Thickest ice

According to Official Guinness Records,

The greatest recorded thickness of ice is 4,780 metres (15,682 feet;2.97 miles), as measured by radio echo soundings from a US Antarctic research aircraft at 69ø56'17 in Wilkes Land, eastern Antarctica.

For a complete list of 1975 records, please visit 1975 Guinness Records in Antarctica.

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