The Agassiz Ice Cap formerly Agassiz Glacier is an

ice cap In glaciology, an ice cap is a mass of ice that covers less than of land area (usually covering a highland area). Larger ice masses covering more than are termed ice sheets. Description Ice caps are not constrained by topographical featu ...

on the central eastern side of

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, Canada. The Agassiz ice cap is about in area. It is located between the North Ellesmere ice field to the north and the Prince of Wales Icefield to the south.

Environmental studies

Several studies have been conducted which involve the analysis of

ice cores An ice core is a core sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier. Since the ice forms from the incremental buildup of annual layers of snow, lower layers are older than upper ones, and an ice core contains ...

extracted from the Agassiz Ice cap. Many of these studies are focused around

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References

Bodies of ice of Qikiqtaaluk Region Ellesmere Island Arctic Cordillera Ice caps of Canada {{canada-glacier-stub