West Antarctic Ice Sheet

West Antarctic Ice Sheet - segment of the continental ice sheet that covers West (or Lesser) Antarctica. Article “West Antarctic Ice Sheet” in Simple English Wikipedia has 10.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 3 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “West Antarctic Ice Sheet”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 229 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 7 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1599 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #10399 in January 2026
• Global: #35541 in May 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #53030 in April 2026
• Global: #126062 in May 2014

There are 17 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) West Antarctic Ice Sheet		97.1429
2	Catalan (ca) Capa de gel de l'Antàrtida Occidental		94.1176
3	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Den vestantarktiske innlandsisen		61.3166
4	Turkish (tr) Batı Antarktika buz tabakası		41.176
5	Italian (it) Calotta glaciale dell'Antartide occidentale		28.6364
6	Vietnamese (vi) Tấm băng Tây Nam Cực		22.2446
7	French (fr) Inlandsis Ouest-Antarctique		21.2646
8	Spanish (es) Capa de hielo de la Antártida occidental		20.4059
9	Dutch (nl) West-Antarctische ijskap		19.6223
10	Portuguese (pt) Manto de gelo da Antártida Ocidental		17.9662

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "West Antarctic Ice Sheet" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) West Antarctic Ice Sheet		530 267
2	Japanese (ja) 西南極氷床		20 099
3	Portuguese (pt) Manto de gelo da Antártida Ocidental		18 686
4	French (fr) Inlandsis Ouest-Antarctique		16 484
5	Spanish (es) Capa de hielo de la Antártida occidental		14 225
6	Turkish (tr) Batı Antarktika buz tabakası		5 433
7	Chinese (zh) 西南極冰蓋		4 525
8	Ukrainian (uk) Західноантарктичний льодовиковий щит		4 364
9	Dutch (nl) West-Antarctische ijskap		2 721
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Den vestantarktiske innlandsisen		1 268

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "West Antarctic Ice Sheet" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) West Antarctic Ice Sheet		1 626
2	Japanese (ja) 西南極氷床		69
3	Chinese (zh) 西南極冰蓋		57
4	Spanish (es) Capa de hielo de la Antártida occidental		43
5	French (fr) Inlandsis Ouest-Antarctique		38
6	Italian (it) Calotta glaciale dell'Antartide occidentale		33
7	Turkish (tr) Batı Antarktika buz tabakası		32
8	Portuguese (pt) Manto de gelo da Antártida Ocidental		26
9	Catalan (ca) Capa de gel de l'Antàrtida Occidental		22
10	Dutch (nl) West-Antarctische ijskap		15

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "West Antarctic Ice Sheet" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) West Antarctic Ice Sheet		136
2	French (fr) Inlandsis Ouest-Antarctique		27
3	Turkish (tr) Batı Antarktika buz tabakası		10
4	Vietnamese (vi) Tấm băng Tây Nam Cực		8
5	Italian (it) Calotta glaciale dell'Antartide occidentale		7
6	Portuguese (pt) Manto de gelo da Antártida Ocidental		7
7	Spanish (es) Capa de hielo de la Antártida occidental		6
8	Japanese (ja) 西南極氷床		6
9	Dutch (nl) West-Antarctische ijskap		6
10	Ukrainian (uk) Західноантарктичний льодовиковий щит		6

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "West Antarctic Ice Sheet" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Capa de gel de l'Antàrtida Occidental		2
2	English (en) West Antarctic Ice Sheet		1
3	Czech (cs) Západoantarktický ledový příkrov		0
4	Spanish (es) Capa de hielo de la Antártida occidental		0
5	Persian (fa) یخسار جنوبگان باختری		0
6	French (fr) Inlandsis Ouest-Antarctique		0
7	Italian (it) Calotta glaciale dell'Antartide occidentale		0
8	Japanese (ja) 西南極氷床		0
9	Korean (ko) 서남극 빙상		0
10	Dutch (nl) West-Antarctische ijskap		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "West Antarctic Ice Sheet" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) West Antarctic Ice Sheet		1 088
2	Chinese (zh) 西南極冰蓋		90
3	Persian (fa) یخسار جنوبگان باختری		80
4	Japanese (ja) 西南極氷床		79
5	Ukrainian (uk) Західноантарктичний льодовиковий щит		75
6	French (fr) Inlandsis Ouest-Antarctique		54
7	Turkish (tr) Batı Antarktika buz tabakası		29
8	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Den vestantarktiske innlandsisen		19
9	Portuguese (pt) Manto de gelo da Antártida Ocidental		18
10	Spanish (es) Capa de hielo de la Antártida occidental		14

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Capa de gel de l'Antàrtida Occidental
cs	Czech Západoantarktický ledový příkrov
en	English West Antarctic Ice Sheet
es	Spanish Capa de hielo de la Antártida occidental
fa	Persian یخسار جنوبگان باختری
fr	French Inlandsis Ouest-Antarctique
it	Italian Calotta glaciale dell'Antartide occidentale
ja	Japanese 西南極氷床
ko	Korean 서남극 빙상
nl	Dutch West-Antarctische ijskap
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Den vestantarktiske innlandsisen
pt	Portuguese Manto de gelo da Antártida Ocidental
simple	Simple English West Antarctic Ice Sheet
tr	Turkish Batı Antarktika buz tabakası
uk	Ukrainian Західноантарктичний льодовиковий щит
vi	Vietnamese Tấm băng Tây Nam Cực
zh	Chinese 西南極冰蓋

Best Rank

Simple English: #53030 04.2026

Global: #126062 05.2014

Best Rank

Simple English: #10399 01.2026

Global: #35541 05.2014

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