GeotchaA geography quiz on a real globe
25 largest glaciers in the world by area
25 glaciers, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.
Free to play, with no account needed. What you miss comes back for review until it sticks.
The glaciers
- 1Greenland ice sheet1,700,000 km²
- 2Stikine Icecap21,869 km²
- 3Severny Island ice cap18,661 km²
- 4Southern Patagonian Ice Field11,398 km²
- 5Austfonna8,492 km²
- 6Vatnajökull7,700 km²
- 7Penny Ice Cap6,000 km²
- 8Olav V Land4,150 km²
- 9Malaspina Glacier3,900 km²
- 10Northern Patagonian Ice Field3,829 km²
- 11Vestfonna2,500 km²
- 12Hubbard Glacier2,487 km²
- 13Siorfonna Glacier2,350 km²
- 14Edgeøyjøkulen1,365 km²
- 15Hinlopenbreen1,250 km²
- 16Brüggen Glacier1,232 km²
- 17Åsgardfonna1,230 km²
- 18Negribreen1,180 km²
- 19Bråsvellbreen1,160 km²
- 20Etonbreen1,070 km²
- 21Bering Glacier1,070 km²
- 22Langjökull953 km²
- 23Viedma Glacier927 km²
- 24Hofsjökull925 km²
- 25Leighbreen925 km²
Area in km²: Wikidata’s (P2046), else measured on the OpenStreetMap outline where it fits; the Antarctic ice sheet’s from NSIDC. A glacier of unknown area is left out. Glaciers, ice caps, ice fields, ice sheets and ice shelves from Wikidata with articles in 10 or more Wikipedia editions, or 300 km² or larger, or 40 km or longer; a glacier that is also a mountain or volcano stays with the peaks. Glaciers in Antarctica are left out unless the quiz includes Antarctica.
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