Agassiz ice cap
| Agassiz ice cap | ||
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 View over the Agassiz ice cap |
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| location | Ellesmere Island in Nunavut (Canada) | |
| Type | icecap | |
| surface | 21,000 km² | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 30 ′ N , 75 ° 0 ′ W | |
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The Agassiz Ice Cap is an ice cap in the northeast of Ellesmere Island . It is named after Louis Agassiz . The meltwater feeds Lake Tuborg in the east.
In the north it borders on the Northern Ellesmere Icefield , in the south on the Prince of Wales Mountains .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolken et al .: Snow and ice facies variability and ice layer formation on Canadian Arctic ice caps, 1999–2005. From: Journal of Geophysical Research. Vol. 114, August 21, 2009 ( PDF; 769 kB )