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Record 1 2006-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

[An] arm of the South Pacific Ocean between Victoria Land and Edward VII Peninsula, extending into Antarctica to about 85ºS.; on South borders an extensive area of Ross Ice Shelf.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

Portion de l'océan Austral entre 165° E. et 155° O., et au S., de 70° de latitude.

CONT

Le plateau de l'Albatross est une cordillère sous-marine située au large de l'Antarctide face à la mer de Ross.

OBS

La portion méridionale de la mer de Ross est fermée par la «barrière de Ross», falaise de glace derrière laquelle s'étend la «plate-forme flottante de Ross», surface glacielle partie de la calotte glaciaire antarctique.

OBS

La mer de Ross pénètre la calotte glaciaire antarctique. Elle est bornée par la terre Victoria (continentale), la barrière de Ross ou banquise de Ross (glaciaire) et les fluctuations de la banquise au-delà de la terre Marie-Byrd.

Spanish

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