Cordilleran ice sheet

Cordilleran Ice Sheet
Map of North America during the Last Glacial Maximum, showing Cordilleran ice sheet (left) at maximum extent
Typecontinental
LocationNorth American Cordillera
Area1,500,000 km2
Width900 km
Lowest elevationSea level
TerminusWest – Pacific Ocean
East – Great Plains
South – 40 degrees north latitude
StatusRetreated

The Cordilleran ice sheet was a major ice sheet that periodically covered large parts of North America during glacial periods over the last ~2.6 million years.

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