A glacier is a large persistent body of dense ice that moves with its own weight. These are formed over many centuries and are huge bodies of fresh water sources for the world. Glaciers and Icebergs together form most of the Earth's fresh water.
Largest/Longest Glaciers of the world:
| Glacier Name |
Length |
Location and Feature |
| Lambert Fisher Glacier |
400 km or 250 miles |
Antarctica, the largest glacier of the world |
| Hubbard Glacier |
122 km or 75 miles |
Alaska, a tidewater glacier and, despite global warming, is expanding. Largest in N America. |
| Fedchenko Glacier |
77 km or 48 miles |
Tajikistan, one of the largest non polar glacier, in Karakoram |
| Siachen Glacier |
75 km or 47 miles |
India, highest, deadliest and costliest battlefield |
| Biafo Glacier |
67 km or 42 miles |
Pakistan, Meltwater from the Biafo Glacier flows to the Indus River |
| Bruggen Glacier |
66 km or 41 miles |
Chile, advanced about 5 kilometers, and cut Lake Greve from the sea |
| Baltoro Glacier |
62 km or 39 miles |
Pakistan, source of the Shigar River |
| South Inylchek Glacier |
61 km or 37 miles |
Kyrgyzstan and China, located in Central Tian Shan Mountains in the Issyk-Kul Region |
| Jostedal Glacier |
60 km or 37 miles |
Norway, 9th largest glacier in the world |
| Batura Glacier |
56 km or 35 miles |
Pakistan, Gojal region of Gilgit-Baltistan |
| Margerie Glacier |
34 km or 21 miles |
Alaska, Glacier Bay Park |
| Perito Moreno Glacier |
30 km or 18.6 miles |
Argentina, third largest reserve of freshwater in the world. |
| Gangotri Glacier |
30 km or 19 miles |
India and China, one of the largest glaciers of the Himalayas |
| Fox and Franz Josef Glacier |
25 km or 15.5 miles |
New Zealand, descend from the Southern Alps to a temperate rainforest full of greenery and lushness |
| Pasterze Glacier |
8.4 km |
Austria, biggest glacier in Austria |
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