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World's Major Glaciers - INI

A comprehensive list of the world's major glaciers from the perspectives of area and length. Includes large-scale glaciers distributed around the world, including Antarctica's Lambert Glacier, Alaska in North America, the Pamir Highlands, and the Himalayan mountain range. These glaciers play an important role in Earth's climate system and function as reservoirs of freshwater resources.

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[item.lambert-glacier]
code=01
slug=lambert-glacier
name=Lambert Glacier
description=The world's largest glacier located in Antarctica.
lengthKm=400
location=Antarctica
thicknessM=2500
type=outlet glacier
widthKm=80
areaSqKm=
maxThicknessM=

[item.seller-glacier]
code=02
slug=seller-glacier
name=Seller Glacier
description=The world's largest individual glacier located in the Antarctic Peninsula.
lengthKm=
location=Antarctic Peninsula
thicknessM=
type=individual glacier
widthKm=
areaSqKm=7018
maxThicknessM=

[item.thurston-island-glacier]
code=03
slug=thurston-island-glacier
name=Thurston Island Glacier No. 1
description=The world's second largest individual glacier located on Thurston Island, Antarctica.
lengthKm=
location=Thurston Island, Antarctica
thicknessM=
type=individual glacier
widthKm=
areaSqKm=5261
maxThicknessM=

[item.alexander-island-glacier-1]
code=04
slug=alexander-island-glacier-1
name=Alexander Island Glacier No. 1
description=The world's third largest individual glacier located on Alexander Island, Antarctica.
lengthKm=
location=Alexander Island, Antarctica
thicknessM=
type=individual glacier
widthKm=
areaSqKm=4766
maxThicknessM=

[item.hubbard-glacier]
code=05
slug=hubbard-glacier
name=Hubbard Glacier
description=North America's largest tidewater glacier located in Alaska.
lengthKm=122
location=Alaska, USA
thicknessM=
type=tidewater glacier
widthKm=11
areaSqKm=
maxThicknessM=

[item.wykeham-glacier-south]
code=06
slug=wykeham-glacier-south
name=Wykeham Glacier South
description=A large glacier located on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic.
lengthKm=
location=Ellesmere Island, Canada
thicknessM=
type=individual glacier
widthKm=
areaSqKm=3176
maxThicknessM=

[item.bering-glacier]
code=07
slug=bering-glacier
name=Bering Glacier
description=The longest glacier in North America.
lengthKm=196
location=Alaska, USA
thicknessM=
type=surge-type glacier
widthKm=
areaSqKm=3025
maxThicknessM=

[item.fedchenko-glacier]
code=08
slug=fedchenko-glacier
name=Fedchenko Glacier
description=The longest glacier outside polar regions.
lengthKm=77
location=Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan
thicknessM=1000
type=valley glacier
widthKm=
areaSqKm=
maxThicknessM=

[item.siachen-glacier]
code=09
slug=siachen-glacier
name=Siachen Glacier
description=The world's second largest non-polar glacier in the Karakoram range.
lengthKm=76
location=Karakoram Range, India/Pakistan
thicknessM=
type=valley glacier
widthKm=
areaSqKm=
maxThicknessM=896

[item.biafo-glacier]
code=10
slug=biafo-glacier
name=Biafo Glacier
description=A large glacier in the Karakoram range of Pakistan.
lengthKm=67
location=Karakoram Range, Pakistan
thicknessM=500
type=valley glacier
widthKm=
areaSqKm=500
maxThicknessM=

[item.aletsch-glacier]
code=11
slug=aletsch-glacier
name=Aletsch Glacier
description=The longest glacier in the Alps.
lengthKm=23
location=Alps, Switzerland
thicknessM=
type=valley glacier
widthKm=
areaSqKm=120
maxThicknessM=

[item.perito-moreno-glacier]
code=12
slug=perito-moreno-glacier
name=Perito Moreno Glacier
description=A rare advancing glacier in Patagonia, Argentina.
lengthKm=30
location=Patagonia, Argentina
thicknessM=
type=tidewater glacier
widthKm=
areaSqKm=250
maxThicknessM=

[item.thwaites-glacier]
code=13
slug=thwaites-glacier
name=Thwaites Glacier
description=An unstable Antarctic glacier known as the 'Doomsday Glacier.'
lengthKm=
location=West Antarctica
thicknessM=
type=marine-terminating glacier
widthKm=120
areaSqKm=192000
maxThicknessM=

[item.vatnajokull]
code=14
slug=vatnajokull
name=Vatnajökull
description=Iceland's largest glacier.
lengthKm=
location=Iceland
thicknessM=
type=ice cap
widthKm=
areaSqKm=7900
maxThicknessM=1000

[item.jostedalsbreen]
code=15
slug=jostedalsbreen
name=Jostedalsbreen
description=Continental Europe's largest glacier.
lengthKm=
location=Norway
thicknessM=
type=ice cap
widthKm=
areaSqKm=487
maxThicknessM=