GLIMS Glacier Database Status

With recent inclusion of data from the Randolph Glacier Inventory and other sources, the GLIMS glacier database is now geographically complete. Additionally, more and more regions are represented by glacier outlines from more than one time.



Status of the GLIMS Glacier Database by Region

Region Some data in database? Complete?[1]
Antarctic Peninsula Yes Yes
Austrian Glacier Inventory Yes Yes
British Columbia (Canada) Glaciers Yes Yes
Canadian Arctic Glaciers Yes Yes
Caucausus (S. Russia) Yes Yes
Chilean Volcano Glaciers Yes Yes
Chinese Glacier Inventory Yes Yes
Glaciers from the contiguous United States Yes Yes
Heard Island glaciers Yes Yes
Icelandic Glacier Inventory Yes Yes
Irian Jaya glaciers Yes Yes
Italian Alps Yes Yes
Juneau Ice Field Glaciers Yes Yes
Nepali Glacier Inventory Yes Yes
Norwegian glaciers Yes Yes
Patagonia, Chile Yes Yes
Patagonia, Argentina Yes Yes
Greenland Yes Yes
South and SE Alaska Yes Yes
Svalbard Yes Yes
Swedish Glacier Inventory Yes Yes
Swiss Glacier Inventory Yes Yes
Tien Shan, Akshirak (Central Asia) Yes Yes
Western Himalayan glaciers Yes Yes
New Zealand Yes Yes

[1] By "complete", we mean that our GLIMS collaborators for the region have expressed their opinion that this set of outlines is complete. However, it remains possible that a few glaciers have been missed. If you find such a case, please notify NSIDC User Services.