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Concept: Ice sheets and ice caps in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/H4.21
Preferred label Ice sheets and ice caps
Definition Dome-like ice masses unconstrained by topography, together with their outlet glaciers. They are characteristic of arctic regions. The largest ice sheet in the northern hemisphere is that of Greenland. Smaller ice sheets and ice caps occur in Iceland, Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen, southern Norway, Franz Josef Land, Severnaya Zemlya and the islands of the De-Longa group.
Notation H4.21
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader
Has exact match