Table · dataset · 2025
Largest Glaciers and Glacier Complexes in the World, Version 1
Listed in NASA Data Portal
This data set provides a list of the three largest glaciers and glacier complexes in each of the 19 glacial regions of the world as defined by the Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers.
Description
The data are provided in shapefile format with an outline for each of the largest ice bodies along with a number of attributes such as area in km2.
Links
Get the data
- Resource noaadata.apps.nsidc.org/NOAA/G10037 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource doi.org/10.7265/0k6h-yn09 ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2267591561-NSIDCV0.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/largest-glaciers-and-glacier-complexes-in-the-world-ve… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=6a6e6fe8-0a4f-454b-a4f7-e893dfb02… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Data Portal | 6a6e6fe8-0a4f-454b-a4f7-e893dfb023f4 | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | /notes |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 |