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Larsen B Ice Shelf

Location Map: MODIS image from 17 March 2003, 13:45

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Projection Information
Projection: Polar Stereographic
Datum: WGS84
Standard Parallel: -70.0
Corner Coordinates:
    UL: 63.649303S 63.484642W
    LL: 66.692422S 63.955200W
    UR: 63.661344S 56.993178W
    LR: 66.706242S 56.586833W
Number of Rows (MODIS): 1384
Number of Columns (MODIS): 1316
Number of Rows (AVHRR): 692
Number of Columns (AVHRR): 658
Meters per Pixel (MODIS): 250
Meters per Pixel (AVHRR): 500

Landsat imagery of the Larsen B ice shelf