diff --git a/src/lib/marble/StyleBuilder.cpp b/src/lib/marble/StyleBuilder.cpp
--- a/src/lib/marble/StyleBuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/marble/StyleBuilder.cpp
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@
     s_defaultStyle[GeoDataFeature::NaturalBeach]             = StyleBuilder::Private::createWayStyle( "#FFF1BA", "#FFF1BA", true, false, Qt::SolidPattern, MarbleDirs::path("bitmaps/osmcarto/patterns/beach.png") );
     s_defaultStyle[GeoDataFeature::NaturalWetland]           = StyleBuilder::Private::createWayStyle( "#DDECEC", "#DDECEC", true, false, Qt::SolidPattern, MarbleDirs::path("bitmaps/osmcarto/patterns/wetland.png") );
     s_defaultStyle[GeoDataFeature::NaturalGlacier]           = StyleBuilder::Private::createWayStyle( "#DDECEC", "#DDECEC", true, false, Qt::SolidPattern, MarbleDirs::path("bitmaps/osmcarto/patterns/glacier.png") );
+    s_defaultStyle[GeoDataFeature::NaturalIceShelf]           = StyleBuilder::Private::createWayStyle( "#8ebebe", "#8ebebe", true, false, Qt::SolidPattern, MarbleDirs::path("bitmaps/osmcarto/patterns/glacier.png") );
     s_defaultStyle[GeoDataFeature::NaturalScrub]             = StyleBuilder::Private::createWayStyle( "#B5E3B5", "#B5E3B5", true, false, Qt::SolidPattern, MarbleDirs::path("bitmaps/osmcarto/patterns/scrub.png") );
     s_defaultStyle[GeoDataFeature::NaturalCliff]             = StyleBuilder::Private::createWayStyle( Qt::transparent, Qt::transparent, true, false, Qt::SolidPattern, MarbleDirs::path("bitmaps/osmcarto/patterns/cliff2.png") );
     s_defaultStyle[GeoDataFeature::NaturalHeath]             = StyleBuilder::Private::createWayStyle( "#d6d99f", QColor("#d6d99f").darker(150), true, false );
diff --git a/src/lib/marble/geodata/data/GeoDataFeature.h b/src/lib/marble/geodata/data/GeoDataFeature.h
--- a/src/lib/marble/geodata/data/GeoDataFeature.h
+++ b/src/lib/marble/geodata/data/GeoDataFeature.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
         NaturalBeach,
         NaturalWetland,
         NaturalGlacier,
+        NaturalIceShelf,
         NaturalScrub,
         NaturalCliff,
         NaturalHeath,
diff --git a/src/lib/marble/geodata/data/GeoDataFeature.cpp b/src/lib/marble/geodata/data/GeoDataFeature.cpp
--- a/src/lib/marble/geodata/data/GeoDataFeature.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/marble/geodata/data/GeoDataFeature.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@
         s_visualCategoryNames[NaturalBeach] = "NaturalBeach";
         s_visualCategoryNames[NaturalWetland] = "NaturalWetland";
         s_visualCategoryNames[NaturalGlacier] = "NaturalGlacier";
+        s_visualCategoryNames[NaturalIceShelf] = "NaturalIceShelf";
         s_visualCategoryNames[NaturalScrub] = "NaturalScrub";
         s_visualCategoryNames[NaturalCliff] = "NaturalCliff";
         s_visualCategoryNames[NaturalHeath] = "NaturalHeath";
diff --git a/src/lib/marble/layers/GeometryLayer.cpp b/src/lib/marble/layers/GeometryLayer.cpp
--- a/src/lib/marble/layers/GeometryLayer.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/marble/layers/GeometryLayer.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
     s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Polygon", GeoDataFeature::NaturalBeach);
     s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Polygon", GeoDataFeature::NaturalWetland);
     s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Polygon", GeoDataFeature::NaturalGlacier);
+    s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Polygon", GeoDataFeature::NaturalIceShelf);
     s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Polygon", GeoDataFeature::NaturalCliff);
     s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Polygon", GeoDataFeature::NaturalPeak);
     s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Polygon", GeoDataFeature::MilitaryDangerArea);
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@
     s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Point", GeoDataFeature::NaturalBeach);
     s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Point", GeoDataFeature::NaturalWetland);
     s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Point", GeoDataFeature::NaturalGlacier);
+    s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Point", GeoDataFeature::NaturalIceShelf);
     s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Point", GeoDataFeature::NaturalScrub);
     s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Point", GeoDataFeature::LeisurePark);
     s_paintLayerOrder << createPaintLayerOrder("Point", GeoDataFeature::LeisurePlayground);
@@ -269,6 +271,7 @@
     s_defaultMinZoomLevels[GeoDataFeature::NaturalBeach]        = 10;
     s_defaultMinZoomLevels[GeoDataFeature::NaturalWetland]      = 10;
     s_defaultMinZoomLevels[GeoDataFeature::NaturalGlacier]      = 3;
+    s_defaultMinZoomLevels[GeoDataFeature::NaturalIceShelf]     = 3;
     s_defaultMinZoomLevels[GeoDataFeature::NaturalScrub]        = 10;
     s_defaultMinZoomLevels[GeoDataFeature::NaturalCliff]        = 15;
     s_defaultMinZoomLevels[GeoDataFeature::NaturalPeak]         = 11;
diff --git a/src/lib/marble/osm/OsmPresetLibrary.cpp b/src/lib/marble/osm/OsmPresetLibrary.cpp
--- a/src/lib/marble/osm/OsmPresetLibrary.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/marble/osm/OsmPresetLibrary.cpp
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@
     s_visualCategories[ OsmTag( "natural", "beach" ) ]              = GeoDataFeature::NaturalBeach;
     s_visualCategories[ OsmTag( "natural", "wetland" ) ]            = GeoDataFeature::NaturalWetland;
     s_visualCategories[ OsmTag( "natural", "glacier" ) ]            = GeoDataFeature::NaturalGlacier;
+    s_visualCategories[ OsmTag( "glacier:type", "shelf" ) ]         = GeoDataFeature::NaturalIceShelf;
     s_visualCategories[ OsmTag( "natural", "scrub" ) ]              = GeoDataFeature::NaturalScrub;
     s_visualCategories[ OsmTag( "natural", "cliff" ) ]              = GeoDataFeature::NaturalCliff;
 
@@ -637,6 +638,10 @@
         return GeoDataFeature::Building;
     }
 
+    if( osmData.containsTag("natural", "glacier") && osmData.containsTag("glacier:type", "shelf") ){
+        return GeoDataFeature::NaturalIceShelf;
+    }
+
     for (auto iter = osmData.tagsBegin(), end=osmData.tagsEnd(); iter != end; ++iter) {
         QString const keyValue = QString("%1=%2").arg(iter.key()).arg(iter.value());
         GeoDataFeature::GeoDataVisualCategory category = osmVisualCategory(keyValue);
diff --git a/tools/shp2osm/polyshp2osm.py b/tools/shp2osm/polyshp2osm.py
--- a/tools/shp2osm/polyshp2osm.py
+++ b/tools/shp2osm/polyshp2osm.py
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@
     'ocean': [('natural', 'water')],
     'channel': [('natural', 'water')],
     'Playa': [('natural', 'water'), ('water', 'lake'), ('salt', 'yes')],
-    'Antarctic Ice Shelf': [(' glacier:type','shelf'), ('natural', 'glacier')], #Marble does not support the glacier:type tag
+    #glacier:type is a proposed OSM tag - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Glaciers_tags
+    'Antarctic Ice Shelf': [('natural', 'glacier'), ('glacier:type','shelf')], 
     'Antarctic Ice Shelf Edge': [('glacier:edge', 'calving_line')], #marble does not support this osm tag
     'Glaciated areas': [('natural', 'glacier')],
     'Admin-0 Tiny Countries': [],
@@ -629,7 +630,7 @@
     """Run the converter. Requires open_file, file_name, id_counter,
     file_counter, counter to be defined in global space; not really a very good
     singleton."""
-    global id_counter, file_counter, counter, file_name, open_file, namespace, non_geom, non_fcla_dict, nodes, ways, relations
+    global id_counter, file_counter, counter, file_name, open_file, namespace, non_geom, non_fcla_dict, nodes, ways, relations, geom_counter
     open_file = None
  
     file_name = None