The Agassiz Ice Cap formerly Agassiz Glacier[1] is an ice cap on the central eastern side of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.[2] The Agassiz ice cap is about 21,000 km2 (8,100 sq mi) in area.[2] It is located between the North Ellesmere ice field to the north and the Prince of Wales Icefield to the south.
^Agassiz Ice Cap (Formerly Agassiz Glacier)
^ abWolken, G.; 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 Research. 114 (F3). Bibcode:2009JGRF..114.3011W. doi:10.1029/2008JF001173.
The AgassizIceCap formerly Agassiz Glacier is an icecap on the central eastern side of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. The Agassizicecap is about...
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adjacent hanging valleys. Many of these glaciers source from the Penny IceCap to the north of Akshayuk Pass. Auyuittuq National Park at Travel Nunavut...
Heiberg Island glacier. Other glaciers and icecaps in the Queen Elizabeth Islands include the AgassizIceCap, Benedict Glacier, Disraeli Glacier, Eugenie...
the south; Prince of Wales Icefield (20,700 km2 (8,000 sq mi)) and AgassizIceCap (21,500 km2 (8,300 sq mi)) along the central-east side of the island...
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gneiss and Paleozoic siltstones and shales. The highest point is the Devon IceCap at 1,920 m (6,300 ft) which is part of the Arctic Cordillera. Devon Island...
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...
Baffin ice flow, but an autonomous flow. Canadian Shield Glacial history of Minnesota Driftless Area Lake Agassiz Wisconsin glaciation Laurentide Ice Sheet...
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south; Prince of Wales Icefield and AgassizIceCap along the central-east side of the island; and substantial ice cover in Northern Ellesmere Island....
rock and ice. It is a polar desert with very little annual precipitation. Much of the highlands of the park are covered in icecaps. These icecaps, and the...
The Penny IceCap, formerly Penny Icecap, is a 6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi) icecap in Auyuittuq National Park of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. It forms a...
the Arctic Archipelago. To the south lies the Cañon Fiord and the AgassizIceCap. To the northwest is Borup Fiord and Tanquary Fiord is northeast. "Greely...
climate (Köppen climate classification ET), although the highest icecaps have an icecap climate (EF). The sea is frozen for most of the year, and only...
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...
Cell service is provided by Ice Wireless, Bell Mobility, and Qiniq. Internet service is available through Northwestel, Ice Wireless, Qiniq, Xplornet and...
Island), it measures 955 km2 (369 sq mi) in size and is topped with an icecap. The island is permanently icebound, and its northwestern coast faces onto...
produced by glaciation. The Laurentide Ice Sheet covered most of the mountains at least once, however during the last ice age the coverage was more limited...
fieldwork. Agassiz appears to have been already familiar with Bernhardi's paper at that time. At the beginning of 1837, Schimper coined the term "ice age" ("Eiszeit")...
Highlands and contains the 6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi) Penny IceCap. The Penny IceCap, made of ice sitting on Precambrian granite, creates a series of glaciers...
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