Derwael Ice Rise is 40 km long, 35 km wide and about 400 m tall
ice rise
An ice rise is a clearly defined elevation of the otherwise very much flatter ice shelf, typically dome-shaped and rising several hundreds of metres above the surrounding ice shelf
. An ice rise forms where the ice shelf touches the seabed due t ...
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ice shelf
An ice shelf is a large floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are only found in Antarctica, Greenland, Northern Canada, and the Russian Arctic. The b ...
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Princess Ragnhild Coast
Princess Ragnhild Coast is the portion of the coast of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica lying between 20° E and the Riiser-Larsen Peninsula, at 34° E. All but the eastern end of the coast is fringed by ice shelves. It was discovered by Capt. Hj ...
,
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
. Situated 70 km east of
Breid Bay in northern part of
Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, directly in front of
Western Ragnhild Glacier. Named for geodesist of Belgian Antarctic expedition Jean-Jacques Derwael.
Studies suggest that Derwael Ice Rise has remain relatively stable over the last millennia.
References
Ice rises of Antarctica
Bodies of ice of Queen Maud Land
Princess Ragnhild Coast
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