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Arctic Canada South

Glaciers
11,009
Total area
40,538 km²

Arctic Canada South has 11,009 glaciers covering 40,538 km² in total, according to the Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0, across 9 subregions. The largest named glacier is Barnes Ice Cap South Dome N Slope, at 940 km².

Subregions

  • East Central Baffin Island

    1,905 glaciers, 9,431 km²

  • Northeast Baffin Island

    1,953 glaciers, 8,195 km²

  • South East Baffin Island

    3,036 glaciers, 7,603 km²

  • Cumberland Sound

    2,620 glaciers, 5,907 km²

  • Bylot Island

    616 glaciers, 4,884 km²

  • West Baffin Island

    96 glaciers, 3,767 km²

  • North Baffin Island

    597 glaciers, 497 km²

  • Frobisher Bay

    83 glaciers, 235 km²

  • Labrador

    103 glaciers, 19.8 km²

Largest named glaciers

  1. 1. Barnes Ice Cap South Dome N Slope

    East Central Baffin Island, 940 km²

  2. 2. Superguksoak Glacier

    Labrador, 1.3 km²

  3. 3. Minaret Glacier

    Labrador, 0.73 km²

  4. 4. Bryants Glacier

    Labrador, 0.7 km²

  5. 5. Bikini Glacier

    Labrador, 0.68 km²

  6. 6. Hidden Glacier

    Labrador, 0.58 km²

  7. 7. Abraham Glacier

    Labrador, 0.5 km²

  8. 8. Caubvik Glacier

    Labrador, 0.33 km²

  9. 9. Bikini Glacier 2

    Labrador, 0.3 km²

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Arctic Canada South in numbers

Glaciers and glacier area by subregion of Arctic Canada South, Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0
SubregionGlaciersArea
East Central Baffin Island1,9059,431 km²
Northeast Baffin Island1,9538,195 km²
South East Baffin Island3,0367,603 km²
Cumberland Sound2,6205,907 km²
Bylot Island6164,884 km²
West Baffin Island963,767 km²
North Baffin Island597497 km²
Frobisher Bay83235 km²
Labrador10319.8 km²
Total11,00940,538 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.