Filchner Ice Shelf: Meaning and Definition of

Filch'ner Ice' Shelf"

Pronunciation: (filk'nur, filkh'-), [key]
  1. an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SE Weddell Sea, bordered on the W by Berkner Island.
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