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World's Major Glaciers - TOML

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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[[items]]
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 = ""

[[items]]
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 = ""

[[items]]
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 = ""

[[items]]
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 = ""

[[items]]
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 = ""

[[items]]
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 = ""

[[items]]
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 = ""

[[items]]
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 = ""

[[items]]
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

[[items]]
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 = ""

[[items]]
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 = ""

[[items]]
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 = ""

[[items]]
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 = ""

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

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