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The 18 pages that link to Ice shelf, each with the reason it gives.

• GlacierCompared with: Unlike a glacier on land, an ice shelf floats while remaining connected to upstream ice.

• Sea iceCompared with: An ice shelf is glacial ice afloat over the ocean, not frozen seawater.

• Antarctic PeninsulaRelated: The peninsula’s ice shelves respond to ocean and atmospheric warming.

• AntarcticaBroader topic: Antarctic ice shelves buttress inland glaciers and can slow their flow into the sea.

• Antarctic ice sheetRelated: Antarctic ice shelves buttress inland ice and influence its discharge.

• Ice sheetBroader topic: Ice shelves buttress grounded ice and can regulate its discharge into the ocean.

• West Antarctic Ice SheetBroader topic: West Antarctic ice shelves buttress inland glaciers against faster flow into the ocean.

• Ross Ice ShelfNarrower topic: The Ross Ice Shelf is a defining example of this broader kind of floating ice.

• Marine ice-sheet instabilityRelated: Its contact with grounded ice helps set flow across the grounding line.

• Pine Island GlacierNarrower topic: The glacier’s floating tongue restrains inland ice and is thinned by ocean heat.

• Ice sheet dynamicsRelated: Shelves can buttress inland ice, so their thinning or loss speeds grounded flow.

• Thwaites GlacierNarrower topic: The Thwaites Ice Shelf restrains inland ice, and its weakening reduces that support.

• Ice capCompared with: An ice shelf floats on seawater, whereas an ice cap rests on land.

• Ice-shelf buttressingNarrower topic: The shelf transfers resistance from its margins and underside to the grounded ice feeding it.

• West AntarcticaNarrower topic: West Antarctic ice shelves restrain the grounded glaciers flowing into the ocean.

• IcebergRelated: Ice shelves can shed icebergs along their seaward edges.

• Filchner–Ronne Ice ShelfNarrower topic: The Filchner–Ronne is one of the world’s largest examples of this broader ice formation.

• Berkner IslandNarrower topic: Floating ice shelves surround the island’s grounded core.