World Glacier Inventory
Search the World Glacier Inventory
Step 1. Select Search Options
Search by glacier name or number or by glacier parameters.
Note: If you search by glacier name or number, you cannot refine your search by addtional parameters.
Glacier Name or Number Search
This search will return only those records that exactly match your entry. Not all glaciers have names, but all glaciers have numbers.
Note: If you search by glacier name or number, you cannot refine your search by addtional parameters.
Glacier name
OR
Glacier number
Glacier Parameters Search
Search by geographic cooridnates (lat/lon), altitude/size/length, data contributor, and glacier features such as primary class, form, frontal characteristic, longitudinal profile, major source of nourishment, and tongue activity.
Geographic Coordinates
If no latitude or longitude is specified, the search defaults to the full geographical range.
Enter values in decimal degrees
| North Latitude (Max: +89.30) | ||
| West Longitude (Min: -179.92) | East Longitude (Max: +179.68) | |
| South Latitude (Min: -71.66) |
Altitude, Size, and Length
If you specify a minimum value, you must also specify a maximum value.
| Min | Max | ||
| Altitude | (Range: 0 - 8125 meters a.s.l.) | ||
| Total Area | (Range: 0 - 2230 square kilometers) | ||
| Average Length | (Range: 0 - 70 kilometers) |
Data Contributor Search
Search the database by Data Contributor.
Note: The items listed in this drop down are an abbreviation of the full data contributor citation. To see the complete citation, see the Data Contributor Table.
Data Contributor
Glacier Features
You can narrow the selection by selecting fields.
| Primary Class | Form | Frontal Characteristic | Longitudinal Profile | Major Source of Nourishment | Tongue Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continental ice sheet | Compound basins | Piedmont | Even, regular | Snow or drift snow | Marked retreat |
| Ice-field | Compound basin | Expanded Foot | Hanging | Avalanche | Slight retreat |
| Ice cap | Simple basin | Lobed | Cascading | Superimposed ice | Stationary |
| Outlet glacier | Cirque | Calving | Ice-fall | Unknown | Slight advance |
| Valley glacier | Niche | Confluent - Coalescing, non-contributing | Interrupted | Marked advance | |
| Mountain glacier | Crater | Irregular, mainly clean ice | Uncertain/misc. | Possible surge | |
| Snowfield/glacieret | Ice Apron | Irregular, debris-covered ice | Known surge | ||
| Ice shelf | Group | Single lobe, mainly clean ice | Oscillating | ||
| Rock glacier | Remnant | Single lobe, debris-covered ice | Uncertain | ||
| Uncertain/misc. | Uncertain/misc. | Normal/misc. |
Step 2. Select Search Output Parameters
One or more fields may be selected. Selecing the "All" option for any parameter overrides any other selections for that parameter.
| Glacier Name/Location | Extent | Elevation/ Orientation |
Dates | Classification | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All names, locations | All extents | All elevations, orientations | All dates | All classifications | All accuracies |
| Glacier ID | Total area | Topographic scale | Photo year | Primary classification | Depth accuracy |
| Glacier name | Area in state | Mean elevation | Snow line date | Form | Area accuracy |
| Latitude | Area exposed | Highest elevation | Activity period start | Frontal characteristic | Snow line accuracy |
| Longitude | Mean width | Lowest elevation | Activity period end | Longitudinal profile | |
| Easting | Mean length | Lowest elevation exposed | Topographic year | Source nourishment | |
| Northing | Mean depth | Mean elevation accumulation | Tongue activity | ||
| Coordinate Description | Max length | Snow line elevation | Moraine type 1 | ||
| Max length ablation | Mean elevation ablation | Moraine type 2 | |||
| Max length exposed | Orientation - accumulation | ||||
| Number of basins | Orientation - ablation | ||||
| Other | Data Contributor | Remarks |
Step 3. Choose Output Format
Text (in browser)CSV (download)