A continental ice cap is basically a very large ice cap (an ice cap is a huge block of ice that covers large areas) and can get up to 50, 000 km squared and are several kilometers deep. As continental ice caps are very large, if one were to melt it would cause the earth’s oceans to rise about 6ft, depending how big the continental ice cap is.
The only thing exposed in a continental ice cap would be a nunatak. A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element ridge, mountain or a peak that is not covered with snow. Nunataks are only found in continental ice caps or ice sheet.
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