Devon Ice Cap is an ice cap on eastern Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada, covering an area of over 12,000 km2 (4,600 sq mi). The highest point on Devon Island...
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shales. The highest point is the Devon Ice Cap at 1,920 m (6,300 ft) which is part of the Arctic Cordillera. Devon Island contains several small mountain...
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The Barnes Ice Cap is an ice cap located in central Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. It covers close to 6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi) in the area of the Baffin...
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especially in arid or semi-arid regions. In the Arctic, the Canadian Devon Ice Cap contains two subglacial lakes that are hypersaline. In Antarctica, there...
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Glacier morphology (redirect from Glacier cap)
Norway Devon Ice Cap, Canada Barnes Ice Cap, Canada Vatnajökull, Iceland Flade Isblink, Greenland An ice dome is a part of an ice cap or ice sheet that...
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Ice Cap is an ice cap in Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Conger Range, north of the head of Tanquary Fiord. The Ad Astra ice cap...
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Subglacial lake (redirect from Captured ice shelf)
under a glacier, typically beneath an ice cap or ice sheet. Subglacial lakes form at the boundary between ice and the underlying bedrock, where pressure...
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The Penny Ice Cap, formerly Penny Icecap, is a 6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi) ice cap in Auyuittuq National Park of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. It forms a...
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Queen Elizabeth Islands (section Glaciers and ice caps)
contain approximately 14% of the global glacier and ice cap area (excluding the inland and shelf ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica). The southern islands...
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Van Hauen Yelverton Glaciers Ad Astra Ice Cap Agassiz Ice Cap Barnes Ice Cap Benedict Coronation Devon Ice Cap Disraeli Eugenie Gull Jimi Maasi Kaparoqtalik...
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Retreat of glaciers since 1850 (redirect from Ice loss)
1999, the Devon Ice Cap lost 67 km3 (16 cu mi) of ice, mainly through thinning. All major outlet glaciers along the eastern Devon Ice Cap margin have...
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List of glaciers in Canada (section Devon Island)
Sermilik Glacier Devon Ice Cap Ad Astra Ice Cap Agassiz Ice Cap Benedict Glacier Chapman Glacier Disraeli Glacier Eugenie Glacier Grant Ice Cap Parrish Glacier...
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climate, technically a tundra climate (ET) with characteristics of an ice cap climate (EF). There is complete snow cover for at least 10 months of the...
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Arctic Cordillera (section Glaciers and ice caps)
high glaciated peaks rising through ice fields and some of Canada's largest ice caps, including the Penny Ice Cap on Baffin Island. It is bounded to the...
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Will (3 August 2012), "New route on Baffin Island's Mount Thor", Rock and Ice, archived from the original on 8 August 2012, retrieved 28 August 2012 Wikimedia...
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Sharp, M.; Wang, L. (2009). "Snow and ice facies variability and ice layer formation on Canadian Arctic ice caps, 1999–2005" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical...
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Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Devon Ice Cap high point". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Devon Ice Cap high point". Bivouac.com. Retrieved...
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Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Devon Ice Cap high point". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Devon Ice Cap high point". Bivouac.com. Retrieved...
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Agassiz Ice Cap formerly Agassiz Glacier is an ice cap on the central eastern side of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. The Agassiz ice cap is about...
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Van Hauen Yelverton Glaciers Ad Astra Ice Cap Agassiz Ice Cap Barnes Ice Cap Benedict Coronation Devon Ice Cap Disraeli Eugenie Gull Jimi Maasi Kaparoqtalik...
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Van Hauen Yelverton Glaciers Ad Astra Ice Cap Agassiz Ice Cap Barnes Ice Cap Benedict Coronation Devon Ice Cap Disraeli Eugenie Gull Jimi Maasi Kaparoqtalik...
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in which the comedian Billy Connolly camped alone for a week on the pack ice near to the community, armed with a rifle to protect him from polar bears...
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Treuter Mountains (category Devon Island)
a small mountain range on eastern Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada. The Treuter Mountains are part of the Devon Ice Cap which forms part of the Arctic Cordillera...
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Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Devon Ice Cap High Point". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Devon Ice Cap High Point". Bivouac.com. Retrieved...
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Cunningham Mountains (category Devon Island)
range on the southeastern coast of Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada. The Cunningham Mountains are part of the Devon Ice Cap which forms part of the Arctic Cordillera...
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Cell service is provided by Ice Wireless, Bell Mobility, and Qiniq. Internet service is available through Northwestel, Ice Wireless, Qiniq, Xplornet and...
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and Nunavut Breidablik Peak Commonwealth Mountain Devon Ice Cap High Point, highest summit of Devon Island Durham Heights Highpointer Peak Kisimngiuqtuq...
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climate (Köppen climate classification ET), although the highest ice caps have an ice cap climate (EF). The sea is frozen for most of the year, and only...
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adjacent hanging valleys. Many of these glaciers source from the Penny Ice Cap to the north of Akshayuk Pass. Auyuittuq National Park at Travel Nunavut...
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Island), it measures 955 km2 (369 sq mi) in size and is topped with an ice cap. The island is permanently icebound, and its northwestern coast faces onto...
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