Maximum Extent of North American Ice Sheets

By Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center January 1, 1978

A map of the maximum extent of the Laurentide Ice Sheet at its maximum, covering nearly all of Canada, the midwest, and NY.

Detailed Description

Outline of major continental ice sheets in North America, regardless of age and east of the Cordillera. Modified from Flint 1971 p. 478.

Figure 1 from Ives, J. D., 1978, The Maximum Extent of the Laurentide Ice Sheet along the East Coast of North America during the Last Glaciation: Vol. 31 No. 1 (1978): March: 1–68, https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2638

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

From (Ives, 1978) https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2638