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Thwaites Glacier is an unusually broad and vast Antarctic glacier located east of Mount Murphy, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land. It was initially sighted by polar researchers in 1940, mapped in 1959–1966 and officially named in 1967, after the late American glaciologist Fredrik T. Thwaites. [ 1][ 3] The glacier flows into Pine Island ...
Vatnajökull ( Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈvahtnaˌjœːkʏtl̥] ⓘ, literally "Glacier of Lakes"; sometimes translated as Vatna Glacier in English) is the largest and most voluminous ice cap in Iceland, and the second largest in area in Europe after the Severny Island ice cap of Novaya Zemlya. [ 1 ] It is in the south-east of the island ...
The lists include outlet glaciers, valley glaciers, cirque glaciers, tidewater glaciers and ice streams. Ice streams are a type of glacier [ 5] and many of them have "glacier" in their name, e.g. Pine Island Glacier. Ice shelves are listed separately in the List of Antarctic ice shelves. For the purposes of these lists, the Antarctic is defined ...
Perito Moreno Glacier. / 50.500°S 73.133°W / -50.500; -73.133. The Perito Moreno Glacier ( Spanish: Glaciar Perito Moreno) is a glacier located in Los Glaciares National Park in southwest Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, and originated in the Magallanes Region in Chile. It is one of the most important tourist attractions in the ...
Aneto: the Maladeta and Aneto glaciers. Monte Perdido: Gabietous, Taillon and Monte Perdido glaciers. Picos del Infierno: Infierno glacier. Posets: Llardana glacier. Vignemale: Oulettes and Ossue glaciers. Mont Valier: Arcouzan. The pyrenees have a lot of small glaciers that have stopped moving or haven't been studied since becoming very small.
List of glaciers in South America. San Rafael Glacier, Chile. Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina as seen from space. Pastoruri Glacier, Peru. Glacier Lagoon, Bolivia. Glaciers in South America develop exclusively on the Andes and are subject to the Andes various climatic regimes namely the Tropical Andes, Dry Andes and the Wet Andes.
Langjökull ( Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈlauŋkˌjœːkʏtl̥] ⓘ, Icelandic for "long glacier") is the second largest ice cap in Iceland (870 km 2 (340 sq mi)), [1] after Vatnajökull. It is situated in the west of the Icelandic interior or Highlands of Iceland and can be seen clearly from Haukadalur. It covers the higher parts of the ...
The lists include outlet glaciers, valley glaciers, cirque glaciers, tidewater glaciers and ice streams. Ice streams are a type of glacier [1] and many of them have "glacier" in their name, e.g. Pine Island Glacier. Ice shelves are listed separately in the List of Antarctic ice shelves. For the purposes of these lists, the Antarctic is defined ...