Ice cap

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Term: Ice cap
Definition: A dome-shaped mass of glacier ice, usually situated in a highland area, and generally defined as covering up to 50,000 square kilometres (cf. ice sheet).
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Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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