Editing Ice sheet (section)

== Earth's current two ice sheets ==

=== Antarctic ice sheet ===
{{excerpt|Antarctic ice sheet|paragraphs=1}}

====West Antarctic ice sheet====
{{Infobox glacier
|name=West Antarctic ice sheet
|photo=File:Antarctica_ice_shelves-en.svg
|photo_width=300
|area=<{{convert|1970000|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<ref name="WAISDavies">{{cite web |last=Davies |first=Bethan |title=West Antarctic Ice Sheet |url=https://www.antarcticglaciers.org/antarctica-2/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-2/west-antarctic-ice-sheet/ |website=AntarcticGlaciers.org |date=21 October 2020 }}</ref> 
|thickness=~{{convert|1.05|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} (average),<ref name="BEDMAP2-2013">{{cite journal |last1=Fretwell |first1=P. |display-authors=et al |title=Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica |journal=The Cryosphere |volume=7 |issue=1 |page=390 |date=28 February 2013 |url=http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/375/2013/tc-7-375-2013.pdf |access-date=6 January 2014 |doi=10.5194/tc-7-375-2013 |bibcode=2013TCry....7..375F |s2cid=13129041 |doi-access=free |archive-date=16 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216072841/https://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/375/2013/tc-7-375-2013.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>  ~{{convert|2|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} (maximum)<ref name="WAISDavies" /> 
|type=Ice sheet
|status=Receding
}}
{{excerpt|West Antarctic ice sheet}}

====East Antarctic ice sheet====
{{Infobox glacier
|name=East Antarctic ice sheet
|photo=File:Antarctica.svg
|photo_width=300
|thickness=~{{convert|2.2|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} (average),<ref name="Torsvik2008">{{cite book|last1=Torsvik|first1=T. H.|first2=C. |last2=Gaina |first3=T. F. |last3=Redfield|chapter=Antarctica and Global Paleogeography: From Rodinia, Through Gondwanaland and Pangea, to the Birth of the Southern Ocean and the Opening of Gateways|title=Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World|year=2008|pages=125–140|chapter-url=http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12168&page=125|doi=10.17226/12168|isbn=978-0-309-11854-5|url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/ }}</ref> ~{{convert|4.9|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} (maximum) <ref name="Fretwell2013">{{Cite journal|last1=Fretwell|first1=P.|last2=Pritchard|first2=H. D.|last3=Vaughan|first3=D. G.|last4=Bamber|first4=J. L.|last5=Barrand|first5=N. E.|last6=Bell|first6=R.|last7=Bianchi|first7=C.|last8=Bingham|first8=R. G.|last9=Blankenship|first9=D. D.|date=2013-02-28|title=Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica|journal=The Cryosphere|volume=7|issue=1|pages=375–393|doi=10.5194/tc-7-375-2013|issn=1994-0424|doi-access=free|bibcode=2013TCry....7..375F|hdl=1808/18763|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
|type=Ice sheet
}}
{{excerpt|East Antarctic ice sheet}}

=== 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}}