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ice sheet

large mass of glacier ice
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ice sheet

Summary

ice sheet ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (703 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ice sheet is made of ice[2].
  • ice sheet is a type of ice cap[3].
  • ice sheet's Commons category is recorded as Ice sheets[4].
  • ice sheet comprises glacial lobe[5].
  • ice sheet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ice sheets[6].
  • ice sheet's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • ice sheet's described by source is recorded as Antarctica: The Melting Continent[8].
  • ice sheet's different from is recorded as ice cap[9].
  • ice sheet's different from is recorded as ice shelf[10].
  • ice sheet's studied by is recorded as glaciology[11].
  • ice sheet's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000132[12].
  • ice sheet's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q3761676[13].
  • ice sheet's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14].

Body

Definition and Type

ice sheet is a type of ice cap[3].

Use and Application

ice sheet comprises glacial lobe[5].

Why It Matters

ice sheet ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (703 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Ice sheets
    Made from material → ice
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12513, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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