Jones Ice Shelf () was the ice shelf occupying the

Jones Channel Jones Channel () is an ice-filled channel, long and wide, lying between Blaiklock Island and the south part of Arrowsmith Peninsula and connecting Bourgeois Fjord with the head of Bigourdan Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was occup ...

, between the Arrowsmith Peninsula and

Blaiklock Island Blaiklock Island is a high and rugged, irregular-shaped island long, lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord. It is separated from Pourquoi Pas Island by The Narrows and from the west coast of Graham Land by Jones Channel. The featur ...

, on the west coast of

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and ...

, Antarctica. It was named by the

UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...

in 1981 in association with the channel. The shelf was stable between 1947 and 1969, rising from above sea level as it blocked the channel. It started to retreat in the 1970s and by 2003 had completely disappeared.

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Ice shelves of Antarctica Bodies of ice of Graham Land Loubet Coast {{LoubetCoast-geo-stub

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