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How many kilometers wide is the Antarctic ice sheet?

~2,500 kilometers

Background

The Antarctic ice sheet spans about 2,500 kilometers across. It covers almost the entire continent. In some places the ice is up to four kilometers thick. If it melted, sea levels would rise by 60 meters.

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