Sea levels were much lower during the last glacial maximum

Ice sheets and sea levels as the may have appeared 26,000* years ago

Extent of land 26,000 years ago

Laurentide

Greenland

Eurasian

Himalaya

Patagonian

Antarctic

Extent of land 26,000 years ago

Laurentide

Greenland

Eurasian

Himalaya

Patagonian

Antarctic

Extent of land 26,000 years ago

Laurentide

Greenland

Eurasian

Himalaya

Patagonian

Antarctic

Extent of land 26,000 years ago

Greenland

Laurentide

Eurasian

Himalaya

Patagonian

Antarctic

Extent of land 26,000 years ago

Greenland

Laurentide

Eurasian

Himalaya

Patagonian

Antarctic

Guardian graphic. Source: Ehlers, Gibbard, Hughes: Quaternary Glaciations (ice sheets), Johannes De Groeve, University of Amsterdam (coastline). Note: *Coastlines as they may have appeared 26,000 years ago. Ice sheets as they may have appeared 26-21,000 years ago