Cook Ice Cap

Cook Ice Cap
Calotte Glaciaire Cook
Aerial view of the ice cap.
Map showing the location of Cook Ice Cap
Map showing the location of Cook Ice Cap
TypeIce cap
LocationKerguelen, Southern Indian Ocean
Coordinates49°18′50″S 69°02′29″E / 49.31389°S 69.04139°E / -49.31389; 69.04139
Area400 km2 (150 sq mi)
Length28 kilometres (17 mi)
Thickness400 m (1,300 ft) average
TerminusOutlet glaciers
StatusRetreating
Map

The Cook Ice Cap or Cook Glacier (French: Calotte Glaciaire Cook[1] or Glacier Cook) is a large ice cap in the Kerguelen Islands in the French Southern Territories zone of the far Southern Indian Ocean.

  1. ^ "Calotte Glaciaire Cook". Mapcarta. Retrieved 25 September 2016.