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Countries with the Most Ice-Covered Area

Which countries have the greatest total area covered with permanent ice and snow?
CCI_LC data via FAOStat. 2020 data.
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km²
Country
1,752,390
Denmark (Greenland)
183,144
Canada
65,365
United States
62,856
China
53,094
Russia
35,328
Norway
27,963
Chile
km²
Country
11,025
Iceland
10,852
Tajikistan
7,833
India
6,856
Argentina
6,093
Kyrgyzstan
4,884
Nepal
3,176
Afghanistan
km²
Country
3,001
Peru
2,109
Pakistan
1,135
Kazakhstan
1,085
New Zealand
1,048
Bhutan
976
Switzerland
859
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33 Comments
+37
Level 59
Jun 21, 2023
Precisely how much of a div do you have to be to almost forget Iceland...?
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Level 73
Jun 21, 2023
Precisely 87.9483938290292% as calculated from my source.
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Level 63
Jun 21, 2023
Very accurate.
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Level 46
Jun 22, 2023
literally muted my computer before clicking the link. I think you need to hide it a bit better
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Level 79
Jun 22, 2023
I got it, but it was like the 15th one I remembered
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Level 94
Jul 8, 2023
Somehow that was the only one I missed!
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Level 78
Jul 14, 2023
Same...
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Level 56
Oct 16, 2023
I also missed Iceland because it is a small country I did not think about it.
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Level 51
Feb 12, 2024
iceland isn't even that small wdym
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Level 74
Nov 16, 2023
I missed Iceland. Fffffffffuuuuuuu...!
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Level 76
Aug 31, 2024
Was the last one I got (and forgot NZ)
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Level 87
Dec 11, 2024
It's the only one I missed...
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Level 63
Jun 21, 2023
Here's the Spanish version

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1744710/paises-con-mayor-superficie-cubierta-por-hielo

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Level 75
Jun 21, 2023
Of course the land of ice is here, but it's also interesting how much ice is in non-polar but mountainous countries.
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Level 24
Jun 22, 2023
I think it's because as you get higher into the atmosphere it get colder so when mountains get snowed on it just usually sticks cause its not hot enough to melt the ice or snow so it remains cold. Nice quiz though! And congrats on your 4,700th quiz!
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Level 68
Jul 20, 2023
Piggybacking off of this to say that the snowline is also heavily dependent on the amount of snowfall. So tropical snowlines tend to be lower than subtropical snowlines because the tropics are wet, and get a ton of precipitation. You can get further down the mountain before the amount of snow that falls cannot keep up with the melting. You can get glaciers down to 16,000 feet in places like New Guinea or equatorial Africa, while the colder northern Andes of Chile, right next to the Atacama desert, can have snowlines above 20,000 feet even if those locations are colder. In the drier Atacama, the little snow that falls on the cold summits often just sublimates away before it can build up an ice sheet. glaciation is really dependent on a combination of temperature and snowfall, so long as there is more snow falling than snow melting, glaciers or ice caps will form.
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Level 43
Dec 11, 2024
I've been to Patagonia, and it's kinda crazy to see so much ice at sea level in a place that isn't even in the polar circle. Beautiful place btw.
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Level 68
Jul 25, 2023
Totally forgot the country with literal ice in its name.
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Level 36
Aug 27, 2023
Kyrgyzstan and Bolivia. I always forget them. Ugh.
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Level 79
Aug 27, 2023
Just missed Peru. Expected Russia to be higher than U.S. but I guess Alaska is a lot
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Level 46
Aug 27, 2023
And it's gonna get smaller year by year :c
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Level 59
Aug 27, 2023
Interesting!!
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Level 64
Aug 30, 2023
Where is ice in Kazakhstan?
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Level 67
Dec 13, 2024
in the southeast there are some offshoots of the himalayan mountains, i suppose the ice is there
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Level 53
Aug 31, 2023
What about Heard Island (ref https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/dimensions/remote-offshore-territories/heard-and-mcdonald-islands), an Australian external territory? Should that merit a mention similar to how DK is mentioned?
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Level 55
Dec 14, 2024
Too small. Only 257 km2 of glaciers in the early 2000s and shrinking rapidly. The entire territory is less than half the area of the ice-covered parts of Bolivia.
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Level 76
Aug 31, 2024
Nearly missed Iceland... And I DID miss New zealand... Got all the others though (but had a big pause after getting the first 12)
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Level 32
Dec 11, 2024
Crazy how much ice Greenland has…for now
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Level 66
Dec 11, 2024
Got all, except Iceland......
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Level 28
Dec 12, 2024
How did I not get China
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Level 56
May 13, 2025
Aw man, only missed Pakistan due to the lack of time. Had to think a lot for some reason. Great quiz.
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Level 15
May 16, 2025
Isn't Mongolia supposed to be here ?
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Level 55
Jan 8, 2026
As if the one I missed was ICEland 🤦‍♂️