{{Short description|Ice cap in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Infobox glacier | name = Agassiz Ice Cap | image = Agassiz ice cap.jpg | caption = Agassiz Ice Cap | type = Ice cap | location = [[Nunavut]], Canada | coordinates = {{coord|80|15|N|076|00|W|type:landmark_region:CA-NU_source:http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/OAAKQ|display=inline,title}} | map= Canada Nunavut | label = Agassiz Ice Cap | area = | length = | thickness = | terminus = | status = }} The '''Agassiz Ice Cap''' formerly '''Agassiz Glacier'''<ref>[http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/38b2bca9c6ce11d892e2080020a0f4c9 Agassiz Ice Cap (Formerly Agassiz Glacier)]</ref> is an [[ice cap]] on the central eastern side of [[Ellesmere Island]], [[Nunavut]], Canada.<ref name="Wolken">{{cite journal|last1=Wolken|first1=G.|last2=Sharp|first2=M.|last3=Wang|first3=L.|title=Snow and ice facies variability and ice layer formation on Canadian Arctic ice caps, 1999-2005|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research|volume=114|year=2009|issue=F3 |doi=10.1029/2008JF001173 |bibcode=2009JGRF..114.3011W |url=http://arctic.eas.ualberta.ca/downloads/Wolken%20et%20al_2009_Snow%20and%20ice%20facies%20variability%20and%20ice%20layer%20formation%20in%20the%20QEI%201999-2005.pdf|doi-access=free}}</ref> The Agassiz ice cap is about {{convert|21,000|km2|abbr=on}} in area.<ref name="Wolken" /> It is located between the North Ellesmere ice field to the north and the [[Prince of Wales Mountains|Prince of Wales Icefield]] to the south.

== Environmental studies == Several studies have been conducted which involve the analysis of [[Ice core|ice cores]] extracted from the Agassiz Ice cap.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=[[Kumiko Goto-Azuma|Goto-Azuma]] |first1=Kumiko |last2=Koerner |first2=Roy M. |last3=Nakawo |first3=Masayoshi |last4=Kudo |first4=Akira |date=1997 |title=Snow chemistry of Agassiz Ice Cap, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada |url=https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/90623/files/fulltext.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216164446/https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/90623/files/fulltext.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |journal=Journal of Glaciology |language=en |volume=43 |issue=144 |pages=199–206 |doi=10.3189/S0022143000003154 |s2cid=126563293 |issn=0022-1430|doi-access=free }}</ref> Many of these studies are focused around [[climate change]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lecavalier |first1=Benoit S. |last2=Fisher |first2=David A. |last3=Milne |first3=Glenn A. |last4=Vinther |first4=Bo M. |last5=Tarasov |first5=Lev |last6=Huybrechts |first6=Philippe |last7=Lacelle |first7=Denis |last8=Main |first8=Brittany |last9=Zheng |first9=James |last10=Bourgeois |first10=Jocelyne |last11=Dyke |first11=Arthur S. |date=2017-06-06 |title=High Arctic Holocene temperature record from the Agassiz ice cap and Greenland ice sheet evolution |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |language=en |volume=114 |issue=23 |pages=5952–5957 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1616287114 |issn=0027-8424 |pmc=5468641 |pmid=28512225|bibcode=2017PNAS..114.5952L |doi-access=free }}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Arctic Cordillera}}

{{Glaciers of Nunavut}}

[[Category:Bodies of ice of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]] [[Category:Ellesmere Island]] [[Category:Arctic Cordillera]] [[Category:Ice caps of Canada]]

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