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Arctica was an ancient continent which formed approximately 2.5 billion years ago in the Neoarchean era. It consisted of the Canadian and Siberian shields, and is now roughly situated in the Arctic around the current North Pole. Arctica joined with the continents Atlantica and Nena about one billion years ago to form the supercontinent, Rodinia.
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∙ 8y agoThe continent of Antarctica is covered with an ice sheet, with many glaciers. Ninety-eight percent of the continent is covered by the ice sheet. This is 90% of the earth's store of ice and about 70% of the earth's fresh water store.
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∙ 15y agoYes, Antarctica is a very large continent. If you look at a globe, you will see that Antarctica is on the very bottom of the globe.
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∙ 13y agoYes, they are both continental glaciers and are the only ones in the world.
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∙ 13y agoyes antarctica is still a continent
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Are there continental glaciers in Alaska?
No, the only continental glaciers are in Greenland and Antarctica.
What kind of glaciers are Antarctica and Alpine?
Antarctica is a continental glacier. Alpine glaciers are a different type of glacier.
What land area is covered with glaciers besides Antarctica?
Greenland
What is a confined glacier?
A confined glacier is a glacier that is confined by topography. For example, a glacier that forms on a mountain. Continental glaciers, by contrast, are not affected. The glaciers on Antarctica and Greenland are continental glaciers. The glaciers at Glacier Bay National Park, or on a mountain are confined glaciers.
The continent of antarctica is covered with glaciers which other nation can cliaim this too?
iceland
Are there continental glaciers in Alaska?
No, the only continental glaciers are in Greenland and Antarctica.
Are there glaciers in Alaska?
No, the only continental glaciers are in Greenland and Antarctica.
What kind of glaciers are Antarctica and Alpine?
Antarctica is a continental glacier. Alpine glaciers are a different type of glacier.
Is Antarctica covered in alpine glaciers?
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What land area is covered with glaciers besides Antarctica?
Greenland
What number of glaciers are there in Antarctica?
Antarctica is about as large as USA and Mexico, combined. Ninety-eight percent of it is covered with an ice sheet containing innumerable glaciers.
Broad thick sheets of ice that are common in antarctica and Greenland?
Continental glaciers.
The two remaining continental glaciers are located where?
The two remaining continental glaciers are Antarctica and Greenland. While Greenland is part of North America and located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, Antarctica is situated at the South Pole.
What is a confined glacier?
A confined glacier is a glacier that is confined by topography. For example, a glacier that forms on a mountain. Continental glaciers, by contrast, are not affected. The glaciers on Antarctica and Greenland are continental glaciers. The glaciers at Glacier Bay National Park, or on a mountain are confined glaciers.
Are there any famous glaciers near Antarctica?
Antarctica is a continent that covers 10% of the earth's surface. Ninety-eight percent of it is covered with an ice sheet. The mountainous terrain of the continent means that there are thousands of glaciers on the continent. "Near Antarctica' is the Southern Ocean, which may be home to icebergs calved off continental glaciers. Rather than 'famous glaciers', Antarctica is home to ice shelves, the most famous, perhaps, being the Ross Ice Shelf, which is about as large as France.
How are glaciers different from alpine glaciers?
They difference between them is where there flow. Continental glaciers are enormous ice sheets, and are found in Greenland and Antarctica. Alpine glaciers form in mountain valleys.
The continent of antarctica is covered with glaciers which other nation can cliaim this too?
iceland
