Points representing GLIMS glaciers and locations of interest.

=== Original Data Source ===
Global Land Ice Measurements from Space glacier database

Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) is an
international initiative with the goal of repeatedly surveying the
world's estimated 200,000 glaciers. GLIMS is characterizing and
categorizing the many Greenland peripheral glaciers and ice caps,
rather than the contiguous ice sheet region.

The GLIMS initiative has created a unique glacier inventory, storing
information about the extent and rates of change of all the world's
mountain glaciers and ice caps. GLIMS uses data collected by the
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
(ASTER) instrument aboard the Terra satellite and the LANDSAT series
of satellites, along with historical observations. The GLIMS Glacier
Database was built up from data contributions from many
glaciological institutions, which are managed by Regional
Coordinators, who coordinate the production of glacier mapping
results for their particular region. The GLIMS Glacier Database
provides students, educators, scientists, and the public with
reliable glacier data from these analyses. New glacier data are
continually being added to the database.

Citation:
GLIMS and NSIDC (2005, updated 2013): Global Land Ice
Measurements from Space glacier database.  Compiled and made
available by the international GLIMS community and the National
Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder CO, U.S.A.
DOI:10.7265/N5V98602

Citation URL:
https://doi.org/10.7265/N5V98602