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World's Major Glaciers - TSV
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.
glacier
Antarctica
ice sheet
climate change
freshwater
physical geography
code slug name description lengthKm location thicknessM type widthKm areaSqKm maxThicknessM
01 lambert-glacier Lambert Glacier The world's largest glacier located in Antarctica. 400 Antarctica 2500 outlet glacier 80
02 seller-glacier Seller Glacier The world's largest individual glacier located in the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Peninsula individual glacier 7018
03 thurston-island-glacier Thurston Island Glacier No. 1 The world's second largest individual glacier located on Thurston Island, Antarctica. Thurston Island, Antarctica individual glacier 5261
04 alexander-island-glacier-1 Alexander Island Glacier No. 1 The world's third largest individual glacier located on Alexander Island, Antarctica. Alexander Island, Antarctica individual glacier 4766
05 hubbard-glacier Hubbard Glacier North America's largest tidewater glacier located in Alaska. 122 Alaska, USA tidewater glacier 11
06 wykeham-glacier-south Wykeham Glacier South A large glacier located on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic. Ellesmere Island, Canada individual glacier 3176
07 bering-glacier Bering Glacier The longest glacier in North America. 196 Alaska, USA surge-type glacier 3025
08 fedchenko-glacier Fedchenko Glacier The longest glacier outside polar regions. 77 Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan 1000 valley glacier
09 siachen-glacier Siachen Glacier The world's second largest non-polar glacier in the Karakoram range. 76 Karakoram Range, India/Pakistan valley glacier 896
10 biafo-glacier Biafo Glacier A large glacier in the Karakoram range of Pakistan. 67 Karakoram Range, Pakistan 500 valley glacier 500
11 aletsch-glacier Aletsch Glacier The longest glacier in the Alps. 23 Alps, Switzerland valley glacier 120
12 perito-moreno-glacier Perito Moreno Glacier A rare advancing glacier in Patagonia, Argentina. 30 Patagonia, Argentina tidewater glacier 250
13 thwaites-glacier Thwaites Glacier An unstable Antarctic glacier known as the 'Doomsday Glacier.' West Antarctica marine-terminating glacier 120 192000
14 vatnajokull Vatnajökull Iceland's largest glacier. Iceland ice cap 7900 1000
15 jostedalsbreen Jostedalsbreen Continental Europe's largest glacier. Norway ice cap 487