The Cook Ice Cap reaches a maximum elevation of 1,049 metres (3,442 ft) in its central area.

[3] Named after British explorer James Cook (1728–1779), on French navigational charts of the early 20th century this ice cap appears as 'Glacier Richthofen'[4] About sixty glaciers flow from the inner ice cap in a roughly radial pattern.

At the feet of the snout of these outlet glaciers there are often terminal moraines with dammed lakes of varying sizes.

Further down the glacial meltwaters have formed numerous outwash plains at certain, mostly inland, locations.

Of the glaciers originating in the Cook Ice Cap, only the Pasteur and Mariotte Glaciers have their termini in the Indian Ocean at the Anse des Glaçons in southwestern Kerguelen's deeply indented coastline.Institut polaire français Paul Émile Victor : La fonte spectaculaire du plus gros glacier français<{Citation The following are the main glaciers listed clockwise: This French Southern Territories location article is a stub.