An ice sheet is also known as a continental ice cap. It is called an ice sheet when the total area is more than 50,000 km. An ice sheet is very thick and has a shield-shaped surface that flows from a central ice layer up to 2–3 km thick to the surrounding area. The ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland are typical examples (Fig. 6).
Greenland ice sheet
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(2020). Ice Sheet. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_1131
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