polar cap

English

Noun

polar cap (plural polar caps)

1. (planetology) A high-latitude region of a celestial body that is covered by ice.

   Earth's polar caps may melt if global warming continues.

   The southern polar cap of Mars consists of both carbon dioxide and water ice.

Related terms

• ice cap
• ice sheet

Translations

high-latitude region covered by ice

• Armenian: բևեռային գլխարկ (beweṙayin glxark)
• Basque: poloetako izotz-geruzak
• Belarusian: паля́рная ша́пка (paljárnaja šápka)
• Catalan: casquet polar
• Finnish: napajäätikkö (fi)
• French: inlandsis (fr), calotte polaire (fr)
• German: polare Eiskappe f, Polkappe (de) f, Polarkappe f
• Hindi: ध्रुवीय बर्फ टोपी (dhruvīya barph ṭopī)
• Icelandic: íshvel
• Indonesian: tudung es kutub
• Italian: calotta polare
• Japanese: 極冠 (ja) (きょくかん, kyokukan)
• Persian: کلاهک یخی (fa)
• Polish: polarna czapa lodowa
• Portuguese: calota polar
• Russian: поля́рная ша́пка f (poljárnaja šápka)
• Slovak: polárna čiapka
• Spanish: casquete polar, capa de hielo

Further reading

• polar cap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia