The Largest Glaciers In The World

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A glacier is a large, slow-moving mass of ice, snow, rock, sediment, and sometimes liquid water

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Glaciers form when snow accumulates over time, compresses into ice, and begins to flow due to its own weight

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Here are some of the largest glaciers in the world

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The seller glacier, located on the Antarctic Peninsula, is the world's largest individual glacier, covering 7,018 square kilometers

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The Thurston island glacier No. 1, located on the Antarctic off the coast of Ellsworth Land, is the second largest glacier in the world, with an area of 5,261 square kilometers

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The Alexander island Glacier No. 1 is the third largest glacier, located on an Antarctic island, with an area of 4,766 square kilometers

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The Malaspina glacier is the largest piedmont glacier in the world, covering about 4351.18 square kilometers

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The Bering glacier, located in Alaska, covers an area of 3,025 square kilometers

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