Nansen Ice Sheet

Summary

Nansen Ice Sheet is an ice shelf^[1]. It draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (ice_shelf category, ranking #10 of 33).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nansen Ice Sheet is located in Antarctic Treaty area^[3].
• Nansen Ice Sheet's image is recorded as Drygalski.jpg^[4].
• Nansen Ice Sheet's continent is recorded as Antarctica^[5].
• Nansen Ice Sheet's instance of is recorded as ice shelf^[6].
• Mount Nansen is named after Nansen Ice Sheet^[7].
• Fridtjof Nansen is named after Nansen Ice Sheet^[8].
• Nansen Ice Sheet's Commons category is recorded as Nansen Ice Shelf^[9].
• Nansen Ice Sheet's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -74.8833, 'lon': 163.167}^[10].
• Nansen Ice Sheet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09gq5pp^[11].
• Nansen Ice Sheet's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 10481^[12].
• Nansen Ice Sheet's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6638547^[13].
• Nansen Ice Sheet's SCAR Composite Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 10068^[14].
• Nansen Ice Sheet's mountain range is recorded as Transantarctic Mountains^[15].
• Nansen Ice Sheet's New Zealand Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 13121^[16].

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Geography

Nansen Ice Sheet is located in Antarctic Treaty area^[3]. Its continent is recorded as Antarctica^[5].

Designation and Status

Nansen Ice Sheet's instance of is recorded as ice shelf^[6].

History and Context

Things named after include Mount Nansen^[7], a mountain^[17] and Fridtjof Nansen^[8], a zoologist^[18], 1861–1930^[19], of Norway^[20], awarded the Nobel Peace Prize^[21], specialised in oceanography^[22].

Why It Matters

Nansen Ice Sheet draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (ice_shelf category, ranking #10 of 33).^[2]