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Features and Extent of the Continental Shelves. 



Among the more prominent parts of the continental shelves we 

 may mention the following (Krummel-23 ://j) : 



Tabic showing distribution area and depth of the principal 

 continental shelves. 



Name and location 



I. Atlantic Ocean: 



1. America 



Newfoundland shelf 



Florida-Texas shelf 



Campeche shelf, Central America 



Guiana shelf, South America 



South Brazil shelf 



Patagonia shelf 



2. Africa 



Agulhas shelf, South Africa 



3. Europe 



British shelf, including North Sea to 

 Cape Skagen, Denmark, and south to 

 Biarritz, Bay of Biscay 



II. Arctic Ocean: 



Norwegian shelf 



Iceland-Faroe shelf 



Barent shelf 



North Siberian shelf (Nova Zembla to 

 155° W. Long.) 



III. Indian Ocean: 



1. Africa 



Zambesi shelf, mouth of Zambesi River . . 



2. Asia 



Bombay shelf, India 



Birma shelf, India 



3. Australia 



Northwest Australian shelf (N. W. Cape 



to Melville Island) 



South Australian shelf 



