floating glacier

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• glacier — glaciered, adj. /glay sheuhr/, n. an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of… …   Universalium

• Glacier — This article is about the geological formation. For other uses, see Glacier (disambiguation). The Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram, Kashmir, Northern Pakistan. At 62 kilometres (39 mi) in length, it is one of the longest alpine glaciers on… …   Wikipedia

• Borchgrevink Glacier — (coord|73|4|S|168|30|E|type:glacier region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a large glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, draining south between Malta Plateau and Daniell Peninsula, and thence projecting into Glacier Strait, Ross Sea, as a… …   Wikipedia

• Thwaites Glacier — (coord|75|30|S|106|45|W|type:glacier) is a broad glacier flowing into the Amundsen Sea about 30 miles (50 km) east of Mount Murphy, Marie Byrd Land. Though imperfectly delineated, the glacier has tremendous flow and in January 1966 had formed a… …   Wikipedia

• Simpson Glacier Tongue — (coord|71|15|S|168|45|E|type:glacier region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a small floating glacier tongue nourished by Simpson Glacier and Fendley Glacier as it extends into the sea between Nelson Cliff and Atkinson Cliffs, along the north coast of …   Wikipedia

• Irish Sea Glacier — It is known that during the Ice Age, probably on more than one occasion, a huge glacier referred to as The Irish Sea Glacier flowed southwards from its source areas in Scotland and Ireland and across the Isle of Man, Anglesey and Pembrokeshire.… …   Wikipedia

• USS Glacier (AF-4) — was a Glacier class stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for use in the Spanish American War. She served again during World War I in the dangerous North Atlantic Ocean, delivering general goods and ammunition to American Expeditionary Force… …   Wikipedia

• Matusevich Glacier — Natural colour image of the margin of Matusevich Glacier. Type Outlet glacier Locati …   Wikipedia

• Grey Glacier — Infobox Glacier glacier name = Grey Glacier caption = Grey Glacier type = Mountain glacier location = Chile coordinates = coord|50|57|S|73|15|W|type:glacier area = 270 km² [http://www.glaciologia.cl/spi.html http://www.glaciologia.cl/spi.html] ]… …   Wikipedia

• Aviator Glacier — is major valley glacier, over 60 mi long and 5 mi wide, descending generally southward from the plateau of Victoria Land along the west side of Mountaineer Range, and entering Lady Newnes Bay between Cape Sibbald and Hayes Head where it forms the …   Wikipedia

• David Glacier — Area map of David glacier Location Location …   Wikipedia