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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 ).
Aerial view of the Dugdale Glacier in 1956. This is a list of glaciers in the Antarctic with a name starting with the letters A–H.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.
Ice streams are a type of glacier [5] 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 ).
Rose Valley Glacier from Miziya Peak.. 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.
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.
List of glaciers in Africa; List of glaciers in the Antarctic; List of glaciers in the Antarctic: A–H; List of glaciers in the Antarctic: I–Z; List of glaciers on Thurston Island; List of glaciers in Asia
Ice shelves are attached to a large portion of the Antarctic coastline. Their total area is 1,541,700 km 2. [1] Names are also listed in the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Gazetteer. [2] The ice shelf areas are listed below, clockwise, starting in the west of East Antarctica:
Small glacier entering the south part of Stefansson Bay just west of Mulebreen. Seen from an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1956 and later mapped. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for M. Cosgrove, radio supervisor at Mawson Station, 1959. [1]