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East Antarctic Ice Sheet

Glaciers and Ice Formations

The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the sector of the Antarctic Ice Sheet covering East Antarctica. It first formed around 34 million years ago and, considered independently, is the largest ice sheet on Earth, with greater volume than the Greenland Ice Sheet or the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, from which it is separated by the Transantarctic Mountains. It is about 2.2 kilometers thick on average and reaches 4,897 meters at its thickest point, and it is home to the geographic South Pole, the magnetic south pole, and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Glaciation, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: East Antarctic Ice Sheet

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Glaciology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: East Antarctic Ice Sheet
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Antarctica, found in there.
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East Antarctic Ice Sheet (Wikipedia)
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The East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) is the sector of the Antarctic Ice Sheet covering East Antarctica.
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Wikidata: East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Wikidata Q1771054, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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