Subcategories

Glaciers and Ice Sheets

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General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Glaciers and Ice Sheets." Accessed September 6, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/landform/glaciers-and-ice-sheets.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Glaciers and Ice Sheets. Retrieved September 6, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/landform/glaciers-and-ice-sheets

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-glaciers-and-ice-sheets,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Glaciers and Ice Sheets},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/landform/glaciers-and-ice-sheets},
  note = {Accessed September 6, 2026}
}

Large, persistent masses of ice formed from compacted snow, whether a single glacier or a continental ice sheet, such as the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Belongs here: a named glacier or ice sheet. Does not belong here: a mountain that happens to carry glaciers, which is held under Peaks and Summits or Mountain Ranges and Massifs with the ice cover described in its own prose.

Aletsch Glacier

Arete

Baltoro Glacier

Cirque

Drumlin

Esker

Fjord

Glacier

Greenland Ice Sheet

Horn

Ice Cap

Ice Sheet

Ice Shelf

Kame

Kettle Lake

Moraine

Nunatak

Outwash Plain

Perito Moreno Glacier

Roche Moutonnee

Rock Glacier

Siachen Glacier

Tarn

The Antarctic Ice Sheet

Vatnajökull

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