Editing Ice cap (section)

== Variants ==
{{see also|Polar ice cap|Ice field}}
High-latitude regions covered in ice, though strictly not an ice cap (since they exceed the maximum area specified in the definition above), are called [[polar ice cap]]s; the usage of this designation is widespread in the mass media<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/11/arctic.ice.explorers/index.html |title=Time Magazine Online: Arctic Ice Explorers |work=CNN |date=2009-03-11 |access-date=2010-05-04}}</ref> and arguably recognized by experts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glossary/P |website=The National Snow and Ice Data Center |title=Cryosphere Glossary |access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref>
[[Vatnajökull]] is an example of an ice cap in [[Iceland]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Flowers |first1=Gwenn E. |first2=Shawn J. |last2=Marshall |first3=Helgi |last3=Bjŏrnsson |first4=Garry K. C. |last4=Clarke |title=Sensitivity of Vatnajŏkull ice cap hydrology and dynamics to climate warming over the next 2 centuries |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research |volume=110 |pages=F02011 |year=2005 |issue=F2 |url=http://www.eos.ubc.ca/research/glaciology/research/Publications/FlowersMarshallBjornssonClarke(JGR-2005).pdf |doi=10.1029/2004JF000200 |access-date=2007-05-31 |bibcode=2005JGRF..110.2011F |author1-link=Gwenn Flowers |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927062021/http://www.eos.ubc.ca/research/glaciology/research/Publications/FlowersMarshallBjornssonClarke(JGR-2005).pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Plateau glaciers are glaciers that overlie a generally flat highland area. Usually, the ice overflows as hanging glaciers in the lower parts of the edges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://serc.carleton.edu/vignettes/collection/68400.html |title=Plateau Glaciers and their significance |last=Whalley |first=Brian |website=Vignettes: Key Concepts in Geomorphology |via=Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College |access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref> An example is [[Biscayarfonna]] in [[Svalbard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.npolar.no/placename/02697520-b2de-51a1-8ba9-246e512ce99c |title=Biscayarfonna (Svalbard) |publisher=[[Norwegian Polar Institute]] |access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>