(EF) ice cap

An ice cap climate is found in Antarctica, Greenland, and often on the summits of high mountains.

It is labelled ‘EF’ by the Köppen–Geiger scheme for the classification of climates, which requires:

• the warmest month of the year to have an average temperature of less than 0 °C.

Explore places with the (EF) climate

National flag	Area flag	Place	Area	Nation	Related climates	Landscape
		Aconcagua	Mendoza + Región de Valparaíso	Argentina + Chile
		Amundsen–Scott Station		Antarctica
		Byrd Station		Antarctica
		Chimborazo	Chimborazo	Ecuador
		Concordia Station		Antarctica
		Denali	Alaska	United States of America
		Dome Fuji		Antarctica
		Huascarán	Áncash	Peru
		Ismoil Somoni Peak		Tajikistan
		Jengish Chokusu	Ysyk-Köl region + Xinjiang Uygur AR / Xīnjiāng Wéiwú’ěr Zìzhìqū	Kyrgyzstan + People’s Republic of China
		K2	Gilgit–Baltistan + Xinjiang Uygur AR / Xīnjiāng Wéiwú’ěr Zìzhìqū	Pakistan + People’s Republic of China
		Kangchenjunga, Mangan district + Taplejung district	Sikkim + Koshi province	India + Nepal
		Kilimanjaro		Tanzania
		Lhotse, Solukhumbu district	Koshi province + Tibet AR / Xīzàng Zìzhìqū	Nepal + People’s Republic of China
		Makalu, Sankhuwasabha district	Koshi province + Tibet AR / Xīzàng Zìzhìqū	Nepal + People’s Republic of China
		McMurdo Station		Antarctica
		Mount Ararat / Ağrı Dağı	Ağrı province	Türkiye
		Mount Everest, Solukhumbu district	Koshi province + Tibet AR / Xīzàng Zìzhìqū	Nepal + People’s Republic of China
		Mount Logan	Yukon	Canada
		Mount Rainier (summit)	Washington	United States of America
		Ojos del Salado	Catamarca + Región de Atacama	Argentina + Chile
		Pico de Orizaba	Puebla + Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	Mexico
		Plateau Station		Antarctica
		Puncak Jaya		Indonesia	EF, bordering on ET
		Sajama	Oruro	Bolivia
		Scott Base		Antarctica
		Shōwa Station		Antarctica
		Summit Camp	Greenland	Denmark
		Ushakov Island / Ostrov Ušakova	Krasnoyarsk / Krasnoârskij kraj	Russian Federation
		Vostok Station		Antarctica