glacier terminus

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• Glacier terminus — A glacier terminus, or snout, is the end of a glacier at any given point in time. Although glaciers seem motionless to the observer, in reality glaciers are in endless motion and the glacier terminus is always either advancing or retreating. The… …   Wikipedia

• Terminus — is a Latin word that literally means boundary stone but can refer to:*Terminal train station, a train station acting as an end destination *Bus terminus, a terminal bus station *Terminus (mythology), a Roman god **Jupiter (god) (also known by… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Glacier Taku — Le glacier Taku Latitude Longitude …   Wikipédia en Français

• Glacier ice accumulation — occurs through accumulation of snow and other frozen precipitation, as well as through other means including rime ice (freezing of water vapor on the glacier surface), avalanching from hanging glaciers on cliffs and mountainsides above, and re… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Mont Miné Glacier — Glacier du Mont Miné View of the glacier and Dent Blanche from near the Bertol Hut Location Valais, Switzerland …   Wikipedia

• terminus — noun (plural termini or nuses) Etymology: Latin, boundary marker, limit more at term Date: circa 1617 1. a final goal ; a finishing point 2. a post or stone marking a boundary 3. either end of a transportation line or travel route; also the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Tidewater glacier cycle — The tidewater glacier cycle is the typically centuries long behavior of tidewater glaciers that consists of recurring periods of advance alternating with rapid retreat and punctuated by periods of stability. During portions of its cycle, a… …   Wikipedia

• Compton Glacier — Type cirque/tidewater Location Heard Island, Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia Coordinates …   Wikipedia

• Deacock Glacier — Type tidewater Location Heard Island, Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia Coordinates …   Wikipedia