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  2. List of glaciers - Wikipedia

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    The majority of Europe's glaciers are found in the Alps, Caucasus and the Scandinavian Mountains (mostly Norway) as well as in Iceland. Iceland has the largest glacier in Europe, Vatnajökull Glacier, that covers between 8,100 and 8,300 km 2 in area and 3,100 km 3 in volume. Norway alone has more than 2500 glaciers (including very small ones ...

  3. Category:Glaciers by country - Wikipedia

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    Glaciers of Tibet (5 P) Glaciers of Turkey (2 P) U. Glaciers of the United States (3 C, 1 P) V. Glaciers of Venezuela (6 P) This page was last edited on 28 June 2023 ...

  4. Glacier - Wikipedia

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    Glaciers are present on every continent and in approximately fifty countries, excluding those (Australia, South Africa) that have glaciers only on distant subantarctic island territories. Extensive glaciers are found in Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, Canada, Pakistan, [54] Alaska, Greenland and Iceland.

  5. List of glaciers in Europe - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the Monte Perdido masif there were many more glaciers, like the Grieta, the La cascade, the Marboré, the Paillas (two glaciers), and the Astazou. As of today these glaciers still have glacier snow and some, like the Astazou or the Paillas, that are the biggest, could be considered glaciers, but they haven't been studied in ...

  6. Southernmost glacial mass in Europe - Wikipedia

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    The southernmost persistent glacial masses in Europe are mainly small glaciers, glacierets, and perennial firn fields and patches, located in the highest mountains of the three big southern European peninsulas - the Balkan, the Apennine, and the Iberian, the southernmost ranges of the Alps and the glaciers on the european northwestern slopes of the Greater Caucasus mountains in Russia.

  7. 2.5 million-year-old US glaciers could disappear by 2070 ...

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    While no glaciers disappeared between 1980 and 1990, the 25 years after 1990 showed 35 glaciers had disappeared. In total, the glacier area has decreased by 45% compared to 1980.

  8. Three of Mount Rainier's glaciers have melted away - AOL

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    The report, which listed 28 glaciers for 2021, found their mass decreased by nearly 52% since 1896. The area of Mount Rainier covered by glaciers fell from nearly 50 square miles to just more than ...

  9. As thaw accelerates, Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their ...

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    Switzerland — home to the most glaciers of any country in Europe — has seen 4% of its total glacier volume disappear in 2023, the second-biggest decline in a single year on top of a 6% drop in ...