McMurdo Ice Shelf

Summary

McMurdo Ice Shelf is an ice shelf^[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (ice_shelf category, ranking #14 of 33).^[2]

Key Facts

• McMurdo Ice Shelf is located in Antarctic Treaty area^[3].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's image is recorded as Mcmurdo oli 2013334.jpg^[4].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's continent is recorded as Antarctica^[5].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's instance of is recorded as ice shelf^[6].
• McMurdo Sound is named after McMurdo Ice Shelf^[7].
• Archibald McMurdo is named after McMurdo Ice Shelf^[8].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315166266^[9].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2009009227^[10].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's part of is recorded as Ross Ice Shelf^[11].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -78, 'lon': 167}^[12].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/082lx_^[13].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 9751^[14].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6639541^[15].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'McMurdo Ice Shelf'}^[16].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's SCAR Composite Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 9340^[17].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's New Zealand Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 12707^[18].
• McMurdo Ice Shelf's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007540615005171^[19].

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Geography

McMurdo Ice Shelf is located in Antarctic Treaty area^[3]. Its continent is recorded as Antarctica^[5]. Its part of is recorded as Ross Ice Shelf^[11].

Designation and Status

McMurdo Ice Shelf's instance of is recorded as ice shelf^[6].

History and Context

Things named after include McMurdo Sound^[7], a sound^[20] and Archibald McMurdo^[8], an explorer^[21], 1812–1875^[22], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[23].

Why It Matters

McMurdo Ice Shelf draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (ice_shelf category, ranking #14 of 33).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]