polar ice cap

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Definition of polar ice cap in English English dictionary: An ice cap is a dome-shaped ice mass that covers less than 50 000 km² of land area (usually covering a highland area). Masses of ice covering more than 50 000 km² are termed an ice sheet; (Çevre) A polar ice cap or polar ice sheet is a high-latitude region of a planet or moon that is covered in ice. There are no requirements with respect to size or composition for a body of ice to be termed a polar ice cap, nor any geological requirement for it to be over land; only that it must be a body of solid phase matter in the polar region. This causes the term 'polar ice cap' to be somewhat of a misnomer, as the term ice cap itself is applied with greater scrutiny as such bodies must be found over land, and possess a surface area of less than 50,000 km²: larger bodies are referred to as ice sheets
polar cap: A high-latitude region of a celestial body that is covered by ice
The southern polar cap of Mars consists of both carbon dioxide and water ice.

polar ice cap

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po·lar ice cap

pōlır ays käp

/ˈpōlər ˈīs ˈkap/ /ˈpoʊlɜr ˈaɪs ˈkæp/

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