford Category Local government in Bradford Category Local government in Calderdale Category Urban districts of England WestYorkshire geo stub ... more details
Wyers Ice Shelf is a small Antarctic ice shelf located on the east side of the base of Sakellari Peninsula . References references External links http www.mapplanet.com ?do loc&country A&adm1 02&loc 20013615 Map of the area coord 67 11 S 49 54 E scale 1000000 display title Category Ice shelves of Antarctica ... more details
coord 71 20 S 11 0 W display title type glacier scale 2000000 Quar Ice Shelf is the ice shelf between Cape Norvegia and Sorasen Ridge along the coast of Queen Maud Land . Discovery and Naming It was mapped by the Norwegian British Swedish Antarctic Expedition NBSAE 1949 1952 . The ice shelf was named for Leslie Quar , a British radio mechanic and electrician with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel track driven vehicle in which he was riding drove over the edge of this ice shelf on February 24, 1951. The NBSAE established Maudheim Station about 1 mile south of Norsel Iceport . usgs gazetteer Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Queen Maud Land Category Princess Astrid Coast PrincessAstridCoast geo stub lv Kvara elfa led js no Quarisen ... more details
The Norwegian continental shelf is the continental shelf over which Norway exercises sovereign rights as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea . Clarify date December 2009 It is rich in petroleum and gas and it is the base of the so called petroleum economy of Norway. The area of the shelf is four times the area of Norway mainland and constitutes about one third of the Europe continental shelf. ref http www.cyberclip.com Katrine NorwayInfo2 Articles oil.html Norwegian oil and gas enter a new century ref References references coord missing Norway Category Geography of Norway Category Coastal geography norway geo stub ... more details
The Milne Ice Shelf , a fragment of the former Ellesmere Ice Shelf , is located in Qikiqtaaluk Region , Nunavut , Canada . It is the second largest ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean . Situated on the north west coast of Ellesmere Island , it is located about 270 km 170 mi west of Alert, Nunavut . In 1986, the ice shelf had an area of about 290 square kilometers, with a central thickness of 100 meters. ref http www.jstor.org pss 1551089 Glaciers and the morphology and structure of Milne Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada . Martin O. Jeffries. Arctic and Alpine Research 18 4. 1986. ref It was one of the settings of Dan Brown s book Deception Point . coord missing Nunavut References Reflist Category Geography of Qikiqtaaluk Region Category Ice shelves of the Arctic Ocean QikiqtaalukNU geo stub fr Barri re de Milne nl Milne ijsplateau ... more details
File Mountains on Alexander Island.jpg thumb George VI Ice Shelf The George VI Ice Shelf coord 71 45 S 68 00 W scale 4000000 source GNIS display inline,title is an extensive ice shelf that occupies George VI Sound between Alexander Island and Palmer Land in Antarctica . The ice shelf extends from Ronne Entrance , at the southwest end of the sound geography sound , to Niznik Island , about convert 30 nmi km south of the north entrance between Cape Brown and Cape Jeremy . It was named by the UK Antarctic Place Names Committee in association with George VI Sound. ref name gnis References Reflist refs ref name gnis cite gnis type antarid id 5607 name George VI Ice Shelf accessdate 2012 04 22 ref usgs gazetteer id 5607 Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Alexander Island Category Landforms of Palmer Land AlexanderIsland geo stub PalmerLand geo stub fr Barri re de George VI sv George VI shelfis ... more details
Jones Ice Shelf Coord 67 31 S 067 01 W display inline,title , was the ice shelf occupying the Jones Channel , between the Arrowsmith Peninsula and Blaiklock Island , on the west coast of Graham Land , Antarctica. Named by the UK Antarctic Place names Committee UK APC in 1981 in association with the channel. ref name USGSgnisjones cite web url gnis3 type antarid 7640 title Jones Ice Shelf work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2009 11 06 ref The shelf was stable between 1947 and 1969. It started to retreat in the 1970s and by 2003 had completely disappeared. ref name fox2005 cite journal author Fox A.J., Vaughan D.G. title The retreat of Jones Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula journal Journal of Glaciology volume 51 pages 555 560 year 2005 doi 10.3189 172756505781829043 ref See also Ice shelves of Antarctica References reflist usgs gazetteer Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Graham Land Category Loubet Coast GrahamLand geo stub ... more details
Slava Ice Shelf coord 68 49 S 154 44 E scale 1000000 display inline,title , is an ice shelf along the coast of Antarctica between Mawson Peninsula and Cape Andreyev . The feature was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy USN Operation Highjump in 1947. The area was photographed in 1958 by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition SovAE which applied the name Zaliv Slava to the wide open bay that fronts this ice shelf. This name decision is in accord with the recommendation by ANCA that the name would be appropriately applied to the ice shelf. Named after the Soviet whaling flotilla Slava. ref name USGSgnisjones cite web url gnis3 type antarid 14012 title Slava Ice Shelf work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2009 11 13 ref See also Ice shelves of Antarctica References reflist usgs gazetteer Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Oates Land OatesLand geo stub ... more details
File Antarctic Peninsula Ice Shelves.png thumb alt Image showing ice shelves on the Antarctic peninsula. The ice shelves of the Antarctic peninsula. Bach in the lower left. ref name Cook cite journal author1 A. J. Cook author2 D. G. Vaughan title Ice shelf changes on the Antarctic Peninsula journal The Cryosphere Discussions volume 3 year 2009 pages 579 630 url http www.the cryosphere discuss.net 3 579 2009 tcd 3 579 2009.pdf ref The Bach Ice Shelf coord 72 S 72 W scale 2000000 source GNIS display inline,title is an ice shelf which is irregular in shape and convert 45 mi in extent, occupying an embayment in the south part of Alexander Island entered between Berlioz Point and Rossini Point . The ice shelf supports the south face of the Beethoven Peninsula , along with some minor extensive peninsulas and small inlets Weber Inlet , Boccherini Inlet etc. Bach ice shelf also supports the north side of the Monteverdi Peninsula . A minor embayment in this position first appeared on the charts of the US Antarctic Service , which explored the south part of Alexander Island by air and from the ground in 1940. The ice shelf was delineated by Derek J.H. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960, from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947&ndash 48. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place Names Committee after the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach . In a 2009 review, the Bach Ice Shelf was listed as one of 5 Antarctic peninsula Ice shelves that was not in retreat. However, with the retreat of the Wilkins Ice Shelf possibly signalling a sothward retreat of the limit of viability, Bach Ice Shelf may be the next to come under threat. ref name Cook ref References reflist usgs gazetteer id 813 Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Alexander Island AlexanderIsland geo stub ... more details
File Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf 02.jpg thumb right Satellite image showing of Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf The Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf is an ice shelf on the north west part of Ellesmere Island , Canada . ref http www.science.mcmaster.ca geo faculty eyles c geo3g03 symposium2005 Glaciers 20of 20Ellesmere 20Island.ppt Glaciers of Ellesmere Island ref This ice mass is one of four remaining Ice shelf ice shelves on the island. This ice shelf lies between Alert Point and Cape Woods on the Wootton Peninsula. The Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf is regarded as a composite ice shelf that is composed of an inner unit of glacial origin and a trunk glacier originating from sea ice . ref http pubs.usgs.gov pp p1386j iceshelves iceshelves.txt Ellesmere Island Ice Shelves and Ice Islands ref Some time around 1955, a section of the ice shelf broke off. It is now called the ARLIS II ice island. ref http journals.cambridge.org action displayAbstract?fromPage online&aid 5419328 The source and calving of ice island ARLIS II ref Further reading File Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf map 01.jpg thumb left Map of part of Ellesmere Island showing location of Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf Glaciers of North America Canada, Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World, U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 1386 J 1, pg J111 J143 Carsten Braun, Douglas R. Hardy, and Raymond S. Bradley, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 109, 2004 . Surface mass balance of the Ward Hunt Ice Rise and Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, Roy M. Koerner Earth Observatory, by Nasa Were a Part of the Earths Enterprise ref cite web url http earthobservatory.nasa.gov study wardhunt title Breakup of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf DAAC Study Feature Articles doi 10.1029 2003GL017931. publisher Earthobservatory.nasa.gov date accessdate 2010 07 30 ref Jiancheng Zheng, Akira Kudo, David A. Fisher, Erik W. Blake and M. Gerasimoff, The Holocene 8, 4 1998 ... region CA NU display title name Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf Category Ice shelves Category Ice shelves ... more details
File Iceberg A 38.jpg thumb The Ice calving calving of A 38 off Ronne ice shelf. Image The A38 B Iceberg ... ice shelf. The Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf , also known as Ronne Filchner Ice Shelf , is List of Antarctic ice shelves an Antarctic ice shelf bordering the Weddell Sea . Description The seaward side of the Filchner Ronne ice shelf is divided into Eastern Filchner coord 79 00 S 40 00 W scale 4000000 ... ice shelf covers some 430,000 km , making it the second largest ice shelf in Antarctica, after the Ross Ice Shelf . It grows perpetually due to a flow of inland ice sheets. From time to time ... sheet separate from the ice shelf and continue as iceberg s. This is known as Ice calving calving . The Ronne ice shelf is the larger and western part of the Filchner Ronne ice shelf. It is bounded ... shelf in two aircraft flights in November and December 1947. He named it the Lassiter Shelf Ice and gave ... at Ellsworth Station , under now Captain Ronne, determined that the ice shelf was larger than previously ... Names US ACAN approved the name Ronne Ice Shelf for this large ice shelf, on the basis of first sighting and exploration of the ice shelf by Ronne and parties under his leadership. The shelf is therefore ... member. The Filchner ice shelf is the eastern part of the Filchner Ronne ice shelf. It is bounded on the west by Berkner Island and on the east by Coats Land . The east part of this shelf was discovered ... , but the Emperor requested it be named for its discoverer. The shelf is nourished primarily by the Slessor ... Island. In October 1998, the iceberg A 38 iceberg A 38 broke off the Filchner Ronne ice shelf ... away from the Ronne Filchner Ice Shelf and shattered into many smaller pieces. The Moderate Resolution ... 42302 NASA Images ref The ice of the Filchner Ronne ice shelf can be as thick as 600 m the water below is about 1400 m deep at the deepest point. The international Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf Programme FRISP was initiated in 1973 to study the glaciological regime of the ice shelf. ref http neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov ... more details
Zubchatyy Ice Shelf coord 67 13 S 49 5 E scale 1000000 display inline,title is a small ice shelf which borders the south side of Sakellari Peninsula in Enderby Land . Plotted by Russian cartographers from air photos taken by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition , 1961 62. The Russian name means toothed and refers to the serrated nature of the ice front when viewed in plan. usgs gazetteer Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Enderby Land EnderbyLand geo stub ... more details
The North West Shelf of Western Australia is an extensive petroleum oil and natural gas gas region off the North West Australia coast in the Pilbara region. It has a considerable number of oil and gas wells, pipelines, production areas and support facilities. Location As an area it is located in the Indian Ocean between North West Cape and Dampier, Western Australia Dampier . Dampier is usually considered the main administrative locality for the shelf. Production areas The production areas are located offshore and within the jurisdiction of the Western Australian state government. The two main production areas are known as the Thevenard Production Area close to the location of Onslow, Western Australia Onslow while the Varanus Production Area is located west of Dampier. Gas Project seealso North West Shelf Venture The North West Shelf Natural Gas Development Project ref Atherton, Graeme, and Rick Wilkinson. 1989 Beyond the flame the story of Australia s North West shelf natural gas project Perth, W.A. Government and Public Affairs Division, Woodside Offshore Petroleum ref is a project that utilises resources within the region from various gas fields however it is considered to be only in part of the whole shelf region. It involves developments on the Burrup Peninsula , Barrow Island and other locations. Geology of region Considerable parts of the region are the highest prospective gas and oil areas of Australia. The main sedimentary basin providing the opportunity is the Northern Carnarvon Basin however it is only one part of the regional complex ref http www.ga.gov.au oceans rpg OffNorthWestA.jsp Geoscience Australia Offshore Northwest Australia Bot generated title ref . References references Further reading 1980 State of excitement over North West Shelf Gas Fields . Petroleum gazette, Sept. 1980, p.58 62, See also Regions of Western Australia WesternAustralia geo stub coord missing Western Australia Category Pilbara de North West Shelf ... more details
coord 82 55 N 77 30 W type glacier scale 3000000 region CA display title The M Clintock Ice Shelf was a Ice shelf Canadian ice shelves Canadian ice shelf attached to northern Ellesmere Island . By 1961 62, its connection was tenuous. ref cite journal url http 209.85.141.104 search?q cache 6TadLpn6HOUJ www.cen.ulaval.ca warwickvincent PDFfiles 149.pdf 22M 27Clintock Ice Shelf 22&hl en&ct clnk&cd 5&gl us&client firefox a pages 3 title Ice shelf collapse, climate change, and habitat loss in the Canadian high Arctic accessdate 2008 09 05 last Vincent first W.F. coauthors Gibson, J.A.E & Jeffries, M.O. date 2001 volume 37 journal Polar Record publisher ulaval.ca ref Most of the shelf broke away during the period of 1963 through 1965 with the remainder 10 km sup 2 sup lodged at Borup Point breaking off in 1966. ref cite web url http www.geo.umass.edu climate TILPHTML Watershedgeography.html title Taconite Inlet Project accessdate 2008 09 05 last Climate System Research Center first coauthors date work publisher umass.edu ref Subsequently, multi year Fast ice landfast sea ice , containing ice shelf fragments, has covered the M Clintock Inlet mouth. ref cite book pages p. 16 url http 209.85.141.104 search?q cache xSrR2M5OyrYJ ice glaces.ec.gc.ca content contenu ice archive Jeffries ice shelf.pdf 22M 27Clintock Ice Shelf 22&hl en&ct clnk&cd 16&gl us&client firefox a title Glaciers of North America satellite image atlas of glaciers of the world accessdate 2008 09 05 last Jeffires first M.O. coauthors Edited by Williams, R.S. & Ferrigno, J.G. date 2002 work publisher U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services location Washington, D.C. isbn 060798290X ref References Reflist Category Ellesmere Island Category Geography of Qikiqtaaluk Region Category Ice shelves of the Arctic Ocean QikiqtaalukNU geo stub ... more details
The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf in the Arctic , located on the north coast of Ellesmere Island , Nunavut , Canada . During the 20th century the Ellesmere Ice Shelf broke up into six separate shelves, the largest being Ward Hunt. Ward Hunt Ice Shelf is about convert 155 sqmi km2 in size, and has been in place for approximately 3,000 years as part of a continuous ice shelf that encompasses ... Ljunggren In 2005 one of the other shelves, the convert 25 sqmi km2 adj on Ayles Ice Shelf , calved completely. ref name Ljunggren The Ellesmere ice shelf was documented by the British Arctic Expedition ... west to Cape Alert 82.27 N, 85.55 W , including the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf. ref Martin O. Jeffries Jeffries, Martin O . http pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca arctic Arctic39 1 15.pdf Ice Island Calvings and Ice Shelf Changes, Milne Ice Shelf and Ayles Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. . Arctic 39 1 March 1986 ref ... title Breakup of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf author NASA Earth Observatory ref In April 2008, it was discovered that the shelf was fractured into dozens of deep, multi faceted cracks. ref cite news url http www.thestar.com News Canada article 413838 title Cracks in Arctic ice shelf signal its demise author ... May 2010 ref In late July 2008, it was announced that nearly convert 8 sqmi km2 broke away from the shelf ...?sp true title Giant chunks break off Canadian ice shelf accessdate 2008 07 29 author David Ljunggren ... calved off from the northeast quarter of the ice shelf. The icebergs released by the breakup now pose ... shelf 2011 09 30 title Canadian Arctic Nearly Loses Entire Ice Shelf date 2011 09 30 author The Associated ... Ice Shelf is tied to steady and dramatic increases in the average temperature of the region over the past ... Features wardhunt title Breakup of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf author Michon Scott date 20 January ... ref name bbc cite web url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi science nature 3132074.stm title Arctic ice shelf ... Shelf , Environment Canada http earthobservatory.nasa.gov Study wardhunt http www.nasa.gov missions ... more details
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