Antarctic Ice Sheet
CountryAntarctica
Area14,000,000 km2
Length~5,000 km
TypeIce sheet
About Antarctic Ice Sheet
The largest glacier on Earth. Contains 26.5 million km3 of ice. If fully melted, sea levels would rise 58 m. The thickest ice reaches 4,776 m. Ice cores reveal 800,000 years of climate history. Losing 150 billion tons of ice per year.
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