Cryosphere · Ranked
The Largest Glaciers and Ice Fields
Named glaciers and ice fields ranked by mapped extent — the cryosphere that governs sea level and preserves palaeoclimate records.
How this is ranked: Only named glaciers and ice fields are listed. Mapped glacier extents are snapshots: most of these margins have retreated since the survey that produced the geometry, so figures should be read as historical rather than current.
- Entries Ranked
- 50
- Top Ranked
- 5.66M km²
- Runner-Up
- 3.86M km²
- Ranked By
- Extent
Antarctic Ice Sheet
Antarctic Ice Sheet
| # | Name | Extent | Feature Class | Coordinates | Map | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antarctic Ice Sheet | 5.66M km² | Glaciated areas | -78.5°, 109.9° | — | |
| 2 | Antarctic Ice Sheet | 3.86M km² | Glaciated areas | -81.2°, 19.0° | — | |
| 3 | Antarctic Ice Sheet | 2.53M km² | Glaciated areas | -82.6°, -116.3° | — | |
| 4 | Greenland Ice Sheet | 1.03M km² | Glaciated areas | 68.8°, -41.1° | — | |
| 5 | Greenland Ice Sheet | 737,341 km² | Glaciated areas | 77.9°, -47.8° | — | |
| 6 | Kluane Ice Cap | 34,826 km² | Glaciated areas | 60.8°, -139.8° | — | |
| 7 | North Ellesmere Ice Cap | 25,362 km² | Glaciated areas | 81.9°, -74.9° | — | |
| 8 | Agassiz Ice Cap | 22,514 km² | Glaciated areas | 80.0°, -77.4° | — | |
| 9 | Prince of Wales Icefield | 20,851 km² | Glaciated areas | 77.7°, -79.6° | — | |
| 10 | Devon Ice Cap | 15,427 km² | Glaciated areas | 75.3°, -82.6° | — | |
| 11 | Southern Patagonian Ice Field | 14,163 km² | Glaciated areas | -48.5°, -73.5° | — | |
| 12 | Müller Ice Cap | 9,087 km² | Glaciated areas | 80.0°, -91.8° | — | |
| 13 | Vatnajökull | 8,492 km² | Glaciated areas | 64.5°, -17.1° | — | |
| 14 | Flade Isblink | 8,238 km² | Glaciated areas | 81.3°, -15.7° | — | |
| 15 | Negribreen | 8,236 km² | Glaciated areas | 78.8°, 19.5° | — | |
| 16 | Brasvellbreen | 8,179 km² | Glaciated areas | 79.8°, 24.2° | — | |
| 17 | Penny Ice Cap | 7,838 km² | Glaciated areas | 67.4°, -66.6° | — | |
| 18 | Stikine Icecap | 6,670 km² | Glaciated areas | 57.3°, -132.3° | — | |
| 19 | Manson Icefield | 6,306 km² | Glaciated areas | 76.7°, -79.8° | — | |
| 20 | Barnes Ice Cap | 6,100 km² | Glaciated areas | 70.1°, -73.7° | — | |
| 21 | Academy of Sciences Ice Cap | 5,673 km² | Glaciated areas | 80.5°, 95.0° | — | |
| 22 | Juneau Icefield | 5,407 km² | Glaciated areas | 58.6°, -134.4° | — | |
| 23 | Holtedahlfonna | 5,284 km² | Glaciated areas | 79.1°, 13.4° | — | |
| 24 | Northern Patagonian Ice Field | 4,483 km² | Glaciated areas | -46.9°, -73.5° | — | |
| 25 | Karpinsky Ice Cap | 4,253 km² | Glaciated areas | 79.6°, 98.7° | — | |
| 26 | Steacie Ice Cap | 3,216 km² | Glaciated areas | 78.8°, -91.1° | — | |
| 27 | Malaspina Glacier | 3,096 km² | Glaciated areas | 59.9°, -140.6° | — | |
| 28 | Sydkap Ice Cap | 3,087 km² | Glaciated areas | 76.8°, -85.9° | — | |
| 29 | Vestfonna | 2,571 km² | Glaciated areas | 80.0°, 20.5° | — | |
| 30 | Harding Icefield | 2,525 km² | Glaciated areas | 60.1°, -150.0° | — | |
| 31 | Asgardfonna | 1,778 km² | Glaciated areas | 79.7°, 16.7° | — | |
| 32 | University Ice Cap | 1,773 km² | Glaciated areas | 79.3°, 95.5° | — | |
| 33 | Bering Glacier | 1,646 km² | Glaciated areas | 60.2°, -143.6° | — | |
| 34 | Sargent Icefield | 1,435 km² | Glaciated areas | 60.2°, -148.7° | — | |
| 35 | Edgeoyjokulen | 1,360 km² | Glaciated areas | 77.7°, 23.6° | — | |
| 36 | Monarch Icefield | 1,288 km² | Glaciated areas | 52.0°, -126.1° | — | |
| 37 | Langjökull | 1,092 km² | Glaciated areas | 64.6°, -20.1° | — | |
| 38 | Cambria Icefiled | 1,045 km² | Glaciated areas | 55.9°, -129.7° | — | |
| 39 | Rusanov Ice Cap | 1,020 km² | Glaciated areas | 80.0°, 97.0° | — | |
| 40 | Hofsjökull | 970 km² | Glaciated areas | 64.8°, -18.8° | — | |
| 41 | Jostedalsbreen | 947 km² | Glaciated areas | 61.7°, 7.0° | — | |
| 42 | Homathko Icefield | 932 km² | Glaciated areas | 51.1°, -124.5° | — | |
| 43 | Columbia Icefield | 756 km² | Glaciated areas | 52.2°, -117.4° | — | |
| 44 | Mýrdalsjökull | 725 km² | Glaciated areas | 63.7°, -19.1° | — | |
| 45 | Barentsjokulen | 615 km² | Glaciated areas | 78.4°, 21.5° | — | |
| 46 | Lyell Icefield | 561 km² | Glaciated areas | 51.7°, -116.9° | — | |
| 47 | Svartisen | 555 km² | Glaciated areas | 66.6°, 13.9° | — | |
| 48 | Calotte Glaciaire Cook | 550 km² | Glaciated areas | -49.3°, 69.1° | — | |
| 49 | Pemberton Icefield | 463 km² | Glaciated areas | 50.4°, -123.3° | — | |
| 50 | Mount Brown Icefield | 415 km² | Glaciated areas | 52.5°, -118.3° | — |
Rankings cover entities indexed in YearMaps and are derived from open geospatial data. See data sources.
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