| RC ID |
Geographic Area |
Number of glacier outlines |
Sum of glacier area, km2 |
| 1 |
Greenland |
715 |
3232.98 |
| 2 |
Norway |
17583 |
11306.8 |
| 3 |
Canada |
6685 |
133995 |
| 4 |
Alaska |
3793 |
22278.8 |
| 5 |
Conterminous USA |
8012 |
1172.11 |
| 7 |
Sweden |
284 |
279.505 |
| 8 |
China |
70393 |
307997 |
| 9 |
New Zealand |
6489 |
3292.49 |
| 10 |
Southwestern Asia (Pakistan + Afghanistan) |
407 |
708.68 |
| 11 |
S. European Alps |
948 |
912.667 |
| 12 |
Himalaya (India, Nepal, Bhutan) |
42217 |
44704.2 |
| 13 |
Tropical glaciers |
909 |
968.55 |
| 15 |
West Antarctica |
1 |
165079 |
| 16 |
Russian Glaciers (exact boundaries of RC to be defined) |
6972 |
21262.5 |
| 17 |
Russian and former Soviet Union glaciers |
91 |
500.256 |
| 18 |
Antarctic Peninsula |
659 |
26449.8 |
| 19 |
Svalbard, Jan Mayen, and Bouvet |
1583 |
33841 |
| 20 |
Chilean glaciers, between -18 and -56 degrees latitude |
25033 |
27646.6 |
| 22 |
Iceland |
263 |
11058.2 |
| 23 |
Iran |
484 |
40.2522 |
| 26 |
Kerguelen Island and other Antarctic Periphery |
1372 |
36526.3 |
| 27 |
Argentina |
19104 |
8304.92 |
| 28 |
Turkey |
51 |
11.5312 |
| 29 |
Mongolia |
2729 |
1634.21 |
| 30 |
European Alps |
13029 |
7600.86 |
| 32 |
Italian Alps |
30 |
5.60736 |
| 33 |
French Alps |
2664 |
1500.15 |
| 34 |
Austrian Alps |
4747 |
2821.99 |
| 35 |
Pyrenees |
47 |
4.20039 |
| 36 |
Asia |
134766 |
100709 |
| 37 |
Central Asia |
650 |
131.81 |
| 38 |
Caucausus Region |
11050 |
6814.81 |
| 39 |
Japan |
5 |
0.475495 |
| 501 |
South Shetland Islands |
191 |
2985.94 |
| 502 |
Siberian Mountains |
6800 |
29465.9 |
| 505 |
Antarctic Peninsula |
1547 |
95272.5 |
| 507 |
Olympic Peninsula |
985 |
25.787 |
| 508 |
Kamchatka Glaciers |
732 |
683.136 |
| 511 |
Italy |
904 |
368.32 |
| 520 |
Chile |
199 |
490.249 |
| 526 |
East Central Greenland |
259 |
55008.2 |
| 536 |
Northern Cordillera |
17549 |
27038 |
| 545 |
Northern Siberia |
72 |
12.0289 |
| 547 |
Irian Jaya |
15 |
4.47097 |
| 550 |
Northeast Greenland |
46 |
1060.36 |
| 556 |
Khumbu Area |
3444 |
6132.49 |
| 561 |
Various (GlobGlacier) |
91755 |
182718 |
| 562 |
Chilean Norte Chico (25 to 32 degrees south latitude) |
152 |
20.8401 |
| 565 |
Antarctic Peninsula |
2536 |
100845 |
| 571 |
Swiss Alps |
9542 |
3030.85 |
| 572 |
Mainland Norway |
1069 |
51591.5 |
| 573 |
Svalbard |
2594 |
47108.4 |
| 574 |
Irian Jaya |
93 |
27.3459 |
| 575 |
Coropuna, Peru |
22 |
1764.31 |
| 576 |
Bolivia |
16 |
6.34029 |
| 577 |
Prince William Sound |
245 |
18423.5 |
| 578 |
Kamchatka Peninsula |
575 |
764.506 |
| 579 |
Alaska |
87 |
28.7532 |
| 580 |
Chugach |
1818 |
6579.46 |
| 581 |
Juneau area |
8504 |
31327.6 |
| 582 |
Dry Valleys |
662 |
4209.38 |
| 583 |
Kenai Peninsula |
6329 |
16508.8 |
| 584 |
NE Greenland |
202 |
10228.3 |
| 585 |
European Alps |
10359 |
5601.58 |
| 586 |
Greenland |
5429 |
78986.4 |
| 587 |
Andes |
5980 |
33771.7 |
| 588 |
LIA outlines |
14801 |
27612 |
| 589 |
Conterminous US |
143 |
53.3447 |
| 590 |
Novaya Zemlya |
579 |
161055 |
| 591 |
Indonesia |
35 |
2.30389 |
| 602 |
Various (NSIDC) |
255 |
33209.6 |
| 761 |
Randolph Glacier Inventory; Umbrella RC for merging the RGI into GLIMS |
146239 |
353206 |
