A dome-shaped cover of perennial ice and snow, covering the summit area of a mountain mass so that no peaks emerge through it, or covering a flat landmass such as an arctic island; spreading outwards in all directions due to its own weight; and having an area of less than 50,000 square kilometers.
a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)
a dome shaped ice mass covering a highland area that is considerably smaller in
a large mass of ICE that originates on land by compaction and recrystallization of snow
a mass of ice covering a large area of land
A dome-shaped accumulation of glacier ice and perennial snow that completely covers a mountainous area or island, so that no peaks or Nunataks poke through.
An alpine glacier that covers the peak of a mountain.
A mass of glacial ice covering a high upland or plateau and spreading out radially.
a dome-shaped glacier covering a highland area (considerably smaller in extent than ice sheets)
A huge body of ice at the pole of a planet.
A large dome-shaped mass of ice that is thick enough to cover all the landscape beneath it so appearing as a smooth coating of ice. Ice caps are smaller than ice sheets, usually under 50,000 square kilometres (19,000 square miles). Ice caps can deform and flow with gravity and spread outward in all directions. Freshwater.
A dome-shaped perennial cover of ice and snow over an extensive portion of the earth's surface. Ice caps are considerably smaller than ice sheets, and it is felt improper to refer to the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets as ice caps. Most ice caps are most probably remnants of the Quaternary Ice Age. The term was first used for the supposedly perennial ice cover at both poles of the earth. However, since it has been found that the ice of arctic waters is largely seasonal, the use of this term to denote arctic polar ice is now considered improper.
a large body of land ice that forms when large snowfalls and low temperatures encourage the transformation of snow into ice, often persisting throughout many years. Ice caps are typically less than 50,000 km2 in area but are large enough to submerge the underlying topography.
a dome-shaped mass of glacier ice that spreads out in all directions; an ice cap is usually larger than an icefield but less than 50,000 square-kilometers (12 million acres). Ellesmere Island, Canada
An ice cap is a dome-shaped ice mass that covers less than 50,000 km² of land area (usually covering a highland area). Masses of ice covering more than 50,000 km² are termed an ice sheet.