Glacial velocity metres per year
Least
Most
0
500
>1,000
Antarctica
East
Antarctica
South Pole
West
Antarctica
Detail
Ross Sea
Southern Ocean
1,000 km
1,000 miles
Shackleton ice shelf
Wilkes Land
Totten glacier
Adélie Land
Indian Ocean
400 km
400 miles
Glacial velocity metres per year
Least
Most
0
500
>1,000
Antarctica
Shackleton ice shelf
Wilkes Land
East
Antarctica
Totten glacier
South Pole
West
Antarctica
Adélie Land
Detail
Ross Sea
Southern Ocean
Indian Ocean
1,000 km
400 km
1,000 miles
400 miles