<P> On Earth , 99 % of glacial ice is contained within vast ice sheets in the polar regions , but glaciers may be found in mountain ranges on every continent including Oceania 's high - latitude oceanic islands such as New Zealand and Papua New Guinea . Between 35 ° N and 35 ° S , glaciers occur only in the Himalayas , Andes , Rocky Mountains , a few high mountains in East Africa , Mexico , New Guinea and on Zard Kuh in Iran . Glaciers cover about 10 percent of Earth 's land surface . Continental glaciers cover nearly 13,000,000 km ( 5 × 10 ^ sq mi ) or about 98 percent of Antarctica 's 13,200,000 km ( 5.1 × 10 ^ sq mi ) , with an average thickness of 2,100 m ( 7,000 ft ) . Greenland and Patagonia also have huge expanses of continental glaciers . </P>
where do you think glaciers can be found today
polar regions mountain ranges on every continent