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Subantarctic and Antarctic Islands

Glaciers
2,742
Total area
133,432 km²

Subantarctic and Antarctic Islands has 2,742 glaciers covering 133,432 km² in total, according to the Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0, across 19 subregions. The largest named glacier is Thurston I 001, at 5,261 km².

Subregions

  • Alexander Island 7H2

    119 glaciers, 61,170 km²

  • Marie Byrd Land 7F

    63 glaciers, 17,950 km²

  • Bellingshausen Sea 7H1

    20 glaciers, 14,861 km²

  • West Antarctic Peninsula 7I1

    637 glaciers, 9,287 km²

  • West Queen Maud Land 7K

    14 glaciers, 5,878 km²

  • Northeast Antarctic Peninsula 7I2

    166 glaciers, 5,377 km²

  • South Shetlands and South Orkney

    401 glaciers, 3,715 km²

  • Wilkes Land 7C

    7 glaciers, 2,685 km²

  • East Queen Maud Land 7A

    22 glaciers, 2,681 km²

  • Ross Ice Shelf 7E

    111 glaciers, 2,619 km²

  • Subantarctic (Atlantic)

    550 glaciers, 2,475 km²

  • Southeast Antarctic Peninsula 7I3

    6 glaciers, 1,780 km²

  • Subantarctic (Indian)

    489 glaciers, 796 km²

  • Balleny Islands

    50 glaciers, 694 km²

  • Victoria Land 7D

    54 glaciers, 652 km²

  • Pine Island Bay 7G

    17 glaciers, 376 km²

  • Amery Ice Shelf 7B

    1 glaciers, 305 km²

  • Subantarctic (Pacific)

    15 glaciers, 134 km²

  • Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf 7J

    0 glaciers, 0 km²

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. Smyley Island IC

    Alexander Island 7H2, 3,312 km²

  4. 4. Spaatz Island IC

    Alexander Island 7H2, 3,267 km²

  5. 5. Fuchs Ice Piedmont

    West Antarctic Peninsula 7I1, 2,550 km²

  6. 6. Alexander Island

    Alexander Island 7H2, 2,387 km²

  7. 7. Alexander Island

    Alexander Island 7H2, 2,141 km²

  8. 8. Alexander Island

    Alexander Island 7H2, 1,966 km²

  9. 9. Coley Glacier

    Northeast Antarctic Peninsula 7I2, 1,932 km²

  10. 10. Charcot Island IC

    Alexander Island 7H2, 1,870 km²

  11. 11. Carney Island IC

    Marie Byrd Land 7F, 1,688 km²

  12. 12. Fletcher Island IC

    Bellingshausen Sea 7H1, 1,607 km²

  13. 13. Thurston I 010

    Bellingshausen Sea 7H1, 1,212 km²

  14. 14. Thurston I 007

    Bellingshausen Sea 7H1, 1,155 km²

  15. 15. Carpenter Island IC

    Bellingshausen Sea 7H1, 1,135 km²

  16. 16. W Siple Island IC

    Marie Byrd Land 7F, 1,069 km²

  17. 17. Hearst Island IC

    Southeast Antarctic Peninsula 7I3, 1,010 km²

  18. 18. Montiel Glacier

    West Antarctic Peninsula 7I1, 985 km²

  19. 19. E Siple Island IC

    Marie Byrd Land 7F, 932 km²

  20. 20. Alexander Island

    Alexander Island 7H2, 800 km²

  21. 21. Alexander Island

    Alexander Island 7H2, 794 km²

  22. 22. Alexander Island

    Alexander Island 7H2, 760 km²

  23. 23. Rothschild Island IC

    Alexander Island 7H2, 689 km²

  24. 24. Alexander Island

    Alexander Island 7H2, 684 km²

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Subantarctic and Antarctic Islands in numbers

Glaciers and glacier area by subregion of Subantarctic and Antarctic Islands, Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0
SubregionGlaciersArea
Alexander Island 7H211961,170 km²
Marie Byrd Land 7F6317,950 km²
Bellingshausen Sea 7H12014,861 km²
West Antarctic Peninsula 7I16379,287 km²
West Queen Maud Land 7K145,878 km²
Northeast Antarctic Peninsula 7I21665,377 km²
South Shetlands and South Orkney4013,715 km²
Wilkes Land 7C72,685 km²
East Queen Maud Land 7A222,681 km²
Ross Ice Shelf 7E1112,619 km²
Subantarctic (Atlantic)5502,475 km²
Southeast Antarctic Peninsula 7I361,780 km²
Subantarctic (Indian)489796 km²
Balleny Islands50694 km²
Victoria Land 7D54652 km²
Pine Island Bay 7G17376 km²
Amery Ice Shelf 7B1305 km²
Subantarctic (Pacific)15134 km²
Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf 7J00 km²
Total2,742133,432 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.