Cook Ice Cap

Cook Ice Cap
Calotte Glaciaire Cook
Aerial view of the ice cap.
TypeIce cap
LocationKerguelen, Southern Indian Ocean
Coordinates49°18′50″S 69°02′29″E / 49.31389°S 69.04139°E / -49.31389; 69.04139
Area400 km2 (150 sq mi)
Length28 kilometres (17 mi)
Thickness400 m (1,300 ft) average
TerminusOutlet glaciers
StatusRetreating

The Cook Ice Cap or Cook Glacier (French: Calotte Glaciaire Cook or Glacier Cook) is a large ice cap in the Kerguelen Islands in the French Southern Territories zone of the far Southern Indian Ocean.