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Western Canada and USA

Glaciers
18,730
Total area
14,521 km²

Western Canada and USA has 18,730 glaciers covering 14,521 km² in total, according to the Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0, across 5 subregions. The largest named glacier is Klinaklini Glacier, at 470 km².

Subregions

  • South Coast Ranges

    7,390 glaciers, 8,806 km²

  • North Rocky Mountains

    5,063 glaciers, 4,386 km²

  • Mackenzie and Selwyn Mountains

    1,235 glaciers, 657 km²

  • Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada

    3,127 glaciers, 529 km²

  • South Rocky Mountains

    1,915 glaciers, 144 km²

Largest named glaciers

  1. 1. Klinaklini Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 470 km²

  2. 2. Franklin Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 153 km²

  3. 3. Jewakwa Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 131 km²

  4. 4. Bridge Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 82 km²

  5. 5. Jacobsen Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 73.3 km²

  6. 6. Stanley Smith Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 71.6 km²

  7. 7. Talchako Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 66.3 km²

  8. 8. Tiedemann Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 58.9 km²

  9. 9. Pashleth Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 56.9 km²

  10. 10. Pemberton Icefield

    South Coast Ranges, 52.4 km²

  11. 11. Bishop Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 51.4 km²

  12. 12. Princess Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 51.1 km²

  13. 13. Filer Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 45.9 km²

  14. 14. Shackleton Glacier

    North Rocky Mountains, 44 km²

  15. 15. Scimitar Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 40.6 km²

  16. 16. Elaho Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 39.1 km²

  17. 17. Freshfield Glacier

    North Rocky Mountains, 38 km²

  18. 18. Lillooet Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 36.2 km²

  19. 19. Apex Glacier

    North Rocky Mountains, 34 km²

  20. 20. Taleomey Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 33.8 km²

  21. 21. Tumult Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 33.2 km²

  22. 22. Saskatchewan Glacier

    North Rocky Mountains, 30.4 km²

  23. 23. Columbia Glacier

    North Rocky Mountains, 30 km²

  24. 24. Toba Glacier

    South Coast Ranges, 29.8 km²

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Western Canada and USA in numbers

Glaciers and glacier area by subregion of Western Canada and USA, Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0
SubregionGlaciersArea
South Coast Ranges7,3908,806 km²
North Rocky Mountains5,0634,386 km²
Mackenzie and Selwyn Mountains1,235657 km²
Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada3,127529 km²
South Rocky Mountains1,915144 km²
Total18,73014,521 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.