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Glaciers

Every glacier on Earth is mapped in the Randolph Glacier Inventory. Start with a region, or with the largest glaciers that carry a name.

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The 19 regions

The 24 largest named glaciers

  1. 1. Thurston I 001

    Bellingshausen Sea 7H1, 5,261 km²

  2. 2. Latady Island IC

    Alexander Island 7H2, 3,436 km²

  3. 3. Seward Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 3,363 km²

  4. 4. Smyley Island IC

    Alexander Island 7H2, 3,312 km²

  5. 5. Spaatz Island IC

    Alexander Island 7H2, 3,267 km²

  6. 6. Bering Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 3,025 km²

  7. 7. Hubbard Glacier

    Saint Elias Mountains, 2,834 km²

  8. 8. Fuchs Ice Piedmont

    West Antarctic Peninsula 7I1, 2,550 km²

  9. 9. Alexander Island

    Alexander Island 7H2, 2,387 km²

  10. 10. Alexander Island

    Alexander Island 7H2, 2,141 km²

  11. 11. Alexander Island

    Alexander Island 7H2, 1,966 km²

  12. 12. Coley Glacier

    Northeast Antarctic Peninsula 7I2, 1,932 km²

  13. 13. Charcot Island IC

    Alexander Island 7H2, 1,870 km²

  14. 14. Carney Island IC

    Marie Byrd Land 7F, 1,688 km²

  15. 15. Fletcher Island IC

    Bellingshausen Sea 7H1, 1,607 km²

  16. 16. Skeidararjoekull

    Iceland, 1,561 km²

  17. 17. d'Iberville

    North Central Ellesmere Island, 1,551 km²

  18. 18. M'Clintock Glacier

    North Ellesmere Island, 1,474 km²

  19. 19. Bruarjoekull

    Iceland, 1,429 km²

  20. 20. Vylki + Shury

    Novaya Zemlya, 1,413 km²

  21. 21. Disraeli Glacier

    North Ellesmere Island, 1,311 km²

  22. 22. Academy Of Sciences Ice Cap

    Severnaya Zemlya, 1,244 km²

  23. 23. Pio Xi

    Patagonia, 1,233 km²

  24. 24. Austfonna, -

    Svalbard, 1,226 km²