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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 as any latitude further south than 60° (the continental limit according to the Antarctic Treaty System ).
This is a list of glaciers in the Antarctic with a name starting with the letters I–Z. This list does not include ice sheets , ice caps or ice fields , such as the Antarctic ice sheet , but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow, rather than general bodies of ice.
Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 80 km (50 mi) wide, over 400 km (250 mi) long, and about 2,500 m (8,200 ft) deep, it is the world's largest glacier. It drains 8% of the Antarctic ice sheet to the east and south of the Prince Charles Mountains and flows northward to the Amery Ice Shelf. [1]
The lake contains both saline and fresh water layers. [8] [9] Algae Lake: An ice-free lake in the ice-free Bunger Hills highlands. Amphitheatre Lake: A surface lake. Beaver Lake: A surface lake, near a "stagnant" glacier, its name derives from the STOL Beaver aircraft used to supply a nearby base, not from the presence of actual beavers. Lake ...
Antarctica glacier stubs (8 C, 94 P) Pages in category "Glaciers of Antarctica" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Pages in category "Lists of glaciers of Antarctica" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
These lakes could threaten the future stability of parts of the Antarctic ice sheet. Antarctica now has more than 65,000 'meltwater lakes' as summer ice melts Skip to main content
The Gamburtsev Mountain Range (also known as the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains) is a subglacial mountain range located in East Antarctica, just underneath the lofty Dome A, near the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility. [1] The range was discovered by the 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958 and is named for Soviet geophysicist Grigoriy A ...