Appendix 1: Glacier count/area per region#
First-order regions#
Summary of glacier counts and areas of all 20 first-order regions in the RGI 7.0.
Region |
Full name |
Code |
Count |
Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
01 |
Alaska |
|
27509 |
86708 |
02 |
Western Canada and USA |
|
18730 |
14521 |
03 |
Arctic Canada North |
|
5216 |
105370 |
04 |
Arctic Canada South |
|
11009 |
40538 |
05 |
Greenland Periphery |
|
19994 |
90482 |
06 |
Iceland |
|
568 |
11060 |
07 |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
|
1666 |
33959 |
08 |
Scandinavia |
|
3410 |
2948 |
09 |
Russian Arctic |
|
1069 |
51595 |
10 |
North Asia |
|
7155 |
2643 |
11 |
Central Europe |
|
4079 |
2124 |
12 |
Caucasus and Middle East |
|
2275 |
1407 |
13 |
Central Asia |
|
75613 |
50344 |
14 |
South Asia West |
|
37562 |
33075 |
15 |
South Asia East |
|
18587 |
16049 |
16 |
Low Latitudes |
|
3695 |
1929 |
17 |
Southern Andes |
|
30634 |
27674 |
18 |
New Zealand |
|
3018 |
886 |
19 |
Subantarctic and Antarctic Islands |
|
2742 |
133432 |
20 |
Antarctic Mainland |
|
0 |
0 |
Global |
274531 |
706744 |
Second-order regions#
Summary of glacier counts and areas of all 90 second-order regions in the RGI 7.0.
Full name |
Code |
Count |
Area (km²) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
01-01 |
North Alaska |
|
706 |
364 |
01-02 |
Alaska Range (Wrangell/Kilbuck) |
|
5812 |
16284 |
01-03 |
Alaska Peninsula (Aleutians) |
|
872 |
1912 |
01-04 |
West Chugach Mountains (Talkeetna) |
|
4529 |
12005 |
01-05 |
Saint Elias Mountains |
|
5039 |
33178 |
01-06 |
North Coast Ranges |
|
10551 |
22964 |
02-01 |
Mackenzie and Selwyn Mountains |
|
1235 |
657 |
02-02 |
South Coast Ranges |
|
7390 |
8806 |
02-03 |
North Rocky Mountains |
|
5063 |
4386 |
02-04 |
Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada |
|
3127 |
529 |
02-05 |
South Rocky Mountains |
|
1915 |
144 |
03-01 |
North Ellesmere Island |
|
2573 |
27690 |
03-02 |
Axel Heiberg and Meighen Is |
|
624 |
11852 |
03-03 |
North Central Ellesmere Island |
|
902 |
21336 |
03-04 |
South Central Ellesmere Island |
|
261 |
19322 |
03-05 |
South Ellesmere Island (Northwest Devon) |
|
633 |
10042 |
03-06 |
Devon Island |
|
216 |
15000 |
03-07 |
Melville Island |
|
7 |
128 |
04-01 |
Bylot Island |
|
616 |
4883 |
04-02 |
West Baffin Island |
|
96 |
3767 |
04-03 |
North Baffin Island |
|
597 |
497 |
04-04 |
Northeast Baffin Island |
|
1953 |
8195 |
04-05 |
East Central Baffin Island |
|
1905 |
9431 |
04-06 |
South East Baffin Island |
|
3036 |
7603 |
04-07 |
Cumberland Sound |
|
2620 |
5907 |
04-08 |
Frobisher Bay |
|
83 |
235 |
04-09 |
Labrador |
|
103 |
20 |
05-01 |
Greenland Periphery |
|
19994 |
90482 |
06-01 |
Iceland |
|
568 |
11060 |
07-01 |
Svalbard |
|
1583 |
33841 |
07-02 |
Jan Mayen |
|
83 |
117 |
08-01 |
North Scandinavia |
|
1832 |
1430 |
08-02 |
Southwest Scandinavia |
|
1216 |
1216 |
08-03 |
Southeast Scandinavia |
|
362 |
302 |
09-01 |
Franz Josef Land |
|
412 |
12762 |
09-02 |
Novaya Zemlya |
|
480 |
22132 |
09-03 |
Severnaya Zemlya |
|
177 |
16701 |
10-01 |
Ural Mountains |
|
161 |
15 |
10-02 |
Central Siberia |
|
394 |
64 |
10-03 |
Cherskiy/Suntar Khayata Ranges |
|
427 |
271 |
10-04 |
Altay and Sayan |
|
3033 |
1247 |
10-05 |
Northeast Russia |
|
3091 |
1041 |
10-06 |
East Chukotka |
|
44 |
4 |
10-07 |
Japan |
|
5 |
0 |
11-01 |
Alps |
|
4034 |
2120 |
11-02 |
Southeast Europe |
|
45 |
4 |
12-01 |
Caucasus and Middle East |
|
2181 |
1381 |
12-02 |
Middle East |
|
94 |
25 |
13-01 |
Hissar Alay |
|
5340 |
1954 |
13-02 |
Pamir (Safed Khirs / West Tarim) |
|
15744 |
10465 |
13-03 |
West Tien Shan |
|
14682 |
9299 |
13-04 |
East Tien Shan (Dzhungaria) |
|
6255 |
3083 |
13-05 |
West Kun Lun |
|
7906 |
8086 |
13-06 |
East Kun Lun (Altyn Tagh) |
|
3854 |
3212 |
13-07 |
Qilian Shan |
|
3256 |
1666 |
13-08 |
Inner Tibet |
|
11185 |
8221 |
13-09 |
Southeast Tibet |
|
7391 |
4357 |
14-01 |
Hindu Kush |
|
6857 |
3049 |
14-02 |
Karakoram |
|
17559 |
21675 |
14-03 |
West Himalaya |
|
13146 |
8350 |
15-01 |
Central Himalaya |
|
6127 |
6494 |
15-02 |
East Himalaya |
|
5503 |
5454 |
15-03 |
Hengduan Shan |
|
6957 |
4102 |
16-01 |
Low-latitude Andes |
|
3647 |
1920 |
16-02 |
Mexico |
|
7 |
2 |
16-03 |
East Africa |
|
36 |
4 |
16-04 |
New Guinea |
|
5 |
2 |
17-01 |
Patagonia |
|
17454 |
24040 |
17-02 |
Central Andes |
|
13180 |
3634 |
18-01 |
New Zealand |
|
3018 |
886 |
19-01 |
Subantarctic (Pacific) |
|
15 |
134 |
19-02 |
South Shetlands and South Orkney |
|
401 |
3715 |
19-03 |
Subantarctic (Atlantic) |
|
550 |
2475 |
19-04 |
Subantarctic (Indian) |
|
489 |
796 |
19-05 |
Balleny Islands |
|
50 |
694 |
19-11 |
East Queen Maud Land 7A |
|
22 |
2681 |
19-12 |
Amery Ice Shelf 7B |
|
1 |
305 |
19-13 |
Wilkes Land 7C |
|
7 |
2685 |
19-14 |
Victoria Land 7D |
|
54 |
652 |
19-15 |
Ross Ice Shelf 7E |
|
111 |
2619 |
19-16 |
Marie Byrd Land 7F |
|
63 |
17950 |
19-17 |
Pine Island Bay 7G |
|
17 |
376 |
19-18 |
Bellingshausen Sea 7H1 |
|
20 |
14861 |
19-19 |
Alexander Island 7H2 |
|
119 |
61170 |
19-20 |
West Antarctic Peninsula 7I1 |
|
637 |
9287 |
19-21 |
Northeast Antarctic Peninsula 7I2 |
|
166 |
5377 |
19-22 |
Southeast Antarctic Peninsula 7I3 |
|
6 |
1780 |
19-23 |
Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf 7J |
|
0 |
0 |
19-24 |
West Queen Maud Land 7K |
|
14 |
5878 |
20-01 |
Antarctic Mainland |
|
0 |
0 |
Global |
274531 |
706744 |