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Arctic Canada North

Glaciers
5,216
Total area
105,370 km²

Arctic Canada North has 5,216 glaciers covering 105,370 km² in total, according to the Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0, across 7 subregions. The largest named glacier is d'Iberville, at 1,551 km².

Subregions

  • North Ellesmere Island

    2,573 glaciers, 27,690 km²

  • North Central Ellesmere Island

    902 glaciers, 21,336 km²

  • South Central Ellesmere Island

    261 glaciers, 19,322 km²

  • Devon Island

    216 glaciers, 15,000 km²

  • Axel Heiberg and Meighen Is

    624 glaciers, 11,852 km²

  • South Ellesmere Island (Northwest Devon)

    633 glaciers, 10,042 km²

  • Melville Island

    7 glaciers, 128 km²

Largest named glaciers

  1. 1. d'Iberville

    North Central Ellesmere Island, 1,551 km²

  2. 2. M'Clintock Glacier

    North Ellesmere Island, 1,474 km²

  3. 3. Disraeli Glacier

    North Ellesmere Island, 1,311 km²

  4. 4. Antoinette

    North Central Ellesmere Island, 1,147 km²

  5. 5. Milne Glacier

    North Ellesmere Island, 1,101 km²

  6. 6. Henrietta Nesmith Glacier

    North Ellesmere Island, 1,054 km²

  7. 7. Iceberg

    Axel Heiberg and Meighen Is, 1,020 km²

  8. 8. Glacier de Vries Glacier

    North Ellesmere Island, 890 km²

  9. 9. John Richardson Bay South

    North Central Ellesmere Island, 804 km²

  10. 10. Parrish

    North Central Ellesmere Island, 792 km²

  11. 11. Devon Ice Cap NW

    Devon Island, 765 km²

  12. 12. Good Friday

    Axel Heiberg and Meighen Is, 762 km²

  13. 13. Yelverton

    North Ellesmere Island, 714 km²

  14. 14. Lake Tuborg

    North Central Ellesmere Island, 711 km²

  15. 15. Dobbin Bay

    North Central Ellesmere Island, 666 km²

  16. 16. Benedict

    North Central Ellesmere Island, 585 km²

  17. 17. Airdrop

    Axel Heiberg and Meighen Is, 574 km²

  18. 18. Chapman Glacier

    North Ellesmere Island, 517 km²

  19. 19. Jolliffe North Arm

    North Central Ellesmere Island, 493 km²

  20. 20. Sydkap

    South Ellesmere Island (Northwest Devon), 475 km²

  21. 21. Ooblooyah

    North Ellesmere Island, 432 km²

  22. 22. Jolliffe South Arm

    North Central Ellesmere Island, 394 km²

  23. 23. Thompson

    Axel Heiberg and Meighen Is, 369 km²

  24. 24. Clements Markham Glacier

    North Ellesmere Island, 313 km²

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Arctic Canada North in numbers

Glaciers and glacier area by subregion of Arctic Canada North, Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0
SubregionGlaciersArea
North Ellesmere Island2,57327,690 km²
North Central Ellesmere Island90221,336 km²
South Central Ellesmere Island26119,322 km²
Devon Island21615,000 km²
Axel Heiberg and Meighen Is62411,852 km²
South Ellesmere Island (Northwest Devon)63310,042 km²
Melville Island7128 km²
Total5,216105,370 km²

Source: RGI 7.0 Consortium (2023), Randolph Glacier Inventory, Version 7.0, NSIDC, CC BY 4.0. Download the full list from the research portal.