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|de=Als [[:de:Eiskappe|'''Eiskappe, Plateaugletscher''']] bezeichnet man einen ausgedehnten, festes Land bedeckenden [[Gletscher]] mit einer Fläche von weniger als 50.000 [[Quadratkilometer|km²]]. Im Gegensatz dazu stehen die [[Ice sheet|Eisschild]]e mit mehr als 50.000 km² Fläche.
|en=An [[:en:Ice cap|'''ice cap''']] is an ice mass that covers less than 50,000 km² of land area (usually covering a highland area). Masses of glacier ice that cover more than 50,000 km² are termed an ice sheet.Ice caps are not constrained by topographical features (i.e., they will lie over the top of mountains). By contrast, ice masses of similar size that are constrained by topographical features are known as [[Icefields|ice fields]]. The dome of an ice cap is usually centred on the highest point of a massif. Ice flows away from this high point (the ice divide) towards the ice cap's periphery.
|fr=Une [[:fr:Calotte glaciaire|'''calotte glaciaire''']] est un type de glacier formant une étendue de glace de grandes dimensions mais dont la superficie n'excède pas 50 000 km2, et dont les caractéristiques le rapprochent des inlandsis. En raison de leur position (généralement polaire) et/ou leur vaste surface et de leur albédo, elle jouent un rôle majeur dans la stabilisation du climat de la Terre.
|is=[[:is:Hveljökull|'''Jökulhettur''', '''hveljöklar''']] eru hins vegar jöklar sem eru búnir að myndast á fjalli með sléttum toppi eða lítil háslétta. Þannig jökular eru nokkuð algengar á Íslandi eins og til dæmis [[Eiríksjökull]] eða [[Þórisjökull]]. Annars vegar eru líka stærri útgáfur til, eiginlegir hveljöklar eins og [[Vatnajökull]]. Þeir verða til þegar margir staðbundnir jöklar vaxa saman með tímanum í viðáttumiklu fjallendi, einkum ef jöklunarmörk lækka mikið á allöngum kuldaskeiðum.
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{{See also|Glacier||Outlet glaciers||Valley glaciers||Cirque glaciers||Piedmont glaciers||Ice sheets||Ice fields}}


==Satellite images of ice caps==
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File:Hoodoo Mountain satellite2.jpg|[[Hoodoo Mountain]], Canada
File:Satellite image of Iceland in September.jpeg|Ice caps in [[Iceland]]
File:Vatnajökull.jpeg|[[Vatnajökull]]
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==An ice cap in Africa:Kilimanjaro==
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File:Snow and Ice on Kilimanjaro-1993.jpg|In 1993
File:Snow and Ice on Kilimanjaro-2000.jpg|In 2000
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==Ice caps in polar regions==
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File:SaundersIsland pho 2013102 lrg.jpg|[[Saunders Island, Greenland]]
File:Hedgehogfonna.jpg|Hedgehogfonna, [[Svalbard]]
File:Quttinirtaaq 7 1997-08-05.jpg|Small ice cap on a [[Nunatak|nunatak]], [[British Empire Range]], [[Canada]]
File:Greenland 1694b.jpg|Ice caps, [[Valley glaciers|valley glaciers]] and [[Cirque glaciers|cirque glaciers]] in Greenland
File:Aerial photograph of Greenland, 20080709.jpg|Fjords and ice caps in Greenland
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==Ice caps in Iceland==
Several important ice caps are forming the landscape in Iceland, some smaller ones are to be found in the periphery.
===The most notorious englaciated volcano of Iceland: Eyjafjallajökull===
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File:Eyjafjallajokull volcano plume 2010 04 18.JPG|Eruption plume of [[Eyjafjallajökull]] in April 2010
File:Eyjafjallajökull-2010-08-18.jpg|Ash coverd ice cap in August 2010
File:Eyjafjallajökull Nordpanorama.jpg|From the north, in 2013, the ash is again partially covered by glacier ice and snow
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===Neighbouring Katla volcano, hiding under the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap===
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File:Fljotshlid 1.jpg|[[Mýrdalsjökull]], seen from [[Fljóthlíð]]
File:Myrdalsjökull glacier iceland 2005 1.JPG|Detail
File:Myrdalsjökull Katla August 2011.jpg|Volcanic ice cauldrons of [[Katla]] in Mýrdalsjökull, 2011
File:Álftavatn Lake in summer 2009 (5).jpg|[[Álftavatn]], Mýrdalsjökull to the left
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===Langjökull and Hofsjökull===
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File:Langjökull 2.JPG|[[Langjökull]], seen from [[Gullfoss]] waterfall (zoomed)
File:Kjolur.jpg|Langjökull, seen from [[Kjölur]] highland road
File:Islande Kaldidalur Langjokull.jpg|From [[Kaldidalur]] highland road, behind the volcano [[Prestahnúkur]] and the small ice cap [[Þórisjökull]]
File:Hofsjökull in summer 2009 (5).jpg|[[Kerlingarfjöll]], [[Hofsjökull]] and Arnarfell, seen from [[Sprengisandur]] highland road
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