Totten Glacier

Totten Glacier is a large glacier draining a major portion of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, through the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land in the Australian Antarctic Territory. The catchment drained by the glacier is estimated at 538,000 km2 extending approximately 1100 km into the interior and holds the potential to raise sea level by at least 3.5 m.  As per recent reports Totten Glacier might just add to more than two metres to the sea level, as a large part of the glacier has been reported to be unstable which would soon collapse into the sea. Totten glacier is one of the fastest-flowing and largest glaciers in Antarctica east.


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