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ice cap
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ice mass that covers less than 50,000 km² of land area
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Vatnajökull, Iceland
In glaciology, an ice cap is a mass of ice that covers less than 50,000 km (19,000 mi) of land area (usually covering a highland area). Larger ice masses covering more than 50,000 km (19,000 mi) are termed ice sheets.
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