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=== Greenland ice sheet === {{Infobox glacier |name=Greenland ice sheet |photo=File:Greenland ice sheet AMSL thickness map-en.png |other_name=''Grønlands indlandsis''<br />''Sermersuaq'' |photo_width=300 |area={{convert|1710000|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<ref name="BBC2017">{{cite web |title=How Greenland would look without its ice sheet |date=14 December 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42260580 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=7 December 2023 |archive-date=7 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207201039/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42260580 |url-status=live }}</ref> |length={{convert|2400|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="BRGIS">{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Greenland Ice Sheet|date=24 October 2023|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Greenland-Ice-Sheet|language=en|access-date=26 May 2022|archive-date=30 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030220950/https://www.britannica.com/place/Greenland-Ice-Sheet|url-status=live}}</ref> |width={{convert|1100|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="BRGIS" /> |thickness={{convert|1.67|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} (average), ~{{convert|3.5|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} (maximum)<ref name="BBC2017" /> |type=Ice sheet |coordinates = {{coord|76.7|N|41.2|W|region:GL_dim:{{Infobox dim|length_km=2400}}|format=dms|display=inline}}<ref name="BRGIS" /> }} {{excerpt|Greenland ice sheet}}
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