南極冰蓋

南極冰蓋是地球上的兩個極地冰蓋（英語：Polar ice cap）之一。它覆蓋了南極大陸的大約98%（1400萬平方公里）的面積，體積是2650萬立方公里，是地球上面積最大的單一冰塊^[1]。一立方公里的冰大約有一公噸重，這意味著南極冰蓋的重量為26,500,000公噸。地球上所有淡水的大約61%位於南極洲的冰層中，若全部融化，相當於海平面上升大約58米^[2]。

參考文獻

^ Amos, Jonathan. BBC News - Antarctic ice volume measured. Bbc.co.uk. 2013-03-08 [2014-01-28]. （原始內容存檔於2019-12-30）.
^ P. Fretwell. Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica (PDF). The Cryosphere. 31 July 2012 [1 December 2015]. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2020-02-16）. Using data largely collected during the 1970s, Drewry et al. (1992), estimated the potential sea-level contribution of the Antarctic ice sheets to be in the range of 60-72 m; for Bedmap1 this value was 57 m (Lythe et al., 2001), and for Bedmap2 it is 58 m.

[1] Amos, Jonathan. BBC News - Antarctic ice volume measured. Bbc.co.uk. 2013-03-08 [2014-01-28]. （原始內容存檔於2019-12-30）.

[2] P. Fretwell. Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica (PDF). The Cryosphere. 31 July 2012 [1 December 2015]. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2020-02-16）. Using data largely collected during the 1970s, Drewry et al. (1992), estimated the potential sea-level contribution of the Antarctic ice sheets to be in the range of 60-72 m; for Bedmap1 this value was 57 m (Lythe et al., 2001), and for Bedmap2 it is 58 m.

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