Cook Ice Cap | |
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Calotte Glaciaire Cook | |
Type | Ice cap |
Location | Kerguelen, Southern Indian Ocean |
Coordinates | 49°18′50″S 69°02′29″E / 49.31389°S 69.04139°E |
Area | 400 km2 (150 sq mi) |
Length | 28 kilometres (17 mi) |
Thickness | 400 m (1,300 ft) average |
Terminus | Outlet glaciers |
Status | Retreating |
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.