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At the South Pole, the ice is more than 9,300 feet thick.
Since not all of the ice that covers Antarctica has been measured, it's difficult to say what other thicknesses there may be.
There is another example, however: Lake Vostok. The elevation of the ice at Vostok Station is 11,444 feet above sea level and the surface of the sub-glacial lake is -1,640 feet. This is thicker than the ice at the South Pole.
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What is Thick sheets of ice that can cover large areas of a continent are called ice caps or?
Thick sheets of ice that can cover large areas of a continent are called continental glaciers or ice caps. Examples of continental glaciers are in Antarctica and Greenland The ice sheets that form in these two locations are up to 3500 meters thick. thank you a lot
How thick are ice caps over some parts of Antarctica?
The Arctic ice cap consists of sea ice and the Greenland ice sheet . Sea ice can be several meters thick, while the Greenland ice sheet is several thousand feet thick in the interior. Sea ice and ice sheets are two entirely separate things. The main being that ice sheets are formed from accumulated snow and are therefore entirely fresh water, while sea ice is frozen sea water. However, any salt that gets frozen into the ice - which itself is trapped in brine (liquid) pockets rather than incorporated into the crystalline structures - drains out with time.
What are giant glaciers called?
ICE SHEETS ice sheets
How much of the north pole is land?
There is no specific land. The north pole is just a geographic location.There are ice sheets that cover the north pole. These ice sheets are thick enough to be walked on. There are island that are close to the north pole but there is no land in the north pole.
What are South Pole land forms?
The South Pole sits on nearly two-miles thick of ice.
What are thick sheets of ice?
a thick sheet of ice
Are thick sheets of ice?
a thick sheet of ice
What is Thick sheets of ice that can cover large areas of a continent are called ice caps or?
Thick sheets of ice that can cover large areas of a continent are called continental glaciers or ice caps. Examples of continental glaciers are in Antarctica and Greenland The ice sheets that form in these two locations are up to 3500 meters thick. thank you a lot
What is the difference in the north pole and the south pole?
They are both at separate ends of the world. The South Pole is land covered in ice and snow. The North Pole is thick ice sheets floating on the sea.
Broad thick sheets of ice that are common in antarctica and Greenland?
Continental glaciers.
Was their icy mountains during the last Ice Age?
Yes there were icy mountains, exactly like we have in cold places today, like the alps or himalayas. There were also bigger ice sheets, like the north and south poles have, although these can be thick, they are not really mountains as they are fairly flat, as ice is able to flow (slowly) like honey does, so it cannot make steep mountains.
Broad thick sheets of ice that are common in Antarctica?
Since 98% of the continent is covered by ice, the sheet has different names in different places. For example, at the South Pole, the ice is called the Polar Plateau.
Broad thick sheets of ice that are common in Antarctica and Greenland are named what?
They are called ice sheets and/or continental glaciers if they cover more than 50,000 square kilometers of land area.continental
What is found at north and south poles?
Icecaps and generally ice.
Where ice is found?
Usually at or around the North and South Poles
Is Antartica a desert?
Antarctica is a desert. It does not rain or snow a lot there. When it snows, the snow does not melt and builds up over many years to make large, thick sheets of ice, called ice sheets
On mars where are the polar ice caps locted?
North and South poles.
