Lambert Fisher Glacier is a large glacier located in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. The glacier is approximately 80 km wide and 400 km long. It is considered to be the largest glacier in the world. The glacier is situated in a deep valley between the Churchill Mountains and the Prince Charles Mountains, and flows from the polar plateau, which is about 2,500 meters above sea level, to the Ross Sea. Its snout, or terminus, is in the northwest portion of the Ross Ice Shelf. The glacier is named after former Australian director of national mapping, Bruce P Lambert, who helped chart out the area during the 1950s.
The Hubbard Glacier is the largest tidewater glacier in North America, and one of the most impressive glaciers in the world. Spanning over 122 km in length, it is the longest glacier in the United States and one of the longest in the world. This immense glacier is located in Alaska, along the eastern edge of the Alaska Panhandle. It is part of the Yakutat Bay and Glacier Bay National Parks. It is estimated to be up to 1,200 feet thick in some places, making it one of the thickest glaciers in the world. The sheer size and grandeur of the Hubbard Glacier can be appreciated from many vantage points, including the cruise ships that pass by it on their way to the Inside Passage.
Fedchenko Glacier is one of the largest glaciers in the world and is located in the Central Hindu Kush Himalaya. It is situated in the Wakhan Corridor of northern Afghanistan, a region of extreme topography and environmental conditions. Fedchenko Glacier is over 77 kilometers long and is one of the largest glaciers outside of the polar regions. The glacier extends from an elevation of 5,100 meters to 4,400 meters and covers an area of over 700 square kilometers. This makes it one of the largest and longest glaciers in the world. Fedchenko Glacier is part of the Central Asian watershed, which originates in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and drains into the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
The Siachen Glacier has an estimated length of 76 kilometres and is approximately 8,000 metres above sea level. It is the largest glacier in the Karakoram range, and the second-longest in the world outside the polar regions. The glacier is bounded on its northern end by the Saltoro Mountains and on its southern end by the Saser Muztagh range. The glacier is composed of sedimentary rocks, which provide a unique mix of minerals, including calcium and magnesium, which contribute to the glacier's resilience. This is due to the glacier's ability to absorb the shock of seismic activity, which is common in the Himalayas. The glacier has two major parts, the Eastern Siachen Glacier (ESG) and the Western Siachen Glacier (WSG). The WSG is the larger of the two, stretching from the Saltoro Mountains to the Saser Muztagh range. It is approximately 40 kilometres in length and covers an area of around 11,000 square kilometres. The ESG is located to the south of the WSG and is approximately 33 kilometres in length. It covers an area of around 6,500 square kilometres.
Biafo Glacier is one of the largest glaciers in the Karakoram Range of the Himalayas. Located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, Biafo Glacier is the third-longest glacier in the world outside of the polar regions. The glacier stretches for 67 km in a northeast-southwest direction, extending from the Hispar Pass in the Karakoram Range to a confluence with the Hispar Glacier. The glacier has an average width of 4 km and a maximum width of 7 km. Biafo glacier has an average thickness of up to 170 m and a maximum thickness of 350 m.
Nestled within the icy expanse of Patagonia, Stretching across a length of 66 km, Bruggen Glacier is a monumental river of ice that descends from the Patagonian Andes, flowing southwestward into Last Hope Sound. It is the longest glacier in the southern hemisphere outside Antarctica. The glacier is named after the German geologist Juan BrUggen Messtorff.
The Baltoro Glacier is one of longest glacier sin the Karakoram mountain range, located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is around 62 kilometers long and flows from the confluence of the Baltoro Kangri and Masherbrum mountains in the south, to the confluence of the Biafo Glacier and the Hispar Glacier in the north. The Baltoro Glacier is renowned for its dramatic and imposing landscape, with towering mountains and steep cliffs surrounding it. The glacier is up to 4 kilometers wide and a kilometer thick in places, and is one of the largest in the world. The glacier is also home to the world’s highest mountain, K2, and many other peaks over 8,000 meters high.
South Inylchek Glacier is an impressive glacier located in the Central Tian Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan. It is one of the largest glaciers in Central Asia, measuring approximately 60 kilometers in length. The glacier is divided into two parts, the North and South Inylchek Glaciers, which are separated by a 2,000-meter-high moraine wall. The South Inylchek Glacier is particularly impressive due to its massive size. It is the longest glacier in the Tian Shan Mountains and is amongst the longest glaciers in the world. The glacier is over 3 kilometers wide, and its total ice volume is estimated to be around 30 cubic kilometers. The glacier also contains several large icefalls and some of the highest peaks in the Tian Shan Mountains.
The Jostedal Glacier is the largest glacier in continental Europe, stretching across 60 km in length. It is located in the Fjordane region of Norway and is part of the Jostedalsbreen National Park. The Jostedal Glacier is an immense body of ice, consisting of a number of smaller glaciers that flow together. Its average thickness is 300 meters, with the highest point reaching up to 600 meters.
The Batura Glacier is located in the Karakoram mountain range of northern Pakistan. It is 58 kilometers long and is fed by several tributary glaciers, which are fed in turn by snowfall in the area. The Batura Glacier starts at an altitude of 4,800 meters and reaches up to 7,200 meters. The glacier is split into two parts by a large mountain called Batura Sar, which rises to a height of 7,785 meters. IThe glacier’s ice thickness varies from 70 meters near the snout to 300 meters at the highest point.
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