🔆 Important Glaciers of Antarctica

📍 Lambert Glacier
✅ Location: East Antarctica
✅ Key Features:
- World’s largest glacier by volume and length (over 400 km long).
- Flows into the Amery Ice Shelf.
✅ Significance:
- Vital for studying ice dynamics and climate change.
- A major drainage outlet for the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

📍 Pine Island Glacier
✅ Location: West Antarctica
✅ Key Features:
- Rapidly thinning and retreating glacier.
- Part of the Amundsen Sea Embayment.
✅ Significance:
- A key contributor to global sea-level rise.
- Monitored closely for ice sheet instability.

📍 Thwaites Glacier
✅ Location: West Antarctica
✅ Key Features:
- Known as the "Doomsday Glacier" due to its significant potential for contributing to sea-level rise.
- Melting rapidly due to warm ocean currents.
✅ Significance:
- Considered a critical glacier for understanding future sea-level changes.

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🔆 Important Glaciers of Antarctica

📍 Lambert Glacier
✅ Location: East Antarctica
✅ Key Features:
- World’s largest glacier by volume and length (over 400 km long).
- Flows into the Amery Ice Shelf.
✅ Significance:
- Vital for studying ice dynamics and climate change.
- A major drainage outlet for the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

📍 Pine Island Glacier
✅ Location: West Antarctica
✅ Key Features:
- Rapidly thinning and retreating glacier.
- Part of the Amundsen Sea Embayment.
✅ Significance:
- A key contributor to global sea-level rise.
- Monitored closely for ice sheet instability.

📍 Thwaites Glacier
✅ Location: West Antarctica
✅ Key Features:
- Known as the "Doomsday Glacier" due to its significant potential for contributing to sea-level rise.
- Melting rapidly due to warm ocean currents.
✅ Significance:
- Considered a critical glacier for understanding future sea-level changes.

#mapping

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