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Что (кто) такое ice cap - определение

ICE MASS THAT COVERS LESS THAN 50,000 KM² OF LAND AREA
Icecaps; Ice caps; Icecap; Plateau glacier

ice cap         
¦ noun a permanent covering of ice over a large area, especially on the polar region of a planet.
ice cap         
also ice-cap (ice caps)
The ice caps are the thick layers of ice and snow that cover the North and South Poles.
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Polar ice cap         
  • A satellite composite image of Antarctica
  • [[Mars]]'s north polar region with ice cap, composite of [[Viking 1]] orbiter images (Courtesy [[NASA]]/[[JPL]]-Caltech)
  • A photo describing the frozen methane and nitrogen on Pluto gathered from New Horizons
HIGH-LATITUDE REGION OF AN ASTRONOMICAL BODY (E.G. PLANET) WITH MAJOR PARTS COVERED IN ICE
Polar ice; Polar cap; Polar caps; Polar ice caps; Polar ice sheet; Polar icecap; Polar Ice Cap
A polar ice cap or polar cap is a high-latitude region of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite that is covered in ice.The National Snow and Ice Data Center Glossary

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Ice cap

In glaciology, an ice cap is a mass of ice that covers less than 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi) of land area (usually covering a highland area). Larger ice masses covering more than 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi) are termed ice sheets.

Примеры употребления для ice cap
1. Greenland‘s ice cap contains 800 trillion gallons of water and several outlet glaciers, huge rivers of ice that act as faucets from the ice cap.
2. It flows down to the sea from Greenland‘s ice cap.
3. Global warming is working away at the Greenland ice cap.
4. The geographic North Pole, on the ice cap, sits 13,000 feet above the sea bed.
5. About 80 percent of it is covered by a massive ice cap.