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Largest Ice Caps by Area

List the 20 worlds largest ice sheets by area
For the purposes of this quiz, contiguous ice sheets are combined into a single ice sheet
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Last updated: November 4, 2022
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Area (Sq. km)
Country
Answer
14,000,000
N/A
Antarctic Ice Sheet
1,700,000
Denmark
Greenland Ice Sheet
24,000
Canada
Northern Ellesmere Icefield
21,980
US/Canada
Kluane Ice Field
21,500
Canada
Agassiz Ice Cap
20,700
Canada
Prince of Wales Icefield
20,500
Russia
Severny Island Ice Cap
16,480
Argentina/Chile
Southern Patagonian Ice Field
15,000
India/Pakistan/China
Karakorum
12,000
Canada
Devon Ice Cap
Area (Sq. km)
Country
Answer
7,900
Iceland
Vatnajokull
7,800
Norway
Austfonna
6,500
US/Canada
Stikine Ice Cap
6,300
Canada
Muller Ice Cap
6,200
Canada
Manson Ice Field
6,000
Canada
Penny Ice Cap
6,000
Canada
Barnes Ice Cap
5,500
Russia
Academy of Sciences Glacier
5,200
US/Canada
Bagley Ice Field
4,200
Argentina/Chile
Northern Patagonian Ice Field
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Level 68
Nov 2, 2022
The Karakorum is somewhat of a copout. Unlike the other ice sheets here, it is not a continuous ice sheet, but instead a measurement of all land covered in ice in that region, including mountainsides, as I could not find any measurements of any particular ice sheets in that region. There probably is enough ice there for part of the Karakorum to count, but the number here is a bit iffy. Sat on this quiz for a good 6 months before submitting due to this issue.
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Level 77
Nov 3, 2022
Please, don't require us to add the words "Ice Sheet" or "Ice Cap" or "Glacier" after the answer. Surely the name should be enough? Also, I think that you've not spelled Vatnajokull correctly.
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Level 68
Nov 4, 2022
Agreed on that first part. I was actually under the assumption that I had already did this, that I didn't was probably an artifact of sitting on a quiz for so long. Fixed the name of Vatnajokull, should have caught that.